Celebrities born on May 18

An Egyptian actor whose beginning was through theatrical performances in the palaces of culture, before he moved to work on television in 2005 in the series The Harbor and the Sailor, then his roles continued between cinema and television, most notably in The Oracle, A Good Guy, and The Island.

Alexander Nanau was born in Bucharest, Romania in 1979. His family belongs to the Transylvanian Saxons, a cultural minority of German descent who lived since generations in Romania. 1990 they emigrated to Germany and became German citizens. Nanau studied Film Direction at the renowned DFFB in Berlin. His first feature documentary Peter Zadek inszeniert Peer Gynt (2006) was released 2006 in Germany and Austria. In 2007 he was a scholarship holder of the Academy of Arts in Berlin. In 2008/2009 he co-produced with HBO Romania, directed and shot the documentary Lumea vãzutã de Ion B. (2009) about a 62 years homeless man who starts a career in the international art world with collages he made over the last 30 years. The documentary was selected for over 40 international film festivals and won the prestigious 'International Emmy Award' for Arts Programming in 2010. His third feature documentary Toto si surorile lui (2014), produced together with HBO Europe, premiered at the San Sebastian Film Festival in the 'New Directors' section. The film won major awards at the international film festivals in Angers, Zurich, Warsaw, Jihlava, Leipzig and Sarajevo. It was nominated as 'Best Documentary' at the European Film Awards 2015 and won the international Cinema Eye Honors' Spotlight Award 2016.

Career break playing Pres. Nixon's daughter Tricia in 5-time Oscar Nominated "Frost/Nixon" launched Gotzon starring in many family films on Amazon winning awards for Doonby, God's Country, The Sacred Eternal, Julie and Jack. Award winning actress & International model, Jenn Gotzon brings a natural radiance, emotional depth and transformative ability to the protagonist roles she plays on-screen revealing hope to the human condition. With 2 Oscar-Nominated films, under her belt, playing historical characters - Tricia Nixon in Ron Howard's "Frost/Nixon" & British captive Lydia in "Alone Yet Not Alone" - Jenn's developed an uplifting brand as an American leading lady in wholesome and redemptive movies. Jenn Gotzon appears as the cover model on several magazines including Valley Social who printed, "Gotzon continuously garners awards for her Meryl Streep chameleon-like transformations" inspired from the Hollywood casting director Bill Dance after he saw Jenn win "Best Actress" for her protagonist role in short film "Stained". He told the press, "I felt like I was watching a young Meryl Streep on screen".

Kamaliya Zahoor, born Nataliya Shmarenkova on 18 May 1977, known professionally as simply Kamaliya, is a Ukrainian singer, actress, television personality, model, former Mrs. World beauty pageant titleholder, and philanthropist.[1][2][3] She has become widely known in the United Kingdom through her participation in the British reality television program Meet the Russians.

Donald Jess Bachardy (born May 18, 1934) is an American portrait artist. Description above from the Wikipedia article Don Bachardy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Fran Jeffries (born May 18, 1937) is an American singer, actress, and model. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fran Jeffries, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

An actor, singer, songwriter, dancer, model and Billboard-charting record label owner. Eric West is considered one of film and television's fastest rising stars in Hollywood, with a wealth and variety of performances to his credit. Named "Hottest Actor of 2013" by Cosmopolitan. West also drew major attention in the fashion world being named by the publishers of GQ and Vogue a Style Icon and Innovator. West was awarded the "Next Award" by Vibe Magazine and nominated for the Best Actor Shorty Award for this role as Garrett in USA Network's hit "Satisfaction". West also won the NJ Webfest Award for Best Ensemble Cast in a Comedy for the hit web-series "Labeled" and in 2021 released the film "Fortress" where West played Matthews alongside Bruce Willis. West has also appeared on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Bravo's Watch What Happens Live, was profiled by American Latino, featured on the Style Awards and appeared on the MTV Video Music Awards. In 2021 West also co-produced and co-wrote 8 songs on Samuel Mancini's debut project "Feed the Fire", which became a huge hit reaching the Top 40 of the Billboard Magazine's Top Albums Chart. Furthermore, West has been featured in a wide-ranging assortment of media outlets worldwide, spanning GQ, Esquire, Variety, Time, US Weekly, Vanity Fair, Vogue, Vogue Mexico, InStyle. West has been in major national and international campaigns for Coach, Lexus, Cotton, LG, Sprite, Intel, Oakley and more.