ballet dancers
by enmasse | created - 04 May 2017 | updated - 16 Dec 2021 | Public
1. Amy Acker
Actress | Angel
Born and raised in Dallas, Texas where she graduated Lake Highlands High School, Amy Acker is the oldest of four children; she has two sisters and one brother. An acting major at Southern Methodist University, Amy acted in several college theater productions. She appeared in various roles during ...
2. Amy Adams
Actress | Arrival
Amy Lou Adams was born in Vicenza, Veneto, Italy, to American parents, Kathryn (Hicken) and Richard Kent Adams, a U.S. serviceman who was stationed at Caserma Ederle in Italy at the time. She was raised in a Mormon family of seven children in Castle Rock, Colorado, and has English, as well as ...
Trained in ballet, with the ambition of becoming a professional ballerina. Later, however, she said ballet was "too disciplined and too restrained" and switched her focus to the theater.
3. Brooke Adams
Actress | Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Brooke Adams was born on February 8, 1949 in New York City, to Rosalind (Gould), an actress, and Robert Kaufmann Adams, a former CBS vice president. She was educated at the prestigious High School for the Performing Arts and the School of the American Ballet.
Starting her career on the stage, her ...
4. Mari Aldon
Actress | Distant Drums
A former ballet dancer, graceful Mari Aldon married Hollywood director Tay Garnett, who encouraged her to become an actress. She did, but did not leave a deep imprint on film history, with one exception, the role of Judy Beckett, a prisoner of the Seminoles and Gary Cooper's charming romantic ...
5. Alicia Alonso
Actress | Giselle
Alicia Alonso was born on December 21, 1920 in Havana, Cuba. She was an actress, known for Giselle (1965), Un retrato para Romeo y Julieta (1971) and Alicia Alonso y El Ballet Nacional de Cuba (1979). She was married to Pedro Simón Martínez and Fernando Alonso. She died on October 17, 2019 in ...
Co-founder of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba.
Worked in the American Ballet Theatre from 1940 to 1948.
Toured with the Ballet Russe in the 1950s.
As a teenager, she became partially blind due to a detached retina. When dancing, she used the stage lights as guides and depended on her partners' precision. She had three ocular operations done and, after the final surgery, was ordered by doctors not to dance for a year while she recovered. Her husband, Fernando Alonso taught her ballet roles while she was in bed resting, using their fingers.
Of her blindness, surgery, and long bedrest: "I danced in my mind. Blinded, motionless, flat on my back, I taught myself to dance Giselle."
6. Aleisha Allen
Actress | School of Rock
Allen was born Aleisha LaNaé Allen in New York City on April 28, 1991, and has been modeling for print and TV ads since the age of 4. As a 6-year-old she appeared on ''Blue's Clues'', and later she became a series regular on ''Out of the Box''.
A singer and ballerina (as well as an actress), Allen ...
7. Fernando Alonso
Actor | Giselle
Fernando Alonso was born on December 17, 1914 in Havana, Cuba. He was an actor, known for Giselle (1965). He was married to Alicia Alonso. He died on July 27, 2013 in Habana, Cuba.
Co-founder of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba.
Joined the American Ballet Theatre from 1940 to 1948.
8. Kristina Anapau
Actress | Black Swan
Kristina Anapau is an actress, writer, and producer. Born in Hawaii, Kristina Anapau spent her youth studying classical ballet, music and theatre. She graduated from high school at the age of 15 and, that same year began her studies at The University of Hawaii. With dreams of pursuing a ...
9. Dulce Anaya
Actress | Die Schelminnen
Dulce Anaya was born on December 26, 1933 in Rancho Boyeros, Cuba. She is an actress, known for Die Schelminnen (1961), Cherchez la Femme (1958) and Hofball für den Walzerkönig (1965).
Founder and artistic director of Jacksonville Ballet Theatre in Florida.
10. Frederick Ashton
Actor | Cinderella
The founding father of British ballet, he developed the "English style" of classical dancing. He saw Anna Pavlova dance in 1917, which inspired him to a lifetime in ballet. He studied in London with Léonide Massine and Marie Rambert. He joined the Vic-Wells ballet, which later became the Royal ...
11. Jean Babilée
Actor | Pleins feux sur l'assassin
Jean Babilée was born on February 3, 1923 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for Spotlight on a Murderer (1961), Duelle (1976) and Les loups dans la bergerie (1960). He was married to Nathalie Philippart and Zapo. He died on January 30, 2014 in Paris, France.
12. Sharon Baird
Actress | Land of the Lost
Sharon Baird, best known as Mousketeer "Sharon" on The Mickey Mouse Club (1955), was born in Seattle, Washington, on August 16, 1943 (her brother, Jimmy Baird, also had an acting career, although it was shorter than Sharon's). She took ballet lessons as a child, and showed an aptitude for dancing, ...
