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Top 1000 Actors and Actresses Page 8
701. Claude Rains Actor | Casablanca William
Claude Rains, born in the Clapham area of London, was the son of the British
stage actor Frederick Rains. The younger Rains followed, making his stage
debut at the age of eleven in "Nell of Old Drury." Growing up in
the world of theater, he saw not only acting up close but the
down-to-earth...
702. Steve Buscemi Actor | Fargo Steve
Buscemi was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Dorothy (Wilson), a restaurant
hostess, and John Buscemi, a sanitation worker. He is of Italian (father) and
English, Dutch, and Irish (mother) descent. He became interested in acting
during his last year of high school. After graduating, he moved to...
703. John Rhys-Davies Actor | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Acclaimed
Welsh actor John Rhys-Davies was born in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, Wales,
to Mary Margaretta Phyllis (Jones), a nurse, and Rhys Davies, a mechanical
engineer and Colonial Officer. He graduated from the University of East
Anglia and is probably best known to film audiences for his roles ...
Actor | Amour Born
1930 in Piolenc in south France as son of a wealthy industrialist. Studied
law in Aix-en-Provence. Started theatrical acting in 1950, but was regarded
untalented at first, until Roger Vadim discovered him for the
movies. When the press stalked him 1956 because of rumors of an affair
with ...
705. Joseph Cotten Actor | The Third Man Joseph
Cheshire Cotten, Jr. was born in Petersburg, Virginia, into a well-to-do
Southern family. He was the eldest of three sons born to Sally Whitworth
(Willson) and Joseph Cheshire Cotten, Sr., an assistant postmaster.
706. Barry Pepper Actor | Saving Private Ryan Barry
Robert Pepper was born on April 4, 1970, in Campbell River, British Columbia,
Canada, as the youngest of three sons. He has two older brothers named Alex
and Doug Pepper. The Peppers didn't stick around Campbell River for too long.
They had been building a ship in their backyard for years. ...
707. Erich von Stroheim Actor | Sunset Blvd. Erich
von Stroheim was born Erich Oswald Stroheim in 1885, in Vienna, Austria, to
Johanna (Bondy), from Prague, and Benno Stroheim, a hatter from Gleiwitz,
Germany (now Gliwice, Poland). His family was Jewish.
708. Patrick Wilson Actor | The Phantom of the Opera Patrick
Joseph Wilson was born in Norfolk, Virginia and raised in St. Petersburg,
Florida, the son of Mary Kathryn (Burton), a voice teacher and professional
singer, and John Franklin Wilson, a news anchor.
709. Christopher Lloyd Actor | Back to the Future Christopher
Lloyd was born on October 22, 1938 in Stamford, Connecticut, USA as
Christopher Allen Lloyd. He is an actor, known for Back to the Future (1985), Who Framed Roger Rabbit(1988) and Addams Family Values (1993). He has
been married to Lisa Loiacono since November 23, 2016.
He was ...
710. Ben Foster Actor | Hell or High Water Ben
Foster was born October 29, 1980 in Boston, Massachusetts, to Gillian Kirwan
and Steven Foster, restaurant owners. His younger brother is actor Jon Foster. His paternal grandparents were
from Russian Jewish families that immigrated to Massachusetts (his
grandfather became a prominent judge in ...
711. Joel McCrea Actor | Foreign Correspondent One
of the great stars of American Westerns, and a very popular leading man in
non-Westerns as well. He was born and raised in the surroundings of Hollywood
and as a boy became interested in the movies that were being made all around.
He studied acting at Pomona College and got some stage ...
712. Min-sik Choi Actor | Oldeuboi Choi
Min-shik first made a name for himself in theater before breaking into the
film world with a role in Park Chong-won's acclaimed film 'Our Twisted Hero'
(1992). In the mid-nineties he continued to act in theater productions as
well as in several TV dramas, including Moon Over Seoul with Han ...
