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THE BACHELOR
 In 1999, Mariah debuted as an actress in the movie "The bachelor." "The Bachelor" is a romantic comedy about a bachelor played by Chris O'Donnell, who must get married in the next 24 hours in order to collect his inheritance of $100 million... Mariah plays a small role in this movie. She appears as O'Donnell's ex-girlfriend, who is an opera diva... The filming started in November 1998. Mariah remembers this scene in the Mirabella magazine: "It's over the top. I'm singing La Traviata, which is a highly dramatic opera-and my character dies at the end of the scene. The director said, "Okay, you need a stunt double for that [fall] right?" And I said, "Nah, I can do that," not realizing that I was going to have to do 30 more takes. My hips, my knees were killing me. A medic had to bring me ice, and I was like, "Never again." Jimmie Shannon (Chris O’Donnell) values his freedom more than life itself. As his male peers, even his best buddy, Marco (Artie Lange), begin to hook up in marriage, Jimmie continues happily plugging away with his dating lifestyle, in no rush to find “the one.” When he least expects it, Jimmie crosses paths with the adorable Anne (Renée Zellweger) and falls in love. After a three-year relationship, Jimmie feels the pressures of commitment and decides to "give in", reluctantly proposing to Anne at the most romantic of restaurants. Sensing his uncertainty and angry over his botched and lame attempt at a proposal, Anne dumps Jimmie back into the town known as "Bachelorville." Shortly thereafter, Jimmie’s grandfather (Peter Ustinov) passes away and wills a $100 million inheritance to his grandson, on the condition he marries before his thirtieth birthday, which is less than twenty-four hours away. After seeking advice from the family attorney, Gluckman (Ed Asner) and stock broker, O’Dell (Hal Holbrook), a desperate Jimmie hastily arranges for a priest (James Cromwell) to wait in the wings while he finds a bride. He tries to reconcile with Anne and several other ex-girlfriends, including Buckley (Brooke Shields), a well-to-do ex-debutante; Ilana (Mariah Carey), an opera singer; Monique (Katharine Towne), a chef; Daphne (Jennifer Esposito), a cop; Zoe (Stacy Edwards), a window dresser; Carolyn (Sarah Silverman), a college student; and Stacy (Rebecca Cross) a commodities broker. Through these hilarious antics, Jimmie can’t help but discover the true meaning of love. ALLY MCBEAL 
We've mentioned the fact that this last-ever series of Ally gets bogged down in an endless and increasingly desperate series of stunt star cameos. Well here's Mariah Carey to prove the point. The demented diva plays a key figure in a trial in which series regular Kimmie sues a matchmaking company for telling her she was unmatchable. Meanwhile, Ally-alike Jenny has to deal with her mother (guess what? guest star Jaqueline Bisset) getting married to a toyboy. Quite good episode though.
Mariah had a brief, but very memorable appearance on last night's episode of Ally McBeal. So memorable, that TV Guide made it the "Editors Choice" after reviewing every other television program airing in Primetime. Mariah played Candy Cushnip, the key witness on the defense side of a lawsuit against a matchmaking company that deemed a woman "unmatchable". GLITTER 
 
This was Mariah's first movie in which she played a leading role. The idea for it came up in 1997, but the movie wasn't finalized until 2001. The movie, as well as its sountrack, haven't been as successful as expected. Nonetheless, this movie will always be remembered as a classic moment in Mariah's career - among fans AND non-lambsPop star Mariah Carey plays Billie Frank, a shy, young mixed-race girl who is sent away by her alcoholic mother at a very early age. At an orphanage, she befriends Louise (Da Brat) and Roxanne (Tia Texada). Flash forward to 1983. Billie and her friends are spotted by a record producer, Timothy Walker (Terrence Howard), who wants them to sing backup for his latest pop-music discovery. But when super DJ Dice (Max Beesley) hears Billie's incredible voice, he makes a shady deal with Timothy to get her out of that dead-end situation. Soon, Billie and Dice are making hits inside the studio, and falling in love outside of it. Eventually, the pressure of her newfound celebrity puts too heavy a strain on Billie, forcing her to decide what it is she really wants from Dice, and what she wants for herself. WISEGIRLS 
 
WiseGirls" is Mariah's second movie after "Glitter", in which she played one of the leading roles. A character-based comedy that paired Mariah Carey with Mira Sorvino and earned good notices and a standing ovation at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, "WiseGirls" landed on cable television rather than gaining wide distribution in theaters. The movie was shot in the early summer of 2001 while Mariah was still making the final touches to the "Glitter" movie, its soundtrack and the promotion for the single "Loverboy". A character-based comedy that paired Mariah Carey with Mira Sorvino and earned good notices and a standing ovation at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, "WiseGirls" landed on cable television rather than gaining wide distribution in theaters. Mariah tells the New York Post, "That made me see how good an experience movies can be. When we showed it at Sundance, we got a standing ovation. Too bad nobody remembers the good movie, they just remember the great debacle. Sean Penn came up to me at a party after Sundance and told me he saw and enjoyed 'Wisegirls,' and not to give up just because of one bad movie. I was thrilled. You can't get better praise and advice in the movie business." THE PROUD FAMILY  Mariah's episode of the animated series The Proud Family. On this episode Oscar Proud's monkey is switched with someone else's (guess who??) at Dr. Trudy Proud's veterinarian office. STATE PROPERTY 2 
A Lions Gate release of a Lions Gate/Dash Films presentation of a Dash Films/Lions Gate production. Produced by Damon Dash. Executive producers, Michael Paseornek, Beth Melillo. Co-producer, Per Melita.
the Damon Dash-directed film featuring a sassy cameo from Mariah as "the Professionally Dressed Woman", was released on dvd in the United States on July 12, 2005. Director Damon Dash said it was mostly improvised. "We gave Mariah the gist of what to say and how to say it, then we went through it a couple of times and she got it. It's easy for her to act like a diva. She's not a real diva, but she acts like one really well. She gets the joke."
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