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601. Oscar Isaac Actor | Ex Machina Oscar
Isaac was born Óscar Isaac Hernández Estrada in
Guatemala, to a Guatemalan mother, María Eugenia, and a Cuban father, Oscar
Gonzalo Hernández-Cano, a pulmonologist. Oscar was raised in Miami, Florida.
Before he became an actor, he played lead guitar and sang vocals in his band
the Blinking ...
602. Jon Heder Actor | Napoleon Dynamite Jon Heder was born on October 26, 1977 in Fort Collins,
Colorado, USA as Jonathan Joseph Heder. He is an
actor and producer, known for Napoleon Dynamite (2004), Blades of Glory(2007) and The Benchwarmers (2006). He has been
married to Kirsten Heder since
November 23, 2002. They have three children.
603. Miles Teller Actor | Fantastic Four Miles
Alexander Teller is an American actor and musician. For his performance in
the film The Spectacular Now (2013), he won the
Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. He
has appeared in the films Rabbit Hole (2010), Footloose (2011), Project X (2012), That ...
604. Daniel Brühl Actor | Good Bye Lenin! Daniel
Brühl was born in Barcelona, Spain. His father was
German TV director Hanno Brühl (1937-2010),
who was born in São Paulo, Brazil. His Spanish mother was a teacher. He also
has a brother and a sister, Oliver and Miriam. Shortly after his birth, his
family moved to Cologne, Germany, where he ...
605. James Gandolfini Actor | The Sopranos James
Gandolfini was born in Westwood, New Jersey, to Santa (Penna), a high school lunchlady, and James Joseph Gandolfini, Sr., a bricklayer
and head school janitor. His parents were both of Italian origin. Gandolfini
began acting in the New York theater. His Broadway debut was in the 1992
revival ...
606. Michael B. Jordan Actor | Black Panther Michael
B. Jordan, the middle of three children, was born in Santa Ana, California
and raised in Newark, New Jersey. He is the son of Donna (Davis), a high
school counselor, and Michael A. Jordan. His middle name, Bakari, means
"noble promise" in Swahili. (He is not related to, or named after,
...
607. Anthony Perkins Actor | Psycho Anthony
Perkins was born April 4, 1932 in New York City to Janet Esselstyn (Rane)
and Osgood Perkins, an actor of both stage and
film. His paternal great-grandfather was noted engraver Andrew Varick Stout
Anthony.
608. David Thewlis Actor | Naked David
Thewlis was born David Wheeler in 1963 in Blackpool, Lancashire, to Maureen
(Thewlis) and Alec Raymond Wheeler, and lived with his parents above their
combination wallpaper and toy shop during his childhood. Originally, he came
to London with his band Door 66, however he changed his plans and...
609. Klaus Kinski Actor | Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht Klaus
Kinski was born as Klaus Günter Karl Nakszynski in Zoppot, Free City of Danzig (now Sopot, Poland), to
Susanne (Lutze), a nurse, and Bruno Nakszynski, a pharmacist.
He grew up in Berlin, was drafted into the German army in 1944 and captured
by British forces in Holland. After the war he began...
610. Malcolm McDowell Actor | A Clockwork Orange Malcolm
John Taylor was born on June 13, 1943 in Leeds, England, to working-class
parents Edna (McDowell), a hotelier, and Charles Taylor, a publican. His
father was an alcoholic. Malcolm hated his parents' ways. His father was keen
to send his son to private school to give him a good start in life...
611. Ray Winstone Actor | The Departed Ray Winstone was born on February 19, 1957, in Hackney
Hospital in London, England, to Margaret (Richardson) and Raymond J. Winstone. He moved to Enfield, at age seven, where his
parents had a fruit and vegetable business. He started boxing at the age of twelve
at the famous Repton Amateur Boxing ...
612. Jean-Paul Belmondo Actor | Pierrot le fou The
son of the renowned French sculptor Paul Belmondo,
he studied at Conservatoire National Superieur d'Art Dramatique (CNSAD); after
the minor stage performances he made his screen debut in À pied, à cheval et en voiture (1957) but the episodes with his
participation were cut before ...
