
Happy birthday to entertainers like Mira Sorvino, Naomi Watts, and Hilary Duff! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!
Celebrity birthday highlights for September 28, 2025:

- Actress Maria Canals Barrera (1966) is a Disney Channel veteran across "The Proud Family," "Camp Rock," and "Wizards of Waverly Place." She reprised her role as Sunset Boulevardez in "The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder" and Theresa Russo in "Wizards Beyond Waverly Place."

- Actress Mira Sorvino (1967) won an Oscar at just 28 for Woody Allen's "Mighty Aphrodite" and starred in the cult classic "Romy and Michele's High School Reunion." She's currently making her long-awaited Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in "Chicago."

- Actress Naomi Watts (1968) earned Oscar nominations for "21 Grams" and "The Impossible" and led films like "Mulholland Drive." She also anchored blockbusters like "The Ring" and "King Kong."

- Actress Hilary Duff (1987) became an instant icon with "Lizzie McGuire" before proving her musical chops with chart-toppers like "So Yesterday" and "Come Clean" from her triple-platinum album "Metamorphosis." "The Lizzie McGuire Movie" remains the gold standard for Disney Channel theatrical transitions.
Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:
Actress Brigitte Bardot (1934), Bassist Nick St. Nicholas of Steppenwolf (1943), Actor Joel Higgins (1943), Actor Jeffrey Jones (1946), Singer Helen Shapiro (1946), Singer Jimmy “Bo” Horne (1949), Writer-director-actor John Sayles (1950), Guitarist George Lynch (1954), Singer-musician C.J. Chenier (1957), Actor Steve Hytner (1959), Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender Grant Fuhr (1962), Actor-comedian Janeane Garofalo (1964), Country singer Matt King (1966), TV personality and singer Moon Zappa (1967), Actress-model Carre Otis (1968), Country singer Karen Fairchild of Little Big Town (1969), Country singer Mandy Barnett (1975), Rapper Young Jeezy (1977), Golfer Se Ri Pak (1977), Actor Peter Cambor (1978), TV personality Bam Margera (1979), Actress Melissa Claire Egan (1981), Actress Jerrika Hinton (1981), Guitarist Luke Mossman of Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats (1981), Musician St. Vincent (1982), Comedian Phoebe Robinson (1984), Drummer Daniel Platzman of Imagine Dragons (1986), Boxer Terence Crawford (1987), Actor Keir Gilchrist (1992), Actor Frankie Jonas (2000)
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