Saturday, July 24, 2010

Vanessa Anne Hudgens

Is there anyone under the age of 25 who doesn't know Vanessa Anne Hudgens as Gabriella Montez from the High School Musical trilogy?
While she is best-known as an ingenue and singer with a couple of gold albums, with her credible acting ability (check out Thirteen), the willingness to do non-dangerous stuntwork (as seen in Thunderbirds), and her love of genre films, Vanessa's standing as a Fantastic Femme is assured!
Trivia:
Offered a role in the remake of horror film Prom Night, but turned it down.
Her singing training is in opera!
Performed all her singing in the High School Musical films and BandSlam.

Both her maternal and paternal grandparents were professional musicians in the 1930s-50s!
Genre appearances include...
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island in 3-D (Kailani)
Sucker Punch (Blondie)
Beastly (Linda Taylor)
Thunderbirds[2004] (Tin-Tin Kyrano)
Robbery Homicide Division "Had"
Check out...
Vanessa's MySpace Page
Vanessa's Official page
Vanessa Anne Hudgens Tribute (FanSite)
Vanessa-Hudgens.com (FanSite)
Miss Vanessa (FanSite)
Other actresses to play Tin-Tin Kyrano include...
Christine Finn in Thunderbirds[1965-67] / Thunderbirds are GO!/Thunderbird 6

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Milena Markovna Kunis


Mila Kunis was born in the Ukraine, came to America as a toddler, and learned English watching tv, particularly The Price is Right!
During her elementary school years, she was a child model doing toy and clothing ads and tv commercials.
When she was 14, Mila auditioned for, and won, the role of Jackie Burkhart on That 70's Show even though all auditioners were required to be 18 or older! Now THAT'S talent!
And, she's been named Esquire's "Sexiest Woman Alive" for 2012!
Photo by Cliff Watts
Trivia: Mila's a fangirl, playing World of WarCraft 'til all hours of the morning with boyfriend Macauley Culkin!
Genre appearances include...
Jupiter Ascending (Jupiter Jones)
Blood Ties (Natalie)
Hell & Back (Deema)
OZ: the Great and Powerful (Theodora/Wicked Witch of the West)
Ted (Lori Collins)
Black Swan (Lily)
Robot Chicken(Various Voices)
Book of Eli (Solara)
ZombieLand (Zombie)
Max Payne (Mona Sax)
Family Guy/Family Guy: the Video Game(Meg Griffin)
American Psycho 2: All-American Girl (Rachel)
Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves (Jill)
Piranha [1995] (Susie Grogan)
 Check out...
Oddly, she doesn't have an "official" website.
Other actresses to play Meg Griffin include...
Rachel McFarlane in Family Guy "Death Has a Shadow" (Pilot)
Cree Summer (offered role, footage not used)
Lacey Chabert in Family Guy (1st & part of 2nd seasons)
Tara Strong (singing voice) in Family Guy

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Marsha Thomason (Sykes)

British actress who came to the colonies after regular roles in several Brit-tv series.
Was a regular on Las Vegas and Easy Money, and had a multi-episode arc on LOST as well as returing in the "sideways" universe in the show's final season.
Marsha's currently a semi-regular on several series including Make It or Break It and White Collar!
Genre appearances include
Into the Blue 2: the Reef(Azra Tate)
White Collar(Diana Lancing)
LOST(Naomi Dorrit)
Life"The Business of Miracles"
Long Time Dead(Lucy)
Messiah V: the Rapture(Mel Palmer)
Black Knight(Victoria / Nicole)
Disney's Haunted Mansion(Sara Evers)

Check out...

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Candice (Kandyse) McClure

Born in South Africa, now living in Vancouver, Kandyse is an extremely talented actress with an amazing amount of genre credits.
It seems she's appeared in every genre series filmed in Canada since 2000. (Not that we're complaining!)
She just popped up in the fifth episode of Persons Unknown, and if her name in the opening credits is any indication, she'll be around for the remainder of the series!
Genre appearances include...
Persons Unknown (Erika Taylor)
Steven King's Children of the Corn(Vicki)
Barbie in "A Christmas Carol"(Catherine/Young Catherine)
Sanctuary(Meg)
Reaper( Nurse Cassidy)
Battlestar Galactica: the MiniSeries/Battlestar Galactica/Battlestar Galactica: Razor 
(Petty Officer, later Lieutenant, Anastasia Dualla aka Dee)
DaVinci's InQuest(Marla)
Smallville"Spirit"
Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda"The Others"
Jake 2.0 "The Prince & the Revolution"
Jeremiah(Elizabeth)
Level 9 "Ten Little Hackers"
Twilight Zone[2003] "Fair Warning"
Mysterious Ways"A Man of God"
Dark Angel(Anne Fisher)
New Outer Limits"Abduction"
Return to the Cabin by the Lake(Jade)
Romeo Must Die(Store Clerk)

Check out...
Her Official WebSite (I'm not sure of this one)
Illuminate (FanSite)