Alyssa Milano

BIOGRAPHY

Phoebe Halliwell on Charmed Alyssa Milano has literally grown up on television and now enjoys a prolific career spanning film, television and theater. Milano currently stars as Phoebe Halliwell on Charmed. Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., Milano got her start with the national touring company of Annie. At 10, she was cast as Samantha Micelli in the long-running comedy Who's the Boss? starring opposite Tony Danza for eight years. The show ended in 1992, and she continued to hone her talents on both the big and small screens. Milano's next starring role was on the hit drama Melrose Place for two seasons. Milano starred in the title role in the feature comedy Hugo Pool. Directed by Robert Downey, Sr. and co-starring Sean Penn, Malcolm McDowell and Richard Lewis, the film chronicled a day in the life of a Bel-Air pool cleaner (Milano). Her additional feature credits include the psychological thriller Fear with Reese Witherspoon and Mark Wahlberg, Double Dragon, Where the Day Takes You and Commando. She has starred in a wide range of television movies including Braving Alaska, The Surrogate, Conflict of Interest, Candles in the Dark and in Gold Rush, an original television movie on The Wonderful World of Disney. She also guest-starred in an episode of Showtime's Rebel Highway. On stage, Alyssa starred in Tender Offer,M a one-act play written by Wendy Wasserstein; All Night Long; and the first American musical adaptation of Jane Eyre. She returned to her theater roots in 1991 when she starred in and produced a Los Angeles production of Butterflies Are Free. Milano has taken groundbreaking action to protect her rights and the rights of celebrities on the World Wide Web. She has won several copyright infringement suits, and has dedicated the settlement money to the launch of a new search index on the web, safesearching.com, a global community bringing a safe way to get the best entertainment information on the Internet. Milano resides in Los Angeles, Calif. And spends her free time writing, attending dance classes and traveling.

1984 Old Enough Diane
1985 Commando Jenny Matrix
1986 The Canterville Ghost Jennifer Canterville TV movie
1988 Crash Course Vanessa Crawford TV movie and the movie was also known as "Driving Academy".
Dance 'Til Dawn Shelley Sheridan TV movie
1989 Speed Zone! Lurleen a.k.a. Cannonball Fever
1992 Little Sister Diana
Where the Day Takes You Kimmy
1993 The Webbers Fan TV movie
Conflict of Interest Eve
Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story Amy Fisher TV movie
Candles in the Dark Sylvia Velliste TV movie
1994 Embrace of the Vampire Charlotte
Confessions of a Sorority Girl Rita Summers TV movie
1995 Double Dragon Marian Delario/Power Corps Chief
Deadly Sins Cristina
The Surrogate Amy Winslow TV movie
1996 Jimmy Zip Short Film
Poison Ivy II: Lily Lily Leonetti
Fear Margo Masse
Glory Daze Chelsea
To Brave Alaska Denise Harris TV movie
Public Enemies Amaryllis
1997 Below Utopia Susanne
Hugo Pool Hugo Dugay
1998 Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure Frances Ella 'Fizzy' Fitz TV movie
2001 Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure Angel voice
2002 Buying the Cow Amy
Kiss the Bride Amy Kayne
2003 Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star Cyndi
2005 Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone 26 voice
2007 The Blue Hour Allegra post-production

TV series
Year(s) Title Role Seasons Notes
1984-1992 Who's the Boss? Samantha Micelli 1-8
1997-1998 Melrose Place Jennifer Mancini 7
1998-2006 Charmed Phoebe Halliwell 1-8
2007-???? Me and Everyone Else Mia ?