Noot Seear Biography

Birth Name : Renata Seear

Date of Birth : 5 October 1983, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Height : 5' 9½" (1.77 m)

Best known as : Supermodel

She began modeling at age 13, and moved to New York at 14. She has appeared in ad campaigns for Armani, Issey Miyake, Polo Jeans, Chanel, Calvin Klein and Yves St. Laurent, among others. Before she became a model, she was an award-winning horseback rider in Canada.

Even with horses, chess and academia to keep her busy, Noot Seear still found time to shop, and during one memorable Vancouver shopping spree in 1996, she was cornered by Selena Wallace, a model-turned-talent agent. Their meeting was enough to convince the teenage Noot Seear to try the modeling industry on for size and by 1997, she had moved to New York City with her trusty chess set along for the ride.

Noot Seear is a fashion model from Vancouver, British Columbia who became more well known when she was cast as Heidi in the 2009 sequel to the movie Twilight. She began modelling when she was just into her teens and moved to New York in 1997 to further her career. By the end of the 1990s she'd modelled for big-name designers such as Calvin Klein, Giorgio Armani and Vera Wang. When she's not on the runway she's posing for magazine covers and working with RoseCharities, a not-for-profit organization that provides relief for children in poor countries.

Nina Persson Biography

Birth Name : Nina Elisbet Persson

Date of Birth : 6 September 1974, Jönköping, Jönköpings län, Sweden

Height : 5' 6" (1.68 m)

Occupation : Singer

Nina Persson (born Nina Elisabet Persson September 6, 1974 in Örebro, Sweden) is the lead singer and lyricist for the Swedish pop group The Cardigans. Originally, she was going to art school until she started with the The Cardigans. She has also worked as a solo artist, releasing an album as A Camp and appearing on the tribute album to Serge Gainsbourg entitled Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited. She has also worked with rock group Sparklehorse.

With `First Band on the Moon', released in 1996, the band developed into a more complex, darker animal, the songs were about heartbreak, infidelity and despair. The album also contained Persson's first solo writing credit, the plaintive `heartbreaker'. After being featured in Baz Luhrmann Romeo + Juliet (1996), the song `Lovefool' rocketed the band to international stardom. However it was unrepresentative of the album and though it helped it go gold in America many critics branded them saccharine soft-pop on the basis of 'Lovefool'. Annoyed by this inaccurate description, the band reappeared in 1998 as a souped-up rock beast with 'Gran Turismo'. The video for `Favourite Game' featured a tattooed Persson in a Thelma & Louise (1991) esque role as a criminal on the run. It was the band's most consistent album to date, with several tracks written by Persson individually. It spawned the European hit singles `My Favourite Game' and `Erase/Rewind' and sold 2.5 million copies worldwide, however it failed to make a dent in the American market.

Nina Dobrev Biography

Birth Name : Nina Constantinova Dobreva

Date of Birth : 9 January 1989, Sofia, Bulgaria

Height : 5' 6" (1.68 m)

Nationality : Bulgarian-Canadian

Occupation : Actress and model

Nina moved to Canada at the age of two and has lived in Toronto, Ontario since. From a very young age she showed great enthusiasm and talent for the arts: Dance, Gymnastics, Theatre, Music, Visual arts, and Acting! Modeling jobs led to commercials, which then turned into film auditions. Shortly after, she booked roles in feature films "Fugitive Pieces", "Away From Her" and the popular television series "Degrassi: The Next Generation" on CTV.

Dobrev began modelling in her teens, which led to stints in TV commercials and, later, in films and TV shows. Her first major role came in 2006, when she was cast as Mia Jones - the teenage mother - in the Canadian teen series Degrassi: The Next Generation. It was a role she would hold for the next four years. During those four years she took up sociology at Ryerson University, but decided to drop out to pursue acting. In 2009 Dobrev was cast on the CW series The Vampire Diaries, where she plays two roles: as Elena Gilbert, a present-day human caught between two vampire brothers; and her Civil War-era doppelganger Katherine Pierce, a vampire who the vampires loved when they were still human.

