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Ed Begley, Jr.

Begley, Jr. was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Allene Jeanne Sanders and Ed Begley, both actors (although at the time, Ed Begley was married to Amanda Huff). He grew up on Merrick, Long Island, New York where he attended Stella Niagara Education Park Cadet school in Lewiston, New York. In 1962 the family moved back to California where he graduated from Van Nuys High School, Van Nuys, California and Los Angeles Valley College in North Hollywood, California. He married his first wife Ingrid Taylor, on October 31, 1976 and together had daughter, Amanda Begley born on October 3, 1977 and a son, Nicholas Taylor Begley born on January 4, 1979. Ed and Ingrid divorced in October 1989. He then married Rachelle Carson on August 23, 2000 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Together they had a daughter Hayden Carson born in 1999. Quick Info Born Edward James Begley, Jr. September 16, 1949, Los Angeles, California, U.S. Occupation Film, television, voice actor Spouse(s) Ingrid Taylor (1976-1989) Rac...

Adrienne Barbeau

Barbeau was born in Sacramento, California, the daughter of Arman and Joseph Barbeau, who was a public relations executive for Mobil Oil. Barbeau's father was French-Canadian and her mother Armenian-American. She attended Del Mar High School in San Jose, California. In her autobiography, Barbeau says that she first caught the showbiz bug while entertaining troops at army bases throughout Southeast Asia touring with the San Jose Civic Light Opera. Barbeau was married to director John Carpenter from January 1, 1979 to 1984. The two met on the set of his 1978 TV movie, Someone's Watching Me!. The couple had a son, John Cody (born May 7, 1984) shortly before they separated. During their marriage, the couple remained "totally outside Hollywood's social circles." Barbeau married actor/playwright Billy Van Zandt on December 31, 1992. He is the brother of musician/actor Steven Van Zandt. She gave birth to twin boys, Walker Steven and William Dalton Van Zandt, on March 17,...

Kelly Ripa

Kelly Ripa went to Berlin Community School in Berlin, NJ, then attended school at Eastern Regional High School in Voorhees Township, New Jersey. She performed in the high school plays and was discovered at her senior high school play, The Ugly Duckling. Ripa acted at local theaters and had a regular spot on the USA Network's Dance Party USA – an afternoon teen music program. Ripa was born in Camden County, New Jersey, the daughter of Esther, a homemaker, and Joseph Ripa, a labor union president and bus driver. Ripa's father has been a freeholder for Camden County, New Jersey since January 2004. In 1995, Ripa met Mark Consuelos, her co-star on All My Children; the two married on May 1, 1996. The couple have three children — Michael Joseph Consuelos, born June 2, 1997; Lola Grace Consuelos, born June 16, 2001; and Joaquin Antonio Consuelos, born February 24, 2003. Quick Info Born Kelly Maria Ripa October 2, 1970, Stratford, New Jersey Spouse(s) Mark Consuelos (1996-present)

Robert Patrick

Patrick, the oldest of five siblings, was born Robert Patrick, Jr. in Marietta, Georgia, the son of Nadine and Robert Patrick, a banker. He spent his early life in Bay Village, a small suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. He was a track and field and football athlete at Bowling Green State University, although he dropped out before graduating. Patrick is married to actress Barbara Patrick, who appeared with him in some of his films such as Zero Tolerance and as Barbara Doggett in two episodes of The X-Files. He has two children, a son, Samuel, and a daughter, Austin. Almost every year, he does the Love Ride, a charity motorcycle ride held annually in Southern California. He is the current president of Chapter 101 of the Boozefighters motorcycle club. Robert is also the brother of Richard Patrick, former guitarist of Nine Inch Nails and lead singer of the rock bands Filter and Army of Anyone. Quick Info Born Robert Patrick, Jr. November 5, 1958, Marietta, Georgia, United States Spouse(s) Barbara ...

