IMDb: Most Popular People Born On December 12

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1.		Jennifer Connelly Actress, Requiem for a Dream Jennifer Connelly was born in the Catskill Mountains, New York, to Ilene (Schuman), a dealer of antiques, and Gerard Connelly, a clothing manufacturer. Her father had Irish and Norwegian ancestry, and her mother was from a Jewish immigrant family. Jennifer grew up in Brooklyn Heights, just across the Brooklyn Bridge from Manhattan...
2.		Mayim Bialik Actress, The Big Bang Theory Mayim Bialik grew up in San Diego and got her first acting job (Pumpkinhead) when she was just 12 years old. A number of TV roles followed until in 1990 she was cast in Blossom, the role which made her famous. By 1993, while Blossom was still airing, she had already won a deferred place at Harvard and was also accepted by Yale but chose in the end to attend UCLA...
3.		Mädchen Amick Actress, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me Born and raised in Sparks, Nevada, Madchen Amick was encouraged by her parents to follow her own creative instincts where she learned the skill of playing the piano, bass, violin and guitar as well as being able to do tap, ballet, jazz and modern dancing. In 1987 at the age of 16, she traveled to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting
4.		Bill Nighy Actor, Love Actually Bill Nighy is an award-winning British character actor. He was born on December 12, 1949 in Caterham, Surrey, England, to Catherine Josephine (Whittaker), a psychiatric nurse from Glasgow, and Alfred Martin Nighy, who was English-born and managed a garage in Croydon. At school, he gained 'O'-levels in English Language and English Literature and enjoyed reading...
5.		Sheree J. Wilson Actress, Walker, Texas Ranger Sheree J. Wilson has gained worldwide recognition starring in two enormously popular long running television series. Appearing in the hit series Dallas for five seasons playing opposite Patrick Duffy, and then for the entire eight year run of Walker, Texas Ranger opposite Chuck Norris. Currently, Ms...
6.		Frank Sinatra Actor, From Here to Eternity Frank Sinatra was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, to Italian immigrants Natalina Della (Garaventa), from Northern Italy, and Saverio Antonino Martino Sinatra, a Sicilian boxer, fireman, and bar owner. Growing up on the gritty streets of Hoboken made Sinatra determined to work hard to get ahead. Starting out as a saloon singer in musty little dives (he carried his own P.A...
7.		Regina Hall Actress, Scary Movie 4 Regina Hall was born December 12, 1970 in Washington, D.C., to Ruby, a teacher, and Odie Hall, a contractor. She graduated from Fordham University in 1992, and went on to earn a master's degree in journalism from New York University before shifting to an acting career. In 1997 at age 26, she began appearing in commercials...
8.		Tamara Duarte Actress, What If Tamara Mello Duarte was born in Toronto Canada. She caught the acting bug at a very young age by watching, and later starring in, Folklore plays at the Vitoria Setubal Community Club of Toronto. Booking her first job in a hair commercial at 14 then later pursuing acting professionally at 18 While obtaining a Business-Marketing degree at Guelph Humber university...
9.		Wallis Currie-Wood Actress, The Intern Wallis Currie-Wood is a graduate of The Juilliard School. She made her feature film debut in the Nancy Meyers' film "The Intern," opposite Robert DeNiro, released in the fall of 2015. From 2014 to present, she has played Stephanie "Stevie" McCord on the CBS television drama, "Madam Secretary," alongside Tea Leoni, Tim Daly, Zjelko Ivanek, Bebe Neuwirth, and Keith Carradine, among others...
10.		Sarah Douglas Actress, Superman II Even though Sarah Douglas was born and raised in Stratford-Upon-Avon, and knew that she wanted to act, she did try to expand options available to her. She worked in a factory and for a time, also in a sterilizing department of a hospital. She briefly moved to France and also undertook a teacher training course in English and Drama...
11.		Edward G. Robinson Actor, Double Indemnity Edward G. Robinson arrived in the United States at age ten, and his family moved into New York's Lower East Side. He took up acting while attending City College, abandoning plans to become a rabbi or lawyer. The American Academy of Dramatic Arts awarded him a scholarship, and he began work in stock...
