We all have our own memories of the ’90s. What was your favorite: sitcoms, boy bands, fashion, something else? Two decades later, it’s time to remember all those people who made the ’90s so memorable and see where are they today.
This gallery is a great reminder of famous people from that decade that are almost forgotten today.
Amy Jo Johnson
Amy Jo Johnson is the best remembered for her role of Kimberly in 1993-1999 “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers”. During the 2000s, she continued acting in TV shows “The Division” and “Flashpoint”.
In 2001, Johnson released her first music album and two more after that. She wrote and directed an indie movie “The Space Between” which was released this spring.
Denise Richards
Denise Richards had memorable roles in hit shows “Saved by the Bell,” “Melrose Place,” and “Seinfeld”. Her movie breakthrough came with the sci-fi action “Starship Troopers” in 1997. It served as a starting point for her to get more film roles in movies like “Drop Dead Gorgeous” and “The World is Not Enough”.
In 2011, Richards published her memoir titled “The Real Girl Next Door”.
Calista Flockhart
Remember “Ally McBeal”? The famous anxious TV lawyer was portrayed by Calista Flockhart from 1997 to 2002. Many found her character loveable which made the show mega-popular.
The role of Ally helped Calista land numerous roles on other shows such as “Full Circle,” “Brothers & Sisters,” and “Supergirl”. She married Harrison Ford in 2010.
Gwen Stefani
Gwen Stefani was the leader of a hit pop-rock band “No Doubt” in the ’90s. They recorded 6 albums together before Stefani decided to go solo in 2004. Her first solo album was titled “Love. Angel. Music. Baby.”
Her solo career was and still is a huge success. Some of her most famous hits include “Hollaback Girl,” “Used To Love You,” and “If I Was A Rich Girl”.
In 2014, Gwen became a judge of “The Voice,” a reality talent show. She has released her own clothing and perfume line.
Bug Hall
Bug Hall first appeared on TV in 1994’s “Little Rascals” playing Alfalfa. During the ’90s, he kept landing roles in many movies and a show “Kelly Kelly”.
Though he is acting to this day, Hall is associated with his childhood role all the time. He last appeared on film in 2017’s “The Shadow People” and will star in the announced “The Long Run”.
Brandy Norwood
Brandy Norwood was a famous singer and actress in the ’90s. She released a self-titled album in 1994 and it quickly went platinum. Soon after, she was cast to play the lead role in TV show “Moesha”.
While still working on “Moesha,” she was picked for the role of Karla Wilson in the hit movie “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer”. From 2012 to 2015, we saw her as Chardonnay in “The Game,” and as of January 2016, she has been playing Zoe Moon in “Zoe Ever After”.
Mike Vitar
Mike Vitar starred in “The Sandlot,” a movie following the story of a new kid in town who was taken under the wing of a young baseball prodigy.
Vitar’s last credited role dates back to 1997 for the TV series “Chicago Hope”. After that, he committed to pursuing another profession. He has been an LAFD firefighter since 2002.
Elizabeth Hurley
Back in the days of “Sky” magazine, Elizabeth Harley was known as Hugh Grant’s girlfriend. She kicked off her career in modeling and acting in the late ’80s, and started landing big roles soon.
Her acting resume includes titles such as “Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery,” “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me”, and “Bedazzled”.
Lately, Hurley could be seen in TV hits “Gossip Girl” and “The Royals”.
Jenna Von Oÿ
Jenna Von Oÿ became famous after her role of Six Lemure in “Blossom”. After the show’s ending in 1995, she went to the University of Southern California to study film, only to drop out after 2 years.
Oÿ returned to acting and had appearances on “7th Heaven,” “The Parkers,” “Chicago Hope,” and “Martin”. When she admitted her career isn’t really going anywhere, she gave singing a shot. Her debut album “Breathing Room” was released in 2007. She’s also a published writer.
Kel Mitchell
Kel Mitchell starred on comedy shows “Kenan and Kel” and “All That”, which made him a teen comedy star in the ’90s. He also scored a role in the movie “Mystery Men” with Ben Stiller.
Over the past two decades, he had been giving voice to numerous characters on shows like “Wild Grinders,” “Clifford the Big Red Dog,” “Pink Panther & Pals,” and “Motorcity”.
