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People: Famous People born on 05/06 (May)

May 5 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 7 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on May 19 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. For May 6th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 23. ()

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George Clooney(62)

Actor | Lexington, Kentucky (US)

George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a British Academy Film Award, four Golden Globe Awards, and two Academy Awards. Clooney has been honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2015, the Honorary César in 2017, AFI Life Achievement Award in 2018, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2022. Clooney started his career in television, gaining wide recognition in his role as Dr. Doug Ross on the NBC medical drama ER from 1994 to 1999, for which he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He expanded to leading roles in films, with his breakthrough role in From Dusk till Dawn (1996) followed by Batman & Robin (1997), Out of Sight (1998), Three Kings (1999), The Perfect Storm (2000) and O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000). Greater stardom came from his starring role in Soderbergh's Ocean's film series from 2001 to 2007. Clooney made his directorial debut with the spy drama Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), and has since directed the historical drama Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), the political drama The Ides of March (2011), the war film The Monuments Men (2014), the science fiction film The Midnight Sky (2020) and the biographical sports drama The Boys in the Boat (2023). Clooney won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the thriller Syriana (2005), and earned Best Actor nominations for the legal thriller Michael Clayton (2007), and the comedy-dramas Up in the Air (2009) and The Descendants (2011). He received the Academy Award for Best Picture for co-producing the political thriller Argo (2012). He has also starred in Burn After Reading (2008), The American (2010), Gravity (2013), Hail, Caesar! (2016) and Ticket to Paradise (2022). As of 2023, Clooney is one of four people to have been nominated for Academy Awards in six different categories (a distinction shared with Walt Disney, Alfonso Cuarón and Kenneth Branagh). Clooney was included on Time's annual Time 100 list, which identifies the most influential people in the world, every year from 2006 to 2009. He is also noted for his political and economic activism, and has served as one of the United Nations Messengers of Peace since 2008. Clooney is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is married to human rights lawyer Amal Clooney.

* 05/06/1961

Naomi Scott(30)

Actress | Hounslow, Greater London, England (GB)

Naomi Grace Scott (born 6 May 1993) is an English actress and singer. Best known for her role as Mo in the movie 'Lemonade Mouth' and Princess Jasmine in the live-action 'Aladdin' disney movie. In 2020, she founded the production company 'New Name Entertainment' alongside with her husband Jordan Spence.Her mother, Usha Scott (née Joshi), is of Gujarati Indian descent from Uganda, and her father, Christopher Scott, is British.

* 05/06/1993

Sadie Sandler(17)

Actress | Los Angeles, California (US)

Sadie Sandler (born May 6, 2006) is the daughter of Adam Sandler and Jacqueline Titone (Jackie Sandler) & the older sister of Sunny Sandler.

Known for: VH1: All Access
* 05/06/2006

Adrianne Palicki(40)

Actress | Toledo, Ohio (US)

Adrianne Palicki (born May 6, 1983) is an American actress best known for her role as Tyra Collette on the NBC television series Friday Night Lights..

* 05/06/1983

Gregg Henry(71)

Actor | Lakewood, Colorado (US)

Gregg Lee Henry (born May 6, 1952) is an American actor and rock, blues and country musician. He is best known for his performance as serial killer Dennis Rader in the television film The Hunt for the BTK Killer and for playing various "heavies" in various films, such as in Payback (1999), Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy films and Brian De Palma's Body Double (1984), the latter of whom Henry has collaborated with frequently over the years, acting in six De Palma films.

* 05/06/1952

Anne Parillaud(63)

Actress | Paris (FR)

Anne Parillaud (French pronunciation: [an paʁijo]; born 6 May 1960) is a French actress who has been active since 1977. She is best known internationally for playing the title character in Luc Besson's film La Femme Nikita.