Christopher Lloyd

Lloyd was born in Stamford, Connecticut, the son of Ruth (née Lapham), a singer who was the sister of San Francisco mayor Roger Lapham, and Samuel R. Lloyd, a lawyer. He attended the Fessenden School, a preparatory school in Newton, Massachusetts. Lloyd was raised in New Canaan, Connecticut and Westport, Connecticut where he graduated from Staples High School in 1958. His mother, Ruth, donated Waveny Park to the town. Lloyd seldom appears in public or gives interviews (he gave a rare interview on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Family Films in 2005). Some of his best friends, co-stars and fans who've met him describe Lloyd as a very shy and quiet man. His son, Chris Jr., is a screenwriter and producer for several sitcoms. His nephew, Sam Lloyd, is best known for playing Ted Buckland, the lawyer on Scrubs. Christopher Lloyd was married from February 1992 to December 2005 to writer/producer Jane Walker Wood; this was his third marriage. Quick Info Born Christopher Allen Lloyd October 22...

Tim Curry

Curry's father, James, was a Methodist Royal Navy chaplain, and his mother, Patricia, was a school secretary. Curry was born and raised in Warrington and attended Lymm High School until his father's death in 1958, when Curry relocated to South London. He attended Kingswood School, Bath, and although he didn't enjoy the religious aspect of the Methodist school, he did enjoy the vast number of hymns available. There, he developed into a talented boy soprano. Deciding to concentrate on acting, Curry graduated from Birmingham University with a combined degree in English and drama. Quick Info Born Timothy James Curry April 19, 1946, Grappenhall, Warrington, England Occupation actor, singer, composer

Nicollette Sheridan

Sheridan was born Colette Sheridan in Worthing, West Sussex, England, the daughter of British actress Sally Sheridan (née Adams). She is of Indian Punjabi descent through her Great-Grandmother. Contrary to rumour, Sheridan is not related to actress Dinah Sheridan. Sheridan's biological father has never been identified, but Sheridan has said that she considers her mother's late ex-boyfriend, actor Telly Savalas, to be her father (and not stepfather). Sheridan's half-brother, Nick Savalas, is his son. Sheridan attended school at Millfield in Somerset and emigrated to the United States in 1973. From 1979 to 1985, Sheridan dated the then teen-idol Leif Garrett. They began dating when she was 15 and lived with him in his mother's home while still a minor. As an adult, Sheridan was involved in an unsuccessful attempt to end Garrett's drug abuse. Sheridan was married to actor Harry Hamlin from September 7, 1991 through 1993. Because the marriage lasted exactly two years (t...

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Sarah Wright

Sarah Wright (sometimes Sarah Mason) (born September 28, 1983) is an American actress born in Kentucky and former fashion model who played the character of Paige Chase in the sitcom Quintuplets. She costarred in the sitcom The Loop as Lizzy during the first season. She also guest starred on the eleventh season of the CW hit 7th Heaven as Jane, a best friend Andrea Morris' character Margaret. Most recently, she appeared as Sarah Mason, one of the girls with whom Patrick Dempsey's character has a one night stand with in Made of Honor. She was involved with local drama as a child, and became a model at age 14. Her big break came when she was discovered by organizers from the 1999 Mossimo model search contest. Her father was a preacher in a little community called Uno, Kentucky. She attended LeGrande Elementary and Hart County High School before moving to Louisville to finish her high school career.

Kiely Williams

Williams learned to sing and produce music in her home where her legal guardian, Michelle Williams who was a music artist manager, had a recording studio. Williams first came to prominence as a member of the group 3LW. In 2001, as a member of 3LW, Williams earned two Lady of Soul Awards for "Best R&B/Soul Album for a group" and "Best New R&B/Soul Band or Duo". As a member of 3LW, she toured with Nelly, NSync and Destiny's Child. 3LW disbanded in 2007. She's also starred in The Cheetah Girls films along with fellow former 3LW member Adrienne Bailon. Following the success of The Cheetah Girls and its multi-platinum soundtrack, Williams, along with fellow stars of the film Adrienne Bailon and Sabrina Bryan created The Cheetah Girls as an actual singing group and began touring the US. The Cheetah Girls released their holiday album in October 2005 entitled Cheetah-Licious Christmas. The girls released their first official studio album, TCG, on September 2...

