
Happy birthday to entertainers like Pat Priest, Debra Messing, and Joe Jonas! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!
Celebrity birthday highlights for August 15, 2025:

- Actress Pat Priest (1936) played Marilyn Munster on "The Munsters" and even shared the screen with Elvis in "Easy Come, Easy Go." She popped up again with a nostalgic cameo in Rob Zombie’s 2022 reboot of "The Munsters."

- Actress Debra Messing (1968) won hearts as Grace in "Will and Grace" and has kept audiences laughing ever since. In 2025, she co-hosted the Drama Desk Awards and reunited with "Smash" colleagues at the Broadway opening of the show’s stage musical.

- Actor Anthony Anderson (1970) has been a mainstay across films and TV with range that covers "Kangaroo Jack," "Law & Order," and "Black-ish." In 2024, he hosted the 75th Emmy Awards and fronted Fox's game show "We Are Family" with his mother.

- Actor Ben Affleck (1972) has ranged from "Good Will Hunting" to directing "Argo" with award-winning results. In 2025, he returned as Christian Wolff in "The Accountant 2" and teased the Netflix thriller "RIP" with Matt Damon.

- Singer Joe Jonas (1989) and his brothers helped turn 2000s pop-rock into stadium sing-a-longs as The Jonas Brothers. He’s currently lighting up the Jonas20 anniversary tour with surprise moments like a "Camp Rock" reunion with Demi Lovato.

- Actress Jennifer Lawrence (1990) vaulted from "Winter’s Bone" to franchise icon with "The Hunger Games." In 2025, she drew raves at Cannes for Lynne Ramsay’s "Die, My Love" and continues producing work like the documentary "Zurawski v Texas."
Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:
Actor-musician Jim Dale (1935), Retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer (1938), Drummer Pete York of The Spencer Davis Group (1942), Author-journalist Linda Ellerbee (1944), Songwriter Jimmy Webb (1946), Singer-guitarist Tom Johnston of The Doobie Brothers (1948), Britain's Princess Anne (1950), Actress Tess Harper (1950), Actor Larry Mathews (1955), Actor Zeljko Ivanek (1957), Actor Rondell Sheridan (1958), Singer-keyboardist Matt Johnson (1961), Chef Tom Colicchio (1962), Director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (1963), Actor Peter Hermann (1967), Actress Natasha Henstridge (1974), Bassist Tim Foreman of Switchfoot (1978), Beach volleyball player Kerri Walsh Jennings (1978), Actress Emily Kinney (1985), Actor Courtney Hope (1989), Actor-singer Carlos PenaVega (1989)
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