Disney Channel / Courtesy Everett Collection. She is the daughter of actor Will Knightley and actress turned playwright Sharman Macdonald. Gracy is equally committed to Julianne Moore was born Julie Anne Smith in Fort Bragg, North Carolina on December 3, 1960, the daughter of Anne (Love), a social worker, and Peter Moore Smith, a paratrooper, colonel, and later military judge. Audiences across the United States and internationally have admired her for her work- including her celebrated, Oscar-nominated Frances Louise McDormand was born on June 23, 1957, in Gibson City, Illinois. and a local celebrity. She has a Actress | Black attended the University of California at Los Amanda Peet was born and raised in New York City. She was born on April 30, 1982 in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, to parents Inez (ne Rupprecht), who owned an art gallery, and Klaus Dunst, a medical services executive. Film and stage actor and theater director Philip Seymour Hoffman was born in the Rochester, New York, suburb of Fairport on July 23, 1967. She is the daughter of Nena Thurman (ne Birgitte Caroline von Schlebrgge), a fashion model and socialite who now runs a mountain retreat, and of Robert Thurman (Robert Alexander Thandiwe Newton was born in London. It was the peak of TMZ scandalmongering, when celebrities' public image was at the mercy of the entertainment news media. Her ancestry is Norwegian, as well as German, British Isles, and other Scandinavian. She is an actress, known for Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005), The Edukators (2004) and 24 Weeks (2016). 16 Celebrities From The Early 2000s You've Already Forgotten About - Bustle Angelina Jolie became an Oscar winner on March 26, 2000, taking home the award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Lisa Rowe inGirl, Interrupted. Franklin may not have lasted long, but Williams did, ushering in the glory that was "Survivor"-era Destiny's Child. In April 2007, Newsweek called him "the most powerful actor in Hollywood". Almost everyone who has spent time with Kate Hudson -including directors, family members, co-stars and interviewers - is quick to comment on her ability to light up a room. The French actress Ludivine Sagnier was born on July 3, 1979 in La Celle-Saint-Cloud, in France's Yvelines department. Tom grew up in what he has Diane Keaton was born Diane Hall in Los Angeles, California, to Dorothy Deanne (Keaton), an amateur photographer, and John Newton Ignatius "Jack" Hall, a civil engineer and real estate broker. She is an actress and director, known for The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011), Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003) and The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015). Julia Jentsch was born on February 20, 1978 in Berlin, Germany. After a self-described sheltered upbringing, Watson attended university for three years in Bristol, studying English literature. Shelley Morrison, Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Megan Mullally, and Sean Hayes teamed up as Rosario, Will, Grace, Karen, and Jack for the beloved sitcomWill & Grace. With amazing hits to her name, she has carved a name for herself in the field of acting and dance. A year later she made her professional debut and afterwards worked steadily in films, theatre and television. Tom Hanks was a box office sensation in 2000 with the release ofCast Away. He grew up in Texas with his mother, Laura (Cunningham), a photographer; his father, Robert Andrew Wilson, an ad exec; and his brothers, Andrew Wilson (the eldest) and Annette Bening was born on May 29, 1958 in Topeka, Kansas, the youngest of four children. His maternal grandfather, Stanley Wemyss, was a cinematographer. Radiohead. When Gwyneth was eleven, the family moved to Massachusetts, where A slight comic actor chiefly known for his boyish charm, Matthew Broderick was born on March 21, 1962 in New York City, to Patricia Broderick (ne Biow), a playwright and painter, and James Broderick, an actor. Russell Crowe went to battle in 2000, starring as Maximus Decimus Meridius inGladiator. His mother, Gloria (Campano), is of Italian descent, and worked for a local NBC station. She is the only child of Avner Hershlag, an Israeli-born doctor, and Shelley Stevens, an Actress | The Most Infamous Celebrity Breakdowns of the '00s - VH1 She began acting in the late 1990s. Related: The Disney Channel Stars Of The 2000s, Ranked By Current Net Worth 16 Famous Celebrities of the 2000's in Their Heyday vs. Now - Wow Gallery | eBaum's World 16 Famous Celebrities of the 2000's in Their Heyday vs. Now solidsnake4545 Published 11/12/2020 in wow It's so crazy to see how they've aged - some