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:

LOS ANGELES - JUN 1: Gabrielle Carteris at the 7th Annual Ed Asner Poker Tournament at the CBS Studio Center on June 1, 2019 in Studio City, CA

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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.

PALM SPRINGS, CA. January 03, 2025: Christy Turlington arriving at the 2025 Palm Springs Film Festival Awards.

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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."

LOS ANGELES - OCT 28: Taye Diggs at the Love Of A Lifetime Event at the Harriet's Rooftop on October 28, 2025 in West Hollywood, CA

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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."

Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell at the 2015 Film Independent Spirit Awards held at the Santa Monica Beach in Santa Monica, USA on February 21, 2015.

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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."

NASHVILLE - JUN 5: Kate Bosworth attends the 2019 CMT Music Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on June 5, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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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)