Natalie Portman Celebrates Her 42nd Birthday Today

Actors:

Logan Browning is 34 (“Meet the Browns,” “Hit The Floor”)

Michaela Conlin is 45 (“MDs,” “Bones”)

Johnny Depp is 60 ( “Edward Scissorhands,” “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise”) (FAST FACTS: In 2007, he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his role in “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” and in 2015, Depp was inducted as a Disney Legend.)

Michael J. Fox is 62 (“Back to the Future,” “Spin City”)

Tamela Mann is 57 (“Diary of a Mad Black Woman,” “Madea's Big Happy Family”)

Natalie Portman is 42 (“Black Swan,” “Star Wars” prequels,” “Thor”) (FAST FACTS: Portman was born in Israel and speaks Hebrew. She graduated from Harvard with a degree in psychology.)

Gloria Reuben is 59 (“ER,” “Saints & Sinners”) (FAST FACT: In 2000, she stepped out on her acting career and explored singing – joining Tina Turner on tour as one of her backup singers. She’s since released several albums)

Brian Patrick Wade is 45 (“The Big Bang Theory,” “Teen Wolf”)

Mae Whitman is 35 (“Avatar,” “Good Girls”) (FUN FACT: She started her career doing voiceovers for Tyson chicken commercials.) 

Musicians:

Muse’s Matthew Bellamy is 45 (FAST FACT: He shares son Bing with Kate Hudson)

Uriah Heep’s Mick Box is 76

Hootie & the Blowfish’s Dean Felber is 56

Puddle of Mudd’s lead singer Wes Scantlin is 51

The Chemical Brothers’ Ed Simons is 53

The late Les Paul (1915-2009) (A jazz and blues guitarist, he pioneered the solid-body electric guitar, influencing what would become rock 'n' roll music.)

The late Jackie Wilson (1934-1984) …he would have been 89 

Plus:

Author Patricia Cornwell is 66 (“Kay Scarpetta” crime novel series) (FAST FACT: A descendant of abolitionist and writer Harriet Beecher Stowe, her books have sold more than 100-million copies.)

Miami Heat’s power forward/center Udonis Haslem is 43

Religious leader and author Bishop T.D. Jakes is 66 (FAST FACT: Pastor of The Potter House, a megachurch with 30,000 members, whose sermons are broadcast all over the world on numerous stations including Trinity Broadcasting Network and BET)

Screenwriter David Koepp is 60 (“Jurassic Park,” “Mission Impossible”) (FAST FACT: He is among some of the most successful screenwriters on Earth, having sold over 2-billion dollars in ticket sales and box office receipts.)

Film writer and producer Aaron Sorkin is 62 (“Sports Night “Steve Jobs”)

Legendary sportscaster Dick Vitale is 84

The late legendary funnyman Jackie Mason (1928 – 2021) …he would have been 95

The late songwriter Cole Porter (1891-1964) (Songwriter and winner of the 1948 Tony Award for Best Musical for “Kiss Me, Kate.” He wrote such American musical theater and popular standards as "Night and Day," "I Get a Kick Out of You," and "I've Got You Under My Skin." Unlike many successful Broadway composers, Porter wrote the lyrics, as well as the music, for his songs.)

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