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1. Emily Bett Rickards Emily Bett Rickards Actress, Beyond Redemption Canadian actress Emily Bett Rickards was born on July 24, 1991. She attended film school after graduating high school, and also attended Alida Vocal Studio. She plays "Felicity Smoak" on the CW network's Arrow and The Flash, and appears in the upcoming, acclaimed feature film, Brooklyn...
2. Rose Byrne Rose Byrne Actress, X-Men: First Class Rose Byrne was born in Balmain, Sydney, Australia. She is the daughter of Jane, a primary school administrator, and Robin Byrne, a semi-retired statistician and market researcher. She landed her first role in a movie, Dallas Doll, when she was 15 years old. Since then, Rose has appeared in a variety of Australian televisions shows including Heartbreak High...
3. Anna Paquin Anna Paquin Actress, The Piano Anna Paquin was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, in 1982, to Mary (Brophy), an English teacher from Wellington, New Zealand, and Brian Paquin, a Canadian phys-ed teacher of part French-Canadian descent. Anna moved to her mother's native country when she was four years old. Her first acting job ever was at age nine in the film The Piano...
4. Jennifer Lopez Jennifer Lopez Actress, Out of Sight Jennifer Lynn Lopez was born in the Castle Hill section of the South Bronx on July 24, 1969. She is the middle of three musically-inclined sisters, Leslie Lopez, a homemaker, and Lynda Lopez (aka Lynda Lopez), a DJ on New York's WKTU, a VH1 VJ, and a morning news show correspondent on New York's Channel 11...
5. Summer Glau Summer Glau Actress, Serenity Summer is a native of San Antonio, Texas. She's been a ballerina most of her life. Her debut was in various commercials and a guest appearance on the WB's Angel. She has gone on to star on the TV series Firefly as well as its follow-up movie Serenity and the TV series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
6. Elisabeth Moss Elisabeth Moss Actress, Girl, Interrupted
7. Kristin Chenoweth Kristin Chenoweth Actress, Rio 2 Kristin Chenoweth is an American stage, screen and television actress. Though, depending on who you ask, Cheno fans may disagree on what her most famous roles are. Since Chenoweth began her career, she has been credited with roles in musicals and plays on and off-Broadway, on various television shows and can be seen in movies on television and the big screen...
8. Chris Sarandon Chris Sarandon Actor, The Nightmare Before Christmas The handsome, versatile, worldly-looking Chris Sarandon has played everything from vampires to Jesus Christ in magnetic performances that have not only been controversial but hard to miss. He was born and raised in Beckley, West Virginia. His mother, Cliffie (Cardullias), was born in Norfolk, Virginia...
9. Daveigh Chase Daveigh Chase Actress, Donnie Darko Daveigh Chase was born on July 24, 1990 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was raised in the small town of Albany, Oregon; where she continues to spend much of her time. She began singing and dancing in her hometown and other local areas at community events and shows starting at age 3. After visiting Los Angeles...
10. Mara Wilson Mara Wilson Actress, Matilda Mara Elizabeth Wilson was born on Friday, July 24th, 1987 in Los Angeles, California. She is the oldest daughter of Michael and Suzie Wilson with three elder brothers - Danny (b. 1979), Jon (b. 1981) and Joel (b.1983) - and a younger sister Anna (b. 1993). When Mara was 5 years old, her eldest brother Danny started acting in television commercials and she wanted to follow in his footsteps...
11. Doug Liman Doug Liman Producer, Edge of Tomorrow
12. Laura Fraser Laura Fraser Actress, A Knight's Tale Laura Fraser was born on 24th July 1976 and brought up in Glasgow. Her father, Alister, used to run a small building company but is now an aspiring scriptwriter; her mother, Rose, used to be a nurse but is now a college lecturer. She has an older brother who works with computers, a younger sister who is studying philosophy at university...
13. Lynda Carter Lynda Carter Actress, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
14. Bindi Irwin Bindi Irwin Self, My Daddy the Crocodile Hunter
15. Dan Hedaya Dan Hedaya Actor, The Usual Suspects Dan Hedaya is a familiar face from his work in films and on TV, where he often plays a villain (although he had a good comic turn as the charmingly sleazy Nick Tortelli, Carla's ex-husband, in Cheers and its short-lived spin-off The Tortellis). He has also done much stage work, appearing...
