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Alicia Silverstone (Kate Fox)

Alicia Silverstone Alicia Silverstone stars in "Miss Match," a one-hour dramedy in which she plays Kate Fox, a divorce attorney by day who feels compelled to balance her "relationship karma" by moonlighting as a matchmaker.

Silverstone gained worldwide acclaim as Cher, the quintessential Beverly Hills teenager with a heart of gold in the hit feature film "Clueless." Since then, she has continued to expand her horizons both as an actress and as a producer. She soon set up her company, First Kiss Productions, at Columbia Pictures, where she produced and starred in "Excess Baggage." First Kiss continues to produce the award-winning animated television series "Braceface."

Silverstone has continued to tackle roles ranging from superheroes to Shakespearean heroines, starting with Batgirl in the blockbuster film "Batman & Robin." She then starred opposite Brendan Fraser and Sissy Spacek in the comedy "Blast from the Past." Silverstone next triumphed in Miramax' Shakespearean musical "Love's Labour's Lost," opposite Academy Award nominee Kenneth Branagh.

In April 2002, Silverstone made her Broadway debut as Elaine Robinson in the smash comedy "The Graduate." The show, in which she starred alongside Kathleen Turner and Jason Biggs, sold out through Silverstone's entire run and broke Broadway box-office records.

Silverstone's rise to fame began in 1992 when, after a guest appearance as Fred Savage's "dream girl" on "The Wonder Years," the San Francisco native landed the leading role in the film "The Crush." Silverstone's performance as an adolescent girl obsessed with her neighbour caught the eye of the rock group Aerosmith who cast her in their next three videos. The first in this trilogy, "Cryin," was voted Best Video of All Time on MTV. Silverstone also starred in the Showtime movie "The Cool and the Crazy" and co-starred in the science-fiction thriller "Hideaway." Her subsequent starring roles include "The Babysitter," "True Crime" and Alain Corneau's love story "Le Nouveau Monde."

She was born and raised in San Francisco and spent her summers in England, the native country of her parents. It was while visiting relatives there that her love for theater grew. She made her stage debut in "Carol's Eve" at the Met Theatre is Los Angeles. Silverstone has earned a total of six MTV Movie Awards as well as a Blockbuster Award and a Nickelodeon Award. She also works tirelessly to support numerous animal-related charities from PETA to the Amanda Foundation. PETA honoured her several years ago with a Special Humanitarian Award.

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Lake Bell (Victoria)

Lake BellLake Bell stars as Victoria, Kate's (Alicia Silverstone) savvy, no-nonsense best friend and co-conspirator, in NBC's sexy new drama "Miss Match." A bartender by profession, Victoria aids Kate in her quest to help the hopeless-in-love find their soul mates.

A native of New York City, Bell graduated in 2002 from London's esteemed conservatory, Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama, where she received training and played a wide variety of roles in numerous stage productions.

Bell recently starred alongside Jeff Goldblum as photojournalist Nora Carr in the NBC television movie "War Stories" and appeared as the girlfriend of a bipolar character (Tom Everett Scott) in back-to-back episodes of the network's Emmy Award-winning medical drama "ER."

Bell made her screen debut in the lead role of Leila, an aspiring actress who sees her big break go horribly wrong when she can't cry on camera in the Greenwich Films independent feature "Fresh Out of Tears." She recently completed filming writer/director Adam Goldberg's feature film "I Love Your Work," opposite Giovanni Ribisi. She also appears in the upcoming feature "Speakeasy" for writer/director Brendan Murphy, and executive producers Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, which is currently garnering critical praise on the festival circuit.

Her other interests include painting, with everything from oil to watercolour, and studying foreign languages and dialects -- a skill she honed during her four years in London -- and after a lifetime of extensive international travel.

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James Roday (Nick Paine)

James Roday plays Nick Paine, a young, aggressive lawyer at Jerrold Fox & Associates on "Miss Match," who spends nearly as much of his time antagonizing his frequent co-counsel, Kate (Alicia Silverstone), as he does practicing law.

With a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting from New York University under his belt, James Roday began his acting career off-Broadway appearing in productions of "Severity's Mistress," "A Respectable Wedding," "Three Sisters" and Twelfth Night." After putting in a year on the stage, Roday made his first feature-film appearance in the independent movie "Coming Soon." Soon after his film debut, Roday moved to Los Angeles and was cast in the television series "Ryan Caulfield: Year One" during the 1999-2000 season. Despite the series' limited run, Roday attracted industry attention and quickly segued into his second series role on NBC's "First Years" in spring of 2001.

Taking a reprieve from television, Roday returned to the big screen with roles in the romantic comedy "Repli-Kate," "Showtime" which starred Robert De Niro and Eddie Murphy and most recently, "Rolling Kansas," which premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival.

In his spare time, Roday, a sports fanatic, ardently follows the exploits of the Tennessee Titans, San Antonio Spurs, New York Knicks and the New York Yankees. He also finds time to write with two creative partners, recently penning the feature film "Driver," based on the video game of the same name.