Since 2015, he’s been on Nickelodeon series “Game Shakers” where he still performs.
Winona Ryder
Winona Ryder is probably on every unofficial list of the most memorable ’90s actresses. She first appeared in “Mermaids” in 1990 and got nominated for a Golden Globe for her role. She had another memorable role in the same year, in “Edward Scissorhands” next to Johnny Depp. Two years later, we saw her along Keanu Reeves in “Bram Stoker’s Dracula”.
After landing numerous roles over the years (and a break after being caught shoplifting in 2001), she’s now back in the new Netflix hit “Stranger Things”.
Erika Eleniak
Even though Pamela Anderson was the biggest star on the “Baywatch,” we also can’t forget Erika’s character. During the ’90s, she has also starred in “ET”, but struggled to land big roles later in her career.
She had minor roles in “Desperate Housewives” and “Fantasy Island,” and also appeared I a couple of reality TV shows in the mid 2000’s.
Minnie Driver
Minnie Driver will always be remembered for her lead role in “Circle of Friends”. The popularity she gained with the show provided her big roles in movies like “GoldenEye,” “Good Will Hunting,” and “Grosse Point Black”.
She got a recurring role on “About a Boy” in 2015, and currently plays Maya DiMeo on “Speechless”.
Driver is credited in couple of titles currently in production, including “Spinning Man” and “Wilde Wedding”.
Andrew Keegan
Andrew Keegan kicked off his career in the 1994 classic “Camp Nowhere,” continuing with the projects like “Independence Day” and “Full House”. He quickly proved himself as the perfect teen heartbreaker in hits “Party of Five” and “7th Heaven”.
His acting career didn’t go as well as he might have wished, with several minor roles over the past 15 years. Apparently, he joined a religion called “Full Circle” in 2014 and is now a spiritual leader.
Courtney Love
Courtney will always be associated with her late husband Kurt Cobain, though the two of them were married for only a couple of years – from 1992 till his suicide in 1994. She had her own grunge band named “Hole”.
Recently, Courtney has been acting in TV shows and movies including “Sons of Anarchy” and “Empire”.
Sarah Michelle Gellar
“Buffy the Vampire Slayer” is the role that made Sarah Michelle Gellar a star. Buffy fought the stereotypical role of blonde females in horror flicks, being smart and brave along with her beauty. Before that, she played Kendall Hart on “All My Children”.
Lately, Gellar turned to her entrepreneurial career. She co-founded Foodstirs in 2015, which is a culinary startup that makes children’s baking kits. She has also published a cookbook titled “Stirring Up Fun With Food”.
Gaby Hoffman
The audience loved Gaby Hoffman’s Samantha in 1995’s “Now & Then”. Thanks to that performance, she landed multiple roles over the next decades in films such as “200 Cigarettes,” “Volcano,” and “Everyone Says I Love You”.
More recently, she turned to TV shows, acting in HBO hit series “Girls” and Amazon series “Transparent”. You may have also noticed her in the series “Hight Maintenance,” which HBO took over from YouTube.
Luke Perry
Luke Perry started his acting career as Kenny in “Another World” in the late 80s. He then landed his famous role of Dylan McKay on “Beverly Hills, 90210,” and continued with roles in “Normal Life,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” and “American Strays”.
After he became a national teen idol, he continued acting in his later years. He can currently be seen in the TV series “Riverdale”.
Linda Fiorentino
Linda Fiorentino first became famous for her role of Bridget Gregory in 1994’s “The Last Seduction,” after which she had prominent roles in hits like “Men in Black,” “Larger Than Life,” and “Dogma”.
Her last credited role was back in 2009, and apparently, she hasn’t been active since. The rumor goes that director Kevin Smith is (at least partially) responsible for that, claiming that working with Fiorentino was not a pleasant experience, describing her as one of the hardest actors to work with.
Jenna Jameson
Jenna Jameson infamously started her career in the adult film industry. Everybody knew her name back in the ’90s, even those who would never admit it. She left pornography saying she’d never go back and many were surprised as she was at the peak of her career.
She actually ended up reentering the adult film industry recently, but in another way. She started signing autographs at conventions before she co-founded her internet pornography company named “ClubJenna” in 2000 with Jay GrDina.
Jaleel White
Did you know that Steve Urkel from “Family Matters” was supposed to be a one-time character? However, White did such a good job that he got a permanent part on the show.
