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1. Karen Gillan Karen Gillan Actress, Guardians of the Galaxy Karen was born and raised in Inverness, Scotland, the daughter of Marie (Paterson) and John Gillan, who is a singer and recording artist. She developed a love for acting very early on, attending several youth theatre groups and taking part in a wide range of productions at her school, Charleston Academy...
2. Mary Elizabeth Winstead Mary Elizabeth Winstead Actress, 10 Cloverfield Lane Mary Elizabeth Winstead is a gifted actress, known for her versatile work in a variety of film and television projects. Possibly most known for her role as Ramona Flowers in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, she has also starred in critically acclaimed independent films such as Smashed, for which she received an Independent Spirit Award nomination...
3. Ed Harris Ed Harris Actor, A Beautiful Mind By transforming into his characters and pulling the audience in, Ed Harris has earned the reputation as one of the most talented actors of our time. Ed Harris was born in Tenafly, New Jersey, to Margaret (Sholl), a travel agent, and Robert Lee Harris, a bookstore worker who also sang professionally...
4. Aimee Garcia Aimee Garcia Actress, Dexter A Chicago native of Mexican and Puerto Rican descent, she made her professional stage debut at the age of seven in Paul Mejia's "Cinderella" at The Auditorium Theatre. By the age of twelve, she was dancing 20 shows a month as "Clara" in "The Nutcracker". She joined the Young People's Company, whose alumni include John Cusack,Joan Cusack...
5. Johnny Simmons Johnny Simmons Actor, The Perks of Being a Wallflower Jonathan James Simmons was born November 28, 1986 in Montgomery, Alabama, to Cindy and Ben Simmons. He was raised in Dallas, Texas. His first film in Los Angeles was entitled "My Ambition". When casting notices went out, there was a misprint stating that the production was looking for a lead female to play Julie Walters...
6. Alan Ritchson Alan Ritchson Actor, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Alan Ritchson has carved a space for himself on both the large and small screens since he made the trek from a small town in Florida to Los Angeles. Alan Michael Ritchson was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota, to Vickie (Harrell), a high school teacher, and David Ritchson, a U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sergeant...
7. Alfonso Cuarón Alfonso Cuarón Writer, Gravity Alfonso Cuarón Orozco was born on November 28th in Mexico City, Mexico. From an early age, he yearned to be either a film director or an astronaut. However, he did not want to enter the army, so he settled for directing. He didn't receive his first camera until his twelfth birthday, and then immediately started to film everything he saw...
8. Judd Nelson Judd Nelson Actor, The Breakfast Club Born in Portland, Maine to attorney Leonard Nelson and his wife, Merle Nelson, (attorney and state assemblywoman), Judd attended St. Paul's preparatory school in Concord, New Hampshire before majoring in philosophy at the prestigious Haverford College in Pennsylvania. The acting bug bit when he went to watch a friend's audition and was obliged to audition in order to stay. He won the role...
9. Scarlett Pomers Scarlett Pomers Actress, Reba Pomers starred as Reba McEntire's youngest daughter Kyra, on the WB Network's comedy hit Reba. Her previous acting roles included three years as Naomi Wildman, on Star Trek: Voyager, and the recurring role of Abigail Leski on CBS' critically-acclaimed show, That's Life. She began her career at the age of three in the Michael Jackson video...
10. Joe Cole Joe Cole Actor, Green Room
11. Ryan Kwanten Ryan Kwanten Actor, True Blood An Australian actor, Ryan Kwanten was born and raised in Sydney, Australia. He appeared on several TV shows Down Under, including a five year stint on the popular series Home and Away. After graduating from business school at the University of Sydney, he came to Los Angeles for what was supposed to be a brief visit but decided to stay...
12. Sunny Mabrey Sunny Mabrey Actress, Snakes on a Plane Sunny Mabrey is an actress, writer, and comedian who hails from Rainbow City, Alabama. After traveling the world on the modeling circuit for a year following high school, Sunny went on to graduate with a B.A. in Theatre from University of Mobile, a small liberal arts school where she discovered her passion for acting and entertainment...
13. Jon Stewart Jon Stewart Producer, The Daily Show Jon Stewart was born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz in New York City, New York, to Marian (Laskin), a teacher, and Donald Leibowitz, a physics professor. His family is Ashkenazi Jewish (from Austria, Ukraine, Poland, and Belarus). Stewart moved to Lawrenceville, New Jersey during his childhood. He graduated from the College Of William And Mary in Williamsburg...
14. Daniel Henney Daniel Henney Actor, Big Hero 6
15. Anna Nicole Smith Anna Nicole Smith Miscellaneous Crew, The Anna Nicole Show
16. Gloria Grahame Gloria Grahame Actress, It's a Wonderful Life Gloria Hallward was born in Los Angeles, California. She was the daughter of Michael Hallward, an architect, and Jean MacDougall, an actress whose stage name was Jean Grahame. Her mother later became her acting coach. Descended from royalty--King Edward III through her father's side--she was bred for acting at an early age...
17. Alexander Godunov Alexander Godunov Actor, Die Hard He was born on Sakhalin Island at the far eastern end of the former Soviet Union and began studying dance at age 9 in the Riga State Ballet School. He later said his mother put him there to prevent his becoming "a hooligan". One of his classmates and friends at the school was Mikhail Baryshnikov. After graduating he toured with the Moscow Classical Ballet...