713. Ewan McGregor Actor | Moulin Rouge! Ewan
Gordon McGregor was born on March 31, 1971 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, to
Carol Diane (Lawson) and James Charles McGregor, both teachers. His uncle is
actor Denis Lawson. He was raised in Crieff. At
age 16, he left Morrison Academy to join the Perth Repertory Theatre. His
parents ...
714. Gael García Bernal Actor | Mozart in the Jungle Gael
García Bernal was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, to Patricia Bernal, an actress and model,
and José Ángel García, an actor and director.
His stepfather is cinematographer Sergio Yazbek. García Bernal began his
acting career as a child, working with his parents in a variety of plays.
When...
715. Bruno Ganz Actor | Der Untergang Bruno
Ganz was an acclaimed Swiss actor who was a prominent figure in German
language film and television for over fifty years. He is internationally
renowned for portraying Adolf Hitler in the Academy Award-nominated film
Downfall (2004).
716. Sean Astin Actor | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Sean
Patrick Astin (né Duke; February 25, 1971) is an American actor, voice actor,
director, producer, author, runner and political activist who is well known
for his film debut portraying Mikey in Steven Spielberg's The Goonies (1985), for playing the
title role in the critically acclaimed Rudy (...
717. Irrfan Khan Actor | Dabba Born
Sahabzade Irfan Ali Khan, in Jaipur, Rajasthan (NW India) January 7, 1967 to
a Pashto speaking Muslim family. Khan's mother, Begum Khan, was from the Tonk
Hakim family and his father, Jagirdar Khan, from the Khajuriya village near
the Tonk district, ran a tire business.
718. Michael C. Hall Actor | Dexter Michael
C. Hall was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, to Janice (Styons), a guidance
counselor, and William Carlyle Hall, who worked for IBM. Michael is a
graduate of NYU's Master of Fine Arts program in acting. He is known for the
titular character "Dexter" in Dexter (2006) and as mortician
"David ...
719. Roy Scheider Actor | Jaws Lean,
angular-faced and authoritatively spoken lead / supporting actor Roy Scheider
obviously never heard the old actor's axiom about "never appearing with
kids or animals" lest they overshadow your performance. Breaking that
rule did him no harm, though, as he achieved pop cult status by finding, ...
720. Casey Affleck Actor | Manchester by the Sea An
accomplished and striking performer, Academy Award® winner Casey Affleck has
established himself as a powerful leading man with performances in multiple
projects.
721. Gary Busey Actor | The Buddy Holly Story A
blond-haired, fair-complexioned actor with a toothy grin and capable of an
unsettling glint in his eyes, Gary Busey was born in Goose Creek, Texas, and
was raised in Oklahoma. He is the son of Sadie Virginia (Arnett), a
homemaker, and Delmar Lloyd Busey, a construction design manager. He has ...
722. Norman Reedus Actor | The Walking Dead Norman
Reedus was born in Hollywood, Florida, to Marianne and Norman Reedus. He is
of Italian (from his paternal grandmother), English, Scottish, and Irish
descent.
723. Jeff Daniels Actor | The Squid and the Whale Actor
Jeff Daniels was born in Athens, Georgia, but was raised in Chelsea,
Michigan. He is the son of Marjorie J. (Ferguson) and Robert Lee Daniels, who
owned The Chelsea Lumber Company and was also mayor of Chelsea. Jeff attended
Central Michigan University, but became involved in acting and ...
724. Stanley Tucci Actor | Spotlight Actor
Stanley Tucci was born on November 11, 1960, in Peekskill, New York. He is
the son of Joan (Tropiano), a writer, and Stanley Tucci, an art teacher. His
family is Italian-American, with origins in Calabria.
725. Kiefer Sutherland Actor | 24 Kiefer
Sutherland was born in London, England, UK, to Canadian actors Shirley Douglas and Donald Sutherland, who moved to California
shortly after his birth. His maternal grandfather, Tommy Douglas, was a Scottish-born Canadian
politician who was a Premier of Saskatchewan for over 17 years and led ...