* 05/06/1960

Alan Dale(76)

Actor | Dunedin, Otago (NZ)

Alan Hugh Dale is a New Zealand actor. As a child, Dale developed a love of theatre and also became a rugby player. After retiring from the sport he took on a number of professions to support his family, before deciding to become a professional actor at the age of 27. With work limited in New Zealand, Dale moved to Australia, where he played Dr. John Forrest in The Young Doctors from 1979 to 1982. He later appeared as Jim Robinson in Neighbours, a part he played for eight years. The character is the role Dale is most associated with in Australia and the United Kingdom. He left the series when he fell out with the producers over the pay he and the rest of the cast received.After leaving Neighbours, Dale became typecast as Robinson in Australia and struggled to find work. His career was revitalised after he relocated to the United States in 2000. Since then he has had roles in many American series including prominent parts in The O.C. (as Caleb Nichol) and Ugly Betty (as Bradford Meade), as well as recurring and guest roles in Lost, 24, NCIS, ER, The West Wing, The X-Files and The Lone Gunmen. Dale has also appeared in minor roles in films such as Star Trek Nemesis, Hollywood Homicide and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as well as the London West End production of Spamalot. Dale has been married to former Miss Australia Tracey Pearson since 1990 and has four children.

* 05/06/1947

Tiera Skovbye(28)

Actress | Vancouver, British Columbia (CA)

A Canadian actress known for starring as Polly Cooper on The CW series Riverdale and as Robin on the ABC television series Once Upon a Time. Skovbye's first substantial role was as the 10-year old Jane on the drama series Painkiller Jane in 2007. Skovbye has also appeared in a number of television films, most notably Lifetime's The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story in which she played Elizabeth Berkley.Tiera Skovbye has a younger sister, Ali, who is also an actress, and is engaged to Jameson Parker.

* 05/06/1995

Leslie Hope(58)

Actress | Halifax, Nova Scotia (CA)

Leslie Ann Hope is a Canadian actress and director, best known for her role as Teri Bauer on the Fox television series 24 and prosecutor Anita Gibbs on Suits. Other credits include Shadow Builder (1998), Murdoch Mysteries, The Strain (2015), Lost in Space (2019-2021), Snowpiercer (2021-2022), Devil in Ohio (2022).

* 05/06/1965

Roma Downey(63)

Actress | Derry, County Londonderry (GB)

Roma Downey (born 6 May 1960) is an Irish actress, singer, and producer, from Derry, Northern Ireland. She is best known for her role as angel Monica, the main character of the TV series Touched by an Angel.

* 05/06/1960

Raymond Bailey(† 75)

Actor | San Francisco, California (US)

Raymond Thomas Bailey (May 6, 1904 – April 15, 1980) was an American actor on the Broadway stage, films, and television. He is best known for his role as greedy banker Milburn Drysdale in the television series The Beverly Hillbillies.

* 05/06/1904

Lynn Whitfield(70)

Actress | Baton Rouge, Louisiana (US)

Lynn Whitfield (née Smith, born February 15, 1953) is an American actress. She began her acting career in television and theatre before progressing to supporting roles in film.She won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special and a NAACP Image Award for her performance as Josephine Baker in the HBO movie The Josephine Baker Story (1991). She also won NAACP Image awards for her work in Touched by an Angel (1998), The Planet of Junior Brown (2000) and Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (2004).Her film work includes performances in A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996), Eve's Bayou (1997), Stepmom(1998),Head of State(2003), The Cheetah Girls (2003), The Cheetah Girls 2 (2006), Madea's Family Reunion (2006), The Women(2008), Nappily Ever After (2018), and Vacation Friends (2021).From 2016 to 2020, she starred as Lady Mae Greenleaf on OWN'sdramatic series Greenleaf, for which she won critical acclaim and garnered two NAACP Image Awards and a Gracie Award. She has won a total of sevenNAACP Image Awards.

* 05/06/1953
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Emily Alyn Lind(21)

Actress | Illinois (US)

Emily Alyn Lind (born 2001/2002) is an American actress. She began her career as a child actress, when she was known for her recurring role as young Amanda Clarke on the ABC series Revenge, and for her role as Ariel on the CBS medical drama Code Black. Lind has also starred in the Netflix original films The Babysitter and The Babysitter: Killer Queen as Melanie, the theatrical film Doctor Sleep as Snakebite Andi, and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire as Melody. From 2021 to 2023, she starred as Audrey Hope in the HBO Max teen drama series Gossip Girl.

