Alyssa Milano Biography and Net Worth of The American Actress

Alyssa Milano is a 51 years old multi-professional American known for her acting, singing, book writing, scriptwriting, and movie production.

Alyssa Milano currently has a net worth of $12 million. She is a multi-talented and versatile individual with a high level of dedication and professionalism in what she does.

Alyssa is also known for her beauty and talent; she was also a television icon from the 80s through the 90s. Many have come to identify with her for her efforts in speaking up on several social issues and lending her voice to causes that matter. Her topics of interest vary and are not limited to AIDS, Vegetarianism, the ‘#MeToo’ movement, and gender equality.

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Alyssa Milano’s Background and the Early Start of Her Career

Born on December 19, 1972, in the Bensonhurst neighborhood, Brooklyn borough, New York City, Alyssa Jayne Milano’s parents are Lin Milano (mother, a fashion designer, and talent manager) and Thomas M. Milano (father, a film music editor). Alyssa Milano has her root traced to Italy (Italian descent) and was raised along with her younger brother Cory, who was born ten years after Alyssa. They both were raised in the Roman Catholic Christian faith.

At the very early age of her life (exactly age 7), Alyssa Milano started her career when her babysitter took her out for one of the auditions organized by Annie’s national touring company without the consent of Milano’s parents. At the audition, Milano emerged as one of the four best performers selected out of 1,500 girls that participated. She was commuting back and forth with her mother for good 18 months during the period of her work in the play. On her return back to New York, Alyssa Milano made appearances on TV commercials and also performed in numerous roles in Off-Broadway productions, this comprised the first American musical adaptation of Jane Eyre.

She Started Acting as an 11-Year-Old

At the time she was 11 years old, Alyssa Milano made her first film appearance in the coming-of-age drama “Old Enough” in August 1984. According to her, the film was a tremendous opportunity for her to kickstart an acting career at such an early stage of her life. The film won first prize when screened at the Sundance Film Festival and you can bet that her spectacular performance in the film contributed a lot in this regard. Thereafter, she got a role in the film “Who’s the Boss?”, where she acted Tony Danza’s daughter’s character. The show started to air on ABC later in September 1984, and she starred on the show 8 good seasons, until it came to an end in 1992, having 196 episodes in total.

All through this period, Alyssa Milano’s whole family had moved down to Los Angeles where the film was being shot and produced, to support her career. Her role in the film borough her into prominence and established her as a teen idol and household name. The role later opened other doors of opportunity for her to secure other roles in notable films, such as her role with Arnold Schwarzenegger in the movie “Commando” in 1985, at a time she was just 12 years of age. Alyssa Milano also starred on stage productions such as “All Night Long” by John O’Keefe, “Tender Offer” by Wendy Wasserstein, and “Butterflids Are Free” in Los Angeles (December 1991 – January 1992).

Alyssa Debuted Her Music Career with 4 Studio Albums

With her talent in singing, Milano got a record deal for five albums after being noticed by a Japanese producer during her numerous local performances. However, she was only able to produce four studio albums, which are: “Look in my heart” (1989), “Lockd Inside a Dream” (1991), “Alyssa” (1989) and “Do You See Me?” (1992).

Be that as it may, Milano was not too pleased with the general sound of the albums, describing it as a “bubblegum pop”. Though her music career was averagely fair enough outside of the American shores with platinum status in Japan, Alyssa Milano did not attempt to give her music career a push back home in the United States. Milano believed her music should only thrive in a sphere where it is well accepted and appreciated, and not where it will become a laughing stock. To her, the quality of the music is not impressive enough to be pushed into the US market.

Milano also Secured Acting Roles in Erotic Films

Sometimes in 1988, Milano starred in Crash Course and Dance ’till Dawn, the projects that gave her the opportunity to work side by side with a close friend (Brian Bloom) that worked with her in the episodes of “Who’s the Boss?”, and in 1992, she starred in ” Where the Day Takes You”. The good girl image that her works have painted, particularly her role in “Who’s the Boss?” was ignored as she began to feature in a number of erotic films such as “Deadly Sins” (1995) and “Embrace of the Vampire” (1995). She appeared in numerous nude scenes in the two movies.

Starting as the character Jennifer Mancini in seasons 5 to 7 of “Melrose Place”, Alyssa Milano featured in the film from 1995 to 1998, after which she joined the cast of “charmed” acting the character Phoebe Halliwell, a show that lasted for 8 seasons and ended in 2006. She later became the show producer in the fifth season. Other shows Milano later appeared in include “Mistresses” (2013 to 2014) and “Insatiable” (2018 to 2019). From her television work, she also made appearances in films such as “My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend” (2010) and “Hall pass” (2011).

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Summary List of Alyssa Milano’s Films and TV Series

Over the course of her acting career, Alyssa Milano has starred in numerous films, seasoned films, TV dramas, erotic films, and many more.