726. Léa Seydoux Actress | La vie d'Adèle French
actress Léa Seydoux was born in 1985 in Paris, France, to Valérie Schlumberger, a philanthropist,
and Henri Seydoux, a businessman. Her
grandfather, Jérôme Seydoux, is chairman of Pathé, and
her father is a great-grandson of businessman and inventor Marcel
Schlumberger (her mother also ...
727. Dakota Johnson Actress | Fifty Shades of Grey Dakota
Mayi Johnson is an American actress and fashion model. She was born in
Austin, Texas, and is the daughter of actors Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith. Her maternal grandmother
is actress Tippi Hedren.
728. Julie Delpy Actress | Trois couleurs: Blanc Julie
Delpy was born in Paris, France, in 1969 to Albert Delpy and Marie Pillet, both actors.
729. Linda Hamilton Actress | Terminator 2: Judgment Day Born
in Salisbury, Maryland, USA, following high school Linda studied for two
years at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, before moving on to
acting studies in New York. In New York she attended acting workshops given
by Lee Strasberg. Her first parts were small
parts in TV series, with ...
730. Carrie Fisher Actress | Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi Carrie
Frances Fisher was born on October 21, 1956 in Burbank, California, to
singers/actors Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds. She was an actress and
writer known for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return ...
731. Pam Grier Actress | Jackie Brown Pam
Grier was born in Winston-Salem, NC, one of four children of Gwendolyn Sylvia
(Samuels), a nurse, and Clarence Ransom Grier Jr., an Air Force mechanic. Pam
has been a major African-American star from the early 1970s. Her career
started in 1971, when Roger Corman of New World Pictures
launched ...
732. Björk Soundtrack | Dancer in the Dark Born
in 1965 in the Icelandic capital city of Reykjavik, the daughter of Gudmundur
Gunnarsson (an electrician) and Hildur Hauksdóttir who divorced before her
second birthday, Björk grew up in a hippie-type community with her mother and
her seven siblings. She started to study classical music at the...
733. Emily Browning Actress | A Series of Unfortunate Events Australian
actress Emily Browning was born in 1988 in Melbourne, Australia, to Shelley
and Andrew Browning. She has two younger brothers. Her start in acting came
after a classmate's father, involved in the acting business, noticed her
"acting all ditsy" in a school play. Emily found an agent and ...
734. Juliette Lewis Actress | Natural Born Killers Juliette
Lewis has been recognized as one of Hollywood's most talented and versatile
actors of her generation since she first stunned audiences and critics alike
with her Oscar-nominated performance as "Danielle Bowden" in Cape Fear (1991). To date, she has
worked with some of the most revered ...
735. Sarah Jessica Parker Actress | Sex and the City Sarah
Jessica Parker was born March 25, 1965, in Nelsonville, Ohio, to Barbra
Forste (née Keck), a teacher who ran a nursery school, and Stephen Parker, a
journalist. Her parents divorced, and her mother later remarried to Paul
Forste and had four more children, bringing the total to eight. Sarah ...
736. Piper Laurie Actress | The Hustler Piper
Laurie was born Rosetta Jacobs in Detroit, Michigan to parents of Russian and
Polish ancestry. Piper had been studying acting with Benno and Betomi
Schnider for three years when she auditioned for Universal Studios, who
signed her to a long term contract. They made more than twenty films ...
737. Miley Cyrus Soundtrack | Hannah Montana Miley
Cyrus was born in Franklin, Tennessee, the daughter of country singer Billy Ray Cyrus and his wife, Letitia
Jean "Tish" (Finley). She has five siblings - two half-brothers, a
half-sister, and a younger brother and sister. Her birth name is Destiny Hope
Cyrus, because her parents hoped she ...
738. Lily Tomlin Actress | Nashville Lily
Tomlin was born September 1, 1939 in Detroit, Michigan, to Lillie Mae (Ford)
and Guy Tomlin, who moved to Michigan from Paducah, Kentucky, during the
Great Depression. Her mother was a nurse's aide and her father was a factory
worker. She graduated from Cass Technical High School in 1957, and ...
