Her goal was to become the first Christian singer-songwriter who was also successful as a contemporary pop singer.

Her sympathetic renderings of American ruling class made her one of the most successful portrait painters of her era.

Her reign is famous for the defeat of the Armada, and for successful raids against the Spanish, such as those on Cádiz in 1587 and 1596, but some historians point to military failures on land and at sea.

Her Shakespearean heroines-Beatrice, Portia, Desdemona and Ophelia – were no less successful than her comic characters – Miss Hoyden, Biddy Tipkin, Lucy Lockit and Miss Prue.

Her films My Best Friend's Wedding ( 1997 ), Mystic Pizza ( 1988 ), Notting Hill ( 1999 ), Runaway Bride ( 1999 ), Valentine's Day ( 2010 ), The Pelican Brief ( 1993 ), Ocean's Eleven ( 2001 ), and Ocean's Twelve ( 2004 ) have collectively brought box office receipts of over $ 2. 4 billion, making her one of the most successful actresses in terms of box office receipts.

Her father was a home builder and later successful real estate developer while her mother worked as the bookkeeper for her father's business.

Her father owned a successful heating and ventilation company and he wanted her to follow him into the world of business.

Her lawsuit was successful.

Her family pointed out that, although she had been omitted, R & B singer / actress Aaliyah, who died a few months earlier, was included though having been in only one moderately successful film, Romeo Must Die ( Queen of the Damned had yet to be released ).

Between 1998 and 2000, Diaz featured in many movies, such as Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her, Very Bad Things, Any Given Sunday, and the successful adaptation of Charlie's Angels.

Her father owned a hat store, made successful investments in the oil industry, and became affluent enough to give Margaretha a lavish early childhood that included exclusive schools until the age of 13.

He then played opposite Barbara Stanwyck in Preston Sturges ' The Lady Eve ( 1941 ), and again teamed with Tierney in the successful screwball comedy Rings on Her Fingers ( 1942 ).

Her distinctive colours of blue with buff stripes were carried by horses such as Special Cargo, the winner of the 1984 Whitbread Gold Cup, and Devon Loch, which spectacularly halted just short of the winning post at the 1956 Grand National and whose jockey Dick Francis later had a successful career as the writer of racing-themed detective stories.

Her music has been successful in multiple formats including pop, country and adult contemporary and has sold an estimated over 100 million albums worldwide.

In the 1980s, Greenaway's cinema flowered in his best-known films, The Draughtsman's Contract ( 1982 ), A Zed & Two Noughts ( 1985 ), The Belly of an Architect ( 1987 ), Drowning by Numbers ( 1988 ), and his most successful ( and controversial ) film, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover ( 1989 ).

Her methods are unconventional by kingdom standards, for example forgoing the use of leeches and instead using alcohol to " the ill humours which can infect a wound ," but are more often than not successful.

Her physical appearance was such that romantic heroines were out of the question, and she soon established her name in comedy, appearing in many of the most successful British plays and films.

Her health suddenly worsened and despite successful emergency surgery, she died in the hospital.

Her London debut as " Lola Montez, the Spanish dancer " in June 1843 was successful, but she had been recognized as Mrs. James and a scandal arose over the imposture.

Her father was Wilhelm Renner, who headed the employment office at HASAG that developed the successful one-man anti-tank weapon, the Panzerfaust.

With increasing interest in the war in Europe, the film performed well at the box office, but Shearer made errors in judgment, passing up roles in the highly successful films Now, Voyager and Mrs. Miniver, in order to star in We Were Dancing and Her Cardboard Lover ( 1942 ), which both failed at the box office.

Her most successful term was when Philip was away touring his Italian domains for nine months in 1702.

Her second son, Arthur Pole, had a generally successful career as a courtier, becoming one of the six Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber.

Her first film appearance was in The Golden West ( 1932 ), as a maid ; her second was in the highly successful Mae West film I'm No Angel ( 1933 ), as one of the black maids West camped it up with backstage.

