SCARLETT JOHANSSON (Annie Braddock)

LAURA LINNEY (Mrs. X)

PAUL GIAMATTI (Mr. X)

NICHOLAS REESE ART (Grayer X)

DONNA MURPHY (Judy Braddock)

ALICIA KEYS (Lynette)

CHRIS EVANS (Harvard Hottie)

SCARLETT JOHANSSON (Annie Braddock)
Beginning as a child actress, Scarlett Johansson has become one of the most sought-after leading ladies in the film industry. She received a Golden Globe Award nomination for her performance in Woody Allen’s MATCH POINT, and teamed again with Allen in SCOOP.  She was on screen in Brian De Palma’s THE BLACK DAHLIA, with Hilary Swank and Josh Hartnett; and opposite SCOOP leading man Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale in Christopher Nolan’s THE PRESTIGE. She has been a Golden Globe nominee three times prior, for Shainee Gabel’s A LOVE SONG FOR BOBBY LONG; and, twice in the same year, for Peter Webber’s GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING and Sofia Coppola’s LOST IN TRANSLATION (opposite Bill Murray). For the latter film she received several honors, including both the BAFTA Award and the Boston Society of Film Critics’ award for Best Actress.

Born in New York City, Johansson began her theater training by attending and graduating from Professional Children’s School in Manhattan in 2002, she attended Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre at eight and then Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute until she was twelve. She was eight when she did her first film NORTH, the same year as her debut in the play “Sophistry” with Ethan Hawke. After roles in JUST CAUSE and IF LUCY FELL, Johansson made her breakthrough as Manny in Lisa Krueger’s critically acclaimed MANNY & LO, winning an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Female Lead at the age of ten (youngest nominated at the time).

Soon after, at the age of twelve she attained worldwide recognition for her performance in Robert Redford’s THE HORSE WHISPERER. Her other film credits include Joel and Ethan Coen’s THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE (opposite Billy Bob Thornton); Eva Gardos’ autobiographical AN AMERICAN RHAPSODY; IN GOOD COMPANY (opposite Dennis Quaid and Topher Grace); Michael Bay’s THE ISLAND (opposite Ewan McGregor); THE PERFECT SCORE (opposite THE NANNY DIARIES’ Chris Evans) and Terry Zwigoff’s GHOST WORLD (alongside Thora Birch, and for which Johansson won the Toronto Film Critics Association award for Best Supporting Actress). Johansson put her distinctive voice to use playing roles in THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS MOVIE and episodes of Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim series ROBOT CHICKEN.

She also made a memorable appearance hosting SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE in 2006. Johansson’s next project is THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL, costarring Natalie Portman and Eric Bana.

LAURA LINNEY (Mrs. X)
Laura Linney was acclaimed for her performance in THE SQUID AND THE WHALE, co-starring opposite Jeff Daniels, and opposite Robin Williams in MAN OF THE YEAR. She earned her first Oscar nomination for her starring role in Kenneth Lonergan’s YOU CAN COUNT ON ME, as well as nominations for a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Golden Globe Award and an Independent Spirit Award. She was also awarded Best Actress by the New York Film Critics Circle and the National Society of Film Critics. In 2004, she starred in KINSEY opposite Liam Neeson and directed by Bill Condon which garnered her Oscar, Golden Globe and SAG nominations.

In addition, she was awarded Best Supporting Actress by the National Board of Review. In 2003, she graced the screen in the ensemble romantic comedy LOVE, ACTUALLY, written and directed by Richard Curtis and MYSTIC RIVER, directed by Clint Eastwood for which she earned a Best Supporting Actress nomination in a Drama by The British Academy of Film and Television Arts. After playing her first lead film role in CONGO, Linney starred in PRIMAL FEAR, ABSOLUTE POWER, THE TRUMAN SHOW, THE HOUSE OF MIRTH, THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES, THE LIFE OF DAVID GALE, P.S., THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE, and DRIVING LESSONS.

In 2004, Linney starred in four episodes of the hit TV comedy FRASIER as Dr. Frasier Crane’s love interest, Charlotte. For this role, she earned an Emmy Award for Best Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series. She previously won an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress for Showtime’s WILD IRIS, opposite Gena Rowlands. She made memorable appearances in Armistead Maupin's award-winning TALES OF THE CITY on PBS and MORE TALES OF THE CITY on Showtime. Linney was nominated for a Tony for her performance in Richard Eyre’s “The Crucible,” opposite Liam Neeson. In 2004, Linney starred as Patricia in Donald Margulies’ Broadway staging of “Sight Unseen,” a play she'd appeared in twelve years previously.