613. Andy Serkis Actor | War for the Planet of the Apes English
film actor, director and author Andy Serkis is known for his performance
capture roles comprising motion capture acting, animation and voice work for
such computer-generated characters as Gollum in The Lord of the Rings film
trilogy (2001-2003) and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012),
...
614. Matthew Broderick Actor | The Producers A
slight comic actor chiefly known for his boyish charm, Matthew Broderick was
born on March 21, 1962 in New York City, to Patricia Broderick (née Biow), a playwright and painter, and James Broderick, an actor. His father had
Irish and English ancestry, and his mother was from a Jewish family (from...
615. Dennis Hopper Actor | Easy Rider With
an amazing cinematic career of more than five decades, Dennis Hopper was a
multi-talented and unconventional actor/director, regarded by many as one of
the true "enfants terribles" of
Hollywood. Hopper was born on May 17, 1936 in Dodge City, Kansas, to Marjorie
Mae (Davis) and James Millard ...
616. Michael Rooker Actor | Guardians of the Galaxy Michael
Rooker was born on April 6, 1955 in Jasper,
Alabama. When he was thirteen, his parents divorced
and he went with his mother to live in Chicago. He caught the acting bug
while attending college, and began appearing in
local stage productions. On first breaking into film, his intensity and
"...
617. Vincent Gallo Actor | Buffalo '66 Vincent
Gallo. American-born, Buffalo, New York, 1961. Left home, moved to New York
City in 1978, and began playing in the experimental musical group, Gray, with
artist Jean Michel Basquiat. After leaving Gray, he
formed the band, Bohack, and recorded the highly
regarded avant-garde industrial ...
618. Kevin Spacey Actor | The Usual Suspects Kevin
Spacey Fowler, better known by his stage name Kevin Spacey, is an American
actor of screen and stage, film director, producer, screenwriter and singer.
He began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s before obtaining
supporting roles in film and television. He gained critical acclaim in...
619. Vincent Cassel Actor | L'ennemi public n°1 Blue-eyed
Vincent Cassel was born in Paris to a leading actor father, Jean-Pierre Cassel, and a journalist mother,
Sabine Litique. Often labeled as a tough guy
because of his roles, eclectic choices and talent have made of him a star of
European cinema. First in La Haine (1995),
the young actor, ...
620. J.K. Simmons Actor | Whiplash J.K.
Simmons is an American actor.
621. Boris Karloff Actor | Bride of Frankenstein Along
with fellow actors Lon Chaney, Bela Lugosi and Vincent Price, Boris Karloff is recognized
as one of the true icons of horror cinema, and the actor most closely
identified with the general public's perception of the "monster"
from the classic Mary Shelley book,
"Frankenstein". William Henry ...
622. Peter Lorre Actor | Casablanca Peter
Lorre was born Laszlo Lowenstein on Roszahegy,
Hungary. He was educated in elementary and secondary schools in Vienna,
Austria. As a youth, he ran away from home, worked as a bank clerk and, after
stage training in Vienna, made his acting debut in Zurich. He remained
unknown, traveling for ...
623. Matthew McConaughey Actor | Dallas Buyers Club American
actor and producer Matthew David McConaughey was
born in Uvalde, Texas. His mother, Mary Kathleen (McCabe), is a substitute
school teacher originally from New Jersey. His father, James Donald
McConaughey, was a Mississippi-born gas station owner who ran an oil pipe
supply business. He is ...
624. Paddy Considine Actor | Dead Man's Shoes Paddy
(Patrick) Considine was born on September 5, 1974 in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire
in the U.K. As a teenager, Considine studied a drama course at Burton College
where he met with now friend and director Shane Meadows, who cast Considine in his
first role in a feature film as the disturbed ...
625. Ryan Phillippe Actor | Crash Ryan
Phillippe was born on September 10, 1974 in New Castle, Delaware, to Susan
(Thomas), a nurse, and Richard Phillippe, a chemical technician. He has three
sisters, Kirsten, Lindsay, and Katelyn, and attended New Castle Baptist
Academy. Ryan's acting career began with the soap opera One Life to ...
