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1. Mia Wasikowska Mia Wasikowska Actress, Alice in Wonderland Mia is an Australian actress, born and raised in the country's capital, Canberra. She is the daughter of photographers Marzena Wasikowska and John Reid. Her mother is Polish and her father is an Australian of British ancestry. She has an older sister, Jess, and a younger brother, Kai. At age eight, her family moved to Poland for a year...
2. Lori Petty Lori Petty Actress, A League of Their Own After this feisty, kinetic, highly offbeat actress from Chattanooga, Tennessee, broke into TV in the 1980s, she immediately set herself apart from the norm with the mini-movie Bates Motel. This rather inauspicious beginning would also set Lori Petty off on a career as a fighter and a misfit, types for which she would be best known...
3. Ben Whishaw Ben Whishaw Actor, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Proclaimed by many critics as one of the best young actors of his generation, Benjamin John Whishaw was born in Clifton, Bedfordshire, to Linda (Hope), who works in cosmetics, and Jose Whishaw, who works in information technology. He has a twin brother, James. He is of French, German, Russian (father) and English (mother) descent...
4. Roger Moore Roger Moore Actor, The Spy Who Loved Me Roger Moore will perhaps always be remembered as the man who replaced Sean Connery in the James Bond series, arguably something he never lived down. Roger George Moore was born on October 14, 1927 in Stockwell, London, England, the son of Lillian (Pope) and George Alfred Moore, a policeman. He first wanted to be an artist...
5. Max Thieriot Max Thieriot Actor, Jumper Max Thieriot was born in 1988 in Los Altos Hills, California, and has two siblings. He was raised in Occidental, CA, and graduated from Sonoma Country Day School in 2002 and El Molino High School in 2006. He started acting when he took an improvisation class and modeled for GAP. He was also in two short films before making his big-screen debut in Catch That Kid...
6. David Oakes David Oakes Actor, The Borgias David began his career at Shakespeare's Globe performing in Love's Labour's Lost alongside Gemma Arterton, and in We the People, a new play by Eric Schlosser exploring the foundation of the American Constitution. He has also performed for the RSC and at the Old Vic Theatre under the management of Kevin Spacey in the 24 Hour Plays...
7. Jon Seda Jon Seda Actor, Twelve Monkeys Jon Seda's first passion was to be a championship boxer. After taking runner-up in the NJ Golden Gloves, the 1992 Olympics was the next goal. That's when fate stepped in; at his first audition, for Gladiator, he was given a co-starring role! Since then he has branched off into numerous television and film roles...
8. Rowan Blanchard Rowan Blanchard Actress, Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D
9. Steve Coogan Steve Coogan Actor, Philomena
10. Stacy Keibler Stacy Keibler Actress, WWE Raw Although her career spans over two decades, Stacy Keibler continues to be the fresh-faced beauty that both film and television audiences adore. Stacy was born in Baltimore, Maryland. She began dancing when she was three-years-old and has a background in ballet, tap and jazz. Stacy went to school in Baltimore and was also one of Baltimore's first "Raven Cheerleaders"...
11. Harry Anderson Harry Anderson Actor, Night Court
12. Lillian Gish Lillian Gish Actress, The Night of the Hunter Lillian Gish was born into a broken family where her restless father James Lee Gish was frequently absent. Mary Robinson McConnell a.k.a. Mary Gish, her mother, had entered into acting to make money to support the family. As soon as Lillian and her sister Dorothy were old enough, they became part of the act...
13. Mackenzie Mauzy Mackenzie Mauzy Actress, Into the Woods
14. Udo Kier Udo Kier Actor, Blade Udo Kier was born October 14, 1944 in Cologne, Germany, during World War II. His entrance was just as dramatic as some of his roles. On the evening of his birth Udo's mother requested extra time with her new baby. The nurses had gathered all of the other babies and returned them to the nursery when the hospital was bombed...
15. Jay Pharoah Jay Pharoah Actor, Saturday Night Live
16. Skyler Shaye Skyler Shaye Actress, Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
17. Usher Raymond Usher Raymond Producer, Justin Bieber: Never Say Never Usher Raymond IV was born in Dallas, Texas, to Jonetta Patton (née O'Neal) and Usher Raymond III. He began singing when he was six years old, joining the local church choir at the behest of his mother who acted as choir director. Jonetta, a single mom, raised Usher and his younger brother, James, in Chattanooga...