13. Christian Bale
Actor | The Dark Knight
Christian Charles Philip Bale was born in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK on January 30, 1974, to English parents Jennifer "Jenny" (James) and David Bale. His mother was a circus performer and his father, who was born in South Africa, was a commercial pilot. The family lived in different countries ...
As a child, took ballet lessons after seeing his sister Louise perform. According to his mother, he had such a talent that he was offered a place at the Royal Ballet School in London, but declined.
14. Irina Baronova
Actress | Toast to Love
Irina Baronova was born on March 13, 1919 in Petrograd, Russia [now St. Petersburg, Russia]. She was an actress, known for Toast to Love (1951), Florian (1940) and Toast of Love (1943). She was married to Cecil Tennant and German 'Jerry' Sevastianov. She died on June 28, 2008 in Byron Bay, New ...
Victoria Tennant's mother (also on this list).
Studied ballet under Olga Preobrajenska. Danced her first odette in Swan Lake when she was 14.
Studied ballet at Elmhurst Ballet School and toured with Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Tamara Toumanova, Tatiana Riabouchinska, and she were affectionately called the "Baby Ballerinas".
Gave up her career as a prima ballerina to be a mother and a wife.
15. Mikhail Baryshnikov
Actor | The Turning Point
Boyishly cute, diminutive and strong as a bull, but as graceful as any gazelle or swan, Mikhail Baryshnikov is a household name even to non-balletomanes. Widely considered to be one of the greatest and biggest names in dance.
Mikhail began his ballet studies in his native Riga, Latvia. He was ...
16. Kim Basinger
Actress | L.A. Confidential
Kim Basinger was born December 8, 1953, in Athens, Georgia, the third of five children. Both her parents had been in entertainment, her dad had played big-band jazz, and her mother had performed water ballet in several Esther Williams movies. Kim was introspective, from her father's side. As a ...
Her parents enrolled her in ballet training from the age of three to help overcome her shyness. Studied until she was sixteen.
17. Roberta Bassin
Actress | Barfly
Roberta E. Bassin is known for her compelling portrayals of array of interesting characters in film, TV and stage including film classic "Barfly", Emmy and Golden Globe Best Movie for Television Winner Oliver Stone's "Indictment: The McMartin Trial" and Clint Eastwood's "J. Edgar." A few of her ...
18. Belinda Bauer
Actress | RoboCop 2
Belinda Bauer was born Belinda Jane Taubman on June 13, 1950 in Australia. Her family managed Taubman Paints, the country's largest paint manufacturing company. She competed as Belinda Taubman in several beauty contests in Sydney, New South Wales. Starting her career as a ballet dancer and later ...
19. Jennifer Beals
Actress | Flashdance
Jennifer Beals is an internationally renowned actress who has over 90 credits to her name, including critically acclaimed feature films and some of the highest rated television series to date. Beals is currently executive producing and returning as a lead cast member in the revival of her hit ...
Loves to dance various styles, including ballet, but said in a 2017 interview 'My pas de chat looks like I'm at a hoedown. I've given up any fantasy of doing ballet.'
20. Bonnie Bedelia
Actress | Die Hard
The native New Yorker was born Bonnie Bedelia Culkin on March 25, 1948, the daughter of Phillip Harley Culkin, a journalist, and Marian Ethel Wagner Culkin, a writer and editor. Trained in ballet, her parents guided all of the children at one time or another into acting (which included Kit Culkin, ...
Studied ballet at the School of American Ballet in New York City, reportedly winning a full scholarship at the New York City Ballet, but quit after four productions to focus on acting professionally.
21. Jamie Bell
Actor | Billy Elliot
Described by top film critic Mark Kermode as an "unbelievably versatile" actor, Jamie Bell was born in 1986 in Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England, UK, to Eileen (Matfin) and John Bell, a toolmaker. He comes from a family of dancers including his grandmother, mother, aunt, and ...
His mother, maternal grandmother, sister, and aunt are dancers.
Bullied by classmates when they found out that he took ballet, but he says it made him more determined to prove that dancing wasn't only for girls.
22. Lawrence Bender
Producer | Pulp Fiction
Lawrence Bender is a movie producer working in the entertainment industry for 20 years. He helped produce Hollywood films like Reservoir Dogs (1992), Good Will Hunting (1997), Inglourious Basterds (2009) and Django (2012). Lawrence won 6 Academy Awards with 29 nominations including 3 Best Picture ...
While studying civil engineering at The University of Maine, developed an interest in dancing. After graduating, he was a professional dancer, reportedly studying under Sandra Seacat, but an injury ended his career.
