Trivia: After becoming one of the stars of the series Everybody Hates Chris at the age of 12, Vincent Martella would seem like a born actor, but in fact the performer's first love has been dancing since the time he was three. His first performance was in a stage production of The Nutcracker, and by the time he was six, he was appearing in commercials and print ads. He moved with his family to Los Angeles at age ten, and soon won roles on Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide and in Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo before auditioning for the part of Greg, the best friend of the young Chris Rock (Tyler James Williams), on Everybody Hates Chris.

Trivia: British actor Thomas Sangster caught audience's attention in 2003's Love Actually when he was 13. He would go on to appear in films like Nanny McPhee, Tristan and Isolde, and Bright Star, as well as provide the voice of Ferb on the animated TV series Phineas and Ferb.

Trivia: Beautiful Hawaiian actress Kelly Hu parlayed early experience as a model and beauty pageant winner into a busy career as an actress in television and film. Kelly Hu was born in Honolulu, HI, on February 13, 1968. While a student at Kameameha High School, Hu began taking modeling jobs on the advice of her friends, which led to her spending four months in Japan working on various assignments. Hoping to advance her career, Hu entered a local beauty pageant, which led to her being named Miss Teen U.S.A. in 1985, making her the first Asian-American to hold the title. While winning the prize ironically put her modeling career on pause (pageant regulations prevent winners from taking modeling assignments), it did help her launch an acting career; after her reign, Hu moved to Los Angeles, and in 1987, after landing a number of television commercials, she scored her first high-profile acting job when she was cast as Melia, Kirk Cameron's love interest, on several episodes of the TV sitcom Growing Pains. Hu began receiving a steady stream of television work, making guest appearances on such shows as Tour of Duty, Night Court, and 21 Jump Street, before she earned her first film role, a small part in Friday the 13th: Part VIII -- Jason Takes Manhattan. Hu's next film assignment would be a bit more prestigious -- she played the wife of musician Ray Manzarek (played by Kyle MacLachlan) in Oliver Stone's The Doors. More film and television work followed, including a brief run in 1992 on the daytime drama The Bold and the Beautiful, before Hu took another stab at the pageant circuit, representing Hawaii in the 1993 Miss U.S.A. Pageant. Hu soon returned to acting, making memorable appearances on Melrose Place and Murder One, before she won the role of Michelle Chan on the action-drama series Nash Bridges. Hu lasted two years on the show; her next long-term TV role allowed her to make use of her martial arts skills (she holds a brown belt in karate) when she was cast opposite Sammo Hung on the action-comedy series Martial Law. Hu starred opposite Dwayne Johnson (aka the Rock) in 2002's The Scorpion King, the prequel to the runaway hit The Mummy. In 2003 Hu played the villainess Lady Deathstrike in X-Men: Reunited, and joined the cast of CSI: NY in the reoccurring role of Detective Kaile Maka (2005-2006). She played one-time valedictorian Kelly Lee in ABC's sitcom in 2007, though the show would unfortunately be cancelled after its first season. Luckily, the actress found more success on the small screen in The CW's popular supernatural romance series The Vampire Diaries in the role of Pearl (2010-2011), and appeared briefly on numerous television shows including Hawaii Five-0, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and NCIS. Hu took a starring role in Almost Perfect (2011) to play Vanessa, a thirtysomething career woman whose sudden familial problems threaten her seemingly ideal new relationship.

Trivia: One of the more popular "tweener" stars during the 2000s, Toledo native Alyson Stoner followed the path of many a 21st century ingenue by entering show business courtesy of Disney. Born in August 1993, Stoner began performing at the age of three, with jazz, tap, and ballet classes at O'Connell's Dance Studio in Holland, OH; she also modeled from the age of six, courtesy of Toledo's Margaret O'Brien Modeling Studio. Stoner's laurels in a number of related New York competitions convinced her parents to whisk her off to Los Angeles, where she signed with an agent and began landing acting parts in numerous productions.Hollywood assignments commenced well before Alyson's tenth birthday and included voicing a character in the 2002 animated feature Lilo & Stitch and playing Sarah Baker in the two Steve Martin remakes of Cheaper by the Dozen. These initial projects laid down a pattern that Stoner followed in successive years, wherein she alternated between vocal work -- on several Holly Hobbie & Friends releases and various other projects -- and live-action parts, such as a supporting role in the Disney Channel telemovie musical Camp Rock (2008). In summer 2008, she starred in the "dance video hybrid" The Alyson Stoner Project. She appeared in the Camp Rock sequel, as well as Step Up 3D. In 2011 she lent her vocal talents to the animated projects The Little Engine That Could.

Trivia: A graduate of Yale Drama School, character actor Maulik Pancholy became a familiar face on sitcoms and prime-time dramas during the mid- to late 2000s -- nearly always in a recurring or guest acting capacity -- and ushered in occasional bit parts in features. He netted particularly substantial recognition for his ongoing turn as Jack Donaghy's (Alec Baldwin) loyal and slightly high-strung personal assistant, Jonathan, on the Tina Fey/Lorne Michaels-produced NBC sitcom 30 Rock, and for his portrayal of pot dealer Sanjay on Weeds. Cinemagoers might also associate Pancholy with his appearance as Will Smith's overeager doorman in the romantic comedy Hitch. In 2008, Pancholy appeared as Trent opposite Katherine Heigl and James Marsden in the Anne Fletcher-directed romantic comedy 27 Dresses, and he picked up still more fans through his role on the sticom Whitney.

Trivia: A lifelong actor who was just 7 years old when he portrayed a diminutive Chewbacca in a children's remake of Star Wars, Rockwall, TX, native Mitchel Musso appeared in print campaigns for McDonalds and Rand McNally before turning up in television commercials for Sony {!PlayStation and Hubba Bubba Bubble Gum. Of course, the ambitious youngster had more in mind than simply being a pitchman for a product, and in 2003 Musso would make his big-screen debut opposite both younger brother Marc and child superstar Haley Joel Osment in the coming-of-age comedy Secondhand Lions. Television roles in Oliver Beene and Stacked were quick to follow, though it was the 2006 hit Disney Channel series Hannah Montana that truly found the talented youngster's career blasting into overdrive on the small screen. Cast opposite Miley Cyrus, Jason Earles, and Emily Osment, Musso played the best friend of a talented young singer who leads a secret double life as a teen-pop superstar. Back on the big screen, Musso provided the voice of a suburban adolescent who suspects that his neighbor's house may hold a dark secret in the computer-animated hit Monster House. More vocal work was quick to follow when Musso stepped behind the microphone to provide the voice for pilot Aang in the animated Nickelodeon series Avatar: The Last Airbender, and Jeremy in Phineas and Ferb.