Chloe Grace Moretz does on 10th February - check out my tribute to this Birthday Girl, turning 19, at the end of this feature.
Do you also share your birthday with a well known, highly regarded & famous Actor or Actress; share your special day with a Director, Producer, Writer, Cinematographer, Singer/Songwriter or Composer of repute; or share an interest in whoever might notch up another year in the coming seven days? Then, look no further! Whilst there will be too many to mention in this small but not insignificant and beautifully written and presented 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 in the week ahead. If so, Happy Birthday to you from Odeon Online!
Sunday 7th February
- Ashton Kutcher - Born 1978, turns 38 - Actor | Producer | Writer
- Chris Rock - Born 1965 - turns 51 - Actor | Producer | Writer
- Eddie Izzard - Born 1962, turns 54 - Actor | Producer | Writer
- James Spader - Born 1960, turns 56 - Actor | Producer
- John Williams - Born 1932, turns 84 - Composer | Songwriter
- Nick Nolte - Born 1941, turns 75 - Actor | Producer
- Seth Green - Born 1974, turns 42 - Actor | Producer | Writer | Director
- Mary Steenbergen - Born 1953, turns 63 - Actress | Producer
- Mia Farrow - Born 1945, turns 71 - Actress
- Michael B. Jordan - Born 1987, turns 29 - Actor
- Tom Hiddleston - Born 1981, turns 35 - Actor
- Ciaran Hinds - Born 1953, turns 63 - Actor
- Joe Pesci - Born 1943, turns 73 - Actor
- Robert Wagner - Born 1930, turns 86 - Actor | Producer
- Michael Apted - Born 1941, turns 75 - Director | Producer
- Laura Dern - Born 1967, turns 49 - Actress | Producer | Director
- Elizabeth Banks - Born 1974, turns 42 - Actress | Producer | Director
- Chloe Grace Moretz - Born 1997, turns 19 - Actress
- Jennifer Aniston - Born 1969, turns 47 - Actress | Producer
- Burt Reynolds - Born 1936, turns 80 - Actor | Producer | Director
- Damian Lewis - Born 1971, turns 45 - Actor | Producer
- Taylor Lautner - Born 1992, turns 24 - Actor
- Joe Don Baker - Born 1936, turns 80 - Actor
- Michael Ironside - Born 1950, turns 66 - Actor | Producer | Writer
- Josh Brolin - Born 1968, turns 48 - Actor | Producer
- Darren Aronofsky - Born 1969, turns 47 - Director | Producer | Writer
- Christina Ricci - Born 1980, turns 36 - Actress
- Stockard Channing - Born 1944, turns 72 - Actress
- Mena Suvari - Born 1979, turns 37 - Actress
- George Segal - Born 1934, turns 82 - Actor
- Neal McDonough - Born 1966, turns 50 - Actor | Producer
Chloe Grace Moretz was born in Atlanta, Georgia to mother Teri Duke, a nurse, and father McCoy Lee Moretz, a plastic surgeon. Raised in very Christian surroundings, she has four older brothers - Brandon, Trevor, Colin and Ethan. In 2002 the young Moretz moved to New York City with her mother and Trevor, as her parents had separated and her brother had gained a place at the Professional Performing Arts School, which first sparked her interest in acting, and she would often help her older sibling with his lines.
As a result of her interest she gained a role on the television series 'The Guardian' in 2004, with an episode on 'My name is Earl' a year later. She gained her big screen debut in 2005 on 'Heart of the Beholder' and then a made for TV movie, 'Family Plan' later that same year, but it was in the remake of 'The Amityville Horror' also in 2005 that brought her more widespread recognition and a Young Artist Award nomination for her role as the young Chelsea Lutz - she was just eight years old. 
From here with acclaim gathering as a child actress Moretz gained small roles in such film fare as 'Big Momma's House 2', horror film 'Room 6', zombie horror 'Wicked Little Things', straight to video horror 'Hallowed Ground' and the supernatural horror remake 'The Eye' in 2008' . . . do you see a pattern emerging here? In 2008 though there was a break from more recent genre specific tradition with crime drama 'The Third Nail' and drama 'The Poker House' with Jennifer Lawrence. In 2009 'Not Forgotten' saw her team up with her one time 'The Guardian' star Simon Baker, and then '(500) Days of Summer' with Joseph Gordon-Levitt. In the meantime, there had been episodes on 'Desperate Housewives', 'Dirty Sexy Money' and the voice of Darby on 87 episodes of 'My friends Tigger & Pooh'.
2010 saw Matthew Vaughn's comic book adaptation to the big screen of 'Kick Ass' to widespread critical acclaim for her role as Mindy McCready/Hit-Girl alongside Mark Strong and Nicolas Cage. That same year she returned to the horror genre with the remake of the Swedish cult classic supernatural horror from 2008 'Let The Right One In' with its Hollywood cousin 'Let Me In'. Now aged 13 she was described as one of the busiest actresses in Hollywood with a string of film and television roles already behind her and plenty more on the slate.
The next year came the crime thriller 'Texas Killing Fields' with Sam Worthington and Jessica Chastain, and 'Hick' with Eddie Redmayne, Alec Baldwin and Juliette Lewis before Scorsese's highly acclaimed 'Hugo' which won five Academy Awards and a further six nominations, as well as another 47 award wins and 156 other nominations from around the traps. 2012 saw her star in Tim Burton's 'Dark Shadows' with Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and Michelle Pfeiffer.
2013 brought with it a segment on the critically panned 'Movie 43', and a reprisal of her role as Hit-Girl on 'Kick-Ass 2'. 'Carrie' that same year was a return to the horror genre with a remake of the classic Stephen King novel which saw Moretz in the Sissy Spacek role from the earlier 1976 film.
The following year was another busy one with 'Laggies', 'Clouds of Sils Maria', 'If I Stay' and 'The Equalizer' with Denzel Washington in the title role. 'Dark Places' came next in 2015 with Charlize Theron and Nicholas Hoult and Sci-Fi actioner 'The 5th Wave' released very recently and a possible trilogy in the making if it performs well enough having made US$67M already off its US$30M budget.
Currently in post-production for release later this year is 'The November Criminals' with Ansel Elgort and David Strathairn, 'Neighbours 2 : Sorority Rising' with Zac Efron, Seth Rogen and Dave Franco, and 'Brain on Fire' with Carrie-Anne Moss and Richard Armitage, with 'The Little Mermaid' announced for 2017. To date Moretz has 57 acting credits to her name, 27 award wins and a further 39 nominations - not bad at all for a 19 year old!
Aside from carving out an acting career, Moretz has also appeared inside and on the cover of numerous fashion and lifestyle magazines including 'Vogue', 'Marie Clare', 'Elle', 'InStyle' and 'Flaunt'. In 2012 she was crowned with the 'Max Mara Face of the Future' Award, and 'Elle' gave her the 'Next Future Icon' Award in 2013.
Moretz resides in Los Angeles, brother Brandon is her Business Manager, brother Trevor is her acting coach, she starred alongside brother Colin in 'Let Me In' and with brother Ethan in 'The Third Nail'. She supports LGBT equality rights, and in 2014 Time Magazine named her as one of the 25 Most Influential Teenagers of the Year.
Chloe Grace Moretz - beautiful and clearly talented, an amazing track record already at just 19 years of age, a diverse range of roles in your acting choices, has starred in seven remakes, a fan of the comedy genre yet hasn't starred in too many, a lover of dogs and of sports especially football, basketball, ice hockey and gymnastics - Happy Birthday to you Chloe Grace, from Odeon Online.
-Steve, at Odeon Online-
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