Beverly D'Angelo

D'Angelo was born in Columbus, Ohio, the daughter of Priscilla (née Smith), a violinist, and Gene D'Angelo, a bass player and television station manager. She is of part Italian descent. Her maternal grandfather, Howard Dwight Smith, was the architect who designed iconic Ohio Stadium, also known as "the Horseshoe" at The Ohio State University. After the end of her romance with film director Miloš Forman, in 1981, D'Angelo married Lorenzo Salviati, an economics student who also was an Italian duke; half-Polish, he is a descendant of Lorenzo de Medici. Separated in 1983, D'Angelo and Salviati finally divorced in 1995. From 1985 until 1991, D'Angelo, although still married to the Duke, lived with Irish director Neil Jordan. During this time she had a small role in his 1988 comedy High Spirits, as well as the operatic film Aria (1987) in which she played Gilda in the Rigoletto scene (music by Verdi). Later she began a relationship with Anton Furst, an Academy a...

Rumer Willis

Rumer was born in Paducah, Kentucky, United States, North America. Her father, actor Bruce Willis, was filming the movie In Country (1989) at the time. Her mother, actor Demi Moore, hired a cameraman to video tape her birth. Willis is very good friends with Dakota Johnson, daughter of Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson as well as Riley Keough, Elvis Presley's granddaughter. While she has also been spotted spending time with Lindsay Lohan, Hayden Panettiere, Morganne Heinz, and Antonella Barba, Willis has begun to make the "Young Hollywood" rounds since dropping out of the University of Southern California, thrusting her further into the spotlight. Her two younger sisters Scout LaRue Willis (b. 1991) and Tallulah Belle Willis (b. 1994) have also appeared in many of their parents' films in minor roles. Her best friend is Jessica Szohr who is well known for her role on Gossip Girl. In December 2002, Willis enrolled as a freshman at the Interlochen Arts Academy, in Interloc...

Kat Dennings

Katherine Litwack was born to a Jewish family in the Bryn Mawr/Wynnewood area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,[1] where she was raised. Her mother, Ellie Litwack, is a poet. Her brother, Geoffrey Litwack, writes a blog. Dennings keeps a series of video blogs on YouTube. She has also been writing her own personal blog since February of 2002. She is a self-proclaimed lover of baby animals, Shojo manga, and cheese. She is an avid reader, and is friends with author Andrea Seigel. She is also a huge Steve Martin fan. In 2005 she dated Ira Wood (brother of Evan Rachel Wood), whom she brought to The 40-Year-Old Virgin world premiere. In 2007 she began seeing Criminal Minds star Matthew Gray Gubler.

Katharine McPhee

Born in Los Angeles, California, McPhee moved with her parents and sister to the Sherman Oaks neighborhood at age 12. McPhee has been singing since the age of two. Her mother, Patricia Burch McPhee (stage name Peisha Arten), a vocal coach and accomplished cabaret singer, recognized a talent for music in her daughter and decided to train her. Her father, Daniel McPhee, is a television producer and her older sister, Adriana Burch McPhee (born June 30, 1982) is an aspiring producer as well. McPhee graduated in 2002 from Notre Dame High School. At Notre Dame High School, McPhee was a swimmer and a thespian. She performed in school plays with her elder sister Adriana; both sisters were Homecoming Princess nominees in their senior year. Afterward, McPhee attended Boston Conservatory for three semesters, majoring in musical theater. McPhee left the college due to her manager's suggestion that she try out for television pilots in Los Angeles. In a People news article, it was reported that ...