16. Megan Park Megan Park Actress, What If
17. Michael Richards Michael Richards Actor, Bee Movie Immortalized as Cosmo Kramer on the classic American sitcom Seinfeld, L.A. comedy star Michael Richards was born in Culver City, California, to Phyllis (Nardozzi), a records librarian, and William Richards, an electrical engineer. He is of British and Italian descent. He developed an early interest in acting in high school...
18. Laura Leighton Laura Leighton Actress, Seven Girlfriends
19. Gus Van Sant Gus Van Sant Director, Good Will Hunting
20. Kadeem Hardison Kadeem Hardison Actor, White Men Can't Jump
21. Rick Fox Rick Fox Actor, Dope Born in Toronto, Rick Fox moved to the Bahamas when he was very young. His father is Afro-Bahamian, and his mother, who is Canadian, is of Italian and Scottish descent. Rick went to Warsaw Indiana high school as an exchange student and played basketball there. A complaint was filed about his eligibility...
22. Danny Dyer Danny Dyer Actor, The Football Factory Danny Dyer was born in Canning Town, east London, UK on 24th July 1977. Danny was spotted at his local Sunday School, by an agent who auditioned him for the part of Martin Fletcher in the Granada Television series Prime Suspect 3. At the age of 14 he was given the part and found himself working alongside Helen Mirren...
23. Jamie Denbo Jamie Denbo Actress, Yes Man
24. Robert Hays Robert Hays Actor, Airplane!
25. Paul Ben-Victor Paul Ben-Victor Actor, Don Jon Actor Paul Ben-Victor has built a career on the small and big screen, with roles in over 50 films like Daredevil, A Civil Action, True Romance, Tombstone, Houseguest, Crazy in Alabama and The Corruptor. On television, Paul stars as "Chief Inspector Stan McQueen" on USA's hit series...
26. Linda Harrison Linda Harrison Actress, Planet of the Apes A native of Berlin, Maryland, Linda Harrison was Miss Berlin at 16, then a model in New York's Garment Center. Homesickness brought her back to Maryland, where she entered and won the state beauty pageant. During the finals in the Miss International contest (held in Long Beach, California), she was "spotted" by talent scout Mike Medavoy and presented at 20th Century-Fox...
27. Eric Szmanda Eric Szmanda Actor, The Rules of Attraction Eric Szmanda is an American actor best known for his role of forensic investigator "Greg Sanders" on "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation". Eric was born and raised in Wisconsin where he was active in school plays and community theatre. He moved to LA at the age of 19 to study acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts...
28. Julie Graham Julie Graham Actress, Bedrooms and Hallways
29. John Aniston John Aniston Actor, Search for Tomorrow
30. Mark Goddard Mark Goddard Actor, General Hospital Born in Lowell, Massachusetts (July 24, 1936), the actor (real name: Charles Goddard) grew up in Scituate, Massachusetts, where his father owned a five-and-ten. At Holy Cross, the head of the dramatic society encouraged him to become an actor and, soon, Goddard was off to Manhattan, attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts...
31. Patty Jenkins Patty Jenkins Director, Monster
32. Ruth Buzzi Ruth Buzzi Actress, Freaky Friday Ruth Buzzi was Born July 24, 1936 in South County (Westerly), Rhode Island to Rena Pauline and Angelo Peter Buzzi, a nationally recognized stone sculptor. She Raised in Wequetequock, Connecticut, and attended Stonington High School. She Gained experience as a cheerleader performing before crowds at athletic events...
33. William Gillette William Gillette Writer, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Handsome American actor, playwright and stage director/producer William Gillette was born in Hartford, CT, in 1853. His father Francis was a former United States Senator and crusader for women's suffrage and the abolition of slavery; his mother Elisabeth Daggett Hooker is a descendant of Rev. Thomas Hooker...
