Hereditary

1. Cree Hardrict

Cree Hardrict was born on June 28, 2011 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Career Suicide: Arthur's Edge (2017), Tia Mowry's Quick FIx (2020) and Family Reunion (2019).

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Jr. was born on August 23, 1976 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for The Sarah Silverman Program. (2007), Monster Night (2006) and Americanizing Shelley (2007).

3. Phylicia Rashad

Actress | The Cosby Show

Phylicia Rashad was born in Houston, Texas to African-American parents Vivian Elizabeth (Ayers), a poet and art director, and Andrew Arthur Allen, an orthodontist. As a child, Phylicia, her older brother Andrew (called Tex), and younger sister, dancer and actress Debbie Allen, lived in Mexico. She ...

4. Frank Sinatra

Actor | From Here to Eternity

Frank Sinatra was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, to Italian immigrants Natalina Della (Garaventa), from Northern Italy, and Saverio Antonino Martino Sinatra, a Sicilian boxer, fireman, and bar owner. Growing up on the gritty streets of Hoboken made Sinatra determined to work hard to get ahead. ...

5. China Anne McClain

Actress | Hubie Halloween

China Anne McClain comes from an artistic family. Her father, Michael McClain, is a music producer, vocalist, writer and sound engineer. His first production was on Beyonce's younger sister, Solange Knowles (Solo Star CD - track no.16 entitled Sky Away). China Anne's mother, Shontell, is also a ...

6. Sierra Aylina McClain

Actress | Daddy's Little Girls

Sierra Aylina McClain was born on March 16, 1994. She is an actress, known for Daddy's Little Girls (2007), 9-1-1: Lone Star (2020) and Shrink (2009).

7. Lauryn Alisa McClain

Actress | Haunt

Lauryn Alisa McClain was born on January 9, 1997. She is an actress, known for Haunt (2019), 9-1-1: Lone Star (2020) and A.N.T. Farm (2011).

8. Bill Odenkirk

Producer | The Simpsons

Bill Odenkirk was born on October 13, 1965 in Naperville, Illinois, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for The Simpsons (1989), Futurama (1999) and Mr. Show with Bob and David (1995).

9. Eddie Murphy

Actor | The Nutty Professor

Edward Regan Murphy was born April 3, 1961 in Brooklyn, New York, to Lillian Lynch (born: Lillian Laney), a telephone operator, and Charles Edward Murphy, a transit police officer who was also an amateur comedian and actor. After his father died, his mother married Vernon Lynch, a foreman at a ...

10. Keenen Ivory Wayans

Writer | White Chicks

The trail-blazing linchpin of a sprawling family dynasty of comic entertainers, it was multi-talented writer/director/producer Keenen Ivory Wayans (born June 8, 1958, in New York City) who led the familial pack and was the first to achieve national prominence when he successfully created, launched,...

11. Rashida Jones

Actress | Parks and Recreation

Rashida Jones was born in Los Angeles, California, the younger daughter of media mogul, producer, and musician Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton. She has an older sister, Kidada Jones, and five half-siblings by her father's other relationships. Her father is African-American and her mother is ...

12. Michael Wayans

Actor | Blankman

Michael Wayans was born on March 28, 1985 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Blankman (1994), Dance Flick (2009) and My Wife and Kids (2000).

13. Damon Wayans

Writer | My Wife and Kids

A tall (6'2"), sly, cueball-domed comedian of film and television satire, Damon Wayans hit outrageous 90's TV stardom playing various wise guys and streetwise slick characters on older brother Keenen Ivory Wayans' landmark, black-oriented TV sketch comedy In Living Color (1990). The show was pretty...

14. Sonia Braga

Actress | Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos

Sônia Braga was born June 8, 1950, in Maringá, Paraná State, Brazil, to a seamstress mother and a realtor father. She starred in the film adaptation of Jorge Amado's Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976), in the central role of Dona Flor. She earned American recognition and a Golden Globe ...

15. Kim Wayans

Actress | In Living Color

Kim Wayans was born on October 16, 1961 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for In Living Color (1990), My Wife and Kids (2000) and Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996). She is married to Kevin Knotts.

16. Damon Wayans Jr.

Actor | Big Hero 6

Damon Wayans Jr. was born at his grandmother's home in Vermont, in November 1982, and was raised in Los Angeles. He is the son of Lisa Thorner and actor Damon Wayans.

He made his film debut at age 11 in the 1994 film "Blank Man" playing the role of young Kevin. Later, Damon pursued his early passion...

17. Jada Pinkett Smith

Actress | The Matrix Revolutions

Jada Koren Pinkett Smith was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Robsol Grant Pinkett, Jr., a contractor, and 'Gammy' Adrienne Banfield Norris, a nurse. They divorced after only a few months of marriage. Her father is of African-American descent and her mother is of Afro-Caribbean ancestry (from ...