626. Kerry Washington Actress | Django Unchained Kerry
Washington was born on January 31, 1977 in The Bronx, New York City, New
York, USA as Kerry Marisa Washington. She is an actress and producer, known
for Django Unchained (2012), Scandal (2012) and Save the Last Dance (2001). She has
been married to Nnamdi Asomugha since June 24, 2013.
They ...
627. Carrie-Anne Moss Actress | The Matrix Carrie-Anne
Moss was born and raised in Vancouver, Canada. At age 20, after studying at
the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, she moved to Europe to pursue a career
in modeling. While in Spain she was cast in a regular role in the TV show
Dark Justice which was produced in Barcelona for its first ...
628. Janet Leigh Actress | Psycho Janet
Leigh was the only child of a couple who often moved from town to town.
Living in apartments, Janet was a bright child who skipped several grades and
finished high school when she was 15. A lonely child, she would spend much of
her time at movie theaters. She was a student, studying music and...
Actress | Maria Full of Grace Catalina
Sandino Moreno was born on April 19, 1981 in Bogotá, Colombia. She is an
actress and producer, known for Maria Full of Grace (2004), Che: Part One (2008) and Fast Food Nation(2006). She has been married
to David Elwell since April 15, 2006. They
have one child.
630. Samantha Morton Actress | Minority Report Samantha
Morton has established herself as one of the finest actors of her generation,
winning Oscar nominations for her turns in Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown (1999) and Jim Sheridan's In America (2002). She has the talent
to become one of the major performers in the cinema of this young century.
631. Keisha Castle-Hughes Actress | Whale Rider Keisha
Castle-Hughes was born on March 24, 1990 in Donnybrook, Western Australia,
Australia. She is an actress and producer, known for Whale Rider (2002), Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) and The Nativity Story (2006). She was
previously married to Jonathan Morrison.
632. Barbara Stanwyck Actress | Double Indemnity Today
Barbara Stanwyck is remembered primarily as the
matriarch of the family known as the Barkleys on
the TV western The Big Valley (1965), wherein she
played Victoria, and from the hit drama The Colbys (1985).
But she was known to millions of other fans for her movie career, which
spanned the ...
633. Joan Allen Actress | Room Joan
Allen was born on August 20, 1956 in Rochelle, Illinois, the youngest of four
children. She is the daughter of homemaker Dorothea Marie (Wirth) and gas
station owner James Jefferson Allen. Her mother's family was German, and her
father had English, Scots-Irish, and German ancestry. She ...
634. Janet McTeer Actress | Albert Nobbs Janet
McTeer was born on August 5, 1961 in Newcastle,
England, UK to parents Jean and Allan McTeer. She
was raised in York from the age of 6. She attended Queen Anne Grammar School
for Girls, where there was not much opportunity for drama. She became interested
in acting at age 16, when she saw "...
635. Fernanda Montenegro Actress | Central do Brasil Arlette
Pinheiro Esteves da Silva was born on 16th October 1929 in Rio de Janeiro.
She adopted the name "Fernanda" because she thought it sounded
good. "Montenegro" came after her family doctor.
636. Kristin Scott Thomas Actress | The English Patient The
acclaimed Cornish actress Dame Kristin Scott Thomas was born in Redruth, Cornwall, to Deborah (Hurlbatt)
and Lieutenant Commander Simon Scott Thomas. Her father was a pilot for the
British Royal Navy and died in a flying accident in 1964. Her stepfather, Lt.
Cdr Simon Idiens, was
also a pilot, ...
637. Brenda Blethyn Actress | Pride & Prejudice After
twenty years of hard work on stage and both television and film, there are
not many other actresses who deserved the success, recognition and stardom
which Brenda Blethyn has now achieved.
