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201. Benicio Del Toro Actor | Sicario Benicio Del Toro emerged in the mid-1990s as one of
the most watchable and charismatic character actors to come along in years. A
favorite of film buffs, Del Toro gained mainstream public attention as the
conflicted but basically honest Mexican policeman in Steven Soderbergh's Traffic (2000).
202. Kevin Bacon Actor | Footloose Kevin
Norwood Bacon was born on July 8, 1958 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Ruth
Hilda (Holmes), an elementary school teacher, and Edmund Norwood Bacon, a
prominent architect who was on the cover of Time Magazine in November 1964.
203. Patrick Swayze Actor | Dirty Dancing Patrick
Wayne Swayze was born on August 18, 1952 in Houston, Texas, to Patsy Swayze (née Yvonne Helen Karnes),
a choreographer, and Jesse Wayne Swayze, a chemical plant engineer draftsman.
His mother owned a dance school in Houston, where Patrick was also a student.
His father passed away in 1982. ...
204. Michael Caine Actor | The Quiet American Michael
Caine was born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite in
London, to Ellen Frances Marie (Burchell), a charlady, and Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, a fish-market porter. He left school at age
15 and took a series of working-class jobs before joining the British army
and serving in Korea during the Korean ...
205. Robert Duvall Actor | The Apostle Veteran
actor and director Robert Selden Duvall was born on
January 5, 1931, in San Diego, CA, to Mildred Virginia (Hart), an amateur
actress, and William Howard Duvall, a career military officer who later
became an admiral. Duvall majored in drama at Principia College (Elsah, IL),
then served a ...
206. Burt Lancaster Actor | From Here to Eternity Burt
Lancaster, one of five children, was born in Manhattan, to Elizabeth
(Roberts) and James Henry Lancaster, a postal worker. All
of his grandparents were immigrants from Northern Ireland. He was a
tough street kid who took an early interest in gymnastics. He joined the
circus as an acrobat and ...
207. Robert Mitchum Actor | Out of the Past Robert
Mitchum was an underrated American leading man of
enormous ability, who sublimated his talents beneath an air of disinterest.
He was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to Ann Harriet (Gunderson), a
Norwegian immigrant, and James Thomas Mitchum, a
shipyard/railroad worker. His father died in a ...
208. Colin Farrell Actor | The Lobster Colin
Farrell is one of Ireland's biggest stars in Hollywood and abroad. His film
presence has been filled with memorable roles that range from an inwardly
tortured hit man, to an adventurous explorer, a determined-but-failing
writer, and the greatest military leader in history.
209. William Holden Actor | Stalag 17 William
Holden was born William Franklin Beedle, Jr. in O'Fallon, Illinois, to Mary
Blanche (Ball), a schoolteacher, and William Franklin Beedle, Sr., an
industrial chemist. He came from a wealthy family (the Beedles)
that moved to Pasadena, California, when he was three. In 1937, while
studying ...
210. Edward G. Robinson Actor | Key Largo Emanuel
Goldenberg arrived in the United States from Romania 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 ...
211. William Powell Actor | The Thin Man William
Powell was on the New York stage by 1912, but it would be ten years before
his film career would begin. In 1924 he went to Paramount Pictures, where he
was employed for the next seven years. During that time, he played in a number of interesting films, but stardom was elusive. He
did ...
212. Jared Leto Actor | Dallas Buyers Club Jared
Leto is a very familiar face in recent film history. Although he has always
been the lead vocals, rhythm guitar, and songwriter for American band Thirty Seconds to Mars, Leto is an accomplished
actor merited by the numerous, challenging projects he has taken in his life.
He is known to be ...
213. Errol Flynn Actor | The Adventures of Robin Hood Errol
Flynn was born to parents Theodore Flynn, a respected biologist, and Marrelle Young, an adventurous young woman. Young Flynn
was a rambunctious child who could be counted on to find trouble. Errol
managed to have himself thrown out of every school he was enrolled in. In his
late teens he set ...
