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People: Famous People born on 02/23 (February)

February 22 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - February 24 All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 8 (March 7 on leap years) by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. For February 23rd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on February 10. ()

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Emily Blunt(41)

Actress | Wandsworth, London, England (GB)

Emily Olivia Laura Blunt (born 23 February 1983) is a British actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and four British Academy Film Awards. Forbes ranked her as one of the highest-paid actresses in the world in 2020. Blunt made her acting debut in a 2001 stage production of The Royal Family and portrayed Catherine Howard in the television miniseries Henry VIII (2003). She made her feature film debut in the drama My Summer of Love (2004). Blunt's breakthrough came in 2006 with her starring roles in the television film Gideon's Daughter and the comedy-drama film The Devil Wears Prada. The former won her a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her profile continued to grow with leading roles in the period film The Young Victoria (2009), the romantic comedy Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011), the science fiction films The Adjustment Bureau (2011), Looper (2012) and Edge of Tomorrow (2014), and the musical Into the Woods (2014). Blunt received critical acclaim for playing an idealistic FBI agent in the crime film Sicario (2015), an alcoholic in the psychological thriller The Girl on the Train (2016), and a survivalist mother in her husband John Krasinski's horror film A Quiet Place (2018), for which she won a SAG Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has since starred in the sequels Mary Poppins Returns (2018) and A Quiet Place Part II (2021), the fantasy adventure Jungle Cruise (2021), and the revisionist Western television miniseries The English (2022). Her portrayal of Katherine Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan's biographical thriller film Oppenheimer (2023) earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Blunt has been working with the American Institute for Stuttering since 2006 to help children overcome stuttering through educational resources and raise awareness of the realities of the condition. She is on the board of directors of the institute, and hosts a gala for it to raise funds for speech therapy scholarships for children and adults.

* 02/23/1983

Tamsin Greig(57)

Actress | Maidstone, Kent, England (GB)

Tamsin Margaret Mary Greig (born 12 July 1966) is a British actress. She is known for both dramatic and comedic roles. She played Fran Katzenjammer in the Channel 4 sitcom Black Books, Dr Caroline Todd in the Channel 4 sitcom Green Wing, Beverly Lincoln in British-American sitcom Episodes and Jackie Goodman in the Channel 4 sitcom Friday Night Dinner. Other roles include Alice Chenery in BBC One's comedy-drama series Love Soup, Debbie Aldridge in BBC Radio 4's soap opera The Archers, Miss Bates in the 2009 BBC version of Jane Austen's Emma, and Beth Hardiment in the 2010 film version of Tamara Drewe. In 2020, Greig starred as Anne Trenchard in Julian Fellowes' ITV series Belgravia. Greig is also a stage actress. She won a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in 2007 for Much Ado About Nothing, and was nominated in 2011 and 2015 for her roles in The Little Dog Laughed and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.

* 02/23/1967

Samara Weaving(32)

Actress | Adelaide (AU)

Samara Weaving (born 23 February 1992) is an Australian actress and model. She got her start in acting by portraying the role of Kirsten Mulroney in the Australian-produced BBC television series Out of the Blue and Indi Walker in the Australian soap-opera Home and Away (2009-2013). She has also starred in the Netflix film The Babysitter (2017).

* 02/23/1992

Dakota Fanning(30)

Actress | Conyers, Georgia (US)

Hannah Dakota Fanning (born February 23, 1994) is an American actress. She rose to prominence at the age of seven for her performance as Lucy Dawson in the drama film I Am Sam (2001), for which she received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination at the age of eight, making her the youngest nominee in SAG history. Fanning played major roles as a child actress in the films Uptown Girls (2003), The Cat in the Hat (2003), Man on Fire (2004), War of the Worlds (2005), Dreamer (2005), and Charlotte's Web (2006), and the eponymous character in Coraline (2009).Fanning followed with more mature roles, playing Lewellen in Hounddog (2007), Lily in The Secret Life of Bees (2008), Cherie Currie in The Runaways (2010) and Jane in The Twilight Saga (2009–2012). Throughout the 2010s, she continued appearing in independent productions such as the dramas Now Is Good (2012) and Night Moves (2013), the comedy-drama Very Good Girls (2013), and the biographical film Effie Gray (2014). In 2018, she appeared in the heist comedy Ocean's 8 and had a starring role in the period drama series The Alienist. She has since portrayed Manson girl Squeaky Fromme in the Quentin Tarantino film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) and First Daughter Susan Ford in the Showtime biographical drama series The First Lady (2022).