739. Anna Friel Actress | Land of the Lost Anna
Friel is an English actress, born in Rochdale. She has been acting since the
age of 13, appearing in a number of British television programmes. She made
her West End stage debut in London in 2001, and has subsequently appeared on
stage in several productions, including an adaptation of ...
740. Gloria Stuart Actress | Titanic Gloria Stuart was born on a dining room
table on 4th Street in Santa Monica, California on July 4, 1910. Her early
roles as a performing artist were in plays she produced in her home as a
young girl. She was the star of her senior class play at Santa Monica High
School in 1927. Attending the ...
741. Talia Shire Actress | Rocky Talia
Shire was born on April 25, 1946 in Lake Success, Long Island, New York, USA
as Talia Rose Coppola. She is an actress, known for Rocky (1976), The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather: Part II (1974). She was
previously married to Jack Schwartzman and David Shire.
742. Gal Gadot Actress | Wonder Woman Gal
Gadot is an Israeli actress, singer, martial artist, and model. She was born
in Rosh Ha'ayin, Israel, to a Jewish family. Her parents are Irit, a teacher,
and Michael, an engineer, who is a sixth-generation Israeli. She served in
the IDF for two years, and won the Miss Israel title in 2004.
743. Sue Lyon Actress | Lolita Sue
Lyon was born in Davenport, Iowa, the last of five children to Sue Karr Lyon.
Her mother was forty-two when her husband died and Sue was 10 months old. Her
mother had to work as a hospital house mother to take care of her children
and money was tight. Around this time, the Lyon family moved out...
744. Olivia Newton-John Soundtrack | Grease Actress/singer
Olivia Newton-John was born on September 26, 1948, in Cambridge,
Cambridgeshire, England. She lived there until she was five years old, and
her family relocated to Australia when her father was offered a job as the
dean of a college in Melbourne. When she was a teen she returned to ...
745. Minnie Driver Actress | Good Will Hunting Amelia
Fiona J. Driver was born January 31, 1970 in Finsbury Park, London. Her
mother, Gaynor Churchward (née Millington), was
a designer and former couture model, and her father, Charles Ronald
"Ronnie" Driver, was a businessman. She has a sister, Kate Driver, who is a model and a producer.
...
746. Teri Garr Actress | Close Encounters of the Third Kind Teri
Garr can claim a career in show business by birthright. She was born in
Lakewood, Ohio, the daughter of Eddie Garr (born Edward Leo Gonnoud), a
Broadway stage and film actor, and Phyllis Garr (née Emma Schmotzer), a
dancer. Her maternal grandparents were Austrian, and her father was of Irish
...
747. Keri Russell Actress | Waitress Keri
Russell was born in Fountain Valley, California, to Stephanie (Stephens) and
David Harold Russell, an executive at Nissan Motors. She began her career on
the Mickey Mouse Club in 1991. She stayed with the show until 1993. After
leaving The All New Mickey Mouse Club (1989)
(where she, along ...
748. Jean Seberg Actress | À bout de souffle Jean
Dorothy Seberg was born in Marshalltown, Iowa, to Dorothy Arline (Benson), a
substitute teacher, and Edward Waldemar Seberg, a pharmacist. Her father was
of Swedish descent and her mother was of English and German ancestry.
749. Sarah Polley Actress | The Sweet Hereafter Sarah
Polley is an actress and director renowned in her native Canada for her
political activism. Blessed with an extremely expressive face that enables
directors to minimize dialog due to her uncanny ability to suggest a
character's thoughts, Polley has become a favorite of critics for her ...
750. Kate Capshaw Actress | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Kate
Capshaw was born Kathleen Sue Nail in Fort Worth, Texas, to Beverley Sue
(Simon), a beautician and travel agent, and Edwin Leon Nail, an airline
employee. Capshaw worked as a teacher with an MA in Learning Disabilities.