She earned a Tony nomination as well as nominations from the Drama League, the Drama Desk Club and the Outer Critic Circle for Outstanding Actress in a play. Her other theatre credits also include roles in “Six Degrees of Separation,” “The Seagull,” “Hedda Gabler” (1994 Calloway Award), “Holiday,” “Honour,” John Guare’s “Landscape of the Body” (at the Yale Repertory Theatre); Gerald Gutierrez’s on Broadway and the off-Broadway production of “Sight Unseen” (in the role of Grete), for which she earned a Theatre World Award and a Drama Desk nomination).

Recent films for Linney include roles in JINDABYNE, BREACH and THE SAVAGES (with Philip Seymour Hoffman).

PAUL GIAMATTI (Mr. X)
Paul Giamatti previously teamed with THE NANNY DIARIES directors Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman on the acclaimed AMERICAN SPLENDOR, for which he received the National Board of Review Award for Best Breakout Performance of the Year, and an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Actor. He recently starred in the hit thriller THE ILLUSIONIST (opposite Edward Norton and Jessica Biel); M. Night Shyamalan’s LADY IN THE WATER; THE HAWK IS DYING, and voiced the role of “Stan the Exterminator” in the animated film THE ANT BULLY. In 2005, he was acclaimed for his performance in Ron Howard's CINDERELLA MAN, opposite Russell Crowe and Renée Zellweger. For the role, Giamatti won a SAG Award and Broadcast Film Critics' Award for Best Supporting Actor as well as Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations in the same category.

One of Giamatti’s most memorable roles was as the troubled wine expert “Miles” in Alexander Payne's critically-lauded SIDEWAYS, alongside Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen and Sandra Oh. Giamatti earned numerous accolades for his performance including Best Actor from the Independent Spirit Awards, The New York Film Critics Circle and a Golden Globe nomination. Giamatti’s other films include PRIVATE PARTS, Milos Forman’s MAN ON THE MOON, CRADLE WILL ROCK, THE NEGOTIATOR, Steven Spielberg’s SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, Peter Weir’s THE TRUMAN SHOW, DONNIE BRASCO, Todd Solondz’s STORYTELLING, Tim Burton’s PLANET OF THE APES, DUETS, BIG MOMMA’S HOUSE, CONFIDENCE, John Woo’s PAYCHECK, and voiced “Tim the Gate Guard” in the animated ROBOTS.

An accomplished stage actor, Giamatti received a Drama Desk nomination for Best Supporting Actor in Kevin Spacey’s Broadway revival of “The Iceman Cometh.” His other Broadway credits include “The Three Sisters,” “Racing Demon,” and “Arcadia.” He also appeared off-Broadway in the ensemble cast of “The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui,” with Al Pacino. On television, Giamatti appeared in THE PENTAGON PAPERS (with James Spader); WINCHELL” (with Stanley Tucci) and IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK II. He will next portray founding father John Adams in an HBO miniseries based on David McCullough’s biography. Upcoming are roles in JOE CLAUS (opposite Vince Vaughn and Kevin Spacey); SHOOT ‘EM UP (opposite Clive Owen and Monica Belluci); and Rob Zombie’s THE HAUNTED WORLD OF EL SUPERBEASTO, voicing “Dr. Satan,” the film’s villain.

NICHOLAS REESE ART (Grayer X)
8-year-old Nicholas Reese Art plays his first leading role in a motion picture in THE NANNY DIARIES. He was previously seen in SYRIANA, as “Riley Woodman,” Matt Damon’s younger son. Nicholas was discovered when his mother framed pictures of him in the Connecticut retail store where she worked. A photographer friend suggested that Nicholas try modeling.

After achieving success doing catalog and other commercial work, he decided to try acting. On his second audition in New York, Nicholas was cast in a recurring role on the long-running soap opera THE GUIDING LIGHT, as Zach, son of Harley (Beth Ehlers) and Philip (Grant Aleksander) Spaulding. He next appeared in the TV pilot HENCH AT HOME, written by Michael J. Fox, and in an episode of HOPE & FAITH, starring Kelly Ripa.

Nicholas lives with his mother, father, and two older brothers in Connecticut.