* 02/23/1994

Emily Cox(39)

Actress | Vienna / Wien (AT)

Cox was born to a British father and an Irish mother in Vienna. Her parents later divorced. Both of them are pianists, who originally came to Vienna on a grant for musicians. Cox grew up in Vienna and graduated from high school in 2003. She developed an interest in acting after performing in a play as part of her English classes during her final year in high school. After her graduation she went on to study acting at the Max Reinhardt Seminar. In 2008 she was under contract as a stage actor at the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna. In 2011 Cox moved to Berlin and since then she has appeared in various movies and series on German and Austrian TV, among them several Tatort movies. Since 2015 she plays the role of the viking woman Brida in the TV series The Last Kingdom, which made her known to international audiences.

* 02/23/1985

Mai Nakahara(43)

Actress | Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka (JP)

Mai Nakahara is a Japanese singer and voice actress associated with I'm Enterprise.

* 02/23/1981

Kristin Davis(59)

Actress | Boulder, Colorado (US)

Kristin Landen Davis (also listed as Kristin Lee Davis; born February 23, 1965) is an American actress and producer. She is known for playing Charlotte York Goldenblatt in the HBO romantic comedy series Sex and the City (1998–2004). She received nominations at the Emmys and the Golden Globes in 2004 for her role as Charlotte, and reprised the role in the films Sex and the City (2008) and Sex and the City 2 (2010), as well as the revival of the show And Just Like That... (2021–present) on Max. Davis's big break came in 1995, when she was cast as the villainous Brooke Armstrong in the Fox prime time soap opera Melrose Place (1995–1996). Her film credits include The Shaggy Dog (2006), Deck the Halls (2006), Couples Retreat (2009), Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012) and Holiday in the Wild (2019). Davis made her Broadway debut playing Mabel Cantwell in the 2012 revival of The Best Man, and her West End debut playing Beth Gallagher in the original 2014 stage production of Fatal Attraction.

* 02/23/1965

Kazuya Kamenashi(38)

Actor | Tokyo (JP)

Kazuya Kamenashi (亀梨 和也, Kamenashi Kazuya, born February 23, 1986) is a Japanese singer, actor, host, producer, magazine model and a member of KAT-TUN. Born and raised in Edogawa, Tokyo, he joined the Japanese talent agency, Johnny & Associates, at the age of 12. He was drafted as a member and co-lead vocalist of the popular J-pop group KAT-TUN in 2001. He is also one half of the temporary group, Shūji to Akira, whose only single "Seishun Amigo" became the best-selling single of 2005 in Japan. Individually, he is a popular actor who has played the lead role in several television dramas.

* 02/23/1986

Diane Shalet(† 72)

Actress

Diane Shalet (February 23, 1935 – February 23, 2006) was an American Broadway and television character actress. She was perhaps best known for her recurring role as Ms. Hawkins in the drama Matlock. She made a guest appearance on The Monkees in the season-two episode, "The Fairy Tale", as the Fairy of the Locket (January 8, 1968).

* 02/23/1934

Josh Gad(43)

Actor | Hollywood, Florida (US)

Joshua Ilan Gad (born February 23, 1981) is an American actor. He is known for voicing Olaf in the Frozen franchise, playing Elder Arnold Cunningham in the Broadway musical The Book of Mormon, and playing Le Fou in the live-action adaptation of Disney's Beauty and the Beast. For his role as Olaf, Gad won two Annie Awards, and for his work in The Book of Mormon, he co-won a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album and received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical, both shared with Andrew Rannells as one of the two leading artists.