638. Elisabeth Shue Actress | Leaving Las Vegas Elisabeth
Shue was born in Wilmington, Delaware, to Anne
Brewster (Wells), who worked for the Chemical Banking Corporation, and James
William Shue, a lawyer and real estate developer.
She is of German and English ancestry, including descent from Mayflower
passengers. Shue's parents divorced while ...
639. Miranda Richardson Actress | The Crying Game Miranda
Richardson was born in Southport, Lancashire, England on March 3, 1958, to
Marian Georgina (Townsend) and William Alan Richardson, a marketing
executive. She has one sister, eight years her senior. Her parents and sister
are not involved in the performing arts. At an early age she performed...
640. Stockard Channing Actress | Grease One
of Broadway and Hollywood's cleverer talents who tends to shine a smart,
cynical light on her surroundings, Stockard
Channing was born Susan Williams Antonia Stockard
on February 13, 1944, in New York City, to a Catholic family, with English
and Irish ancestry. The daughter of Lester Napier ...
641. Luise Rainer Actress | The Great Ziegfeld Luise Rainer, the first thespian to win
back-to-back Oscars, was born on January 12, 1910 in Dusseldorf, Germany,
into a prosperous Jewish family. Her parents were Emilie (Königsberger)
and Heinrich Rainer, a businessman. She took to the stage,
and plied her craft on the boards in Germany. As a ...
642. Mary McDonnell Actress | Battlestar Galactica Mary
McDonnell is a two-time Oscar®-nominated actress, who is known for her
character portrayals in both period and present-day screen roles.
643. Lucille Ball Actress | I Love Lucy The
woman who will always be remembered as the crazy, accident-prone, lovable
Lucy Ricardo was born Lucille Desiree Ball on August 6, 1911 in Jamestown,
New York. Her father died before she was four, and her mother worked several
jobs, so she and her younger brother were raised by their ...
644. Laura Dern Actress | Jurassic Park Laura
Dern was born on February 10, 1967 in Los Angeles, the daughter of
actors Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd. Dern was exposed to movie sets
and the movie industry from infancy, and obtained
several bit parts as a child. Her parents divorced when Dern was two and Dern
lost contact with her father for ...
645. Pauline Collins Actress | Shirley Valentine Pauline
Collins, OBE, came to prominence with portraying Sarah Moffat in BBC's Upstairs, Downstairs (1971) and its
spin-off Thomas and Sarah (1979) during the
1970s. After having played the title-role in the play "Shirley
Valentine" for which she earned Laurence Olivier, Tony, and Drama Desk
awards...
646. Isabelle Adjani Actress | Possession Isabelle
Yasmine Adjani was born in Gennevilliers, Hauts-de-Seine, a suburb of Paris, to Emma Augusta "Gusti" (Schweinberger) and
Mohammed Adjani. Her father was a Kabyle Algerian, from Iferhounène,
and her mother was a Bavarian German. She grew up speaking German fluently.
After winning a school ...
647. Melanie Griffith Actress | Working Girl Melanie
Griffith was born on August 9, 1957 in New York City, to then model/future
actress Tippi Hedren and
former child actor turned advertising executive Peter Griffith. Her parents' marriage ended
when she was four years old and Tippi brought
Melanie to Los Angeles to get a new start. Tippi
...
648. Sally Kirkland Actress | Anna Sally
Kirkland, BEST Actress Oscar Nominee, Golden Globe winner, Independent Spirit
Award winner, LA Film Critics Circle Award winner and veteran of over 200
films. Feisty, hard-working, famously liberal, with the trademark blonde
hair, actress Sally Kirkland has certainly made an indelible mark on...
649. Jane Alexander Actress | Kramer vs. Kramer Angular
in features, reserved in demeanor and more-or-less plaintive in appearance,
actress Jane Alexander has played down the glamor card for the most part. Her
true brilliance has come from the remarkable range and depth of her talent.
Heralded as one of the finest 70s actresses to arrive in ...
650. Marsha Mason Actress | The Goodbye Girl She
has a wonderful, extremely engaging "feel good" quality about her,
an innate warmth that makes you root for her whether she's playing a stubborn
single mom, brittle prostitute, or strung-out alcoholic. Marsha Mason was a
resoundingly respected and popular film actress of the 1970s and 1980s ...
