Bridget Moynahan

Born: September 21 1972
Where: New York, USA

The former model and young athlete's breakthrough performance was in Jerry Bruckheimer's otherwise lacklustre feelgood flop Coyote Ugly.

Born in NYC, she was brought up in Massachusetts and landed a recurring role as Mr Big's wife Natasha in the TV comedy Sex and the City.

Her early roles were in independent features such as Whipped and In the Weeds before she was picked up for the rom-com Serendipity with John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale.

She then landed the female lead in Phil Alden Robinson's political thriller The Sum of all Fears opposite Ben Affleck and Morgan Freeman.

In a similar vein she played Colin Farrell's fellow CIA rookie in the low-voltage thriller The Recruit, which also starred Al Pacino.

Bridget had a slightly higher-profile role as a computer expert in the superior Isaac Asimov sci-fi thriller I Robot opposite Will Smith, and more recently appeared in the impressive Lord Of War, alongside Nic Cage.