Thursday, July 26, 2012

On This Date: July 26


1945: Helen Mirren was born in Chiswick, Middlesex, England. The Academy Award and four-time Emmy Award-winning actress played retired CIA assassin Victoria in the 2010 action comedy RED.


1959: Kevin Spacey was born in South Orange, New Jersey. The two-time Academy Award-winning actor menaced the Man of Steel as Lex Luthor in Bryan Singer’s 2006 outing Superman Returns.


1968: Olivia Williams is born in Camden Town, London, England. She appears briefly as scientist Moira MacTaggert inthe 2006 superhero film X-Men: The Last Stand.


1973: Kate Beckinsale was born in Finsbury Park, London, England. She portrayed Deputy U.S. Marshall Carrie Stetko in director Dominic Sena’s 2009 mystery Whiteout based on the eponymous comic book by Greg Rucka and Steve Lieber.


1979: Mageina Tovah was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. She was cast as Ursula Ditkovich, daughter of Peter Parker’s landlord, in Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3.


(Image: Kate Beckinsale in Whiteout, Dark Castle Entertainment)

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