Kathryn Bridget Moynahan (born April 28, 1971), best known as Bridget Moynahan, is an American model and actress. After graduating from Longmeadow High School in 1989, Moynahan pursued a career in modeling. She was signed by a modeling agency, which led her to appear in department store catalogs and the covers of widely known magazines. After doing television commercials, she began taking acting lessons, in order to change occupations.
Moynahan made her television debut in a guest appearance in the comedy series Sex and the City in 1999, where she would later have a recurring role as the character Natasha. The following year, she made her feature film debut in Coyote Ugly. She was then cast in a supporting role in Serendipity (2001). Moynahan has appeared in an eclectic range of films, including the action film The Sum of All Fears (2002), spy thriller The Recruit (2003), the science-fiction movie I, Robot (2004), and the political thriller Lord of War (2005).
Away from film, Moynahan starred in the ABC television series Six Degrees, which premiered in September 2006. The show, however, was not successful, as it was canceled after one season. Since then, she has returned to film, starring in low-budget features. Moynahan completed work in Elizabeth Allen's Ramona and Beezus, which was released in July 2010. Returning to television, Moynahan stars in the CBS drama Blue Bloods.
In her personal life, Moynahan was in a three-year relationship with screenwriter Scott Rosenberg. She was then in a high-profile relationship with NFL quarterback Tom Brady from 2004 to 2006. In August 2007, she gave birth to Brady's son, John Edward Thomas.
* 2 Career
o 2.1 Early work
o 2.2 Breakthrough
* 3 Personal life
* 4 Filmography
* 5 References
* 6 External links
Moynahan was born in Binghamton, New York,the daughter of Irish American parents Mary Bridget (née Moriarty), a former school teacher Edward Bradley Moynahan, a scientist and former administrator at the University of Massachusetts Amherst She has two brothers, Andy and Sean When she was seven, her parents moved to Longmeadow, Massachusetts. Moynahan attended Longmeadow High School, where she was active with school athletics, where she captained the girls' soccer, basketball and lacrosse teams In 1989, she graduated from Longmeadow High School She has admitted that during her childhood, she was a tomboy
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Sophie Marceau (French pronunciation: [sɔfi maʁso]; born 17 November 1966) is a French actress, who has appeared in 35 films. During her teens, Marceau achieved popularity with her debut films La Boum (1980) and La Boum 2 (1982), for which she received a César Award for Most Promising Actress. In addition to her French-language films, she has worked in international films such as Braveheart (1995), and played the main antagonist, Elektra King, in The World Is Not Enough (1999).* 2 Career
o 2.1 Early film career
o 2.2 International success
* 3 Author and director
* 4 Personal life
* 5 Filmography
o 5.1 Actress
o 5.2 Writer and director
* 6 References
* 7 External links
Marceau was born Sophie Danièle Sylvie Maupu in Paris, France, the second child of Simone (née Morisset), a shop assistant, and Benoît Maupu, a truck driver. The family lived a working-class existence that left Marceau with generally fond memories of childhood. During the week, she helped at the family restaurant. She spent weekends with her family in La Cabane, a small house in Vert-le-Petit in the department Essonne. Her parents divorced when she was nine
In February 1980, Marceau and her mother came across a model agency looking for teenagers. Marceau had photos taken at the agency but did not think anything would come of it. At the same time, Françoise Menidrey, the casting director for Claude Pinoteau's La Boum (1980), asked modeling agencies to recommend a new teenager for the project. After viewing the rushes, Alain Poiré, the director of the Gaumont Film Company, signed Marceau to a long-term contract. La Boum was a hit not only in France, where 4.5 million tickets were sold, but several other European countries and Japan.citation needed
In 1981, Marceau made her singing debut with French singer François Valéry on "Dream in
In 1982, at the age of 15, Marceau bought back her contract with Gaumont for one million French francs. She borrowed most of the money. After starring in the sequel film La Boum 2 in 1982, Marceau focused on more dramatic roles, including Fort Saganne (co-starring Gérard Depardieu and Catherine Deneuve) and Joyeuses Pâques (Happy Easter) in 1984, L'Amour Braque and Police in 1985, and Descente aux Enfers (Descent Into Hell) in 1986. In 1988, she starred in L'Etudiante (The Student) and Chouans!. That year, Marceau was named Best Romantic Actress at the International Festival of Romantic Movies for her role in Chouans
In 1989, she starred in Mes nuits sont plus belles que vos jours (My Nights are more Beautiful than your Days), which was directed by her long-time boyfriend Andrzej Zulawski. In 1990, she starred in Pacific Palisades and La Note Bleue, her third film directed by her companion. In 1991, she ventured into the theater in Eurydice, which earned Marceau the Moliere Award for Best Female NewcomerMarceau began making less-dramatic films, such as the comedy Fanfan in 1993 and La Fille de D'Artagnan in 1994 both popular in Europe and abroad. That year, she returned to the theatre as Eliza Dolittle in Pygmalion
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o 2.1 Early film career
o 2.2 International success
* 3 Author and director
* 4 Personal life
* 5 Filmography
o 5.1 Actress
o 5.2 Writer and director
