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Born and raised in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Michaela Conlin performed in her first play at the age of six and continued to appear on stage in numerous community and regional productions.
Conlin moved to New York City to study acting and was accepted into New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. While working toward her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater, she appeared in several productions at the Atlantic Theater Company and the Playwrights Horizons Theater School, and traveled to Amsterdam to study with the Experimental Theatre Wing’s International Training Program.
Upon graduating from New York University, Conlin was chosen to be a part of the cable documentary series The It Factor, which focused on the lives of young actors in New York City. Soon after, she relocated to Los Angeles, where she quickly landed her first starring role on the series MDs, as the idealistic young intern taken under the arm of the hospital’s two renegade doctors, played by William Fichtner and John Hannah. She followed that with a leading role on the drama series The D.A., playing an outspoken political consultant to Steven Weber’s district attorney.
In addition to working consistently in television, Conlin has appeared in several features, including Garmento and Love the Hard Way, starring Adrien Brody. She also appeared in the films Open Window opposite Robin Tunney and Enchanted opposite Susan Sarandon and Patrick Dempsey.
Fast Facts:
- Began performing in community theater at age 6.
- After college, she studied at the Experimental Theater Wing’s International Training Program in Amsterdam.
- Appeared on Bravo’s 2002 reality show The It Factor, about actors struggling to make it in the entertainment industry.
- Michaela is of Chinese and Irish descent.
- Michaela’s first role was in a kindergarten production of the children’s tale The Gingerbread Man.
- Michaela’s hobbies include writing short stories.
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Currently, Michaela lives in Los Angeles with her boyfriend.
Birth name: David Patrick Boreanaz
Date of birth (location): 16 May 1971, Buffalo, New York, USA
David Boreanaz made a name for himself playing a blood-sucking vampire with a soul on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” (WB, UPN, 1997-2003) and “Angel” (WB, 1999-2004) as well as a former Army sniper who keeps company with decomposing corpses on “Bones TV Show” (Fox, 2005-). Onscreen and offscreen, the actor endeared himself to legions of fans pleased to discover that the ripped actor who was no stranger to “Sexiest People” tabloid lists was a dog-loving, down-to-earth guy who cited his Philadelphia weatherman father as one of his biggest influences. With each film role that showed his comedic or guy-next-door capacity, he was successfully able to dodge an eternity of special appearances at Sci-Fi conventions.
Boreanaz was born in Buffalo, NY, and moved to Philadelphia, PA when he was seven years-old. His father was a weatherman for WPVI in Philadelphia and host of a local kids TV show called “Rocket Ship 7.” This early exposure to show business was an influence on Boreanaz, and once he saw Yul Brynner in “The King and I” his acting aspirations were solidified. After heading back to Upstate New York to study acting at Ithaca College, Boreanaz made his way to Los Angeles to give it his best shot.
The tall, handsome, intense-looking actor was virtually unknown when he was cast as Angel in “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” in 1997. He had caught one break – playing a biker boyfriend of Kelly Bundy on an episode of “Married…With Children” (Fox, 1987-1997) – but for the most part, Boreanaz was honing real life roles as parking attendant, house painter, and a health club guy. With only a few stage credits to his name, Boreanaz was walking his dog one day when he was literally discovered by a talent manager and cast as Angel shortly thereafter.
The Joss Whedon creation “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” was based on a 1992 film of the same name, and centered around Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar), a typical teenage girl who was chosen by fate to battle vampires and demons in a suburban California town that happened to be a Hellmouth. In the dark yet hilarious series, Angel was a vampire dweller of that netherworld, and therefore, the worst possible boyfriend for a vampire slayer. The two had an on-and-off love affair for three seasons until Angel left town to search for redemption in the least likely place one could find it - Los Angeles. The spin-off series devoted to this search debuted in 1999 and in it, Angel worked as a private detective trying to “help the helpless” and repent for a hundred years of torture and murder. By season five, his cast of sidekicks had changed several times and Angel was now working at a law firm with the aim of fighting evil from the inside. Much to the surprise and dismay of loyal fans and Whedon alike, the WB announced in 2004 that the show would not return for a sixth season.
By this time, Boreanaz had been steadily working as an actor for seven years, including many non-Angel roles that would prepare him for new acting frontiers. He had snagged roles in several feature films including the 2001 slasher flick, “Valentine, ” the romantic comedy “I’m With Lucy” (2002), and the fourth in “The Crow” series entitled “Wicked Prayer” (2004).
Barely a year after Angel’s demise, the FX network thought he would be perfect in the role of Special Agent Seeley Booth – FBI homicide investigator and foil to forensic pathologist Dr. Temperence Brennan (Emily Deschanel) in the medical mystery series, “Bones.” Booth was all about old-fashioned detective work and Brennan staunchly scientific – and not surprisingly, never the twain would they meet. The chemistry between the two opposing forces was an immediate hit, and audiences fell for the classic TV device: will they ever hook up?
Boreanaz continued to build his film resume with a starring role opposite Anne Heche in the Alan Cumming black comedy “Suffering Man’s Charity.” His low-profile personal life included involvement with PETA charities and marriage to model and former “Son of the Beach” (FX, 2000-01) star, Jamie Bergman, whom he married in 2001.
American actress Emily Deschanel was born on October 11, 1976, in Los Angeles, Calif. Emily is a graduate of Boston University’s Professional Actors Training Program. She made her film debut in 1994 in the movie “It Could Happen to You” and she also has guest starred in the television shows “Crossing Jordan” and “Law & Order: Special Victim’s Unit.” Emily has the main role of Dr. Temperance ‘Bones’ Brennan in the hit TV series “Bones.” She has a sister Zooey Deschanel, who also is an actress.
An actress whose piercing, pale blue eyes could give even Meg Foster a run for her money, Emily Deschanel has come quite a long way since being listed as one of Interview magazine’s “Six Actors to Watch” back in 2001. The firstborn daughter of Oscar-winning cinematographer Caleb Deschanel and actress Mary Jo Weir (their second was starlet Zooey), Emily received her B.F.A. in theater from Boston University before launching her career on the stage and screen. Early roles in It’s a Shame About Ray and Rose Red found the rising starlet gradually gaining her footing before the cameras, and as her confidence as an actress increased, so did her screen time.
By the time Deschanel appeared in such features as Cold Mountain and The Alamo, viewers were already beginning to pick up on her talent, while she could also still be seen acting on-stage, frequently appearing in plays for the Interact Theatre Company. In 2003, Deschanel appeared in minor capacity as a receptionist in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2, with her role in Ghost House Pictures’ 2004 frightener Boogeyman serving to prove that she was much more than just another pretty face.
In 2005, Deschanel successfully made the transition to the small screen with her role as forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance “Bones” Brennan, partner of FBI agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz), on the Fox crime drama series Bones TV Show. As Dr. Brennan, the increasingly prominent star proved an invaluable help in solving some of the most perplexing crimes by helping to identify bodies and to determine the cause of death via their skeletal remains.