Nia Vardalos Biography

NAME: Antonia Eugenia Vardalos

OCCUPATION: Actress

BIRTH DATE: November 24, 1962 (Age: 49)

EDUCATION: Ryerson University

PLACE OF BIRTH: Winnipeg, Canada

]

Actress, writer. Born Antonia Eugenia Vardalos on September 24, 1962 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. An outgoing girl since childhood, Vardalos began her professional acting career at the Rainbow Stage, a local theater company that helped her land a scholarship to Toronto's Ryerson University in 1986. Two years later, she join Toronto's Second City theater troupe, moving to Chicago's Second City stage shortly thereafter. After moving to Los Angeles to continue acting, Vardalos received bit parts on such sitcoms as The Drew Carey Show.

Drawing on her eccentric Greek upbringing, as well as stories shared by her Greek friends, Vardalos soon began penning a stage play entitled My Big Fat Greek Wedding. The one-woman play drew the attention of actress Rita Wilson and husband Tom Hanks who agreed to turn it into a film. For a paltry $5 million, My Big Fat Greek Wedding debuted in 2002 to become the sleeper hit of the year. With virtually no television or buildboard advertising, the independent film drew record numbers by sheer word-of-mouth momentum. In February 2003.

The series, which had actually been picked up for development prior to the film's release after a CBS executive happened to catch Vardalos' show at the Just for Laughs International Comedy Festival in Montreal, was revamped at the last minute to pick up where the film left off rather than re-tell the courtship story. She also sold a second feature film script, "Connie and Carla Do L.A." (2004) in which she and Toni Colette play working-class dinner theater singers who are forced to go undercover in LA as drag queens-with Hanks and Wilson again serving as producers.

Nelly Furtado Biography

Nelly Furtado Biography
 

Name: Nelly Kim Furtado

Birth Date: December 02, 1978 (Age: 35)
Height: 5' 2" (1.58m)

Place of Birth: Victoria, Canada
Occupation: Songwriter, Singer

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
Spouse: Demacio Castellon (m. 2008)
Children: Nevis Gahunia

Nelly Kim Furtado was born on December 2, 1978 in Victoria, British Columbia. In a sense, Furtado??s future musical success seemed assured: her family, of Portuguese descent, was very musical. At the age of four, she performed a duet with her mother at church in celebration of Portugal Day. She was part of a jazz band, a concert band, and a marching band in addition to appearing in school plays and musicals. When Furtado was eight, she received a tape recorder and microphone as a gift. This gift and her fascination with hip-hop groups such as TLC, Bel Biv Devoe, Ice-T, and Mariah Carey led her to experiment with the sampling techniques used by those acts. When she was 18, Furtado entered a talent show for young female urban performers held in Toronto, the Honey Jam.

After that in 1997, she performed for honey jam talent show where she was attracted by Gerald Eaton. She contacted her to write for him and she agreed. Later on with the help of him she recorded her first single “Party's just Begun (again)” in 1999.

Nelly Furtado biography includes her first album with Eaton and West Named “Whoa, Nelly!” which was released in October 2000. It was a success internationally. The famous songs were “I am like a bird”, “Turn off the light” and “Shit on the radio”. For this album she was nominated for Gammy in 2002 and also won best female pop vocal performance. Her 2nd album named “Folklore” was released in 2003. This album includes the song “Forca” which was the official song for the European Football Championship 2004.

Naya Rivera Biography

Birth Name : Naya Marie Rivera

Date of Birth : 12 January 1987, Valencia, California, USA

Height : 5' 5" (1.65 m)

Occupation : Actress, singer, model

Naya Marie Rivera was born on January 12th, 1987 in Valencia, California. Her mother is a model and actress, and Naya is represented by the same talent agent as her mother. She began working as a model and actress before she was a year old. Her first major role was in The Royal Family at the age of four.