gracefully, and others. He was raised a Baptist, and studied drama, Mandarin Chinese, and dance Betty White was born in Oak Park, Illinois, to Christine Tess (Cachikis), a homemaker, and Horace Logan White, a lighting company executive for the Crouse-Hinds Electric Company. This led her to change into the field of acting Born on January 12th 1984 in Tehran. The two-time Golden Globe-winner rose to fame as a cast member of the Fox sketch comedy In Living Color (1990) but leading roles in Ace Ventura: Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon was born on March 22, 1976 in New Orleans, Louisiana to Betty Witherspoon, a registered nurse & John Draper Witherspoon, a military surgeon. Dawson's powerhouse talent stands out the most in edgy Jena Malone was born in Reno, Nevada, raised in Sparks, Nevada; two cities that have merged together over time, to Deborah Malone and Edward Berge. She started her career as an actress visiting Amin Tarokh's acting school in 2000. She started her career acting in various Australian TV series and movies, and later became known for her appearance in Hollywood films. This remarkable, one-of-a-kind actress has, since the early 1990s, intrigued film and TV audiences with her glowing, yet careworn eccentricity and old world-styled glamour. Her maternal grandmother, Frances Martha Dominguez, was of Mexican descent, and her other roots include German, English, and A small-town girl born and raised in rural Kalispell, Montana, Michelle Ingrid Williams is the daughter of Carla Ingrid (Swenson), a homemaker, and Larry Richard Williams, a commodity trader and author. She was born May 28, 1985, in Westminster, London, England, to Nano (Booth), a university lecturer, and Stephen Mulligan, a hotel manager. She is also the sister of Bollywood actor, Saif Ali Khan, and former sister-in-law of Bollywood actress, Amrita Singh. Gracy Singh is a unique combination of star quality and a girl next door appeal. Eminem. The two married in 1963. Blake Lively, 2010. She began modeling when she was eleven, and acted in high school productions as well as taking Mena Alexandra Svari was born in Newport, Rhode Island, to Candice (Thompson), a nurse, and Ando Svari, a psychiatrist. 35 names 1. The two actors tied the knot in July 2000, exchanging vows in a swanky ceremony at home in Malibu. The Greatest Female Stars of the 2000s by dziwnytenswiat | created - 23 Jun 2012 | updated - 25 Jun 2012 | Public The average IMDb vote of the best 5 films of each star gives the ranking. Juliette was only Maribel Verd was born on October 2, 1970 in Madrid, Spain as Mara Isabel Verd Rolln. During The Simple Life years, Nicole Richie and her pal Paris Hilton became fashion icons and emblems of early 2000s pop culture. Tell us what you think about this feature. She returned to Germany and became a top Lovely, Julia (O'Hara) Stiles, of Irish, English and German heritage, was born on March 28, 1981 in New York City, the outgoing daughter and eldest of three children of a Greenwich Village artist mother, Judith Newcomb Stiles, and an elementary school teacher father, John O'Hara.Encouraged to take Kang Hye-jeong was born on January 4, 1982 in South Korea. Audrey showed an interest for comedy at an early age and started her acting lessons at 'Cours Florent'. But their friendship broke down in 2005 when rumors emerged that Nicole had shared a . Top Television Stars of the 2000s | Mental Itch Early 2000s Child Stars You Wouldn't Recognize Today She is of Ruthenian, Polish, Irish, and German ancestry ("Hyra" is a Ruthenian Steve Martin was born on August 14, 1945 in Waco, Texas, USA as Stephen Glenn Martin to Mary Lee (ne Stewart; 1913-2002) and Glenn Vernon Martin (1914-1997), a real estate salesman and aspiring actor. 2. She has a sister, Vanessa Johansson, who is also an actress, Isla Lang Fisher was born on February 3, 1976 in Muscat, Oman, to Scottish parents Elspeth Reid and Brian Fisher, who worked as a banker for the U.N. She spent her early childhood in Bathgate, Scotland, before moving to Perth, Australia with her family in the early 1980s. On May 23, 2000, Matchbox Twenty droppedMad Season, the band's sophomore studio album. Baby Ariel, 22 TV Actress. Tom Hanks topped the box office in 2000 with the release of Cast Away. He is of Russian Jewish descent. Her family moved to California when she was young, and she grew up there. When it comes to the 2000s and pop culture most of us immediately think of pop stars such as Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake as well as Hollywood stars like Reese Witherspoon and Tom Cruise, but today's list is not about those. Considered by many critics to be the greatest living actress, Meryl Streep has been nominated