Lately, he participated on “Dancing with the Stars” and played himself on Netflix series “Atlanta”.
Yasmine Bleeth
We love remembering “Baywatch” and Bleeth was one of the best additions to the show. The success of the show lead her to getting roles in “Nash Bridges” and “Titans,” as well as several TV movies: “Talk to Me,” “A Face to Die For,” and “Crowned and Dangerous”.
She suffered a cocaine addiction in the meantime and managed to recover, but she hasn’t restored her previous success in acting.
Melanie Brown
Melanie Brown (Mel B, Scary Spice) was, as the rest of her girl band, wildly famous back in the Spice Girls days. The Spice Girls released 3 albums which all went platinum during the ’90s and also a feature film “Spiceworld: The Movie,” which earned them $100 million.
If you’re a fan of talent reality shows, you definitely know Mel B is now one of the judges on “America’s Got Talent,” where she’s been working since 2013. Mel B has recently confirmed a Spice Girls reunion as an homage to the 20th anniversary of their debut album.
Johnathon Taylor Thomas
John Taylor Thomas started acting as a child, landing a role of Randy Taylor on “Home Improvement” where he stayed for seven years. Simultaneously, he received his first movie role, providing the voice of young Simba in Disney’s “The Lion King”.
Thomas went on to study philosophy and history at Harvard University, continuing at Columbia University graduate school. He continued acting sporadically, getting the minor roles in “Last Man Standing,” “8 Simple Rules for Dating My Daughter,” and other titles.
Debbe Dunning
While we’re on “Home Improvement,” we can’t not mention Debbe Dunning and her role of Heidi Keppert. After being on the project for 7 years, Dunning’s career never really took off. She had several minor roles in movies and shows such as “Wicked, Wicked Games,” “Married with Children,” “Sabrina the Teenage Witch,” etc.
Dunning married professional volleyball player Steve Timmons in 1997 and the couple has three children together.
Christina Applegate
Christina’s most famous role was Kelly Bundy on “Married With Children,” with Ed O’Neil and Katey Sagal, which aired from 1987 to 1997. During that period, she also had movie roles on “Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitters Dead” and “Mars Attacks!”.
Unlike many of her ’90s colleagues who didn’t have any prominent roles later in their careers, Applegate continued to line up one success after the other, starring in blockbusters as “Vacation,” “Anchorman,” and “Hall Pass”. She has a role in the upcoming title “Crash Pad” with Nina Dobrev.
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Jennifer started acting when she was very young, and her first gigs were TV commercials. She started to gain popularity after being cast in the teen drama “Party of Five”, where she played Sarah Reeves.
Fast forward several years, her fame skyrocketed after she got a role in “I Know What You Did Last Summer” horror movie series. More recently, TV viewers know her from the CBGS series “Ghost Whisperer,” which aired from 2005 to 2010. Hewitt started working on “Criminal Minds” in 2014, only to leave the show a year later as she got pregnant with her second baby.
Eliza Dushku
Eliza played Buffy’s rival Faith on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” but her biggest role ever was Missy from 2000’s hit “Bring it On”. She proved herself as a natural talent for supernatural shows, landing leading roles in “Dollhouse” and “Tru Calling”.
Recently, she’s been more focused on voice-acting, but she’s also an activist fighting for rights of war survivors in Africa.
Melissa Joan Hart
Melissa Joan Hart was a beloved teen actor from “Clarissa Explains it All” and “Sabrina the Teenage Witch”. Her character Sabrina Spellman appeared across six TV Series, including “Sabrina the Teenage Witch,” “Clueless,” “Boy Meets World,” “You Wish,” “Teen Angel,” and “Robot Chicken,” from 1996 to 2005.
She came back to TV landing a role in sitcom “Melissa & Joey” which aired for five years. After that, she played in the movies “Gods Not Dead 2” and “Broadcasting Christmas”.
Tyra Banks
Tyra Banks had her modeling career going before she joined “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” cast in 1993. In 1996, she made history being the first black woman to appear on the covers of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit and GQ.
Banks’ career was successful as she not only acted, but also produced the “America’s Next Top Model” from 2003 to 2015. In 2016, she appeared on “FABLife,” a daytime talk show, only to retire from it three months later so she could focus on her cosmetics line.
