Today's celebrity birthdays: August 2, 2026
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, 2026:
Actress Joanna Cassidy (1945) started with "The Outfit" and "The Late Show" before playing Zhora in "Blade Runner" and winning the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy, for "Buffalo Bill." Her later credits range from "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and "Six Feet Under" to "Matlock," "Uppercut," and "Killing Faith."
Actress Mary-Louise Parker (1964) made her Broadway debut in "Prelude to a Kiss" and earned the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for "Proof." She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for "Angels in America" and led "Weeds" before making her London stage debut in "The Oresteia."
Director-actor Kevin Smith (1970) started his filmmaking career with "Clerks" and built the View Askewniverse through "Mallrats," "Chasing Amy," and "Dogma." He returned to that world with "Clerks III" and brought "Dogma" back to theaters and home video after recovering its rights.
Actor Sam Worthington (1976) started in "Bootmen" and earned an Australian Film Institute Best Actor award for "Somersault" before becoming Jake Sully in "Avatar." He followed with "Clash of the Titans" and "Hacksaw Ridge," then returned for "Avatar: The Way of Water" and "Avatar: Fire and Ash."
Singer Charli XCX (1992) first reached the mainstream by co-writing and singing on "I Love It," and "Brat" later won the Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album. She starred in "The Moment," wrote the soundtrack to "Wuthering Heights," and released "Music, Fashion, Film."
Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:
Author Isabel Allende (1942), Singer Kathy Lennon of the Lennon Sisters (1943), Judge Lance Ito (1950), Actress Kathryn Harrold (1950), Actor Butch Patrick (1953), Music producer Butch Vig of Garbage (1955), Actress-comedian Victoria Jackson (1959), Singer-actress Apollonia (1959), Actress Cynthia Stevenson (1962), Basketball player Cedric Ceballos (1969), Actor Edward Furlong (1977), TV meteorologist Dylan Dreyer (1981), Mixed martial artist Nick Diaz (1983), Politician JD Vance (1984), Actress Britt Lower (1985), Actress Lily Gladstone (1986), Music producer Jonas Blue (1989), Basketball player Skylar Diggins (1990), Actress Hallie Eisenberg (1992), Musician Jacob Collier (1994), Basketball player Kristaps Porzingis (1995), Swimmer Simone Manuel (1996), Wrestler Austin Theory (1997), Actor Jabari Banks (1998), Rapper Mark Lee (1999)