18. Greg Evigan Greg Evigan Actor, TekWar Born in South Amboy, New Jersey, Greg Evigan auditioned and won a part in the Broadway show "Jesus Christ Superstar" one month after graduating from high school. He also joined the cast of another touring company, playing the lead in the musical "Grease". He has had much success in television and has had two hit series, B.J. and the Bear and My Two Dads.
19. Lesley Joseph Lesley Joseph Actress, Birds of a Feather
20. Rick Aviles Rick Aviles Actor, Waterworld
21. Savanna Samson Savanna Samson Actress, The Devil in Miss Jones Savanna Samson was trained as a ballerina, spending years at ballet school. That training eventually served her well when she decided to become an exotic dancer, and her talent and extraordinary beauty landed her a job at Scores, one of the country's top "gentleman's clubs", in New York City. Her entrance into the adult-film business was a bit unusual...
22. Natalie Maines Natalie Maines Self, Shut Up & Sing Natalie Maines, born in Lubbock, Texas in 1974, began singing at age 3. In high school, she was a cheerleader. During her time in high school, she played in a band. They had three gigs before breaking up. In the 1990s, she attended Berklee College. Soon, after that, she auditioned for a music group...
23. Trevor Goddard Trevor Goddard Actor, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Trevor Goddard was born in Croydon, Surrey, England on October 14, 1962. His parents, Eric and Clara, and baby Trevor moved to Bromley, Kent, where he grew up. As a natural athlete, Trevor was highly interested in sports. As a youngster, he played football (soccer) and cricket and enjoyed running as well as many other recreational activities...
24. Robert Webber Robert Webber Actor, 12 Angry Men Over his 40-year career as one of Hollywood's veteran character actors, Robert Webber always marked his spot by playing all types of roles and was not stereotyped into playing just one kind of character. Sometimes he even got to play a leading role (see Hysteria). Webber first started out in...
25. Cansu Dere Cansu Dere Actress, Sila Cansu Dere born on October 14, 1980 in Ankara is a Turkish film and television actress, model, and beauty pageant runner-up. After graduation from the department of Archaeology at Istanbul University, she made her debut in TV and movies in the beginning of 2004. Between 2006-2008 she had a leading role as 'Sila' in the Sila series with Mehmet Akif Alakurt...
26. Arleen Sorkin Arleen Sorkin Actress, Batman: Arkham Asylum
27. Paul Fitzgerald Paul Fitzgerald Actor, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Born in New York City and raised in Lynchburg, Virginia, Paul graduated from Northwestern University in 1993 and went on to get his masters at the Old Globe/University of San Diego Drama School. He and his producing partner, Kelly Miller, formed their company, Pulled Pictures, in 2004 to produce Paul's directorial debut feature...
28. Daniel Clark Daniel Clark Actor, Juno After a long career as an actor, Daniel Clark is currently working as a producer and news correspondent for Fusion, the new cable channel launched by ABC News and Univision. Previously, Clark has worked for both Nightline and ABC World News Tonight with Diane Sawyer. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Daniel's first role was as "Chip" in a stage production of Disney's Beauty and the Beast in 1997...
29. Orion Acaba Orion Acaba Actor, The LEGO Movie Videogame
30. Joey Travolta Joey Travolta Actor, Beverly Hills Cop III
31. Chen Chang Chen Chang Actor, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
32. David Strickland David Strickland Actor, Suddenly Susan David Strickland was born in Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, on October 14, 1969. Raised in Princeton, New Jersey, he never thought about an acting career until moving to the LA suburb of Pacific Palisades while in high school. Instead of going to college, he joined a theater company and began performing comedy sketches that he wrote along with a friend...
33. Owen Kline Owen Kline Actor, The Squid and the Whale
34. Jessica Drake Jessica Drake Actress, Manhunters Texas native Jessica Drake was a dancer in an El Paso strip club that often featured porn stars, and she would watch them and think that she could do it better. She spoke with friends who were involved in the adult-film industry and eventually decided to give it a try herself. She made her first film in 2000...
35. Christopher Timothy Christopher Timothy Actor, Doctors
36. David Kaye David Kaye Actor, Up David Kaye's vocal career began with 'The Great American Hero', General Hawk in the D.I.C. animation series, G.I. Joe in 1989. Working as an on-air talent for radio station C.K.L.G. (L.G.73) quickly became less interesting as both on-camera and behind-the-microphone roles started taking up more time...