214. Groucho Marx Actor | A Night at the Opera The
bushy-browed, cigar-smoking wise-cracker with the painted-on moustache and
stooped walk was the leader of The Marx Brothers. With one-liners that were
often double entendres, Groucho never cursed in any
of his performances and said he never wanted to be known as a dirty comic.
With a great love...
215. James Mason Actor | Lolita James
Mason was a great English actor of British and American films. He was born in
Yorkshire, and attended Marlborough and Cambridge, where he discovered acting
on a lark, and abandoned a planned career as an architect. Following work in
stock companies, he joined the Old Vic under the guidance of...
216. Buster Keaton Actor | The General Joseph
Frank Keaton was born on October 4, 1895 in Piqua, Kansas, to Joe Keaton and Myra Keaton. Joe and Myra were Vaudevillian
comedians with a popular, ever-changing variety act, giving Keaton an
eclectic and interesting upbringing. In the earliest days on stage, they
traveled with a medicine ...
217. Orson Welles Actor | Citizen Kane His
father was a well-to-do inventor, his mother a beautiful concert pianist;
Orson Welles was gifted in many arts (magic, piano, painting) as a child.
When his mother died (he was nine) he traveled the world with his father.
When his father died (he was fifteen) he became the ward of Chicago's Dr....
218. Fred Astaire Actor | The Towering Inferno Fred
Astaire was born in Omaha, Nebraska, to Johanna (Geilus)
and Fritz Austerlitz, a brewer. Fred entered show business at age 5. He was
successful both in vaudeville and on Broadway in partnership with his
sister, Adele Astaire. After Adele retired to marry
in 1932, Astaire headed to Hollywood. ...
219. Bradley Cooper Actor | A Star Is Born Bradley
Charles Cooper was born on January 5, 1975 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His
mother, Gloria (Campano), is of Italian descent, and worked for a local NBC
station. His father, Charles John Cooper, who was of Irish descent, was a
stockbroker. Immediately after Bradley graduated from the ...
220. Gary Oldman Actor | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Gary
Oldman is a talented English movie star and character actor, renowned for his
expressive acting style. One of the most celebrated thespians of his
generation, with a diverse career encompassing theatre, film and television,
he is known for his roles as Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy (1986), ...
221. Jude Law Actor | The Talented Mr. Ripley Jude
Law is an English actor. Law has been nominated for two Academy Awards and
continues to build a prolific body of work that spans from early successes
such as Gattaca (1997) and The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) to more
recent turns as Dr. John Watson in Sherlock Holmes (2009) and Sherlock Holmes:...
222. Paul Giamatti Actor | Sideways Paul
Giamatti is an American actor who has worked steadily and prominently for
over twenty years, and is best known for leading roles in the films American Splendor (2003), Sideways (2004), and Barney's Version (2010) (for which he
won a Golden Globe), and supporting roles in the films Cinderella ...
223. Liam Neeson Actor | Kinsey Liam Neeson was born on June 7, 1952 in Ballymena,
Northern Ireland, to Katherine (Brown), a cook, and Bernard Neeson, a school caretaker. He was raised in a Catholic
household. During his early years, Liam worked as a forklift operator for
Guinness, a truck driver, an assistant architect and an ...
224. Matt Damon Actor | Good Will Hunting Matthew
Paige Damon was born on October 8, 1970, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Kent Damon, a stockbroker, realtor and tax
preparer, and Nancy Carlsson-Paige, an early childhood
education professor at Lesley University. Matt has an older brother, Kyle, a
sculptor. His father was of English and ...
225. Michael Fassbender Actor | Shame Michael
Fassbender was born in Heidelberg, Germany, to a German father, Josef, and an
Irish mother, Adele (originally from Larne, County Antrim, in Northern
Ireland). Michael was raised in the town of Killarney, Co. Kerry, in
south-west Ireland, where his family moved to when he was two years old. ...
