Today's celebrity birthdays: August 2, 2025

Happy birthday to entertainers like Joanna Cassidy, Kevin Smith, and Sam Worthington! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!

Celebrity birthday highlights for August 2, 2025:

• Actress Joanna Cassidy (1945) stole scenes as Zhora in "Blade Runner" and as Dolores in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit." She was recently in the remake of "Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead."

• Actress Mary-Louise Parker (1964) made her mark from "Weeds" to "Angels in America." In 2025, stars in the new Stephen King series "The Institute."

• Director and actor Kevin Smith (1970) broke out with "Clerks" and built the View Askewniverse. In 2024 he showran Netflix's "Masters of the Universe: Revolution," and released the autobiographical "The 4:30 Movie."

• Actor Sam Worthington (1976) leads the "Avatar" saga as Jake Sully. He returns in the next "Avatar" film "Fire and Ash" in theaters December 19, 2025.

• Singer Charli XCX (1992) turned left field pop into mainstream anthems with hits like "Boom Clap" and her rave-forward "Brat" era.

Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:

Author Isabel Allende (1942), Singer Kathy Lennon (1943), U.S. Judge Lance Ito (1950), Actor Kathryn Harrold (1950), Actor Butch Patrick (1953), Music producer Butch Vig of Garbage (1955), Actress Victoria Jackson (1959), Singer Apollonia (1959), Actress Cynthia Stevenson (1962), Former basketball player Cedric Ceballos (1969), Actor Edward Furlong (1977), TV meteorologist Dylan Dreyer (1981), Actress Lily Gladstone (1986), Actress Hallie Eisenberg (1992), Basketball player Kristaps Porzingis (1995), Olympic swimmer Simone Manuel (1996), Actor Jabari Banks (1998)