Her former home is now a successful restaurant called Hatchets.

Her affair with Peter Townsend and the Queen's dealing with this was the subject of the first episode of the Channel 4 Docudrama The Queen in which she was portrayed by Katie McGrath

Her ministers on both sides of the Channel hoped she would accept the situation as a fait accompli and could even be persuaded to add the rebellious provinces to her possessions.

Her mother was born in Channel Islands and was raised in there.

Her paternal grandfather was from Guernsey in the Channel Islands.

Her show inspired an adventure ride at Disney's Epcot which ran for over 5 years at the theme park, as well as two Disney Channel movies Kim Possible: So the Drama and Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time.

Her tenure as Seigneur was interrupted by the German occupation of the Channel Islands in World War II from 3 July 1940 until 8 May 1945.

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Her presenting jobs have included hosting The Big Breakfast and The Priory on Channel 4, BBC One's Saturday morning children's programme Live & Kicking and the pre-school programme Playdays.

Her reports appear on the Breakfast with the Beatles broadcasts on Little Steven's Underground Garage Channel of Sirius XM Satellite Radio on the weekends.

Her television career included presenting the children's series No. 73 ( 1982 – 1986 ) as a character called Ethel Davis, also presenting the Sandwich Quiz, The Saturday Starship, Motormouth and Gilbert's Fridge, and on factual programmes such as the archaeological Channel 4 series Time Team, Island Race, and The Talking Show, produced by Open Media for Channel 4.

Her transition into mainstream television continued when she obtained her own series on Channel 4, Jo Brand Through the Cakehole, co-written with comedy writer Jim Miller, who was already her main stand-up writer.

Her first major TV role came in 1997, in the short-lived Sci-Fi Channel series Deepwater Black ( also known as Mission Genesis ) as Yuna.

In late 2009, returning from a day-trip in the Bristol Channel, Church called out Her Majesty's Coastguard to rescue their lost RIB tender.

Her directorial debut, the semi-autobiographical Channel 4 drama The Unloved, written in collaboration with Tony Grisoni, was first broadcast on 17 May 2009.

Her mother is a wise, taciturn woman who was once famous for swimming the English Channel ; her father is a butcher.

Her output continued with The Governor ( ITV 1995-96 ), a series focusing on the female governor of a high security prison, and was followed by a string of ratings-pulling mini-series: Trial & Retribution ( ITV 1997 -), Bella Mafia ( 1997 ) ( starring Vanessa Redgrave ), ( ITV 1998 ), Killer Net ( Channel 4 1998 ) and Mind Games ( ITV 2001 ).

Her most notable roles are as Jessica Baker in the Cheaper by the Dozen movies with Steve Martin, Lucille Miller in The Santa Clause 2 & 3 with Tim Allen, Mertle Edmonds on the Disney Channel original series Lilo & Stitch: The Series, Panini on the Cartoon Network original series Chowder and Wadi on another Cartoon Network original series The Secret Saturdays.

Her sides were some of the last records made by Glenn Miller, prior to his being lost on an ill-fated flight to Paris over the English Channel in December 1944.

Her poetry has been featured on television and radio, including the Channel 4 series Litpop in 1998 and on the children's programme Blue Peter in 1999.

Her work for Channel One's 10-minute segments included traveling to El Salvador to report on the earthquake of 2001, interviewing North Atlantic Treaty Organization aircrew members aboard an AWACS while flying a combat air patrol mission during the military alliance's Operation Eagle Assist and interviewing then President George W. Bush.

Her big TV break came in 1991 with the role of Joy, the intelligent, acid-tongued secretary and foil to her corporate-speak boss, in the Channel 4 comedy Drop The Dead Donkey.

Her most recent film appearance was in the Hallmark Channel presentation of Citizen Jane ( 2009 ) starring Ally Sheedy, Sean Patrick Flannery, and Meat Loaf.