226. Carol Burnett Actress | Annie The
entertainment world has enjoyed a five-decade love affair with
comedienne/singer Carol Burnett. A peerless sketch performer and delightful,
self-effacing personality who rightfully succeeded Lucille Ball as the carrot-topped
"Queen of Television Comedy," it was Burnett's traumatic childhood
that...
227. Jessica Tandy Actress | Driving Miss Daisy A
beloved, twinkly blue-eyed doyenne of stage and screen, actress Jessica
Tandy's career spanned nearly six and a half decades. In that span of time,
she enjoyed an amazing film renaissance at age 80, something unheard of in a
town that worships youth and nubile beauty. She was born Jessie Alice ...
228. Helen Hunt Actress | As Good as It Gets Helen
Hunt began studying acting at the age of eight with her father, respected
director and acting coach Gordon Hunt. A year later she made her
professional debut and afterwards worked steadily in films, theatre and
television.
229. Patricia Arquette Actress | Boyhood With
her expressive blue eyes, soft, Southern-tinged voice and an acting range
that can carry her from hysterically funny to terrifying in seconds, Patricia
Arquette is one of the most underrated and talented actresses of her
generation. Though she has been working for years, she's always stayed ...
230. Carmen Miranda Actress | The Gang's All Here Carmen
Miranda was born Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha on
February 9, 1909, near Porto, Portugal, in the town of Marco de Canavezes. Not long after her birth her family moved to
Brazil, where her father was involved in the produce business. The family
settled in the then-capital city of Rio de ...
231. Kate Hudson Actress | Almost Famous Almost
everyone who has spent time with Kate Hudson -including directors, family
members, co-stars and interviewers - is quick to comment on her ability to
light up a room. Through some combination of a winning smile, solid work
ethic, and good old-fashioned talent, the young actress has gone from ...
232. Catherine Zeta-Jones Actress | Chicago Catherine
Zeta-Jones was born September 25, 1969 in Swansea, West Glamorgan,
Wales, UK. She is the daughter of Patricia (Fair) and David James
"Dai" Jones, who formerly owned a sweet factory. Her father is of
Welsh descent and her mother is of English, Irish, and Welsh ancestry. Her
brothers are ...
233. Cameron Diaz Actress | There's Something About Mary A
tall, strikingly attractive blue-eyed natural blonde, Cameron Diaz was born
in 1972 in San Diego, the daughter of a Cuban-American father and a German
mother. Self described as "adventurous,
independent and a tough kid," Cameron left home at 16 and for the next 5
years lived in such varied ...
234. Debbie Reynolds Actress | Singin' in the Rain Debbie
Reynolds was born Mary Frances Reynolds in El Paso, Texas, the second child
of Maxine N. (Harmon) and Raymond Francis Reynolds, a carpenter for the
Southern Pacific Railroad. Her film career began at MGM after she won a
beauty contest at age 16 impersonating Betty Hutton. Reynolds wasn't a ...
235. Ellen Burstyn Actress | Requiem for a Dream Ellen
Burstyn was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Correine
Marie (Hamel) and John Austin Gillooly. She is of
mostly Irish, German, and French-Canadian descent. Ellen worked a number of jobs before she became an actress. At 14, she
was a short-order cook at a lunch counter. After graduating from ...
236. Maureen O'Hara Actress | The Quiet Man In
America, the early performing arts accomplishments of young Maureen FitzSimons (who we know as Maureen O'Hara) would definitely have put her in the child prodigy category.
However, for a child of Irish heritage surrounded by gifted parents and
family, these were very natural traits. Maureen made...
237. Myrna Loy Actress | The Best Years of Our Lives Myrna
Loy was born Myrna Adele Williams on August 2, 1905 in Helena, Montana, to
Adelle Mae (Johnson) and David Franklin Williams. Her paternal grandparents
were Welsh, and her mother was of Scottish and Swedish descent. Myrna was
raised in Helena and nearby Radersburg. Her father,
a rancher, was ...
