IMDb: Most Popular People Born On August 06

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1.		Vera Farmiga Actress, The Conjuring Vera Farmiga is an American actress who received an Academy Award nomination for best performance in her supporting role, opposite George Clooney, in Up in the Air. She was born Vera Ann Farmiga, second of seven children, on August 6, 1973, in Clifton (Passaic County), New Jersey, USA, to Ukrainian parents...
2.		M. Night Shyamalan Writer, The Sixth Sense Born in India but raised in the posh suburban Penn Valley area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, M. Night Shyamalan is the son of two doctors. His passion for filmmaking began when he was given a Super-8 camera at age eight, and even at that young age began to model his career on that of his idol, Steven Spielberg...
3.		Melissa George Actress, 30 Days of Night The second of four children, Australian actress Melissa George was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1976. The daughter of Pamela, a nurse, and Glenn George, a construction worker, Melissa initially expressed interest in various forms of dance rather than acting. During her childhood, George studied tap...
4.		Romola Garai Actress, Amazing Grace Born in Hong Kong to father Adrian (banker) and mother Janet (journalist), Romola Garai's unusual name is the female version of Romolo, an Italian name for boys (from Latin Romulus, the founder of Rome). She grew up in Singapore and Hong Kong until she was eight when her family returned to lay roots in Wiltshire...
5.		Jason O'Mara Actor, Resident Evil: Extinction Jason O'Mara was born in Dublin, Ireland, on August 6, 1972. His parents are Veronica and Stephen O'Mara; he has a brother, Stephen O'Mara, and a sister, Rebecca O'Mara. Jason loved to play rugby and had little interest in acting until he was sidelined after an injury and decided to try out for a school play. After that, he was hooked on acting...
6.		Lucille Ball Actress, The Ballet The woman who will always be remembered as the crazy, accident-prone, lovable Lucy Ricardo was born Lucille Desiree Ball on August 6, 1911 in Jamestown, New York. Her father died before she was four, and her mother worked several jobs, so she and her younger brother were raised by their grandparents...
7.		Michelle Yeoh Actress, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Born as Yang Zi Chong in the mining town of Ipoh, in West Malaysia, in the lunar year of the Tiger, Michelle is the daughter of Janet Yeoh and Yeoh Kian Geik, a lawyer and MCA politician. She spoke English and Malay before Chinese. A ballet dancer since age 4, she moved to London, England to study at the Royal Academy as a teenager...
8.		Leland Orser Actor, Taken
9.		Robert Mitchum Actor, The Night of the Hunter Robert Mitchum was an underrated American leading man of enormous ability, who sublimated his talents beneath an air of disinterest. He was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to Ann Harriet (Gunderson), a Norwegian immigrant, and James Thomas Mitchum, a shipyard/railroad worker. His father died in a train accident when he was two...
10.		Soleil Moon Frye Actress, The Girls' Room Soleil Moon Frye began acting at the age of two, after seeing her father, veteran actor Virgil Frye, and brother, Meeno Peluce, on TV. Her father got her an agent, Herb Tannen & Associates in Hollywood, and her career soon took off. Her mother, Sondra Peluce, became her manager. At age eight...
11.		Monique Ganderton Stunts, Guardians of the Galaxy Monique Ganderton was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. She has always had a passion for sports and adventure. She achieved high levels of track and field, equestrian show jumping and is also a certified snowboard instructor. She was involved in diving, gymnastics, softball, skating and dabbled in martial arts...
12.		Catherine Hicks Actress, Child's Play Born in New York City and raised in Scottsdale, Arizona, Catherine Mary Hicks was a cheerleader at Gerard Catholic High School in Phoenix, Arizona, and graduated in 1969. Hicks attended Saint Mary's College-Notre Dame University and studied English literature. Moving east from South Bend, Indiana, she began her acting career at Cornell University...
13.		Marisa Miller Self, The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
14.		Amy Forsyth Actress, Torment
15.		Merrin Dungey Actress, Deep Impact
16.		Adrianne Curry Self, Chris & Adrianne Do Russia
17.		Ever Carradine Actress, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
18.		Jennifer Lyons Actress, The Amazing Spider-Man Jennifer Lyons is a face you may have seen over the last decade and a half. Whether it's TV, Film, or modeling for an L.A. based popular Lingerie company. She stays busy enjoying the roller coaster ride of the Entertainment business. She was born in Pasadena, California to a family of entertainers. Her Father is a Flamenco Guitarist...
19.		Stepfanie Kramer Actress, The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold In her iconic role as Sgt Dee Dee McCall, from 1984 to 1990, she helped to make the NBC hit series "Hunter" a true international hit with a fan base around the world. Her strong portrayal became a powerful positive influence for many women and helped to change how women were seen in crime dramas for television.
20.		Lisa Boyle Actress, Bad Boys
21.		Ella Raines Actress, Hail the Conquering Hero Ella Raines was born in Snoqualmie Falls, Washington, in 1920. After graduating from high school, she enrolled at the University of Washington as a drama student and participated in many plays. Following graduation, she traveled to New York and the lights of Broadway. She was eventually signed by Howard Hawks and played in Corvette K-225 as the love interest of Randolph Scott...
