Celebrity Birthdays, February 23: Dakota Fanning and Josh Gad

Actors Dakota Fanning and Josh Gad are celebrating their birthdays today, February 23.

Dakota Fanning, 21

Actress Dakota Fanning turns 21 today. Fanning started her acting career with television commercials at age 5. He first official acting role was an appearance in the NBC drama ER. She went on to make appearances in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Practice, Spin City, Ally McBeal and The Ellen Show.

Fanning made her big screen debut in I Am Sam opposite Sean Penn. For her role, she earned a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination and won the Best Young Actor/Actress award from the Broadcast Film Critics Association. In 2003, Fanning starred in Uptown Girls and The Cat in the Hat. She went on to star in Man On Fire, Hide and Seek, Coraline, War of the Worlds, Charlotte's Web and Hounddog.

In 2008, Fanning starred in The Secret Life of Bees based on the novel of the same name by Sue Monk Kidd. She went on to play Jane, a member of the Volturi Guard, in The Twilight Saga: New Moon and reprised the role for Eclipse and Breaking Dawn – Part 2. In 2010, she starred in the movie The Runaways alongside Kristen Stewart.

Fanning will star in the upcoming film Franny, Viena and The Fantomes and Brain on Fire. Fanning is the older sister of actress Elle Fanning and has earned a degree from New York University.


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Josh Gad, 34

Actor Josh Gad turns 34 today. Gad started his acting career with a role in the short lived sitcom Back To You. He became a regular correspondent on The Daily Show in 2009. He played a supporting roles in the films 21 and Love & Other Drugs and a leading role in The Rocker.

In 2011, Gad starred in the Broadway musical The Book of Mormon and earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Leading Actor in a Musical. That same year, he made a guest appearance on ABC's Modern Family. In 2012, he voiced a character in Ice Age: Continental Drift and starred in the independent romantic comedy She Wants Me.

In 2013, he played Skip Gilchrist in the short lived NBC comedy 1600 Penn. That same year, he appeared in the film The Internship and starred as Steve Wozniak in the film Jobs. He went on to voice Olaf in the successful Disney animated film Frozen.

In 2014, Gad co-starred in Zach Braff's film Wish I Was Here. Gad will star and co-write the film version of Gilligan's Island. He is married to actress Ida Darvish. They have two daughters, Ava and Isabelle.


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