Some of her TV credits include

• Who’s the Boss? as Samantha Micelli (1984-1992) Lead role
• The Canterville Ghost as Jennifer Canterville (1986) TV Movie
• Crash Course Vanessa Crawford (1988) TV movie alternative title: Driving Academy
• Dance ’till Dawn as Shelley Sheridan (1988) TV Movie
• Living Doll as Samantha Micelli (1989) 2 episodes
• The Making of the Little Mermaid (1989) Herself (Host) TV Special
• Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story as Amy Fisher (1993) TV Movie
• At Home with the Webbers as Fan (1993) TV Movie
• Candles in the dark as Sylvia Velliste (1993) TV Movie
• Confessions of a Sorority Girl as Rita Summers (1994) TV Movies
• The Surrogate as Amy Winslow (1995) TV Movies
• The Outer Limit as Hannah Valesic (1995) Episode: “Caught in Act”

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Alyssa Milano’s Career Awards and Nominations

For her tremendous works over the years in the American film industry, Milano has won several awards for herself, which include

• Best Young Supporting Actress in a television series, 1985 (Who’s the Boss?).
• Young Artist Awards’ Best Young Female Superstar in Television, 1987 (Who’s the Boss?).
• Kids’ Choice Awards Favourite TV Actress, 1988, 1989, 1990 (Who’s the Boss?).
• AOL TV’s Top TV Witches (Phoebe Halliwell), 2007 & 2008 (Charmed).
• UNICEF Awards’ Spirit of Compassion Award, 2016.
• GLAAD Gala Forum’s Ariadne Getty Ally Award, 2018.

The list of her nominations include

• Young Artist Awards’ Exceptional Performance by a Young Actress Starring in a Feature Film – Comedy or Drama, 1986 (Commando)
• Young Artist Awards’ Best Young Actress in a TV Special, Pilot, Movie of the Week, or Mini-Series, 1988 (Dance ’till Dawn)
• Annie Awards’ Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Female
• Performer in an Animated Feature Production, 2001 (Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp’s Adventure)
• RATTY Awards’ Outstanding Ensemble in a Science Fiction Series, 2001 (Charmed)
• Wand Awards’ Best Fight (Alyssa Milano and Shannen Doherty), 2001 (Charmed)
• Spacey Awards’ Favourite Female TV Character (Phoebe Halliwell), 2004 (Charmed)
• Kids’ Choice Awards’ Favourite Television Actress, 2005 (Charmed)
• People’s Choice Awards’ Favourite Dramatic TV Actress, 2016 (Mistresses)
• Women’s Choice Awards’ SpotLight Choice Women Award, 2017

Alyssa Milano’s Net Worth

Over the years in her career, Milano has made a fortune for herself through hard work and diligence. As of this writing, Alyssa has a net worth of $12 million US Dollars. She made a larger portion of her fortune from acting, as she has starred in more than 70 movies and TV series in her career till now.

For instance, at the peak of her time when starring on “Charmed,” her acting fee was $90,000 per episode, summing up to around $2 million per season of the film. Many of the films she had starred in had equally paid her handsomely.

Other Ventures that Contributed to Her Net Worth

The versatile and multi-talented actress has got her hands on other ventures that have proven a high success rate in commercials and impact.

Music Career

Apart from acting, Alyssa Milano also made lots of money from her music career, as she enjoyed royalties from her albums and earned handsomely from record sales. The actual income she makes from her music has not been made public.

Appearance on Magazine Covers

Milano made appearances on the cover of several magazines such as Stuff, Seventeen, Cosmopolitan, Women’s World, Maxim, Cleo, Veronica and FHM.

Television Commercial

She has also made appearances in television commercials for Candles, Wen, Atkins Diet, Hi-C, and Veet. Milano is also known to be a spokesmodel for Sheer Cover Cosmetics.

Comic Book Series

Milan created the Hacktivist in 2013, a comic book series, which is a fast-paced cyber-thriller. It is about autonomy and friendship during wartime. The book series has enjoyed good commercials and significant success.

The Mismanagement of Allysa’s Fortune and Who’s to be Blamed

It is a known fact that Allysa Milano has been working tirelessly on the screen since her childhood days and if for nothing else, she should have a very fat bank account to show for it. Though she is remarkably rich, the events of June 2017 where she sued a firm, Hellie, Hoffer & Co. responsible for managing her wealth for mismanagement suggests she could have been a lot richer.

Allysa Milano and her husband David Bugliari sued the Los Angeles, California Hellie Hoffer & Company in a $10 million after they alleged that the firm left her and her husband in debt and credit ruins. They maintained a position that the firm failed to pay for their mortgages, didn’t pay their income taxes on time, invested their money in risky investments, and in the end covered up the mismanagement of their funds. They further claimed that the firm forged Allysa’s signature and used the same on financial documents without Allysa’s knowledge.