In addition to her role on The Royal Family, Naya appeared in many other roles, including performances on the Bernie Mac Show, 8 Simple Rules, and Even Stevens. In addition, she appeared in B2K’s video for “Why I Love You”. In between going on auditions and working these jobs, she also worked as a telemarketer, a nanny, and a greeter at Abercrombie and Fitch.

In 2002 she also appeared in the music video for B2K's "Why I Love You". She was hired for a single-episode guest appearance on The Bernie Mac Show in 2002, but was brought back to work on a further five episodes. In 2006 and 2007, Rivera took part in a production of Mark E. Swinton's award-winning play "U Don't Know Me: The Musical", both in Los Angeles and when the production was taken on national tour. In 2010, Rivera made the Maxim Hot 100 list, coming in at number 61. The following year, she was ranked number 43. In May 2011, it was announced that Rivera had signed a deal with Columbia Records to produce a solo album. Also in May, Rivera hosted the San Francisco GLAAD Media Awards.

Natasha Bedingfield Biography

Birth Name : Natasha Anne Bedingfield

Date of Birth : 26 November 1981, Haywards Heath, Sussex, England, UK

Height : 5' 6¼" (1.68 m)

Occupations : Singer-songwriter, record producer

Bedingfield was born in Surrey (later moving to the Lewisham district of London) to New Zealand-born Molly and John Bedingfield who are both charity workers. She has three siblings; brothers Daniel and Joshua, and younger sister Nikola. Her interest in music was encouraged by her parents and she took guitar and piano lessons when she was younger. When Bedingfield was a teenager, she and her siblings, Daniel and Nikola, formed the dance/electronic group.

The first single released from the album was "Single", which reached number three on the UK singles chart. The song's lyrics and its accompanying music video, depict Bedingfield's single lifestyle. "These Words" was released as the album's second single. The song became Bedingfield's first UK number-one and U.S. top twenty single. "Unwritten" was released as the album's third single in 2004, the song reached number six on the UK singles chart and it also became the second most played song on U.S. radio in 2006. The songs lyrics discuss "living your own life without other people telling you how to live it". "I Bruise Easily" was released as the album's fourth single, it did not perform as well as its predecessors but was still a moderate success, reaching number 12 on the UK singles chart.

In November 2006, Bedingfield released the DVD Live in New York City, which contained a live concert performance as well as music videos and a documentary. That month she recorded the Diane Warren-penned song "Still Here" for the film Rocky Balboa. The song, however, did not appear on the soundtrack; although it was included on her second album.

Natalie Portman Biography

Birth Name : Natalie Hershlag

Date of Birth : 9 June 1981, Jerusalem, Israel

Height : 5' 3" (1.60 m)

Occupation : Actress

Natalie Portman was born in Jerusalem, the only child of a doctor father (from Israel) and an artist mother (from Cincinnati, Ohio), who also acts as Natalie's agent. She left Israel for Washington, D.C., when she was still very young. After a few more moves, her family finally settled in New York, where she still lives to this day. She graduated with honors, and her academic achievements allowed her to attend Harvard.

She was discovered by an agent in a pizza parlor at the age of 11. She was pushed towards a career in modeling but she decided that she would rather pursue a career in acting. She was featured in many live performances, but she made her powerful film debut in the movie Leon: The Professional (1994) (aka "Léon").

Hailed as a child prodigy for her uncommonly skilled performances in Luc Besson's "The Professional" (1994) and Michael Mann's "Heat" (1995), Natalie Portman dodged the "child star curse" bullet to become a major big screen draw in her twenties. Even as a teen, Portman's talent for portraying sensitive old souls reflected her own grounded, emotionally evolved persona, as well as her ability to plan her career and choose roles wisely. She offered a Golden Globe-nominated performance as the level-headed daughter of flighty single mom Susan Sarandon in "Anywhere But Here" (1999), before transforming into a sci-fi pin-up as regal queen Padme Amidala in the "Star Wars" prequel trilogy (1999, 2002, 2005). Her foray into mega blockbuster territory - including "V for Vendetta" (2006) - proved Portman's screen appeal as an empowered, intelligent and irresistibly cute screen star. Throughout her career Portman maintained "acclaimed actress" status with a Golden Globe-winning turn in Mike Nichols' "Closer" (2004) and Oscar-winning performance in Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan" (2010), as well as returned regularly to independent films like "Garden State" (2004), where her charm, emotional accessibility and increasing dramatic range made her one of the most bankable young women on the big screen.