23. Laura Bertram
Actress | Andromeda
Laura Bertram was born on September 5, 1978 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress, known for Andromeda (2000), Ready or Not (1993) and 50/50 (2011).
Trained in ballet for twelve years.
24. Jack Birkett
Actor | Jubilee
Jack Birkett was born on June 11, 1934 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Jubilee (1978), The Tempest (1979) and A Midsummer Night's Dream (1984). He died on May 10, 2010 in London, England, UK.
25. Kelly Bishop
Actress | Gilmore Girls
Kelly Bishop was born on February 28, 1944 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. She is an actress, known for Gilmore Girls (2000), Dirty Dancing (1987) and Friends with Kids (2011).
Attended the American Ballet Theatre as well as the San Jose Ballet schools. Her first professional dancing job was at age 18, when she moved to New York City to perform full time with a ballet company at Radio City Music Hall.
26. Jenni Blong
Actress | Cry-Baby
Jenni Blong is known for Cry-Baby (1990), S1m0ne (2002) and The Booth at the End (2011). She has been married to John Livingston since 2006.
27. Judi Bowker
Actress | Clash of the Titans
Judi Bowker was born on April 6, 1954 in Shawford, Hampshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Clash of the Titans (1981), Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972) and Count Dracula (1977). She has been married to Harry Meacher since 1979.
28. Erik Bruhn
Actor | Giselle
Erik Bruhn was born on October 3, 1928 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was an actor, known for Giselle (1970), Hans Christian Andersen (1952) and Swan Lake (1967). He died on April 1, 1986 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Began training with the Royal Danish Ballet when he was nine.
One of Natalia Makarova's favourite partners.
29. Sandra Bullock
Producer | The Proposal
Sandra Annette Bullock was born in Arlington, a Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C. Her mother, Helga Bullock (née Helga Mathilde Meyer), was a German opera singer. Her father, John W. Bullock, was an American voice teacher, who was born in Alabama, of German descent. Sandra grew up on the road ...
Studied ballet in Germany as a child. Her mother, Helga Mathilde Meyer, was a German opera singer, and Sandra sometimes had small parts in her productions.
30. Connor Byrne
Connor Byrne was born on March 18, 1961 in Leicester, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Flushed Away (2006), Bloodborne (2015) and Emmerdale Farm (1972).
31. Neve Campbell
Actress | Scream
Neve Campbell was born and raised in Guelph, Ontario, to Marnie (Neve), a Dutch-born psychologist and yoga instructor (from Amsterdam), and Gerry Campbell, a Scottish-born teacher (from Glasgow). Campbell first came to our TV screens in the hit Drama series Party of Five (1994). Described as TV's ...
32. Leslie Caron
Actress | Gigi
French ballet dancer Leslie Caron was discovered by the legendary MGM star Gene Kelly during his search for a co-star in one of the finest musicals ever filmed, the Oscar-winning An American in Paris (1951), which was inspired by and based on the music of George Gershwin. Leslie's gamine looks and ...
Her mother, Margaret Petit, was a ballet dancer.
At 11, Leslie started ballet training at the Convent of the Assumption in Paris and later at the National Conservatory of Dance
At 14, she danced in "The Pearl Diver," a show for children.
At 16, she was hired by the renowned Roland Petit to join the Ballet des Champs-Elysees, where she immediately earned solo parts.
At 17, Gene Kelly and his wife saw her perform; Leslie did not stay after the show to meet Kelly. Three years later, Kelly returned to Paris in search of a dance partner. He remembered her performance and won the part of Lisa Bouvier in An American in Paris.
33. Cyd Charisse
Actress | Silk Stockings
Cyd Charisse was born Tula Ellice Finklea on March 8, 1922, in Amarillo, Texas. Born to be a dancer, she spent her early childhood taking ballet lessons and joined the Ballet Russe at age 13. In 1939, she married Nico Charisse, her former dance teacher. In 1943, she appeared in her first film, ...
Her father had a secret interest in ballet. He enrolled Cyd in ballet classes when she was 6. She loved to dance, so he also had a ballet barre and full-length mirror installed in their home for her.
She had polio as a child. Part of the reason her father enrolled her into ballet was to rebuild her strength.
During a family vacation in Los Angeles, her parents enrolled Cyd, who was 12, to a Hollywood ballet academy. Later, she attended full time.
At 14, she auditioned and joined Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo where she met (and four years later eloped with), Nico Charisse, an instructor there.
During her tours with Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, she was obligated to use stage names: Natacha Tulaelis (her birth name being Tula) and Felia Siderovaa.
She was known as MGM's resident ballerina, although she never had any aspirations to work in film.
She was given the lead female role in An American in Paris, but declined due to pregnancy. A year later, she took her unforgettable role in Singin' in the Rain.
Fred Astaire called her "beautiful dynamite".