* 6 References
* 7 External links
Marceau was born Sophie Danièle Sylvie Maupu in Paris, France, the second child of Simone (née Morisset), a shop assistant, and Benoît Maupu, a truck driver. The family lived a working-class existence that left Marceau with generally fond memories of childhood. During the week, she helped at the family restaurant. She spent weekends with her family in La Cabane, a small house in Vert-le-Petit in the department Essonne. Her parents divorced when she was nine
In February 1980, Marceau and her mother came across a model agency looking for teenagers. Marceau had photos taken at the agency but did not think anything would come of it. At the same time, Françoise Menidrey, the casting director for Claude Pinoteau's La Boum (1980), asked modeling agencies to recommend a new teenager for the project. After viewing the rushes, Alain Poiré, the director of the Gaumont Film Company, signed Marceau to a long-term contract. La Boum was a hit not only in France, where 4.5 million tickets were sold, but several other European countries and Japan.citation needed
In 1981, Marceau made her singing debut with French singer François Valéry on "Dream in
In 1982, at the age of 15, Marceau bought back her contract with Gaumont for one million French francs. She borrowed most of the money. After starring in the sequel film La Boum 2 in 1982, Marceau focused on more dramatic roles, including Fort Saganne (co-starring Gérard Depardieu and Catherine Deneuve) and Joyeuses Pâques (Happy Easter) in 1984, L'Amour Braque and Police in 1985, and Descente aux Enfers (Descent Into Hell) in 1986. In 1988, she starred in L'Etudiante (The Student) and Chouans!. That year, Marceau was named Best Romantic Actress at the International Festival of Romantic Movies for her role in Chouans
In 1989, she starred in Mes nuits sont plus belles que vos jours (My Nights are more Beautiful than your Days), which was directed by her long-time boyfriend Andrzej Zulawski. In 1990, she starred in Pacific Palisades and La Note Bleue, her third film directed by her companion. In 1991, she ventured into the theater in Eurydice, which earned Marceau the Moliere Award for Best Female NewcomerMarceau began making less-dramatic films, such as the comedy Fanfan in 1993 and La Fille de D'Artagnan in 1994 both popular in Europe and abroad. That year, she returned to the theatre as Eliza Dolittle in Pygmalion
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Jessica Ann Simpson (born July 10, 1980) is an American singer, actress, television personality and fashion designer whose rise to fame began in 1999. Since that time, Simpson has achieved many recording milestones, starred in several television shows, movies, and commercials, launched a line of hair and beauty products, and designed fragrances, shoes, and handbags for women. She has devoted time to philanthropic efforts including Operation Smile and a USO-hosted tour for troops stationed overseas.
She has achieved seven Billboard Top 40 hits, three gold and two multi-platinum Recording Industry Association of America certified studio albums, four of which have reached the top 10 on the US Billboard 200. Simpson starred with her then-husband Nick Lachey in the MTV reality show Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica. She ventured into the country music market in 2008 and released Do You Know.
Simpson has a total of records sales in Australia of more than 426,000 copies and was ranked in the #113 on the 1000 artists chart of Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Music Decade Charts (1980–2010 In 2009, Billboard named Simpson as the 95th overall best Artists of the Decade Simpson also was ranked at number 86 on Billboard 200 Artists, based on album
o 2.1 1999–01: Sweet Kisses and Irresistible
o 2.2 2002–05: Newlyweds, In this Skin and film career
o 2.3 2006–07: A Public Affair and Employee of the Month
o 2.4 2008–09: Move to country and Do You Know
o 2.5 2010–present: Return to Reality TV and Happy Christmas
* 3 Other projects
o 3.1 Cosmetics and clothing
o 3.2 Commercials
o 3.3 Philanthropy
* 4 Criticism and controversy
* 5 Personal life
o 5.1 Marriage to Nick Lachey
o 5.2 Other relationships
* 6 Filmography
* 7 Discography
* 8 Tours
* 9 Awards and nominations
* 10 References
* 11 Further reading
* 12 External links
Jessica Ann Simpson was born in Abilene, Texas, as the daughter of Tina Ann (née Drew), a homemaker, and Joe Truett Simpson, a minister and psychologist. She has a younger sister Ashlee, who is also a singer. As a child, Simpson began singing at her local Baptist church. At age twelve, she unsuccessfully auditioned for The Mickey Mouse Club While attending J.J. Pearce High School, she signed to Proclaim Records, a minor Gospel music record label. She recorded an album, Jessica, but Proclaim went bankrupt and the album was never officially released except for a small pressing funded by her grandmother. This small pressing gained her minor attention and she gave concerts with other acts such as Kirk Franklin, God's Property, and CeCe Winans. Simpson left high school at age sixteen (she later earned her and after Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola heard Jessica, she was signed to the label
Career
1999–01: Sweet Kisses and Irresistible
Simpson at the 54th Presidential Inaugural Opening Celebration
Simpson released her first single, "I Wanna Love You Forever", which peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1999, and reached the top ten in ten countries. Soon afterwards, her major label debut album Sweet Kisses was released. To support the album, Simpson toured with Ricky Martin and with boy band 98 Degrees.
