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1. Britt Robertson Britt Robertson Actress, The First Time Brittany Leanna Robertson was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, to Beverly (Hayes) and Ryan Robertson, a restaurateur. She was raised in South Carolina, the oldest of seven children. Her mother's worries about the public school system lead to Robertson being homeschooled. She began acting at the Greenville Little Theater in South Carolina...
2. Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Actress, Transformers: Dark of the Moon Rosie Alice Huntington-Whiteley was born in Plymouth, Devon, England, to Fiona (Jackson), a fitness instructor, and Charles Andrew Huntington-Whiteley, a chartered surveyor. She has two younger siblings: Toby and Florence. Her great-great-grandfather was politician Sir Herbert Huntington-Whiteley, 1st Baronet...
3. Chloe Bennet Chloe Bennet Actress, Pilot Chloe Wang was born to a Chinese father and American mother in Chicago, USA. She moved to Beijing to pursue a singing career. While she was there, she studied Mandarin, learned the demands of international pop stardom and released her debut single, "Uh Oh", in both English and Mandarin. She then moved to Los Angeles where...
4. David Tennant David Tennant Actor, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire David Tennant was born David John McDonald in West Lothian, Scotland, to Essdale Helen (McLeod) and Sandy McDonald, who was a Presbyterian minister. He is of Scottish and Ulster-Scots descent. When he was about 3 or 4 years old, he decided to become an actor, inspired by his love of the BBC show "Doctor Who." He was brought up in Bathgate...
5. Melissa Joan Hart Melissa Joan Hart Actress, Drive Me Crazy Melissa grew up in Sayville, New York. Her acting career started at the age of four, when she did a commercial for a bathtub toy called Splashy. Her mother, Paula Hart, has been her agent from the beginning. Melissa is the oldest of eight children, some from her mother's second marriage. Six sisters...
6. Maria Bello Maria Bello Actress, A History of Violence Maria Bello was born on 18 April, 1967 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, to Kathy, a nurse and teacher, and Joe Bello, a contractor. She is of Italian and Polish descent. Maria went to Villanova University, majoring in political science. She had every intention of becoming a lawyer, but she took an acting class during her senior year...
7. Alia Shawkat Alia Shawkat Actress, Three Kings Alia Shawkat was born in Riverside, California, to Dina Burke and actor Tony Shawkat. Her maternal grandfather, Paul Burke, was also an actor. Her father is of Kurdish descent and her mother has Irish, Italian, and Norwegian ancestry. Success arrived early for Alia. Her career began at the young age of 11 when she landed a role on the ABC Family series State of Grace...
8. Eric Roberts Eric Roberts Actor, The Dark Knight One of Hollywood's edgier, more intriguing characters running around and about for decades, Eric Anthony Roberts started life in Biloxi, Mississippi. He is the son of Betty Lou (Bredemus) and Walter Grady Roberts, one-time actors and playwrights. His siblings are actors Lisa Roberts Gillan and Julia Roberts...
9. America Ferrera America Ferrera Actress, Pilot
10. Sean Maguire Sean Maguire Actor, Meet the Spartans Sean was born on 18 April 1976 in Ilford, Essex, England. He made his acting debut at the age of five in Voyage Around My Father with Sir Laurence Olivier. Many TV roles for UK television followed including, Tegs in Grange Hill, Aiden Brosnan in Eastenders, Marty in Dangerfield and Lee in Sunburn (all BBC)...
11. Eli Roth Eli Roth Producer, Grindhouse Eli Raphael Roth was born in Newton, Massachusetts, to Cora, a painter, and Sheldon Roth, a psychoanalyst, psychiatrist, and clinical professor. He is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent (from Austria, Hungary, Russia, and Poland). He began shooting Super 8 films at the age of eight, after watching Ridley Scott's Alien and vomiting...
12. Jessica Lu Jessica Lu Actress, About Last Night
13. James Woods James Woods Actor, Once Upon a Time in America James Woods is a leanly built, strangely handsome actor-producer-director with intense eyes and a sometimes untrustworthy grin, who has been impressing audiences for over three decades with his compelling performances. James Howard Woods was born on April 18th, 1947 in Vernal, Utah, the son of Martha A...