Emma Stone

Stone was born in Scottsdale, Arizona, the daughter of Jeff and Krista Stone, and has a younger brother, Spencer. Stone was a member of the Valley Youth Theatre while growing up, a regional theater in Phoenix, Arizona where she appeared in her first stage production, The Wind in the Willows, at the age of 11. She attended Sequoya Elementary School, Cocopah Middle School, and Xavier College Preparatory in Phoenix as a freshman for one semester, and then was home schooled. She appeared in 16 productions at Valley Youth Theatre, including: A Winnie-the-Pooh Christmas Tail, The Princess and the Pea, Cinderella, The Wiz, Titanic, Honk!, The Little Mermaid, Schoolhouse Rock Live!, Alice in Wonderland and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. When she was a freshman in high school, she gave a PowerPoint presentation to her parents to convince them to let her move to California for an acting career. She moved with her mother to Los Angeles, California at age 15. As of 2007, Stone lives...

Anna Faris

Faris was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the daughter of Karen and Jack Faris. She has a brother, Bob, and grew up in Edmonds, Washington, north of Seattle. Her parents encouraged her to pursue acting when she was young and she gave her first professional acting performance at age nine at the Seattle Repertory Theater. After attending Edmonds Woodway High School, she studied English literature at the University of Washington. In 2004, Faris married actor Ben Indra, whom she met while working on Lovers Lane and whom she had dated since 1999. She filed for divorce on April 3, 2007, citing irreconcilable differences. Anna Faris won the "Stonette of the Year" award at High Times magazine's Stony Awards in Los Angeles on October 13, 2007. Quick Info Born Anna Kay Faris November 29, 1976, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. Spouse(s) Ben Indra (2004 - 2008; divorced)

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Evanna Lynch

Evanna is from Termonfeckin, County Louth, Ireland. She lives with her father Donal, mother Marguerite, elder sisters Máiréad and Emily, and younger brother Patrick. As of September 2007, she is in her fourth year at Our Lady's College, Greenhills, an all girls' Catholic school located in Drogheda, Ireland. While filming however, she does not attend Greenhills but is tutored on set. During her primary school years, she attended Cartown National School. She has been attending CTYI and completed a 'Speculative Fiction' course. She will be returning to CTYI this July. Lynch is a huge Harry Potter fan and, according to her family, is obsessed with the series. As a younger child, she constantly wrote to J.K. Rowling, and in one such letter the youngster commented how much she would love to act in a Harry Potter film but doubted this would happen as she lived in "this sleepy little place called Termonfeckin, where nothing ever happened". To Lynch's surprise, Ro...

Bonnie Wright

Bonnie Wright was born in London, the daughter of Sheila Teague and Gary Wright, two jewellery designers who together run their own company, Wright & Teague. She has an older brother named Lewis. Wright enjoys dance, art, travelling and playing musical instruments like the piano and recorder, as well as sports such as football, swimming, tennis, riding, ice skating, surfing, ringette, cycling and athletics. Quick Fact Born Bonnie Kathleen Wright February 17, 1991, London, England

Emma Watson

Emma Watson was born in Paris, France, daughter of Jacqueline Luesby and Chris Watson, English lawyers. Watson has one French grandmother, and lived in Paris until the age of five, before she moved with her mother and younger brother Alex to Oxford, England, following her parents' divorce. From six, Watson expressed a desire to become an actress. By 10, she had starred in school plays, including Arthur: The Young Years and The Happy Prince. She had never acted professionally before the Harry Potter series. "I had no idea of the scale of the film [series]", she said in a 2007 interview with Parade magazine; "[if I had] I would have been completely overwhelmed". Click here for image gallery Watson's extended family has grown as her divorced parents both have children by new partners. Her father has identical twin girls, Nina and Lucy, and a four-year old son, Toby. Her mother's partner has two sons (Emma's stepbrothers), who "regularly stay with [...