651. Freddie Highmore Actor | Finding Neverland Freddie
Highmore is an English actor who came to prominence for his roles in Five Children and It (2004), Finding Neverland(2004), and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005).
652. Michael J. Fox Actor | Back to the Future Michael
J. Fox was born Michael Andrew Fox on June 9, 1961 in Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada, to Phyllis Fox (née Piper), a payroll
clerk, and William Fox. His parents moved their 10-year-old son, his three
sisters, Kelli Fox, Karen, and Jacki, and his brother
Steven, to Vancouver, British Columbia, ...
653. John Travolta Actor | Battlefield Earth John
Joseph Travolta was born in Englewood, New Jersey, one of six children
of Helen Travolta (née Helen Cecilia
Burke) and Salvatore/Samuel J. Travolta. His father was of Italian descent
and his mother was of Irish ancestry. His father owned a tire repair shop
called Travolta Tires in Hillsdale, ...
654. Yun-Fat Chow Actor | Wo hu cang long Chow
Yun Fat is a charismatic, athletically built and energetic Asian-born film
star who first came to the attention of western audiences via his roles in
the high-octane/blazing guns action films of maverick HK director John Woo.
655. Seth MacFarlane Writer | Family Guy Seth
Woodbury MacFarlane was born in the small New England town of Kent,
Connecticut, where he lived with his mother, Ann Perry (Sager), an admissions
office worker, his father, Ronald Milton MacFarlane, a prep school teacher,
and his sister, Rachael MacFarlane, now a voice actress and
singer. He ...
656. Jet Li Actor | The One Jet
Li born Li Lian Jie in Beijing, China. He started
training at the Beijing wushu academy (wushu is China's national sport,
largely a performance version of various martial art styles) at age eight. He
won five gold medals in the Chinese championships, his first when he was only
11. In his teens,...
657. John Houseman Actor | The Paper Chase Academy
Award-winning actor John Houseman's main contribution to American culture was
not his own performances on film but rather, his role as a midwife to one of
the greatest actor-directors-cinematic geniuses his adopted country ever
produced (Orson Welles) and as a midwife to a whole
generation ...
658. Chuck Norris Actor | Walker, Texas Ranger Chuck
Norris is familiar to fans worldwide as the star of action films such
as The Hitman (1991), The Delta Force (1986) and Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection (1990).
He also starred in Missing in Action (1984) and its
sequels, Firewalker (1986) and Sidekicks (1992). He was an executive
...
Actor | Double Impact Van
Damme was born Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg
in Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, Brussels, Belgium, to
Eliana and Eugène Van Varenberg, an accountant.
"The Muscles from Brussels" started martial arts at the age of
eleven. His father introduced him to martial arts when he saw his son was ...
660. Sam Rockwell Actor | Moon Sam
Rockwell was born on November 5, 1968, in San Mateo, California, the only
child of two actors, Pete Rockwell and Penny Hess. The
family moved to New York when he was two years old, living first in the Bronx
and later in Manhattan. When Sam was five years old, his parents separated,
at which ...
661. Takashi Shimura Actor | Shichinin no samurai Japanese
character actor Takashi Shimura was one of the finest film actors of the 20th
century and a leading member of the "stock company" of master
director Akira Kurosawa. A native of southern Japan,
Shimura was a descendant of the samurai warrior class. Following university
training, he founded ...
662. Richard E. Grant Actor | Gosford Park Richard
E. Grant was born on May 5, 1957 in Mbabane, Hhohho,
Swaziland as Richard Grant Esterhuysen. He is an
actor, known for Gosford Park (2001), Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)
and Hudson Hawk (1991). He has been married
to Joan Washingtonsince November 1, 1986. They have two children.
