Today's celebrity birthdays: January 2, 2026
Happy birthday to entertainers like Gabrielle Carteris, Taye Diggs, and Dax Shepard! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!
Celebrity birthday highlights for January 2, 2026:
Actress Gabrielle Carteris (1961) played journalist Andrea Zuckerman on "Beverly Hills, 90210" and had her own talk daytime talk show "Gabrielle." She moved into labor leadership as SAG-AFTRA's national president from 2016 to 2021, and has been president of the International Federation of Actors since 2021.
Model Christy Turlington (1969) became one of the supermodel era’s defining faces, fronting Calvin Klein’s "Eternity" campaigns and dominating runways in the ’90s. In 2024, she joined Donna Karan New York’s Fall campaign "Reflections on Women."
Actor Taye Diggs (1971) jumped from the original Broadway cast of "Rent" to the big screen adaption, and he shared a Screen Actors Guild Award with the cast of "Chicago." In 2025, he starred in the psychological thriller "Both Eyes Open."
Actor Dax Shepard (1975) stacked up comedy credits in films like "Without a Paddle" and TV as Crosby Braverman on "Parenthood." He later wrote, directed, and starred in "CHiPs" and "Hit and Run."
Actress Kate Bosworth (1983) broke through in "Blue Crush," then stepped into the Daily Planet as Lois Lane in "Superman Returns." In 2025, she co-starred with her husband, Justin Long, in the horror-comedy "Coyotes."
Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:
TV host Jack Hanna (1947), Actress Wendy Phillips (1952), Actress Cynthia Sikes (1954), Director Todd Haynes (1961), Actress Tia Carrere (1967), Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. (1968), Actress Renee Elise Goldsberry (1971), Singer Doug Robb of Hoobastank (1975), Actress Paz Vega (1976), Sax player-guitarist Jerry DePizzo Jr. of O.A.R. (1979), Actor David Gyasi (1980), Singer Kelton Kessee of Immature and of IMX (1981), Musician Ryan Merchant of Capital Cities (1981), Actor Anthony Carrigan (1983), Musician Trombone Shorty (1986), Actress Shelley Hennig (1987), Actor Ben Hardy (1991), Singer Bryson Tiller (1993)
