She has played Samantha Micelli in Who's the Boss? As an activist, Milano is known for her role in the MeToo movement in October Alyssa Jayne Milano was born in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of New York City 's Brooklyn borough on December 19, , [ 1 ] the daughter of fashion designer and talent manager Lin Milano and film music editor Thomas M.
Milano began her career at age seven, when her babysitter, without notifying her parents, took her to an audition for the national touring company of Annie. She was one of four selected from more than 1, girls. During the course of her work in the play, Milano and her mother were on the road for 18 months. After returning to New York, Milano appeared in television commercials, [ 7 ] and performed several roles in off-Broadway productions, including the first American musical adaptation of Jane Eyre.
While accompanying a friend from Annie to the office of a New York agent, the agent signed Milano. I consider myself to be normal: I've got to clean my room, and help in the kitchen. Milano auditioned as the daughter of Tony Danza 's character on the sitcom Who's the Boss?
After winning the part, she and her family moved to Los Angeles, where the show was produced. It premiered on ABC on September 20, She became much like my daughter. Milano's albums, which she described as " bubblegum pop ", scored platinum in the country, though she later criticised their musical quality.
She returned to the theater in , producing and starring in a Los Angeles production of Butterflies Are Free from December 26, , to January 19, Both projects allowed her to work alongside close personal friend Brian Bloom , who worked with his brother Scott with her in episodes of Who's the Boss ; this working camaraderie would later expand in when Milano made a cameo appearance in Bloom's film The Webbers. She produced a teen workout video, Teen Steam , and achieved some fame outside the US with her music career, which lasted until the early s.