Her desire to be an actress led her to New York where she landed a role on...
751. Josh Brolin Actor | Avengers: Infinity War Rugged
features and a natural charm have worked for Josh Brolin, the son of
actor James Brolin. He has played roles as a
policeman, a hunter, and the President of the United States.
752. Hal Holbrook Actor | Into the Wild Hal
Holbrook is an Emmy- and Tony-Award winning actor who is one of the great
craftsman of stage and screen. He is best known for his performance as Mark Twain, for which he won a Tony and the
first of his ten Emmy Award nominations. Aside from the stage, Holbrook made
his reputation primarily on ...
753. Djimon Hounsou Actor | Blood Diamond Djimon
Hounsou was born in Cotonou, Benin, West Africa, to Albertine and Pierre
Hounsou, a cook. He moved to Lyon, France, when he was 13. Hounsou has graced
the catwalks of Paris and London as a popular male model. He has since left
his modeling career and has worked on Gladiator (2000) by Ridley ...
754. Matt Dillon Actor | There's Something About Mary Matt
Dillon's successful film career has spanned over three decades and has
showcased his wide range of dramatic and comedic talents. Dillon displayed
his versatility with an arresting performance co-starring as a racist cop in
the critically acclaimed Paul Haggis film Crash. This role earned him ...
755. Alan Alda Actor | M*A*S*H Alan
Alda was born on January 28, 1936 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
as Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo. He is known for his work on M*A*S*H (1972), The Four Seasons (1981) and Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989). He has
been married to Arlene Alda since March 15, 1957. They
have three children.
756. Thomas Haden Church Actor | Sideways Thomas
Haden Church was born Thomas Richard McMillen in Yolo, California, to Maxine
(Sanders) and Carlos Richard McMillen, who was a U.S. marine and surveyor. He
was raised in Texas. His mother remarried George Quesada, a widowed WWII
veteran who served in Guam, in 1969. He adopted this surname ...
757. Clive Owen Actor | Closer British
actor Clive Owen is one of a handful of stars who, though he is best known
for his art house films, can handle more mainstream films with equal measures
of grace and skill. Owen is typically cast as characters whose primary traits
are a balance of physical strength, intellect, conflicting ...
758. Ken Watanabe Actor | The Last Samurai Ken
Watanabe was born on October 21, 1959 in Uonuma, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.
Both of his parents were teachers: his mother taught general education and
his dad taught calligraphy. He became interested in acting at the age of 24,
when a director of England's National Theatre Company, where he was...
759. Suraj Sharma Actor | Life of Pi Suraj
was born and raised in New Dehli, India. His mother, Shailaja Sharma, is an
economist and his father, Gokul Churai, is a software engineer. He has a
brother and sister who are both younger than he. His father is from
Thalassery, Kerala and his mother is from Palakkad, Kerala.
760. John C. Reilly Actor | Chicago Character
actor, dramatic leading man, or hilarious comic foil? With an astonishing
range of roles already under his belt, John C. Reilly has played an eclectic
host of rich characters to great effect over the years, from seedy
ne'er-do-wells, to lovable, good-natured schlepps.
Actor | The Green Mile Michael
Clarke Duncan was born on December 10, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois. Raised by
his single mother, Jean, a house cleaner, on Chicago's South Side, Duncan
grew up resisting drugs and alcohol, instead concentrating on school. He
wanted to play football in high school, but his mother wouldn't let ...
762. Haley Joel Osment Actor | The Sixth Sense Haley
Joel Osment is an American actor who has proven himself as one of the best
young actors of his generation. He is the first millennial male to have
received an Academy Award nomination for acting.
763. Greg Kinnear Actor | As Good as It Gets Greg
Kinnear was born on June 17, 1963, in Logansport, Indiana, USA to Edward
Kinnear, a career diplomat with the US State Department, and Suzanne (Buck)
Kinnear, a homemaker. Greg has two brothers--James, vice
president-investments at Wachovia Securities in Arizona who was born in 1957,
and Steve,...
