Josie and the Pussycats 2001 premiere

1. Rachael Leigh Cook

Actress | She's All That

Minneapolis native Rachael Leigh Cook began her career as a model at the tender age of 10, gracing Milk-Bone boxes and Target ads nationwide in the USA. She also appeared in a now-famous (in the USA) anti-drug TV spot in which, armed with a frying pan, she bashed her way through a kitchen to show ...

2. Tara Reid

Actress | American Pie

Born in Wyckoff, New Jersey, USA on November 8, 1975. She got her career start at six, when she appeared on a children's game show called Child's Play (1982). Later, she appeared in commercials for Jell-O, McDonald's, and Crayola. She attended the Professional Children's School in New York City. Her...

3. Rosario Dawson

Actress | Rent

This stunning and resourceful actress has been primarily a film player thus far. Only recently has she been opening herself up more to doing television (the series Gemini Division (2008), which she executive-produced), and animated voice-overs. Dawson's powerhouse talent stands out the most in edgy...

4. Alan Cumming

Actor | The Anniversary Party

Alan Cumming was born on January 27, 1965, in Aberfeldy, Scotland, to Mary (Darling), an insurance company secretary, and Alex Cumming. His family lived nearby in Dunkeld, where his father was a forester for Atholl Estate. The family (including his brother, Tom) moved to Fassfern near Fort William,...

5. Carson Daly

Actor | Josie and the Pussycats

Carson Daly was born on June 22, 1973 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for Josie and the Pussycats (2001), Session 9 (2001) and The Voice (2011). He has been married to Siri Pinter since December 23, 2015. They have three children.

6. Gabriel Mann

Actor | What/If

Gabriel Mann was born in Middlebury, Vermont, USA. He is an actor, known for What/If (2019), The Bourne Supremacy (2004) and Revenge (2011).

7. Paulo Costanzo

Actor | 40 Days and 40 Nights

Paulo Costanzo was born on September 21, 1978 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He grew up in Brampton, a suburb of Toronto, of Italian (father) and Jewish (mother) descent. He attended Mayfield Secondary School for the Arts, then attended one year at Ryerson University for theater, but dropped out when...

8. Missi Pyle

Actress | Captain Fantastic

Missi Pyle was born Andrea Kay Pyle on November 16, 1972 in Houston, Texas, and was raised in Memphis, Tennessee. The daughter of Linda and Frank Pyle, she has four older siblings, sisters Debbie and Julie, and brothers Sam and Paul. Pyle attended the North Carolina School of the Arts and graduated...

9. Donald Faison

Actor | Scrubs

Donald Faison was born on June 22, 1974 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Scrubs (2001), Clueless (1995) and Skyline (2010). He has been married to Cacee Cobb since December 15, 2012. They have two children. He was previously married to Lisa Askey.

10. Alexander Martin

Actor | Josie and the Pussycats

Alexander Martin was born on February 12, 1973 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Josie and the Pussycats (2001), Can't Hardly Wait (1998) and 21 (2000). He has been married to Megan W. Martin since October 22, 2011. They have one child.

11. Harry Elfont

Writer | Josie and the Pussycats

Writer/director Harry Elfont met partner, writer/director Deborah Kaplan, at NYU film school. In a strange coincidence, they discovered that their parents were friends and that they both attended neighboring high schools in Philadelphia. They have written and directed numerous projects over the ...

12. Deborah Kaplan

Writer | Surviving Christmas

Writer/director Deborah Kaplan met partner, writer/director Harry Elfont, at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts' prestigious film school. In a strange coincidence, they discovered that their parents were friends and that they both attended neighboring high schools in Philadelphia. Kaplan had spent time...

13. Christina Applegate

Actress | Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

Christina Applegate was born in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, to record producer/executive Robert Applegate and singer-actress Nancy Priddy. Her parents split-up shortly after her birth. She has two half-siblings from her father's re-marriage - Alisa (b. October 10, 1977) and Kyle (b. July 15...

