Taye Diggs
(Eddie Baker)

Actor Taye Diggs (born Scott Diggs) may have a pretty face, but he has an even more appealing voice. The young actor who grew up in Rochester, N.Y., received his bachelor's degree in musical theatre from Syracuse University. Diggs made his professional debut with the ensemble cast of the award-winning revival of Carousel. He followed that with his performance as Benny the landlord in the acclaimed musical Rent.

Diggs also found his way onto the small screen on the soap opera Guiding Light. In 1998, the actor got his big break. He was cast as the young heartthrob Winston Shakespeare in How Stella Got her Groove Back, co-starring Angela Bassett. He went on to appear in The Best Man, a role with which he closely identifies. "Of all the roles I have had to play, it was closest to who I am as a person and where I was in my life as well," he told CNN.com in 2001.

In 1997 Ally McBeal creator David E. Kelley tapped the budding actor for a part on the quirky, popular television show. Diggs is scheduled to star in Basic, with John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson, in 2002.