Turning 44 Today: Eliza Dushku. Happy Birthday

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Born
December 30, 1980 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Birth name
Elizabeth Patricia Dushku

Spouse
Peter Palandjian (August 18, 2018 – present) (2 children)

QUOTES:

[When asked how being in prison has changed her angry and aggressive Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) and Angel (1999) character, Faith:] “How would prison change anyone? There was something about the fact that she’s a Slayer, so she wouldn’t really be there unless she wanted to be because she’s got superhuman strength. She could have busted out of that joint if she really wanted to, but she and Angel developed this relationship. He was leading her down the road to redemption, kind of facing the things she’s done and recovering from that and hopefully being a better her. She’s been in there, doing the time, thinking. She’s still a tough girl, but she really has to suppress her demons a little more. In these past few [“Angel”] shows, that’s what we’re seeing — her teetering on the line between the old her and the new her” [Buffalo News, March 17, 2003].

I love leather and it’s great to be a bad girl at times. But there is a time and place for everything. When I’m with Grandma it’s flowers, and when I’m out on the town scoping guys, you know…

There are a lot of actresses out there who are the girl next door. I relate more to characters who have an edge.

Turning 42 Today: Kristin Kreuk. Happy Birthday

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Born
December 30, 1982 · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Birth name
Kristin Laura Kreuk

QUOTES:

Sometimes I love acting but then sometimes I think it’s too much for me. And I don’t know if it is something that I could do for the rest of my life.

On keeping herself looking beautiful: “My skin is a little sensitive, so I try not to use too many products. After work I’ll just clean it with Neutrogena Deep Clean facial cleanser and put on a bit of lotion like Aveda Tourmaline Charged Hydrating Creme or a moisturizer by Kiehl’s. I don’t always use the same one. After a while my skin starts to get annoyed with one, and then I’ve got to move on to another.”

I’m not surrounded by the business. That makes all the difference in the world, ’cause it’s so easy to get caught up in it. If you were living in L.A., it’d be like ‘Bull—-, bull—-, bull—-… you’re this, you’re that, you’re wonderful, get caught up in this tornado, get caught up, get caught up, get caught up, and the minute it’s all gone, you fall and you’ve got no one to catch you because you let yourself get swept away, when it’s all ‘Pouff!’ And it’s all made up and none of it’s grounded or real.

Someday I’d like to do some real traveling. I’m obsessed with Brazil and I’ve always had this dream of backpacking through South America.

Turning 75 Today: Tracey Ullman. Happy Birthday

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Born
December 30, 1959 · Slough, Berkshire, England, UK

Birth name
Trace Ullman

Spouse
Allan McKeown (December 27, 1983 – December 24, 2013) (his death, 2 children)

QUOTES:

I’m not jealous over the success of The Simpsons (1989). Not at all. They used to appear for 30 seconds in the middle of my show. Maybe they’ll let me appear for 30 seconds in the middle of their show.

After spending two months in France where the air is great, I genuinely noticed how ill I felt returning to Los Angeles. The way we’re going, if they keep building and building, there will be no space any more.

As I get older, I just prefer to knit.

As you get older, you realize it’s work. It’s that fine line between love and companionship. But passionate love? I’d love to know how to make that last.

Turning 47 Today: Lucy Punch. Happy Birthday

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Born
December 30, 1977 · London, England, UK

QUOTES:

I always find it funny when I watch actors talking about, ‘I chose to do this part.’ A lot of times it’s ‘you’re lucky to get the job.’ We’re like, ‘Thank you so much.’

I’m a really good dinner party guest. I am always so appreciative, impressed that anyone has even managed to turn on the oven and cook for me.

I tend to eat geographically. When I’m in L.A., I like to eat L.A. food.

Turning 42 Today: Jude Law. Happy Birthday

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Born
December 29, 1972 · Lewisham, London, England, UK

Birth name
David Jude Law

Spouses
Phillipa Coan (April 30, 2019 – present) (2 children)
Sadie Frost (September 2, 1997 – October 29, 2003) (divorced, 3 children)

QUOTES:

I honestly have no interest in celebrity whatsoever. If anything, I always cringe at it because it takes away from what I am, which is an actor who wants to be better and do better things.

I don’t want to do anything that I’m not passionate about.

Success, and even life itself, wouldn’t be worth anything if I didn’t have my wife and children by my side. They mean everything to me.

I have no problem with nudity. My friend Ewan McGregor and I are starkers in most of our films.

I think it’s a bigger risk following a part that plays up your looks than it is to try and carve out a career as an actor.

[on his role in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)] I told Anthony that if I play Dickie Greenleaf, I want to eat in the best restaurants and drink the best wines every night because he would.

Turning 77 Today: Ted Danson. Happy Birthday

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Born
December 29, 1947 · San Diego, California, USA

Birth name
Edward Bridge Danson III

Spouses

Mary Steenburgen (October 7, 1995 – present) (2 children)
Cassandra Coates (July 30, 1977 – June 3, 1993) (divorced, 2 children)
Randy Danson (August 8, 1970 – 1977) (divorced)

QUOTES:

If I had my way everyone would be in a 12-step program.

Smoking is a great prop. It’s a great prop in life.

Acting is pretending that you’re not pretending when you’re actually pretending.

I am the king of the faux pas. I call everybody by their wrong name, and I congratulate women who are not pregnant. I’ve done so many awful things by mistake, and usually it’s things that make me look totally foolish.

Turning 42 Today: Alison Brie. Happy Birthday

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Born
December 29, 1982 · Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Birth name
Alison Brie Schermerhorn

Spouse
Dave Franco (March 2017 – present)

QUOTES:

[on growing up with a Christian father and Jewish mother] My mother, God love her, is a very proud Jew and would always make sure we knew we were Jewish. I remember being 6 years old and her saying, you know you guys are Jewish. If Hitler came today he would take you…

I enjoy doing drama, and I enjoy doing comedy equally.

I always wanted to play a mental patient. I was fascinated with playing crazy people in college, and I don’t know if I ever quite perfected it.

A lot of people come to Los Angeles and think that they’re going to be famous, just like that.

Turning 47 Today: Kate Moennig. Happy Birthday

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[on what she’s learned from playing the role of Jake Pratt on Young Americans (2000)] “The clothes are comfortable…but on a deeper level I learned that the competition between boys and girls isn’t as strong as between women”