Rupert Grint

Grint was born in Watton-at-Stone, Hertfordshire. His mother, Jo (née Parsons), is a housewife, and his father, Nigel Grint, is a memorabilia dealer and former racing car driver. He has one brother, James (born in 1990), and three sisters: Georgina (born in 1993), Samantha (born in 1996) and Charlotte (born in 1998). When he was little he collected different yo-yos. Before being cast in Harry Potter, he had only appeared in plays for school and his local theatre group, Top Hat Stage School. As a young child, he was once cast as a fish in a play based on the story of Noah's Ark, he also played Rumpelstiltskin in another school play. In July 2004, Grint finished Richard Hale School, taking his GCSE examinations. When not working, he enjoys learning to ride the unicycle, drawing/sketching, watching Tottenham Hotspur and playing golf. Like the character he portrays, Ron Weasley, he has stated that he has arachnophobia. With his earnings from the "Harry Potter" series, Grint p...

Daniel Radcliffe

Radcliffe was born in Queen Charlotte's Hospital, West London, England, the only child of Alan Radcliffe, a literary agent, and Marcia Gresham (born Marcia Gresham Jacobson), a casting agent who was involved in several films for the BBC, including The Inspector Lynley Mysteries and, most recently, Walk Away And I Stumble. Radcliffe's mother is Jewish and grew up in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex; his father is a Protestant who grew up in Northern Ireland. Radcliffe first expressed a desire to act at the age of five. In December 1999, he made his acting debut in the BBC's televised two-part version of the Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield, portraying the title character as a young boy. Quick Fact Born Daniel Jacob Radcliffe 23 July 1989, London, England

Matthew Goode

Goode was born in Exeter, England, the youngest of five siblings (he has a brother, two half brothers and a half sister from his mother's other marriage); he grew up in the village of Clyst St. Mary in Devon with a geologist father and a nurse mother who was also an amateur theatre director. Goode studied drama at the University of Birmingham and classical theatre at London's Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. Quick Info Born April 3, 1978, Exeter, England

Malin Akerman

Åkerman was born in Stockholm, Sweden; her family moved to Toronto, Canada when she was two years old. Since then her family has moved back to Sweden, but Malin stayed in Canada. She lived in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario for a short while, attending Parliament Oak Primary School, and Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School. She has also lived in Toronto where she attended North Toronto Collegiate Institute and Dante Alighieri Academy. Åkerman married Italian musician Roberto Zincone on June 20, 2007. Quick Info Born May 12, 1978, Stockholm, Sweden

Jackie Earle Haley

Haley was born and raised in Northridge, California. His first marriage was to Sherry Vaughan in 1979. He has two children: Christopher (born 1986) with his second wife and Olivia (born 1998) from a previous relationship. He married his third wife, Amelia Cruz, in 2004. Quick Info Born July 14, 1961, Northridge, California

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Morgan was born in Seattle, Washington and attended Ben Franklin Elementary School, Rose Hill Junior High and Lake Washington High School in the Seattle suburb of Kirkland. Morgan was a basketball player in high school and university, until a knee injury ended his desire for a career in the sport. He was a graphic artist for a time, until he helped a friend move to Los Angeles. At some point in his young adulthood he was married, according to a 1993 interview in Playboy. Little is known publicly about the marriage, other than that it ended in divorce. Morgan began dating his former Weeds costar, Mary-Louise Parker, in December of 2006. The couple briefly split in June of 2007, though they later reconciled. On February 12, 2008, Morgan and Parker announced their engagement, only to break it off in April 2008. Quick Info Born Jeffrey Dean Morgan April 22, 1966, Seattle, Washington

Billy Crudup

Crudup was born in Manhasset, New York, the grandson of Billy Gaither, a well-known Florida trial lawyer. His parents divorced during his childhood, and later remarried, before divorcing a second time. Crudup has two brothers: Tommy, an executive producer, and Brooks, also a producer. He left New York with his family when he was about eight years old, first living in Texas, then in Florida. He graduated from Saint Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1986. Crudup attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he received an undergraduate degree, and he continued his passion for acting with the undergraduate acting company, Lab!Theatre. He was a member of the Beta Chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon. He then studied at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, where he earned a Master of Fine Arts in 1994. A year after graduating, he made his debut on Broadway in the Lincoln Center Theater production of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia. From 1996 to...

