Today's celebrity birthdays: November 19, 2025

Happy birthday to entertainers like Allison Janney, Meg Ryan, and Jodie Foster! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!

Celebrity birthday highlights for November 19, 2025:

• Media mogul Ted Turner (1938) built a cable-television empire by founding CNN and pioneering national cable outlets such as TBS and TNT.

• Actress Allison Janney (1959) is an Academy Award-winning and multiple Emmy-winning performer, best known for "The West Wing," "Mom" and her Oscar-winning supporting turn in "I, Tonya." She currently co-stars on the period comedy-drama "Palm Royale."

• Actress Meg Ryan (1961) rose from early TV work on "As the World Turns" to big-screen success in romantic comedies including "When Harry Met Sally...," "Sleepless in Seattle" and "You’ve Got Mail."

• Actress Jodie Foster (1962) built a long-running career starting with "Freaky Friday" and other early roles before delivering award-winning performances in "Taxi Driver," "The Accused" and "The Silence of the Lambs." She recently won a Primetime Emmy for her work on the fourth season of "True Detective."

• Actress Erika Alexander (1969) broke out with sitcom roles on "The Cosby Show" and "Living Single." She has broadened her career with acclaimed work in films like "Get Out," "Earth Mama" and the Oscar-nominated "American Fiction."

• Actor Reid Scott (1977) is a TV-and-film regular known for "My Boys," "Veep," "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," and "Venom." He currently co-stars as Detective Vincent Riley on "Law & Order."

• Actor Adam Driver (1983) is a two-time Academy Award-nominee who rose to global fame playing Kylo Ren in the "Star Wars" sequel trilogy and was critically-acclaimed in "BlacKkKlansman" and "Marriage Story." More recently, he starred in "Megalopolis" and "Ferrari."

Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:

Talk show host Dick Cavett (1936), Fashion designer Calvin Klein (1942), Sportscaster Ahmad Rashad (1949), Actor Robert Beltran (1953), Actress Kathleen Quinlan (1954), Actress Glynnis O'Connor (1955), Astronaut Eileen Collins (1956), Journalist Ann Curry (1956), Drummer Matt Sorum of Velvet Revolver (1960), Actress Terry Farrell (1963), Singer Tony Rich (1971), Singer Jason Albert of Heartland (1973), Country singer Billy Currington (1973), Dancer-choreographer Savion Glover (1973), Singer Tamika Scott of Xscape (1975), Gymnast Kerri Strug (1977), Rapper Lil’ Mo (1978), Baseball player Ryan Howard (1979), Director Barry Jenkins (1979), Guitarist Browan Lollar of St. Paul and the Broken Bones (1982), Country singer Cam (1984), Rapper Tyga (1989)