Rosie O Donnell - Biography

Last Editor: claudiavol				Rosie O Donnell Biography -   Name : Rosie O Donnell Profession : Actress Date of birth : 21 March 1962 Place of birth : Commack, Long Island, New York, USA Birth name : Roseann O'Donnell Nickname : Dolly Ro Height : 5' 7"

Rosie O Donnell Trivia -

Used to work in the catalog department at Sears. Her job was to attach the orders to the catalogs, dump the catalogs in the correct bins, and then fetch the orders for the customers. Has said that she will never have biological children because of a family history of alcoholism and cancer. She plans to adopt more children, and is also becoming a certified foster parent (as of December 1999). Voted most popular in her high school class. Has a very big toy collection, especially McDonald's Happy Meal toys. Started out doing stand-up comedy. Her role-models are Barbra Streisand and Bette Midler. Best friends with Madonna. Big Savage Garden fan. Big Tom Cruise fan. Was a VH-1 VeeJay. Is allergic to cats and horses. Dropped out of Boston University after 1 year. Son, Parker Jaren (b. 25 May 1995). Daughter, Chelsea Belle (b. 20 September 1997). Father was born in Belfast, N. Ireland. Adopted third child, son Blake Christopher (b. November 1999) [5 December 1999] Won $20,000 on Star Search. Appeared as a lifeline on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, correctly answering the question, and helping the contestant win $32,000. She later invited the contestant onto her show, and gave him a week-long trip to London, England, UK. Fell and broke her right hand. [March 2000] Has a chain of roses tattoo on her ankle. She refuses to sign autographs for adults. Anjelica Huston wanted her to play the lead in the film "Agnes Browne" but she turned it down because the offer came shortly after the shootings at Columbine High-School and O'Donnell felt that she was too emotional to do a film at that time. Voted high school homecoming queen. Is a big New York Jets fan Rosie attended Sawmill Junior High School in Commack, New York. Rosie's father, Edward, was a spy-camera engineer for a defense corporation. TV special she co-hosted on Nickelodeon - "Nick News Special Edition: My Family is Different" -logged some 100,000 e-mails and calls in protest about its gay-parenting content, before the show even aired 18 June 2002. The campaign was reportedly organized by the Traditional Values Coalition. Linda Ellerbee produced and also hosted. 4 children - Parker Jaren O'Donnell (adopted) born 25/5/1995, Chelsea Belle O'Donnell (adopted) born 20/9/1997, Blake Christopher O'Donnell (adopted) born 5/12/1999 and Vivienne Rose O'Donnell born 29/11/2002 to Kelli Carpenter (her partner) Once owned and lived in the late Helen Hayes's former home in Nyack, New York. Took the role in Exit to Eden (1994) after learning that Sharon Stone had turned it down. Also shares parental duties for child born to partner Kelli Carpenter: daughter Vivienne Rose born on November 29, 2002. The baby weighed 6lbs 6oz. Attended Commack High School South, the same high school as Sportscaster Bob Costas. Born on the same day as actor Matthew Broderick. She is a big fan of the Harry Potter book series, and even offered to play Molly Weasley in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) for free. Auditioned for Elaine on Seinfeld.

Rosie O Donnell Detailed Biography -

Rosie O'Donnell grew up wanting to be Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler, Carol Burnett and Lucille Ball ­ her ideals of the allaround performer. A versatile actress, musical performer and comedienne, O'Donnell is about to add another another dimension to her considerable talents as she takes on the assignment of host and executive producer of the nationally syndicated talk/variety series The Rosie O'Donnell Show. Regarded as one of Hollywood's top comedic actresses, O'Donnell made her motion picture debut just four years ago in Penny Marshall's smash comedy film A League of Their Own starring opposite Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Madonna. O'Donnell recalls that she got the role because she was the only actress in Hollywood who could throw a baseball from third to first base. She has gone on to star on the big screen in Now and Then with Demi Moore, Melanie Griffith and Rita Wilson; Nora Ephron's Sleepless in Seattle with Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks (reuniting her with Hanks and resulting in garnering an American Comedy Award nomination); The Flintstones with John Goodman, Rick Moranis and Elizabeth Perkins (O'Donnell's Betty Rubble won her Nickelodeon's 'Kid's Choice Award' for Favorite Movie Actress); Carry Marshall's Exit to Eden opposite Dan Aykroyd and Dana Delaney, and Another Stakeout with Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez (for which she received American Comedy Award nomination). Most recently, she starred in Beautiful Girls with Uma Thurman, Timothy Hutton and Mira Sorvino. Last summer, she starred in Harriet the Spy, the 11­year­old girl (played by Michele Trachtenberg) who spies on her parents, neighbors and friends, candidly scribbling every detail of their comings and goings in her secret spy notebook. O'Donnell starred as Golly, Harriet's beloved companion and mentor. An extraordinarily successful stand­up favorite who has crisscrossed the country innumerable times playing cubs, concerts and major showrooms, O'Donnell the recontuer received an Emmy nomination for her HBO Comedy Hour special this past year. Ever increasing her accomplishments, the multi­talented O'Donnell added Broadway to her repertoire in 1995, when she made her Broadway debut starring as Rizzo in Tommy Tune's revival of Grease. O'Donnell hosted the top­rated cable show Stand Up Spotlight on VH1 and served as the series' executive producer. And, adding yet another creative feat to her achievements, she has agreed to write a book for Warner Books that chronicles her life ­ from childhood to today.