Facts About 12 Of Our Favorite ’90s ‘It’ Girls That Are ‘Da Bomb’
For members of a certain generation, movies and television from the 1990s were essential to their adolescence. Flicks like Clueless changed the way they talked and dressed, while TV shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer were must-see every week. Many of these same films and shows remain popular, and some have even developed cult followings. As a result, the stars of these nostalgic gems are well-known to people of all ages.

Some actors during the 1990s were, without a doubt, “It” girls. They seemed to be in everything, crossing between genres on big and small screens. We found some facts about our favorite ’90s “It” girls that are, in the parlance of that great decade, “Da Bomb.” They left us buggin’. Vote up the ones that do the same for you.
1. Christina Applegate And Her Roommate Started The Pussycat Dolls In Applegate’s Garage. During the mid-1990s, choreographer Robin Antin and actor Christina Applegate – AKA Kelly Bundy from Married… with Children – lived together in Las Vegas, NV. When Antin came up with the idea to form a burlesque group, she and Applegate invited dancer-friends to Applegate’s home studio in her garage.
According to Antin, “in the beginning, it was supposed to be an homage to the old musicals,” but wardrobe challenges resulted in a show that featured onstage undressing. When the group first performed at The Viper Room in 1995, co-owner Johnny Depp reportedly “just flipped out,” Antin said. “I remember where he was standing, smoking, looking all hot.”
Applegate performed with the Pussycat Dolls on and off, as did future members like Carmen Electra and Nicole Scherzinger. Guest appearances included the likes of Christina Aguilera and Gwen Stefani.
2. During the mid-1990s, choreographer Robin Antin and actor Christina Applegate – AKA Kelly Bundy from Married… with Children – lived together in Las Vegas, NV. When Antin came up with the idea to form a burlesque group, she and Applegate invited dancer-friends to Applegate’s home studio in her garage.
According to Antin, “in the beginning, it was supposed to be an homage to the old musicals,” but wardrobe challenges resulted in a show that featured onstage undressing. When the group first performed at The Viper Room in 1995, co-owner Johnny Depp reportedly “just flipped out,” Antin said. “I remember where he was standing, smoking, looking all hot.”
Applegate performed with the Pussycat Dolls on and off, as did future members like Carmen Electra and Nicole Scherzinger. Guest appearances included the likes of Christina Aguilera and Gwen Stefani. A native of Ohio, Halle Berry entered beauty pageants in the state as a teenager. She became Miss Ohio USA in 1986, the same year she secured first runner-up in the Miss USA pageant.
Berry went on to compete in the Miss World pageant in 1986. The first African American entrant to represent the United States, Berry placed sixth.
Berry soon transitioned to acting, with roles in 1990s movies like Boomerang, Bulworth, and her Golden Globe-winning appearance in the television biopic Introducing Dorothy Dandridge.
3. Julia Stiles Joined Prince Onstage At One Of His Concerts. Somebody summoned me into a different room and said, “Prince wants to meet you.” And I was like, “The prince of what?”It was the musician Prince, and after meeting him, she got tickets to the concert he was playing the next night. During the event, Stiles and her sister were pulled on the stage and, before she knew it, he had her step up to the microphone. Stiles talked about what happened next: The song was not one of his songs… it was “Play That Funky White Boy”… I pulled it together and as they got into the chorus, I managed to belt out a little bit and figure out whatever I was doing and I just sort of went for it.