18. 'Gammy' Adrienne Banfield Norris

Actor | Bad Moms

'Gammy' Adrienne Banfield Norris was born on October 18, 1953 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He is an actor, known for Bad Moms (2016), Red Table Talk (2018) and Access Hollywood (1996).

19. Willow Smith

Actress | I Am Legend

Willow Smith was born on October 31, 2000 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is a music artist and actress, known for I Am Legend (2007), Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) and Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008).

20. Ice Cube

Soundtrack | Friday

Ice Cube was born in South Central Los Angeles, to Doris (Benjamin), a custodian and hospital clerk, and Hosea Jackson, a UCLA groundskeeper. He first came to public notice as a singer and songwriter with the controversial and influential band N.W.A. His compositions with that group included many ...

21. O'Shea Jackson Jr.

Actor | Straight Outta Compton

O'Shea Jackson Jr. is an American actor and musician. O'Shea is the son of rapper Ice Cube and he portrayed his father in the 2015 biopic Straight Outta Compton (2015), which was his feature film debut.

His older brother Darrell is also a rapper under the name Doughboy, which is the nickname of the ...

22. Abby Ryder Fortson

Actress | Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.

Abby Ryder Fortson stars in the iconic role of Margaret opposite Rachel McAdams and Kathy Bates for James L. Brooks and director Kelly Fremon Craig in the adaptation of Judy Blume beloved book, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023) for Lionsgate, in theaters April 2023. Abby was honored with...

23. Madison Bailey

Actress | Outer Banks

Madison Bailey was born on January 29, 1999 in North Carolina, USA. She is an actress, known for Outer Banks (2020), Black Lightning (2018) and Creepshow (2019).

24. Lana Wachowski

Writer | The Matrix

Lana Wachowski and her sister Lilly Wachowski, also known as the Wachowskis, are the duo behind such ground-breaking movies as The Matrix (1999) and Cloud Atlas (2012). Born to mother Lynne, a nurse, and father Ron, a businessman of Polish descent, Wachowski grew up in Chicago and formed a tight ...

25. Lilly Wachowski

Writer | The Matrix

Director, writer, and producer Lilly Wachowski was born in 1967 in Chicago, the daughter of Lynne, a nurse and painter, and Ron, a businessman. Lilly was educated at Kellogg Elementary School in Chicago, before moving on to Whitney M. Young High School. After graduating from high school, she ...

26. Dan Levy

Producer | Schitt$ Creek

Daniel Levy is a multi-hyphenate Emmy® award winning showrunner, writer, actor, director, and producer who has built his career telling vibrant and comedic stories, establishing himself as a Hollywood mainstay.

Levy recently launched his new film and television production company, Not a Real ...

27. Eugene Levy

Actor | A Mighty Wind

Eugene Levy is an award-winning actor, writer, and producer. He has appeared in more than 60 motion pictures to date, eight of which having topped the $100M mark. The box office success of films such as Bringing Down the House (2003), Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005) , and Father of the Bride Part II ...

28. Romeo Miller

Actor | Honey

Romeo Miller was born on August 19, 1989 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Honey (2003), Romeo! (2003) and Scooby-Doo (2002).

29. Isaac Hayes III

Soundtrack | The Man with the Iron Fists

Isaac Hayes III is known for The Man with the Iron Fists (2012), 17 Again (2009) and Top Five (2014).

30. Bebe Buell

Actress | Aranea

Bebe Buell is a former model and Playboy Playmate who dated several rock stars in the 1970s. She began modeling at the age of 17 and moved from her hometown of Portsmouth, Virginia, to New York City. Shortly after moving to New York, she met rock star Todd Rundgren. At the time she was living in a ...

31. Liv Tyler

Actress | Armageddon

Liv Tyler is an actress of international renown and has been a familiar face on our screens for over two decades and counting. She began modelling at the age of fourteen before pursuing a career in acting. After making her film debut in Bruce Beresford's Silent Fall, she was cast by fledgling ...

32. John Ritter

Actor | Sling Blade

Jonathan Southworth Ritter was born in Burbank, California, on September 17, 1948. He was the son of legendary country singer/actor Tex Ritter (born Woodward Maurice Ritter) and his wife, actress Dorothy Fay (née Dorothy Fay Southworth). The couple married in 1941 and had their first child, Tom ...

33. Kevin P. Farley

Actor | The Waterboy

Kevin Farley (accomplished actor, writer, director) has truly established himself as a comedic presence both on the big screen and television.

Kevin was born in Madison, Wisconsin, to Mary Anne (Crosby) and Thomas Farley, who owned an oil company. Among his siblings are actors John Farley and the ...