* 02/23/1981

Majel Barrett(† 76)

Actress | Columbus, Ohio (US)

Majel Barrett-Roddenberry (born Majel Leigh Hudec; February 23, 1932 – December 18, 2008) was an American actress and producer. She was best known for her roles as various characters in the Star Trek franchise: Nurse Christine Chapel (in the original Star Trek series, Star Trek: The Animated Series, and two films of the franchise), Number One (also in the original series), Lwaxana Troi (on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), and the voice of most onboard computer interfaces throughout the series from 1966 to 2023. She married Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry in 1969. As his wife and given her relationship with Star Trek—participating in some way in every series during her lifetime—she is sometimes referred to as "the First Lady of Star Trek".

* 02/23/1932

Callan Mulvey(49)

Actor | Auckland, Dominion of New Zealand

Mulvey was born in New Zealand, and is of Maori and European heritage. His family moved to Sydney, Australia when he was eight years old. He is best known for his roles as Mark Moran on the popular Australian drama Underbelly, and as Bogdan 'Draz' Drazic in Heartbreak High. Mulvey attended Beacon Hill High School (New South Wales) along with other Heartbreak High cast members Jon Pollard and Alle Brunning.Mulvey was injured in a serious car accident in 2003, in a head-on collision at 100 km/h. He was trapped in the vehicle for almost an hour until he could be freed from the wreckage. The midsection of his face collapsed, an incision was made from ear to ear over the top of his scalp, his face "pulled down" and 17 titanium plates were then inserted to repair the fractures to his face and jaw. His left knee and ankle were badly fractured and he lost vision in one eye.

* 02/23/1975
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Emilia Jones(22)

Actress | London, England (GB)

Emilia Annis I. Jones (born 23 February 2002) is a British actress. She is best known for her lead role as Ruby Rossi in the Academy Award-winning film CODA (2021) for which she received a British Academy Film Award nomination for Best Actress. She is also known for playing Kinsey Locke in the Netflix series Locke & Key (2020–2022). Jones began her career as a child actress in West End theatre and in Doctor Who (2013) and Utopia (2013–2014). Her earlier films include Brimstone (2016), Ghostland & Two for Joy (both in 2018), and Horrible Histories (2019).

* 02/23/2002

Jung Ga-ram(31)

Actor | South Korea (KR)

Jung Ga-ram (Korean: 정가람; born February 23, 1993) is a South Korean actor. He rose to prominence for his roles in the films 4th Place (2016) and The Poet and the Boy (2017). He is also known for his roles in television series such as Standby (2012), Mistress (2018), When the Camellia Blooms (2019), and Love Alarm (2019).

* 02/23/1993

Kelly Macdonald(48)

Actress | Glasgow, Scotland (GB)

Kelly Macdonald is a Scottish stage, film and televison actress, best known for her feature film debut in the British independent film Trainspotting and for her role as Margaret Thompson on the television series Boardwalk Empire.

* 02/23/1976

Patricia Richardson(73)

Actress | Bethesda, Maryland (US)

Patricia Castle Richardson is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Jill Taylor on the sitcom Home Improvement, for which she was nominated four times for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and twice for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical. and for her role as Dr. Andy Campbell in Strong Medicine (2002-2005).

* 02/23/1951

Diana Hopper(31)

Actress | Memphis, Tennessee (US)

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Known for: Bit, Goliath
* 02/23/1993

Álvaro Morte(49)

Actor | Algeciras, Cadiz (ES)

Álvaro Morte is a Spanish stage, film and television actor and director, best known for playing the mysterious lead character The Professor in the television series Money Heist.

* 02/23/1975

Matteo van der Grijn(43)

Actor | Amsterdam / Mokum (NL)

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* 02/23/1981

Natalia Verbeke(49)

Actress | Caballito, Buenos Aires (AR)

Natalia Carolina Verbeke Leiva (born 23 February 1975) is an Argentine-Spanish actress. She gained notoriety for her performance in The Other Side of the Bed.