for the Academy Award an astonishing 21 times, and has won it three times. Her mother, Kathleen Alexandrina Eva Matilda (Rogers), was from a working-class English family, and her father, Vasiliy Petrovich Mironov, was a Russian-born civil servant, from Kuryanovo, whose own father was a diplomat. After Self-proclaimed troublemaker Owen Cunningham Wilson was born in Dallas, to Irish-American parents originally from Massachusetts. She Franka Potente was born on 22 July 1974 in the German city of Mnster, to Hildegard, a medical assistant, and Dieter Potente, a teacher, and raised in the nearby town of Dlmen. She was raised on a farm outside the city. She is of Ashkenazi Jewish (mother) and Swedish, English, and Jennifer Connelly was born in the Catskill Mountains, New York, to Ilene (Schuman), a dealer of antiques, and Gerard Connelly, a clothing manufacturer. The Eliza Dushku-starring 2003 horror film was followed by six other movies, with two more planned. As a toddler, she was already a compulsive performer, re-enacting TV commercials for her family's amusement, but she decided to Radha Mitchell (born 12 November 1973) is an Australian actress. Maverick Baker, 22 Pop Singer. This stunning and resourceful actress has been primarily a film player thus far. During his early years, Liam worked as a forklift operator for Guinness, a truck driver, an assistant architect and an Paul Giamatti is an American actor who has worked steadily and prominently for over thirty years, and is best known for leading roles in the films American Splendor (2003), Sideways (2004), and Barney's Version (2010) (for which he won a Golden Globe), and supporting roles in the films Cinderella Jeremy Piven was born on July 26, 1965 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. Her mother moved to the U.S. in 1951, from Greenock, Scotland. Photo: Marc Piasecki/GC Images. Lillete Dubey was born on September 7, 1953 in Pune, State of Bombay, India. She is the older sister of twins Marina and Carlota and she has been married to Pedro Larraaga since Halle Maria Berry was born Maria Halle Berry on August 14, 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio and raised in Oakwood, Ohio to Judith Ann Berry (ne Hawkins), a psychiatric nurse & Jerome Jesse Berry, a hospital attendant. 00:00 / 00:00. He has enjoyed success in television, film, and music. Tom Cruise Actor | Top Gun Kevin Spacey took home his second Academy Award in 2000, honored with Best Actor in a Leading Role for the critical darlingAmerican Beauty. Spears' sophomore album went multiplatinum and hit No. The epic brought in $457.64 million worldwide and nabbed Crowe the Oscar for Best Actor. Some believed that such a career-defining role might leave him unable to escape it, but he Liam Neeson was born on June 7, 1952 in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, to Katherine (Brown), a cook, and Bernard Neeson, a school caretaker. Her grandfather owned a casino, Karl's Silver Club, in Reno. She was Matthew Paige Damon was born on October 8, 1970, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Kent Damon, a stockbroker, realtor and tax preparer, and Nancy Carlsson-Paige, an early childhood education professor at Lesley University. Thanks to social media, each celebrity has more power to shape their own narrative than ever before. She Natalie Portman is the first person born in the 1980s to have won the Academy Award for Best Actress (for Black Swan (2010)).Natalie was born Natalie Hershlag on June 9, 1981, in Jerusalem, Israel. Sarah Polley is an actress and director renowned in her native Canada for her political activism. She has been married to Christian Habltzel since 2012. Catherine Zeta-Jones was born September 25, 1969 in Swansea, Wales (and raised in the nearby town of Mumbles), the only daughter of Patricia (nee Fair) and David James "Dai" Jones, who formerly owned a sweet factory. The 101 Movies I could watch over and over and over 101 times or more. She is the daughter of homemaker Dorothea Marie (Wirth) and gas station owner James Jefferson Allen. At 14, she was a short-order cook at a Anne-Marie Duff is an English actress, born on 8 October 1970 in Southall, London. 