Celebrity Birthdays, January 31

Happy birthday to Justin Timberlake and Kerry Washington!

Justin Timberlake, 31
Happy birthday, and a belated engagement congratulations, to the former boy band singer. Since his N’Sync days, Justin Timberlake has spread his wings and now has several successful solo albums, quite the acting resume and a fashion line. Of course, people always give him smack for putting hitting pause on his singing career to take up more movie roles, but you have to give him credit for his History of Rap with Jimmy Fallon and Saturday Night Live Lonely Island skits. Speaking of SNL, Timberlake has certainly proved himself quite the comedian because of that show, so what if he doesn’t sing anymore? He’s also cracked us up on Friends With Benefits, Bad Teacher, and The Love Guru. And the former Mickey Mouseketeer is certainly all grown up now. His grandma revealed earlier this year that he proposed to girlfriend Jessica Biel. Whether she said yes or not we still don’t know because she hasn’t been photographed with a rock on her finger, but if she was smart she would have said yes.

Kerry Washington, 35
Kerry Washington isn’t just a gorgeous actress, she’s a smart cookie as well. The Last King of Scotland star was accepted to both Yale University and Dartmouth College, but decided to attend George Washington University’s theater program instead. Since graduating in 1998, she’s starred in some prominent films, including Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer and For Colored Girls. And her acting resume is about to get a huge boost. Washington will star in highly-anticipated Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio film, Django Unchained, about a freed slave looking to save his wife.