* 02/23/1975

Tripti Dimri(30)

Actress | Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand (IN)

Tripti Dimri is an Indian actress whose talent was discovered by Sajid Ali which gave her, her breakthrough role with the classic love story ‘Laila Majnu’ (2018) where she plays the role of “Laila.” Tripti was fascinated by the glamorous life since the start and thus, started her career as a model. Let’s dig into some facts relating to Tripti’s personal and professional life.

* 02/23/1994

Ryoko Nagata(49)

Actress | Gifu Prefecture (JP)

Ryōko Nagata (永田 亮子, Nagata Ryōko, born February 23, 1975 in Gifu) is a freelance Japanese voice actress.

* 02/23/1975

Linda Cristal(† 86)

Actress | Buenos Aires (AR)

Marta Victoria Moya Peggo Burges (23 February 1931 – 27 June 2020), known professionally as Linda Cristal (Spanish: [kɾisˈtal]), was an Argentinian actress. She appeared in a number of Western films during the 1950s, before winning a Golden Globe Award for her performance in the 1958 comedy film The Perfect Furlough. From 1967 to 1971, Cristal starred as Victoria Cannon in the NBC series The High Chaparral. For her performance she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama in 1970, and received two Emmy Award nominations.

* 02/23/1934

Niecy Nash(54)

Actress | Palmdale, California (US)

Carol Denise Betts (née Ensley; born February 23, 1970), known professionally as Niecy Nash-Betts is an American actress, comedian and television host, best known for her performances on television.

* 02/23/1970

Bernard Cornwell(80)

Crew | London (GB)

Bernard Cornwell (born 23 February 1944) is an English-American author of historical novels and a history of the Waterloo Campaign. He is best known for his novels about Napoleonic Wars rifleman Richard Sharpe. He has also written The Saxon Stories, a series of 13 novels about the making of England. He has written historical novels primarily based on English history, in five series, and one series of contemporary thriller novels. A feature of his historical novels is an end note on how they match or differ from history, and what one might see at the modern sites of the events described. He wrote a nonfiction book on the battle of Waterloo, in addition to the fictional story of the famous battle in the Sharpe series. Three of the historical novel series have been adapted for television: the Sharpe television series by ITV, The Last Kingdom by BBC and The Winter King for MGM+. He lives in the US with his wife, alternating between Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and Charleston, South Carolina.

* 02/23/1944

Aziz Ansari(41)

Actor | Columbia, South Carolina (US)

Aziz Ansari (born February 23, 1983) is an American actor, writer, and stand-up comedian. He formerly starred as Tom Haverford on the NBC show Parks and Recreation, and has since gone on to co-create, co-produce, and star in two seasons of the critically acclaimed comedy/drama Netflix series, Master of None.

* 02/23/1983

Francesco Scardamaglia(† 65)

Crew | Varese, Lombardy (IT)

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* 02/23/1945

Matreya Scarrwener(26)

Actress | Vancouver (CA)

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* 02/23/1998

Rebecca Azan(40)

Actress | Paris (FR)

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* 02/23/1984

David Warshofsky(63)

Actor | Saratoga, California (US)

David Warshofsky (born David Warner) is an American actor. The aspiring actor studied in New York City at NYU's prestigious Tisch School of the Arts and reverted to his family's Russian surname upon joining the theatrical performer's union The Actor's Equity.His talent for finding the heart of even the most minor characters first surfaced in 1989's Last Exit to Brooklyn, which he followed with a string of appearances on everything from the gadget-happy sitcom Home Improvement (ABC, 1991-99), to the medical drama Chicago Hope (CBS, 1994-2000).Many of his film roles showcased his signature mix of everyman amiability and stoic intensity: there's the Navy SEAL instructor in G.I. Jane (1997); low-key cop in The Bone Collector (1999); greedy oil executive in There Will Be Blood (2007); and longtime CIA agent in the Taken trilogy.He served as an assistant professor of theatre acting at the University of Southern California, and later juggled his promotion to Head of Acting with a supporting role in the Oscar-nominated Lincoln (2012)..

* 02/23/1961
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