MERYL STREEP
Date of Birth: June 22, 1949
Opera's loss was the cinema's gain when Streep, who began taking voice lessons for opera at 12, developed an interest in acting
PIERCE BROSNAN
Date of Birth: May 16, 1953
"I never saw myself as a debonair leading man. I always saw myself as this hesitant actor," says this native of Navan, Cou
COLIN FIRTH
Date of Birth: September 10, 1960
The son of two university lecturers, Colin Firth was born in England's Hampshire county. His first acting experi
Date of Birth: June 13, 1951
A native of Sweden, Stellan Skarsgård became a teen star in 1968 after playing the title role in the TV miniserie
JULIE WALTERS
Date of Birth: February 22, 1950
Born in Birmingham, England, Walters was an obedient daughter who trained to be a nurse at Queen Elizabeth Hospital to ple
DOMINIC COOPER
Date of Birth: June 2, 1978
British actor Dominic Cooper had only been acting professionally for a few years when he found mainstream success bo
AMANDA SEYFRIED
Date of Birth: December 3, 1985
Amanda Seyfried grew up in Allentown, Pennsylvania and began modeling at 11. She attended William Allen High Sch
CHRISTINE BARANSKI
Date of Birth: May 2, 1952
A native of Buffalo, New York, Baranski began dancing as a child and went on to study drama at Juilliard. She has appeared on B