DONNA MURPHY (Judy Braddock)
Donna Murpgy certainly one of the greatest Broadway stars of her generation, has recently added a number of high-profile motion pictures to her many awards and accomplishments. In addition to her role as Rosalie Octavius in SPIDER-MAN 2, she was seen in Oliver Stone’s WORLD TRADE CENTER, and in Darren Aronofsky’s THE FOUNTAIN (opposite Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz). Her other films include THE DOOR IN THE FLOOR, CENTER STAGE, STAR TREK: INSURRECTION, THE ASTRONAUT’S WIFE and JADE. Murphy won the first of her two Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Musical, along with Drama Desk and Drama League Awards for portrayal of “Fosca” in Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s “Passion,” which was televised on “American Playhouse.”

She was awarded her second Tony and Drama League Awards as well as Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations for her performance as “Anna Leonowans” in the highly praised revival of “The King and I.” Murphy returned triumphantly to Broadway in 2004 as “Ruth Sherwood” in the revival of Leonard Bernstein and Comden and Green’s “Wonderful Town,” where she received the most rapturous reviews of her career and a Tony nomination as Best Actress. Since making her professional debut in Neil Simon’s Broadway hit “They’re Playing Our Song,”

Murphy has appeared on and off Broadway and in regional productions of Rupert Holmes’ Tony Award winning “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” (title role), “Twelve Dreams,” “Hello Again” (Drama Desk nominations), “Song of Singapore” (Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle nominations), “Privates on Parade,” “Miss Julie,” “Pal Joey,” and the title character in Tony Kushner’s production of “Helen” (Drama League Award), among others. Murphy’s first television film, HBO’s SOMEONE HAD TO BE BENNY, earned her a Cable Ace Award as Best Actress in a Drama Special or Series, as well as a Daytime Emmy. Her other TV roles include HACK (2002 Christian Film and Television Excellence Award nomination), HAT ABOUT JOAN (opposite Joan Cusack), THE LAST DEBATE (opposite James Garner), THE DAY LINCOLN WAS SHOT (as Mary Todd Lincoln), MURDER ONE, LEONARD BERNSTEIN’S NEW YORK AND ABIGAIL ADAMS IN LIBERTY! and THE KENNEDY CENTER HONORS (2000 & 2002).

ALICIA KEYS (Lynette)
Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum recording artist Alicia Keys plays her second role in a motion picture in THE NANNY DIARIES, after making her debut in SMOKIN’ ACES, co-starring Ben Affleck. In her five-year music career, Alicia Keys has won nine Grammy Awards, eleven Billboard Music Awards, three American Music Awards, three World Music Awards, two MTV Video Music Awards, two MTV Europe Awards, one NAACP Image Award 2004, two Nickelodeon Teen Choice Awards, one BET Award, three Soul Train Music Awards, one Soul Train Lady of Soul Award, and a My VH1 Award. 

Keys first appeared on the music scene in June 2001 with her debut album, “Songs in A Minor,” on Clive Davis' J Records.  The album debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 Chart and went on to sell more than 10 million units worldwide. Her second album, “The Diary of Alicia Keys” (2003) is currently seven times platinum. In 2005, Keys also became a New York Times Bestselling author when she released her first published work, Tears for Water: Songbook of Poems & Lyrics. Born and raised in New York, Keys studied at the Professional Performance Arts School in Manhattan. 

She is currently signed to MBK/J Records.

CHRIS EVANS (Harvard Hottie)
In a very brief time, Chris Evans has built a name for himself, starring in an impressive range of comedic and dramatic roles, notably, as the Human Torch “Johnny Storm” in the international hit THE FANTASTIC FOUR and opposite Kim Basinger and William H. Macy in the well-reviewed thriller CELLULAR. He previously co-starred with Scarlett Johansson in THE PERFECT SCORE. Born in Sudbury, Massachusetts, Evans interned one summer at a casting office in New York when he was 17 and was signed by an agent.

He was soon flown to Los Angeles to audition for a half-hour pilot and was cast on the Fox series, OPPOSITE SEX. He followed with memorable roles on David Kelly’s BOSTON PUBLIC and on THE FUGITIVE. Since making his film debut in NOT ANOTHER TEEN MOVIE in 2001, Evans has appeared in THE ORPHAN KING, Griffin Dunne’s FIERCE PEOPLE (opposite Diane Lane and Donald Sutherland), and LONDON (opposite Jessica Biel). Upcoming for Evans is Danny Boyle’s SUNSHINE (opposite Cillian Murphy and Michelle Yeoh), and FANTASTIC FOUR AND THE SILVER SURFER.