As a writer, producer, actress, and self-professed ‘web geek,’ Taryn’s online videos have received more than 100 million hits and earned her both a Spike TV Guy’s Choice Award and a IAWTV and Streamy Best Actress nomination. On TV, she recently served as a correspondent on FOX’s The X-Factor, as well as the weekly host of the official online pre-show, and played the recurring role of Allison the CBS series ...

Charlyne Yi is an actress who pursued a career in stand-up comedy after attending the University of California.So far, she has performed at The Steve Allen Theater, The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, in the New York Comedy Festival and HBO's Comedy Arts Festival in Colorado. In 2007, Yi made her acting debut in the movie Knocked Up. The following year, she participated in Montreal's Just for Laughs Festi ...

Carol Leifer was born on July 27, 1956 in New York City to Anna Leifer, a psychologist, and Seymour Leifer, an optometrist. As a young girl growing up in Long Island, Leifer became enamored with the art of comedy through her father, who, although an eye doctor by trade, was a comedian by heart. Fascinated by how her father held court by telling jokes to their neighbors, Leifer decided to become a comedian. ...

Actress Betty White obtained her start in local Los Angeles television as the "telephone girl" pertaining to video emcee Al Jarvis. via early 1950 she was one of the stars of the casual, five-hour series Hollywood on Television. One from the options that come with this program was a husband and wife sketch titled "Life With Elizabeth," which when committed to film and syndicated nationally in 1953 became Wh ...

A substantial entertainer throughout six decades, Angela Lansbury hit superstardom as a senior citizen with her memorable portrayal of detective Jessica Fletcher in the long-running murder mystery drama Murder, She Wrote. The program held top viewer ratings in the U.S., the U.K., and Italy, among other countries. Angela Lansbury has been a successful and enduring force in almost every area of entertainment. ...

Lena Dunham was born and raised in New York City by two artists, the painter Carroll Dunham and his wife, the photographer Laurie Simmons. Though she grew up in SoHo, Dunham attended St. Ann’s School in Brooklyn Heights. After graduating, Dunham briefly attended the New School before transferring to Oberlin College, where she graduated with a degree in creative writing in 2008. After graduating from college ...

Acclaimed by innumerable publications for her ability to combine poise, glamour, formidable acting ability, and a commitment to social activism, powerhouse model-turned-actress Veronica Webb spent around a decade gracing the covers of such magazines as Ebony, Essence, and Vogue. She then made a dynamite transition into an acting career with two roles for Spike Lee -- one in his 1991 interracial romance Jung ...

Karrine Steffans was born into difficult circumstances in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Raped at 13, she later ran away, was briefly homeless, became a stripper, and soon got involved in hip-hop videos. Before long, Steffans was so in demand as a background dancer that she was earning $2,500 a day and was the undisputed queen of the hip-hop video scene. A massive groupie, by all accounts it would seem that she w ...

Jules Asner was born on February 14, 1968, and grew up in Tempe, Arizona. Asner was given the name Julie at birth, with her real last name unknown to the public. Asner was her married name and although she is now divorced, she continues to use it. She stood at 5'10" at age 11 and was discovered at a modeling convention in Scottsdale, Arizona at age 16. She left home a week later to sign with Elite Model Man ...

Jemima Goldsmith was born to a wealthy London tycoon and his mistress on January 30, 1974. Her father, Sir James Goldsmith, brought Jemima up in the height of luxury, raising her as a true aristocrat. Jemima seemed suited to the lifestyle that she was born into, and from a young age, she demonstrated a natural talent for horsemanship. But the girl shunned the equestrian life and chose academia instead, enro ...