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1. Eva Mendes Eva Mendes Actress, Hitch Eva Mendes was born in Miami, Florida but raised in Los Angeles, California of Cuban-American heritage. In college, she began acting, studying underneath acting coach Ivana Chubbuck. This led to her desire to appear in feature films. Though taking many smaller roles in movies, she was little known until playing the girlfriend of Denzel Washington's character in Training Day...
2. James Noble James Noble Actor, One Life to Live The son of a Dallas wholesale coal dealer, Noble spent much of his youth attending pool halls and movie houses. He retained his expertise with a pool cue throughout his life, while his stronger interest in acting (fueled by movies) manifested itself in local stage productions and drama studies at Southern Methodist University...
3. Jolene Blalock Jolene Blalock Actress, Starship Troopers 3: Marauder Jolene Blalock was born and raised in San Diego, California. At age 16, she left home to pursue a modeling career in Europe and Asia. It was on a 1998 trip back to the United States that Blalock was compelled to flex her untested acting skills, and after a few commercial appearances and some skill-sharpening at Stella Adler Academy and Toronto's Second City Improv and Second City Los Angeles...
4. Riki Lindhome Riki Lindhome Actress, Million Dollar Baby Riki Lindhome was born in Coudersport, Pennsylvania but grew up primarily in Portville, New York (near Buffalo). Her first break came when Tim Robbins cast her in his hit play, "Embedded", which played at the Public Theater in New York City, Riverside Studios in London and The Actor's Gang Theater in Los Angeles...
5. Lisa Robin Kelly Lisa Robin Kelly Actress, Syzygy She first made her acting debut, at age 21, in a 1992 episode of Married with Children, and went on to guest-star in many popular television shows, such as Murphy Brown, The X-Files, Sisters and Silk Stalkings and appeared in many obscure, straight-to-video/TV movies. She finally earned her big break and minor celebrity status...
6. Jake Lloyd Jake Lloyd Actor, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
7. Sterling Knight Sterling Knight Actor, 17 Again Sterling Knight was born and raised in Houston, Texas, who discovered his passion for acting at an early age of 10. He appeared on various plays through out his school years and had his big film break as a supporting role on 17 Again as Alex O'Donnell. In his first leading television role, Knight starred as Chad Dylan Cooper...
8. Paul Blackthorne Paul Blackthorne Actor, Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India Blackthorne's first film role was as Captain Andrew Russell in the Oscar-nominated Bollywood film Lagaan. He spent six months learning Hindi for the role. He also starred in Mindcrime and the festival-winning indie feature length film Four Corners of Suburbia, winner of both the Crossroads Film Festival...
9. Hanna Alström Hanna Alström Actress, Kingsman: The Secret Service
10. Kevin Connolly Kevin Connolly Actor, The Notebook
11. Matt Lucas Matt Lucas Actor, Alice in Wonderland
12. Talia Balsam Talia Balsam Actress, No Strings Attached
13. Dean Stockwell Dean Stockwell Actor, Blue Velvet Photogenic American child actor of the 1940s, popular due in no small measure to his air of innocence and his beautiful, cherubic face with its dimples and his sparkling eyes, topped with a crown of curls. Still an actor in demand while well into his middle years, he is one of the few juvenile performers to succeed lifelong in films...
14. Samantha Eggar Samantha Eggar Actress, Hercules
15. Karolina Wydra Karolina Wydra Actress, Crazy, Stupid, Love.
16. Hanna Mangan Lawrence Hanna Mangan Lawrence Actress, X: Night of Vengeance
17. Rex Harrison Rex Harrison Actor, My Fair Lady Rex Harrison was born Reginald Carey Harrison in Huyton, Lancashire, England, to Edith Mary (Carey) and William Reginald Harrison, a cotton broker. He changed his name to Rex as a young boy, knowing it was the Latin word for "King". Starting out on his theater career at age 18, his first job at the Liverpool Rep Theatre was nearly his last - dashing across the stage to say his one line...
18. Jason Fuchs Jason Fuchs Writer, Ice Age: Continental Drift Actor, writer. New York City native Jason Fuchs has been acting since the age of 7 when he appeared at Lincoln Center in the play "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" with Sam Waterston. In 1996, Jason made his feature film debut as Marvin in "Flipper" opposite Elijah Wood and Paul Hogan. Back on stage, Jason...
19. Fred Williamson Fred Williamson Actor, Starsky & Hutch Former Oakland Raiders/Kansas City Chiefs football star who rose to prominence as one of the first African-American male action stars of the "blaxploitation" genre of the early 1970s, who has since gone on to a long and illustrious career as an actor, director, writer, and producer! Burly, yet handsome 6' 3" Williamson first came to attention in the TV series Julia playing love interest...
20. Neil Jackson Neil Jackson Actor, Quantum of Solace
21. Aasif Mandvi Aasif Mandvi Actor, Spider-Man 2
22. Michael Warren Michael Warren Actor, Butterflies Are Free Smart, talented African-American actor Michael Warren could have followed in the star shoes of Sidney Poitier but Denzel Washington beat him to it. Best remembered for his Emmy-nominated role as police officer Bobby Hill in the Steven Bochco crime series Hill Street Blues, Mike's respected turn on this quality show should have led to much bigger things...
23. Aislinn Paul Aislinn Paul Actress, Trigger Aislinn Paul was born on March 5, 1994 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Aislinn is best-known for her role as "Clare Edwards" on Degrassi: The Next Generation. She was a recurring character in seasons 6-7, becoming a regular character in season 8 up to season 14. Most recently seen in NBC's mini series event Heroes Reborn as Phoebe...