She can be seen dancing in Blue Mercedes's "I Want to be Your Property" (c.1987) and in Janet Jackson's video for "Alright" (1990).
In December 2000, in Monoco, Princess Caroline presented Cyd with the Vaslav Nijinsky Award for her lifelong contributions to the world of dance.
In 2006, President George W. Bush presented Cyd with the National Medal of the Arts and Humanities, the highest official U.S. honor available in the arts.
34. Marge Champion
Actress | The Party
One of the great dancer and choreographers in both movies and stage, Marge Champion was best known as the former wife of Gower Champion, when they worked together as a highly successfully dancing team in the MGM musical years. After retiring from movies, Champion worked as a dance teacher and as a ...
She was the model dancer for Disney as Snow White, the Blue Fairy in Pinnochio, and the dancing hippo in Fantasia.
Her father is ballet master Ernest Belcher.
She began teaching ballet at her father's studio at age 12.
Worked for the LA Opera.
35. Carrie 'CeCe' Cline
Actress | Serenity
CeCe Cline's career is an extraordinary life story. From her leading performances in at least six Broadway productions to her diverse film and television career, CeCe has always been one to watch. Her fascinating upbringing has contributed to her truly exceptional talent in the entertainment ...
36. Lana Condor
Actress | To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Lana Therese Condor is a Vietnamese-born American actress. She made her film debut in X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), portraying Jubilation Lee / Jubilee. Condor was born on May 11, 1997 in Can Tho, Vietnam and was adopted by her American parents, Mary Carol (Haubold) and journalist Robert Condor, as an ...
"Performing in ballet helped me to be comfortable in my own skin. If I hadn't done ballet, I'd be so awkward in front of a camera!"
37. Leslie Cook
Lithe and lovely brunette dancer and choreographer Leslie Cook studied a mostly classical ballet dance curriculum at the North Carolina School of the Arts. She has an older sister who is also a dancer. Cook pops up in small parts in the films "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas," "Breakin'," and "...
38. Pat Corley
Actor | Mr. Destiny
Pat Corley was born on June 1, 1930 in Dallas, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Mr. Destiny (1990), Murphy Brown (1988) and Kiss My Grits (1982). He was married to Iris June Carter and Rose Louise Valentine. He died on September 11, 2006 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
39. Veanne Cox
Actress | You've Got Mail
Veanne Cox was born on January 19, 1963 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for You've Got Mail (1998), Erin Brockovich (2000) and Two Weeks Notice (2002).
40. Yvonne Craig
Actress | Batgirl
Yvonne Joyce Craig was born on May 16, 1937 in Taylorville, Illinois. As a young teenager, Yvonne showed such promise as a dancer that she was accepted to Denham's Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Her training progressed until she left the company in 1957 over a disagreement on casting changes. She ...
Discovered by Alexandra Danilova and was the youngest to study at Denham's Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo (closed in 1968). She left the school in 1957, intending to continue dancing, but immediately began work as an actress.
41. Penélope Cruz
Actress | Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Known outside her native country as the "Spanish enchantress," Penélope Cruz Sánchez was born in Madrid to Eduardo Cruz, a retailer, and Encarna Sánchez, a hairdresser. As a toddler, she was already a compulsive performer, re-enacting TV commercials for her family's amusement, but she decided to ...
She studied classical ballet at Spain's National Conservatory and three years of Spanish ballet at Cristina Rota's New York school.
She says she owes her discipline to ballet.
42. Macaulay Culkin
Actor | Home Alone
Macaulay Culkin, one of the most famous American child stars, was born on August 26, 1980 in New York City, New York, USA, as the third of seven children of his father Kit Culkin (a former stage and child actor and also Macaulay's former manager) and mother Patricia Brentrup. He is the brother of ...
Studied at the School of American Ballet in New York City. He can be seen dancing in 1993's The Nutcracker.
43. Kiva Dawson
Actress | Another Year Together
Kiva is an only child born in Santa Monica, California. Kiva grew up in a very creative and nurturing environment and was always encouraged to express herself through the arts. Kiva remembers witnessing the diva, Toni Basil, (Later in life, Kiva was blessed to work with her on the film, That Thing ...
44. Yvonne De Carlo
Actress | The Ten Commandments
Yvonne De Carlo was born Margaret Yvonne Middleton on September 1, 1922 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She was three when her father abandoned the family. Her mother turned to waitressing in a restaurant to make ends meet--a rough beginning for an actress who would, one day, be one of ...
45. Simone De La Rue
Actress | The Phantom of the Opera
Simone De La Rue is known for The Phantom of the Opera (2004), Beyond the Sea (2004) and Stingers (1998). She has been married to MiG Ayesa since 2002.
Currently works as a celebrity fitness trainer and uses ballet to shape and sculpt her clients' bodies.
