Katy Perry

Singer-songwriter/actress Katy Perry was born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, October 25, 1984, in Santa Barbara, California. Earlier in her career she went by the name Katy Hudson, but later changed her surname to Perry (her mother’s maiden name) to avoid being confused with actress Kate Hudson.

Her album releases include a self-titled gospel album Katy Hudson (2001), One of the Boys (2008), and Teenage Dream (2010). She became popular when her second single, “I Kissed a Girl” was released in 2008. The song topped the top international charts.

Katy is known for her unconventional style of dress. She has announced that she is coming out with her own fragrance called “Purr.”

Katy Perry married Russell Brand on October 23, 2010, in a traditional Hindu ceremony held in Rajasthan, India.

Kari Wührer

Kari Wührer was born April 28, 1967, in Brookfield, Connecticut, U.S. She’s an actress and singer, sometimes credited as Kari Salin.

Wührer’s first break in television came from her “hostess” work on MTV’s Remote Control (1987). Following her stint on that TV show she began working in film also. Some mainstream film roles include Eight Legged Freaks (2002), Anaconda (1997), and Berserker (2001). She came to mainstream fame in 1997 playing Maggie Beckett on the series Sliders.

In 2001, during the filming of Spider’s Web, Wührer’s breast implants encapsulated so she subsequently had them removed. She had them put in 13 years earlier due to insecurities, and because of being pressured by a record producer to enlarge her bust size.

Kari married Daniel Salin in 1994 and later divorced in 1999. She is currently married to film producer James Scura (since 2003) and they have three children together.

Emmy Rossum

Emmanuelle Grey “Emmy” Rossum was born September 12, 1986, in New York City, New York, to Jewish parents. She is an only child who was raised by her mother and has only met her father twice. Rossum began her career as is a singer-songwriter and later also became an actress.

Some of the movies she starred in include Dragonball: Evolution (2009), Dare (2009), Poseidon (2006), The Phantom of the Opera (2004), The Day After Tomorrow (2004), Mystic River (2003), Passionada (2002), An American Rhapsody (2001), and Songcatcher (2000).

On her musical side, Rossum released her debut album, Inside Out in October 2007. It peaked at 199 in the U.S. charts. Also in 2007, she also released a Christmas EP entitled Carol of the Bells. In 2008, Rossum announced that she was working on her second studio album.

Zooey Deschanel

Zooey Deschanel, born January 17, 1980 in Los Angeles, California, is an American actress, musician and singer-songwriter.

As a musician, she records and performs with M. Ward under the moniker She & Him. They released the albums Volume One in 2008, and Volume Two in 2010. She plays keyboards, banjo, ukulele, and percussion, and has performed singing in some of her films.

As an actress, Deschanel made her film debut in Mumford in 1999. Her next role, as William Miller’s troubled older sister Anita in Cameron Crowe’s 2000 film Almost Famous, brought her greater attention. Some of her other film appearances include Elf (2003), The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005), Failure to Launch (2006), Gigantic (2008), Yes Man (2008), and (500) Days of Summer (2009).

Vanessa-Mae

Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson (known professionally as Vanessa-Mae), born 27 October 27, 1978, in Singapore. She’s a skilled violinist in the style of British pop and classical.

At the age of three she began playing piano, and then violin at age five. Her father, Varaprong Vanakorn, is Thai, and her mother, Pamela Tan, is Chinese. From the age of four, Vanessa grew up in London with her mother and step-father. She’s a British citizen.

In 2006, Vanessa-Mae was ranked as the wealthiest young entertainer under 30 in the UK.