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1. Zendaya Zendaya Actress, Shake It Up! Zendaya, which means "to give thanks" in the language of Shona, was born in Oakland, California. She now lives in Los Angeles, California with her family and her dog, named "Midnight". She was a part of the California Shakespearian Theatre, where her mom worked as a House Manager. She would help out in the theatre and even got to do many plays after...
2. Boyd Holbrook Boyd Holbrook Actor, Gone Girl
3. Lara Pulver Lara Pulver Actress, Edge of Tomorrow Lara was born and raised in Essex, UK. She studied drama with the NYMT and went on to gain a BA Honors degree in Theatre. Lara's extensive theatre career led her to gain a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for her portrayal of "Lucille Frank" in Rob Ashford's production of "Parade" at The Donmar Warehouse...
4. Scott Speedman Scott Speedman Actor, Underworld Scott Speedman was born in London, England, to Scottish parents, Mary (Campbell), a primary school teacher, and Roy Speedman, a department store buyer. He grew up in Toronto, Canada. He was an aspiring swimmer and held a record amongst the best for distance freestyle, unfortunately, an accident put that career path on hold forever...
5. Burn Gorman Burn Gorman Actor, The Dark Knight Rises The youngest of four children, Burn was born in Hollywood but was brought up in London with his parents and sisters. Burn's father is a Professor of Linguistics at UCLA. In 2006 Burn and his wife Sarah, a teacher welcomed their son Max Hugh Gorman. Their daughter, Nell was born on January 25, 2009. Gorman has worked with the English National Opera...
6. Lily Tomlin Lily Tomlin Actress, I Heart Huckabees Lily Tomlin was born September 1, 1939 in Detroit, Michigan, to Lillie Mae (Ford) and Guy Tomlin, who moved to Michigan from Paducah, Kentucky, during the Great Depression. Her mother was a nurse's aide and her father was a factory worker. She graduated from Cass Technical High School in 1957, and later enrolled at Wayne State University...
7. Yvonne De Carlo Yvonne De Carlo Actress, The Munsters Yvonne De Carlo was born Margaret Yvonne Middleton on September 1, 1922 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She was three when her father abandoned the family. Her mother turned to waitressing in a restaurant to make ends meet--a rough beginning for an actress who would, one day, be one of Hollywood's elite...
8. Zoe Lister-Jones Zoe Lister-Jones Actress, Salt Zoe Lister-Jones grew up in Brooklyn, New York, the only child of two artists. She graduated with honors from NYU Tisch School of the Arts, where she studied at the Atlantic Theatre Company Acting School. Lister-Jones wrote and starred in her critically acclaimed one-woman show entitled "Codependence is a Four Letter Word"...
9. Michelle Meyrink Michelle Meyrink Actress, Real Genius
10. James Rebhorn James Rebhorn Actor, Scent of a Woman James Robert Rebhorn (September 1, 1948 - March 21, 2014) was an American actor who appeared in over 100 films, television series, and plays. At the time of his death, he had recurring roles in the current series White Collar and Homeland. An early performance was in Butterflies are Free at the Peterborough Players in New Hampshire in 1974...
11. Aisling Loftus Aisling Loftus Actress, Oranges and Sunshine
12. Richard Farnsworth Richard Farnsworth Actor, Misery An American stuntman who, after more than 30 years in the business, moved into acting and became an acclaimed and respected character actor, Richard Farnsworth was a native of Los Angeles. He grew up around horses and as a teenager was offered an opportunity to ride in films. He appeared in horse-racing scenes and cavalry charges unbilled...
13. Padma Lakshmi Padma Lakshmi Producer, Top Chef
14. Don Stroud Don Stroud Actor, Django Unchained He's the son of Vaudeville great, Clarence Stroud, of the Stroud Twins and singer Ann McCormack, who toured the world with Frank Sinatra. Don grew up on the beach in Honolulu, Hawaii, where his stepfather, Paul Livermore, and his mother, Ann, owned and operated the popular "Embers Steak House" and nightclub where Ann performed nightly...
15. Adrienne Wilkinson Adrienne Wilkinson Actress, Reflections This blue-eyed beauty was born in Missouri. She started taking dance classes at the age of two, and was performing in recitals and on stage almost immediately. Her pursuit of dance continued through high school with various dance classes and companies. While a senior in high school she joined a theater troupe...