764. Burt Reynolds Actor | Boogie Nights Enduring,
strong-featured, and genial star of US cinema, Burt Reynolds started off in
T.V. westerns in the 1960s and then carved his name into 1970s/1980s popular
culture, as a sex symbol (posing nearly naked for "Cosmopolitan"
magazine), and on-screen as both a rugged action figure and then as a ...
765. Robert Forster Actor | Jackie Brown Robert
Forster was born Robert Wallace Foster, Jr. in Rochester, New York, to Grace
Dorothy (Montanarella) and Robert Wallace Foster, Sr., who worked as an
elephant trainer and baking supply company executive. He is of English,
Irish, and Italian descent. Forster first become interested in acting ...
766. Jason Schwartzman Actor | Rushmore Jason
Schwartzman was born on June 26, 1980 in Los Angeles, California, USA as
Jason Francesco Schwartzman. He has been married to Brady Cunningham since July 11, 2009.
They have two children.
767. William H. Macy Actor | Fargo William
H. Macy was born on March 13, 1950 in Miami, Florida, USA as William Hall
Macy Jr. He is an actor and writer, known for Fargo (1996), Shameless (2011) and Magnolia (1999). He has been married
to Felicity Huffman since September 6, 1997.
They have two children.
768. Armin Mueller-Stahl Actor | Eastern Promises Armin
Mueller-Stahl was born on December 17, 1930 in Tilsit, East Prussia, Germany.
He is an actor and director, known for Eastern Promises (2007), Shine (1996) and The International(2009). He has been married
to Gabriele Scholz since 1973. They have one child. He was previously married
to Monika ...
769. Tim Roth Actor | Rob Roy Often
mistaken for an American because of his skill at imitating accents, actor Tim
Roth was born Timothy Simon Roth on May 14, 1961 in Lambeth, London, England.
His mother, Ann, was a teacher and landscape painter. His father, Ernie, was
a journalist who had changed the family name from "Smith" to ...
770. James Cromwell Actor | The Green Mile Born
in Los Angeles but raised in Manhattan and educated at Middlebury College and
Carnegie-Mellon University, James Cromwell is the son of film director John Cromwell and actress Kay Johnson. He studied acting at
Carnegie-Mellon, and went into the theatre (like his parents) doing
everything from ...
771. Chazz Palminteri Actor | The Usual Suspects Bronx-born
and raised Chazz Palminteri was a natural choice to continue the Italianate
torch in film. In the tradition set forth in the 1970s by such icons as
director Martin Scorsese and actors Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, John Cazale and Joe Pesci, Palminteri has brought grit,
muscle and an ...
772. Gary Sinise Actor | Forrest Gump Gary
Alan Sinise was born in Blue Island, Illinois, to Mylles S. (Alsip) and Robert L. Sinise, A.C.E., a film editor. He
is of Italian (from his paternal grandfather), English, Scottish, Irish,
French, German, and Swedish ancestry. His family moved to Highland Park,
where he attended high school. ...
773. Paul Scofield Actor | A Man for All Seasons Though
his number of film roles amount to a bit over 30, Paul Scofield has cast a
giant shadow in the world of stage and film acting. He grew up in West
Sussex, the son of a schoolmaster. He attended the Varndean School for Boys
in Brighton. The love of acting came early. While still high school ...
774. Pete Postlethwaite Actor | The Usual Suspects Classically-trained
actor Pete Postlethwaite was born Peter William Postlethwaite in 1946 and was
a distinguished character actor on stage, TV and film. Growing up in
Warrington, Lancashire amid middle-class surroundings, he went to college and
while completing his studies developed an interest in ...
775. Mads Mikkelsen Actor | Hannibal Mads
Mikkelsen is a synonym to the great success the Danish film industry has had
since the mid-1990s. He was born in Østerbro, Copenhagen, to Bente
Christiansen, a nurse, and Henning Mikkelsen, a banker.
