Top celebrity birthdays on January 2, 2022
Birthday wishes go out to Jack Hanna, Gabrielle Carteris and all the other celebrities with birthdays today. Check out our slideshow below to see photos of famous people turning a year older on January 2nd and learn an interesting fact about each of them.
Zookeeper Jack Hanna turns 75
Fun fact: Retired from the Columbus Zoo at the end of 2020
Actress Gabrielle Carteris turns 61
Fun fact: Stepped down earlier this year as the president of SAG-AFTRA
Actress Tia Carrere turns 55
Fun fact: Voiced the Lilo’s older sister Nani in Disney’s ‘Lilo & Stitch’
Model Christy Turlington turns 53
Fun fact: Married actor Edward Burns in 2003
Actor Taye Diggs turns 51
Fun fact: Has competed on celebrity episodes of ‘The $100,000 Pyramid’ and ‘Family Feud’
Actor Dax Shepard turns 47
Fun fact: Graduated from UCLA
Actress Paz Vega turns 46
Fun fact: Is originally from Seville, Spain
Actress Kate Bosworth turns 39
Fun fact: First feature film she appeared in was ‘The Horse Whisperer’
More celebrities with birthdays today
Actor Wendy Phillips (“I Am Sam”) is 70. Actor Cynthia Sikes (“St. Elsewhere”) is 68. Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. is 54. Actor Renee Elise Goldsberry (Broadway’s “Hamilton”) is 51. Singer Doug Robb of Hoobastank is 47. Sax player-guitarist Jerry DePizzo Jr. of O.A.R. is 43. Singer Kelton Kessee of Immature and of IMX is 41. Musician Ryan Merchant of Capital Cities is 41. Actor Anthony Carrigan (“Barry,” “Gotham”) is 39. Musician Trombone Shorty is 36. Singer Bryson Tiller is 29.
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