Anna Chlumsky
Anna Chlumsky was truly adorable as Vada Sultenfuss in “My Girl” and “My Girl 2”. In 1994, she had two prominent roles in “Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain” and “Trading Mom”.
Ana took a break from her acting career from 1999 to 2005 to focus on her studies. She majored in International Studies at the University of Chicago.
Lately, we saw her as Amy Brookheimer in HBO’s “Veep”.
Christina Ricci
Christina Ricci played Wednesday Addams in both “Adams Family” movies, continuing to play Kat in “Casper,” and Roberta in “Now & Then”. If anybody was a teen star in the ’90s, it was her. By the early 2000’s she’s already established her name in the acting world, with one of her most famous roles being Selby in “Monster,” alongside Charlize Theron.
In “Z: The Beginning of Everything,” she played Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, and she’s still playing this role to this day.
Heather Donahue
Heather had her moment of glory when she appeared in the classic horror movie “The Blair Witch Project”. At one point, her IMDb profile said she was “missing, presumed death,” but it was a marketing move after all.
Despite the success of “The Blair Witch Project,” Donahue’s career in acting never really took off. In 2012, she released her book: “Growgirl: How My Life After the Blair Witch Project Went to Pot,” in which she wrote about life in community where they grew medical cannabis.
Alicia Silverstone
Alicia had several gigs acting in Aerosmith music videos before landing her first big role in the cult ’90s film “Clueless”. In 1997, she played Batgirl in “Batman & Robin” and had a role in 1999’s “Blast From the Past” alongside Christopher Walken and Sissy Spacek.
In 2016, we saw her on the big screen in “Who Gets the Dog?” and “King Cobra”. She works both in the Hollywood and on Broadway.
George Michael
George Michael released his album “Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1” in 1990, and the first single, “Praying for Time,” immediately got to the No 1 on the music charts. His music career continued at a steady pace throughout the ’90s and later.
Michael was about to make his second documentary “Freedom” in 2016. However, it was the year he tragically passed away aged 53.
Claire Danes
Claire Danes had a prominent role of Juliet in 1996 adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet”. Her Romeo was no one but Leo DiCaprio!
In 2010, she got a leading role in “Temple Grandin,” for which she won an Emmy Award, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award.
She scored some roles here and there over the years, finally committing to the character Carrie Mathison in TV series “Homeland,” which started airing in 2011 and will air at least till 2019.
Mandy Moore
Mandy Moore was a promising actress, songstress, and songwriter back in the ’90s. Her debut single “Candy” came out in 1999, the year when she went on a tour with Backstreet Boys and N*SYNC, the ultimate boy bands of that period.
She went on to release a total of six albums. Her movie roles include titles like “A Walk to Remember,” “License to Wed,” and the animated movie “Tangled”.
Today, she plays Rebecca Pearson on NBC’s show “This Is Us”.
Tia Carrere
Tia Carrere started her acting career on “General Hospital”, but she also played in several ’80s TV shows like “MacGyver” and “The A-Team”. Her breakthrough role was playing Cassandra in the “Wayne’s World” franchise. People Magazine named her one of the most beautiful people in the world in 1992.
She continued to act and sing over all these years and received a Grammy in 2011 for Best Hawaiian Music Album.
Lucy Lawless
Everybody knew Lucy Lawless in the ’90s for her role of Xena Warrior Princess after she spent a few years shooting short films. After “Xena” project finished, she continued working on “Spartacus,” “Parks and Recreation,” and “Agents of Shield”.
Since 2014, she has a recurring role on “Salem” playing Countess Marburg. She also played Ruby Knowby on “Ash vs Evil Dead” in 2015-2016.
Tiffani Thiessen
Every kid in the block loved Tiffani as Kelly Kapowsky on “Saved by the Bell” from 1989 to 1992. Her next role was the bad girl Valarie Malone in famous show “Beverly Hills, 90210”.
More recently, she was casted as Elizabeth Burke on the show “White Collar” from 2009 to 2013. These days, she’s the executive producer and host of her own cooking show on the Cooking Channel called “Diner at Tiffani’s”.
Elisabeth Shue
Elisabeth Shue’s first noticeable role was in “The Karate Kid” alongside Ralph Macchio. Her first leading role came in 1987, in the movie “Adventures of Babysitting”.
