ACTRESSES

Noureen DeWulf (born February 28, 1984) is an American actress.

DeWulf, an Indian American, was born in New York City, New York, with parents from Pune. She attended Boston University.

Mía Maestro (born June 19, 1978) is an Argentine actress.

Biography

Mia Maestro was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1978. Her mother was an economist and her father a businessman. At the age of 18 she moved to Berlin to be trained as a classical music vocalist. There she also learned the Brechtian acting technique as well as dance. At age 20 Maestro returned to Buenos Aires.

Maestro made her screen debut in Carlos Saura's Academy Award nominated film, Tango.

Yunjin Kim (born November 7, 1973) is a Korean American film and theatre actress, best known outside South Korea for her role as Sun-Hwa Kwon on the ABC television series Lost.

Biography

Early life

Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea. At the age of ten, Kim emigrated to the United States with her family.[citation needed] They lived in Staten Island, New York, one of New York City's five boroughs. She joined the middle school drama club in the 7th grade and performed in the musical My Fair Lady.

Kelly Carlson (born February 17, 1976) is an American actress. She is known for her current role as Kimber Henry on Nip/Tuck. In 2001 she was listed on Tear Sheet Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful list, and in 2003 her career picked up with a role on Nip/Tuck.

Biography

Mary Elizabeth Winstead (born November 28, 1984) is a SAG Award- and Young Artist Award-nominated American actress.

She has been called a scream queen, à la Jamie Lee Curtis, because of her roles in such horror films as Final Destination 3, Death Proof, and Black Christmas, but has branched out into other genres, including comedy (Sky High), drama (Bobby) and action (Live Free or Die Hard).

Early life

Isla Lang Fisher (born February 3, 1976) is an Australian actress and author. She began acting on Australian Television, and is best known for her role of Shannon Reed on the Australian soap opera Home and Away and for her role in the 2005 comedy Wedding Crashers opposite Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson.

Early life

Salma Hayek Jiménez (born September 2, 1966) is an award-winning Mexican-American actress, director, and television and film producer. Hayek has appeared in more than thirty films and performed as an actress outside of Hollywood in Mexico and Spain. Hayek's charitable work includes increasing awareness on violence against women and discrimination against immigrants.

Hayek is the first Mexican national to be nominated for an Best Actress Oscar. She is also, after Fernanda Montenegro, the second of three Latin Americans to achieve a Best Actress Oscar nomination.

Haylie Katherine Duff (born February 19, 1985) is an American actress and singer songwriter. She is best known for being the sister of Hilary Duff and her supporting role on 7th Heaven as well as playing supporting roles in the films Material Girls and Napoleon Dynamite. She will also be releasing her debut album Walk the Walk in mid-2008.

Biography

Early life

Raquel Alessi plays Lia Mathers in the Fox drama Standoff. She also appears in the movie Ghost Rider and is scheduled to appear in the upcoming release Summerhood. She was ranked #88 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list.

Padma Parvati Lakshmi is an Indian American cookbook author, actress, and former Super Model who has described herself as the first well-known model from India. She has been the host of the reality television program Top Chef since season two and is an ambassador for the United Nations Development Fund for Women.

Biography

Padma was born in Kerala, India, on September 1, 1970, though she grew up in Madras. However, Padma spent most of her adolescent life in the United States.