Jesica Wanda Judith Cirio was born March 21, 1985, in Lanús, Buenos Aires Province to father Horacio Cirio (his last name means "candle" in English) and mother Marta Elisa Perutich. She had a relatively quiet upbringing, attending school and participating in local dance pageants. She trained in all different styles of dance, including classical, flamenco, jazz, and contemporary, and she even took classes at ...

Monica Cruz Sanchez was born in Madrid, Spain, on March 16, 1977. The daughter of a retailer and a hairdresser, Monica and her two siblings grew up in the predominantly working-class suburb of Alcobendas, just north of Madrid. The family may have lacked money, but they more than made up for it with the burgeoning talent contained within Monica and her sister, Penelope. The sisters distinguished themselves a ...

Lisa Scott Lee was born on November 5th, 1975, in the heyday of the disco era, in the northern Welsh town of St. Asaph. She grew up with her parents and three brothers in the nearby coastal resort town of Rhyl, famous for its beaches. She was a fiery little girl, always getting into trouble and taking the limelight whenever she could. Her father was a photographer, and Lisa would often model for him, which ...

Sally Pressman was born and raised in New York City, where she was classically trained in ballet and became a member of the Manhattan Ballet Company. While at Yale, Pressman performed in a number of plays including “Merchant of Venice,” A.R. Gurney’s “The Dining Room,” Amy Freed’s “Freedomland” and the title role in “Sylvia.” After graduating cum laude with a B.A. in theater studies, Pressman relocated to L ...

Jolin Tsai was born September 15, 1980, in Sinjhuang City, Taipei, Taiwan. The youngest of two sisters, she was an outstanding student who attended some of Taiwan’s most prestigious schools including Jingmei Girls High School and Fu Jen Catholic University, where she majored in English literature. Jolin was also a tremendous amateur singer, which she displayed at the age of 18 when she won first place in an ...

Jessica Taylor was born in Preston, a city in Northwest England. In 2001, she joined the cast of the reality television show Popstars, where she was cast in the pop group Liberty X. Very few reality stars actually make it big after the fact (with the exception of Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood and Elisabeth Hasselbeck), but Taylor managed to hold onto the spotlight. Over the course of the next four years, ...

Peta Murgatroyd was born in Auckland, New Zealand and raised in Perth, Western Australia. She currently resides in Los Angeles, where she continues to dance and has embarked on a career in television. Peta studied Classical Ballet since the age of 4 and trained for 12 years under former principal dancer of the Kirov Ballet Madame Lubov Nikonorenko. She has also been trained in Contemporary and Spanish dance ...

Jennifer Frost was born on February 22, 1978, in the illustrious British city of Liverpool. However, it's in Manchester that she and her sister Shelley were raised. Jenny, as she's always been known, benefitted from a father who was musically inclined. When she was 9, for instance, he picked her up from school and took her to a Level 42 concert. So music was always a part of her life. In those days, her mus ...

Hyori Lee was born on May 10, 1979, in Choong Book, South Korea. The youngest of her two siblings (she has a brother and a sister), Hyori enjoyed a normal childhood in which she often expressed an ambition to become a police officer. Singing was not something that she ever pursued seriously, as Hyori generally preferred to spend her free time drawing and acting. Hyori’s life changed dramatically, however, a ...

Federica Ridolfi was born on March 2, 1974, in Rome, Italy. Her father is actor Gianni Ridolfi, who appeared alongside screen legends Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni in various films. Studying dance since her early teens, Ridolfi began her career in the world of entertainment as a professional dancer when she was 17. She appeared in Bagaglino in 1991, and between 1993 and 1997 she appeared in a few It ...