18. Louise Bourgoin Louise Bourgoin Self, Le grand journal de Canal+
19. Jane Sibbett Jane Sibbett Actress, Santa Barbara The youngest of five happy children, Jane Sibbett was born in Berkeley, California to William Ryan Sibbett IV and social butterfly "Sis" Gaines Sibbett. After a few years in Orinda, California, the Sibbett family moved to the idyllic island of Alameda where destiny bellowed at her daily in the form of a gruff neighbor...
20. S. Epatha Merkerson S. Epatha Merkerson Actress, Law & Order A native of Michigan, S. Epatha Merkerson earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Wayne State University. In 1978, she moved to New York City to apply her craft on stage. Although best known since 1993 as the smart and shrewd Lieutenant Anita Van Buren on the long-running TV crime drama Law & Order...
21. Emun Elliott Emun Elliott Actor, Prometheus
22. Martin Clunes Martin Clunes Actor, Shakespeare in Love Martin Clunes was born the son of the noted Shakespearean actor Alec Clunes. He was educated at the Royal Russell School in Surrey and the Arts Educational School in Chiswick, London. He made his television debut playing an alien prince opposite Peter Davison in Snakedance: Part One (director Fiona Cumming...
23. Colman Domingo Colman Domingo Actor, Lincoln Colman Domingo lives and works between London and New York. He was educated at Temple University and moved to San Francisco to begin a career on the stage. He is an Olivier and Tony Award nominated actor, GLAAD and Lucille Lortel Award winning playwright. He has worked with notable artists such as Steven Spielberg...
24. Hope Lange Hope Lange Actress, Blue Velvet One of the most natural beauties of the 1960s with a gentle voice and personality to match, blonde Hope Lange was born in Redding Ridge, Connecticut, and performed on stage from the age of nine. She studied both drama and dance under Martha Graham, did some modeling and then worked in stock companies and on television...
25. Joe Dante Joe Dante Director, Gremlins Joseph Dante Jr. was born on November 28, 1946 in Morristown, New Jersey, and raised in the nearby borough of Parsippany. His father was a professional golf players and his father wrote some books on the instructions of playing golf some of which included Four Magic Moves to Winning Golf, and Stop that Slice...
26. Stephnie Weir Stephnie Weir Actress, MADtv Stephnie Weir was raised in Texas and attended Odessa Junior College studying theater and broadcasting. Following that she went on to attend Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, were she studied anthropology and women's studies. As she expanded on her creative talents in Chicago, Ms. Weir performed at the Second City's Main Stage...
27. Martin Cummins Martin Cummins Actor, Poltergeist: The Legacy
28. Jacqui Ainsley Jacqui Ainsley Actress, Heavy Rain
29. Rose Abdoo Rose Abdoo Actress, Good Night, and Good Luck.
30. Adam Hicks Adam Hicks Actor, Zeke and Luther
31. Juana Acosta Juana Acosta Actress, Vientos de la Habana
32. James Karen James Karen Actor, The Pursuit of Happyness Veteran Broadway, TV and film actor James Karen was encouraged as a young man to take up an acting career by U.S. Congressman Daniel J. Flood, who was an amateur actor himself. In 1947 Karen made his Broadway debut in "A Streetcar Named Desire", which led to appearances in over 20 Broadway productions...
33. Lucy Gutteridge Lucy Gutteridge Actress, Top Secret!
34. Danielle Moinet Danielle Moinet Actress, WWE Raw Actress Danielle Moinet is best known for being a WWE Diva under the ring name Summer Rae. She is the first WWE Diva to land a role in a WWE Studios film, The Marine 4: Moving Target, in which she did her own stunt work. She made her debut in the video game world as a downloadable character in WWE 2K14 and appears in WWE 2K15 & 2K16...
35. Yami Gautam Yami Gautam Actress, Vicky Donor She received IIFA - Star Debut of the Year Award and Zee Cine - Best Female Debut Award for Vicky Donor. She has acted in Total Siyappa and Action Jackson in 2014 and, Badlapur in 2015 against Varun Dhawan. All these movies performed well at the box office. She has also acted in Telugu Movie Courier Boy Kalyan and Tamil movie Tamilselvanum Thaniyar Anjalum.
36. Armando Iannucci Armando Iannucci Writer, Alan Partridge
37. Randy Newman Randy Newman Music Department, Toy Story 3
38. Laura Antonelli Laura Antonelli Actress, Malicious
39. Pamela Hayden Pamela Hayden Actress, The Simpsons
40. Michael Ritchie Michael Ritchie Director, Fletch
41. Kelly Wenham Kelly Wenham Actress, Life on Mars
42. Michael Blackson Michael Blackson Actor, Next Friday
43. Jonathan Mostow Jonathan Mostow Director, U-571
44. David de Lautour David de Lautour Actor, Westside
45. Paul Shaffer Paul Shaffer Music Department, Late Show with David Letterman
46. Emilia Schüle Emilia Schüle Actress, Freche Mädchen
47. Agnieszka Holland Agnieszka Holland Director, Europa Europa Agnieszka Holland was born 28 of November 1948 in Warsaw but went to Czechoslovakia to study film directing at FAMU in Prague. She began her film career working in Poland with Krzysztof Zanussi as assistant director, and Andrzej Wajda as her mentor. She wrote several scripts with Wajda before directing her own films...
48. Ryan Sampson Ryan Sampson Actor, Plebs
49. Sam Seder Sam Seder Actor, Happy Accidents
50. Lexington Steele Lexington Steele Actor, Crank: High Voltage
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