46. Andrea de Oliveira
Actress | Let It Snow
You can see Andrea portray 'Debbie' in Netflix's "Let It Snow (2019)" based off the New York Times Best Seller with a remarkable young cast. Andrea is an actress, classically trained dancer, world traveler and a yoga/wellness enthusiast born in São Paulo, Brazil. She danced professionally around ...
47. Emilie de Ravin
Actress | Remember Me
Emilie was born on December 27 and grew up in Mount Eliza, Victoria, Australia. When she was 15, she was accepted at the highly selective Australian Ballet School in Melbourne. However, after only a year, she dropped out and undertook acting courses.
Her first starring role was on the fantasy drama ...
48. Ninette de Valois
Actress | The Female Swindler
It has been rightly suggested that Dame Ninette de Valois is one of the most important women of the century. It was due to her drive and ambition that the modern English ballet was created. In that respect she changed history single handed. Born in Ireland, young Ninette (her stage name was her ...
Began ballet lessons at age ten. Began studying ballet professionally at age thirteen. She is the founder of the Royal Ballet School and touring company.
49. Tamara Desni
Actress | Send for Paul Temple
Tamara Desni was born on October 22, 1910 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress, known for The Green Finger (1946), Hell's Cargo (1935) and Bypass to Happiness (1934). She was married to Albert Lavagna, Raymond Lovell, Roland Gillett, Bruce Seton and Hans Wilhelm. She died on February 7, 2008 in ...
50. Sergei Diaghilev
Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev was born on March 19, 1872, into a wealthy noble family in Novgorod, Russia. His father, Pavel Diaghilev, was a distinguished General to the Russian Tsar Nicholas II. His mother died in childbirth but he grew up in a highly cultured environment. He studied piano and ...
The most famous ballet impresario of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
His company, the Ballet Russes, premiered the original productions of Stravinsky's 'The Firebird', 'Petrouchka' and 'Le Sacre du Printemps', as well as the ballet versions of Debussy's 'Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun' and Rimsky-Korsakov's 'Scheherazade'.
Between 1977 and 1982, he and Moira Shearer toured the United States to lecture on the history of ballet.
51. Elinor Donahue
Actress | Pretty Woman
Tap dancing at the age of 16 months, pert and pretty Elinor Donahue has been entertaining audiences for six decades. Born Mary Eleanor Donahue in Tacoma, Washington, on April 19, 1937, she appeared as a radio singer and vaudeville dancer while a mere toddler, then was picked up by Universal Studios...
Performed ballet on an episode of Father Knows Best.
52. Robert Dorning
Actor | The Red Shoes
He said that the reason he became an actor was that he was hopeless in school and only did well in the school productions of Gilbert and Sullivan light operas. His parents would have preferred him to have become a painter and decorator or a bank clerk, anything solid but not an actor. He'd always ...
53. Janet Eilber
Actress | Mighty Joe Young
Janet Eilber's role in Romantic Comedy (1983) follows her auspicious motion picture debut as the girlfriend of Richard Dreyfuss in MGM's "Whose LIfe Is It Anyway?" (1981)_, a powerful and witty drama adapted from Brian Clark's long-running Broadway and London stage hit. Although a newcomer to films...
54. Jenna Elfman
Actress | Dharma & Greg
Jenna Elfman began her career as a professional dancer, appearing in music videos by Depeche Mode and Anthrax, and danced on the 1991 Academy Awards live broadcast, choreographed by Debbie Allen.
She ultimately transitioned to acting, best known for her role as Dharma in the hit television series "...
55. Georgia Engel
Actress | Everybody Loves Raymond
Georgia Engel was born on July 28, 1948 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. She was an actress, known for Everybody Loves Raymond (1996), The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970) and Open Season (2006). She died on April 12, 2019 in Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
Studied ballet as a child. Despite her ballet instructor having told her she'd never be a successful dancer, sought out music theater roles and won leads. Well into her sixties, she continues to dance on stage.
56. Jeff Fahey
Actor | Lost
Jeff Fahey was born in Olean, New York, one of 13 children of Jane (Gallagher) and Francis Thomas Fahey, who worked in a clothing store. He is of Irish descent. His family moved to Buffalo when he was 10, where he attended Father Baker's High School. After graduation in 1972 he traveled around the ...
Won a scholarship in the late 1970s, at the age of 25, to dance with the Joffrey Ballet in New York City, which he attended for three years. Later, he taught ballroom dancing and performed on Broadway.
57. Kim Flowers
Actress | Alien Resurrection
Kim Flowers is known for Alien: Resurrection (1997), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) and Clear and Present Danger (1994).