22.		Karl Davies Actor, Black Sea
23.		Faith Prince Actress, Dave
24.		Yanina Studilina Actress, Stalingrad
25.		Ryan Sypek Actor, Christmas Cupid The natural talent, charm and good looks which Ryan Sypek exude are aspects that are quickly helping pave his way to popularity in Hollywood. Making his television debut as Junior Davis on ABC Family's drama Wildfire, Sypek shows how even a rich kid with attitude can still be lovable. Wildfire's cast is praised for it successes...
26.		Geri Halliwell Self, Geri Yoga
27.		Barbara Windsor Actress, Alice in Wonderland Barbara Windsor got a glimpse of theatrical life at an early age when her grandmother took her backstage at a theatre and she decided that was what she wanted to do. She attended several professional schools before making her stage debut at age 12. At 15 she got a job in the chorus line of a London musical and stayed with the show for the next two years...
28.		Dorian Harewood Actor, Full Metal Jacket
29.		Asia Carrera Actress, Search for the Snow Leopard Asia Carrera's stunning curves can be seen in more than 250 hardcore movies. Her looks combine delicate Asian features with voluptuous silicone breasts. Her fans not only admire her mouth-watering body but also her brains--a self-taught web designer, she is also a member of MENSA. At the tender age...
30.		Dean Andrews Actor, My Summer of Love
31.		Josh Schwartz Writer, Gossip Girl
32.		Leslie Odom Jr. Actor, Red Tails Born in New York. Grew up in Philadelphia with his parents and little sister. Attended Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Graduated and moved to Los Angeles in the summer of 2003.
33.		De'voreaux White Actor, Die Hard
34.		Frank Finlay Actor, The Pianist One of Britain's finest products of the stage, film and TV, actor Frank Finlay, he with the dark and handsomely serious-to-mordant looks, was born on August 6, 1926, in Farnworth, England, the son of Josiah, a butcher, and Margaret Finlay. Of English, Irish and Scottish descent, Frank attended St. Gregory...
35.		Marc Lavoine Actor, The Good Thief
36.		Andy Warhol Director, Chelsea Girls The son of Ruthenian immigrants, Andy Warhol studied art at the Carnegie Institute of Technology. He worked as an advertising designer before becoming, in effect, the Father of Pop Art with his silk-screened pictures of Campbell's Soup cans and distorted images of Marilyn Monroe. He started directing films in 1963...
37.		Olivier Megaton Director, Taken 2
38.		Jack Scanlon Actor, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
39.		Paul Bartel Actor, The Usual Suspects Paul Bartel was born in Brooklyn in 1938. He decided he wanted to direct animated movies when he was 11 and by 13 had spent a summer working at New York's UPA animation studio. He majored in theater arts at UCLA, and received a Fulbright scholarship to study film direction in Rome, producing a short that was presented at the 1962 Venice Fiom Festival...
40.		Ashlie Atkinson Actress, The Wolf of Wall Street Ashlie Atkinson is an award-winning theatre, film, and television actress. A 2003 graduate of the Neightborhood Playhouse, in 2005 she received the Theatre World Award for Breakthrough Performance for originating the role of Helen in Neil Labute's "Fat Pig"(opposite Jeremy Piven) - which also garnered her Outer Critics' Circle and Lucille Lortel nominations...
41.		Brendan Burke Actor, Annie
42.		Michael Anderson Jr. Actor, Logan's Run
43.		Samantha Schacher Self, 80s Style Samantha Schacher (aka Sam) is a host, producer, and pop culture expert. She was born in Detroit, Michigan but grew up in California's surf city, Santa Cruz. She later attended UCLA on a swimming scholarship, when at the time she was world ranked. She graduated with a B.A in Sociology and minored in Theatre...
44.		Moosie Drier Actor, Howl's Moving Castle
45.		Jeremy Ratchford Actor, Unforgiven
46.		Chris Edgerly Actor, TMNT Edgerly was born in Silver Spring, Maryland and moved at the age of 2 with his mom and two brothers to Savannah, Georgia. He attended Benedictine Military High School and the University of Georgia later on, where he would entertain his friends with lots of impressions. After a season of rugby at the university...
47.		Landon Pigg Soundtrack, Shrek Forever After
48.		Barbara Bates Actress, All About Eve The lovely Barbara Bates, a demure but very troubled young spirit, began her career at age 19. Groomed in obscure starlet bits, it wasn't until Warner Bros. signed her up in 1947 and perpetuated an appealing girl-next-door image that things started happening for her. She was born Barbara Jane Bates...
49.		Alan Cox Actor, Young Sherlock Holmes
50.		Louise Sorel Actress, One Life to Live A flashy, aggressive villainess and eternally hopeless meddler on a number of soaps, Louise Sorel has given her opulent, show-stopping characters major doses of humor and grit that have allowed her to become one of daytime's more popular figures for over two decades. She joined Days of Our Lives as the manipulative Vivian Alamain in March 1992...