Two years later, in 2019 as the case was preparing for trial, it was reported that Allysa, David, and the firm reached an agreement for an undisclosed amount to settle the $10 million lawsuit out of court. Since then, nothing has been heard of the case, so it is safe to believe that both parties are okay with the agreement they reached. It should also be noted that around 2017 when the lawsuit was filed, Johnny Depp also had a similar case against Hellie, Hoffer & Co. to the tune of $25 million. However, in a twist of events, the company sued Johnny Depp for breach of contract and claimed he actually mismanaged his fortune and not the company.

Meet Allysa Milano’s Past Husbands and Her Current Heartthrob

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Milano’s love life has not been a bed of roses, as she had struggled in the past with having a marriage with a long lifespan.

Corey Haim

Her love journey began with Corey Haim (an actor) from 1987 to 1990. Milano’s parents, Milano herself and her manager had tried so hard at that time to get professional help for Haim over his addiction, which all proved abortive, the relationship crashed out at the end of the day.

Scott Wolf

Alyssa Milano became engaged in a relationship with Scott Wolf (an actor) in 1993, but the relationship did not last, as they broke off their engagement within a year. Sometime in August 2019, Milano revealed that she had experienced two abortions during her short period of relationship with Scott Wolf.

Cinnun Tate

Milano got married to Cinnun Tate (a singer) on January 1, 1999, but the marriage barely lasted a year before it was dissolved. They separated on November 20, 1999 and finally divorced on December 1, 1999.

David Bugliari

Alyssa Milano tried her luck again in another relationship with David Bugliari (a CAA agent) for one year before getting engaged to him in December 2008. They finally got married on August 15, 2009 at Bugliari’s family home in New Jersey. Their marriage was blessed with a son exactly two years into their marriage (on August 15, 2011), and they had a daughter three years after their first son (on September 4, 2014).

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Overview of Alyssa Milano’s Personal Life

Apart from her acting and music career, Alyssa Milano is also known to have a passion for helping the less privileged, combat stigmatization, and fight for justice irrespective of who is being robbed of justice. Late in the ’80s, Milano reached out to a preteen boy by the name Ryan White (a fan of Milano) who was ostracized for having AIDS.

To stop the stigma against the boy, Milano decided to attend a party specially organized in the boy’s name. She didn’t only attend the party but even sat with the boy for over six hours making friendship bracelets, she also made an appearance together with the boy on The Phil Donahue Show, kissing him (Ryan White) to prove a point that the disease does not spread through casual contact.

Her Involvement in Charitable Courses

Milano was the national spokesperson at UNICEF’s ” Trick or Treat” campaign, where she raised around US$ 50,000 for South African women and children who are AIDS patients by selling her schools’ photo work. She also supported PETA by making an appearance for them in an advertisement in 2007, where she advocated for vegetarianism.

In June 2007, Milano donated $ 250,000 to the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases of the Sabin Vaccine Institute, where she was a founding ambassador.

She was also named a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for the United States of America. One of her works was a trip to Angola in 2004 to talk to people living with HIV and people who were mutilated by landmines in the time of the country’s civil war.

Milano also engaged on a trip to India to meet with displaced mothers living in scums due to poverty following the 2004 Tsunami, and her trip in 2010 to Kolonia settlement in western Kosovo to witness poor living conditions, which she termed as one of the most arduous experience she has had on a field visit.

Milano can be named one of the most philanthropists among celebrities, who gets herself involved physically and financially in helping people out of their worst moments in life.

Other Interesting Facts About Alyssa Milano

1. Down the memory lane in 1998, some adult websites got into Milano’s trap net, as she pushed a legal case against them for using some of her nude images from her films on their websites without her consent.
2. Alyssa and her husband currently have two children together – a daughter, Elizabella, and a son, Milo.
3. Alyssa made her film debut in 1984 when she starred in Old Enough, a coming of age drama that won the First Prize at the Sundance Film Festival where it was screened.
4. Alyssa admitted in a 2004 interview that she has dyslexia, which she admits was a struggle for her profession. An advice she got from Sir John Gielgud to write down her lines as it would be easier to remember, turned out to be a lifesaver for her. To this day, Alyssa still uses that method as it helps her familiarize herself with the words.
5. On seeking help from Sir John Gielgud, whom she had worked with on The Canterville Ghost a long while ago, about how he had been memorizing his monologue. She got great advice to write those words down, a piece of advice that became a turning point in overcoming the challenge of dyslexia for her.
6. Milano’s condominium in West Hollywood was sold off in 2015 and she relocated to Bell Canyon, California. There, she owns the land and possesses 9 horses with eight chickens, two rabbits, and five dogs.

With over 70 movies and TV series features, several musical albums, book series, several TV adverts, and commercials, and many more, Alyssa Milano is undoubtedly a multi-talented individual who has made a fortune for herself through her God-given talents and compassion towards others In helping them get out of their poor situations.