58. Lyndsy Fonseca
Actress | Kick-Ass
Lyndsy Marie Fonseca was born in Oakland, California, and was raised first in Alameda and then Moraga, California. Lyndsy competed in the International Modeling & Talent Association, where she was recognized as the second runner-up for "Young Miss Dancer of the Year" and was the first runner-up for...
59. Margot Fonteyn
Actress | Romeo and Juliet
Peggy Hookham was always destined to be a dancer. Her Brazilian/Irish mother groomed her for stardom from almost as soon as she could walk. When she was aged 8 her father's work took the family to Shanghai. Peggy and her Mother returned to the UK when she was 14. Her father stayed in Shanghai and ...
World renowned prima ballerina.
Performed at Sadler's Wells. Later, she went with the Royal Ballet on their 1949 American tour.
She originally became the world's most famous ballerina for her Royal Ballet role as Princess Aurora in 'Sleeping Beauty'. Fatefully, her final performance, at age 66, was as The Queen in 'Sleeping Beauty' for the Birmingham Royal Ballet in Miami, Florida.
60. Don Franklin
Actor | SeaQuest DSV
Don Franklin was born on December 14, 1960 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, known for SeaQuest 2032 (1993), Bosch (2014) and Insecure (2016).
61. Moyra Fraser
Actress | The Boy Friend
Moyra Fraser was born on December 3, 1923 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She was an actress, known for The Boy Friend (1971), The Good Life (1975) and As Time Goes By (1992). She was married to Roger John Lubbock and Douglas Sutherland. She died on December 13, 2009 in England, UK.
62. Takako Fuji
Actress | The Grudge
Born in Tokyo on July 27th 1972, Takako Fuji started her career when she joined En Theatrical Campany when she was studying acting at Aoyama Gakuin University. She was mainly playing on the stage or voice-over, and had the screen debut in 2003 as Kayako Saeki in "Ju-On" directed by Takashi Shimizu....
63. Sarah Gadon
Actress | Cosmopolis
Sarah Gadon was born in a quiet residential area in Toronto, Ontario, to a teacher mother and a psychologist father. She grew up with the support and encouragement of her parents and older brother, James, and with this was inspired to go headlong into acting and dance alike. Sarah spent much of her...
At age 5 began studying at The National Ballet School of Canada and later became a junior associate there.
64. Kip Gamblin
Actor | Home and Away
Kip Gamblin was born on July 5, 1975 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is an actor, known for Home and Away (1988), Moulin Rouge! (2001) and Neighbours (1985). He has been married to Linda Ridgway since March 20, 2004. They have two children.
65. Jennifer Garner
Actress | Alias
Jennifer Garner, who catapulted into stardom with her lead role on the television series Alias (2001), has come a long way from her birthplace of Houston, Texas. Raised in Charleston, West Virginia by her mother Patricia Ann (née English), a retired English teacher, and her father, Billy Jack ...
Studied ballet under Nina Denton Pasinetti from three years old and, according to The Telegraph, 'took an exhaustive number of ballet classes, with no real intention of becoming a proper ballerina.'
66. Tamara Geva
Actress | Orchestra Wives
The daughter of a Swedish mother (Tamara Urtahl, a Swede) and of a wealthy St. Petersburg manufacturer of Muslim heritage and patron of the arts who later became a free-thinker (Levko Zheverzheiev), Geva grew up in a vast 18th century mansion which included a private museum. Geva described her ...
Trained in ballet for several years throughout her childhood.
Her parents had a miniature theater and a theatrical museum on their estate.
She was George Balanchine's first wife. She met him while taking ballet lessons at the Imperial Russian Ballet (now, Mariinsky Ballet) in Saint Petersburg and married him in 1921 when she was only 14 years old.
67. Summer Glau
Actress | Serenity
Summer is a native of San Antonio, Texas. She's been a ballerina most of her life. Her debut was in various commercials and a guest appearance on the WB's Angel (1999). She has gone on to star on the TV series Firefly (2002) as well as its follow-up movie Serenity (2005) and the TV series ...
68. Alexander Godunov
Actor | Die Hard
He was born on Sakhalin Island at the far eastern end of the former Soviet Union and began studying dance at age 9 in the Riga State Ballet School. He later said his mother put him there to prevent his becoming "a hooligan". One of his classmates and friends at the school was Mikhail Baryshnikov. ...
69. Yuri Grigorovich
Writer | Groznyy vek
Yuri Grigorovich was born on January 1, 1927 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]. He is a writer and director, known for Ivan the Terrible (1976), Spartacus (1977) and Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema: Spartacus (2021). He was previously married to Natalia Bessmertnova.
70. Goldie Hawn
Actress | Private Benjamin
Goldie Jeanne Hawn was born November 21, 1945 in Washington, D.C. and raised in Takoma Park, Maryland to Laura Hawn, a jewelry shop/dance school owner & Rut Hawn, a band musician. She has a sister, Patti Hawn, and a brother, Edward, who died in infancy before her birth. She was raised in the Jewish...
