Simon Baker

Date of Birth
30 July 1969, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

Birth Name
Simon Baker-Denny

Nickname
Sime

Height
5' 10" (1.78 m)

Mini Biography

Simon Baker was first recognized in 1992, when he received Australia's prestigious Logie award for Most Popular New Talent. Upon relocating to Los Angeles with his family, Baker was immediately cast in the Academy Award winning film L.A. Confidential (1997).
IMDb Mini Biography By: Grace Z

Spouse
Rebecca Rigg (1998 - present) 3 children

Trivia

He and Rebecca are very good friends with actress, Nicole Kidman. Rebecca has known Kidman for many years - they met on the audition circuit in Australia. Kidman is youngest child Harry's godmother.

As a teen, competed on a state level in surfing and water polo.

He was one of the singers/dancers in the band Euphoria's film clip Love You Right.

Children with Rebecca Rigg: Stella Breeze (b. 8 August 1993), Claude Blue (b. 1998) and Harry Friday (b. 19 September 2001). Nicole Kidman is Harry's godmother.

He, Russell Crowe, and Guy Pearce were all raised in Australia. All three of them also appeared in L.A. Confidential (1997). Baker is the only one of the three who was born in Australia. Pearce was born in England, Crowe in New Zealand.

Voted among People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People (2002).

Named among Fade-In Magazine's 100 People in Hollywood You Need to Know in 2005.

Former bricklayer.

One of People Magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People 2009.

Naomi Watts is godmother of his son Claude.

Older sister, Terri, is a doctor. Has three half-siblings.

His parents, drama teacher Elizabeth Labberton, and school grounds-man Barry Baker, split when he was 2.

He and wife Rebecca met in 1991 on a blind date at the Royal Hotel in Sydney's Paddington.

Personal Quotes

"If you can't be proud of what you do, go and sell shoes. Do something else."

Kym Johnson

Kym Johnson (born 4 August 1976) is an Australian former professional ballroom dancer, model, and television celebrity. She lives in Sydney NSW, Australia but is currently based in America for Dancing with the Stars. Prior to dating ex dance partner Tom Williams, Johnson was engaged to Australian cricketer Shane Watson.

Dance biography

Johnson began dancing at the age of two. She began ballroom dancing at 13 years old.[1] In 1998, she and her partner, Lithuanian Tomas Atkocevicius, placed second at the Australian Dancesport Championships in the Open Amateur Modern Ballroom. They also were finalists as the U.K. Ballroom Championships at Blackpool. She retired from competitive ballroom dance in 2001, but continued dancing on stage.

Since 2001, she has appeared in a number of events and films, including:

Burn the Floor, a touring ballroom dance production.
Performing at Elton John's 50th Birthday party.
Dancing at the Blade Runner launch party
Dancing in the film Strictly Ballroom

Television appearances

Kym Johnson became a celebrity after appearing on Dancing with the Stars, a televised ballroom dance competition.

She appeared on Seasons 1-3 of Dancing with the Stars in Australia in 2004 and 2005. In Season 2, she and her partner, television presenter Tom Williams were the winning couple; they both then performed in the Champion of Champion series. Kym also made a cameo during the 4th Australian series Dancing with the Stars Grand Final, performing with musician Alex Lloyd.

In early 2006, she appeared on the Australian program Celebrity Survivor on behalf of the Merry Makers .

Later the same year (2006), Kym appeared on season 3 of the US Dancing with the Stars, partnering with talk show icon Jerry Springer. They proved to be very popular and were the 7th couple sent off. During the series Kym wrote a Behind the Scenes' Diary for OK! Magazine Australia.

Kym later continued to tour America with the Dancing with the Stars Tour, but was unable to perform in every show due to an arm injury.

Kym returned to the ballroom on 19 March for Season 4, this time partnered with member of N'Sync Joey Fatone. She became the runner-up professional dancer of this season.[3] After the completion of Dancing with the Stars, Kym and Joey Fatone celebrated by going on the inaugural Mediterranean cruise for the Disney Cruise Line. The two performed for the ship's guests on 2 June 2007. Billionaire Mark Cuban was her Season 5 Partner. They were voted off in the fifth week. In season 6 she competed with magician Penn Jillette, but they were the 1st voted off in the Double-Elimination in the 2nd Week. Johnson competed on season 7 partnered with former NFL Player Warren Sapp. They finished in 2nd place behind Brooke Burke and Derek Hough. This was Kym's second time being the professional runner-up.

Kym returned to the ballroom for Season 8, and she was paired with actor David Alan Grier. They were eliminated in the fifth week of competition on 7 April 2009.

For Season 9, Kym was paired with Donny Osmond. Donny and Kym were crowned the champions on 24 November 2009, making Kym the only dance professional to have won the title in two different countries. During this season, Kym wrote a Behind the Scenes, blog of her experiences for www.okmagazine.com

In Season 11 Kym was partnered with Actor & Businessman David Hasselhoff. Unfortunately Hasselhoff and Johnson were the first to be eliminated, making it the second time she was eliminated in the first round including the double elimination in Season 6.