14. Vin Diesel

Actor | Guardians of the Galaxy

Vin Diesel was born Mark Sinclair in Alameda County, California, along with his fraternal twin brother, Paul Vincent. He was raised by his astrologer/psychologist mother, Delora Sherleen (Sinclair), and adoptive father, Irving H. Vincent, an acting instructor and theatre manager, in an artists' ...

15. Shannon Elizabeth

Actress | American Pie

Shannon Elizabeth was born in Houston, Texas, the daughter of a Syrian/Lebanese father. When Shannon was in 3rd grade, her family moved to Waco, Texas, to be close to relatives. As a girl, Shannon took dance lessons, including tap, ballet, and jazz. While attending high school, however, she was ...

16. Peter Facinelli

Actor | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1

Peter Facinelli was born in Queens, New York, the youngest child of Bruna (Reich) and Pierino Facinelli, a waiter. His parents are Italian immigrants, originally from Trentino, Northern Italy. He has three sisters. Peter was educated at St. Francis Preparatory School in Fresh Meadows, New York, and...

17. Alyson Hannigan

Actress | Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Alyson Hannigan was born in Washington, D.C. to Emilie (Posner), a real estate agent, and Al Hannigan, a truck driver. She began her acting career in Atlanta at the young age of 4 in commercials sponsoring such companies as McDonald's, Six Flags, and Oreos. She is a seasoned television actress, ...

18. Dulé Hill

Actor | Psych

Dulé Hill can currently be seen starring as the patriarch Bill Williams in ABC's re-imagining of "The Wonder Years". Inspired by the beloved award-winning series of the same name, the Peabody Award winning, "The Wonder Years" is a coming-of-age story set in the late 1960s that takes a nostalgic ...

19. Natasha Lyonne

Actress | Orange Is the New Black

Natasha Lyonne is an Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated producer, actor, writer, and director.

Lyonne co-created Netflix series Russian Doll (2019), which received three Emmy awards, a total of 13 Emmy nominations including Comedy Series and Lead Actress for Lyonne, a Gotham Award nomination, and a ...

20. Dylan McDermott

Actor | The Practice

A Golden Globe winner and Emmy nominee, Dylan McDermott has proven his talent in film, television, and theater. He was born Mark Anthony McDermott in Waterbury, Connecticut, to Diane (Marino) and Richard McDermott. Diane was 15 and Richard was 17 when Dylan was born. Richard earned money by ...

21. Frankie Muniz

Actor | Agent Cody Banks

Frankie was born in Wood-Ridge, New Jersey, to Denise, a nurse, and Francisco Muniz III, a restaurateur. His father is of Puerto Rican heritage and his mother is of Irish and Italian descent. Frankie was home-schooled since Grade Six. He started his acting career performing the role of Tiny Tim in ...

22. Brittany Murphy

Actress | Clueless

Brittany Murphy was born Brittany Anne Bertolotti on November 10, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia, to Sharon Kathleen Murphy and Angelo Joseph Bertolotti. Her father's ancestry is Italian, and her mother is of Irish and Slovak descent. Her father moved the family back to Edison, New Jersey as a native New...

23. Kathy Najimy

Actress | Hocus Pocus

Kathy Najimy was born and raised in San Diego, California. She is the daughter of Samia (Massery) and Fred Najimy, a postal worker, both of Lebanese ancestry. Kathy attended Crawford High School, and began her film career in the early 1990s, with several minor roles. Kathy got her breakthrough ...

24. Thomas Ian Nicholas

Actor | Adverse

Thomas Ian Nicholas joined the Producers Guild of America while producing and acting in his most recent film, ADVERSE, a drama/thriller with a large ensemble cast that includes Mickey Rourke, Sean Astin, Lou Diamond Phillips, Penelope Ann Miller, Matt Ryan and more. In 2018, he produced and starred...