238. Lena Headey Actress | Game of Thrones Lena
Headey is a British actress. She was born in Bermuda to parents from
Yorkshire, England, where she was raised. She is the daughter John Headey, a
police officer, and his wife Sue. Headey is best known for her role as
"Cersei Lannister" in Game of Thrones (2011) (2011-present)
and The Brothers ...
239. Toni Collette Actress | Little Miss Sunshine Toni
Collette is an Academy Award-nominated Australian actress, best known for her
roles in The Sixth Sense (1999) and Little Miss Sunshine (2006).
240. Laura Linney Actress | The Big C Laura
Leggett Linney was born in New York City on
February 5, 1964, into a theatre family. Her father was prominent
playwright Romulus Linney,
whose own great-grandfather was a congressman from North Carolina. Her
mother, Miriam Anderson (Leggett), is a nurse. Although she did not live in
her ...
241. Marlene Dietrich Soundtrack | Witness for the Prosecution Her
father was a police lieutenant and imbued in her a military attitude to life.
Marlene was known in school for her "bedroom eyes" and her first
affairs were at this stage in her life - a professor at the school was
terminated. She entered the cabaret scene in 1920s Germany, first as a
spectator ...
242. Carole Lombard Actress | My Man Godfrey Carole
Lombard was born Jane Alice Peters in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on October 6,
1908. Her parents divorced in 1916 and her mother took the family on a trip
out West. While there they decided to settle down in the Los Angeles area.
After being spotted playing baseball in the street with the ...
243. Jean Arthur Actress | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington This
marvelous screen comedienne's best asset was only muffled during her seven
years' stint in silent films. That asset? It was, of course, her squeaky,
frog-like voice, which silent-era cinema audiences had simply no way of
perceiving, much less appreciating. Jean Arthur, born Gladys Georgianna ...
244. Jean Harlow Actress | Libeled Lady Harlean Carpenter, who later became Jean Harlow,
was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on March 3, 1911. She was the daughter of
a successful dentist and his wife. In 1927, at the age of 16, she ran away
from home to marry a young businessman named Charles McGrew, who was 23. The
couple pulled up ...
245. Ginger Rogers Actress | The Major and the Minor Ginger
Rogers was born Virginia Katherine McMath in Independence, Missouri on July
16, 1911. Her mother, known as Lelee, went to
Independence to have Ginger away from her husband. She had a baby earlier in
their marriage and he allowed the doctor to use forceps and the baby died.
She was kidnapped ...
246. Mary Pickford Actress | Coquette Mary
Pickford was born Gladys Louise Smith in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to Elsie
Charlotte (Hennessy) and John Charles Smith. She was of English and Irish
descent. Pickford began in the theater at age seven. Then known as "Baby
Gladys Smith", she toured with her family in a number of theater ...
247. Mae West Actress | She Done Him Wrong Mae West was born in Queens, New York,
to "Battling Jack" West and Matilda Doelger.
She began her career as a child star in vaudeville, and later went on to
write her own plays, including "SEX", for which she was arrested.
Though her first movie role was a small part in Night After Night (1932), ...
248. Gillian Anderson Actress | The X Files Gillian
Anderson was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Rosemary Alyce
(Lane), a computer analyst, and Homer Edward Anderson III, who owned a film
post-production company. Gillian started her career as a member of an amateur
actor group while at high school. In 1987, her love of the theatre took her
to ...
249. Emma Watson Actress | The Perks of Being a Wallflower Emma
Charlotte Duerre Watson was born in Paris, France,
to British parents, Jacqueline Luesby and Chris
Watson, both lawyers. She moved to Oxfordshire when
she was five, where she attended the Dragon School. From the age of six, Emma
knew that she wanted to be an actress and, for a number of years,...
250. Meg Ryan Actress | When Harry Met Sally... Blond-haired,
blue-eyed with an effervescent personality, Meg Ryan was born Margaret Mary
Emily Hyra in Fairfield, Connecticut, to Susan
(Duggan), an English teacher and one-time actress, and Harry Hyra, a math teacher. She is of Ruthenian, Polish, Irish,
and German ancestry ("Hyra" is a
Ruthenian ...
