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WHO'S WHO
Carmen Electra was born as Tara Leigh Patrick on April 20, 1972, in Cincinnati, Ohio. At the age of nine she joined the School for Creative and Performing Arts. Six years later, she moved to Minneapolis and became a model for Target department stores. At the age of 19 she changed her
name to Carmen Electra and moved to L.A. Rock star Prince discovered her
and together they released one song and video, "Go-Go Dancer." In 1996,
Carmen hosted MTV's Loveline, which led to her role as co-host on
MTV's Singled Out. In 1997 she joined Baywatch as
Lani McKensie.
Familiar to television viewers for his recurring role last season as Pacey’s (Joshua Jackson) bullying older brother in The WB series Dawson's Creek, Dylan Neal is a rising star in film and television. The Canadian native was born in Richmond Hill, Ontario, and raised in Oakville, Ontario. Straight out of high school, he launched a professional acting career, working steadily in Toronto. Then came what Neal considers his first big acting break - a contract role on the daytime drama The Bold and the Beautiful. For his portrayal of Dylan Shaw, which lasted 2˝ years, Neal relocated to Los Angeles in 1994 and remains there today. His next series role was playing a plastic surgeon in Aaron Spelling's primetime drama Pacific Palisades. Additional credits include the television movies Golden Girl: The Silken Laumann Story, Secret Service, I'll Never Get to Heaven, Summer Storm, Echoes in the Darkness and the series Class of '96. He was also featured in the independent film Taylor's Return. Formerly a nationally ranked squash
player in Canada, Neal still enjoys the sport when not working, as well as
a host of sports activities including golf and tennis. He also enjoys
building furniture, a skill that helped him furnish the Los Angeles home
he now shares with his wife.
A guest-starring role as an aspiring anchorwoman on Beverly Hills, 90210 marked her television debut, as well as earned Moore her Screen Actors Guild card. Since then, she has appeared on some of television's most popular series. She played a woman Chandler (Matthew Perry) picks up at a sleep disorder clinic on Friends, a sexy water-delivery girl who titillates the men in the office on Suddenly Susan, and an aspiring radio personality on Frasier. Additional television credits include Fired Up, Unhappily Ever After, Wings and Married ... with Children. On the big screen, she starred in the independent film Second Skin and completed production on the independent family drama In the Hole during the summer of 1998. Offscreen, Moore enjoys reading,
listening to music and watching basketball, as well as teaching acting to
children. She resides in Los Angeles.
Born in Tucson, Ariz., and raised on a farm in Clermont, Fla., Rae attended high school until the ninth grade, and was then home-schooled until she graduated to accommodate her blossoming career. Beginning professional work at age 14, Rae worked in commercials and music videos until Wait Disney Studios flew her to Los Angeles for a screen test - she didn't get the role, but did decide that a move to Los Angeles was the next step for her career. In 1993, Rae made the move to Hollywood. Soon after arriving, she landed her first series role as a regular in the prime-time drama Angel Falls. She soon followed with a recurring role as model Sarah Owens in the hit series Melrose Place, and then continued the role in the spin-off series Models, Inc. She starred as a country girl looking for fame in Showtime's dark comedy Greed, opposite Joseph Mantegna, and in the big-screen sci-fi thriller Evolver. She played a beauty queen competing against Yasmine Bleeth in the television movie Crowned and Dangerous, the murder victim of a deadly love triangle in the torn-from-the-headlines story The Texas Cadet Murders and the young girl whose testimony put a rapist in jail in The Alex Kelly Story. Additional TV movie credits include Lying Eyes and Journey of the Heart. In her free time, Rae enjoys
snowboarding, horseback riding and rock climbing. She also sings in her
church choir and works as a volunteer counselor for a Christian teen
organization called Young Life. Rae is single and lives outside of Los
Angeles.
The fourth child of a Dutch father and Indonesian mother and the only one born outside of Holland, Gosselaar was raised in Panorama City, Calif. Sports dominated his youth until a natural inclination toward performing led to work in modeling and commercials. He made his television series debut on an episode of Highway to Heaven at the young age of 10. Following additional episodic work, he landed the six-year role of charismatic Zack on and continued the role in its sequel, Saved by the Bell: The College Years. An actor of many faces, Gosselaar starred opposite Alan Arkin in the television movie Necessary Parties as a teenager who sues his divorcing parents, and won rave reviews as a savvy teen accused of rape in the television movie She Cried No. He played a journalist who uncovers deadly sorority hazing in Dying to Belong, and was caught in a cycle of homelessness in Born Into Exile. The college-based comedy Dead Man on Campus marks Gosselaar;s first major studio motion picture. His other film credits include the independent features White Wolves, Under a Killing Moon, Abraxus 11, and Sticks & Stones starring Kirste Alley. Offscreen, Gosselaar enjoys golf,
hockey and his first love, car racing, in which he often competes
professionally. He has also served as an official spokesperson for both
the United States Soccer Organization and D.A.R.E. Gosselaar lives outside
of Los Angeles with his wife, Lisa, and their two dogs.
Born and raised in Nashville, Tenn., Penny began acting at the age of six, following in the footsteps of her parents who were musical entertainers. As the young Meggie in the top-rated miniseries The Thorn Birds, she won rave reviews from critics as well as the hearts of television viewers. In 1985, Penny went on to make her feature film debut opposite Clint Eastwood in the western Pale Rider. Famed French director Jean Delannoy tapped Penny to portray the lead in his 1987 film Bernadette, the story of a humble peasant girl whose celestial visions change her life forever. She became fluent in French for the role and eventually made another film for Delannoy, La Passion de Bemadette. Penny is well known to daytime audiences for her Emmy-nominated on Santa Barbara and All My Children. She first appeared on Santa Barbara for which she received an Emmy nomination in 1992 as Outstanding Younger Leading Actress. Her second nomination, for Best Supporting Actress, came in 1994 for her portrayal as Julia Santos Keefer on All My Children, a role she played for three years. In addition, she played the title role in the syndicated television series The New Gidget and has guest-starred on numerous primetime series, including St. Elsewhere, Jack's Place, and Fame. Additional television movie credits include Hearts Adrift, Child of Darkness, Child of Light, and The Patricia Neal Story. Penny has also shown her versatility
in the theater, playing Cecily in the Off-Broadway production of Oscar
Wilde's classic The Importance of Being Earnest. When she's not
working, Penny enjoys sports and horseback riding. She resides in Los
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