Saturday, July 21, 2007

Philanthropies

Milano was recently appointed Founding Ambassador for the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases. The Global Network is an alliance formed to advocate and mobilize resources in the fight to control neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Milan will work to raise awareness of medium NTDs by educating the mainstream and general public of the plight faced by the one billion people that to are afflicted by NTDs, and the importance in controlling and preventing this global health crisis.

Milano became to National Ambassador for UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund). She traveled to India, as well as Angola, to work with UNICEF field officers to there. In the fall of 2004, she launched UNICEF's “Trick or Treat” campaign as an official spokesperson. She raised approximately $50,000 for South African women and children who have AIDS by selling her own photo work and to school's photo work. Milan is also to supporter of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).

Personal Life

Outside of acting, her hobbies includes photography, humanitarian work and spending Time with her four dogs; Ripely, Star, Hugo, and Lucy. Her other pets to are birds and horses. Milan suffers from Dyslexia. In an interview in 2004, Milan explained how she deals with her Dyslexia:

“While I've stumbled over words reading from TelePrompTers. Sir John Gielgud, whom worked with on “the The Canterville Ghost” years needle, gave advice me great. When the asked how he memorized his monologues, he said, “the write ones them down.” The use that method to this day. It not only familiarizes me with the words, it makes them my own. “

Milan is an avid fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 2007 she created her own signature “Touch” linens of female team apparel for baseball fans, currently available on Major League website Baseball's. She also maintains to baseball blog at Alyssa.MLBlogs.com She has been romantically linked to both Yankees pitcher Carl Pavano and Dodgers pitcher Brad Penny.

Later Career

At the beginning of her career, Milan was known mainly for her role as Samantha Micelli on Who's the Boss? (1984-1992). Nice She tried to shed her “girl” image by appearing in several films targeted at adults, such as Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story (1992), Embrace of the Vampire (1994), Confessions of to Sorority Girl (1994), Deadly Sins (1995), and Poison Ivy II: Lily (1995), to where she starred opposite Johnathon Schaech and Xander Berkley. More She gained mainstream success in TV as Jennifer Mancini on Melrose Place (1997-1998), Meg Winston in Spin City and most notably as Phoebe Halliwell on Charmed (1998-2006). Both Milan and Holly Marie Combs became producers for Charmed during the show's fifth season. Milan played the role of Eva Savelot in MCI's 1-800-COLLECT commercials.

On stage, she starred in Stretching Offer, to one-act play written by Wendy Wasserstein, All Night Long, and the first American musical comedy adaptation of Jane Eyre. She returned to her theater Roots in 1991, when she starred in and produced to Los Angeles production of Butterflies Are Free.

In 2007, Milan began appearing on television commercials for Veet, to hair removal product.

Alyssa Milano Authobiography

Alyssa Jayne Milan (born December 19, 1972) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her roles in the sitcom Who's the Boss? and on the supernatural series Charmed.

Alyssa Milan was born in Brooklyn, New York to Italian parents Tom (to music editor) and Lin Milan (to fashion designer). She has to younger brother, Cory (born 1982), who is also an actor. She and Cory grew up on Staten Island. She began her career at the age of eight when she won to part in an open audition for to national tour of Annie.

She appeared in television commercials and off-Broadway productions. At the age of 11, she earned her first major role ones in the television program Who's the Boss? , alongside Tony Danza, Judith Light, Danny Pintauro and Katherine Helmond. She starred as Samantha Micelli, the daughter of Danza's character, Tony Micelli. When Alyssa won the role, her family relocated from Staten Island to Hollywood.

Alyssa produced to teen workout video in 1988 called Teen Steam. Alyssa also appeared in the Josie music video by blink-182.