Cameron Diaz had a certain indeterminate quality, a kind of je ne sais quoi in There's Something About Mary that just made her the tantalizing siren that she was. Morgan Webb has the same mystique. Maybe it's her down-to-earth cheerfulness. Maybe it's the way she moves her hands excitedly when she talks about the newest Tom Clancy-based X-Box game. Whatever it is, she makes computers sexy.
TechTV's ratings have undoubtedly been rising since Webb's start there. When she wears a tight TechTV shirt, or when she wears a miniskirt during an interview, or when the camera is placed at a bird's eye view while she plays at a horizontal monitor, giving us a stunning view of her, um, silicone valley, one is compelled to consult the TV Guide to see the parental rating on her computer show.
Morgan Webb is a celebrity in a specific but widespread circle. Those who know her and like her, like her a lot, but they are limited to subscribers of extended cable packages or satellite TV. Morgan's name, however, leapt those boundaries after a fan hacked into Madonna's website and wrote Morgan a marriage proposal. Overnight she became one of the most searched names on Yahoo!, earning it the top spot on the Buzz Index movers list.
With a combination of looks, smarts, comfort with the camera, and a wicked knowledge of Windows and video games, Morgan Webb became the star she is today. Her cubicle cam at TVTech had a loyal following, as does her web journal.
Case in point: she started as associate producer for Screen Savers, then moved up as a host of the show with her Windows tips. Her love for video games earned her her own show, X-Play, in which she looks beside herself test-driving the latest releases to just about every gaming platform.
She has teased fans with the promise of a blog, yet has kept them on edge. Certainly we can expect heavy Internet traffic jams when it finally does go live.
To the delight of computer wizards worldwide, Morgan Webb was born October 5, 1978 just outside Toronto, but her family soon moved to Los Angeles. At only 5 years of age, the cute, outgoing Morgan starred in commercials for McDonald's and other companies. Some may still remember her reciting the Big Mac's ingredients to a patty cake game.
Her parents limited her TV time in an attempt to get her to spend more time outdoors. Instead, young Morgan would spend hours playing video games (first Atari, then moving on to the original Nintendo). Hence her love for gaming stayed strong. She excelled in Legend of Zelda and other role-playing games, and would often practice secretly in hopes of beating her older brother at it.
In junior high, Morgan began what would become a lifetime obsession: fiddling with her hair color. She would experiment dying it with different Kool-Aid colors, which would inexplicably always result in a reddish hue. She is rumored to have shaved it all off at one point.
Morgan went to the University of California at Berkeley, where she got a degree in rhetoric with a minor in Italian. She describes rhetoric as the study of the arguments of philosophy, and as a way of studying philosophy with a more real-world face.
She graduated during the dot-com craze and went to work for Radio Riot Live, an Internet start-up that failed soon after its inception. With her friend Cat Schwartz from the busted company, she went to TechTV in 2001. She joined the program Screen Savers, in which she was a co-producer. Her quirky attitude and photogenic looks didn't go unnoticed, and they soon put her before the camera where she dished out Windows tips, of which she was a raging expert, three times a week. She also hosted the show a few times.
In 2003, she moved up to co-host X-Play, TechTV's popular video game show. Her chameleon-like hair and onscreen charm gained her a fiercely loyal following. One fan was so determined to get her attention that he hacked into Madonna's official website and wrote, tucked within other text, a marriage proposal to Morgan.
Why Madonna remains unclear, but it made Morgan an overnight sensation. She jumped to the top of Yahoo!'s Buzz Index movers list. That means that searches for her name in the search engine soared faster than any other celebrity, at 2,000%, surpassing Gwen Stefani and Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks.
Morgan Webb can still be seen on X-Play. She lives in a San Francisco house with some friends, where she relaxes by using Linux instead of Windows. She still hasn't officially accepted the marriage proposal from her fan.
They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But the people who said that were probably talking about paintings or operas or some crap like that, because the voting panel refuses to believe that anybody could think of a stunning subject like Monica as anything but sexy.
Unless you were like her Dad or something, because that would just be weird if you did and we'd have to ask you not to visit the site anymore.
If this category was entitled "Good Intentions & Stick-to-it-iveness," we'd give Monica a big old "100." Too bad this is the real world, baby (or at least the real Internet), and playing a supporting role to talking cartoon animals in The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle doesn't cut it! Try us some other time when you've got a resume, toots.
Monica Lousie Potter was born on June 30th, 1971 in Cleveland, Ohio. She grew up just off of picturesque Lake Erie in a blue-collar Roman Catholic family.
Her father was the inventor of the first flame-resistant car wax, but never cashed in on the invention's profits, being a salaried inventor. While not born with a silver spoon, Monica grew up in a happy family with three other siblings.
Miss Potter first dipped her toe in the ocean of show business back in Cleveland. Her father sent a blossoming 12-year-old Monica's photograph to a local modeling agency, which hired her immediately. Her father was soon driving her all over the Cleveland area for different jobs and interviews. "[My] Dad was everything from my secret agent and manager to my biggest fan."
Her family soon encouraged her to pursue a career as an actress. When she was 18, she moved to Miami, Florida, and landed a job on a children's show that shot in Peru, which she described as the "disaster of disasters." She gave birth to her first child a year later when she was nineteen; she hasn't publicly disclosed the identity of the father.