24. Penn Jillette Penn Jillette Self, Tim's Vermeer
25. Paul Sand Paul Sand Actor, The Main Event
26. Jack Cassidy Jack Cassidy Actor, The Eiger Sanction
27. Rena Riffel Rena Riffel Actress, Mulholland Dr. Rena was born March 5, 1969 in Los Angeles. She was raised in the Central Coast of California. Rena competed in gymkhana and rodeo events and was crowned Princess Of The Mid-State Fair. There she was photographed with her horse and her picture took first place in a photo contest. This launched Rena's modeling career...
28. Pier Paolo Pasolini Pier Paolo Pasolini Writer, Accattone Pier Paolo Pasolini achieved fame and notoriety long before he entered the film industry. A published poet at 19, he had already written numerous novels and essays before his first screenplay in 1954. His first film Accattone was based on his own novel and its violent depiction of the life of a pimp in the slums of Rome caused a sensation...
29. Yuri Lowenthal Yuri Lowenthal Actor, Big Hero 6 Born in Alliance, Ohio, which was the first of many homes for Yuri; he's lived in Virginia, Tennessee, West Africa, Japan, New York and resides in Los Angeles. Yuri discovered his talent and passion for acting near the end of high school and since then has made a reputation of being a committed and creative artist on both stage and screen internationally...
30. Jessica Boehrs Jessica Boehrs Actress, EuroTrip
31. Jill Ritchie Jill Ritchie Actress, Herbie Fully Loaded Jill Ritchie grew up in Romeo, about an hour north of Detroit. She attended Romeo High School where she did lots of theatre. She attended DePaul University's Theatre School for a year before transferring to USC where she graduated with a B.A. in Theatre.
32. Marsha Warfield Marsha Warfield Actress, Caddyshack II
33. Annette Charles Annette Charles Actress, Grease
34. James Sikking James Sikking Actor, General Hospital James B. Sikking was born on March 5, 1934 in Los Angeles, California, the son of Unity ministers. He is probably best known for his yeoman work as hard-charging--and hardheaded--SWAT leader Lt. Howard Hunter on the classic police drama Hill Street Blues. His full name--James Barrie Sikking--was given to him as J.M. Barrie (of "Peter Pan" fame) was his parents' favorite author at the time...
35. Adriana Barraza Adriana Barraza Actress, Thor
36. Kimberly McCullough Kimberly McCullough Actress, All My Children Kimberly McCullough has been a working actor since the tender age of seven months. She made her first TV appearance in a diaper commercial opposite 'Juliet Mills'. She attended NYU's Tisch School for the Arts in 1996-97. McCullough's mother, a dance instructor, fostered her daughter's love of dance and...
37. Scott Mosier Scott Mosier Producer, Clerks
38. Virginia Christine Virginia Christine Actress, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Virginia was a concert pianist and a trained lyric soprano. She studied dancing with Maria Bekefi and acting with the renowned professional studio coach, Helena Sorell and Michael Mark. Virginia spoke four languages, English, French, Swedish and German.
39. Henry Travers Henry Travers Actor, It's a Wonderful Life British-born Henry Travers was a veteran of the English stage before emigrating to the U.S. in 1917. He gained more stage experience there on Broadway working with the Theatre Guild, and began his long film career with Reunion in Vienna. Travers' kindly, grandfatherly demeanor became familiar to filmgoers over the next 25 years...
40. Michael Irvin Michael Irvin Self, The Comebacks
41. Tania Saulnier Tania Saulnier Actress, Slither Canadian actress Tania Saulnier began her acting career in 1998. A former competitive dancer before entering the acting gig, Tania got her start on television. Throughout the years she has been in acting, Tania has credits strongly tied to television. Amidst her steady list of screen appearances both on the small and big screen...
42. David Palffy David Palffy Actor, House of the Dead David Palffy is a film and television actor of Welsh - Hungarian descent. He attended Harvard and University of Calgary studying law (LLB) degree. Palffy left law to attend the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England after which he appeared in a number of notable theatrical productions such as Midsummer Nights Dream as Oberon...
43. Nicholas Smith Nicholas Smith Actor, The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
44. John Cenatiempo John Cenatiempo Stunts, American Gangster
45. Jonathan Penner Jonathan Penner Actor, Coneheads
46. Henry Daniell Henry Daniell Actor, The Great Dictator One of Hollywood's greatest screen villains, Charles Henry Daniell had the profound misfortune to make his professional theatrical debut on the eve of World War I. His life thus interrupted, he served in the trenches on the Western Front with the 2nd Battalion of the British Army's Norfolk Regiment...
47. Joan Shawlee Joan Shawlee Actress, Some Like It Hot Zany, extrovert, sometimes blonde, sometimes brunette, sometimes red-haired character comedienne Joan Shawlee began her performing career as a fourteen-year old Powers model. At sixteen, she sang in New York night spots and was proclaimed one of "the six most beautiful girls in Manhattan". Hollywood noticed in due course and 20th Century Fox signed her under contract...
48. Andy Gibb Andy Gibb Self, Olivia A blessing or a curse? Every silver lining has a cloud, yet sadly Andrew Roy Gibb had to find that out the hard way. Born the fifth and final child to parents Barbara (Born 2 November 1920) and Hugh Gibb (Born 15 January 1916) Andy grew up with his three older siblings dominating the music charts, collectively known as The Bee Gees...
49. Ursula Reit Ursula Reit Actress, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
50. Simon Abkarian Simon Abkarian Actor, Casino Royale Simon Abkarian was born Simone Abkarian on March 5, 1962, in Gonesse, a northeastern suburb of Paris, France, into a French - Armenian family. Young Simon Abkarian grew up in a trilingual environment, he learned French at school in addition to his native Armenian, and also learned English by watching American films since he was a kid...
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