Patrick Wilson

Wilson was born in Norfolk, Virginia to Mary K. Wilson, a voice teacher and professional singer, and John Wilson, who works as news anchor for FOX affiliate WTVT in Tampa, Florida. Wilson's brother, Mark, also works at that same station as a news anchor and reporter. His other brother, Paul, runs a successful media relations/advertising company in the Tampa-St. Petersburg area. Wilson graduated from Shorecrest Preparatory School in St. Petersburg, Florida and Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. On June 18, 2005, Wilson married Polish-American actress Dagmara Dominczyk, also a Carnegie Mellon graduate. (He graduated in 1995 with a drama degree; she graduated in 1998.) They have one child. Quick Info Born Patrick Joseph Wilson July 3, 1973, Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.

Amber Heard

Amber Heard (born April 22, 1986) is an American actress. She attended St. Michael's Catholic Academy until junior year, when she left to pursue a career in Hollywood. She has played minor roles in various television shows and movies. She is perhaps best known for her role of Greta Matthews on the CW television show, Hidden Palms. She plays the lead role (and title character) in All The Boys Love Mandy Lane, which debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2006 and was released theatrically in 2008.

James Franco

Franco was born in Palo Alto, California, the son of Betsy (née Verne), a poet, author and editor, and Doug Franco. His maternal grandmother, Mitzi Levine Verne, runs the Verne Art Gallery, a prominent art gallery in Cleveland, Ohio. Franco's father is of Portuguese and Swedish descent, while his mother is Jewish, a descendant of immigrants from Russia. Franco grew up in California with his two younger brothers, Tom and Dave, and graduated from Palo Alto High School in 1996, where he was elected by his senior class as the boy with the "best smile". He then enrolled at the University of California, Los Angeles as an English major, and studied acting. Much to the disapproval of his parents, he dropped out after his freshman year and chose to pursue a professional career as an actor, taking acting lessons with Robert Carnegie at Playhouse West. In 2008, Franco received his undergraduate degree in English from University of California, Los Angeles. He plans to move to New Yor...

Seth Rogen

Rogen was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, the son of Sandy, a social worker, and Mark Rogen, who works for non-profit organizations and as an assistant director of a Workmen's Circle. Rogen has described his parents, who met at an Israeli kibbutz, as "radical Jewish socialists". Rogen attended a Talmud Torah school, as well as Camp Miriam, a Habonim Dror camp where he would perform stand-up comedy for fellow campers. Rogen got his start in show business at age 13 after signing up for a comedy class. With his trademark deadpan humour, he placed second in the Vancouver Amateur Comedy Contest at sixteen, then headed south of the border to continue stand-up and acting. Rogen moved to Los Angeles at the age of 16, after Apatow discovered him in Vancouver. During his late teens, Rogen's parents moved from Canada with him, but by the time he landed his second television series, his parents would live in both Canada and the United States. Rogen still resides in Los Angel...

Will Smith

Smith, an African American, was born and raised in West Philadelphia and Germantown in Northwest Philadelphia. His mother, Caroline (née Bright), was a school administrator who worked for the Philadelphia school board, and his father, Willard Christopher Smith, Sr., was a refrigeration engineer. He was raised Baptist. His parents divorced when he was thirteen. Smith's charming and sly demeanor in school resulted in the nickname "Prince", which eventually turned into the "Fresh Prince". While still in his teens, Smith began rapping and eventually began collaborating with Jeff Townes (a.k.a. D.J. Jazzy Jeff), whom he met at a party. He attended Overbrook High School in West Philadelphia. D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince was born with Smith handling the rhymes and Townes overseeing the mastery of mixing and scratching – the combination was a pop and hip-hop hit during the 1980s and early 1990s. While it is widely reported that Smith turned down a scholarship...