Fergie

From child television personality to sexy singer to legitimate film actress, Stacy Ferguson - better known to the world as Fergie - had the talent, drive and ambition necessary to become a pop culture superstar. A native of Los Angeles, she had her start in entertainment as a regular on the youth musical-variety show "Kids Incorporated" (Disney Channel, 1984-1993), on which she appeared for five seasons. Fergie soon pursued her musical ambitions with two cast mates from the program when she joined the all-girl pop group Wild Orchid in 1990. Although that band never achieved the level of success she had hoped for and a dangerous drug addiction threatened her future, Fergie's addition to the hip-hop troupe The Black Eyed Peas in 2002 soon rocketed her to the top of the charts with frivolous but addictive dance tracks like "My Humps" and a hit solo album, "The Dutchess," by 2006; a follow-up solo effort, "Double Dutchess," finally appeared in 2017. Never leaving the world of acting entirely behind, she made appearances in films like Robert Rodriguez's "Planet Terror" segment of the double-feature "Grindhouse" (2007) and the musical "Nine" (2009), opposite Daniel Day-Lewis. Beginning in 2007, she also had a yearly gig as the co-host of ABC's "New Year's Rockin' Eve" (ABC 1974- ), helming the live concert segments. As ambitious as she was talented, there were few goals, either personal or professional, that seemed out of Fergie's reach.