Ladies Of 1985

1. Keira Knightley

Actress | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Keira Christina Knightley was born March 26, 1985 in the South West Greater London suburb of Richmond. She is the daughter of actor Will Knightley and actress turned playwright Sharman Macdonald. An older brother, Caleb Knightley, was born in 1979. Her father is English, while her Scottish-born ...

2. Kaley Cuoco

Actress | The Big Bang Theory

Kaley Christine Cuoco was born in Camarillo, California, to Layne Ann (Wingate) and Gary Carmine Cuoco, a realtor. She is of Italian (father) and German and English (mother) descent. A model and commercial actress from the age of 6, Cuoco's first major role was in the TV movie Quicksand: No Escape ...

3. Anna Kendrick

Actress | Up in the Air

Anna Kendrick was born in Portland, Maine, to Janice (Cooke), an accountant, and William Kendrick, a teacher. She has an older brother, Michael Cooke Kendrick, who has also acted. She is of English, Irish, and Scottish descent.

For her role as "Dinah" in "High Society" on Broadway, Anna Kendrick was...

4. Amanda Seyfried

Actress | Les Misérables

Amanda Seyfried was born and raised in Allentown, Pennsylvania, to Ann (Sander), an occupational therapist, and Jack Seyfried, a pharmacist. She is of German, and some English and Scottish, ancestry. She began modeling when she was eleven, and acted in high school productions as well as taking ...

5. Michelle Trachtenberg

Actress | Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Trachtenberg grew up in Brooklyn and started her acting career young; she began appearing in commercials at the age of 3.

She continued to act and dance through her school years, making regular television appearances from the age of 10. She landed a recurring role in the kids' TV show The Adventures...

6. Odette Annable

Actress | Cloverfield

Odette Annable was born Odette Juliette Yustman on 10 May, 1985, in Los Angeles, California. Her mother, Lydia (Nodarse), is Cuban. Odette's father, Victor Oscar Yustman, was born in Bogotá, Colombia, of Italian and Polish Jewish descent. Odette started her career with a minor role in the movie ...

7. Gal Gadot

Actress | Wonder Woman

Gal Gadot is an Israeli actress and model. She was born in Petah Tikva, Israel, to an Ashkenazi Jewish family (from Poland, Austria, Germany, and Czechoslovakia who Hebraized their name from 'Greenstein' to sound less European). She served in the IDF for two years, and won the Miss Israel title in ...

8. Ashley Tisdale

Actress | Phineas and Ferb

Ashley Michelle Tisdale (born July 2, 1985) is an American actress, singer, and producer. During her childhood, she appeared in more than 100 TV advertisements and had roles in theatre and television shows. In 2004, she was cast as Maddie Fitzpatrick in Disney Channel's The Suite Life of Zack & ...

9. Janet Montgomery

Actress | Black Swan

A native of Bournemouth in the UK, Janet Montgomery moved to London when she received a scholarship at a dance school. One of her first acting jobs was a guest star role on the critically-acclaimed UK teen drama series, Skins (2007), as Nicholas Hoult's love interest.

Upon moving to Los Angeles, ...

10. Isabel Lucas

Actress | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Isabel was born in Melbourne, Australia. Her father is Australian and her mother is Swiss. Her family lived in Switzerland, Melbourne, Jabiru, a small mining town in the Northern Territory, and Cairns, Australia. Along with her sister, Nina, she attended schools that included First Nations children...

11. Masiela Lusha

Actress | Forgotten Evil

European-born actress/writer Masiela Lusha portrayed "Carmen Lopez" for five seasons as George Lopez's rebellious and passionate daughter on the syndicated ABC series, George Lopez (2002). She was born on October 23, 1985 to parents Max and Daniela. Raised in Tirana, Albania; Budapest, Hungary; and...

12. Kayla Ewell

Actress | Freaks and Geeks

Kayla Noelle Ewell was born in Long Beach, California on August 27, 1985 and raised in Seal Beach. A child who loved performing from a very young age, she began touring with the national Broadway company children's chorus for the production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat by the ...

13. Shantel VanSanten

Actress | The Final Destination

Shantel Yvonne VanSanten is an American model and actress, born July 25, 1985. As a model, she has been featured in the magazines Teen Vogue and Seventeen. VanSanten was born in Luverne, Minnesota. She is of Dutch and one quarter Norwegian descent. VanSanten was raised in Spring, Texas where she ...

14. Laurence Leboeuf

Actress | Transplant

Laurence Leboeuf is an award-winning actress from Montreal, Quebec, Canada who is currently shining on US screens in the NBC drama "Transplant" now on its second season. The series follows an ER doctor who fled his native Syria to come to Canada and overcome numerous obstacles to resume a career in...

15. Elyse Levesque

Actress | Ready or Not

Elyse Levesque (born Elyse Marie Levesque in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada) began acting at the age of 11, when she became part of the repertory company for the acclaimed children's television series, Incredible Story Studio (1997). This was followed by commercial work for both television and radio ...