5. She attended Dumbarton House School (Swansea). He grew up in the Houston suburban city of Bellaire. The actress had moved away from the scene due to bad experiences with male producers and directors in Hollywood after the cult film Jennifer's Body, which had elevated her to a sex symbol and consequently objectified.She recently divorced after 10 years of marriage with Brian Austin Green, and then rediscovered . Jennifer Aniston Friends The Morning Show Friends Friends: The Reunion Robert Smith // Getty Images Eva Longoria Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico. Her maternal grandfather was Welsh. She was raised on a farm outside the city. Celebrity 100 was an annual list compiled and published by Forbes magazine since 1999, preceded by the Forbes Top 40 entertainers list. The best and brightest in pop culture at the turn of the millennium. Posted on May 15, 2022. Kanye West. Clooney Benjamin Gza "Ben" Affleck-Boldt was born on August 15, 1972 in Berkeley, California and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to mother Chris Anne (Boldt), a school teacher, and father Timothy Byers "Tim" Affleck, a social worker. The Paramount+ film, which premiered July 27, is a sequel to the mid-2000s Nickelodeon show "Zoey 101" was shot in and around Wilmington in 2023. . Mariah Carey showed up *unannounced* to a 2001 airing of MTV's TRL bearing gifts . Rachel Anne McAdams was born on November 17, 1978 in London, Ontario, Canada, to Sandra Kay (Gale), a nurse, and Lance Frederick McAdams, a truck driver and furniture mover. Ludivine studied acting as a young girl and had made her movie debut at the age 10 in Les maris, les femmes, les amants (1989). less so. The family relocated often -- she first became interested in the theatre when the family was Viola Davis is a critically revered actress of film, television, and theater and has won rave reviews for her multitude of substantial and intriguingly diverse roles. Off-screen, Jolie has become Adam Richard Sandler was born September 9, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York, to Judith (Levine), a teacher at a nursery school, and Stanley Alan Sandler, an electrical engineer. She was adopted by Canadian-born parents Noreen Eloise (Nickleson), a nurse from Ontario, and Rev. His ancestry is French-Canadian, as well as English, Sandra Annette Bullock was born in Arlington, a Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C. Ryan was the second of their two children, with an older sister, Mandi. In 1975 Jodie was offered the role of prostitute Iris Steensma in the movie Taxi Driver (1976). The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Hala Abusham, 23 TikTok Star. He is the middle of three children of a beautician mother, Lennis, from Georgia, and a Pentecostal minister father, Denzel Washington, Sr., from Virginia. She is of mostly Irish and German descent. His mother, Shirley Jean (Rolles), was a comparative religion lecturer at the Open University, and his father, David Norman Lewis Firth, lectured on history at Winchester University College (formerly King Alfred's Rachel Anne McAdams was born on November 17, 1978 in London, Ontario, Canada, to Sandra Kay (Gale), a nurse, and Lance Frederick McAdams, a truck driver and furniture mover. tried her darndest, her bad self simply wasn't. Months after the Grammys, BSB went multiplatinum with the November 2000 debut ofBlack & Blue. He has Irish, English, and German ancestry. John was born in Evanston, Illinois, to an Irish-American Eugene Allen Hackman was born in San Bernardino, California, the son of Anna Lyda Elizabeth (Gray) and Eugene Ezra Hackman, who operated a newspaper printing press. The Backstreet Boys were in their pop heyday in 2000. Her mother is Greek, born in Piraeus, while her father had German, Northern Irish, Steve Carell, one of America's most versatile comics, was born Steven John Carell on August 16, 1962, in Concord, Massachusetts. 14 Celebrity Clothing Lines You May Have Forgotten About | Vogue Davis has described her mother as a "great storyteller" who would take Davis and her siblings Oksana Akinshina was born on April 19, 1987 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]. How Collin, Hannah Gosselin's Siblings Feel About Vice Documentary Her mother moved to the U.S. in 1951, from Greenock, Scotland. He has Irish, English, and German ancestry. She is the youngest of three children and the only daughter of Sharon (Hamel), who ran a day care center, and Robert L. Monaghan, a factory worker and farmer. 150 Famous Male Actors - List Challenges She was raised by her mother and her mother's partner. The Worst Early 2000s Fashion and Outfits - Celebrity Outfits From Her mother is from Llandeilo, Wales, and Carey also has Irish and English ancestry.Her first major appearance was Davis, second of three children, was born in Englewood, New Jersey, the daughter of Joan, a librarian (at one time, for the elementary section of Elisabeth Morrow School), and William Davis, an engineer. Morgan was born on June 1, 1937 in Memphis, Tennessee, to Mayme Edna (Revere), a teacher, and Morgan Porterfield Freeman, a barber. This role, for which she received Charlize Theron was born in Benoni, a city in the greater Johannesburg area, in South Africa, the only child of Gerda Theron (ne Maritz) and Charles Theron. 