* 05/06/2002

Orson Welles(† 70)

Actor | Kenosha, Wisconsin (US)

George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985), best known as Orson Welles, was an American film director, actor, theatre director, screenwriter, and producer, who worked extensively in film, theatre, television and radio. Noted for his innovative dramatic productions as well as his distinctive voice and personality, Welles is widely acknowledged as one of the most accomplished dramatic artists of the twentieth century, especially for his significant and influential early work—despite his notoriously contentious relationship with Hollywood. His distinctive directorial style featured layered, nonlinear narrative forms, innovative uses of lighting such as chiaroscuro, unique camera angles, sound techniques borrowed from radio, deep focus shots, and long takes. Welles's long career in film is noted for his struggle for artistic control in the face of pressure from studios. Many of his films were heavily edited and others left unreleased. He has been praised as a major creative force and as "the ultimate auteur."After directing a number of high-profile theatrical productions in his early twenties, including an innovative adaptation of Macbeth and The Cradle Will Rock, Welles found national and international fame as the director and narrator of a 1938 radio adaptation of H. G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds performed for the radio drama anthology series Mercury Theatre on the Air. It was reported to have caused widespread panic when listeners thought that an invasion by extraterrestrial beings was occurring. Although these reports of panic were mostly false and overstated, they rocketed Welles to instant notoriety.Citizen Kane (1941), his first film with RKO, in which he starred in the role of Charles Foster Kane, is often considered the greatest film ever made. Several of his other films, including The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), The Lady from Shanghai (1947), Touch of Evil (1958), Chimes at Midnight (1965), and F for Fake (1974), are also widely considered to be masterpieces.In 2002, he was voted the greatest film director of all time in two separate British Film Institute polls among directors and critics, and a wide survey of critical consensus, best-of lists, and historical retrospectives calls him the most acclaimed director of all time. Well known for his baritone voice, Welles was also an extremely well regarded actor and was voted number 16 in AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars list of the greatest American film actors of all time. He was also a celebrated Shakespearean stage actor and an accomplished magician, starring in troop variety shows in the war years.

* 05/06/1915

Tyler Hynes(37)

Actor | Toronto, Ontario (CA)

Tyler Hynes was born in Toronto Canada. He is an accomplished actor, director, producer, editor, writer.Tyler got his Professional start at the age of 8 during a 72 performance run of the Musical Stage Production of "A Christmas Carol," followed by the Cross Canada Tour of The Who's Rock Opera "Tommy" playing the role of 10 year old Tommy.After getting his start in Theater, he moved in front of the camera with his first feature film "Little Men" starring Mariel Hemingway. He then went on to star in various television and film productions, alongside the likes of Tim Roth, Andie MacDowell, James Franco, Sienna Miller, Henry Cavil, Elliot Page, Billy Bob Thornton and more.Nominated "fan favorite" as a teen, Tyler starred in the 24 episode run of the TV Series "Tales from the Never Ending Story" as Atreyu and as "The Chosen One" in "Peter Benchley's Amazon" for 26 episodes.He then turned in Award Nominated performances in Disney's "The Other Me" and "Terrorized by Teens: The Jonathan Wamback Story" which told the real life story of a young man bullied and beaten and left with permanent brain damage which gained Major National Media attention, launching anti bullying town halls and a TV blitz across Canada.As an adult he further cultivated his acting craft as a regular on such TV series "Saving Hope," "The Firm" based on the John Grisham's novel, critically acclaimed Police drama "19-2" and the Emmy winning Lifetime series "Unreal." He also enjoyed guest starring roles on NCIS, Flashpoint, Rookie Blue, Transporter, Star Trek:Discovery, etc. - some of which earning Award recognition.Recently, his standout performance as Sgt. Reece in the WWII Feature "Recon" has been lauded by critics. This character is in great contrast to his sudden rise as one of Hallmark Channel's top leading men bringing a unique and refreshing approach to the genre. All while appearing, and contrasting further still, on Hulu's breakout comedy series "Letterkenny." Hynes plays the lovable Dierks, the antagonist to Letterkenny's most beloved star Jared Keeso, Hynes's friend and former co-star in 19-2.A fan of filmmaking as a whole, Tyler has expanded into directing, writing and producing. Some of his short film credits include "Help Doug Recycle" a 40 minute documentary about a homeless man struggling with substance abuse while recycling to make ends meet, the dark coming of age drama "Firefly" and "AFK_", a proof of concept funded by BELL Media as part of a television pitch piece. Upon the release of "AFK_" online it earned praise with features on taste-maker websites like "short of the week" among others.With notoriety growing behind the camera Tyler was then getting requests to helm music videos for multi-platinum and Grammy winning artists. Seeing it as an opportunity to test his craft, Tyler wrote, directed, produced and edited over a dozen music videos for artists such as multi-platinum/Grammy nominated Shaun Frank, Coachella headlining Rezz and others. These videos earned features on sites like Billboard and nominations in Award shows like the "Much Music Video Awards".From a World War II drama, to a unique hit comedy series, a romantic fan favorite, to his work behind the lens, Hynes is seeing a diversity in the industry shared by few.

