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1 | Her acting mentor is Tony Danza. |
2 | She is the surrogate granddaughter of Katherine Helmond. |
3 | Endorsed Bernie Sanders in the 2016 presidential election of the United States. |
4 | Despite nailing her audition for the role of Heather in Where the Day Takes You (1991), producers feared putting a former child star in a lead role. Therefore they gave Alyssa the smaller role of Kimmy. The lead role would be given to Lara Flynn Boyle. |
5 | Returned to work 18 months after giving birth to her daughter Elizabella to begin filming What Goes Around Comes Around (2016). |
6 | To disguise her pregnancy with daughter Elizabella during season 2 of _Mistresses_, she would often carry large purses. |
7 | Decided to leave the series _Mistresses_ at the end of Season 2 due to production being moved from Los Angeles to Vancouver for financial reasons. She explained that having her husband and two small children already settled in L.A. would have been too much of a move. |
8 | When Shannen Doherty left Charmed (1998) in 2001 after three years, it caused great controversy since both Shannen and Alyssa confirmed that there was a rift. The series ended in 2006, and Alyssa would always call it her most favorite series. In 2013, Alyssa tweeted to Shannen and Holly Marie Combs and Rose McGowan, whether they would do a Charmed (1998) reunion movie, since she would love to do it, Doherty responded that she would. Although no movie was ever made, it was the first sign that they were both willing to mend their rift. It would take another two years to fully mend their rift, when in 2015, Alyssa tweeted to Doherty (who was battling breast cancer): "Sending you love, light, and strength". In October 2016, Alyssa said that she continues to tweet or direct message Shannen once a week offering words of support and encouragement, and in turn, Shannen has been appreciative. |
9 | Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 41, a daughter Elizabella Dylan Bugliari on September 4, 2014 and weighing 7 lbs., 7 oz., measured 19½ inches long. Child's father is her 2nd husband, Dave Bugliari. |
10 | Gave birth to her 1st child at age 38, a son Milo Thomas Bulgliari on August 31, 2011 in Los Angeles, California and weighed in at 7 lbs. and measured 19 inches long. Child's father is her 2nd husband, Dave Bugliari. |
11 | Was 7 months pregnant with her daughter Elizabella when she completed filming the 2nd season of Mistresses (2013). |
12 | (August 15, 2009) Married for the 2nd time her boyfriend of 3 years Dave Bugliari following a 7-month-long engagement. |
13 | In Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), the spaceship "The Milano" is named after her. |
14 | Ranked #34 on Maxim's "Hot 100" of 2014 list. |
15 | When future costar Shannen Doherty left Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990), Alyssa was a strong contender for replacing her before the role eventually went to Tiffani Thiessen. |
16 | Dubbed into French by Magali Barney for most of her films and all her series since Who's the Boss? (1984). |
17 | Celebrity spokesperson for ProActive. [February 2009] |
18 | Is a staunch liberal Democrat. |
19 | Her favorite song is "Blackbird" by The Beatles. |
20 | She was a source of inspiration for the character of Ariel in The Little Mermaid (1989). |
21 | Returned to work 7 months after giving birth to her son Milo to begin filming Mistresses (2013). |
22 | Was 4 months pregnant with her son Milo when she completed filming on New Year's Eve (2011). |
23 | Along with her co-stars Owen Wilson, Jenna Fischer and Christina Applegate, Milano is one of four actors from the film Hall Pass (2011) to become a first-time parent the same year the film was released. |
24 | She has been tremendously successful in using Twitter as a tool to raise money for Charity: Water, a nonprofit working to supply clean water to those in need. On her birthday, she asked her followers to donate money to the charity instead of purchasing birthday gifts. Today she has raised $92,568 for the charity. These achievements garnered her a "Do Something" Twitter Award in 2010. |
25 | Attended the wedding of Reese Witherspoon to Jim Toth (26 March 2011). She co-starred with Reese 15 years in the film Fear (1996). |
26 | Her dogs' names are Lucy, Ripely, Stella, Hugo and she has four cats named Simon, Lucy, Daisy and Miles. |
27 | Close friends with Justin Timberlake, Nick Lachey, Keiko Agena and Holly Marie Combs. |
28 | Good friends with Rose McGowan, Alec Ledd. |
29 | Alyssa met Hollywood agent Dave Bugliari in 2006. They became engaged in December 2008, and married in August 2010. |
30 | She stated on the DVD extras for her movie Pathology (2008) that she is an amateur photographer. |