251. Alan Arkin Actor | Argo Alan
Arkin is an Academy Award-winning American actor who is also an acclaimed
director, producer, author, singer and composer.
252. Kurt Russell Actor | The Hateful Eight Kurt
Russell was born Kurt Vogel Russell in Springfield, Massachusetts, to Louise
Julia (Crone), a dancer, and actor Bing Russell (Neil Oliver Russell). He
is of English, German, Scottish and Irish descent. His first roles were as a
child on television series, including a lead role on the Western ...
253. Jake Gyllenhaal Actor | Nightcrawler Jacob
Benjamin Gyllenhaal was born in Los Angeles, California, to
producer/screenwriter Naomi Foner (née Achs)
and director Stephen Gyllenhaal. He is the brother of
actress Maggie Gyllenhaal, who played his sister
in Donnie Darko (2001). His godmother is
actress Jamie Lee Curtis. His mother is from...
254. Ryan Gosling Actor | Blue Valentine Canadian
actor Ryan Gosling is the first person born in the 1980s to have been
nominated for the Best Actor Oscar (for Half Nelson(2006)).
255. Colin Firth Actor | A Single Man Colin
Andrew Firth was born into an academic family in Grayshott,
Hampshire, England. His mother, Shirley Jean (Rolles),
was a comparative religion lecturer at the Open University, and his father,
David Norman Lewis Firth, lectured on history at Winchester University
College (formerly King Alfred's...
256. Jamie Foxx Actor | Django Unchained Jamie
Foxx is an American actor, singer and comedian. He won an Academy Award for
Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and Golden Globe
Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy, for his work in the biographical
film Ray(2004). The same year, he was nominated
for the Academy...
257. Adrien Brody Actor | The Pianist Adrien
Nicholas Brody was born in Woodhaven, Queens, New York, the only child of
retired history professor Elliot Brody and Hungarian-born photographer Sylvia Plachy. He
accompanied his mother on assignments for the Village Voice, and credits her
with making him feel comfortable in front of the ...
258. Roberto Benigni Actor | La vita è bella Roberto
Benigni was born on October 27, 1952 in Manciano La
Misericordia, Castiglion Fiorentino,
Tuscany, Italy as Roberto Remigio Benigni. He is an
actor and writer, known for Life Is Beautiful (1997), The Tiger and the Snow (2005) and Down by Law (1986). He has been married
to Nicoletta Braschi ...
259. Jeremy Irons Actor | Dead Ringers British
actor Jeremy Irons was born in Cowes, Isle of
Wight, a small island off the south coast of England. He is the son of
Barbara Anne Brereton (Sharpe) and Paul Dugan Irons, an accountant. Young
Jeremy didn't prove very fond of figures. He visited mainland England only
once a year. He wound up ...
260. F. Murray Abraham Actor | The Grand Budapest Hotel Academy
Award-winning actor F. Murray Abraham was born on October 24, 1939 in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and raised in El Paso, Texas. His father, Frederick
Abraham, was from an Assyrian Christian (Antiochian) family, from Syria. His
mother, Josephine (Stello) Abraham, was the
daughter of Italian ...
261. Richard Dreyfuss Actor | The Goodbye Girl Richard
Dreyfuss is an American leading man, who has played his fair share of
irritating pests and brash, ambitious hustlers.
262. Peter Finch Actor | Network Despite
being one of the finest actors of his generation, Peter Finch will be
remembered as much for his reputation as a hard-drinking, hell-raising
womanizer as for his performances on the screen. He was born in London in
1916 and went to live in Sydney, Australia, at the age of ten. There, he ...
