Trivia: Setting the silver screen ablaze with her memorable moves in Coyote Ugly and getting small-screen laughs with her role as Mr. Big's fiancée (aka "the stick with no soul") in HBO's massively popular Sex and the City, former child athlete turned Glamour cover-girl Bridget Moynahan forged a successful transition from catwalk to screen in the early years of the new millennium. Born in Binghamton, NY, and raised in Longmeadow, MA, the soccer-playing youngster soon favored preserving her looks as she began gracing the pages of some of the most-respected fashion magazines in the industry. It wasn't long before she began to seek more of her career, and after making an impression on Sex and the City, Moynahan appeared in small roles in such features as In the Weeds and Trifling With Fate (both 2000). Dancing to Prince songs was as just about as demanding as her audition for Coyote Ugly got, and the energetic actress was soon kicking her heels on the bar-top in the free-spirited film. Later appearing in such films as Whipped (2000), Serendipity (2001), and The Sum of All Fears (2002), Moynahan took a choice role opposite Al Pacino and Colin Farrell in the espionage thriller The Recruit in 2002.In 2004, she starred in I, Robot, opposite Will Smith and followed that up with another big co-starring role, opposite Nicolas Cage in Lord of War. Moynahan returned to television and starred in the short-lived Six Degrees. She played the title characters mother in Ramona and Beezus (2010) before taking a regular role in the procedural drama Blue Bloods. In 2014, she had a supporting role in the Keanu Reeves action film John Wick.

Trivia: A handsome and talented young actor who cut his thespian chops on-stage, young Will Rothhaar was bitten by the acting bug early in life, making his feature debut at the age of nine in the gross-out kings Farrelly brothers' homage to the sleazy side of bowling, Kingpin (1996).Born in the Big Apple in January of 1987, Rothaar is a dedicated scholar in addition to an actor, attaining honor student status and becoming fluent in Spanish despite the young actor's hectic schedule. Nominated twice for a Young Star award and once for a Young Artist award, the tireless young actor has appeared in features ranging from Jack Frost (1998) to Hearts in Atlantis (2001). Additionally appearing in such made-for-television efforts as Fail Safe and An American Daughter (both 2001), Rothaar has also made frequent appearances in television's JAG.

Trivia: As legend has it, when director Karyn Kusama was casting the lead for her directorial debut, Girlfight, she wanted to find a young woman who would radiate the powerful, surly charisma of the young Marlon Brando. Her search for an actor with this enviable but elusive quality ended when Michelle Rodriguez, a 20-year-old Latina whose previous experience was limited to work as an extra, answered an ad in Backstage magazine that Kusama had posted. Cast as Diana Guzman, the fierce and vibrant protagonist of Kusama's story of a high school girl who takes up boxing, Rodriguez went on to earn almost universal acclaim for her powerful portrayal, winning the admiration of audiences and critics from Sundance to Toronto.Of Puerto Rican and Dominican descent, Rodriguez was born in Bell County, TX, on July 12, 1978. She moved around throughout her childhood and adolescence, living for a time in Texas, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Jersey City, NJ. It was while she was working as an extra in various film productions that she answered Kusama's ad for actors; after being cast as Girlfight's protagonist, she trained intensively to condition her body like that of a boxer to such a degree that, at one point, she was even asked to go pro. Her dedication to the physical and emotional demands of her character paid off lavishly, when Girlfight premiered at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival it received the Grand Jury Prize, with Rodriguez's performance singled out as one of the most exciting breakthroughs in years; among the many kudos she subsequently received was the National Board of Review's prize for Best Breakthrough Performance.Rodriguez's status as one of the year's New Hot Young Thangs on the Block was duly reflected by the attention she was subsequently paid in both the media and Hollywood. In the following year, her projects included Rob Cohen's The Fast and the Furious, an urban adrenaline extravaganza in which she played the tough girlfriend of a gang leader alongside Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, and Jordanna Brewster, and 3 A.M., a made-for-cable drama which cast her as a taxi driver and was screened at the Sundance Festival.Striving to maintain the balance between sexy and tough, Rodriguez would take on zombies in Resident Evil (2002) before hitting the waves in Blue Crush. Though neither film proved a bona fide box-office smash, they did offer the up and coming actress the exposure needed to develop an enduring career. Rodriguez could next be seen opposite Colin Farrell in the hard-hitting action thriller S.W.A.T. In 2005, Rodriguez appeared briefly on the first season of NBC's endlessly enigmatic primetime drama Lost as Ana Lucia Cortez, a tough cop with a shady past. She reprised the role in the following season, when she clashed heads with fellow flight survivor Jack (Matthew Fox) and struggled with her changing status within the group. The actress also starred in The Breed and Battle in Seattle, and co-stars as a tough-as-nails pilot in Avatar (2009), director James Cameron's science fiction adventure.

