Christina Milian Biography

Christina Milian's Biography

Christina Milian (born Christine Flores on September 26, 1981) is an American actress and Grammy Award-nominated R&B singer, songwriter and dancer. She has released three studio albums and one compilation album. She has also had four solo top five singles (and also a top ten featuring credit single) in the UK as well as hits in the rest of Europe and North America. As an actress, Milian appeared in the 2003 film Love Don't Cost a Thing opposite Nick Cannon. She also starred as singer Linda Moon in Be Cool, the sequel to Get Shorty, and appeared in the 2006 horror film Pulse.

Early life

Milian was born in Jersey City to Afro-Cuban parents, Don and Carmen, and has two younger sisters, Dannielle and Elizabeth. Her family moved to Waldorf, Maryland soon after her birth and she set her heart on an entertainment career at the age of four. Milian did commercials (Wendy's, Honeycombs) and played the lead role in the musical Annie before moving to Los Angeles at 13 to pursue an acting career; Her father didn't move with the rest her family and divorced her mother soon after. Her mother is now her manager. Christina Milian speaks both English and Spanish.

Acting Career Milian's first significant role was as a reporter on the Disney Channel's Movie Surfers show in 1998 billed as Tina Flores. While in this role, she also appeared in minor roles in the movies A Bug's Life and American Pie and in guest appearances on the television series Charmed, Clueless, Get Real, The Amanda Show, and The Steve Harvey Show.

In 2002, Milian was appointed to host of the television show Wannabes on MTV. She met director Joseph Kahn on an episode of Wannabes who suggested she audition for a lead role in the film Torque opposite Ice Cube. Her audition was successful, which lead to a lead role in Love Don't Cost a Thing in 2003. In 2005, she had roles in the films Man of the House opposite Tommy Lee Jones and Be Cool with John Travolta and Uma Thurman. She also appeared in the horror film Pulse, released in August of 2006, starring alongside Veronica Mars actress Kristen Bell. In 2006, Milian was named #10 in Maxim's Hot 100.

In 2006, Milian appeared in the music video for Jessica Simpson's single "A Public Affair," alongside Christina Applegate, Eva Longoria, Maria Menounos, Ryan Seacrest and Andy Dick.

It is also said that she will shoot three movies in 2007. [1]

Personal life

Various media outlets in NY reported that Milian was dating Eric West. Both deny they were dating, and Milian posted on her myspace that she "[has] no idea who Eric West is" [6] despite having co-hosted an event for Elton John's AIDS foundation in August 2005, and being photographed with West at the last New York Fashion Week.

After being together for nearly two and a half years, in the summer of 2005, Milian broke up with actor Nick Cannon. In an interview with Angie Martinez, she spoke about how she found out about Cannon cheating on her. According to Milian, while she was away filming Pulse in Romania, she attempted to log in to his T-Mobile account by entering in random passwords. After lucking out with one of the passwords, she was able to read all of the messages he sent out and received to and from other women. When she returned to the states, she decided to play it cool before hitting him with the news that she knew he was cheating[7].

Weeks after their break up, a rumored relationship with Eric West surfaced again. Eric said on American radio station Y100 that the two are just friends. According to reports Milian wrote the song "Who's Gonna Ride" from her album "So Amazin' about Cannon and West.

Like her releationship with West, Milian also denied dating producer Dre, who she worked with when recording her album So Amazin'. In June 2006 Dre confirmed [8] that he and Milian were dating[9].

In March 2007, singer Joss Stone stated in a magazine that she does not like Milian and "then launched into a profanity-laced tirade against the pop star.” This was supposedly because Stone's ex-boyfriend is also Milian's ex-boyfriend. Stone then continued insulting Milian and began to insult Milian's mother, Carmen. After being reminded that she's on record Stone stated that she's "just honest." Milian's rep said that the two had never met and that Milian had no idea what this was about. [10]

Awards

* 2004 Teen Choice Award nomination for Choice Breakout Movie Star - Female

* 2004 Teen Choice Award nomination for Choice Movie Chemistry (shared with Nick Cannon)

* 2004 Teen Choice Award nomination for Choice Movie Liplock (shared with Nick Cannon)

* 2005 Teen Choice Award nomination for Choice Crossover Artist

* 2005 BET Comedy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Theatrical Film (for Be Cool)

* 2005 Grammy Award nomination for Best Contemporary R&B Album (for It's About Time)

* 2005 Grammy Award nomination for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Dip It Low" (shared with Fabolous)

* 2005 The Reign Award Elton John Award for Outstanding Achievement (shared with Mariah Carey and Eric West) [12]

* 2005 Groovevolt Music and Fashion Award nomination for Best Song Performance - Female for "Dip It Low"

* 2005 International Dance Music Award nomination for Best R&B/Urban Dance Track for "Dip It Low"