Alyssa Milano Free Screensaver. Photos slideshow. Alyssa Jayne Milano (born December 19, 1972) is an American actress. Alyssa Milano is the daughter of American parents Lin, a fashion designer, and Tom, a film music editor. She is best known for her roles on the sitcom Who's the Boss? and on the supernatural series Charmed.Alyssa Milano has come a long way since her years as a child model and actress in the '80s sitcom Who's the Boss. She put out a handful of pop albums that made her a hit in Japan and achieved platinum status. She also married and divorced a rock singer, Cinjun Tate of Remy Zero. Milano landed in a controversial commercial, tackled decidedly more grown-up acting roles, and gave interviews that were even more adult-oriented and even a bit racy. Milano posed nude in Bikini magazine in 1993. In an interview with a men's magazine, she admitted to her penchant for topless gardening. Her movie roles in Embrace of the Vampire, Deadly Sins, and Poison Ivy 2 revealed even more of her. The Brooklyn native was raised on Staten Island. She started acting at the age of 7 when she beat out more than 1,000 other girls to land one of a handful of roles with a national company that was taking the musical Annie on the road. Broadway and commercials followed. She won her role in Who's the Boss in 1983. In 1991 she appeared in Los Angeles on-stage in Butterflies Are Free, which she also produced. Later, she landed on Melrose Place and Charmed.