663. Leslie Nielsen Actor | Airplane! Leslie
William Nielsen was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, and raised in Tulita (formerly Fort Norman), Northwest Territories. His
mother, Mabel Elizabeth (Davies), was Welsh. His father, Ingvard
Eversen Nielsen, was a Danish-born Mountie and a
strict disciplinarian. Leslie studied at the Academy of ...
664. Simon Pegg Actor | Shaun of the Dead English
actor, writer and comedian Simon Pegg was born
Simon John Beckingham in Brockworth,
Gloucestershire, to Gillian Rosemary (Smith), a civil servant, and John Henry
Beckingham, a jazz musician. His parents divorced
when Pegg was seven. He later took his stepfather's
surname, "Pegg". He was ...
665. John Malkovich Actor | Being John Malkovich John
Gavin Malkovich was born in Christopher, Illinois, to Joe Anne (Choisser), who owned a local newspaper, and Daniel Leon
Malkovich, a state conservation director. His paternal grandparents were
Croatian. In 1976, Malkovich joined Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre, newly
founded by his friend Gary ...
666. Michael Shannon Actor | Midnight Special Michael
Corbett Shannon was born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky, the son of
Geraldine Hine, a lawyer, and Donald Sutherlin Shannon, an accounting
professor at DePaul University. His grandfather was entomologist Raymond
Corbett Shannon.
667. Martin Sheen Actor | The Departed Multiple
Emmy- and Golden Globe-winner Martin Sheen is one of America's most
celebrated, colorful, and accomplished actors. Moving flawlessly between
artistic mediums, Sheen's acting range is striking.
668. Christopher Guest Actor | This Is Spinal Tap U.S.-born
actor, director, writer, musician, and composer best known for his mockumentaries,
poking fun at heavy metal music, small town theatre, dog shows, folk music
and film-making itself, Christopher Haden-Guest was born February fifth,
1948, in New York City. His mother, Jean Pauline (Hindes),...
669. Alan Rickman Actor | Die Hard Alan
Rickman was born on a council estate in Acton, West London, to Margaret
Doreen Rose (Bartlett) and Bernard Rickman, who worked at a factory. He had
English, Irish, and Welsh ancestry. Alan had an older brother David, a
younger brother Michael and a younger sister Sheila. When Alan was 8 years
...
670. Jackie Earle Haley Actor | Watchmen Jackie
Earle Haley was born on July 14, 1961 in Northridge, California, USA as Jack
Earle Haley. He is an actor and director, known for Watchmen (2009), Little Children (2006) and A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010). He
has been married to Amelia Cruz since August 6, 2004. He was previously
married to...
671. Gig Young Actor | They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Gig
Young was born Byron Barr to parents John and Emma Barr in Minnesota, and
raised in Washington, DC, where he developed a passion for theatre while
appearing in high school plays. After gaining some amateur experience, he
applied for and received a scholarship to the acclaimed Southern ...
672. James Spader Actor | The Blacklist James
Todd Spader was born on February 7, 1960 in Boston,
Massachusetts, the son of teachers Jean (Fraser) and Stoddard Greenwood
"Todd" Spader. He attended Phillips
Academy in Andover with director Peter Sellars; he dropped out in eleventh
grade. He bused tables, shoveled manure, and taught yoga ...
673. Eric Bana Actor | Munich Eric
Bana was born Eric Banadinovic on August 9, 1968,
in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He is the younger of two brothers. His
father, named Ivan Banadinovic, came from Zagreb,
Croatia, and worked as a manager for Caterpillar Inc. His mother, named Eleanor
Banadinovic, came from a German family ...
674. Romain Duris Actor | De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté Appealing
actor Romain Duris is the exact example of those
who arrived in the movie industry by chance, and to stardom without really
desiring it. Discovered by a casting director while he was waiting in front
of a high school in Paris, he was offered a role. Between popular successes
such as Le p&...
675. Robert Shaw Actor | Jaws Robert
Archibald Shaw was born on August 9, 1927, in Westhoughton, Lancashire,
England, the eldest son of Doreen Nora (Avery), a nurse, and Thomas Archibald
Shaw, a doctor. His paternal grandfather was Scottish, from Argyll. Shaw's
mother, who was born in Piggs Peak, Swaziland, met
his father while...