In the ’90s, we saw her as Jennifer in “Back to the Future” movies. Her acting career slowly progressed throughout the decade until she got nominated for an Oscar for the 1995’s movie “Leaving Las Vegas”.
Keri Russell
Keri Russel started her acting career on the Mickey Mouse Club, just like Ryan Gosling, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, and many others. She stayed there until 1993, but the role she had in 1992’s “Honey I Shrunk the Kids” made her famous.
The late ’90s saw her starring on the hit show “Felicity”. More recently, shes been on FX’s “The Americans,” playing Elizabeth Jennings. The show is still airing.
Tina Majorino
Tina Majorino and her seal friend from the 1994’s “Andre” went worldly famous. By the end of the ’90s, she was the face of Alice in the TV film “Alice in Wonderland”.
Her bio is empty from 1999 to 2004, when she landed a role in “Napoleon Dynamite,” which helped her continue her career. We saw her on many TV shows, including “The Deep End,” “Veronica Mars,” “Big Love,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” and “True Blood”.
Her last credited role is the character Maggie Harris on “Legends”.
Michelle Williams
Williams debuted on film in 1994, as April Porter in “Lassie”. She had success all through the ’90s, landing roles in movies like “A Thousand Acres,” “Dick,” Halloween H20: 20 Years Later,” and “But I’m a Cheerleader”.
The end of the ’90s saw her playing Jen Lindley in famous TV show “Dawson’s Creek” alongside James Van Der Beek and Katie Holmes.
She continued acting here and there throughout the 2000’s and ’10s, and recently portrayed Randi Chandler in “Manchester by the Sea,” a Golden Globe winner.
Jessie James
Jessie James, a child of a U.S. Air Force member, moved a lot while she was a kid. At the age of 9, she entered and won her first talent contest.
She released her debut album titled “Jessie James” in 2009, only to debut at no. 23.
She was initially a country singer, but the album came more pop, which shoot her to fame. Since then, she’s released a couple more singles and extended play. Jessie married Eric Decker, the NFL player, in 2013.
Monica Lewinsky
Lewinski was pretty anonymous until 1998, when the word about her affair with President Bill Clinton from 1995-1997 spread. Clinton did his best to deny the rumor at first, but it was later confirmed true.
In 2014, Monica wrote an essay for Vanity Fair in which she discussed her life with a focus on the scandal that shaped her name. In October same year, she turned to the fight against cyberbullying, a subject she felt personally affected by.
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift was born in Pennsylvania in 1989 and her name has become famous since then. She moved to Nashville aged 14, determined to make it in the music industry. She released her debut album in 2006 and 4 more till this day, and all of them went platinum.
Besides her mega-successful music career, she has also launched her own perfume line. She’s among the most successful artists in the world today.
Jamie Lynn Spears
At first, Jamie Lynn was only known as Britney Spears’ younger sister, but she managed to get her name out there by the end of the ’90s. In 2002, she debuted in “Crossroads” alongside Britney. From 2002 to 2004 she was a regular cast member of “All That”.
Her big break came with the title character in the show “Zoey 101,” which aired from 2005 to 2008, when she announced she was pregnant and the show has ended.
Lately, she’s had a minor role in “Scream: The TV Series”.
Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga was born in 1986 as Stefani Germanotta. She started playing piano at a young age and acted in the high school theater.
At the age of 17, she applied to New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts’ musical theater program and was one of the 20 students to get early admission. She eventually dropped out to focus on her musical career. We can’t say she regretted that decision!
Lady Gaga now has 6 albums behind her, all of them very successful.
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter
Who would’ve thought that a project of two 8-year-olds would lead to the world success? Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland started their girl singing group called “Girl’s Time,” only to rename it to “Destiny’s Child” in 1996.
The group’s records sold in millions of units, but they split eventually. We can safely say that Beyoncé’s solo career has been even more successful. She also tried some acting, getting roles in films “Dreamgirls” and “Obsessed”. Beyoncé and her husband Jay-Z have a five-year-old daughter together and they have welcomed their twin babies only a couple days ago.
Gisele Bündchen
Gisele made a break in 1997 when she was chosen to do a catwalk in an Alexander McQueen fashion show in London. Besides her beauty, another determining factor to pick her was her insane skill in walking on extremely high heels on a slippery surface.