 
* 05/06/1986

Jason Zheng(39)

Actor | Quanzhou,Fujian Province,China

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* 05/06/1984

Geneva Carr(52)

Actress | Jackson, Mississippi (US)

Geneva Carr (born May 6, 1971) is an American television and stage actress with an extensive acting résumé. She is best known for her portrayal of Marissa Morgan on the CBS television series Bull and for her performance as Margery in the original Broadway cast of Hand to God, earning a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.

* 05/06/1971

Lars Mikkelsen(59)

Actor | Gladsaxe, Copenhagen (DK)

Lars Dittmann Mikkelsen is a Danish actor.

* 05/06/1964

Kavan Smith(53)

Actor | Edmonton, Alberta (CA)

Kavan Joel Smith (born May 6, 1970) is a Canadian actor known for playing Major Evan Lorne in Stargate Atlantis and Stargate SG-1, as Agent Jed Garrity in The 4400, and as Leland Coulter in When Calls the Heart.

* 05/06/1970

Bresha Webb(39)

Actress | Baltimore, Maryland (US)

Bresha Webb (born Breshae Renee Webb; May 6, 1984) is an American actress. She is known for her starring roles as Immunique Jefferson in the TV One comedy series Love That Girl! (2010–14) and as Renee Ross in the Starz comedy series, Run the World (2021–23). She has also had significant roles in the films Meet the Blacks (2016) and its 2021 sequel, Sextuplets (2019), and A Fall from Grace (2020).

* 05/06/1984

Ahn Eun-jin(32)

Actress

Anh Eun-Jin is a Korean musical and stage actress. She debuted with a musical in 2012 and continued to star in various other shows such as the 'oksusu' drama "Number Woman Gye Sook-ja" as a wannabe actress named Joanna. In 2019, she won the "Unexpected Award" at the 1st OCN Awards for her portrayal of So Jeong-hwa in "Strangers from Hell".

* 05/06/1991

Christian Clavier(71)

Actor | Paris (FR)

Christian Clavier is a French actor, screenwriter, film producer and film director. He is the brother of French film director Stéphane Clavier.After his high class studies at the Neuilly Lycée Pasteur—though asserted here and there, he never studied at Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) —he started his actor career with the comedic theater troupe Splendid, which had hits with films like Les Bronzés font du ski and Le Père Noël est une ordure.His most notable success without the Splendid group, and by far his biggest hit to date, was in the 1993 film les Visiteurs, where he played a character known as Jacquouille la fripouille; the character's cry of "Okkkayyy!!" became a popular exclamation after the movie's success.After les Visiteurs he was a certified star, participating in big-budget films like Astérix et Obélix contre César, Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre, and the sequel and remake of Visiteurs. He also played several dramatic roles on television, including M. Thénardier in Les Misérables (2000 television version) and Napoléon in a biographical television film.Clavier has played in notable duos with: Jean Reno in les Visiteurs (the Visitors) and the US remake, Just Visiting, L'Opération Corned-Beef and L'Enquête corse (The Corsican investigation). Gérard Depardieu in Astérix et Obélix (Asterix and Obelix) and Les anges gardiens. He also runs a production company, Ouille Production.He was made Chevalier (Knight) of the Ordre national du Mérite on 13 June 1998, and promoted Officier (Officer) in 2005. He was made Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d'honneur in 2008.He is a friend of former French président Nicolas Sarkozy, and recently emigrated to England as a result of Francois Hollande's punitive tax policy, mirrored in his Astérix co-star Gérard Depardieu's self-imposed exile to Belgium.

* 05/06/1952

Lindsay Pulsipher(41)

Actress | Salt Lake City, Utah (US)

Lindsay Pulsipher is an American actress. She has had several roles in film and television, and is known for her series regular role as Rose Lawrence on A&E Network's The Beast (2009). She joined the third season of HBO's True Blood (2010), playing were-panther Crystal Norris and love interest to Jason Stackhouse.

