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Sean Hayes as Jack
Hayes, who won an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2000, was raised in the Chicago suburb of Glen Ellyn, Illinois. Growing up with three older brothers and an older sister, he says his childhood was similar to "being raised by a family if wild dingoes." A talented musician, he supported himself as a classical pianist and performed in a pop band known as "Sounds from the Stairs," while attending Illinios State University, where he majored in peformance and conducting. He also appeared in the university's productions of "Burn This" and "Love for Love." After his college experience, Hayes began working in the Chicago theater community, serving as the music director at the Pheasant Run Theatre for several years, where he appeared in productions of "The Music Man," "West Side Story" and "Fiddler on the Roof." He composed original music for a production of "Antigone" at the Steppenwolf Theatre and appeared in the original production of "Role Play" at the Organic Theater. An alumnus of the famed Second City improvisational comedy group, Hayes also had gigs as a stand-up comic, peforming in comedy clubs in Chicago and Los Angeles. While still in Chicago, Hayes won roles in television shows including "Missing Persons," "Silk Stalkings" and "Tough Target." He also starred in the television movie "A&P," based on the short story by John Updike, and has been seen in several national television commercials, including Doritos, Pepsi, Geico Insurance and Bud Light. On the big screen, Hayes played the title role in the art-house hit "Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss," which won critical acclaim at the Sundance Film Festival. A resident of Los Angeles, Hayes is currently hobby-less. His birthday is June 26.

Megan Mullally as Karen
Mullally, who won an Emmy as Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2000, believes that she inherited her acting ability from her father, Carter Mullally Jr., who was a contract player with Paramount Pictures in the 1950s. "I guess I take after my dad; he was always cut-up around the house," says Mullally, an only child who was born in Los Angeles and raised in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. During high school, Mullally studied ballet and appeared as a soloist with Oklahoma City's Ballet Oklahoma. In the summers she studied at George Balanchine's School of American Ballet in New York City. "I realized that my favourited ballet roles were the ones where I was required to act," she says. "Having a mad scene and the dying on stage was the best part." As her interest in theater was growing, Mullally studied English and art history at Northwestern University while appearing in university plays and musicals. She also spent six years working in Chicago's theater scene. Mullally relocated to Los Angeles and won her first regular television role playing Ellen Burstyn's daughter on the New York-based "The Ellen Burstyn Show." She then began appearing in regular roles on such series as "My Life and Times" and "Rachel Gunn, R.N.," and as a guest star on "Ned & Stacey" (where she first met her current co-star Debra Messing). She also won roles on NBC's Seinfeld," "Frasier," "Mad About You," "Wings," "Caroline in the City," "Dear John" and "Just Shoot Me," as well as "Almost Grown." She recently appeared in Paul Mazurky's television movie "Winchell," portraying the wife of famed journalist Walter Winchell (Stanley Tucci). Mullally has appeared in the feature films "About Last Night..." and "Queens Logic" and will be seen in the upcoming films "Monkey Bone," John McNaughton's "Speaking of Sex," which stars Bill Murray and James Spader, and the independent feature "Everything Put Together," opposite Rhanda Mitchell. Her Broadway credits include the hit revival of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," in which she starred as Rosemary opposite Matthew Broderick and received an Outer Critics Circle Award Nomination. She also appeared as Marty in the revival of "Grease," starring Rosie O'Donnell. Recently, Mullally premiered her one-woman musical, "Sweetheart," which enjoyed a sold-out four-week run in Los Angeles and will be remounted in the future. Mullally has won an Emmy Award, has been nominated for an American Comedy Award as Funniest Supporting Female Performer in a Television Series, and from the Television Critics Association for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Comedy. In her spare time, Mullally loves to garden and tend to her Los Angeles home of 12 years. She also loves music and is an avid reader. Her birthday is November 12.