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Yvette Nicole Brown

Curvy Girl — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:26:37 +0000

Bio from TV.com: Yvette Nicole Brown, born August 12, 1973 in East Cleveland, Ohio, is an American actress known for her appearances in numerous commercials. As a child, she has always loved commercials. Her interest in acting grew as she attended school, joining school plays and local theater productions. After graduating from the university, Yvette made her way into Los Angeles, California initially to become a singer. But then auditions for commercials came her way and she soon began landing gigs on TV ads. She has also guest-starred in various sitcoms and television dramas. She is well-known in the younger crowd for her recurring role as Helen on the hit Nick show Drake and Josh. On the big screen, Yvette has appeared alongside famous actors and actresses in popular Hollywood hits including The Island and Dreamgirls (2006). She got a supporting role in the NBC comedy Community in 2009.
Acting credits include: The Big House, Sleeper Cell, Drake & Josh, Boston Legal, Hotel for Dogs, (500) Days of Summer, Community

Sherri Shepherd

Curvy Girl — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:10:40 +0000

Bio from Wikipedia.org: Sherri Evonne Shepherd (born April 22, 1967) is an American comedienne, actress, and co-host on the ABC daytime talkshow, The View. Shepherd was born in Chicago, Illinois to Lawrence A. Shepherd, as the eldest of three sisters. She had guest and recurring roles on Everybody Loves Raymond, Friends and Living Single as well as regular roles on Suddenly Susan and The Jamie Foxx Show. Perhaps her most successful role prior to The View was playing the main character of Ramona Platt on the comedy Less than Perfect. In 2007, Sherri Shepherd became a frequent guest co-host on ABC’s, The View. Shepherd eventually became a permanent co-host on Monday September 10, 2007.
Credits include: The View, Beauty Shop, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Sherri

Sara Ramirez

Curvy Girl — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:49:47 +0000

Bio from Wikipedia.org: Sara Ramírez (born August 31, 1975) is a Mexican-American actress and singer. She won the 2005 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical for her role as The Lady of the Lake in Monty Python’s Spamalot, and is a member of the cast of Grey’s Anatomy. After graduating from the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts in San Diego, California, she graduated from the Juilliard School in New York City, where she refined her skills as an actress.
Credits include: Grey’s Anatomy, Monty Python’s Spamalot (stage)

Brooke Elliott

Curvy Girl — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:43:29 +0000

Bio from Wikipedia.org: Brooke Elliott is a American television/film/stage actress. She is most known for her role as Jane Bingum and Deb Dobson on Lifetime’s Drop Dead Diva. Brooke was born in Minnesota and graduated college from Western Michigan University, where she earned a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Musical Theater Performance. She is a trained singer and has appeared in many Broadway shows such as Beauty and the Beast, Pirate Queen, Taboo and Wicked.
Acting credits include: Drop Dead Diva, Beauty and the Beast (stage), Wicked (stage)

Queen Latifah

Curvy Girl — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:34:03 +0000

Bio from Wikipedia.org: Dana Elaine Owens (born March 18, 1970), better known by her stage name Queen Latifah, is an American rapper, singer, model, actress and CoverGirl. Latifah’s work in music, film and television has earned her a Golden Globe award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Image Awards, a Grammy Award, six additional Grammy nominations, an Emmy Award nomination and an Academy Award nomination.
Albums include: All Hail the Queen, Nature of a Sista, Black Reign, Order in the Court, The Dana Owens Album, Trav’lin’ Light, Persona
Acting credits include: Set it Off, Chicago, Bringing Down the House, Taxi, Barbershop 2, Beauty Shop, Last Holiday, Hairspray, Mad Money, The Secret Life of Bees

Delta Burke

Curvy Girl — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:17:31 +0000

Bio from Wikipedia.org: Delta Ramona Leah Burke (born July 30, 1956, in Orlando, Florida) is an American television and film actress. She is probably best known for her role as Suzanne Sugarbaker in the CBS sitcom Designing Women. Burke was slender when she started on Designing Women in 1986, but as the show gained in fame, she gained weight. She became the most popular cast member, earning two consecutive “Best Actress” nominations from the Emmys in 1990 and 1991. In 1990, Burke publicly expressed dissatisfaction with the show’s creators on a televised interview with Barbara Walters and other media outlets. At the end of the 5th season of Designing Women, in 1991, she was let go from her contract.
Credits include: Designing Women, DAG, Popular, Boston Legal

Camryn Manheim

Curvy Girl — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:08:26 +0000

Bio from Wikipedia.org: Camryn Manheim, born Caldwell, N.J., on March 8, 1961, is a Golden Globe and Emmy winning actress. She is a graduate of NYU and the University of California. She is best known her roles as attorney Ellenor Frutt on “The Practice” and Delia Banks on “Ghost Whisperer.”
TV credits include: Ghost Whisperer, The Practice, Hannah Montana

Niecy Nash

Curvy Girl — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:07:28 +0000

Bio from wikipedia.org: Niecy Nash (born Carol Denise Ensley on February 23, 1970) is an American comedian and actress. Nash was born in Palmdale, California. In addition to her acting endeavors, she is the spokesperson of M.A.V.I.S. (Mothers Against Violence In Schools). M.A.V.I.S. was founded by her mother, after the 1993 shooting death of Nash’s younger brother, Michael.
TV, film credits include: Reno 911, Clean House, The Bernie Mac Show

Caroline Rhea

Curvy Girl — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:05:21 +0000

Bio from wikipedia.org: Caroline Gilchrist Rhea (born April 13, 1964) is a Canadian stand-up comedian and actress who is the original host of the reality show The Biggest Loser on NBC. She is also known for her role as Hilda on Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, and for replacing Rosie O’Donnell as the hostess of her syndicated talk show, renamed The Caroline Rhea Show.
Credits include: Phineas and Ferb (voice), Christmas With the Cranks, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, The Biggest Loser

Nikki Blonsky

Curvy Girl — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:04:31 +0000

Bio from wikipedia.org: Nikki Blonsky (born November 9, 1988) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her Critics’ Choice Award-winning and Golden Globe-nominated role as Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray, a 2007 screen adaptation of the stage musical adaptation of the John Waters film of the same name.
Credits include: Hairspray, Queen Sized, Harold