Celebrity Birthdays January 6th

Rising to fame for her romance with Police frontman Sting and their subsequent marriage in 1992, Trudie Styler took on a series of supporting roles in films such as Fair Game (1988), The Grotesque (1995), Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister (2002), and Alpha Male (2005). Styler has a reputation as an extravagant Hollywood socialite and a benefactor of many progressive social causes, having founded the Rainforest Foundation with Sting in 1989. Today is her 57th birthday.

The daughter of one of the most prominent politicians in former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatchers administration, laid-back television chef Nigella Lawson got her start in journalism, becoming the editor of The Sunday Times in 1986. The publication of her bestselling book How to Eat: The Pleasures and Principles of Good Food (1998) led her to host her own cooking show on Channel 4, Nigella Bites. The 51-year-old is not a trained chef or cook, but has an M.A. in medieval and modern languages.