Celebrity Birthdays – February 6: Two musicians and a Teen Wolf cast member share their special day
Who do you share a birthday with today?
• Richard Paul “Rick” Astley (52)
Rick is an English singer, songwriter and radio personality. His 1987 song “Never Gonna Give You Up” was a Number one hit single in 25 countries and won the 1988 Brit Award for Best British Single. He retired in 1993, but then made a comeback in 2007, becoming an Internet phenomenon when the music video for “Never Gonna Give You Up” became integral to the meme known as “rickrolling”. Astley was voted “Best Act Ever” by Internet users at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2008 and his 2016 album 50 debuted in the UK at Number one.
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• Crystal Marie Reed (33)
The American actress and model is best known for her role as Allison Argent in the MTV show Teen Wolf and as Sofia Falcone on Gotham. Crystal has also been in various movies and series such as Crush (2013) in which she played the lead, and guest starred in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: NY, Rizzoli & Isles and The Hard Times of RJ Berger.
She was the female lead in Teen Wolf when it began in 2011, and in March 2014 she left the series after wanting to explore more in the field. This resulted in the form of Allison Argent’s death at the end of Season 3. In 2016, she did however make a guest appearance on the show.
In April this year, Crystal will star in the horror film Incident in a Ghost Land.
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• Tinashe Jorgensen Kachingwe (25)
American singer, songwriter, actress, record producer, and model, Tinashe went into the entertaining industry at the young age of three. In 2012, she released two mixtapes, In Case We Die and Reverie, which she created in her home studio and thereafter signed a contract with RCA Records. In 2013 she released Black Water.
Her debut single, “2 On”, made number one on the Rhythmic airplay chart, and number 24 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Tinashe’s debut studio album Aquarius, was then released in 2014. Tinashe’s music is described as “alternative R&B, pop, and hip hop”.
In the year 2000, she made her acting debut in Cora Unashamed and from 2008 to 2009, she had a recurring role in the American sitcom Two and a Half Men as ‘Celeste’.
(Source: Wikipedia)
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