Natalia Vodianova Biography

Name : Natalia Vodianova

Date of Birth : 28 February 1982, Gorky, Russian SFSR

Height : 5' 9" (1.75 m)

Occupation : Model

Natalia Vodianova (born 28 February 1982) is a Russian supermodel.

Natalia Vodianova and Fredrik Ljungberg in a commercial for Calvin Klein. Born in Gorky (now Nizhni Novgorod), Russia's third largest city, she lived with her mother and two half-sisters in unpleasant conditions. Her mother's abusive boyfriends and a tight financial situation dogged her throughout childhood.

Helping her mother with her fruit stall business at the tender age of 11, Vodianova moved into her own apartment with a friend at 15 years old. They started their own fruit stall to help out the struggling family and were actually quite successful, all things considered. They were able to help out Vodianova's sisters, one of whom is an invalid.

In 2001, Vodianova married The Honourable Justin Trevor Berkeley Portman, heir to a family that owns large parts of central London, and half-brother of the 10th Viscount Portman. The couple now have three children: Lucas Alexander, born in 2001, Neva, born in 2006, and Viktor, born in 2007. Vodianova famously attended the Golden Age Of Couture Gala at the Victoria and Albert Museum in sample-sized Givenchy couture just days after giving birth to her third child.

In 2005 Vodianova founded the Naked Heart Foundation, an organisation that aims to provide play facilities for children in urban Russia. The organisation has built nearly thirty play parks, its first in Vodianova's hometown of Nizhny Novgorod.

Naomi Watts Biography

Birth Name : Naomi Ellen Watts
Date of Birth : 28 September 1968, Shoreham, Kent, England, UK
Height : 5' 5" (1.65 m)
Occupation : Actress

Naomi Watts was born in Shoreham, England on September 28, 1968 to Peter and Miv Watts. Peter Watts, the road manager to Pink Floyd, died when Naomi was seven and she began to follow her mother and her brother around England until they settled in Australia when she was fourteen. She coaxed her mother into letting her take acting class when they arrived. After bit parts in commercials, she landed her first role in For Love Alone (1986). Naomi met her best friend, Nicole Kidman, when they both auditioned for a bikini commercial and they shared a taxi ride home. In 1991, Naomi starred along Kidman in the sleeper-hit Flirting (1991) directed by John Duigan.

Her vaunted turn propelled the unknown actress into stardom, resulting in leading roles in major Hollywood films and a healthy tabloid interest in her private life when she began dating fellow Aussie actor, Heath Ledger. Watts followed up by starring in the Japanese horror remake, "The Ring" (2002), while turning in an award-worthy performance as a wife and mother grieving the tragic loss of her family in the downbeat "21 Grams" (2003). She next displayed her wide range the following year with the relationship drama "We Don't Live Here Anymore" (2004), the historical drama "The Assassination of Richard Nixon" (2004), and David O. Russell's existential comedy "I [Heart] Huckabees" (2004). Watts reached her widest audience as the damsel in distress in Peter Jackson's "King Kong" (2005), while starring in the sequel "The Ring Two" (2005). After lower key movies like "Eastern Promises" (2007) and "The International" (2009), Watts flirted with further critical acclaim as exposed CIA agent Valerie Plame in "Fair Game" (2010), which underscored her reputation as one of Hollywood's most versatile and beautiful actresses.