Meanwhile, Simpson's album Sweet Kisses had gone double platinum, helped by the follow-up singles "Where You Are" and "I Think I'm In Love With You", which were both released in 2000. The latter became Simpson's radio hit at that point, and was her first release of an uptempo single. Her debut album sold 2 million copies in US. Columbia Records officials reportedly decided Simpson needed a change for her sophomore album. The following year, when Simpson came to record her second album, executives pressured her to have a much more sexy image.[citation needed
In 2000, Simpson started recording the follow-up to Sweet Kisses, with what Columbia considered more radio-friendly, up-tempo tracks. The album, titled Irresistible, was released in mid-2001 on the heels of the title-track first single. "The title track" became one of the biggest hits of her career; it peaked at number fifteen on the Hot 100 and stayed in the chart for twenty weeks It managed to reach the top forty in some other countries it charted.citation needed
Irresistible debuted at number 6 in June 2001 on the Billboard 200 chartwith 127,000 copies sold in its first week. It was later certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America selling or shipments of 500,000 copies or more. Irresistible has sold 850,000 copies in the US, to date.[citation needed] In order to support the album, Simpson went on her first headlining tour, called the DreamChaser Tour, in mid-August, but due to the September 11, 2001 attacks could not complete the planned
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She has achieved seven Billboard Top 40 hits, three gold and two multi-platinum Recording Industry Association of America certified studio albums, four of which have reached the top 10 on the US Billboard 200. Simpson starred with her then-husband Nick Lachey in the MTV reality show Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica. She ventured into the country music market in 2008 and released Do You Know.
Simpson has a total of records sales in Australia of more than 426,000 copies and was ranked in the #113 on the 1000 artists chart of Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Music Decade Charts (1980–2010 In 2009, Billboard named Simpson as the 95th overall best Artists of the Decade Simpson also was ranked at number 86 on Billboard 200 Artists, based on album
o 2.1 1999–01: Sweet Kisses and Irresistible
o 2.2 2002–05: Newlyweds, In this Skin and film career
o 2.3 2006–07: A Public Affair and Employee of the Month
o 2.4 2008–09: Move to country and Do You Know
o 2.5 2010–present: Return to Reality TV and Happy Christmas
* 3 Other projects
o 3.1 Cosmetics and clothing
o 3.2 Commercials
o 3.3 Philanthropy
* 4 Criticism and controversy
* 5 Personal life
o 5.1 Marriage to Nick Lachey
o 5.2 Other relationships
* 6 Filmography
* 7 Discography
* 8 Tours
* 9 Awards and nominations
* 10 References
* 11 Further reading
* 12 External links
Jessica Ann Simpson was born in Abilene, Texas, as the daughter of Tina Ann (née Drew), a homemaker, and Joe Truett Simpson, a minister and psychologist. She has a younger sister Ashlee, who is also a singer. As a child, Simpson began singing at her local Baptist church. At age twelve, she unsuccessfully auditioned for The Mickey Mouse Club While attending J.J. Pearce High School, she signed to Proclaim Records, a minor Gospel music record label. She recorded an album, Jessica, but Proclaim went bankrupt and the album was never officially released except for a small pressing funded by her grandmother. This small pressing gained her minor attention and she gave concerts with other acts such as Kirk Franklin, God's Property, and CeCe Winans. Simpson left high school at age sixteen (she later earned her and after Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola heard Jessica, she was signed to the label
Career
1999–01: Sweet Kisses and Irresistible
Simpson at the 54th Presidential Inaugural Opening Celebration
Simpson released her first single, "I Wanna Love You Forever", which peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1999, and reached the top ten in ten countries. Soon afterwards, her major label debut album Sweet Kisses was released. To support the album, Simpson toured with Ricky Martin and with boy band 98 Degrees.
Meanwhile, Simpson's album Sweet Kisses had gone double platinum, helped by the follow-up singles "Where You Are" and "I Think I'm In Love With You", which were both released in 2000. The latter became Simpson's radio hit at that point, and was her first release of an uptempo single. Her debut album sold 2 million copies in US. Columbia Records officials reportedly decided Simpson needed a change for her sophomore album. The following year, when Simpson came to record her second album, executives pressured her to have a much more sexy image.[citation needed
In 2000, Simpson started recording the follow-up to Sweet Kisses, with what Columbia considered more radio-friendly, up-tempo tracks. The album, titled Irresistible, was released in mid-2001 on the heels of the title-track first single. "The title track" became one of the biggest hits of her career; it peaked at number fifteen on the Hot 100 and stayed in the chart for twenty weeks It managed to reach the top forty in some other countries it charted.citation needed
Irresistible debuted at number 6 in June 2001 on the Billboard 200 chartwith 127,000 copies sold in its first week. It was later certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America selling or shipments of 500,000 copies or more. Irresistible has sold 850,000 copies in the US, to date.[citation needed] In order to support the album, Simpson went on her first headlining tour, called the DreamChaser Tour, in mid-August, but due to the September 11, 2001 attacks could not complete the planned
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