Actress Joy Bryant

Oh ,what a Joy. :-)

Joy Bryant is a Bronx-born actress who began her acting at the beginning of the century after having been a model.

Her film credits include Showtime and The Skeleton Key, and now she stars as Jasmine in the NBC-TV drama series "Parenthood." Jasmine is a dancer whom Crosby, the immature son in the extended Braverman family, unkowingly fathered a child with after a fling. The storyline involving Jasmine and Crosby, who is white, is about their concerted efforts at raising their child.

Actress Jennifer Beals

Jennifer Beals first appeared in the movie Flashdance in 1983 as an aspiring dancer working in a steel mill. She has appeared in over fifty movies, including Devil In a Blue Dress with Denzel Washington, since then.

She also played attorney Bette Porter in the Showtime lesbian drama series "The L Word."

Exercise and fitness expert Denise Austin

Denise Austin is one of the leading experts and teachers in physical education.

Doesn't it show? :-D

The sister-in-law of tennis star Tracy Austin (Denise married Tracy's brother Jeff), Denise Austin started out as a fitness teacher and has gone on to produce fitness television shows and write columns on physical eduaction. The exercise expert was appointed to a four-year term on the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports in 2002 and was re-appointed in 2006.