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1. Alan Ritchson Alan Ritchson Actor, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Alan Ritchson has carved a space for himself on both the large and small screens since he made the trek from a small town in Florida to Los Angeles. Frequently relocating as the middle son of a military family, Alan learned to adapt and entertain in order to build friendships in new and unfamiliar environments. Certainly this has been a key ingredient in his success so far in the industry...
2. Karen Gillan Karen Gillan Actress, A Christmas Carol Karen grew up in Inverness, Scotland and developed a love for acting very early on, attending several youth theatre groups and taking part in a wide range of productions at her school, Charleston Academy. At age 16, Karen decided she wanted to pursue her acting career further and, studied under the renowned theatre director Scott Johnston at the Performing Arts Studio Scotlond...
3. Mary Elizabeth Winstead Mary Elizabeth Winstead Actress, Final Destination 3 Mary Elizabeth Winstead was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. She grew up in Salt Lake City and North Carolina many years of her life and actually had an ambition to become a ballerina, for which she attended Joffrey Ballet School in Chicago at the age of 11 and started taking acting lessons too...
4. Alfonso Cuarón Alfonso Cuarón Writer, Children of Men Alfonso Cuarón Orozco was born on November 28th in Mexico City, Mexico. He has always wanted to be a director, and also an astronaut. He didn't want to enter to the army so he forgot that possibility. He wanted to make films when he was little, but unfortunately he didn't have a camera. On his twelfth birthday he finally received a camera...
5. Emun Elliott Emun Elliott Actor, Prometheus
6. Judd Nelson Judd Nelson Actor, The Breakfast Club Born in Portland, Maine to attorney Leonard Nelson and his wife, Merle Nelson, (attorney and state assemblywoman), Judd attended St. Paul's preparatory school in Concord, New Hampshire before majoring in philosophy at the prestigious Haverford College in Pennsylvania. The acting bug bit when he went to watch a friend's audition and was obliged to audition in order to stay. He won the role...
7. Ed Harris Ed Harris Actor, A Beautiful Mind By transforming into his characters and pulling the audience in, Ed Harris has earned the reputation as one of the most talented actors of our time. Born in Tenafly, New Jersey, Harris grew up as the middle child. After graduating high school, he attended New York's Columbia University, where he played football...
8. Johnny Simmons Johnny Simmons Actor, The Perks of Being a Wallflower Johnny James Simmons was born in Montgomery, Alabama on November 28, 1986, but was raised in Dallas, Texas. Although living in Los Angeles for only a little over a year, Johnny has already accomplished a surprising body of work. His first film in Los Angeles was entitled "My Ambition". When casting notices went out...
9. Anna Nicole Smith Anna Nicole Smith Self, Be Cool
10. Aimee Garcia Aimee Garcia Actress, A Lot Like Love A Chicago native of Mexican and Puerto Rican descent, she made her professional stage debut at the age of seven in Paul Mejia's "Cinderella" at The Auditorium Theatre. By the age of twelve, she was dancing 20 shows a month as "Clara" in "The Nutcracker". She joined the Young People's Company, whose alumni include John Cusack,Joan Cusack...
11. Ryan Kwanten Ryan Kwanten Actor, Strange Love Audiences across the globe know Ryan Kwanten as "Jason Stackhouse", the highly-sexed town heartthrob on True Blood. Though he plays the quintessential Southern bad boy, Ryan is a native of Australia and was born and bred in Sydney. He is the eldest of three brothers and, though both of his younger siblings were performers at early ages...
12. Sunny Mabrey Sunny Mabrey Actress, Snakes on a Plane Sunny Mabrey was born and raised in Gadsden, a small city in northeastern Alabama. Upon graduating high school at the age of 17, Sunny entered the world of modeling, traveling to Paris and Miami. However, growing up with a passion for the arts, it wasn't long before she found herself back in school at the private...
13. Scarlett Pomers Scarlett Pomers Actress, Erin Brockovich Pomers is currently starring as Reba McEntire's youngest daughter Kyra, on the WB Network's comedy hit Reba, on Friday nights. Her previous acting roles included three years as Naomi Wildman, on Star Trek: Voyager, and the recurring role of Abigail Leski on CBS' critically acclaimed show, That's Life...
14. Jon Stewart Jon Stewart Self, The 78th Annual Academy Awards Jon Leibowitz was born in New York, though he soon after moved to Lawrenceville, New Jersey. He graduated from the College Of William And Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. He made his breakthrough on The Larry Sanders Show, before moving on to other roles. His wife Tracey gave birth to their second child, a girl, Maggie Rose Stewart 6 lbs, 9 oz on the afternoon of Feb 4, 2006.
15. Gloria Grahame Gloria Grahame Actress, It's a Wonderful Life Gloria Hallward, an acting pupil of her mother (stage actress and teacher Jean Grahame), acted professionally while still in high school. In 1944 Louis B. Mayer saw her on Broadway and gave her an MGM contract under the name Gloria Grahame. Her debut in the title role of Blonde Fever was auspicious...
16. Adam Hicks Adam Hicks Actor, Lemonade Mouth
17. Daniel Henney Daniel Henney Actor, X-Men Origins: Wolverine
18. Jane Sibbett Jane Sibbett Actress, It Takes Two The youngest of five happy children, Jane Sibbett was born in Berkeley, California to William Ryan Sibbett IV and social butterfly "Sis" Gaines Sibbett. After a few years in Orinda, California, the Sibbett family moved to the idyllic island of Alameda where destiny bellowed at her daily in the form of a gruff neighbor...