14. Jane Leeves Jane Leeves Actress, James and the Giant Peach Jane Leeves has made her mark in the entertainment world, acting in television, theater and film over the past 20 years. Leeves stars in the Emmy® Award-winning TV Land series, Hot in Cleveland, which in 2011 was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award® for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series...
15. Moises Arias Moises Arias Actor, The Secret World of Arrietty
16. Rick Moranis Rick Moranis Actor, Ghostbusters Rick began his career as a radio dj while he was still at high school which led to him writing, producing and being on air in his own show. He joined the Canadian tv series 'SCTV' winning an Emmy for writing and portraying the character Bob McKenzie which became the basis for the film 'Strange Brew' which he co-wrote...
17. Edgar Wright Edgar Wright Director, Hot Fuzz
18. Laura Mennell Laura Mennell Actress, Watchmen Laura Mennell's a Canadian actress who grew up in Mission, British Columbia. Over the past decade, she's built a successful and busy career and is best known for her work on shows like Syfy's Alphas and Haven, A&E;'s Emmy Nominated Flight 93, as well as Warner Brothers blockbuster Watchmen. She's also had reoccurring and guest starring roles in shows like Motive...
19. Virginia Gardner Virginia Gardner Actress, Project Almanac
20. Kourtney Kardashian Kourtney Kardashian Self, Welcome Back to Miami Kourtney was born in Los Angeles, California as the eldest of four children of Kris Jenner (née Kristen Mary Houghton) and attorney Robert Kardashian, with siblings Kim Kardashian West, Khloé Kardashian, and Rob Kardashian. Her father was of Armenian descent and her mother is of mostly English ancestry...
21. Reeve Carney Reeve Carney Soundtrack, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 Reeve Carney originated the role of Peter Parker/Spider-Man, in the record-breaking Broadway musical, "Spider-Man: Turn Off Thee Dark" in 2010. A lifelong musician, Reeve jumped at the opportunity to perform a score by U2's Bono and The Edge--not to mention re-team with director Julie Taymor, who he'd worked with in her film, "The Tempest"...
22. Eric McCormack Eric McCormack Actor, Free Enterprise Eric was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. He attended Stephen Leacock Collegiate Institute (the same school Mike Meyers attended) and also attended Sir John A. MacDonald Collegiate, named after Canada's first Prime Minister. With the support of his parents (his father was also an aspiring actor)...
23. Hayley Mills Hayley Mills Actress, The Parent Trap Born Hayley Catherine Rose Vivien Mills in London in 1946, she is the daughter of the great actor Sir John Mills and the well-known novelist-playwright Mary Hayley Bell. Her sister is the actress Juliet Mills. She grew up in her parents' home, an outgoing, funny child, and, because she spent so much time with her parents and their friends...
24. Amila Terzimehic Amila Terzimehic Actress, The November Man
25. Kevin Rankin Kevin Rankin Actor, Dallas Buyers Club
26. Conan O'Brien Conan O'Brien Self, Now You See Me Conan O'Brien grew up in a large, Irish Catholic family in Massachusetts. At an early age, he began a love of comedy and goofing off, this carried on when he entered the prestigious Harvard University, acting out many pranks in his time, as well as become the president of the Harvard humor magazine...
27. Mary Birdsong Mary Birdsong Actress, The Descendants Mary grew up in the small beach community of Long Beach Island, New Jersey. Mary graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts where she earned her BFA in acting, and was also awarded the Stella Adler Award for Outstanding Achievement in Acting. Mary made her Broadway debut in "Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me" in 2006...
28. Cindy Pickett Cindy Pickett Actress, Ferris Bueller's Day Off
29. David Hewlett David Hewlett Actor, Cube
30. Joey Gaydos Jr. Joey Gaydos Jr. Actor, School of Rock Joey was born on April 18, 1991. He started playing guitar at the age of 3, but did not get in touch with it until about 8 years old or so. In 2002, he attended a weeklong camp in Ann Arbor, Michigan called Dayjams. He had made a music video with his bandmates and after a representative viewed the movie...