676. Jacki Weaver Actress | Silver Linings Playbook Jacki
Weaver was born on May 25, 1947 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia as
Jacqueline Ruth Weaver. She is an actress, known for Silver Linings Playbook (2012), Animal Kingdom(2010) and Stoker (2013). She has been married
to Sean Taylorsince 2003. She was previously married to Derryn Hinch,
...
677. Bérénice Bejo Actress | The Artist Actress
Bérénice Bejo was born in
Buenos Aires, the daughter of Silvia De Paoli, a lawyer, and Miguel Bejo, a
filmmaker. When she was three, Bejo's family
relocated to Paris, France. She embarked on a successful acting career in the
1990s, with various roles in French television and film ...
678. Hailee Steinfeld Actress | True Grit Hailee
Steinfeld was born on December 11, 1996 in Tarzana, California, to Cheri (Domasin), an interior designer, and Peter Steinfeld, a personal fitness trainer.
She has a brother, Griffin. Her uncle is Jake Steinfeld, a fitness trainer, and her
great-uncle is actor Larry Domasin. Her
father is of ...
679. Jennifer Jason Leigh Actress | The Hateful Eight Jennifer
Jason Leigh was born Jennifer Lee Morrow in Los Angeles, California, the
daughter of writer Barbara Turner and actor Vic Morrow. Her father was of Russian Jewish
descent and her mother was of Austrian Jewish ancestry. She is the sister
of Carrie Ann Morrow and half-sister of
actress Mina ...
680. Kathleen Quinlan Actress | Apollo 13 Kathleen
Quinlan was born in Pasadena, California, the only child of Josephine
(Zachry), a military supply supervisor, and Robert Quinlan, a television
sports director. She grew up in Mill Valley, Ca, and got her break in acting
when George Lucas came to her high school to
cast for his movie ...
681. Taraji P. Henson Actress | Hidden Figures Taraji
P. Henson was born on September 11, 1970 in Washington, District of Columbia,
USA as Taraji Penda Henson. She is an actress and producer, known for Hidden Figures (2016), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
and Hustle & Flow(2005).
682. Amy Ryan Actress | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Amy
Ryan was born on May 3, 1969 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA as Amy
Beth Dziewiontkowski. She is an actress, known
for Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)(2014), Gone Baby Gone (2007) and Escape Plan (2013). She has been
married to Eric Slovin since August 23, 2011. They
...
683. Ruby Dee Actress | American Gangster Ruby
Dee was an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist and
civil rights activist. She is best known for originating the role of
"Ruth Younger" in the stage and film versions of A Raisin in the
Sun (1961).
684. Jill Clayburgh Actress | Bridesmaids It
came as no surprise to film aficionados when, in 1999, Entertainment Weekly
named Jill Clayburgh on its list of Hollywood's 25 Greatest Actresses. For
decades, she delivered stellar performances in a wide variety of roles.
685. Adriana Barraza Actress | Babel Adriana
Barraza was born on March 5, 1956 in Toluca, Estado de Mexico, Mexico. She is
known for her work on Babel (2006), Drag Me to Hell (2009) and Thor (2011). She has been married
to Arnaldo Pipke since
April 29, 2005. She was previously married to Carlos Valsagna.
686. Rinko Kikuchi Actress | Babel Rinko was born Kikuchi Yuriko in Hadano just south of Tokyo. The town is known mainly for
its green tea and public baths. She is the youngest of three siblings. After
being scouted on the street, she began modeling in her hometown and
subsequently began acting under her birth name before switching ...
687. Catherine Keener Actress | Capote Catherine
Keener is an American actress, Oscar-nominated for her roles in the
independent films Being John Malkovich (1999) and Capote (2005). Acclaimed in her
community for her quirky roles in independent film and mainstream such
as The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005), Keener
got her start as a casting ...