12.		Dyllan Christopher Actor, Armageddon Dyllan began his acting career early, at two, appearing in a Lemon Clorox commercial and landing a recurring role on prime time television as the illegitimate son of Murphy Brown. He garnered a private school education from the illustrious Flintridge Prep, graduating in the top 20 of his class. His continued work on films...
13.		Maren Ade Producer, Toni Erdmann Maren Ade was born in Karlsruhe on 12 December 1976 to a couple of teachers. She studied cinema at Munich's Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film. As of 2001 she co-founded, together with Janine Jackowski, a fellow graduate from HFF, the "Komplizen" film company. It is through Komplizen that Maren would later co-produce...
14.		Gbenga Akinnagbe Actor, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
15.		Rajinikanth Actor, Enthiran Rajinikanth has been a megastar in the Tamil movie industry since the 70s. He is one of the highest earning actors in Asia. He has also worked in Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, and English movies. He was born in Bangalore (India), and was employed as a bus conductor before he joined the Madras Film Institute...
16.		Kenneth Cranham Actor, Maleficent
17.		Bob Barker Producer, The Price Is Right For 35 years Bob Barker had been the host of The Price Is Right game show. Not only is it the highest-rated daytime game show, it's also the longest-running game show in TV history, surpassing the prime-time hit What's My Line?, which ran for 18 years. He also served the show's executive producer since 1987...
18.		Wings Hauser Actor, The Insider Wings Hauser is married to his young music and filmmaking partner, actress/filmmaker Cali Lili Hauser. Having often been compared to Richard Widmark for some of his "mean" roles, he has played a variety of equally remarkable roles in films and on TV. After a high-school career centered in sports (his name "Wings" is taken from the wing-back position he played in football)...
19.		Morgan Eastwood Actress, Million Dollar Baby Morgan Eastwood was born to Dina Eastwood and Clint Eastwood. Although her father is one of the biggest guys in Hollywood, Morgan grew up relatively normal. She has only been in a few of her fathers films playing very small roles such as girl on tricycle in the film Changeling. In 2012, the world was introduced to Morgan on the E...
20.		Darleen Carr Actress, The Jungle Book
21.		Michael Traynor Actor, The Walking Dead
22.		Phyllis Somerville Actress, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
23.		Gianni Russo Actor, The Godfather With a singularly nebulous background, which, by his account, included stints as a Las Vegas nightclub emcee, radio personality and jewelry tycoon, and with comparatively little acting experience, Gianni Russo won the role of Carlo Rizzi in The Godfather on the basis of his screen test. Since then...
24.		Ana Alicia Actress, Falcon Crest Born in Mexico City, Mexico on December 12, 1956, Ana Alicia became the third of four children to Carlos Celestino Ortiz and Alicia Torres Ortiz. She grew up in El Paso, Texas from age 6 after the passing of her father. There, she lived with her grandmother, widowed mother, her uncle Louie and three siblings in a house her father had purchased for her grandmother...
25.		Melissa Francis Self, After the Bell
26.		Delaney Williams Actor, The Wire Delaney Williams is an American actor whose credits include his well known roles as Sgt. Jay Landsman on HBO's The Wire and Counselor John Buchanan on NBC's Law & Order:SVU. He has also been seen on recent episodes of CBS' Blue Bloods & HBO's VEEP, among others; and in the feature films, Beneath The Harvest Sky, with Aidan Gillen and Timm Sharp, and the soon to be released, Good Enough.
27.		Yasujirô Ozu Director, Tokyo Story Tokyo-born Yasujiro Ozu was a movie buff from childhood, often playing hooky from school in order to see Hollywood movies in his local theatre. In 1923 he landed a job as a camera assistant at Shochiku Studios in Tokyo. Three years later, he was made an assistant director and directed his first film the next year...
28.		Caroline Ducey Actress, Romance
29.		Peter Haber Actor, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
30.		Eva Solveig Actress, Tooth for a Tooth Eva Solveig grew up in Reykjavik, Iceland, from where she moved to London to study acting at LAMDA and Rose Bruford College. She also trained at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre in Tallinn, Estonia in 2012; Gardzienice in Poland in 2012; and at the 'International School of Theatrical Biomechanics' in Perugia, Italy in 2012...
