
Alyssa Milano comes from an Italian-American family; her mother Lin Milano is a fashion designer and father Thomas Milano is a film music editor. Alyssa was born in a working-class neighborhood in Brooklyn and grew up in a modest house on Staten Island. One day her babysitter, who was an aspiring dancer, dragged Alyssa along to an open audition for the first national tour of "Annie". However, it was Alyssa and not the sitter who was chosen from 1500 other girls for the role. So at the tender age of seven, with her mother in tow, Alyssa joined the tour as July, one of the orphans. After 18 months on the road Alyssa, who had begun to garner a reputation as an energetic and charismatic young actress, left Annie to be featured in off-Broadway productions and television commercials. Then in 1983, at age 10, she landed her breakthrough role on the sitcom Who's the Boss? (1984) as Tony Danza's saccharine sweet daughter, "Samantha Micelli", a kid whose native Brooklyn accent rivaled her TV dad's. In order for Alyssa to accept the gig, the Milano family had to uproot and move 3,000 miles to Hollywood.
6 wins & 6 nominations.
The Arsenio Hall Show | Unknown | 2013-09-09 |
Mistresses | Savannah 'Savi' Davis 26 episodes, 2013-2014 | 2013 |
The Queen Latifah Show | Unknown | 2013 |
Hollywood Game Night | Unknown | 2013-07-11 |
Project Runway All Stars | Self - Host 63 episodes, 2013-2019 | 2012-01-05 |
Breaking In | Unknown | 2011-04-06 |
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked! | Unknown | 2010-02-01 |
Romantically Challenged | Rebecca Thomas 6 episodes, 2010-2011 | 2010-04-12 |
Watch What Happens: Live | Unknown | 2009-06-16 |
Castle | Unknown | 2009 |
RuPaul's Drag Race | Unknown | 2009-02-02 |
The Wendy Williams Show | Unknown | 2008-05-14 |
Chelsea Lately | Unknown | 2007-07-01 |
Dancing with the Stars | Unknown | 2005-06-01 |
My Name Is Earl | Unknown | 2005-09-20 |
Project Runway | Unknown | 2004-12-01 |
Fashion Police | Unknown | 2002-02-27 |
Family Guy | Unknown | 1999-01-31 |
Charmed | Phoebe Halliwell 178 episodes, 1998-2006 | 1998-10-07 |
The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
Spin City | Unknown | 1996-09-17 |
Modern Marvels | Unknown | 1995-01-01 |
Mr. Show with Bob and David | Unknown | 1995-11-03 |
The Outer Limits | Hannah Valesic | 1995-03-26 |
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Melrose Place | Unknown | 1992-07-08 |
Jeopardy! | Unknown | 1984-09-10 |
Who's the Boss? | Samantha Micelli 196 episodes, 1984-1992 | 1984-09-20 |