25. Chris Owen

Actor | The Mist

Chris Owen is an American actor and photographer. He is best known for his role as Chuck Sherman, a.k.a.The Sherminator in the American Pie film franchise, appearing in American Pie, American Pie 2, American Pie Presents: Band Camp and American Reunion. Aside from Eugene Levy, he is the only actor ...

26. Erik Palladino

Actor | ER

Born and raised in Yonkers, N.Y. Youngest of three sons. His father was a heating contractor and his mother was a school teacher. As a young boy he fell in love with Saturday Night Live and the film Raging Bull. Being inspired by both John Belushi and Robert DeNiro, he became a part of a Children's...

27. Alan Rachins

Actor | Showgirls

Alan Rachins was born on October 3, 1942 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Showgirls (1995), L.A. Law (1986) and Dharma & Greg (1997). He has been married to Joanna Frank since March 11, 1978. They have one child.

28. Gabrielle Union

Actress | Bring It On

Gabrielle Union was born on October 29, 1972, in Omaha, Nebraska, to Theresa (Glass), who managed a phone company, and Sylvester E. Union, a military sergeant and business executive. When she was eight, her family moved to Pleasanton, California, where she grew up and attended high school. There, ...

29. Mariel Hemingway

Actress | Manhattan

Mariel Hemingway was born on November 22, 1961 in Mill Valley, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Manhattan (1979), Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) and The Sex Monster (1999). She was previously married to Stephen Crisman.

30. Jason Behr

Actor | Roswell

Jason Nathaniel Behr was born on December 30, 1973 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Patricia Ann (Steiner) and David Paul Behr. His ancestry includes Swiss-German, German, Austrian, Irish, English, and Danish. Jason began acting at the age of five, appearing in a number of theatrical productions, ...

31. Rini Bell

Actress | Bring It On

Rini Bell was born on March 21, 1981 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress, known for Bring It On (2000), Ghost World (2001) and Road Trip (2000).

32. Justin Berfield

Actor | Malcolm in the Middle

Justin Tyler Berfield was born on the 25th of February, 1986, and resides in Los Angeles. Born and raised in California, he has been acting since he was 5 years old when he landed a part in a commercial for Folgers Coffee. He has appeared in over 22 national television commercials including an ...

33. Nicole Bilderback

Actress | Cruel Summer

Nicole "Nikki" Bilderback grew up in Dallas, Texas as an all-American girl. She was born in Seoul, Korea but is a mix of Korean, Japanese and Chinese, giving her a versatile Asian-American look. Nikki was adopted as a newborn by Jim and Lois Bilderback. Being the youngest child and only daughter, ...

34. Jesse Bradford

Actor | Bring It On

Jesse Bradford was born Jesse Bradford Watrouse in Norwalk, Connecticut. Both of his parents, Curtis Watrouse and Terry Porter, are actors who have appeared in many television commercials. Jesse has been acting almost constantly since his big debut in a Q-Tip commercial when he was an 8-month-old ...

35. Amanda Bynes

Actress | Hairspray

Amanda Laura Bynes was born on April 3, 1986, in Thousand Oaks, California, the youngest of three children of Lynn (Organ), a dental assistant, and Richard Bynes, a dentist. Her father is of Lithuanian, Irish, and Polish descent, and her mother is from an Ashkenazi Jewish family from Toronto. ...

36. Cara Buono

Actress | Stranger Things

As a young girl growing up in New York City, Cara Buono took her family's blue-collar work ethic and began to turn it into an acting career that would later lead not only to starring roles but to screenwriting and directing. With no help from friends, family or mentors, she went out on her own, ...

37. Charisma Carpenter

Actress | Angel

Charisma Carpenter first made her television debut with a guest spot on Baywatch (1989), before receiving a call from legendary producer Aaron Spelling and subsequently being cast on the prime time soap opera, Malibu Shores (1996). But her big break - and the one that would forever change the ...

38. Eliza Dushku

Actress | Bring It On

Eliza Dushku was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Judith (Rasmussen), a political science professor, and Philip R. Dushku, a teacher and administrator. Her father is Albanian and her mother is American (of Danish, Irish, English, and German descent). She was discovered at the end of a five-month ...