16. Kendra Wilkinson

Actress | The House Bunny

Kendra Wilkinson was born on June 12, 1985 in San Diego, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The House Bunny (2008), Scary Movie 4 (2006) and Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000). She was previously married to Hank Baskett.

17. Julia Voth

Actress | Bitch Slap

Julia Anne Voth (born May 16, 1985) is a Canadian actress and model. She is best known for her roles in the 2009 film Bitch Slap and the TV series Package Deal, as well as for being the character model for Jill Valentine from the Resident Evil video games.

Voth's modeling career has included photo ...

18. Sarah Butler

Actress | I Spit on Your Grave

A native of Puyallup, Washington, Butler was interested in the arts while growing up. She sang in choirs, entered singing competitions, and performed in high school and community theatre. She relocated to Los Angeles to study theatre at the University of Southern California, and then played Belle, ...

19. Charlotte Salt

Actress | Beowulf

Charlotte Salt was born on August 12, 1985 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Beowulf (2007), The TV Set (2006) and The Tudors (2007). She has been married to Oliver Coleman since July 31, 2014. They have two children.

20. Rhiana Griffith

Actress | Pitch Black

Rhiana Jade Griffith was born on April 16, 1985 in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, Australia. As a child she began modeling, doing runway work, magazine shoots, and catalogue ads for children's clothing. At the age of 13, she won the ModelQuest98 Grand Final for the 12-to-15-year-old ...

21. Jessica Marais

Actress | Love Child

Jessica Marais was born on the 29th January 1985 in South Africa and moved to Perth Australia at a young age. Recently she moved to Sydney where she has a TV role as Rachel Rafter in the Australian comedy series Packed to the Rafters. She has also recently appeared in the new Australian film Two ...

22. Leah Rachel

Writer | Chambers

Leah Rachel was born in Akron, Ohio, USA. She is a writer and actress, known for Chambers (2019), Curious Females (2017) and The Young, the Hot, and the Bothered.

23. Lauren C. Mayhew

Actress | Raise Your Voice

Lauren Courtney Mayhew was born on 27 November 1985 in Tampa, Florida to David Mayhew, an orthopaedic surgeon and Sharon Mayhew, a nurse. She has a sister named Briana, who was born in 1988. Lauren started in acting at the age of 9 when she was a finalist in the national Wilhemnia contest. A judge,...

24. Rachel Skarsten

Actress | Fifty Shades of Grey

Rachel Alice Marie Skarsten was born April 23, 1985 in Toronto, to Mary Aileen (Self) and Dr. Stan Skarsten. She has a younger brother, Jonathan.

Rachel danced for the Royal Academy of Dance for twelve years, earning her Elementary Level with distinction in 1999. After an injury to her ankle, Rachel...

25. Erin Marie Hogan

Actress | House of Manson

Best known for her roles as Ellie in Dwelling (2016), and her portrayal of Linda Kasabian in House of Manson (2014), Erin is no stranger to horror. She made a name for herself after moving to Los Angeles to pursue acting further. Erin's career took off when she immediately landed her first leading ...

26. Danielle Benton

Actress | Sucker Punch

Danielle Benton is a Canadian film, TV, and theatre actress originally from Hamilton, Ontario. Making her professional theatre debut at the age of 6 and her film/TV debut shortly thereafter, Danielle's career has taken her across Canada, the US, and Europe.

Select Film/TV credits include: "Sucker ...

27. Shera Bechard

Actress | Sweet Karma

Shera grew up in the small French town of Kapuskasing, Ontario, the same hometown as director James Cameron. She moved to Toronto at the age of 18 to pursue a modeling career. In her years as a model she worked with many notable photographers such as Marcus Klinko, George Whiteside, Ian Cuttler, ...

28. Jayden Cole

Actress | Pin-Up Girls 5

Redheaded stunner Jayden Cole was born in Huntington Beach, California. She was a competitive hunter-jumper style horseback rider while growing up. A dancer in her teen years, she worked for about a year performing at Disneyworld in Orlando, Florida. Cole then returned to Los Angeles. Jayden not ...

29. Haley Webb

Actress | Blonde

Haley Vianne Webb was born in Fairfax, Virginia and moved to Southern California in her teens. She began acting professionally at 15 and in 2011 founded production company Legion of Horribles through which she directs, produces, and acts. She resides in Los Angeles and is married to photographer ...

30. Anna Skellern

Actress | The Descent: Part 2

Anna Skellern was born on April 27, 1985 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She is an actress, known for The Descent: Part 2 (2009), I Give It a Year (2013) and Siren (2010).

31. Adriana Ugarte

Actress | Julieta

Along 2013 year, has starred as Sira Quiroga in a tv series "El tiempo entre costuras" - L'espionne de Tanger - written by María Dueña best-seller. Acting this role, Sira was a young seamstress, who moved from Madrid (Spain) to Tanger (Morocco) in 1930 decade, when she had as clients important ...