* 05/06/1982

Julianne Phillips(63)

Actress | Chicago, Illinois (US)

Julianne Phillips is an American model and actress. She began her career as a model in the early 1980s, moved on to acting, attracted attention as the first wife of Bruce Springsteen, and later portrayed Francesca "Frankie" Reed on the television drama series Sisters. Wikipedia.

* 05/06/1960

Dominic Scott Kay(27)

Actor | Los Angeles, California (US)

Dominic Scott Kay (born May 6, 1996) is an American actor, director, businessman and singer.

* 05/06/1996

Siobhan Williams(32)

Actress | Cambridge, England (GB)

Siobhan Williams (born January 10, 1991) is a British born Canadian actress.

* 05/06/1991

Dana Hill(† 32)

Actress | Los Angeles, California (US)

Dana Hill (born Dana Lynne Goetz; May 6, 1964 – July 15, 1996) was an American actress and voice actress. She was known for playing Audrey Griswold in National Lampoon's European Vacation, and also known for her roles in Shoot the Moon and Cross Creek. As a voice actress, she was known for her work as Max Goof in Goof Troop. Hill had diabetes that affected physical growth, which meant that she often played children into adolescence and beyond.

* 05/06/1964

Gabourey Sidibe(40)

Actress | Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, New York (US)

Gabourey Sidibe (born May 6, 1983) is an American actress. She made her acting debut in the 2009 film Precious, a role that earned her the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead, in addition to nominations for the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Actress. Her other film roles include Tower Heist (2011), White Bird in a Blizzard (2014), Grimsby (2016) and Antebellum (2020).

* 05/06/1983

Sasheer Zamata(37)

Actress | Indianapolis, Indiana (US)

Sasheer Zamata Moore (born May 6, 1986) is an American actress, writer, and comedian known for her work as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 2014 to 2017. She has also served as a celebrity ambassador for the ACLU.She has appeared on Hulu’sWoke, Comedy Central’sRobbie, the horror comedy filmSpree, the Lionsgate’s romantic comedyThe Weekend, and the movie I Feel Pretty with Amy Schumer. She stars as Denise on the ABC sitcom Home Economics.She is one half of the weekly podcastBest Friends, with her best friend Nicole Byer.

Known for: I Feel Pretty
* 05/06/1986

Pippa Haywood(62)

Actress | Hatfield, Hertfordshire (GB)

Philippa "Pippa" Haywood is an English actress who trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.Haywood was born in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. She has an extensive television career which includes portraying the much put-upon Helen Brittas in the BBC One comedy series The Brittas Empire (1991-1997), Julie Chadwick in the 2007 BBC Two comedy Fear, Stress & Anger and the hot-tempered, sex-mad human resources director Joanna Clore in Green Wing (2004-2006), for which she won the "best comedy female performance" award at the 2005 Rose d'Or television festival in Lucerne, Switzerland).She has also done many dramatic roles, including Jenny Thorne in the 1988 ITV drama serial The One Game, and Mrs. Upjohn in the 2008 Agatha Christie's Poirot episode "Cat Among the Pigeons". In 2002 Haywood was a guest star in the last episode of the first series of The Inspector Lynley Mysteries.In 2007 she played the role of Veronica Gray in the first episode of the second series of Lewis and also had a guest role in a 2009 episode of Kingdom, and portrayed the disgraced Miss Bunting in several episodes of the first series of Mr Selfridge (2013). Since 2012 she has played one of the lead roles, Harriet, on the BBC One drama Prisoners' Wives, and costarred as Detective Superintendent Julie Dodson on the ITV drama series Scott & Bailey. In 2015 she appeared in the BBC TV adaptation of E.F. Benson's Mapp and Lucia, as Susan Wyse.In 2015, Haywood took over the role of Helen Golightly in the long-running BBC Radio 4 comedy Clare in the Community. The character was previously played by Liza Tarbuck.Haywood has also worked in film and theatre. Recent stage credits include: House & Garden, Private Lives, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Winter's Tale, Requiem and Landscape with Weapon at the National Theatre. She was then playing the lead role in Wanderlust at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs. On December 18th 2016 she starred in Midsomer Murders with Hugh Dennis.

* 05/06/1961
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