263. Art Carney Actor | Firestarter Art
Carney was born on November 4, 1918 in Mount Vernon, New York, USA as Arthur
William Matthew Carney. He was an actor, known for Firestarter (1984), Harry and Tonto (1974) and Last Action Hero (1993). He was married
to Jean Wilson Myers (remarried), Barbara Carney and Jean Wilson Myers.
He died ...
264. Cliff Robertson Actor | Spider-Man A
serious and talented actor, at his best playing somewhat troubled characters,
Cliff Robertson became a fairly successful leading
man through most of his career without ever becoming a major star. Following
strong stage and television experience, he made an interesting film debut in
a supporting ...
265. Lee Marvin Actor | The Dirty Dozen Prematurely
white-haired character star who began as a supporting player of generally
vicious demeanor, then metamorphosed into a star of both action and drama
projects, Lee Marvin was born in New York City, the son of Courtenay
Washington (Davidge), a fashion writer, and Lamont
Waltman Marvin, an ...
266. 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 ...
267. Anthony Quinn Actor | Alexis Zorbas Anthony
Quinn was born Antonio Rudolfo Oaxaca Quinn on
April 21, 1915, in Chihuahua, Mexico, to Manuela (Oaxaca) and Francisco
Quinn, who became an assistant cameraman at a Los Angeles (CA) film studio.
His paternal grandfather was Irish, and the rest of his family was Mexican.
After starting life ...
268. Maximilian Schell Actor | Judgment at Nuremberg Maximilian
Schell was the most successful German-speaking actor in English-language
films since Emil Jannings, the
winner of the first Best Actor Academy Award. Like Jannings,
Schell won the Oscar, but unlike him, he was a dedicated anti-Nazi. Indeed,
with the exception of Maurice Chevalier and ...
269. Tom Hardy Actor | Inception With
his breakthrough performance as Eames in Christopher Nolan's sci-fi thriller Inception (2010), English actor Tom
Hardy has been brought to the attention of mainstream audiences worldwide.
However, the versatile actor has been steadily working on both stage and
screen since his television debut...
270. David Niven Actor | Murder by Death David
Niven was named after the Saint's Day on which he was born, St. David, patron
Saint of Wales. He attended Stowe School and Sandhurst Military Academy and
served for two years in Malta with the Highland Light Infantry. At the
outbreak of World War II, although a top-line star, he re-joined the...
271. William Hurt Actor | A History of Violence William
McChord Hurt was born in Washington, D.C., to Claire Isabel (McGill) and
Alfred McChord Hurt, who worked at the State Department. He was trained at
Tufts University and The Juilliard School and has been nominated for four
Academy Awards, including the most recent nomination for his ...
272. Yul Brynner Actor | The Ten Commandments Exotic
leading man of American films, famed as much for his completely bald head as
for his performances, Yul Brynner masked much of his life in mystery and
outright lies designed to tease people he considered gullible. It was not
until the publication of the books "Yul: The Man Who Would Be King"
...
273. Ernest Borgnine Actor | Marty Ernest
Borgnine was born Ermes Effron
Borgnino on January 24, 1917 in Hamden,
Connecticut. His parents were Anna (Boselli), who had emigrated from Carpi
(MO), Italy, and Camillo Borgnino, who had
emigrated from Ottiglio (AL), Italy. As an only
child, Ernest enjoyed most sports, especially boxing, ...
274. Benedict Cumberbatch Actor | The Imitation Game Benedict
Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch was born and raised in London, England. His
parents, Wanda Ventham and Timothy Carlton (born Timothy Carlton
Congdon Cumberbatch), are both actors. He is a grandson of submarine
commander Henry Carlton Cumberbatch, and a great-grandson of diplomat Henry
Arnold ...
275. Rod Steiger Actor | In the Heat of the Night Rodney
Stephen Steiger was born in Westhampton, New York,
to Augusta Amelia (Driver) and Frederick Jacob Steiger,
both vaudevillians. He was of German and Austrian ancestry. After his
parents' divorce, Steiger was raised by his mother
in Newark, New Jersey. He dropped out of Westside High school at...
