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Colin Firth was born in Grayshott, Hampshire, England, and normally works in the dramatic genre having gotten his first acting credit for an episode of Crown Court (1984 series), his first film Another Country (1984 with Rupert Everett), and won an Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role for The King’s Speech (2010 with Geoffrey Rush) after being nominated the year before for A Single Man (with Julianne Moore). Easily delivering the intellectual British stereotype, Firth has been able…

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Michelle Williams was born in Kalispell, Montana, got her first acting credit for 2 episodes of Baywatch (1993-1994 tv drama), her first film was Lassie (1994 adventure), and since appearing in Dawson’s Creek (1998-2003 tv drama) she has earned 4 Oscar nominations. Best Actress in a Lead Role for Blue Valentine (2010 romance with Ryan Gosling) and My Week with Marilyn (2011 drama with Eddie Redmayne), and in a Supporting Role for Brokeback Mountain (2005 romance with Heath Ledger) and…

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Having a Birthday on August 28th includes Jack Black (48) and David Fischer (55), as well as Armie Hammer (31, Cars 3), LeAnn Rimes (35, Logan Lucky), Jason Priestley (48, Private Eyes), Billy Boyd (49, White Island), Shania Twain (52, Trading Paint), Jennifer Coolidge (56, The Emoji Movie), Brian Thompson (58, Beyond the Game), Daniel Stern (60, Love), and Luis Guzmán (61, Literally, Right Before Aaron). Jack Black was born in Hermosa Beach, California, got his first acting credit for…

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Having a Birthday on August 26th include Melissa McCarthy (47) and Chris Pine (37), as well as Keke Palmer (24, Scream Queens), Dylan O’Brien (26, Teen Wolf), Nazneen Contractor (35, Ransom), Macaulay Culkin (37, The Jim Gaffigan Show), Amanda Schull (39, 12 Monkeys), Mike Colter (41, Luke Cage), Shirley Manson (51, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles), and Michael Jeter (1952-2003, Eduard Delacroix in The Green Mile). Melissa McCarthy was born in Plainfield, Illinois, got her first acting credit in her…

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Kristen Wiig was born in Canandaigua, New York, majored in Art in university, got her first film credit as an extra in Melvin Goes to Dinner (2003 comedy directed by Bob Odenkirk), and is most known for Saturday Night Live (138 episodes, 2005-2014) and Bridesmaids (2011 comedy which she was nominated for an Oscar for co-writing). In television, Wiig has appeared in The Joe Schmo Show (2003 comedy, her first tv credit), 30 Rock, Flight of the Concords, Portlandia, Arrested…

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Amy Adams was born in Vicenza, Veneto, Italy, raised in Castle Rock, Colorado, worked as a dancer in dinner theatre, and got her first acting credit for Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999 comedy with Kirsten Dunst). She may be best known for the Disney fantasy Enchanted (2007 with Susan Sarandon), or a number of dramatic performances, 5 of which earned her an Oscar nomination; Junebug (2005 with Embeth Davidtz set in Southern America), Doubt (2008 with Meryl Streep involving a Catholic…

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Steve Carell was born in Concord, Massachusetts, was a hockey goalie and a disc jockey while in university, and got his first acting credit for Curly Sue (1991 comedy with James Belushi). He may be best known for playing Michael Scott in the American version of The Office (2005-2013), voicing Gru in the Despicable Me films and shorts (2010-2017), and was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for Foxcatcher (2014 drama with Channing Tatum). Though he normally plays over reacting…

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Two birthdays on August 15th are Jennifer Lawrence (27) and Ben Affleck (45). Others include Emily Kinney (32, Conviction), Quinton Aaron (33, Halfway), Natasha Henstridge (43, Medinah), Anthony Anderson (47, Black-ish), Debra Messing (49, Will & Grace), Alejandro González Iñárritu (54, The Revenant), and David Zayas (55, Bloodline). Jennifer Lawrence was born in Louisville, Kentucky, got her first acting role in Monk (crime show with Tony Shalhoub) in 2006, won an Oscar for Best Actress in 2012 for Silver Linings…

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