39. Brendan Fehr

Actor | Roswell

Brendan Fehr was raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He and his two sisters were raised by his mother, a case manager at the Stony Mountain Correctional Institute. In Vancouver for a wedding in 1997, he dropped by Look Talent Management to inquire about quick-cash modelling assignments. Manager ...

40. Olivia Friedman

Actress | Any Day Now

Olivia Friedman was born April 28, 1982 in The Bronx, she then moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. There she appeared in numerous musicals/plays: "Evangeline", "Miracle Worker", "The Diary of Anne Frank", etc... In 1998 she was casted in the Lifetime hit show "Any Day Now" as Kelly Sims.

41. Jennifer Gimenez

Actress | Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

Jennifer Gimenez is rapidly emerging as one of Hollywood's brightest talents. She has proven her merit not only as a supermodel, but also as an actress, reality star and expert panelist on addiction, health, fitness and fashion.

Gimenez's exotic beauty is the result of her Argentinean background. ...

42. Anthony Head

Actor | Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Anthony Stewart Head was born on February 20, 1954 in Camden Town, north London, England. He grew up in Hampton, near Richmond upon Thames in London. He's the youngest son of Seafield Head (a documentary filmmaker) and Helen Shingler (an actress). He is the younger brother of musician/actor Murray ...

43. Tsianina Joelson

Actress | Bring It On

Tsianina Joelson was born on January 16, 1975 in Coquille, Oregon, USA. She is an actress, known for Bring It On (2000), American Pie 2 (2001) and According to Greta (2009). She has been married to Michael Lohmann since 2004. She was previously married to Gregory Joelson.

44. Cheryl Ladd

Actress | Poison Ivy

Cheryl Ladd is an American actress, singer, and author best known for her role as Kris Munroe in the ABC television series Charlie's Angels, whose cast she joined in its second season in 1977 to replace Farrah Fawcett-Majors. Ladd remained on the show until its cancellation in 1981. Her film roles ...

45. Chad Lindberg

Actor | The Fast and the Furious

Chad Lindberg was born on November 1, 1976 in Mount Vernon, Washington, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Fast and the Furious (2001), Supernatural (2005) and October Sky (1999).

46. Jonathan Lipnicki

Actor | The Resident

Jonathan was born in Westlake Village, CA to Rhonda and Joe Lipnicki. At the age of five Jonathan Lipnicki received global acclaim as he carried his own with Tom Cruise and Renee Zellweger in the Academy Award-winning film Jerry Maguire. After this breakout role, Jonathan had become a ...

47. Tamera Mowry-Housley

Actress | Sister, Sister

Tamera Darvette Mowry was born on July 6, 1978, two minutes before her twin sister, Tia Mowry, in Gelnhausen, Hesse, Germany, to Darlene Mowry and Tim Mowry, who was serving in the U.S. Army at the time of her birth and later became a custody officer/jailer with the City of Glendale Police ...

48. Tia Mowry

Actress | Sister, Sister

Tia Mowry was born on July 6, 1978 in Gelnhausen, Hesse, Germany. She is an actress and producer, known for Sister, Sister (1994), The Hot Chick (2002) and The Game (2006). She was previously married to Cory Hardrict.

49. Cameron Richardson

Actress | Alvin and the Chipmunks

Cameron Richardson is making her move into the industry spotlight. She starred opposite Jason Lee and Jane Lynch in 20th Century-Fox's hit Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) and played a mentally-challenged character in the HBO series 12 Miles of Bad Road (2008), opposite Lily Tomlin and Mary Kay Place.

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50. Tanya Roberts

Actress | A View to a Kill

The second daughter of manufacturing executive Oscar Blum and his wife Dorothy, Tanya Roberts was born 1949 in Manhattan and grew up in the elite Westchester County suburbs Scarsdale and Greenburgh. Tanya reportedly dropped out of high school, got married and hitchhiked around the country until her...