71. Anne Heaton
Actress | SpotlightON Unique Music Television
Anne Heaton is known for SpotlightON Unique Music Television (2004) and Indie Kindred (2014).
72. Robert Helpmann
Actor | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Robert Murray Helpmann was born in Mount Gambier, Australia, as the eldest of three children born to stock and station agent James Murray Helpman and Mary Gardiner.
After the family moved to Adelaide in 1914, Helpmann was educated at Prince Alfred's College, but he soon left school at the age of 14 ...
73. Christina Hendricks
Actress | Ginger & Rosa
Christina Rene Hendricks was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, and grew up in Twin Falls, Idaho. Her father, Robert, originally from England, worked for the U.S. Forest Service, while her mother, Jackie Sue (Raymond), was a psychologist. At the age of 13 her father transferred to the Forest Service ...
Trained in ballet from age 9 to age 19.
74. Audrey Hepburn
Actress | Breakfast at Tiffany's
Audrey Hepburn was born as Audrey Kathleen Ruston on May 4, 1929 in Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium. Her mother, Baroness Ella Van Heemstra, was a Dutch noblewoman, while her father, Joseph Victor Anthony Ruston, was born in Úzice, Bohemia, to English and Austrian parents.
After her parents' divorce, ...
Studied ballet under Dame Marie Rambert, in London. She performed for donations with the anti-Nazi effort in the Netherlands.
75. Kathy Hipperson
Kathy Hipperson is known for Loop (1997) and Private Lives of the Monarchs (2017).
76. Harriet Hoctor
Actress | Shall We Dance
Harriet Hoctor was born on September 25, 1905 in Hoosick Falls, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Shall We Dance (1937), The Great Ziegfeld (1936) and Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue (1938). She died on June 9, 1977 in Arlington, Virginia, USA.
77. Heather Hodder
Actress | Me, Myself & Irene
Heather Hodder was born on August 23, 1989 in New Jersey, USA. She is an actress, known for Me, Myself & Irene (2000), Riding in Cars with Boys (2001) and While We're Young (2014).
78. Robin Hoff
Actress | Private Benjamin
Robin Hoff was born on January 4, 1952 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. She is an actress, known for Private Benjamin (1980), Deadly Games (1982) and Pennies from Heaven (1981).
79. Irina Irvine
Actress | Fright Night
Irina Irvine is known for Fright Night (1985), Beauty and the Beast (1987) and Freddy's Nightmares (1988).
80. Sybil Jason
Actress | The Little Princess
Sybil Jacobson was born on November 23, 1929, in Cape Town, South Africa. By age 2 she had learned to play the piano, and she also demonstrated a remarkable talent for singing, dancing and mimicry. She moved to Great Britain as a small child, and by age 5 was singing, dancing, playing the piano or ...
81. Julia Jones
Actress | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Julia Jones is one of the entertainment industry's brightest talents.
Julia stars in a leading role on Dexter: New Blood, Showtime's record-shattering, most watched series to date. She can also be seen in Peacock's comedy series Rutherford Falls, Disney+'s hit series The Mandalorian, and HBO's ...
"In terms of withstanding incredible amounts of pain -- both physical and emotional -- I don't think there's any better training than ballet."
82. Vera Karalli
Actress | Umirayushchiy lebed
Vera Karalli was a Russian silent film actress and ballerina of Bolshoi Theatre and the "Ballets Russes" (Russian Ballet) led by Sergei Diaghilev.
She was born Vera Alekseevna Karalli on July 27, 1889, in Moscow, Russia. In 1906 she graduated as a ballerina from the ballet class of Alexander Gorsky ...
83. Tamara Karsavina
Actress | Hanseaten
Tamara Platonovna Karsavina was born on March 10, 1885, in St. Petersburg, Russia. Her father, named Platon Karsavin, was the ballet dancer with the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. She graduated from the Imperial Ballet School, where her classmate was Anna Pavlova. The two ballerinas ...
84. Nora Kaye
Producer | The Secret of My Succe$s
Nora Kaye was born on January 17, 1920 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She was a producer and actress, known for The Secret of My Success (1987), Pennies from Heaven (1981) and The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976). She was married to Herbert Ross, Isaac Stern, Michael Van Buren and James T. Farrell. She ...
85. Kathleen Keatings
Actress | Goosebumps
Kathleen Keatings is a Canadian born actor of Scottish/Irish descent. She has loved the performing arts from a young age and attended Canada's National Ballet School in pursuit of a professional dance career. Although ballet has remained an important part of her life it was during this time that ...