32. Nathalie Paulding

Actress | Bully

Born in Hollywood, Florida, Nathalie moved to New York to begin her professional career on Broadway in Les Miserables. She attended Professional Children's School and NYU. She went on to act in three Broadway productions most notably replacing Natalie Portman as Anne Frank in The Diary of Anne ...

33. Jennifer Missoni

Actress | Playback

Jennifer Missoni was born in Italy and raised in Varese where she attended the European School. She was taught in French and English and became a natural trilingual. At a young age she took up an intense interest in horseback riding and ice skating and soon after became a competitive equestrian and...

34. Leah Renee

Actress | Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road

Leah Renee was born on October 1, 1985 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress, known for Interstate 60 (2002), Falling for Christmas (2016) and Satisfaction (2013).

35. Rachel Melvin

Actress | Dumb and Dumber To

Born in Chicago, but raised in Phoenix, Arizona, Rachel Melvin had always known she was going to pursue a career in acting. Rachel moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career immediately after graduating from high school in Phoenix, Arizona in May 2003. She booked her first audition in early ...

36. Sara DeRosa

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Sara DeRosa was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. She is an actress, known for tick, tick... BOOM! (2021), One Life to Live (1968) and Manifest (2018).

37. Crystal Hunt

Actress | Hilton Head Island

Crystal Hunt was born on February 5, 1985 in Clearwater, Florida, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Hilton Head Island (2017), Magic Mike XXL (2015) and Sydney White (2007).

38. Kristina Apgar

Actress | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

Kristina Apgar was born on June 10, 1985 in Morristown, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress, known for Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008), Privileged (2008) and Detroit 1-8-7 (2010).

39. Emily Wilson

Actress | Meet the Spartans

Emily Wilson was born on May 28, 1985 in Westminster, Colorado, USA. She is an actress, known for Meet the Spartans (2008), The House Bunny (2008) and General Hospital (1963). She has been married to Adhir Kalyan since October 1, 2016. They have one child.

40. Saskia Burmeister

Actress | Blue Heelers

Saskia Burmeister was born on February 12, 1985 in Australia. She is an actress, known for Blue Heelers (1994), Hating Alison Ashley (2005) and Ned Kelly (2003). She has been married to Jamie Croft since February 2008. They have two children.

41. Natalie Cohen

Actress | 2 Broke Girls

Natalie Cohen was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She is an actress known for 2 Broke Girls (2011), It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005) and Death Valley (2011). A career began as a bombshell that quickly then incorporated her innate comedic talent- witty, subtle, dry, against a ...

42. Kimberly Jeppson

Actress | Days of Our Lives

Kimberly Jeppson was born on October 8, 1985 in California, USA. She is an actress, known for Days of Our Lives (1965), The Big Bang Theory (2007) and Mostly Ghostly (2007).

43. Emily O'Brien

Actress | Love, Death & Robots

Emily O'Brien was born in Bedfordshire, England. Her mother is Persian and Emily speaks Farsi fluently. She is a three-time Daytime Emmy-nominated actress and writer, known for portraying the voice of The Woman in David Fincher's: Love Death and Robots in The Witness, her five-year series regular ...

44. Justine Cotsonas

Actress | Sneaky Pete

Justine Cotsonas was born in Mineola, Long Island, New York, USA. Justine is an actor, known for Sneaky Pete (2015), Tell Me a Story (2018) and The Code (2019).

45. Krizia Bajos

Actress | Barry

Krizia Bajos was born in Miami, Florida and is of Cuban descent. She started her career in South Florida but moved to LA and landed her first guest star on CBS's How I Met your Mother. She continues to appear in several TV series (Barry, FBI: International) and has had a fruitful voiceover career; ...

46. Rebekah Brandes

Writer | Free Pudding

Rebekah Brandes left her home in Baltimore, Maryland for Hollywood at 18 to attend the renowned American Academy of Dramatic Arts. After graduating she soon began appearing on TV shows such as NCIS, Criminal Minds, Greek and the The Forgotten, but it was the film world that really pulled her in. ...

47. Jen Weissenberg

Stunts | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Jen Weissenberg was born on December 12, 1985 in Abington, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress, known for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), Morbius (2022) and The Fighter (2010).

48. Stephanie McIntosh

Actress | Neighbours

Stephanie McIntosh was born on July 5, 1985 in Melbourne, Australia. She is an actress, known for Neighbours (1985), Red Herring (2015) and Liars All (2013).

49. Lina Esco

Actress | S.W.A.T.

Lina Esco is an American actress, producer, director, and activist. Esco is perhaps most well-known for her series regular role on the SONY/CBS television series S.W.A.T created by Shawn Ryan. She can most recently be seen in the independent features DOORS and FULL-DRESS with Christopher Abbott. ...

50. Briana Lane

Actress | General Hospital

Briana Lane is known for her various appearances in television shows and films but most notably, for her role on ABC's 'General Hospital', for which she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy in 2021. She grew up in Los Angeles, California and performs and writes in two local indie bands. Two of her ...