16. Maury Sterling Maury Sterling Actor, Coherence
17. Chanel West Coast Chanel West Coast Self, Ridiculousness
18. Steve Pemberton Steve Pemberton Actor, Mr. Bean's Holiday Born in Blackburn, Steve Pemberton graduated from Bretton Hall Drama College with a BA (Hons) in Theatre Arts. As well as being a quarter of the award-winning comedy team The League of Gentlemen, his previous work has centred mainly around fringe theatre, being a founder member of 606 Theatre, and he has produced...
19. Ricardo Chavira Ricardo Chavira Actor, Desperate Housewives
20. Barry Gibb Barry Gibb Soundtrack, Good Will Hunting If you were to try and summarize Barry Gibb's forty-five year career in the music industry in a single phrase you would probably come up with something such as "versatile". Barry Gibb continues to remain an important, relevant figure in the music industry due to his willingness to adapt his music, his style and his image into whatever musical styling is at the fore...
21. Grant Lee Phillips Grant Lee Phillips Soundtrack, Friends with Benefits Singer/songwriter/actor Grant-Lee Phillips, formerly of the band Grant Lee Buffalo, He was voted "Best Male Vocalist" of 1994 by Rolling Stone. The band's most popular songs include "Fuzzy", "Mockingbirds" and "Truly, Truly." Phillips stars in the recurring role of The Town Troubadour on the popular series Gilmore Girls...
22. Gloria Estefan Gloria Estefan Soundtrack, Futurama
23. Polly Shannon Polly Shannon Actress, Lie with Me Polly Shannon grew up in Aylmer, Quebec, with her mother (a Canadian Script-Writer for children's television) and her father (Director-General of Health Canada). She was given a deadline of the age of 25 to make it or break it as an actress, and she's more then met that quota. In 1999, alone, she's...
24. Craig McLachlan Craig McLachlan Actor, Neighbours Craig McLachlan is one of Australia's most versatile actors and a household name in both Australia and the U.K. He has been the recipient of the top Australian television accolade, the coveted Gold Logie, and his stage production of Grease held the U.K. West End all-time box office record from 1993 right up to 2010...
25. Susan Backlinie Susan Backlinie Actress, Jaws
26. Mary Louise Weller Mary Louise Weller Actress, Animal House Mary Louise Weller was born on September 1, 1946 and raised in Los Angeles. The onetime top New York model made her film debut with an uncredited tiny role in the superbly gritty cop drama Serpico. Weller was especially memorable as a beautiful marine biologist in the made-for-TV picture Hunters of the Reef and...
27. Phil Hendrie Phil Hendrie Actor, Team America: World Police Phil Hendrie has been a pioneer in the entertainment industry over the last two decades. This turned him into a Radio Icon a voice-over artist (more than 40 voices) and a sought after character actor in Hollywood. Hendrie still hosts his critically acclaimed podcast radio show "The Phil Hendrie Show" out of Los Angeles...
28. George Maharis George Maharis Actor, Route 66 Tall, dark and handsome, not to mention a charismatic rebel of 60s Hollywood, actor George Maharis (real Greek family name is Mahairas) was born in 1928 in Astoria, New York as one of seven children. His immigrant father was a restaurateur. George expressed an early interest in singing and initially pursued it as a career...
29. Debbie Chazen Debbie Chazen Actress, Sherlock Debbie Chazen was born in London to Freda, a teacher of French and German, and Arnold, a singer. From them she gets her language skills (Debbie speaks French, Russian, German and Spanish) and alto voice. She was awarded a scholarship to study at the prestigious St Paul's Girls' School and then went on to study Russian and Spanish at Manchester University...
30. Camille Chen Camille Chen Actress, Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
31. Elen Willard Elen Willard Actress, 12 O'Clock High
32. Roberto Sneider Roberto Sneider Producer, Arráncame la vida
33. Vittorio Gassman Vittorio Gassman Actor, Sleepers Vittorio Gassman studied theatre in his youth and was quite a good basketball player. He debuted on stage in 1943 and soon felt home in all classical theatre works. Since 1946 he also worked at the movies and his first big role there was the criminal in Bitter Rice. This fixed him to his main parts: The ambigous gentleman inflicting pain and pleasure at the same time...
34. Zak Penn Zak Penn Writer, The Incredible Hulk Zak Penn's career began as a screenwriter when he sold his first script, Last Action Hero, at the age of twenty-three. Since then, Penn has become known for his work on numerous films based on Marvel comics, including X-Men 2 and X-Men: The Last Stand, The Incredible Hulk, and The Avengers. He has also dabbled in other genres...