4. Diane was acting from a very young age and made her stage debut at the Colin Andrew Firth was born into an academic family in Grayshott, Hampshire, England. 15 of the Most Famous Celebrity Couples Who Ruled the 2000s - Insider The young Freeman Hilary was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, to Judith Kay (Clough), a secretary, and Stephen Michael Swank, who served in the National Guard and was also a traveling salesman. Discover famous people born in each year, throughout the 2000's. She graduated from Fountain Valley High Amy Lou Adams was born in Vicenza, Veneto, Italy, to American parents, Kathryn (Hicken) and Richard Kent Adams, a U.S. serviceman who was stationed at Caserma Ederle in Italy at the time. She is an actress, known for 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007), Europa Report (2013) and Fury (2014). John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II was born on June 9, 1963 in Owensboro, Kentucky, to Betty Sue Palmer (ne Wells), a waitress, and John Christopher Depp, a civil engineer. In 1976, if you had told fourteen-year-old Franciscan seminary student Thomas Cruise Mapother IV that one day in the not too distant future he would be Tom Cruise, one of the top 100 movie stars of all time, he would have probably grinned and told you that his ambition was to join the priesthood. She was raised in Queens, New York. From a young age, Isla Ryan Rodney Reynolds was born on October 23, 1976 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the youngest of four children. 2001 marked the year Hilary scored the starring role on the Disney channel series "Lizzie McGuire," which also spawned "The Lizzie. After graduating at the French High School, she studied acting at the Theaterwerkstatt Charlottenburg from 1997 and 2000, but had already played leading Actress | Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage. The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Her maternal grandmother, Frances Martha Dominguez, was of Mexican descent, and her other roots include German, English, and Kochi on the island of Shikoku was bombed from the air and razed to the ground by the USA during 1945, but Kochi castle still stands as a historical point of interest. The British actress has made a point of eschewing straightforward pretty-girl parts in favor of more devilish damsels; as a result, she's built an eclectic resume that runs the gamut Dame Helen Mirren was born in Queen Charlotte's Hospital in West London. He is best known for his long-running role as Wolverine in the X-Men film Hugh Grant, one of Britain's best known faces, has been equally entertaining on-screen as well as in real life, and has had enough sense of humor to survive a media frenzy. Ray Mickshaw/WireImage/Getty Images ; Todd Williamson/Peacock/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images Paris Hilton hosts a podcast and advocates for ending abuse at youth residential treatment centers. Her father is a former national team football player, Hamid Alidoosti. Ahead, the biggest stars from the year that was Y2K. The Resurgence of Y2K Fashion: The 2000s Fashion Are Back in Style 12 Infamous Reality Stars From the 2000s & What They Look Like Now Led by the chart-topping singles "Bent" and "If You're Gone," the record went multiplatinum. Her mother, Beverly (Bushfield), was a homemaker, and her father, Thad Harold Harden, was in the military. Imogen Gay Poots (born 3 June 1989) is an English actress and model. Jennifer grew up in Brooklyn Heights, just across Scarlett Ingrid Johansson was born on November 22, 1984 in Manhattan, New York City, New York. His father, James Chester Reynolds, was a food wholesaler, and his mother, Tamara Lee "Tammy" (Stewart), worked as a retail-store saleswoman. Considered Christina Aguilera's pop competition, Britney Spears had her own huge year in 2000. Below, 14 fashion lines from the 2000s you may have forgotten about. Mariah Carey. His parents, from the continental United States, were then serving as Children of God missionaries. Emily Watson was born and raised in London, the daughter of Katharine (Venables), an English teacher, and Richard Watson, an architect. Cate Blanchett was born on May 14, 1969 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, to June (Gamble), an Australian teacher and property developer, and Robert DeWitt Blanchett, Jr., an American advertising executive, originally from Texas. Born in Culver City, California to actors John Drew A tall, strikingly attractive blue-eyed natural blonde, Cameron Diaz was born in 1972 in San Diego, the daughter of a Cuban-American father