In 2005, Taylor Lautner won the role of Shark Boy in the Robert Rodriguez film, The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D. He spent three months on location in Austin, Texas filming. Months later, Taylor Lautner successfully auditioned to play Elliot, the son of the Bakers' rivals, in Cheaper by the Dozen 2.
Lindsay Lohan starred as Anna Coleman alongside Jamie Lee Curtis in the 2003 family comedy Freaky Friday. At Lohan's own initiative, her character was rewritten and changed from a Goth style to be more relatable. Critic Roger Ebert wrote that Lohan "has that Jodie Foster sort of seriousness and intent focus beneath her teenage persona". Freaky Friday earned Lindsay Lohan the award for Breakthrough Performance at the 2004 MTV Movie Awards and, as of 2010, it remains her most commercially successful film, earning $160 million worldwide as well as an 88% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Leonardo DiCaprio's breakthrough came in 1992, when he beat out hundreds of other boys for the role of Toby Wolff in This Boy's Life, co-starring Robert De Niro and Ellen Barkin. His performance as the troubled, abused teenager was critically acclaimed and Hollywood soon took notice. Later in 1993, he co-starred as the mentally handicapped brother to Johnny Depp in What's Eating Gilbert Grape. Leonardo DiCaprio's performance earned him both Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for best supporting actor.
In 2003, Ciara graduated from Riverdale High School in Riverdale, Georgia. Following that, she was signed by LaFace Records executive, L.A. Reid, with the help of Jazze Pha. She began production on her debut album later that year. In early 2004, Ciara wrote a demo with record producer, Sean Garrett. The demo was later brought to the attention of Lil Jon and became her debut single "Goodies". Lil Jon stated later that he knew it would be big seeing how it sounded similar to Usher's international hit, "Yeah!"
Robert Pattinson plays guitar and piano, and composes his own music. He also appears as the singer of two songs on the Twilight soundtrack: "Never Think", which he co-wrote with Sam Bradley, and "Let Me Sign", which was written by Marcus Foster and Bobby Long. The songs were included in the film after director Catherine Hardwicke added Pattinson's recordings into an early cut without his knowledge, and he agreed that "one of them specifically, it really made the scene better. It was like it was supposed to be there." The soundtrack for the film How To Be features three original songs performed by Robert Pattinson and written by composer Joe Hastings.
Katie Holmes, baptized a Roman Catholic, attended Christ the King Church and parochial schools in Toledo. Katie Holmes' high school was the all-female Notre Dame Academy, her mother's alma mater, where Katie was a 4.0 student. At St. John's Jesuit, a nearby all-male high school, Katie Holmes appeared in school musicals, playing a waiter in Hello, Dolly! and Lola in Damn Yankees. Katie Holmes scored 1310 out of 1600 on her SAT and was accepted to Columbia University (and attended for a summer session); her father wanted her to be a doctor. Katie Holmes loved reading: "I never feel lonely in a bookstore," she said.
Alessandra Ambrosio's Angel status has brought her to the public's attention, often being cited by the popular media as one of the world's sexiest women. Alessandra Ambrosio was chosen as one of People magazine's annual "100 Most Beautiful People in the World," in May 2007, along with fellow Angels. Alessandra Ambrosio is among the world's top-earning models.
A few years later, Victoria Silvstedt was invited to participate in the Miss Sweden beauty pageant, after her mother and sister had sent some pictures of her to the pageant officials.
Aside from modeling work, Alessandra Ambrosio represents as the National Ambassador for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Alessandra Ambrosio was also selected by AskMen.com as Number 2 out of the "Top 99 Most Desirable Women of 2008".
In 1995, Carmen Electra started appearing in television programs. In May 1996 Carmen Electra was featured in a nude pictorial in Playboy magazine, the first of several. This exposure led to higher profile television appearances, including Baywatch (cast member from 1997–1998, as Leilani "Lani" McKenzie) and MTV's Singled Out. Carmen Electra returned to Baywatch for the 2003 reunion movie, Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding.
In 1988, Monica Bellucci moved to one of Europe's fashion centers, Milan, where she signed with Elite Model Management. By 1989, Monica Bellucci was becoming prominent as a fashion model in Paris and across the Atlantic, in New York City. Monica Bellucci posed for Dolce & Gabbana and French Elle, among others. In that year, Monica Bellucci made the transition to acting and began taking acting classes. The February 2001 Esquire's feature on Desire featured Ms. Bellucci on the cover and in an article on the five senses. In 2003, Monica Bellucci was featured in Maxim.
In 2008, Forbes claimed Keira Knightley to be the second highest paid actress in Hollywood, having reportedly earned $32 million in 2007, making her the only non-American on the list of highest paid actresses.