In 2000, she became one of the Victoria Secret Angels and stayed at the position until 2007. Since then, she had numerous successful modeling campaigns for houses like Versace, Chanel and Givenchy.
Naomie Harris
Naomie debuted in the TV series “Simon and the Witch” in 1987. Her career continued on TV as she acted on shows “Runaway Bay” and “The Tomorrow People” during the ’90s.
By the early 2000s, she made a shift towards movies, and it’s been very successful move. Some of the titles she appeared in include “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise, “Skyfall,” “28 Days Later,” etc. She received an Oscar nomination for her role of Paula in 2016’s “Moonlight”.
Janelle Monáe
Though Janelle was basically a child during the ’90s, she had dreams of a career in singing and acting since the young age. After studying drama in the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, she received a debut role in “For Colored Girls”.
Big Boi from OutKast helped her with her singing career by introducing her to P. Diddy, who fell in love with her at the moment. Since then, she has launched 4 albums and done some acting work here and there. Lately, we saw her as Teresa in “Moonlight”.
Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey was the pop queen in the ’90s. She was a self-proclaimed diva but nobody seemed to mind. At the World Music Awards, she received an honor as the best-selling recording artist of the ’90s.
Thanks to her music career, she managed to get some acting gigs, appearing in movies like “Glitter,” “The Butler,” and “Precious”.
Her last single “I Don’t” came out in February 2017.
Will Smith
Will Smith gained the world-level fame with his role in “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”. This role helped him establish himself as the comedy king. Besides the successful start of the acting career, Smith also released several hits like “Just the Two of Us” and “Getting’ Jiggy wit It”.
He later proved he’s not only good at comedy by working on blockbuster projects like “Men in Black,” “Bad Boys,” “Suicide Squad,” and “The Pursuit of Happyness”.
He is credited for several movies about to come out in the next couple years.
Maggie Q
Maggie Q was born in 1979 as Margaret Denise Quigley. She has an established career as an actress and model.
For the most part of the ’90s, she’s been focused on her modeling work. In 1998, she got the part in “House of the Dragon” a hit TV drama in Asia.
She had roles in multiple films over the years, including “Gen Y Cops,” “Manhattan Midnight,” and “Rush Hour 2”.
Recently, we’ve seen her in hit TV shows such as “Designated Survivor,” “Nikita,” and “Stalker,” and we also have to mention her role of Tori in “Divergent”.
Ariana Grande
Grande was born in 1993, so she was still a child during the ’90s. Her career started on the Broadway in the musical “13”. In 2009, she got the role of Cat Valentine in Nickelodeon’s “Victorious”.
Though they seem small, these steps helped her establish her solo career in music. Her first album, “Yours Truly,” was released in 2013. She released two more albums after that, “My Everything” in 2014 and “Dangerous Woman” in 2016.
Ariana is one of the world’s most popular artists today.
Tonya Harding
You may remember Tonya from the 1994 scandal “The Whack Heard Round the World”. The dramatic incident included her rival, Nancy Kerrigan, who was headed to the locker room before the U.S. Figure Skating Championships when Tonya’s ex’s friend Shane Stant hit her with a police baton.
Tonya pleaded guilty to hindering the prosecution. Since the incident, her life didn’t stop being interesting. She sold her sex tape, tried a career in boxing for a while, and set a land speed record for a vintage gas coupe.
The movie about the scandal is in the making with Margot Robbie playing Harding.
Eva LaRue
Eva LaRue debuted in the 1987’s “The Barbarians,” only to become famous a year later as she got a role of Margot Collins on the TV show “Santa Barbara”.
Her longest engagement was shooting “All My Children” from 1993 to 2001, though she had breaks from 1997 to 2002 and from 2005 to 2010, appearing in only one episode in 2007.
In 2005, she started working on the TV series “CSI: Miami,” playing the role of Natalia Boa Vista until 2012.
Her last credited role was in the 2016’s movie “A Killer Walks Amongst Us”.
Cote de Pablo
The actress was born in Chile in 1979, but she was raised in Miami. She graduated at Carnegie Mellon in 2000. After that, she acted in theater and had a minor role on “The $treet”.
The audience knows her for her role of Ziva David on “NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service,” which she held from 2005 to 2013. Her last credited role was Laura Kale in the TV film “Prototype” last year.
