Today's celebrity birthdays: July 18, 2025

Happy birthday to entertainers like Wendy Williams, Vin Diesel, and Kristen Bell! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!

Celebrity birthday highlights for July 18, 2025:

• Actress Margo Martindale (1951) is a three-time Emmy winner who has built a career as a character actress with standout turns on the TV dramas "Justified" and "The Americans." In 2024, she stole scenes as the maple syrup bandit in the crime comedy "The Sticky" and she is set to voice Mrs. Twit in Netflix’s animated adaptation of Roald Dahl’s "The Twits."

• Actress Anne-Marie Johnson (1960) first hit screens as Nadine Hudson–Thomas on the series "What's Happening Now!!" before appearing in a recurring role in the final season of "That's So Raven." She now produces films like "The Addiction of Hope" and stars as Mrs. Vaughn in TV One’s holiday hit "Dear Santa, I Need a Date."

• Talk show host Wendy Williams (1964) parlayed her shock-jock roots into daytime television with "The Wendy Williams Show." The sensation was renowned for its unfiltered Hot Topics gossip. In April 2025 she returned to Instagram declaring "My career is NOT over" and has teased plans to reclaim her talk show throne.

• Actor Vin Diesel (1967) has built a reputation as the high-octane star of the "Fast & Furious" franchise and the gravel-voiced antihero of "The Chronicles of Riddick." He recently confirmed at FuelFest that "Fast & Furious 11" will race back to Los Angeles in 2027, and continues to produce and star in the forthcoming sci-fi thriller "Riddick: Furya."

• Rapper M.I.A. (1975) burst onto the scene with her genre-bending mix of hip hop, electronic and world music via hits like “Paper Planes” from her acclaimed album "Kala." In January 2025 she returned with the disorientating single “Armour” on her independent label.

• Actress Kristen Bell (1980) first shot into stardom as the titular sleuth in “Veronica Mars” and later charmed millions in "The Good Place" and as the voice of Princess Anna in “Frozen” (2013). In 2025, she hosted the SAG Awards and earned her first Emmy nomination for her role in Netflix’s “Nobody Wants This.”

• Actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas (1982) parlayed her Miss World 2000 crown into smashing ceilings as the first South Asian to headline a U.S. network drama with ABC’s "Quantico." You can try to catch her as MI6 agent Noel in action-comedy "Heads of State," while season two of Prime Video’s global thriller "Citadel" is now set for spring 2026.

Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:

Director Paul Verhoeven (1938), Singer Brian Auger (1939), Singer Dion (1939), Actor James Brolin (1940), Singer Martha Reeves of Martha and the Vandellas(1941), Businessman Steve Forbes (1947), Guitarist Wally Bryson of The Raspberries (1949), Businessman Richard Branson (1950), Bluegrass singer Ricky Skaggs (1954), Actress Audrey Landers (1956), Drummer Nigel Twist of The Alarm (1958), Actress Elizabeth McGovern (1961), Keyboardist John Hermann of Widespread Panic (1962), Wrestler Al Snow (1963), Actor Grant Bowler (1968), Basketball Player Penny Hardaway (1971), Actor Eddie Matos (1978), Guitarist Daron Malakian of System of a Down (1975), Baseball Player Torii Hunter (1975), Actress Elsa Pataky (1976), Actress Kelly Reilly (1977), Drummer Tony Fagenson of Eve 6 (1978), Director Jared Hess (1979), Actor Jason Weaver (1979), Actor Michiel Huisman (1981), Singer Ryan Cabrera (1982), Drummer Aaron Gillespie of Underoath (1983), MMA Fighter Ben Askren (1984), Actor Chace Crawford (1985), Actor James Norton (1985), Bassist Paul Kowert of Punch Brothers (1986), Hockey Player Jamie Benn (1989), Guitarist Joe Dean Jr. of Dailey and Vincent (1989)