688. Charlotte Rampling Actress | 45 Years Tessa
Charlotte Rampling was born 5 February 1946 in Sturmer, England, to Isabel Anne (Gurteen),
a painter, and Godfrey Lionel Rampling, an Olympic
gold medalist, army officer, and colonel, who became a NATO commander. She
was educated at Jeanne d'Arc Académie pour Jeunes Filles in Versailles,
...
689. Sophie Okonedo Actress | Hotel Rwanda Sophie
Okonedo was born on August 11, 1968 in London,
England. She is an actress, known for Hotel Rwanda (2004), Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
and After Earth (2013).
690. Patricia Clarkson Actress | The Green Mile This
remarkable, one-of-a-kind actress has, since the early 1990s, intrigued film
and TV audiences with her glowing, yet careworn eccentricity and old
world-styled glamour. Very much in demand these days as a character player,
Patricia Clarkson nevertheless continues to avoid the temptation of ...
691. Shohreh Aghdashloo Actress | House of Sand and Fog Shohreh Aghdashloo was
born Shohreh Vaziri-Tabar
on May 11, 1952 in Tehran, Iran. In the 1970s at age 20, she achieved
nationwide stardom in her homeland of Iran, starring in some prominent
pictures such as The Report (1977) directed by the
renowned Abbas Kiarostami, which won critics awards at the...
692. Lindsay Lohan Actress | Mean Girls Lindsay
Dee Lohan was born in New York City, on 2 July 1986, to Dina Lohan and Michael Lohan. She began her career at age
three as a Ford model, and also made appearances in over sixty television
commercials, including spots for The Gap, Pizza Hut, Wendy's, and Jell-O
(opposite Bill Cosby). Lohan ...
Actress | Buffy the Vampire Slayer Trachtenberg
grew up in Brooklyn and started her acting career young; she began appearing
in commercials at the age of 3.
694. Chloë Sevigny Actress | Boys Don't Cry Known
in the mid to late nineties for her status as a fashion impresario and "it girl," with over a dozen art house films to her
credit, Chloë Sevigny also stands out as one of the
most prominent queens of contemporary independent cinema. Originally hailing
from Darien, Connecticut, Sevigny ...
695. Lynn Redgrave Actress | Gods and Monsters Actress
of both the English and American stage and screen, Lynn Redgrave was born in
Marylebone, London, England, into one of the world's most famous acting
dynasties. As the daughter of Rachel Kempson and
Sir Michael Redgrave, sister of Vanessa Redgrave and Corin Redgrave, and granddaughter of Roy...
696. Rachel Griffiths Actress | Muriel's Wedding Her
mother, Anna Griffiths, is an art consultant. Her uncle is a Jesuit priest.
Has two older brothers. One brother, Ben, is a ski instructor. Lived on the
Gold Coast, Queensland until age five, then moved to Melbourne. Attended Star
of the Sea Catholic Girls' College, did well at school and ...
697. Margot Robbie Actress | Suicide Squad Margot
Elise Robbie was born on July 2, 1990 in Dalby, Queensland, Australia to
Scottish parents. Her mother, Sarie Kessler,
is a physiotherapist, and her father, is Doug Robbie. She comes from a family
of four children, having two brothers and one sister. She graduated from
Somerset College in ...
698. Lili Taylor Actress | American Crime Lili
Taylor is a well-known and successful American actress. She acts in film, TV
and stage. She was born in Glencoe, Illinois, to Marie (Lecour)
and George Park Taylor, an artist and hardware store operator. Lili graduated
from New Trier High School in 1985. Then, she attended the Theatre School ...
699. Robin Weigert Actress | Deadwood Robin
Weigert was born on July 7, 1969 in Washington,
District of Columbia, USA. She is an actress and director, known for Deadwood (2004), Synecdoche, New York (2008) and The Sessions (2012).
700. Lake Bell Actress | In a World... Lake
Bell was born on March 24, 1979 in New York City, New York, USA as Lake
Caroline Siegel Bell. She is an actress and director, known for In a World... (2013), No Strings Attached(2011) and It's Complicated (2009). She has been
married to Scott Campbell since June 1, 2013. They
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