Nancy O'Dell Biography

Birth Name : Nancy Evelyn Humphries

Date of Birth : 25 February 1966, Sumter, South Carolina, USA

Height : 5' 9½" (1.77 m)

Occupation : Television journalist and personality

Nancy O'Dell began her broadcast career as a reporter and anchor at WPDE-TV in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. She later worked as morning news anchor and crime reporter at WCBD-TV. While in Charleston, O'Dell's reports on the lenient police approach to DUI cases led to a State Law Enforcement Division investigation that resulted in state authorities re-issuing a more stringent directive regarding these cases.

Nancy served as the co-anchor of "Access Hollywood" for thirteen years. She was recently tapped by Oprah and Mark Burnett Productions to host one of OWN network's premiere primetime shows entitled "Your Own Show" which launched in January 2011. O'Dell has contributed reports to CBS's The Early Show, NBC News' "Today" show and "Dateline." With 20 years of live television experience, Nancy is a go-to host for live network specials. She recently hosted FOX's New Year's Eve Special ringing in 2011. She was also a special presenter/host on FOX's American Country Awards and served as the voice of the show. O'Dell hosted ABC's 2010 Fall Preview special, the 2010 Emmy Awards coverage for CBS, VH1's 2010 Critic's Choice Awards Live Red Carpet Special, and the 2010 Superbowl Fan Jam Concert Special.

Nadja Auermann Biography

Name : Nadja Auermann

Date of Birth : 19 March 1971, West Berlin, West Germany

Height : 5' 11" (1.80 m)

Occupation : German model and actress.

Nadja Auermann was born March 19, 1971, in West Berlin, Germany. The daughter of bankers, Nadja didn't initially hope for the glamorous life of a model that she leads today.

Hoping to pursue a career in architecture, furniture design, or even as the chancellor of Germany, her path took an unexpected twist when she was discovered by a modeling scout while sitting in a Berlin café in 1989. The scout wanted Nadja to pose for a travel catalogue, and although she was hand-picked out of a crowd, the beginning of her career was a failure.

In 1991, she signed with Elite Model Management. Nadja landed modeling gigs, but it wasn't until she bleached her hair platinum blonde for a prêt-à-porter collection that her career took off. Everyone from Harper's Bazaar to Vogue came crawling, as both magazines featured portfolios on the "it" girl in modeling. By 1994, Nadja was the model for runways & magazine photo spreads. This was made clear with a 26-page Neiman Marcus shoot in Harper's Bazaar & consecutive Vogue photo shoots in 1994. She had her picture taken for French Vogue, in addition to appearing in Benetton clothing advertisements. Nadja has modeled for Versace, & she appeared in their classic ad photo in miniskirts along with Kristen McMenamy, Christy Turlington, Claudia Schiffer, Cindy Crawford, & Stephanie Seymour. In the following years, she was photographed by super-shooter Ellen von Unwerth & appeared in & on the covers of numerous magazines. In 1997, she had her first child with Olaf Björn, a daughter called Cosima.

Nadine Coyle Biography

Birth Name : Nadine Elizabeth Louise Coyle

Date of Birth : 15 June 1985, Derry, Northern Ireland, UK

Height : 5' 6" (1.68 m)

Occupations : Singer, songwriter

Nadine Coyle was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, on 15 June 1985 to Lillian and Niall Coyle. Her parents first noticed her talent for singing at the age of two, when she sang The Drifters' "Saturday Night at the Movies." Coyle was uninterested in her education but received good grades. She recorded a demo CD, which was distributed to Louis Walsh and The Late Late Show. The CD included cover versions of "Fields of Gold", "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", "Love Is", and the aria "Summertime".

After the group members announced they were taking a hiatus in 2009, Coyle began working on her own solo material and recorded as yet unreleased tracks with Boyz II Men and Jay Sean. She made her first solo appearance a year later, when she performed "Love Me for a Reason" at a TV tribute show to Stephen Gately. Despite initial reports that Coyle had signed with Geffen Records, she announced an unexpected deal with grocery chain Tesco's new record label, which would see her debut album sold exclusively in their stores, a tactic that had worked earlier for Faithless and Simply Red. Insatiable, which features contributions from Lucie Silvas, Tiësto, and William Orbit, and includes the Guy Chambers-penned title track, was released at the end of 2010.

