: Alyssa Milano is an American actress and activist born on December 19, 1972, in Brooklyn, New York. She became a household name as a child actress playing Samantha Micelli in the long-running sitcom Who's the Boss? (1984–1992). She later became one of the central figures of the 1990s glamour model boom and starred in the fantasy series Charmed (1998–2006) as Phoebe Halliwell. An outspoken activist, she has been a prominent voice in social justice movements and is credited with amplifying the #MeToo movement in 2017.