37. Alexandra Lamy Alexandra Lamy Actress, Ricky
38. Dyanne Thorne Dyanne Thorne Actress, Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS Strikingly buxom, ravishing and voluptuous redheaded stunner Dyanne Thorne will forever live on in cult exploitation cinema infamy for her ferocious and frightening portrayal of wicked Nazi villainess Ilsa in the notoriously nasty "Ilsa" features made throughout the 1970s. Dyanne was born on October 14...
39. Cliff Richard Cliff Richard Self, It's Cliff Richard Cliff Richard burst onto the rock'n'roll world in 1958 with his hit single Move It. He was then known as Britain's answer to Elvis Presley. His first film was Serious Charge followed by Expresso Bongo, Wonderful to Be Young! and Summer Holiday. Wonderful to Be Young! and Summer Holiday were both massive hits for Cliff in Britain and overseas where Cliff was now a major pop star...
40. Jonathan Kerrigan Jonathan Kerrigan Actor, In the Club Jonathan Kerrigan (born 14 October 1972 in Lincolnshire) is an English actor well known for various leading roles on TV including In The Club, Casualty, Heartbeat, Merseybeat, and Reach For The Moon. Films include 55 Steps, Diana, FLiM, The Somnambulists, The Best Possible Taste. He is also a musician and has composed for both television and film.
41. Elizabeth Sung Elizabeth Sung Actress, Memoirs of a Geisha Raised in Hong Kong, Elizabeth Sung is fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin. She holds a BFA in Dance from The Juilliard School and was a member of The Alvin Ailey Dance Company. Elizabeth studied acting with Sanford Meisner and Milton Katselas. She was in the Directing Workshop for Women at the American Film Institute where she made her first award winning film...
42. Daniel Roche Daniel Roche Actor, Outnumbered Daniel Roche was born in London on 14th October 1999. He is best known for his role as Ben in the hugely popular sitcom Outnumbered. He has also had minor roles in Casualty and has appeared in an advert for Kingsmill bread. In 2010, he starred as William Brown in Just William. In 2011, he took part...
43. Michael Sloan Michael Sloan Writer, The Equalizer
44. Lois Hamilton Lois Hamilton Actress, Stripes Lois Hamilton (Areno) personified a new wave of actresses who built careers on both beauty and brains. Lois attend Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennslyvannia, and the University of Florence in Florence, Italy, where she received degrees in Psychology and Fine Arts. As a top Ford model in the late 1970s...
45. Edward Kerr Edward Kerr Actor, Pretty Little Liars Edward Kerr was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri and moved to Los Angeles in 1990 after graduating from Vanderbilt University. His first starring role in a film came in 1994 playing Christopher Reeve's brother in the crime thriller "Above Suspicion" (also starring Joe Mantegna, Kim Cattrall and William H...
46. Chris Thomas King Chris Thomas King Actor, O Brother, Where Art Thou? Multi-talented Grammy Award-winning blues artist, producer, composer and actor Chris Thomas King was born in 1962. His father, Tabby Thomas is a well-respected blues musician and owner of the famed Baton Rouge blues club Tabby's Blues Box and Heritage Hall. He grew up among the finest blues musicians in the genre at his father's blues club and began touring with artists like Buddy Guy and B...
47. Françoise Pascal Françoise Pascal Actress, La rose de fer Born on the Island of Mauritius. She was educated in Paris and in London. Her first film was Loving Feeling, a film by Bashoo Sen. Directed by Norman Warren. Then followed There's a Girl in My Soup with Peter Sellers playing Paola. Whilst she was having lunch with her then partner Richard Johnson at the White Elephant in Mayfair...
48. Ralph Lauren Ralph Lauren Costume and Wardrobe Department, Annie Hall
49. Clarence Muse Clarence Muse Actor, Shadow of a Doubt
50. Jack Arnold Jack Arnold Director, Creature from the Black Lagoon Jack Arnold reigns supreme as one of the great directors of 1950s science-fiction features. His films are distinguished by moody black and white cinematography, solid acting, smart, thoughtful scripts, snappy pacing, a genuine heartfelt enthusiasm for the genre and plenty of eerie atmosphere. Arnold was born on October 14...
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