31 | Has appeared in underwear along with Yasmine Bleeth, Jamie Luner, Melissa Joan Hart, Garcelle Beauvais, Carmen Electra, Peta Wilson and Jeri Ryan on the cover of and inside the October 1997 issue of Details magazine. |
32 | Writes a blog for Major League Baseball's website, and is friends with pitcher Carl Pavano, who pitched for the Montreal Expos, the Florida Marlins and the New York Yankees. |
33 | Her favorite sport is baseball. She was a New York Yankees fan growing up in Brooklyn, but became a huge fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers when she moved to Los Angeles at age 12, and remains a Dodgers season-ticket holder. |
34 | Has played four different characters named "Amy". In the movie The Surrogate (1995), she played .... Amy Winslow; in Buying the Cow (2002), she played .... Amy; in Kiss the Bride (2002), she played ... Amy Kayne; and played the female lead Amy Fisher in Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story (1993). |
35 | Has a phobia of water, making her underwater scenes in the Charmed (1998) episodes, Charmed: A Witch's Tail: Part 1 (2002) and Charmed: A Witch's Tail: Part 2 (2002), very hard. |
36 | Out of what she called "necessity", Milano teamed with G-III and MLB to create her own signature "touch" line of team-logo fashion for the female fan, which was released for sale on-line on April 13, 2007. |
37 | Is an active member of UNICEF. |
38 | Was an Indianapolis Colts supporter in Super Bowl the XLI. |
39 | Was ranked #5 in E's 50 cutest child stars all grown-up (2005). |
40 | Cousin of Eric Lloyd and Emily Ann Lloyd. |
41 | Named #6 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement, then ranked #22 in the 2006" supplement. |
42 | Is allergic to soy products, and is also a vegetarian who supports PETA. |
43 | Has played two different characters who both rode on a horse naked: Phoebe Halliwell in Charmed (1998) and the mayor's daughter in Spin City (1996). |
44 | Holly Marie Combs and Shannen Doherty were her bridesmaids at her wedding to Cinjun Tate. |
45 | Ranked #28 on VH1's list of "The 100 Greatest Child Actors of All Time" and #30 among the 100 Greatest Teen Stars. |
46 | Her family once suffered a tragic fire. Her father went back into the house to save the dog, risking his own life. He injured himself by jumping out of a second story window after the search for the dog became impossible due to the heat. The dog unfortunately did not survive. |
47 | Ranked #5 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002). |
48 | During the animation of The Little Mermaid (1989), her picture was used to create the lead character, Ariel. Coincidentally, her character on the WB television series, Charmed (1998), temporarily turned into a mermaid at the beginning of the fifth season. |
49 | Voted #4 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women list in both 2001 and 2003. |
50 | Older sister of Cory Milano. |
51 | Lost out to Shannen Doherty for a role in Mallrats (1995). |
52 | Is an accomplished recording artist whose five albums were released in Japan and each sold at least a million copies, going platinum. They are titled, "Alyssa", "Look In My Heart", "Best in the World", "Locked In a Dream" and "Do You See Me?". |
53 | Caused a commotion with her television father, Tony Danza, when she posed nude in the 1993 pages of Bikini magazine. "I worried about her, but it wasn't my place to say anything," explains Danza. "I played her father, but I wasn't her father.". Alyssa answered to the press that she already had an Italian father at home, and that she didn't need another one. |
54 | Attended the Buckley School in Sherman Oaks, California. |
55 | Caused a stir with two of her Candies Print ads, one of which shows a man perfuming Milano's cleavage, while the other shows her standing before a medicine cabinet stocked with perfume and condoms. Both ads were turned down by youth-oriented magazines Seventeen and Teen People. Also, her "Anywhere You Dare" TV commercials for the same product, which featured a black-lingerie clad Alyssa and a goateed man, were rejected by networks such as WB and FOX. [2000] |
56 | Her ex-husband, Cinjun Tate, is the lead singer for the rock group, Remy Zero. |
57 | Plays piano and flute. |
58 | Alyssa has seven tattoos. She has a sacred heart on her behind, a fairy kneeling in grass on her hip, rosary beads on her back, an angel on her left ankle, an Ouroboros (a snake biting its own tail) on her right wrist, an "om" on the other wrist and a garland of flowers around her right ankle. |
59 | Wore colored contact lenses in some episodes of Who's the Boss? (1984). |
60 | Was briefly engaged to Scott Wolf in 1993. |
61 | Awarded $230,000 in a default judgement against a web designer who allegedly posted nude pictures of her. [December 1998] |
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