Today's celebrity birthdays: June 22, 2026
Happy birthday to entertainers like Meryl Streep, Cyndi Lauper, and Carson Daly! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!
Celebrity birthday highlights for June 22, 2026:
Actress Meryl Streep (1949) has racked up a record 21 Oscar nominations and won three of them, for "Kramer vs. Kramer," "Sophie's Choice," and "The Iron Lady." She's currently playing Loretta on "Only Murders in the Building" and slipped back into Miranda Priestly in "The Devil Wears Prada 2."
Actress Lindsay Wagner (1949) won an Emmy as the star of "The Bionic Woman" after first playing Jaime Sommers on "The Six Million Dollar Man." She's stayed busy with a stack of TV movies, a recent run on "Grey's Anatomy," and a voice role in the "Death Stranding" video game.
Singer Cyndi Lauper (1953) turned "She's So Unusual" into an '80s juggernaut with "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" and "Time After Time," and she later wrote the songs for "Kinky Boots" to become the first solo woman to win the Tony for Best Original Score. She landed in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2025 and capped her "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" farewell tour with a residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace.