34. John Farley

Actor | Little Nicky

John is the youngest brother of Chris Farley. He grew up in Madison, Wisconsin, the son of Mary Anne (Crosby) and Thomas John Farley, who owned Scotch Oil Co. His older brother, Kevin P. Farley, also acts. Tom, the eldest of the boys, works in Madison as the head of the Chris Farley Foundation. His...

35. Chris Farley

Actor | Tommy Boy

Christopher Crosby Farley was born on February 15, 1964, in Madison, Wisconsin, to Mary Anne (Crosby) and Thomas Farley, who owned an oil company. Among his siblings are actors Kevin P. Farley and John Farley. He was of Irish heritage. Farley studied theatre and communications on Marquette ...

36. Christian Combs

Actor | Impulse

Christian Combs was born on April 1, 1998 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Impulse (2023), Wu-Tang: An American Saga (2019) and French Montana x King Combs x Kodak Black: Can't Stop Won't Stop (Remix) (2023).

37. Rita Owens

Actress | The Cookout

Rita Owens was born on September 28, 1949. She was an actress, known for The Cookout (2004), Living Single (1993) and The Cookout 2 (2011). She died on March 21, 2018.

38. T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh

Actress | The Cool Crystal Show

A performer since childhood, performer, writer, producer and director T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh (Ta-Kee-ah Kristle Kee-Mah) studied theater, dance, voice, and pantomime in high school, then turned down a business scholarship to complete her studies at Florida A&M University with a degree in Theatre, ...

39. Jeffrey Osborne

Soundtrack | Spaceballs

Jeffrey Osborne was born on March 9, 1948 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Spaceballs (1987), Undercover Brother (2002) and Love & Mercy (2014). He has been married to Sherri Osborne since 1983. They have four children.

40. Jayla Calhoun

Actress | Family Time

Jayla Calhoun is known for Family Time (2012), Love That Girl! (2010) and Instant Mom (2013).

41. Richard Pryor Jr.

The Color Purple

Richard Pryor Jr. was born on April 10, 1962 in Peoria, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Color Purple (1985), Silent Bark and Bustin' Loose (1981).

42. Barry Van Dyke

Actor | Diagnosis Murder

Barry Van Dyke is the second son of legendary entertainer, Dick Van Dyke. He has one older brother, Christian Van Dyke, and two younger sisters, Stacy Van Dyke and Carrie Beth Van Dyke. Barry's TV debut was as "Florian", a violin-toting nine-year-old in The Dick Van Dyke Show: The Talented ...

43. Warrington Hudlin

Producer | Cosmic Slop

Warrington Hudlin was born on July 16, 1952 in East Saint Louis, Illinois, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Cosmic Slop (1994), Boomerang (1992) and House Party (1990).

44. Reginald Hudlin

Producer | Marshall

Reginald Hudlin was born on December 15, 1961 in Centerville, Illinois, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Marshall (2017), House Party (1990) and Django Unchained (2012). He has been married to Chrisette Suter since November 30, 2002. They have two children.

45. Alexis Fields

Actress | The Secret World of Alex Mack

Alexis Fields is an American actress who has appeared in shows and movies such as Roc (1994), Kenan and Kel (1996-2000), Sister, Sister (1994-1999), Moesha (1996-2001), Jacked (2001), Hangin with Mr. Copper (1992-1997), The Parent Hood (1995-1999), and Somebody Help me in 2007. Her acting career ...

46. Debbie Allen

Producer | Fame

Deborah Kaye Allen was born in Houston, Texas, to African-American parents, Vivian Elizabeth (Ayers), a poet and art director, and Andrew Arthur Allen, an orthodontist. As a child, Debbie, her older brother, Andrew (called Tex), and her older sister, actress Phylicia Rashad, lived in Mexico to ...

47. Larenz Tate

Actor | Crash

Larenz Tate was born on the west side of Chicago to Larry and Peggy Tate, the youngest of three brothers. His brothers are actors Larron Tate and Lahmard J. Tate. In 1984, Larenz and his family moved to California. It was while living in California that Larenz's parents got him and his brothers ...

48. Dan Aykroyd

Writer | Ghostbusters

Daniel Edward Aykroyd was born on July 1, 1952 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, to Lorraine Hélène (Gougeon), a secretary from a French-Canadian family, and Samuel Cuthbert Peter Hugh Aykroyd, a civil engineer who advised prime minister Pierre Trudeau. Aykroyd attended Carleton University in 1969, where...

49. Belle Aykroyd

Actress | Highway 1

Belle Aykroyd is known for Highway One (2021), Workin' Moms (2017) and Problematic.

50. Stella Aykroyd

Actress | Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Stella Aykroyd was born on April 5, 1998 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021), Don't Mind Alice (2017) and Born to Explore (2011).

