Today's celebrity birthdays: December 11, 2025

Happy birthday to entertainers like Rita Moreno, Brenda Lee, and Jermaine Jackson! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!

Celebrity birthday highlights for December 11, 2025:

• Actress Rita Moreno (1931) lit up classic movie musicals like "Singin' in the Rain," "The King and I," and "West Side Story," and went on to join the small group of performers who have earned the full EGOT. She has kept working with recent films like the 2021 remake of "West Side Story" and "80 for Brady."

• Actress Donna Mills (1940) went from early work in "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" and "Play Misty for Me" to a star-making run as Abby Cunningham on "Knots Landing" and a Daytime Emmy-winning turn on "General Hospital."

• Singer Brenda Lee (1944) powered the pop and country charts with hits like "Sweet Nothin's" and "I'm Sorry." Her holiday classic "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" finally reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 more than six decades after its release and has since passed a billion streams and earned multi-platinum and Grammy Hall of Fame honors.

• Singer Jermaine Jackson (1954) first came to fame performing alongside his brothers in The Jackson 5, where he often took co-lead on hits and anchored the group's sound on bass. His solo run brought a string of Billboard top 30 singles and a Grammy nomination for the single "Let's Get Serious."

• Actress-comedian Mo'Nique (1967) balances brash stand-up with memorable screen work, from Nikki Parker on "The Parkers" to her Academy Award-winning performance in "Precious."

• Professional wrestler Rey Mysterio (1974) rose from the Mexican-American lucha scene to runs in ECW, WCW, and WWE, where he helped popularize cruiserweight wrestling for a global audience. His resume includes WWE and World Heavyweight Championship reigns, a 2006 Royal Rumble victory, and Hall of Fame recognition from both WWE and AAA.

Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:

Singer David Gates of Bread (1940), Former Secretary of State John Kerry (1943), Actress Lynda Day George (1944), Actress Bess Armstrong (1953), Bassist Mike Mesaros of The Smithereens (1957), Bassist Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue (1958), Actor Ben Browder (1962), Singer-bassist Justin Currie of Del Amitri (1964), Bassist David Schools of Widespread Panic (1964), Actor Gary Dourdan (1966), Actor Max Martini (1969), Rapper-actor Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) (1973), Author Colleen Hoover (1979), Actor Rider Strong (1979), Actress Xosha Roquemore (1984), Actress Karla Souza (1985), Actress-singer Hailee Steinfeld (1996)