19. Martin Clunes Martin Clunes Actor, Shakespeare in Love
20. Michal Sinnott Michal Sinnott Actress, Grand Theft Auto V Michal Sinnott (born Michal Shalom Leamer) was born in Rock Island, Illinois, the eldest of three children to Brad, a carpenter, and Griselda, a local actress and housewife. Her parents divorced when she was six. She and her brothers grew up in Norfolk, VA where they were raised by their mother, who originally pursued acting before moving into casting and teaching acting for kids...
21. Joe Dante Joe Dante Director, Gremlins Joseph Dante Jr. was born on November 28, 1946 in Morristown, New Jersey, and raised in the nearby borough of Parsippany. His father was a professional golf players and his father wrote some books on the instructions of playing golf some of which included Four Magic Moves to Winning Golf, and Stop that Slice...
22. S. Epatha Merkerson S. Epatha Merkerson Actress, Terminator 2: Judgment Day A native of Michigan, S. Epatha Merkerson earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Wayne State University. In 1978, she moved to New York City to apply her craft on stage. Although best known since 1993 as the smart and shrewd Lieutenant Anita Van Buren on the long-running TV crime drama Law & Order...
23. Louise Bourgoin Louise Bourgoin Actress, The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec
24. Alexander Godunov Alexander Godunov Actor, Die Hard He was born on Sakhalin Island at the far eastern end of the former Soviet Union and began studying dance at age 9 in the Riga State Ballet School. He later said his mother put him there to prevent his becoming "a hooligan". One of his classmates and friends at the school was Mikhail Baryshnikov. After graduating he toured with the Moscow Classical Ballet...
25. Trey Songz Trey Songz Soundtrack, Step Up 2: The Streets
26. Maurissa Tancharoen Maurissa Tancharoen Writer, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
27. Hope Lange Hope Lange Actress, Blue Velvet One of the most natural beauties of the 1960's with a gentle voice and personality to match, blonde Hope Lange was born in Redding Ridge, Connecticut, and performed on stage from the age of nine. She studied both drama and dance under Martha Graham, did some modeling and then worked in stock companies and on television...
28. Pamela Hayden Pamela Hayden Actress, The Simpsons Movie
29. Joe Cole Joe Cole Actor, Offender
30. James Karen James Karen Actor, The Pursuit of Happyness Veteran Broadway, TV and film actor James Karen was encouraged as a young man to take up an acting career by U.S. Congressman Daniel J. Flood, who was an amateur actor himself. In 1947 Karen made his Broadway debut in "A Streetcar Named Desire", which led to appearances in over 20 Broadway productions...
31. Paul Shaffer Paul Shaffer Self, Late Night with David Letterman: 6th Anniversary Special
32. Randy Newman Randy Newman Soundtrack, Toy Story 3
33. Lexington Steele Lexington Steele Actor, Crank: High Voltage
34. Rose Abdoo Rose Abdoo Actress, Good Night, and Good Luck.
35. Jonathan Mostow Jonathan Mostow Director, U-571
36. Kelly Wenham Kelly Wenham Actress, Perseverance
37. Stephnie Weir Stephnie Weir Writer, MADtv Stephnie Weir was raised in Texas and attended Odessa Junior College studying theater and broadcasting. Following that she went on to attend Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, were she studied anthropology and women's studies. As she expanded on her creative talents in Chicago, Ms. Weir performed at the Second City's Main Stage...
38. Colman Domingo Colman Domingo Actor, Lincoln Colman was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania the proud son of working class Clarence and Edith Bowles. He was educated at Temple University and moved to San Francisco to begin a career on the stage. In his very first play, he was cast in the lead as a high school boy dying of AIDS complications...
39. David de Lautour David de Lautour Actor, DmC: Devil May Cry
40. Ryan Sampson Ryan Sampson Actor, The Erotic Vase
41. Armando Iannucci Armando Iannucci Writer, In the Loop
42. Agnieszka Holland Agnieszka Holland Director, Europa Europa Agnieszka Holland was born 28 of November 1948 in Warsaw but went to Czechoslovakia to study film directing at FAMU in Prague. She began her film career working in Poland with Krzysztof Zanussi as assistant director, and Andrzej Wajda as her mentor. She wrote several scripts with Wajda before directing her own films...
43. Thom Mathews Thom Mathews Actor, Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI
44. Martin Cummins Martin Cummins Actor, Love Come Down
45. Kevin Cannon Kevin Cannon Actor, Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
46. Kamala Jones Kamala Jones Actress, A Thousand Words
47. Krystal Vee Krystal Vee Actress, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li Krystal Vee was born on November 28th, 1987 in Bangkok, Thailand as the second daughter of a Thai father and a British mother of Portuguese/Persian decent and born and raised in Thailand. As a result of her father's Diplomatic work she spent a total of six years living in Russia where she attended an Anglo-American School...
48. Lucy Gutteridge Lucy Gutteridge Actress, Top Secret!
49. Gina Tognoni Gina Tognoni Actress, This Time Around
50. Kristian Schmid Kristian Schmid Actor, Scooby-Doo
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