51. Danielle Aykroyd

Actress | Coneheads

Danielle Aykroyd was born on November 18, 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Coneheads (1993), Nothing But Trouble (1991) and Quality Time (2009).

52. Donna Dixon

Actress | Spies Like Us

Donna was raised in Lorton, Virginia, where her father owned the local nightclub, "Hillbilly Heaven". She was working as a model and attending college when she landed her first regular role on TV's Bosom Buddies (1980). While filming Doctor Detroit (1983), she met and married co-star Dan Aykroyd. ...

53. Roxie Roker

Actress | The Jeffersons

Roxie Roker was born on August 28, 1929 in Miami, Florida, USA. She was an actress, known for The Jeffersons (1975), ABC Afterschool Specials (1972) and Fantasy Island (1977). She was married to Sy Kravitz. She died on December 2, 1995 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

54. Sy Kravitz

Self | Sid Bernstein Presents...

Sy Kravitz was born on December 10, 1924 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Roxie Roker and Erika Kravitz. He died on October 29, 2005 in New York City, New York, USA.

55. John Carradine

Actor | The Grapes of Wrath

John Carradine, the son of a reporter/artist and a surgeon, grew up in Poughkeepsie, New York. He attended Christ Church School and Graphic Art School, studying sculpture, and afterward roamed the South selling sketches. He made his acting debut in "Camille" in a New Orleans theatre in 1925. ...

56. Dani Lane

Actress | Kenan

Dani Lane is known for Kenan (2021), Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013) and Eartha Kitt C'est Si Bon.

57. Dannah Lane

Actress | Kenan

Dannah Lane is known for Kenan (2021), Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013) and Same Time, Next Christmas (2019).

58. Susie Garrett

Actress | Wicked Stepmother

Susie Garrett was born on December 29, 1929 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She was an actress, known for Wicked Stepmother (1989), Punky Brewster (1984) and The Jeffersons (1975). She died on May 24, 2002 in Southfield, Michigan, USA.

59. Angelina Jolie

Actress | Maleficent

Angelina Jolie is an Academy Award-winning actress who rose to fame after her role in Girl, Interrupted (1999), playing the title role in the "Lara Croft" blockbuster movies, as well as Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), Wanted (2008), Salt (2010) and Maleficent (2014). Off-screen, Jolie has become ...

60. Brandy Norwood

Actress | I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

Brandy Norwood is an African-American singer-songwriter and actress from McComb, Mississippi. She is known for her roles in Moesha, Osmosis Jones and Cinderella. She has released many R&B albums and singles since the 1990s. She is known as "The Vocal Bible". She gave birth to a daughter named ...

61. Mandela Van Peebles

Actor | Jigsaw

"Legacy" is what you think of when hearing the Van Peebles name, and third generation Mandela is definitely doing his part in upholding the family's cinematic lineage.

Van Peebles recently finished filming the Taylor Sheridan (of Yellowstone fame) and Antoine Fuqua-produced Mayor of Kingstown (2021)...

62. Billy Davis Jr.

Soundtrack | The Kitchen

Billy Davis is an American rock and blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, who is best known for his work with Hank Ballard & The Midnighters.

Davis was born in Bentonia, Mississippi, United States, and then as a child moved to Memphis, Tennessee. Davis became ...

63. Marilyn McCoo

Actress | Captain Planet and the Planeteers

Marilyn McCoo was born on September 30, 1943 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress, known for Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990), Santa Barbara (1984) and The Kitchen (2019). She has been married to Billy Davis Jr. since July 26, 1969.

64. LaVita Raynor

Actress | Belly

LaVita Raynor was born on September 25, 1981 in Plainfield, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress, known for Belly (1998), Blue Sombrero (2005) and The Games We Play.

65. Scarlet Rose Stallone

Actress | Reach Me

Scarlet Rose Stallone was born on May 25, 2002 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Reach Me (2014), The Gunslingers (2025) and Tulsa King (2022).

66. Sage Stallone

Actor | Rocky V

Sage Stallone was an American actor and film director from Los Angeles. His best known role was Robert Balboa, Jr. (Rocky Balboa's son) in the sports drama film "Rocky V" (1990).

Stallone was the eldest son of actor Sylvester Stallone (1946-) and his first wife Sasha Czack. His parents married in ...

67. Cyb Barnstable

Actress | Quark

Cyb (Priscilla) Barnstable graduated from the University of Kentucky B.A. (Major: Speech/Drama). She moved to N.Y. and signed with Eileen Ford's Ford Modeling Agency. She modeled in N.Y. and internationally, appearing in Cosmopolitan, Vogue, Mademoiselle, Glamour, Brides, GQ, Redbook and Good ...

68. Patricia Barnstable