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David Conrad (Michael Mendelsohn)

David ConradDavid Conrad joins the cast of NBC's new drama series "Miss Match" as Michael Mendelsohn, an architect who is recruited by Kate (Alicia Silverstone), as a potential match for one of her clients, whom she takes a particular interest in.

A graduate of the highly esteemed Juilliard School of the Arts, Conrad landed his first professional roles in New York's independent film world. He also was active on stage, appearing in "Troilus & Cressida" at the American Place Theatre in New York, "The Deep Blue Sea" by Terrance Rattigan at the Roundabout theater and the American premiere of "Indian Ink" by Tom Stoppard at ACT.

Since then, Conrad has enjoyed success in both the feature and television worlds. On the big screen, he earned roles in "Men of Honor" opposite Robert De Niro and Cuba Gooding Jr., "The Weekend" and "Return to Paradise" starring Vince Vaughn and Joquin Phoenix. His television career began in earnest as the lead of "Relativity" opposite Kimberly Williams. Subsequently, he gained lead roles in "A Season for Miracles," "Time Tunnel," and recurring roles on "Roswell" and the critically acclaimed series "Boston Public."

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Jodi Long (Claire)

Jodi Long returns to the small screen as Claire, Jerrold Fox & Associates' meddling office manager who inadvertently becomes involved in Kate's matchmaking enterprise when calls from potential clients begin to flood the office phone lines on NBC's new romantic drama "Miss Match."

Long, who made her Broadway debut at the age of seven in "Nowhere to Go But Up," most recently starred as Madame Liang in the David Henry Wang revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "The Flower Drum Song." As a child actor, she also appeared in the tour of "Flower Drum Song," which starred her father, Larry Leung.

In addition to her role on "Miss Match," Long is currently preparing her one-woman show, "Surfing DNA," which explores her ethnic and showbiz background, to debut at the Mark Taper Forum's New Works Festival this September.

Her other television credits include starring roles in the series "Cafe Americain," "Michael Hayes," and as Margaret Cho's mother in "All American Girl". She has also made notable guest appearances on such series as NBC's "Law & Order: SVU, " "Sex and the City" and "The Cosby Show." Her feature film credits include "Patty Hearst," "Sour Sweet," "Striking Distance" and most recently in Rob Schneider's "The Hot Chick." In her spare time, Long enjoys Tai Chi, yoga and sea kayaking.

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Ryan O'Neal (Jerrold Fox)

The ruggedly handsome Ryan O'Neal makes his return to network television as merciless divorce attorney Jerrold Fox on NBC's new Friday-night drama "Miss Match." While Jerrold has experienced great success in the courtroom, due in part to the "signature service" he provides for his clients, quite the opposite has been true of his personal life. However, with his daughter Kate (Alicia Silverstone) now in his employ, Jerrold is making an effort to correct his previous mistakes.

Recognized as a genuine movie star, O'Neal began his career on television, earning his first major role on the NBC western "Empire." Following the series, he went on to appear in over 500 episodes of primetime TV's seminal soap opera, "Peyton Place," hosted the teen music shows "Go!" and "Romp," and appeared in episodes of "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis," "Leave It to Beaver," "Perry Mason" and "The Untouchables."

In 1969, O'Neal made the jump to the big screen in "The Big Bounce," opposite his then-wife Leigh Taylor-Young. His second feature film performance, in the now classic tale "Love Story," earned him an Academy Award nomination and solidified his position in Hollywood's elite.

Following the romantic blockbuster of 1970, he went on to play the bumbling Professor Howard Bannister in the screwball comedy "What's Up Doc?" (opposite Barbra Streisand) and con man Moses Pray in "Paper Moon," both for director Peter Bogdanovich. He continued to build his list of feature-film credits with roles in "Barry Lyndon," "Nickelodeon" and "Oliver's Story," followed by another teaming with Streisand in the boxing comedy "The Main Event." His subsequent performances include "So Fine," "Irreconcilable Differences" (opposite a young Sharon Stone) and "Faithful."

During the late 1980s and 1990s, O'Neal returned to the small screen with the series "Good Sports," playing mismatched anchors with Farrah Fawcett, with whom he also teamed in the 1989 miniseries "Small Sacrifices." He then played opposite Katharine Hepburn in the television movie "The Man Upstairs" and made several guest appearances on series such as "The Larry Sanders Show" and "Bull."

Of late, O'Neal's greatest accomplishment has been his overcoming his battle with leukemia, which is currently in remission. In 2002, he jumped back into the film spotlight starring opposite Al Pacino and Kim Basinger in "People I Know" followed by a starring role in the comedy "Malibu's Most Wanted."

O'Neal, who is the son of the late screenwriter Charles O'Neal and actress Patricia Callaghan O'Neal, currently resides in Los Angeles. He is a strong supporter of the City of Hope cancer center, which he credits for aiding in his own recovery.

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