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Contents 1 Biography 2 Roles 2.1 Starring Roles 2.2 Guest Starring Roles 2.3 Made-for-TV Movies 2.4 Talk Show Appearances 3 Awards and Accolades 4 Trivia

Biography

Alyssa Milano was born on the December 19, 1972 to Lin Milano and her husband. She was born in Brooklyn, New York. She first gained fame when she was cast as Samantha in Who's the Boss?.

After Who's the Boss? Alyssa did not have much of a career until she was cast as Phoebe Halliwell in Charmed in 1998 . She was cast because of the departure of Lori Rom who played the role in the original pilot. She was voted the most famous cast member despite having Holly Marie Combs who had starred in the just ended Picket Fences in the cast. Despite being older than Holly, Alyssa played the role of the younger sister.

Alyssa was married in 1999 but divorced just shortly after. Now ahe lives In the San Fernando Valley alone with her pets. Alyssa lives a few miles away from Charmed co-star Holly Marie Combs and they have become best friends though Holly knew Shannen much longer before the three appeared together on Charmed.

Roles

Starring Roles

Series	Role	Year(s)	Season(s)
Who's the Boss?	Samantha Micelli	1984–1992	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Melrose Place	Jennifer Mancini	1997–1998						6
Charmed	Phoebe Halliwell	1998–2006	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Romantically Challenged	Rebecca	2010	1

Guest Starring Roles

Series	Role	Episode	Airdate
MacGyver	Penny	4x09 - Cleo Rocks	February 6, 1989
The Outer Limits (1995)	Hannah Valesic	1x17 - Caught in the Act	July 1, 1995
Melrose Place	Jennifer Mancini	5x28 - Deja Vu All Over Again	April 14, 1997
Melrose Place	Jennifer Mancini	5x29 - All Beths Are Off	April 21, 1997
Melrose Place	Jennifer Mancini	5x30 - Ultimatums and the Single Guy	April 28, 1997
Melrose Place	Jennifer Mancini	5x31 - Going Places	May 5, 1997
Melrose Place	Jennifer Mancini	5x32 - Secrets and Lies and More Lies	May 12, 1997
Melrose Place	Jennifer Mancini	5x33 - Who's Afraid of Amanda Woodward? (1)	May 19, 1997
Melrose Place	Jennifer Mancini	5x34 - Who's Afraid Of Amanda Woodward? (2)	May 19, 1997
Spin City	Meg Winston	2x11 - They Shoot Horses, Don't They?	December 10, 1997
Fantasy Island (1998)	Gina Williams	1x02 - Superfriends	October 3, 1998
Spin City	Meg Winston	5x17 - Rain on My Charades	February 28, 2001
Family Guy	Herself	3x03 - Mr. Griffin Goes to Washington	July 25, 2001
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius	April Gorlock	Special 4 - Win, Lose and Kaboom	July 9, 2004
My Name Is Earl	Billie Cunningham	3x06 - Frank's Girl	October 25, 2007
My Name Is Earl	Billie	3x18 - Killerball	April 24, 2008
My Name Is Earl	Billie	3x21 - Camdenites	May 15, 2008
Castle	Kyra Blaine	2x12 - A Rose for Everafter	January 11, 2010

Made-for-TV Movies

Title	Role	Airdate	Series/Banner
Crash Course	Vanessa Crawford	January 17, 1988	NBC Sunday Night at the Movies
Dance 'Til Dawn	Shelly Sheridan	October 23, 1988	NBC Sunday Night at the Movies

Talk Show Appearances

Series	Episode	Airdate
The Rosie O'Donnell Show		September 26, 1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show		March 6, 1998
Late Night with Conan O'Brien		November 18, 1998
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno		November 22, 2001
Revealed with Jules Asner		July 1, 2002
Tinseltown TV		August 23, 2003
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno		September 3, 2003
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno		September 4, 2003
Good Day Live		January 21, 2004
On-Air with Ryan Seacrest		March 4, 2004
The View		October 4, 2004
The Tony Danza Show		October 5, 2004
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show		October 29, 2004
The Tony Danza Show		November 25, 2004
The Tony Danza Show		July 26, 2005

Awards and Accolades

Trivia

• Alyssa started out making $55,000 to $80,000 an episode for Charmed and by the end was making $102,000 per episode.