51. Saul Rubinek

Actor | Unforgiven

Saul Rubinek was born in a refugee camp in Germany, where his father ran a Yiddish Repertory Theatre company. Saul started his professional career as a child actor in theater and radio in Canada. By the time he was 20, he was a member of the Stratford Shakespearean Festival company in Stratford, ...

52. Jason Segel

Actor | Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Multi-talented Jason Jordan Segel was born in Los Angeles, California, where he was raised by his parents, Jillian (Jordan), a homemaker, and Alvin Segel, a lawyer. His mother is of English, Scottish, and Irish ancestry, and his father is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. He was educated at St. ...

53. Lindsay Sloane

Actress | Bring It On

Since she was a child performer on numerous hit series including The Wonder Years and Sabrina The Teenage Witch, Lindsay Sloane has made a career of hilarious comedic turns. Her last series regular role was on the CBS sitcom reboot of The Odd Couple, opposite Matthew Perry. She has also recently ...

54. Kerr Smith

Actor | Final Destination

Kerr Smith was born in a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Barbara (Hess) and Rick Smith. He has a younger sister, Alison. Kerr graduated from Henderson High School in 1990 and then went on to attend the University of Vermont, graduating with a degree in Business Administration (Accounting ...

55. McG

Director | Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

McG was born on August 9, 1968 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), Terminator Salvation (2009) and The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020).

56. Adam Duritz

Soundtrack | Shrek 2

Adam Duritz is an innovative lyricist and piano player who brings the same soul to his friends and lifestyle as he does to the beautiful lyrics and music that he performs. Duritz joined and performed in the Bay area band "The Himalayans" until 1991 at which time he left to form Counting Crows. ...

57. Dave Gibbs

Soundtrack | Dumb and Dumber

Dave Gibbs is known for Dumb and Dumber (1994), Freeloaders (2012) and Dead Man's Curve (1998). He has been married to Gillian Vigman since June 22, 2008. They have two children.

58. Steve Hurley

Self | House Music in Chicago

59. The Go-Go's

Soundtrack | Spider-Man: Far from Home

The Go-Go's is known for Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019), RoboCop 3 (1993) and Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982).

60. Kiefer Sutherland

Actor | 24

Kiefer Sutherland was born in London, England, UK, to Canadian actors Shirley Douglas and Donald Sutherland, who moved to California shortly after his birth. His maternal grandfather, Tommy Douglas, was a Scottish-born Canadian politician who was a Premier of Saskatchewan for over 17 years and led ...

61. Sarah Sutherland

Actress | Veep

Sarah Jude Sutherland trained at the Crossroads Drama Conservatory in Los Angeles where she received the award for Excellence in Drama. She then trained at the Experimental Theatre Wing at Tisch School of the Arts where she studied voice and speech, movement, and an array of acting methods ...

62. Seth 'Shifty Shellshock' Binzer

Soundtrack | Something's Gotta Give

Seth 'Shifty Shellshock' Binzer was born on August 23, 1974 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Something's Gotta Give (2003), Saving Silverman (2001) and Orange County (2002). He was previously married to Ashiko Westguard and Melissa Binzer.

63. Shar Jackson

Actress | Good Burger

Sharisse Jackson was born on August 31, 1976 in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Costa Mesa, California. Jackson is of African American and Cherokee descent on her mother's side and Puerto Rican and Mexican descent on her father's. Shar has been acting since she was three and enrolled in the Al ...

64. Shaune Bagwell

Actress | Can't Stop Dancing

Shaune Bagwell was the first classically trained ballerina to land a role on Days of Our Lives. She was born to an English professor and the Chairman of the Board of a conveyor belt manufacturing company in Houston, Texas. A ballerina and former Miss San Jacinto, Miss United States, and Ms. US ...

65. Angelica Bridges

Actress | Mystery Men

Angelica Bridges stars as Cindy Warburton in Nico Santucci's feature film "Sarogeto" - a story revealing the complicated and emotional struggle that Japanese American Grace / Minami Stanton faces and the controversial decision she makes on this unorthodox journey of a woman's search to find peace ...