276. Chloë Grace Moretz Actress | Let Me In Chloë Grace Moretz was born in Atlanta, Georgia,
to Teri (Duke), a nurse, and McCoy Lee Moretz, a plastic surgeon. She has
four brothers, all older, including actor Trevor Duke-Moretz. Her ancestry is mostly
German and English.
277. Anna Kendrick Actress | Up in the Air Anna
Kendrick was born in Portland, Maine, to Janice (Cooke), an accountant, and
William Kendrick, a teacher. She has an older brother, Michael Cooke Kendrick, who has also acted.
She is of English, Irish, and Scottish descent.
278. Emily Watson Actress | Breaking the Waves Emily
Watson was born and raised in London, the daughter of Katharine (Venables),
an English teacher, and Richard Watson, an architect. After a self-described
sheltered upbringing, Watson attended university for three years in Bristol,
studying English literature. She applied to drama school and ...
279. Helena Bonham Carter Actress | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Helena
Bonham Carter is an actress of great versatility, one of the UK's finest and
most successful.
280. Keira Knightley Actress | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Keira
Christina Knightley was born March 26, 1985 in the South West Greater London
suburb of Richmond. She is the daughter of actor Will Knightley and actress turned
playwright Sharman Macdonald. An older brother, Caleb Knightley, was born in 1979. Her
father is English, while her Scottish-born ...
281. Alexis Thorpe Actress | The Man from Earth Alexis
Thorpe was born in Newport Beach, California. She made her acting debut
on The Young and the Restless (1973),
after which she moved onto film projects including, The Forsaken(2001) and Pretty Cool (2006) and fell in love
with films. So she has decided to leave "The
Young and the Restless".
282. Marion Davies Actress | Going Hollywood Marion
Cecelia Douras was born in the borough of Brooklyn,
New York on January 3, 1897. She had been bitten by the show biz bug early as
she watched her sisters perform in local stage productions. She wanted to do
the same. As Marion got older, she tried out for various school plays and did
fairly ...
283. Scarlett Johansson Actress | Her Scarlett
Johansson was born in New York City. Her mother, Melanie Sloan, is from a Jewish family from
the Bronx, and her father, Karsten Johansson,
is a Danish-born architect, from Copenhagen. She has a sister, Vanessa Johansson, who is also an actress, a
brother, Adrian, a twin brother, Hunter ...
284. Dakota Fanning Actress | War of the Worlds Hannah
Dakota Fanning was born on the 23rd of February 1994, in Conyers, Georgia,
USA, to Heather Joy (Arrington) and Steven Fanning. Her mother played
professional tennis, and her father, now an electronics salesman, played
minor league baseball. She is of German, Irish, English, French, and ...
285. Jennifer Aniston Actress | Friends Jennifer
Aniston was born in Sherman Oaks, California, to actors John Aniston and Nancy Dow. Her father is Greek, and her
mother was of English, Irish, Scottish, and Italian descent. Jennifer spent a
year of her childhood living in Greece with her family. Her family then
relocated to New York City ...
286. Jennifer Connelly Actress | A Beautiful Mind 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 ...
287. Rachel McAdams Actress | The Notebook Rachel
Anne McAdams was born on November 17, 1978 in London, Ontario, Canada, to
Sandra Kay (Gale), a nurse, and Lance Frederick McAdams, a truck driver and
furniture mover. She is of English, Welsh, Irish, and Scottish descent.
Rachel became involved with acting as a teenager and by the age of 13 ...
288. Carey Mulligan Actress | Never Let Me Go Carey
Hannah Mulligan is a British actress. She was born May 28, 1985, in
Westminster, London, England, to Nano (Booth), a university lecturer, and
Stephen Mulligan, a hotel manager. Her mother is from Llandeilo,
Wales, and Carey also has Irish and English ancestry.
