Thursday, August 23, 2007

Best of Christina Milian


Is a Twenty-five years old Cuban-American, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. She's a daughter of Don and Carmen, and has two younger sisters. She is an American Actress and Grammy Award-nominated R&B and pop singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer and a former host of MtV. They moved to Los Angeles when she was 13 to pursue her acting career.


Her first significant role was as a reporter on the Disney Channel Movie Surfers show in 1998 billed as Tina Flores. While in this role, sha also appeared as a guest on the television series Charmed, Smart Guy, Clueless, Get Real, The Amanda Show and The Steve Harvey Show. She was also the host of the television show Wannabes on MTV. On an episode of Wanabes, Christina met director Joseph Khan and suggested to audition for a lead role in the film Torque.


Her audition was successful, which lead to a lead role in Love Don't Cost a Thing in 2003. In 2005, she had roles in the film Man of the House opposite Tommy Lee Jones and Be Coll with John Travolta and Uma Thurman. She also appeared in the horror film Pulse starring Kristen Bell.


In 2000, Christina made her first official musical appearance on Ja Rule's second studio album Rule 3:36, performing guest vocals on his song “ Between Me and You”. And in 2001, she eventually released her first solo single, “AM To PM”, off her self-titled debut album. The song became a world wide hit reaching the top 5 in the UK and Denmark, top 10 in the Netherlands, and top 40 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and in Australia. Due to that success, they released the second single “When You Look At Me” which was another international hit.


Aside from acting, singing and dancing, She also did writing some books. Currently, she's writing two books both targeted for teenage girls. She has stated that she wants to show her female fans the healthy way on how to be happy. She also used to make porcelain dolls as her hobby.


Christina was been nominated for several awards in different cathegories from 2004 up to present. She's #30 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list, and #93 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list. She looks up to Janet Jackson, Diana Ross, Celia Cruz and Gloria Estefan as her musical inpirations. She's also a huge fan of janet Jackson.

1 comment:

regina said...

I think she and Nick Cannon are a cute pair. Too bad, they broke up.