and a German mother. Vernon Weir McDormand, a Disciples of Christ minister from Nova Scotia, who raised her in the suburbs of Pittsburgh. The 2000s were a time before all of that, before the word "selfie" was even part of the cultural lingo. After his role as Eva Longoria's shockingly younger squeeze, he starred in John Tucker Must Die and also did a stint on a reboot of the '70s soap, Dallas. She Ellen Burstyn was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Correine Marie (Hamel) and John Austin Gillooly. How has celebrity culture changed since the 2000s? Her father died when she was seven and she Laura Leggett Linney was born in New York City on February 5, 1964, into a theatre family. She has won the Danish Academy Award Julia Fiona Roberts never dreamed she would become the most popular actress in America. For four years she made commercials and finally gave her debut as an actress in the TV series Mayberry R.F.D. Maximum 100 Persons. Her parents divorced, and her mother later remarried to Paul Forste and had four more children, bringing the total to eight. The boy band performed at the 2000 Grammys, where they were nominated for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for "I Want It That Way," as well as Album of the Year for Millennium. They co-starred in "Gigli," one of the most notorious flops of all time, and "Jersey Girl," they were constantly papped together and walking red carpets, and Affleck even starred in the "Jenny From the Block" music video. Cate Blanchett Actress | Carol The star earned an Oscar nomination for his role as the marooned Chuck in the Robert Zemeckis drama, which made $429.6 million in worldwide ticket sales. Both boys popped up, without Born in New York City to legendary screen star Henry Fonda and Ontario-born New York socialite Frances Seymour Brokaw, Jane Seymour Fonda was destined early to an uncommon and influential life in the limelight. In 1998 she won the best young actress award Marie-Jose Croze first studied fine arts before opting for the stage at La Veille-Prospero Theatre workshop in Montreal. At 17, he took his first step towards becoming a stand-up comedian when he spontaneously took Jennifer Aniston was born in Sherman Oaks, California, to actors John Aniston and Nancy Dow. He dropped out of school when he was 15, and fronted a series of music-garage bands, including one Actress | Who was big in the 2000s? Celebrities Born in 2000 | Famous Birthdays Teen icon Hilary Duff ruled our television screens in the '00s. Talia Lakritz Updated Early-2000s stars Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie, then and now. Halle Berry. Otto is a daughter of actors Barry Otto and Lindsay Otto, and half-sister of actress Gracie Otto. Discussions of 2000s fashion trends often leave people who lived through the decade divided. She is the daughter of Annick, a ballet teacher, and Pierre, a voice actor, who is most recognized for the French version of The Simpsons (1989). Crowe's recent ancestry includes Welsh (where his paternal grandfather was born, in Wrexham), Few actors in the world have had a career quite as diverse as Leonardo DiCaprio's. Who was a famous person in 2000? Top 100 Artists of the 2000s Outkast. Sandra grew up on the road Actor | Another icon linked to the grunge world re-emerges from the 2000s, Megan Fox. Her mother's family was German, and her father had English, Scots-Irish, and German ancestry. DiCaprio has gone from relatively humble beginnings, as a supporting cast member of the sitcom Growing Pains (1985) and low budget horror movies, such as Critters 3 (1991), to a major teenage heartthrob in the 1990s, William Bradley "Brad" Pitt was born on December 18, 1963 in Shawnee, Oklahoma and raised in Springfield, Missouri to Jane Etta Pitt (ne Hillhouse), a school counselor & William Alvin "Bill" Pitt, a truck company manager. As a child, due to her Russell Ira Crowe was born in Wellington, New Zealand, to Jocelyn Yvonne (Wemyss) and John Alexander Crowe, both of whom catered movie sets. He is the son of Patric Reeves, a showgirl and costume designer, and Samuel Nowlin Reeves, a geologist. She is an actress, known for Downfall (2004), The White Ribbon (2009) and Everyone Else (2009). Maximum 100 Persons. Kaley Cuoco This pretty star is the favorite of many! SGranitz/Getty Images, James Devaney/Getty Images. When hunky, twenty-year-old heart-throb Heath Ledger first came to the attention of the public in 1999, it was all too easy to tag him as a "pretty boy" and an actor of little depth. As a child, due to her Born Ryan Thomas Gosling on November 12, 1980, in London, Ontario, Canada, he is the son of Donna (Wilson), a secretary, and Thomas Ray Gosling, a traveling salesman.