289. Mila Kunis Actress | Black Swan Mila
Kunis was born Milena Markovna Kunis to a Jewish
family in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, USSR (now independent Ukraine). Her mother,
Elvira, is a physics teacher, her father, Mark Kunis, is a mechanical
engineer, and she has an older brother named Michael. Her family moved to Los
Angeles, California, ...
290. Amanda Seyfried Actress | Les Misérables Amanda
Seyfried was born and raised in Allentown,
Pennsylvania, to Ann (Sander), an occupational therapist, and Jack Seyfried, a pharmacist. She is of German, and some
English and Scottish, ancestry. She began modeling when she was eleven, and
acted in high school productions as well as taking ...
291. Jennifer Lopez Actress | Gigli Jennifer
Lynn Lopez was born on July 24, 1969 in the The
Bronx, New York City. Her parents, Guadalupe Rodriguez and David Lopez, were born in Ponce, Puerto
Rico, the second largest Puerto Rican city. The two were brought to the
continental United States during their childhoods and, eventually, met ...
292. Neve Campbell Actress | Scream Neve
Campbell was born and raised in Guelph, Ontario, to Marnie (Neve), a
Dutch-born psychologist and yoga instructor (from Amsterdam), and Gerry
Campbell, a Scottish-born teacher (from Glasgow). Campbell first came to our
TV screens in the hit Drama series Party of Five (1994). Described as TV's
...
293. Fairuza Balk Actress | The Craft "Fairuza!" ("Turquoise" in Farsi), her
father exclaimed as he saw her blue blue eyes: Fairuza Alejandra Balk had just been born on May 21, 1974
in Point Reyes, California. Her father, Solomon Feldthouse,
was a traveling musician originally from Idaho, and her mother, Cathryn Balk,
was a belly ...
294. Jessica Alba Actress | Fantastic Four Jessica
Marie Alba was born on April 28, 1981, in Pomona, CA, to Catherine (Jensen)
and Mark David Alba, who served in the US Air Force. Her mother has Danish,
Welsh, German, English, and French ancestry, while her father is of Mexican
descent (including Spanish and Indigenous Mexican roots). Her ...
295. Kristen Stewart Actress | Snow White and the Huntsman Though
most famous for her role as Isabella "Bella" Swan in The Twilight (2008) Saga, Kristen Stewart
has been a working actor since her early years in Los Angeles, California,
where she was born. Her parents, John Stewart and Jules Stewart, both work in film and
television. Her mother is ...
296. Julie Walters Actress | Billy Elliot For
decades, British actress and comedienne Dame Julie Walters has served as a
sturdy representation of the working class with her passionate, earthy
portrayals on England's stage, screen and television. A bona fide talent, her
infectious spirit and self-deprecating sense of humor eventually ...
297. Rooney Mara Actress | Carol Actress
and philanthropist Rooney Mara was born on April 17,
1985 in Bedford, New York. She made her screen debut in the slasher
film Urban Legends: Bloody Mary (2005), went
on to have a supporting role in the independent coming-of-age drama Tanner Hall (2009), and has since
starred in the horror ...
298. Jamie Lee Curtis Actress | True Lies Jamie
Lee Curtis was born on November 22, 1958 in Los Angeles, California, the
daughter of legendary actors Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis. She got her big break at acting
in 1978 when she won the role of Laurie Strode in Halloween (1978). After that, she
became famous for roles in movies like Trading...
299. Emma Stone Actress | La La Land Emily
Jean "Emma" Stone was born in Scottsdale, Arizona, to Krista
(Yeager), a homemaker, and Jeffrey Charles Stone, a contracting company
founder and CEO. She is of Swedish, German, and British Isles descent. Stone
began acting as a child as a member of the Valley Youth Theatre in Phoenix,
Arizona...
300. Kirsten Dunst Actress | Spider-Man Kirsten
Caroline Dunst is an American actress, who also holds German citizenship. She
was born on April 30, 1982 in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, to parents Inez
(née Rupprecht), who owned an art gallery, and
Klaus Dunst, a medical services executive. She has a younger brother
named Christian Dunst, ... |
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