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
JULIANNE MOORE
Date of Birth: 3 December 1960
Although Julianne Moore was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, she didn't stay there for long. Her father was
NICOLE KIDMAN
Date of Birth: June 20, 1967
The daughter of a biochemist/lecturer and a nurse/educator, Nicole Kidman was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, but raised in Sydney
ED HARRIS
Date of Birth: November 28, 1950
Edward Allen Harris was born in Tenefly, New Jersey. He was a football star in high school, which led to a scholarship to Columbia Un
CLAIRE DANES
Date of Birth: April 12, 1979
Although Claire Danes' much doted-on TV series My So-Called Life fixed her image as Everyteen, she hardly had an E
STEPHEN DILLANE
Date of Birth: December 30, 1956
This well-respected stage and TV actor entered the world of acting on a whim. Stephen Dillane studied his
ALLISON JANNEY
Date of Birth: November 19, 1959
Born in Dayton, Ohio, Allison Janney's dreams of becoming an Olympic figure skater were shattered when she ran through a g
JOHN C. REILLY
Date of Birth: May 24, 1965
John C. Reilly is an actor whose name is barely known, yet his face is almost always recognizable. Born and raised i
MIRANDA RICHARDSON
Date of Birth: March 3, 1958
This diverse actress could be easily missed in her roles because of her ability to become the characters she plays. She st
TONI COLLETTE
Date of Birth: November 1, 1972
The eldest of three children, this Sydney, Australian native dropped out of school at age 16 to study drama at Sydney's Nat
JEFF DANIELS
Date of Birth: February 19, 1955
This versatile leading man from Chelsea, Michigan attended Central Michigan University where he majored in English and minored i