31. Bryce Johnson Bryce Johnson Actor, Doctor Strange Bryce Johnson was born on April 18, 1977, and raised in Sioux City, Iowa, where he lived with his mother and two brothers. For a short time his family lived in Denver, Colorado, during his high school years, which is where his dream to become an actor came to life. Similar to his character on Popular...
32. Derek Phillips Derek Phillips Actor, 42 Film and stage actor Derek Phillips was born in Miami, Florida on April 18, 1976, and attended Baylor University where he received a BFA in acting. Upon graduation Derek moved to New York and began acting professionally in both television and regional theatre performing throughout the country in numerous plays including "The Winter's Tale" (Baltimore Center Stage)...
33. Lisa LoCicero Lisa LoCicero Actress, Rush Hour 2
34. Barbara Hale Barbara Hale Actress, Airport Barbara was born on 18 April 1922, as one of two children. As a young girl, Ms. Hale intended to major in art and drawing; she began her professional career as a model for a comic strip called "Ramblin' Bill", during the time she was working her way through The Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. She married actor Bill Williams in 1946, and had son William Katt in 1951.
35. Camille Coduri Camille Coduri Actress, King Ralph
36. Jeff Dunham Jeff Dunham Self, Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity
37. Melody Thomas Scott Melody Thomas Scott Actress, Piranha Scott was born Melody Ann Thomas in Los Angeles, California. Her first film credit was as a child actress in the 1964 Alfred Hitchcock movie, Marnie. After bit parts in movies in the mid-'70s (most notably in John Wayne's final film, The Shootist), she was offered bit parts on nighttime series, such as The Waltons, The Rockford Files and Charlie's Angels...
38. James Drury James Drury Actor, Forbidden Planet
39. Noel Marshall Noel Marshall Producer, The Exorcist
40. Kenny Ortega Kenny Ortega Self, This Is It
41. Fredro Starr Fredro Starr Actor, Save the Last Dance Was 1/3 of the Hip Hop group Onyx, the group debuted in 1993, Onyx won Soul Train's 1993 Best Rap Album of the year over Dr. Dre's The Chronic. Fredro has offically retired from rap. He is now only concentrating on his budding acting career which spans a total of 10 years. His last 2 solo albums were received with little or any good reviews...
42. Clive Revill Clive Revill Actor, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back A grand, well-respected actor of stage, film and television, most people think New Zealander Clive Revill is British. Although most people think of the curly, red-haired gent as a comic eccentric best known for his sterling work on the musical stage, he has been highly regarded for his formidable dramatic work in Shakespearean roles...
43. Tamara Braun Tamara Braun Actress, Little Chenier
44. Dorothy Lyman Dorothy Lyman Actress, The Departed
45. John James John James Actor, Search for Tomorrow John James Anderson is most well known for his ten-year role as 'Jeff Colby' on the 1980's prime time TV soaps Dynasty and The Colbys. John was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of radio broadcaster Herb Oscar Anderson, and brother of actor Herb Anderson. He first starred in small roles in TV series like Fantasy Island and The Love Boat...
46. Ellen Woglom Ellen Woglom Actress, Hated Ellen grew up all over the place. She was born in Nashville, Tennessee. However her parent's business allowed for a lot of traveling so she later she moved to Vermont, Colorado, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and now Los Angeles. She grew up on a farm and competitively rode horses until an injury caused her to take another route...
47. Günter Meisner Günter Meisner Actor, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
48. Suri Cruise Suri Cruise Self, 20 Cutest Celebrity Babies
49. Tyrone Giordano Tyrone Giordano Actor, A Lot Like Love
50. Amrapali Ambegaokar Amrapali Ambegaokar Actress, Extra Ordinary Barry Amrapali Ambegaokar left her position as Principal Dancer in Cirque Du Soleil in over 730 shows over 2 years so that she could pursue her secret childhood dream of acting with the purpose of expanding her artistic career from the stage to the challenge of Film and TV. With recurring roles on Grey's Anatomy in 18 episodes and Guest starring roles on Heroes and credits on Desperate Housewives...
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