Playing a former drug addict struggling to regain custody of her son in Losing Isaiah (1995), Halle Berry tackled a more serious role, starring opposite co-star Jessica Lange. Halle Berry portrayed Sandra Beecher in Race the Sun (1996), which was based on a true story, and co-starred alongside Kurt Russell in Executive Decision. From 1996 onwards, Halle Berry was a Revlon spokeswoman for seven years and renewed her contract in 2004.

In 2006, Adriana Lima ranked as the fifth highest paid supermodel. In 2007 and 2008, Adriana Lima ranked as the world's fourth highest paid supermodel by Forbes Magazine.
In 2008, Adriana Lima appeared on the American television series Ugly Betty, where she played herself and made friends with the series' title character, played by America Ferrera. According to her publicist, Liza Anderson, "Adriana has always been a huge fan of Ugly Betty and is thrilled for the opportunity to make a guest star appearance."

When Diane Lane was 15 years old, she declared her independence from her father and ran away to Los Angeles for a week with actor and friend Christopher Atkins. Diane Lane later remarked, "It was reckless behavior that comes from having too much independence too young." Diane Lane came back and moved in with a friend's family, paying them rent. In 1981, Diane Lane enrolled in high school after having taken correspondence courses. However, Diane Lane's mother kidnapped her and took the young girl back to Georgia. Diane Lane and her father challenged her mother in court and six weeks later she was back in New York. Diane Lane did not speak to her mother for three years but they have since reconciled.