Julia Stiles
Julia’s first role was in 1993-1994 TV Series “Ghostwriter,” where she played Erica Dansby. Later on, she acted in “The Devil’s Own” alongside Brad Pitt and Harrison Ford, and that role helped her get picked for “Wicked” in 1998. Her last role in the ’90s was alongside the late Heath Ledger in the romantic comedy “10 Things I Hate About You.”
To this day, she managed to keep a successful career. She played in the 2012 hit “Silver Linings Playbook” and the TV series “Blue”. These days, she’s on a TV mini-series “Riviera,” playing Georgina Clios.
Judith Light
Light started her acting career with a minor role on the TV show “Kojak” in 1977. She continued with the role of Karen Wolek on “One Life to Live,” but that still wasn’t her big break. It finally happened in 1984, when she scored a leading role on a TV series “Who’s the Boss?,” alongside Tony Danza.
For her theater performance, she received two Tony awards, in 2012 and 2013.
Her latest roles include Shelly Pfefferman on “Transparent” (2014-2017) and Carolyn Rice on “Doubt” (2017).
McKayla Maroney
McKayla Maroney is a gymnast born in 1995. Her lifelong effort paid off in 2012, when she represented the U.S. in the summer Olympic Games. She became internet sensation and a meme for her “not so thrilled” face pictured after winning the silver medal, though she also won a gold medal with the team win.
2014 was not great for Maroney, as some of her nude photos leaked and she had to undergo a knee surgery. She did her best to move on, but had to retire from gymnastics in 2016.
Elin Nordgren
Elin Nordegren was a famous Swedish model, best known for being married to now-ex Tiger Woods.
Elin spent her childhood and youth in Sweden, starting her modeling career in 2000. She was working at a clothing store in Stockholm when she met Mia Parnevik, wife of famous golfer Jesper Parvenik. Mia hired Elin as a nanny in their home in the U.S. and it was not long before she was introduced to Woods in 2001.
Their marriage was, in a nutshell, a disaster, and they divorced in 2010. Elin got out of the marriage with $100 million on her account and used some of it to buy a mansion in Florida.
Nancy Kerrigan
Kerrigan was the victim in the scandal “The Whack Heard Round the World” we mentioned earlier. She was on her way to the locker room before the U.S. Figure Skating Championships when she was attacked by Shane Stant, her rival Tonya Harding’s ex’s friend, who hit her in the leg with a police baton.
A couple weeks later, Nancy won silver at the 1994 Winter Olympics.
Lately, she has announced she will be the executive producer behind an eating disorder in sports documentary.
Marisa Tomei
Marisa Tomei first appeared on Bill Cosby’s “A Different World” as Maggie Lauten. However, it’s the role of Mona Lisa Vito in 1992’s “My Cousin Vinny” that made her a world-class star. She even received an Oscar award for Best Actress in a Supporting role, undoubtedly earning it with her amazing performance.
We recently saw Marisa in hits like “The Big Short” and Marvel’s “Captain America: Civil War”. She is about to appear in the latest movie from the superhero franchise this summer – “Spiderman: Homecoming”.
Sarah Jessica Parker
“Sex and the City” lead star SJP began her TV career on the TV show “Equal Justice”. She was casted to play Sarah in “Hocus Pocus” in 1993. After “Sex and the City” faced huge success, she appeared as Carrie Bradshaw in two following feature films.
Alyssa Milano
Alyssa Milano’s first role was Samantha Micelli on “Who’s The Boss?” which aired from 1984 to 1992. Throughout the ’90s, she got interesting roles in big TV shows “Charmed” and “Melrose Place” and movies “Hall Pass” and “New Year’s Eve”.
Most recently, she had recurring roles on “Mistresses” and “Romantically Challenged”.
Daniel Stern
Daniel Stern started his career on Broadway, but he already had an established Hollywood career in the ’80s. His breakthrough came in the mid-’90s with the role of Marv in now-classic “Home Alone” and “Home Alone 2,” playing a team of bad guys with Joe Pesci.
Lately, Stern could be seen in the TV shows “Manhattan” and “Getting On,” but he hasn’t been too devoted to acting. He moved to doing community service projects and has his cattle ranch. President Obama honored him with the Call to Service Award in 2009.