34. Andrew Ellis Andrew Ellis Actor, This Is England Andrew Ellis was born in Wythenshawe hospital, Manchester. He went to Newall Green High School and graduated in 2006. He has trained under Ian Smith at the Carlton television workshop, where he studied acting. He is mostly remembered as playing Gadget in 'This is England,' he quoted "gadget is my new nickname"...
35. Chief Dan George Chief Dan George Actor, The Outlaw Josey Wales Chief Dan George was born with the names Geswanouth Slahoot (which was anglicized as Dan Slaholt) to a tribal chief on Burrard Indian Reserve No. 3 in North Vancouver. His last name was changed to George when he entered a mission boarding school at the age of 5, where the use of his native language was discouraged, if not forbidden...
36. Shawn Weatherly Shawn Weatherly Actress, Police Academy 3: Back in Training
37. Peter Yates Peter Yates Director, Bullitt Having seen Robbery and Bullitt, it comes as no surprise that Peter Yates started out as a professional racing car driver and team manager - albeit briefly - before turning his attention to film. The son of a military man, he was educated at Charterhouse School and trained at RADA, gaining his first experience as an actor with local repertory companies...
38. John Partridge John Partridge Actor, Cats Musical theatre actor. Trained at Royal Ballet School, Bush Davies; and Performing Arts School Doreen Bird. Began career in the Cats UK national tour as dance captain, playing several roles (Alonzo, Rumpus Cat, u/s Rum Tum Tugger/Mistoffelees. Credits: (West End) The Hunting of the Snark - as 'Butcher'...
39. Mabel Albertson Mabel Albertson Actress, Barefoot in the Park When, at 50, Mabel Albertson was given the supporting role of Mrs. Carter, young actress Aileen Stanley Jr.'s mother in a Warner Bros. Technicolor musical romance, little did she know that she was starting out a movie and TV career in which she would shine as "the ultimate haughty judgmental (often wealthy) mother-in-law (or mother...
40. Sophie Desmarais Sophie Desmarais Actress, Sarah Prefers to Run
41. Torrie Wilson Torrie Wilson Self, WWE Divas: Undressed Torrie Wilson and The Franchise Shane Douglas make one of the most dynamic duos in Wrestling today. Torrie spent a great amount of time in WCW when she was not fulfilling her potential but that changed the day she became the valet for The Franchise Shane Douglas. Using all the dirty tricks of the trade...
42. Frank Silvera Frank Silvera Actor, Killer's Kiss He was a highly successful black actor/director in the 1950s and 1960s who - because of his light-skinned appearance - transcended race and ethnicity in his performances. In motion pictures, Frank Silvera was cast as black, Latino, Polynesian and "white"/racially indeterminate (due to black + white film stock's lack of discernment when rendering light-skinned African-Americans)...
43. Laraine Stephens Laraine Stephens Actress, The Thousand Plane Raid
44. Mitch Grassi Mitch Grassi Self, YouTubers React to First Kiss
45. Andrew McLaren Andrew McLaren Actor, Battle for Haditha Andrew was conceived in California and was born in Staten Island N.Y a borough of New York City and was put into an orphanage in Manhattan where he was later adopted by a family in Yonkers N.Y. He was a successful fashion model before enlisting in the United States Marine Corps in October 2001. Andrew was in Manhattan on September 11th...
46. Dawn Jeffory Dawn Jeffory Actress, General Hospital
47. Grégory Gadebois Grégory Gadebois Actor, Angel & Tony
48. Trevor Matthews Trevor Matthews Actor, Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer After studying Anthropology at Carleton University in Ottawa, Trevor attended the New York Film Academy where he graduated in 2002. It wasn't long before his passion for film enticed Trevor to team up with Jon Knautz and Patrick White to form Brookstreet Pictures Corp. As CEO, Trevor initiated his film career by producing and acting in Brookstreet Pictures' series of short films: Teen Massacre...
49. Chris Haywood Chris Haywood Actor, Shine
50. Robert Emhardt Robert Emhardt Actor, Another World Robert Emhardt looked and sounded as if he had intentionally been created by some perverse god to play villains. Though rotund, he had hooded, lizard like eyes and a drawling whine in his voice. The real Robert Emhardt, however, was a well-educated, cultured, generous man, not at all like the characters he often portrayed...
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