Trivia: Actor Cory Hardrict, sometimes credited as Cory C. Hardrict, specialized in clean-cut urban roles, traversing genre boundaries to turn up in fantasy, horror, and slice-of-life dramatic outings with equal footing. Hardrict began his career on television during the late '90s, with a whirlwind of appearances in weekly prime-time programs including Felicity, Once and Again, and City of Angels, and took one of his earliest feature bows in the 1999 Drew Barrymore romantic comedy Never Been Kissed. He accepted a small role as a Southern California high-school student in the Kirsten Dunst drama Crazy/Beautiful, and then (a few years later) entered the arena of horror by turning up in at least two installments of the Return of the Living Dead franchise. In 2006, Hardricttook on a small supporting role in another supernatural shocker, Driftwood. The next year, he was cast in the recurring role of Luc Bisgaier on the ABC Family drama series Lincoln Heights. Off-camera, Hardrict made headlines for his romantic involvement with (and 2008 marriage to) Sister, Sister star Tia Mowry.

Trivia: Born in Camden, AR, R&B musician Shaffer Chimere Smith Jr. is better known as his stage name Ne-Yo. His debut album In My Own Words was released in 2006, and the singer would remain squarely in the public eye during the following years, with a consistent stream of hits. Ne-Yo would also make regular appearances in films, with roles in Save the Last Dance 2, Stomp the Yard, and Battle: Los Angeles. He starred as the Tin Man in the NBC's live-event version of The Wiz in 2015.

Trivia: Is the son of immigrants from Taiwan and Japan. Enlisted in the U.S. Army after high school, but was medically discharged soon after. Worked several odd jobs until his sister encouraged him to apply at the Juilliard School and was accepted after auditioning. Played Brutus in the stage production of Julius Caesar while studying at the Juilliard School. Is a graduate of the professional acting program at the Marjorie Ballentine Studio. Made his professional theater debut as Song Liling in M. Butterfly at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. in 2004.

Trivia: Studied martial arts growing up. First on-screen appearance came at the age of 14 on the martial arts show WMAC Masters, which launched his acting career. Cold-called casting director Sarah Finn to schedule a general audition, which led to him being cast in 2009's Fast and Furious. First audition for Straight Outta Compton flopped; he re-auditioned several months later and was cast as DJ Yella.

Trivia: While most rising stars would be reluctant to tarnish their all-American image by appearing in films that demand they morph into another gender or in television roles that call for them to be as prickly as possible, handsome theater veteran Taylor Handley is always willing to throw the viewing audience the kind of curveballs that set him well apart from the pack. Born and raised in Santa Barbara, CA, Handley took to acting at the tender age of eight and cut his teeth in summer stock. While few of the aspiring actor's early television appearances -- including bit roles in Frasier, Touched By an Angel, and CSI -- would call for anything out of the ordinary, more substantial roles in Dawson's Creek and The O.C. began to reveal an actor of unusual complexity and ambition. It was his role as bad-boy Oliver Trask on The O.C., in particular, that first brought Handley to the attention of many television viewers, yet even with that edgy performance on his resumé, few could have foreseen something as strange as his role in the decidedly off-kilter romantic comedy Zerophilia a couple years later. Cast as an insecure teen boy who realizes he is gradually morphing into a female in writer/director Martin Curland's gender-bending film, Handley went places that few rising stars would be bold enough to venture. Handley next appeared in the period drama September Dawn, which detailed the historic confrontation between a traveling band of peaceful settlers and a renegade Mormon group. He could also be seen in the rip-roaring horror sequel Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, which pitted him against one of the most notorious madmen in screen history. Back on the small screen, following an appearance on CSI: Miami, Handley scored the lead role of Johnny Miller on the weekly guilty pleasure Hidden Palms. Scripted by Dawson's Creek mastermind Kevin Williamson, Hidden Palms told the tale of a troubled teen (Handley) doing his best to recover from his father's recent suicide and a stint in rehab by connecting with the angst-ridden kids who inhabit his new Palm Springs neighborhood.

Trivia: Began acting at age 4. Has done national commercials for Life cereal, AT&T and McDonald's. Was the official spokesperson for D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything and Read) Day in 2010. That same year she recorded the song "Ramona Blue" with her sister, with proceeds going to the charity First Book. In 2011, received a Young Artist Award (Best Performance in a Feature Film, Leading Young Actress 10 and Under) for her portrayal of beloved book heroine Ramona Quimby in the film Ramona and Beezus (2010). Appeared in the video for Taylor Swift's song "Mean" (2011). Received a pet pig as a birthday present from Jay Leno and named the pig Jay Jay.

Trivia: Was gifted at doing impressions as a kid. Enrolled in acting classes at age 10. Landed first movie role in 2003's The Adventures of Ociee Nash. Played the older brother of Johnny Cash in the Oscar-winning Walk the Line. Nabbed the lead male role in Hannah Montana: The Movie opposite Miley Cyrus. Appeared as Taylor Swift's love interest in her 2009 music video "You Belong With Me." Acted alongside childhood hero Jackie Chan in 2010's The Spy Next Door. In 2011 won the coveted role of Havok in the X-Men movie franchise. By age 25 had produced three feature films. Plays the title role in CBS's 2016 MacGyver reboot.

Trivia: At age 11, was on the federation ski team in New England.At age 16, was ranked sixth in junior tennis in the USA and first in Florida.Played tennis for Duke University on a full scholarship and won the indoor NCAAs with her team.Is a musician, plays guitar and produces her own music.Had top requested songs on the radio in Florida.Known for her role as Pamela in the Netflix original series Marvel's Jessica Jones.