86. Allegra Kent
Actress | The Addams Family
Allegra Kent was born on August 11, 1937 in Santa Monica, California, USA. She is an actress, known for The Addams Family (1991), Playhouse 90 (1956) and A Midsummer Night's Dream (1967). She was previously married to Bert Stern.
87. Julie Kent
Julie Kent is known for Black Swan (2010), Center Stage (2000) and Le corsaire (1999). She is married to Victor Barbee. They have two children.
88. Deborah Kerr
Actress | The King and I
Deborah Jane Trimmer was born on 30 September 1921 in Glasgow, Scotland, the daughter of Captain Arthur Kerr Trimmer. She was educated at Northumberland House, Clifton, Bristol. She first performed at the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park, London. She subsequently performed with the Oxford ...
89. Darci Kistler
Actress | The Nutcracker
Darci Kistler is known for The Nutcracker (1993), A Hero of Our Time (1985) and Water Flowing Together (2007). She has been married to Peter Martins since 1992. They have one child.
The youngest chosen to join the New York City Ballet, at age sixteen.
Was the very last dancer hand-picked by George Balanchine to join the New York city Ballet.
90. Theodore Kosloff
Actor | The Tree of Knowledge
Theodore Kosloff was born on January 22, 1882 in Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for The Tree of Knowledge (1920), To Have and to Hold (1922) and Sunny (1930). He was married to Maria Alexandra Baldina. He died on November 22, 1956 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
91. Nita Krebs
Actress | The Terror of Tiny Town
Nita Krebs was born on October 8, 1905 in Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for The Terror of Tiny Town (1938). She died on January 18, 1991 in Sarasota, Florida, USA.
One of the "Lullabye League" Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz. She dances at the left in the film.
92. Kasha Kropinski
Actress | Hell on Wheels
Born in South Africa, Kasha started acting at the age of 6, and in subsequent years, performed eight lead roles in various theatre productions, earning high praise from theatre critics.
She moved to Los Angeles with her parents where she pursues both acting and ballet. She has won many gold medals ...
93. Diane Kruger
Actress | Inglourious Basterds
Diane Kruger was born Diane Heidkrüger in Algermissen, near Hildesheim, Germany, to Maria-Theresa, a bank employee, and Hans-Heinrich Heidkrüger, a computer specialist. She studied ballet with the Royal Ballet in London before an injury ended her career. She returned to Germany and became a top ...
As a child, ambitioned to be a professional ballerina. Trained at the Royal Ballet School until an injury prematurely ended her career.
94. Mila Kunis
Actress | Black Swan
Milena Markovna "Mila" Kunis is a Ukrainian-American actress born to a Jewish family in Chernivtsi, Ukraine.
Her mother, Elvira, is a physics teacher, her father, Mark Kunis, is a mechanical engineer, and she has an older brother named Michael. Her family moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1991. ...
Had an interest in ballet at an early age. For her role in Black Swan, studied seriously with an instructor for "three months, five hours a day, seven days a week" and learned to dance en pointe.
95. Juliet Landau
Actress | A Place Among the Dead
Juliet Landau is an actress, director, producer and writer. As an actress, highlights include her role as "Drusilla" on Joss Whedon 's Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) & spin-off Angel (1999), and co-starring in Tim Burton's Ed Wood (1994) as "Loretta King". She played the recurring role of Rita ...
96. Sarah Lane
Actress | Black Swan
Born in San Francisco, California, Sarah Lane began her dance training in Memphis, Tennessee under the direction of Pat Gillespie at the Memphis Classical Ballet. When her family moved to Rochester, New York, she continued instruction with Timothy Draper and Jamey Leverett at the Draper Center for ...
Was Natalie Portman's body and dance double for some complex dance scenes in Black Swan.
97. Carlos Lauchu
Actor | Stargate
Carlos was born in Panama and moved to Saline, Michigan when he was 8 years old. After graduating high school on the Honor Roll, he attended an elite Michigan State University Program for the highly gifted as a Pre-Med student. Carlos was Captain of the Martial Arts team for two years. He has high ...
98. Blanca Li
Actress | Angoisse
Blanca Li is known for Angoisse (1998), Le bal de Paris de Blanca Li (2021) and Le défi (2002).
99. Alison Lohman
Actress | Drag Me to Hell
Alison Lohman was born in Palm Springs, California, to Diane (Dunham), a patisserie owner, and Gary Lohman, an architect. She grew up in a family with no showbiz connections but she always wanted to perform. By age 9, she had landed her first professional, theatrical role playing "Gretyl" in "The ...
100. Tilly Losch
Actress | The Garden of Allah
Tilly Losch was born on November 15, 1903 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. She was an actress, known for The Garden of Allah (1936), Backstage (1937) and The Good Earth (1937). She was married to Henry George Alfred Marius Victor Francis Herbert 6th Earl of Carnarvon and Edward James. She ...
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