776. Jada Pinkett Smith Actress | The Matrix Revolutions Jada
Koren Pinkett Smith was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Robsol Grant Pinkett,
Jr., a contractor, and Adrienne Banfield-Jones, a nurse. They
divorced after only a few months of marriage. Her father is of
African-American descent and her mother is of Afro-Caribbean ancestry (from
Barbados and ...
777. Tatum O'Neal Actress | Paper Moon Tatum
O'Neal was born on November 5, 1963 in Los Angeles, California, USA as Tatum
Beatrice O'Neal. She is an actress and producer, known for Paper Moon (1973), The Runaways (2010) and The Bad News Bears (1976). She was
previously married to John McEnroe.
778. Anna Faris Actress | The House Bunny Anna
Kay Faris was born on November 29, 1976 in Baltimore, Maryland, to Karen
(Bathurst), a special education teacher, and Jack Faris, a sociologist. She
was raised in Edmonds, Washington. Her ancestry includes English, German,
Scottish, French, Dutch, and Welsh.
779. Regina King Actress | Ray Regina
King was born in Los Angeles, California, to Gloria, a special education
teacher, and Thomas King, an electrician. She began her career in the
television show 227 (1985), followed by a role in Boyz n the Hood (1991). She began to be
recognized by a mainstream audience after her role as Cuba ...
780. Famke Janssen Actress | X-Men: The Last Stand Famke
was born in the Netherlands, where she began her professional career as a
model. She later moved to the United States, where she has made her home
since 1984. Initially settling in New York, she majored in writing and
literature at Columbia University and studied acting with Harold Guskin. ...
781. Rosamund Pike Actress | Gone Girl Born
on January 27, 1979 in London, England, actress Rosamund Mary Elizabeth Pike
is the only child of a classical violinist mother, Caroline (Friend), and an
opera singer father, Julian Pike. Due to her parents' work, she spent her
early childhood traveling around Europe. Pike attended Badminton ...
782. Bonnie Hunt Actress | Jumanji Bonnie
Hunt was born on September 22, 1961 in Chicago, Illinois, USA as Bonnie Lynn
Hunt. She is a producer and writer, known for Jumanji (1995), The Green Mile (1999) and Return to Me (2000). She was previously
married to John Murphy.
783. Leslie Mann Actress | Knocked Up Leslie
Jean Mann was born in San Francisco, California. She was raised in Newport
Beach, California by her mother, Janet Ann Ayres. At the age of seventeen,
she launched her career, appearing in various TV commercials.
784. Mindy Kaling Actress | The Office Mindy
Kaling was born on June 24, 1979 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA as Vera
Mindy Chokalingam. She is an actress and producer, known for The Office (2005), Inside Out(2015) and Wreck-It Ralph (2012).
785. Thandie Newton Actress | Crash Thandie
Newton was born in London. She is the daughter of a Zimbabwean mother,
Nyasha, a health-care worker from the Shona tribe, and Nick Newton, a British
father who worked as a lab technician. She lived in Zambia until political
unrest caused her family to move back to the UK. She then lived in ...
786. Amy Poehler Actress | Inside Out Amy
Meredith Poehler was born in Newton, Massachusetts, to high school teachers
Eileen Frances (Milmore) and William Grinstead Poehler. Her brother is
comedian Greg Poehler. She is of Irish (from her
mother) and English, Irish, German, and Portuguese (from her father) descent.
Amy was first ...
787. Amanda Peet Actress | 2012 Amanda
Peet was born and raised in New York City. She is the daughter of Penny
(Levy), a social worker, and Charles Peet, a lawyer, and has an older sister.
Her father was of mostly English and German ancestry, and her mother was from
a Jewish family (from Germany, Russia, and Hungary). Peet's ...
788. Julia Stiles Actress | 10 Things I Hate About You Julia
O'Hara Stiles was born on March 28, 1981 in New York City, the outgoing
daughter of a Greenwich Village artist mother, Judith Newcomb Stiles, and an
elementary school teacher father, John O'Hara. She is the eldest of three
children, and has Irish, English, and German ancestry. Encouraged to ...