31.		Don Gummer Self, The 79th Annual Academy Awards
32.		Duane Chase Actor, The Sound of Music He started acting in commercials when he was 11, along with a bit of modelling work. He left show business after high school, moving out of Los Angeles and for a time fought fires with the forestry service. He is now a computer software analyst/designer for oil and mining companies. He enjoys climbing mountains and lives outside of Seattle, Washington.
33.		Monica Barladeanu Actress, Despre oameni si melci She was born in Iasi, Romania, in the South-East of Europe. She went to a local High School to prepare for a future kindergarten teacher career. She changed her mind (and her life!) one year before graduation and got transferred to a different high-school, to learn intensively for joining the University to study law...
34.		Alexandra Stamler Actress, Role Models
35.		Connie Francis Soundtrack, The Island Singer, composer, actress, entertainer and publisher Connie Francis was educated at Arts High School and was a music student of her father. At age 11 she appeared on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts as a singer and accordionist. She has toured the US, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Europe...
36.		Holly Gagnier Actress, One Life to Live Holly Gagnier has established herself as a versatile actress on both coasts, appearing on stage, screen and television. She is best-known for her long stints on Days of Our Lives, in the ground-breaking role of young teen mom "Ivy Jannings", for which she won the soap opera award for breakout new star...
37.		Daniel Magder Actor, X-Men Daniel, started his acting career before the age of six in late 1997. His first ventures were a series of commercials that include The Royal Canadian Mint, Bounce, General Mills, Hallmark Cards, Cottonelle, Oscar Mayer, Toys R Us and many more. In 1998 Daniel was cast in a HBO movie called "Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within"...
38.		Kunal Sharma Actor, The Cheetah Girls: One World
39.		Romano Orzari Actor, White House Down Born and raised in a working class family, Romano initially attended university first for engineering and then the arts, though it was cut short by a mutual exodus. This allowed him to explore the world of acting while adventuring into self-expression with the aid of his post-punk band mates. Gratefully sometime later...
40.		Kate Todd Actress, Radio Free Roscoe
41.		Katy Cavanagh Actress, Coronation Street
42.		Mischa Brooks Actress, Apocalypse X Slim and comely 5'2" brunette knockout Mischa Brooks was born on December 12, 1990 in Utah. She's of French and Native American descent. Mischa grew up in a military family. Brooks lived in Utah until she was 12. Mischa moved to Texas, where she lived until her junior year of high school. Brooks then moved a third time to Japan...
43.		Dionne Warwick Producer, Dionne and Friends
44.		Luis Gnecco Actor, Neruda Luis Gnecco Dessy was born in Santiago, Chile. He is one of Chile's most popular comedic actors, recently tackling the Ricky Gervais part in his country's version of "The Office". Pablo Larraín cast him in a decidedly non-comedic role as an unscrupulous villain in HBO Latin America's hit mini-series "Prófugos"...
45.		Kevin Coughlin Actor, The Defiant Ones John Kevin Barry Coughlin was born in Inwood, Manhattan, New York. His older sister Joan Marie Colette was a nun with the Sacred Heart of Mary. Their parents were John Joseph Coughlin (1909 - 1966) and Marguerite O'Brien (b. 1915). They lived at 45 Sickles Street in Manhattan until about 1960 when the family moved to Rye...
46.		Anne Bobby Actress, Born on the Fourth of July
47.		Sebastian La Cause Actor, Orange Is the New Black
48.		Al Harrington Actor, Forrest Gump
49.		Paula Wagner Producer, The Last Samurai Paula Wagner has worked in the top ranks of the entertainment industry as a talent agent, film producer, and studio executive. She develops and produces film, theatre, and television projects through her production company Chestnut Ridge Productions (CRP). Wagner began her career as an agent at Creative Artists Agency where she spent 15 years representing some of some of Hollywood's top actors...
50.		Jason Widener Actor, Out of the Black