Along with Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Ashly DelGrosso-Costa, Kym appears in the DVD Dancing With The Stars: Cardio Dance.

Season 12 of DWTS, see's Kym partnered with professional athlete Hines Ward. During rehearsal after Episode 19, Kym suffered a neck injury, and reported that she was "shaken up" but will be all right. Kym and Hines were crowned Season 12 champions on 24 May 2011.

Melissa George

Date of Birth
6 August 1976, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Birth Name
Melissa Suzanne George

Nickname
Mel
Gorgeous George
Roo

Height
5' 7½" (1.71 m)

Mini Biography

The second of four children, Australian native Melissa George was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1976. The daughter of a nurse and a construction worker, George initially expressed interest in various forms of dance rather than acting. During her childhood, George studied tap, ballet, and jazz, later transitioning into professional rollerskating - similar to figure skating on ice.

By age 16, George had won several awards at various National Rollerskating Championships in Australia, and subsequently began modeling after dropping out of high school. George met a casting agent while doing modeling work, and was given a role on the popular Australian soap opera "Home and Away" (1988); George moved to Sydney and worked on the show for three years until deciding to pursue other projects.

In 1996, George left Australia and moved to Los Angeles in search of bigger roles. She garnered various supporting parts in films such as Dark City (1998) and Steven Soderbergh's crime thriller The Limey (1999), before landing a key part in David Lynch's acclaimed neo noir mystery film, Mulholland Dr. (2001). While in Bali in 1998, George met future husband, Chilean filmmaker Claudio Dabed; the two were married in late 2000.

The early 2000s would have George playing bit parts in several American television shows, including "Friends" (1994) and "Monk" (2002), ultimately landing a recurring role on the hit "Alias" (2001) alongside Jennifer Garner and Michael Vartan. Through the later part of the decade, George had roles in various horror and thriller films, beginning with the 2005 version of The Amityville Horror (2005), as well as the commercially-successful thriller Derailed (2005/I) alongside Clive Owen, Jennifer Aniston and Vincent Cassel.

George finished the decade with several more horror films, including Turistas (2006) and 30 Days of Night (2007), as well as independent horror titles such as w Delta z (2007), The Betrayed (2008) and Triangle (2009). George was also active in television work, landing a role on the popular medical drama "Grey's Anatomy" (2005). Her greatest critical success would come with a role on "In Treatment" (2008), playing the love interest of Gabriel Byrne, which would garner her a Golden Globe nomination in 2009.

Though a veteran of television in both Australia and the United States, George has achieved considerable success in her film career, which has hardly spanned over a decade.

Alyssa Sutherland

Born    : 23 September 1982
Where  : Australia
Height   : 180 cm
Bust       : 85 cm
Waist      : 62 cm
Hips        : 90 cm

Allison Meiresonne

Born    : 01 June 1982
Where : Australia
Height  : 176 cm
Bust    : 86 cm
Waist   : 64 cm
Hips   : 86 cm

Abbie Cornish

Date of Birth
7 August 1982, Lochinvar, New South Wales, Australia

Height
5' 8" (1.73 m)

Mini Biography

Abbie Cornish grew up on her parents 170 acre farm in the Hunter Valley town of Lochinvar with her 3 brothers and younger sister. Abbie started modeling at age 13. Her first acting job was at age 15 on the Australian Broadcasting Commission series "Children's Hospital" (1997) playing a quadriplegic.

Trivia

Learned to drive at the age of 12.


Has been a vegetarian since the age of 13.


Plays piano and guitar.


Her parents split up when she was 16 years old.


Has trekked across Morocco, Brazil, Italy and France.


Was considered for the role of Briony - 18 years old for Atonement (2007), but bailed out due to scheduling conflicts with Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007).


Ranked #80 in Maxim's Hot 100 Women list (2007).


Served as a judge at the The Reel Deal Short Film Festival on August 11, 2007 at the Revesby Workers' Club in Sydney, Australia.


After reaching the final of a competition by "Dolly" magazine, she worked as a model for a while.


Born as second of five children, she has three brothers and a sister.


Won the Breakthrough Award at the 2008 Australians in Film Awards in Los Angeles.


Was voted "Australia's Sexiest Vegetarian" in 2008.


Met boyfriend Ryan Phillippe while filming Stop-Loss (2008) in August 2006. They broke up in February 2010.


Lived with ex-boyfriend Ryan Phillippe in Los Angeles.


Ranked #33 on Ask Men's top 99 "most desirable women" of 2011.


Older sister of Isabelle Cornish.


Ranked #89 in the 2011 FHM (Australia) list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World".

Personal Quotes

The hardest part is getting your clothes off at first in front of the people who haven't seen you naked before. The first time you get nude in front of someone, it's hard, and then it's, 'Well, you've seen everything now; it's OK, we can shoot the rest of the day'.

I think as a child you know when it's time for your parents to split. You realize they love each other, but they're not in love with each other. And I think as a child it's much better for your parents to split than for them to stay and have dysfunction within the family.

Whenever I am acting, it's everything, you know. If I'm researching a role, I'm completely consumed in that and, between action and cut, I live in this suspended time. It's a really amazing experience and the only other thing I get it from is music.