35. Jung-min Hwang Jung-min Hwang Actor, Sinsegye
36. Phil McGraw Phil McGraw Producer, Dr. Phil Phil McGraw was born in Vinita, Oklahoma, to Anne Geraldine "Jerry" (Stevens) and Joseph J. "Joe" McGraw, Jr., an equipment supplier for oil fields. He earned his doctorate degree in psychology from the University of North Texas [1979]. In 1980 he founded Courtroom Sciences, Inc., a full-service trial sciences firm...
37. James Nguyen James Nguyen Writer, Birdemic: Shock and Terror Director James Nguyen is the founder of Moviehead.com, an online movie theater. In 2001, he produced and directed Julie and Jack - a romantic thriller about love and spirituality. In 2004, he completed a second film: Replica - a romantic thriller. Recently, James completed directing Birdemic - Shock and Terror...
38. Jenae Altschwager Jenae Altschwager Actress, Click
39. Billy Blanks Billy Blanks Actor, The Last Boy Scout Muscular African American sports star, actor, media identity and inventor of the phenomenally popular "Tae Bo" fitness system, derived from his extensive martial arts training. Blanks was born in Eerie, Pennsylvania in 1955 amongst humble backgrounds and grew up as one of 15 children, battling dyslexia and tendon problems...
40. Melanie Blake Roth Melanie Blake Roth Actress, Indignation
41. Michael Adamthwaite Michael Adamthwaite Actor, Warcraft Michael David Adamthwaite, born Sept 1, 1981, in Ontario, Canada. Michael entered the arts in his community theater program in the mid 1990's. He then moved to Vancouver British Columbia to pursue acting professionally in September of 2000. In the years since, Michael has etched out a career as an Actor...
42. Betty Blythe Betty Blythe Actress, She Brunette, buxom matinee idol Betty Blythe capitalised on the 'roaring 20's' infatuation with exotic screen sirens to achieve a brief period of stardom. She was notoriously one of the first actresses to ever appear nude (or in various stages of undress) on screen. It wasn't that Betty couldn't act, as well - in fact...
43. Ron O'Neal Ron O'Neal Actor, Super Fly Tall, lean, handsome veteran stage and classically trained actor, best known for his iconic role as Youngblood Priest - the long haired, stylishly dressed cocaine dealer who wants to make one last big score so he can retire from the cocaine business, in the seminal 1972 crime drama Super Fly. Son of a jazz musician who worked as a factory worker to support his family...
44. Taryn Marler Taryn Marler Actress, H2O: Just Add Water Taryn Marler is best known for her role on popular teen drama, Blue Water High series 2, as Rachel Samuels and her villainous role in the internationally successful children's/tween series, H2O: Just Add Water, where she played Sophie Benjamin. She also appeared in the award winning short film Car Pool...
45. Johnny Mack Brown Johnny Mack Brown Actor, Coquette An All-American halfback while attending the University of Alabama, Johnny Mack Brown chose the silver screen over the green grass of the football field when he graduated. Signed to a contract with MGM in 1926, Brown debuted in Slide, Kelly, Slide with William Haines in a film about - baseball. This was followed by The Bugle Call...
46. Justice Leak Justice Leak Actor, The Walking Dead Justice Leak was born and raised in Montgomery, Alabama. His father, George, a former police officer, named his daughter, Liberty and son, Justice after vowing to do so while a young soldier in Vietnam. "My Dad said if he made it back home, he'd give us these names after his love for his country." During his childhood...
47. Ashley Holliday Ashley Holliday Actress, American Crime Story Ashley discovered acting at an early age, having grown up in the film industry. At the age of 1 1/2, she had her first on-screen appearance on Miami Vice as the adopted daughter of Stanley Tucci. Ashley graduated from the prestigious Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, and attended DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois, both for Theater...
48. Danielle Vasinova Danielle Vasinova Actress, To Hell with a Bullet Danielle Vasinova is a high-spirited actress of Czech, Navajo, and English decent known for her colorful action-adventure roles. She's currently starring in the action/thriller Red Dead, from the makers of the popular sci-fi television series Z Nation. In this Grimm's Fairy Tale meets The Undead story...
49. Helena Af Sandeberg Helena Af Sandeberg Actress, Hypnotisören Born and raised in Stockholm, Sweden, Helena af Sandeberg is one of the most proliferate, versatile and acclaimed actresses of her generation. After studying drama at the Sodra Latin High School of Performing Arts, she went on to study at Lee Strasbergs Actors Studio in New York. Upon returning to Sweden she embarked a rich career in features...
50. Sachi Parker Sachi Parker Actress, Back to the Future
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