66. Steve Madden

Camera_department | The Ice Road

Steve Madden is known for The Ice Road (2021), Nobody (2021) and Run (2020).

67. Jane Wiedlin

Actress | Clue

Jane Wiedlin was born on May 20, 1958 in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, USA. She is a music artist and actress, known for Clue (1985), Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986). She has been married to Terence Lundy since February 2023. She was previously married ...

68. Charlotte Caffey

Soundtrack | RoboCop 3

Charlotte Caffey, who was best known from the pop 1980s band The Go-Go's, is the daughter of television director Michael Caffey, who directed such shows as Wonder Woman (1975), CHiPs (1977) and The Dukes of Hazzard (1979). Charlotte had a history of drug abuse while touring with The Go-Go's. After ...

69. Ryan Reynolds

Actor | Deadpool 2

Ryan Rodney Reynolds was born on October 23, 1976 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the youngest of four children. His father, James Chester Reynolds, was a food wholesaler, and his mother, Tamara Lee "Tammy" (Stewart), worked as a retail-store saleswoman. He has Irish and Scottish ancestry. ...

70. Victor Webster

Actor | Workin' Moms

A familiar face to film and television audiences, Victor Webster is an established actor with an impressive list of credits. Most recently, he joined the cast of the Netflix/CBC comedy "Workin' Moms," playing Mike Bolinski for two seasons. He's also recently filmed a large recurring arc on the ...

71. Kaya Wittenburg

Actor | Son of the Beach

Kaya Wittenburg was born in and raised in Brookfield, Wisconsin. After graduating from high school he went on to study psychology and biology at Marquette University in Milwaukee. He worked as an anesthesia technician in the O.R. for the next three years. Kaya then left for Arizona to take a job at...

72. Valerie Penso

Actress | Son of the Beach

Valerie Penso was born in New York City, New York, USA. She is known for Son of the Beach (2000), Why Can't I Be You? (2006) and Identity (2006).

73. Shiva Rose

Actress | David & Layla

Shiva Rose was born in Santa Monica, Los Angeles. An American of Irish and Iranian decent, she was raised in Iran until the age of ten when she and her family were forced to escape to Paris, then to Los Angeles.

She began her stage career at 15 at several theaters in Santa Monica. She attended UCLA ...

74. Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds

Soundtrack | Ghostbusters II

Kenneth Brian Edmonds better known by his stage name Babyface, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He has written and produced over 26 number-one R&B hits throughout his career and has won 12 Grammy Awards. He was ranked number 20 on NME's 50 of The Greatest Producers Ever list.

75. Tracey E. Edmonds

Producer | End of the Road

Tracey Edmonds has created and produced groundbreaking projects for television, film, music, and digital media. She served as co-host of Extra TV alongside Mario Lopez and Charissa Thompson for 3 years, where she earned an Emmy Award. Edmonds currently serves as CEO and President of Edmonds ...

76. Daisy Head

Actress | Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Daisy Head was born on March 7, 1991 in England, UK. She is an actress, known for Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023), Underworld: Blood Wars (2016) and Fallen (2016).

77. Emily Head

Actress | The Inbetweeners Movie

Emily Head was born in Wandsworth, London, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for The Inbetweeners (2011), Emmerdale Farm (1972) and The Inbetweeners (2008).

78. Stacey Snider

Producer | Under the Dome

Stacey Snider is a renowned entertainment industry leader having served atop studios such as 20th Century Fox, Dreamworks and Universal with a commitment to supporting talent, filmmakers and stories. In October 2019, Snider joined forces with Elisabeth Murdoch and Jane Featherstone to found SISTER,...

79. John Frizzell

Composer | Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe

John Frizzell has composed music for Film and Television across a wide range of genres in his career. Recently his dark mysterious score for two seasons of Kevin Williamson's CBS All Access series Tell Me A Story, is a sharp contrast to his comedic score for FOX television's Duncanville starring ...