When she was 24, Monica moved on to Hollywood with a small child in tow and another on the way, where her first job was on the soap opera, The Young and the Restless.
Soon she landed a role in the 1996 film, Bulletproof, which she followed up with the straight-to-video Richard Grieco and Yasmine Bleeth juggernaut, Heaven or Vegas. For years she was a typical struggling actress in B-films and low-paying jobs.
She had her first break through in 1997's Con Air with actor-turned-hack, Nicolas Cage. She soon landed roles in box-office smashes like Patch Adams and the recent Along Came a Spider, and had the chance to look pretty in the Freddy Prinze Jr. flick, Head Over Heels (enough said). Monica also won critical acclaim in the 1998 film, Without Limits about the track star, Steve Prefontaine.
Monica has proven herself a hard-luck kid who has risen from a small town to the gleaming towers of Hollywood fame. While not quite a household name yet, be on the lookout for this blonde to take over your entertainment universe.
"People figure because I'm blonde and was a model, I just waltzed into Los Angeles and got major roles in major films." -Monica Potter
French Canadian Model, Tae Kwon Do champion, make-up artist and stunt actress.
Nathalie started doing sports at a very early age. Being a rather beautiful, shy, quiet girl, lent itself to many personal challenges for Nathalie, but sports seemed to hold the answer. It dawned upon her, even at her early age, that an active, sports, life-style maybe the perfect place for her to express herself and give her the feeling of fitting in.
With this new realization, Nathalie started on a new path. She started with gymnastics for at least 5 years, under a very strict & disciplined coaching staff. Her elite gymnastic club had only one competition in mind as a goal, the Olympics. With great disappointment Nathalie’s Olympic dreams ended when she contracted mononucleosis. 8 months later, once she recovered, Nathalie was devastated when she was told that at the age of 10, she was now too old to continue. Here ended the gymnastic chapter of Nathalie’s life along with this Olympic dream. That summer she was sent to a day-camp where Nathalie continued exploring new sports like; wrestling, kayaking, baseball, fencing and more. Nathalie found that she loved all the sports, but wasn’t sure which one to pursue. Even with all these sports and new acquaintances in her life, she still felt something was missing … but what?! That same summer a councilor in the camp was building a soapbox racer. Everyday Nathalie could be seen standing and staring at the box-racer. Deep down hoping she could try it. Her dream came true. Not only did Nathalie manage to beat out the boys, but she also was the only girl to compete and win in the Jeux de Montreal (The Montreal Games). This single win revealed to Nathalie how competitive and excited she got through sports. It wasn’t only the winning itself, but more so, the challenges, competitions, and goals that sports presented to her.
It was now time for Nathalie to start high school and try her hand at some modeling. Success was not far behind with offers to model in countries like Japan pouring in. Unfortunately with these two new stages in her life also came, jealousy, isolation and teasing. To fight against these, her parents thought it prudent to send Nathalie for some self-defense classes. Unbeknownst to them, they have now started Nathalie on a new long adventurous path. After a few classes of self defense, the teacher saw that Nathalie had a lot of potential and suggested that she should join the Tae Kwon Do class. Which she did and LOVED! Nathalie then found herself training for competitions and winning multiple titles. During her 21 years+ of Tae Kwon Do, Nathalie became a multiple winner in both Canada and the U.S.A. She also earned the title of Quebec Champion 5 years in a row, PLUS Canadian Champion. Never being one to rest on her laurels, it came time for Nathalie to push her limits once again. Despite an extremely limited knowledge of English at the time, she moved to Vancouver B.C. Once there she started training with a new Tae Kwon Do master who thought Nathalie could easily qualify and win the Pan-Am Games. Regrettably, like many amazing athletes, Nathalie found herself not being able to compete for her country. Not because of the lack of skill, but because of the lack of money. With her heart crushed, money gone, but with no lack of determination, it was time for Nathalie to go back home to Montreal. Hoping to pursue her dreams, Nathalie continued to train in Tae Kwon Do. She went as far as to change her fighting style so she would have an even better chance to recapture her dream and goal of going to THE OLYMPICS.
Eventually, even with all her efforts, time, discipline, sacrifices and aspirations, only one thing could prevent Nathalie from going to the Olympics … politics. Torn between honor and the knowledge that it was time to move on, Nathalie had to find a new goal. A new path to take and we are so glad she did!
A new breath-taking life opened up in front of Nathalie. She started her move into the ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY. Nathalie got her foot in the door by being a make-up artist in FILM. One fateful day, someone heard about her Tae Kwon Do reputation (which still to this day follows her) and referred her to a STUNT COORDINATOR. Nathalie realized how amazing this new career could be for her. She could make a living doing a job that encompassed two of her life’s loves, training and challenges. Once again, her drive, passion and dedication for whatever she takes on motivated her to improve herself. Nathalie took courses in; rigging, stunt driving in L.A., high-falls, air rams (kicker-plates), fire gags, etc. Not wanting to be out done by the guys, she did (and still does) some serious weight training, which has had fantastic results that you can see in the film Gothika as Nathalie does a NAKED stunt in a shower.
