Birthdays to share this week : 27th April - 3rd May.

Do you share your birthday with a well known, highly regarded & famous Actor or Actress; share your special day with a Writer, Director, Producer, Editor or Songwriter of repute; or share an interest in whoever might notch up another year in the coming week? Then, look no further! Whilst there will be too many to mention in this little but not insignificant Blog, here are the more notable and noteworthy icons of the big screen and the small screen that you will recognise, and that you might just share your birthday with over the coming week. If so, Happy Birthday to you from Odeon Online!

Check out too the spotlight on this weeks Birthday Boy on 29th April, Daniel Day-Lewis, at the end of this feature.

Sunday 27th April

• Sheena Easton - Born 1959, turns 55 - Actress | Composer | Singer

Monday 28th April

• Jessica Alba - Born 1981, turns 33 - Actress
• Penelope Cruz - Born 1974, turns 40 - Actress
• Ann-Margaret - Born 1941, turns 73 - Actress
• Jay Leno - Born 1950, turns 64 - TV Personality | Actor | Writer | Producer

Tuesday 29th April

• Uma Thurman - Born 1970, turns 44 - Actress
• Michelle Pfeiffer - Born 1958, turns 56 - Actress
• Daniel Day-Lewis - Born 1957, turns 57 - Actor
• Jerry Seinfeld - Born 1954, turns 60 - Actor | Writer | Producer
• Phillip Noyce - Born 1950, turns 64 - Director | Producer | Cinematographer

Wednesday 30th April

• Kirsten Dunst - Born 1982, turns 32 - Actress
• Lars von Trier - Born 1956, turns 58 - Director | Writer | Producer
• Burt Young - Born 1940, turns 74 - Actor
• Jane Campion - Born 1954, turns 60 - Director | Writer | Producer

Thursday 1st May

• Wes Anderson - Born 1969, turns 45 - Director | Producer
• Joanna Lumley - Born 1946, turns 68 - Actress
• James Badge Dale - Born 1978, turns 36 - Actor

Friday 2nd May

• Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson - Born 1972, turns 42 - Actor | Wrestler | Producer
• David Suchet - Born 1946, turns 72 - Actor
• David Beckham - Born 1978, turns 36 - Actor | Soccer Legend

Saturday 3rd May

• Ben Elton - Born 1959, turns 55 - Writer | Producer | Actor
• Rob Brydon - Born 1965, turns 49 - Actor | Writer | Producer | TV Personality

Turning 57 years of age this week Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis has been described as the greatest living actor, and the English Robert De Niro. He has English and Irish joint nationality and lives on a fifty acre farm in County Wicklow south of Dublin, with his wife Rebecca Miller (daughter of playwright Arthur Miller) and two children.

Well known for the very careful consideration of the roles he chooses, he is selective about who he works with, the genre in which he stars, and what he can bring to the performance. Renowned for his extensive preparation into the characters he portrays on screen, his unwavering 'method' approach, for remaining 'in character' between takes and when not filming, and for the dramatic convincing performances he delivers which have garnered him numerous accolades over the years.

He has been nominated five times for the Oscar and has won it three times in the Leading Actor category (more than any other) for 'My Left Foot' in 1989, 'There will be Blood' in 2007 and 'Lincoln' in 2012. He has been nominated in the BAFTA's six times for the Lead Actor Award and won it four times, and similarly nominated seven times for the Golden Globe and won it twice.

His impressive and much lauded credits include 'Lincoln', 'There will be Blood', 'Gangs of New York', 'In the name of the Father', 'The Last of the Mohicans', 'My Left Foot', 'The Boxer', 'The Crucible', 'A Room with a View' and 'My Beautiful Laundrette' amongst others. He has reportedly said that he intends to now take a five year sabbatical from acting to concentrate on his 'rural skills' and enjoying his family life down on the farm!

This remains to be seen if he can be tempted back with another meaty award winning role . . . only time will tell, and don't leave it too long Daniel! Regardless of your decision, Happy Birthday Daniel, from Odeon Online.

 -Steve, at Odeon Online-