Celebrity Birthdays, January 29

Happy birthday to Heather Graham and Oprah Winfrey!

Heather Graham, 42
Heather Graham may have played a stripper in the Hangover, but her childhood wasn’t so liberating. The actress, who replaced Lindsay Lohan in the film, grew up in a very strict household. She was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her father worked for the FBI, and her mother was a former teacher and author. Because of her father’s demanding career, Graham and her sister, Aimee, moved around a lot. While Graham said she was very shy in high school, that didn’t stop fellow students at Agoura High School from nominating her for the “Most Talented” superlative. After graduation, she moved to Hollywood to pursue her acting career but also worked other jobs, including ushering at the Hollywood Bowl. Her movie roles created a drift between her and her parents, but she’s still popular with the male high-profilers of Tinseltown. Graham’s long list of celebrity beaus include Leonardo DiCaprio, Heath Ledger and Matthew Perry. You can next catch her on the silver screen in Cherry with James Franco and Shoe Dog with Ethan Hawke.

Oprah Winfrey, 58
Oprah needs no introduction. The media mogul has shared stories of overcoming hardships, including several sexual assaults, a young pregnancy, and death of a child. She's currently making news with the re-structuring of her network, the Oprah Winfrey Network and the bidding war she is in with Barbara Walters to secure Pippa Middleton’s first US interview. Aside from her own career, Winfrey has also launched the TV careers of talk show hosts Phil McGraw, Nate Berkus, and Mehmet Oz.