Birthdays: August 14
Two birthdays on August 14th are Mila Kunis (34) and Halle Berry (51). Others include Brianna Hildebrand (21, Tragedy Girls), Catherine Bell (49, Good Witch), Marcia Gay Harden (58, Code Black), Steve Martin (72, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk), and James Horner (1953-2015, won 2 Oscars for composing Titanic in 1997).
Mila Kunis was born in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, moved to Los Angeles at age 7, her first acting credit was for Days of Our Lives (long running soap opera), and is best known for playing Jackie on That ’70s Show (1998-2006). She has worked steady since leaving show, appearing in Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008 comedy with Kristen Bell), Extract (2009 comedy with Jason Bateman), The Book of Eli (2010 action with Denzel Washington), Black Swan (2010 drama with Natalie Portman), Friends with Benefits (2011 comedy with Justin Timberlake), Ted (2012 comedy with Mark Wahlberg), Oz the Great and Powerful (2013 adventure with James Franco), and Bad Moms (2016 comedy also with Kristen Bell). Along with continuing to voice Meg in Family Guy (1999-present), Mila will also be seen in A Bad Moms Christmas (comedy sequel), The Spy Who Dumped Me (comedy with Justin Theroux), and Amusement Park (animated comedy with Jennifer Garner).
Halle Berry was born in Cleveland, Ohio, got her first acting credit in the tv series Living Dolls (the spin-off of Who’s the Boss?), played Storm in 4 X-Men movies (2000-2014), and won the Oscar for Best Actress for her role in Monster’s Ball (2001 drama with Billy Bob Thornton). She has also acted in The Program (1993 sport with James Caan), Executive Decision (1996 action with Kurt Russell), Bulworth (1998 comedy with Warren Beatty), Swordfish (2001 action with John Travolta), Die Another Day (2002 action with Pierce Brosnan), Gothika (2003 thriller with Penélope Cruz), Things We Lost in the Fire (2007 drama with Benicio Del Toro), Cloud Atlas (2012 drama with Tom Hanks), and The Call (2013 thriller as a 911 operator). Most recently Halle was in all 26 episodes of Extant (about an astronaut in a solo space mission), Kevin Hart: What Now? (documentary comedy), Kidnap (thriller about a mom trying to recover her kidnapped son), and will next be seen in Kings (drama with Daniel Craig), and Kingsman: The Golden Circle (action sequel with Taron Egerton).