789. Maria Bello Actress | A History of Violence Maria
Bello was born on 18 April, 1967 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, to Kathy, a nurse
and teacher, and Joe Bello, a contractor. She is of Italian and Polish
descent. Maria went to Villanova University, majoring in political science.
She had every intention of becoming a lawyer, but she took an ...
790. Eva Mendes Actress | Hitch Eva
Mendes was born in Miami, Florida but raised in Los Angeles, California of
Cuban-American heritage. In college, she began acting, studying underneath
acting coach Ivana Chubbuck. This led to her desire to
appear in feature films. Though taking many smaller roles in movies, she was
little known ...
791. Emily Blunt Actress | Edge of Tomorrow Emily
Olivia Leah Blunt is a British actress known for her roles in The Devil Wears Prada (2006), The Young Victoria (2009), Edge of Tomorrow (2014), and The Girl on the Train (2016), among
many others.
792. Rose Byrne Actress | Spy Rose
Byrne was born in Balmain, Sydney, Australia. She is the daughter of Jane, a
primary school administrator, and Robin Byrne, a semi-retired statistician
and market researcher.
793. Ashley Judd Actress | Double Jeopardy American
actress and political activist Ashley Judd was born Ashley Tyler Ciminella on
April 19, 1968, in Granada Hills, California. She grew up in a family of
successful performing artists as the daughter of country music singer Naomi Judd and the sister of Wynonna Judd. While she is best known ...
794. Emilia Clarke Actress | Game of Thrones British
actress Emilia Clarke was born in London and grew up in Berkshire, England.
Her father is a theatre sound engineer and her mother is a businesswoman. Her
father was working on a theatre production of "Show Boat" and her
mother took her along to the performance. This is when, at the age of 3...
795. Christina Applegate Actress | The Sweetest Thing Christina
Applegate was born in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, to record
producer/executive Robert William Applegate and singer-actress Nancy Priddy. Her parents split-up shortly
after her birth. She has two half-siblings from her father's re-marriage -
Alisa (b. 10 October 1977) & Kyle (b. 15...
796. Nia Long Actress | Big Momma's House Stunning
pop culture icon, Hollywood leading lady and three-time NAACP award winner
Nia Long returns to the big screen this fall in the highly anticipated
Universal Pictures sequel The Best Man Holiday (in theaters November 15th)
where she reunites with original castmates Taye Diggs ("Private ...
797. Felicity Jones Actress | Rogue One Felicity
Rose Hadley Jones is an English actress. Jones was born in Birmingham, West
Midlands, and grew up in Bournville. Her parents met while working at the
Wolverhampton Express and Star. Her father was a journalist while her mother
was in advertising. They divorced when she was three, and she ...
798. Téa Leoni Actress | The Family Man Elizabeth
Téa Pantaleoni was born on February 25, 1966 in New York City. Her father,
Anthony Pantaleoni, was a corporate lawyer, and her mother, Emily Ann
(Patterson), worked as a dietitian and nutritionist. She is of Italian (from
a paternal great-great-grandfather), Polish, English, Irish, ...
799. Alexandra Daddario Actress | Baywatch Alexandra
Anna Daddario was born on March 16, 1986 in New York City, New York, to
Christina, a lawyer, and Richard Daddario, a prosecutor. Her brother is
actor Matthew Daddario, her cousin is actor Etienne Vallée and her grandfather was
congressman Emilio Daddario (Emilio Q. Daddario),
of ...
800. Jena Malone Actress | Contact Jena
Malone was born in Sparks, Nevada, to Deborah Malone and Edward Berge. Her
grandfather owned a casino, Karl's Silver Club, in Sparks. She was raised by
her mother and her mother's partner. Beginning as a child actress, and then
stepping up to roles as a young adult, Malone's career path has ... |
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