Claudia Jessie (born October 30, 1989, in Birmingham, England) blew up as Eloise Bridgerton in Netflix’s hot series Bridgerton. Before that, she was known for roles in British shows like WPC 56 and Vanity Fair.
Jennifer Nitsch (born December 10, 1966, in Cologne, passed June 13, 2004, in Munich) was a German TV actress. She kicked things off with small parts in shows like Forsthaus Falkenau, Derrick, Der Alte, and Freunde fürs Leben in the late ’80s and early ’90s.
She also hit the big screen early, snaggin’ a minor role in Boomerang (1989) by Hans Wilhelm Geißendörfer. Her first major movie gig was a lead in Sönke Wortmann’s Alone Among Women (1990). Nitsch blew up in ’93 with the starring role in ZDF’s Nur eine kleine Affäre, earnin’ her the Adolf Grimme Prize and the Bavarian Television Prize the next year.
Sophia Loren, born Sofia Villani Scicolone on September 20, 1934, is a legendary actress, snaggin’ Academy Awards and known as Italy’s biggest star.
She came up in Rome, daughter of engineer Riccardo Scicolone and wannabe actress/piano teacher Romilda Villani, who weren’t hitched. Loren grew up dirt-poor in wartime Pozzuoli near Naples, crammed in a tiny spot with her sister Maria, grandparents, and aunts and uncles. She’s said plenty of times that the struggle gave her grit to make it big and cherish every second of life. Till she was about 14, folks called her an ugly duckling, but then she blossomed into a stunner.
What’s good? Alessandra Mussolini, born December 30, 1962, is an Italian politician, TV star, model, and former actress and singer. She’s been in both houses of the Italian Parliament and the European Parliament, reppin’ the Mussolini family as Benito Mussolini’s granddaughter. Since 2022, she’s been holdin’ it down as a Member of the European Parliament for Forza Italia.
Meet Anja Freese-Binder, a German actress born January 22, 1965, in Freiburg, Germany. When she was two, her crew moved up north, first to Bremen, then Hamburg.
After crushin’ her final exams, Anja studied photo design before jumpin’ into actin’ in 1989. She landed her first TV series role while still in school. Anja’s mad sporty, into stuff like horseback ridin’, waterskiing, tennis, bikin’, judo, and sailin’. Plus, she’s fluent in English, French, and Spanish on top of German.
Meet Stephanie Caroline March (born July 23, 1974), an American actress and activist. She’s best known for playin’ Alexandra Cabot in NBC’s crime drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2000-2018) and its spinoff projects. She also puts in work advocatin’ for abuse victims, education, and women’s rights.