Nadia Bjorlin Biography

Birth Name : Nadia Alexandra Bjorlin

Date of Birth : 2 August 1980, Newport, Rhode Island, USA

Height : 5' 8" (1.73 m)

Occupation : Actress, singer

Nadia, the fifth child of six born to world renowned Swedish Maestro, Ulf Bjorlin Sr., and his Persian wife, Fary, began her life in Newport, Rhode Island on August 2, 1980. The Bjorlins migrated back to Sweden, her father's native country, when Nadia was two months old. Being the family of a conductor and composer, the Bjorlins traveled and lived abroad for several years until their father took a job conducting the Florida Philharmonic and Palm Beach Symphony. By this time, Nadia was completely seduced by her father's love of music. She started performing professionally at age eight, singing with two of her brothers, Ulf Jr. and Jean-Paul forming The Bjorlin Trio, at her father's concerts. Nadia has also peformed in two musicals: The Snow Queen and The Portrait of Raoul Wallenberg.

Nadia appeared on Days of our Lives in the contracted-role of 'Chloe Lane' beginning in November 1999, and her character was placed in the middle of the most heated and contested love triangles on the show (Broe vs. Phloe) at the time. Fans from both sides campaigned for their respective couple passionately, sending anything from stress balls to lip gloss to hay to producers, writers, and actors on Days. Nadia left the contract role in 2003, but recurred until 2005 when the characters of Chloe and Brady got married and left Salem. Rumors have popped up from time to time that Nadia would eventually return to her role, and in November of 2007, she did just that! She has been on contract since 2007 and just recently wrapped up her role as 'Chloe Lane' in July 2011. Her last airdate will be late September 2011. Nadia also currently stars as 'Lara' in the highly intriguing Venice the Series. The series is shot and produced in Venice, California and fans subscribe to the series solely online at VenicetheSeries.com. The cast has filmed 2 seasons and has received accolades and praises from critics and fans. Season 3 will begin shooting in September and will air online tentatively in December 2011.

Myleene Klass Biography

Birth Name : Myleene Angela Klaas

Date of Birth : 6 April 1978, Norfolk, England, UK

Height : 5' 6" (1.68 m)

Occupations : Singer, pianist, model

Born to an Austrian-English father and a Filipina mother, Myleene was always going to show a musical talent from childhood. Her father had six generations of classical musicians behind her, which is rather lucky. She was one of those annoying children who picked up the violin and piano from the age of FOUR and the harp from the age of TWELVE, while you and I were still trying to master the triangle.

Myleene was thrust into the spotlight in 2001 by the ITV1 phenomenon 'Popstars'. From thousands of singing hopefuls, Myleene was chosen to become one of five members of the controversial yet incredibly successful reality pop band, Hear'Say. Hear'Say's first single "Pure and Simple" entered the charts at No.1, going on to sell over 1 million copies. However, despite a string of hit singles and a nationwide sell out tour, the band split in late 2002 leaving Myleene to pursue a solo career.

In 2003, Myleene signed a solo deal with Universal Classics, releasing her debut solo classical album 'Moving On' soon after. Entering the classical charts at No.2, the album went on to break records in all genres, entering the popular charts amidst pop and rock artists.

Summer 2005 saw Myleene take on new challenges, focusing on her enthusiasm for television. Incredibly her first TV role was presenting the hit ITV1 Saturday morning music show 'cd:uk', an hour long, live pop show and a real baptism of fire! Myleene hosted the show for six consecutive months, interviewing a broad range of top music names from 50 Cent to Westlife. cd:uk made the TV industry sit up and take notice of Myleene's natural persona on screen, sending her presenting career spinning into orbit.