Curated playlist
Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute alumni
- Lady GagaLady Gaga's name may have come from a phone typo. Producer Rob Fusari said autocorrect turned "Radio Ga Ga" into "Lady".
- Marilyn MonroeAn unimpressed studio head signed Marilyn Monroe specifically to keep her away from a rival studio.
- Chris Evans (actor)Chris Evans is an American actor whose leading roles have brought in $11.4 billion at the worldwide box office. That total places him among the highest-grossing film stars of all time. It also made him one of the highest-paid actors in the…
- Laura DernLaura Dern enrolled at UCLA planning to major in both psychology and journalism. Two days into the quarter, she withdrew, because a film set needed her. The film was Blue Velvet. Dern is an American actress, and today she holds an Academy…
- Sienna MillerSienna Miller very nearly arrived in the world during a ballet. Her mother went into labour in New York while watching a performance of The Nutcracker, and the baby was almost born in the theatre. Miller, born on the 28th of December 1981,…
- Alec BaldwinAlec Baldwin has hosted Saturday Night Live more often than anyone else in the show's history. As of 2017 he had done it 17 times, and the first came in 1990. Born Alexander Rae Baldwin III on the 3rd of April 1958, he has worked as a film…
- Angelina JolieAngelina Jolie has appeared in films that grossed more than $6.9 billion worldwide, and Hollywood has named her its highest-paid actress several times. As a teenager, though, she took at-home courses on embalming because she hoped to…
- Claire DanesClaire Catherine Danes, born on the 12th of April 1979, is an American actress who holds three Primetime Emmy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world twice, in 2012…
- Scarlett JohanssonAs a child, Scarlett Johansson practiced Judy Garland's emotions in a mirror until she cried.
- Amy MadiganAmy Madigan won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress on the 15th of March 2026. The role was Aunt Gladys, a villain in the horror mystery Weapons. Her previous Oscar nomination had come 40 years earlier, and no other actress has…
- Barbra StreisandBarbra Streisand once filed a lawsuit that sent a crowd of strangers to look at a single photograph. In 2003 she claimed that a website documenting coastal erosion had invaded her privacy. Among its more than 12,000 images, one happened to…
- Sally FieldSally Field is an American actress whose 1984 Academy Award speech has never stopped being quoted. At the podium she said, "And I can't deny the fact that you like me...right now...you like me!" People often remember it as "You like me,…
- Linda HamiltonAn acting professor at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, once told Linda Hamilton that she had no hope of earning a living as an actress. The prediction could hardly have aged worse. Hamilton is an American actress, born in…
- Armie HammerArmie Hammer was hand-picked in 2007 by the filmmaker George Miller to play Batman. The actor, born in 1986, had been chosen after a long search. The film was Justice League: Mortal, and Miller was set to direct it. It never reached…
- Hayden ChristensenHayden Christensen won Anakin Skywalker after Leonardo DiCaprio turned the film down.