Sundance: Special Jury Prize - Performances and Ensembles

1. Joan Chen

Actress | Judge Dredd

Born into a family of doctors and educated in China at the Shanghai Film Academy and the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Languages, Joan Chen was discovered by veteran Chinese director Jin Xie while observing a filming with a school group. Her performance in Xiao hua (1979) (A.K.A. "The Little Flower...

2. Shirley Chen

Actress | Dìdi

Shirley Chen is an actress known for the Sundance film Beast Beast (2020), executive produced by Alec Baldwin. Chen was awarded "Best Acting in a Narrative Short" at SXSW for her work in "Krista," the short that inspired Beast Beast. Chen is a student at Harvard University double-majoring in ...

3. Chang Li Hua

Actress | Dìdi

Chang Li Hua is known for Dìdi (2024).

4. Preeti Panigrahi

Actress | Girls Will Be Girls

Preeti Panigrahi is known for Girls Will Be Girls (2024), Jag Puran (2023) and Night Queen.

5. Nico Parker

Actress | Dumbo

Nico Parker was born on December 9, 2004. She is an actress, known for Dumbo (2019), The Last of Us (2023) and Reminiscence (2021).

6. Izaac Wang

Actor | Raya and the Last Dragon

Izaac Wang was born on October 22, 2007 in Minnesota, USA. He is an actor, known for Raya and the Last Dragon (2021), Good Boys (2019) and Dìdi (2024).

7. Noah Galvin

Actor | Theater Camp

Noah could be seen playing 'Kenny' in ABC's comedy The Real O'Neals (2016) which premiered in March 2016. He now stars on the show The Good Doctor (2017) as Dr. Asher Wolke.

Noah is most proud of his critically acclaimed work off- Broadway at theaters such as the Signature, Playwrights Horizons, MCC...

8. Molly Gordon

Actress | Theater Camp

Molly Gordon is an American actress, known for her roles in Ithaca (2015), Sin City Saints (2015), Life of the Party (2018) as Maddie, Booksmart, as Triple A, and Good Boys (both 2019). She also stars on the drama TV series Animal Kingdom (2016-present), as Nicky.

She was raised in Los Angeles. Her ...

9. Tyrone Mitchell Henderson

Actor | The Good Fight

Born in Geneva, New York. Tyrone is considered one of the most prominent African American theatre actors in the country. Tyrone attended the school of hard knocks... AADA, Hobart College and SUNY Stony Brook included. Highlights include, the National Tour of Bring in Da'Noise Bring in Da' Funk, as ...

10. Natalie Margolin

Actress | New Mayor of New York

Natalie was listed by Playbill as one of twenty playwrights to "put on your radar in 2019." Her first play, THE POWER OF PUNCTUATION, premiered Off-Broadway. The New York Times called it a "smart and incisive... oasis of entertainment." It was a New York Stage and Film Founders Award finalist, and ...

11. Rosa Marchant

Actress | Het smelt

Rosa Marchant is known for When It Melts (2023), How bad could it be (2023) and Come, Sweet Death (2021).

12. Lio Mehiel

Actor | Mutt

Lío Mehiel is a Puerto Rican and Greek actor, artist, and filmmaker. Their work explores the inherent contradiction of the trans experience - simultaneously rooted in the body while also transcending beyond it.

Lío began their career as a professional salsa dancer and child actor on Broadway. They ...

13. Ben Platt

Actor | Pitch Perfect

Benjamin Schiff Platt is an American actor, singer, and songwriter. He began his acting career in musical theater as a child and appeared in productions of The Sound of Music (2006) and The Book of Mormon (2012-2015), rising to prominence for originating the title role in Broadway coming-of-age ...

14. Olivia Puckett

Actress | Theater Camp

Olivia Puckett is known for Theater Camp (2023), Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022) and The Dogfriend (2021).

15. Max Sheldon

Actor | Theater Camp

Max Sheldon is known for Theater Camp (2023), Nighthawks (2019) and Oh, Hi There.

16. Nicole Beharie

Actress | 42

Nicole Beharie is an American actress.

Her critically acclaimed film debut was in the film American Violet (2008) alongside Alfre Woodard, Tim Blake Nelson and Will Patton. Beharie also played Ernie Davis' girlfriend in the movie The Express (2008). Her upcoming projects include My Last Day Without ...

17. John Boyega

Actor | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

John Boyega is a British actor, known for playing Finn in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015). Boyega rose to prominence in his native United Kingdom for his role of Moses in the 2011 sci-fi comedy film Attack the Block (2011), before attaining international recognition for his work ...

18. Connie Britton

Actress | Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

Connie Britton began playing country music fading sensation Rayna Jaymes in Nashville (2012) after having wrapped production for the five season long Friday Night Lights (2006) alongside Kyle Chandler. She previously appeared in Universal's Friday Night Lights (2004) -the movie- directed by Peter ...

19. Jeffrey Donovan

Actor | Burn Notice

Jeffrey Donovan was born in Amesbury, Massachusetts, son to single mother Nancy Matthews. Nancy raised him and two of his brothers, while having trouble financially supporting herself and her family. They were reportedly living on welfare, had trouble paying electric bills, and often moved to a new...

20. Selenis Leyva

Actress | Spider-Man: Homecoming

Selenis Leyva was born on May 26, 1972 in Baracoa, Guantánamo, Cuba. She is an actress, known for Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Orange Is the New Black (2013) and Breaking (2022). She has been married to Raul Rivera since August 25, 2001.

21. Teresa Sánchez

Actress | Dos estaciones

Teresa Sánchez is known for Dos estaciones (2022), The Chambermaid (2018) and Cocodrilos.

22. Michael Kenneth Williams

Actor | The Wire

Emmy-nominated actor and producer Michael Kenneth Williams was one of his generation's most respected and acclaimed talents. By bringing complicated and charismatic characters to life--often with surprising tenderness--Williams established himself as a gifted and versatile performer with a unique ...

23. Kevin Chapman

Actor | CODA

Kevin Chapman was born on July 29, 1962 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for CODA (2021), City on a Hill (2019) and Sneaky Pete (2015). He is married to Meaghan. They have two children.

24. Clifton Collins Jr.

Actor | Star Trek

An acting chameleon who can easily lose himself in the life of his film and television characters, Clifton Collins Jr. is a native Angeleno who grew up destined to become a part of the Latino entertainment industry. His great-grandparents on his mother's side were a Mexican trumpet player and ...

25. Eugenio Derbez

Actor | No se aceptan devoluciones

Actor, writer, director and producer, Eugenio Derbez has a degree in Film Directing from the Mexican Institute of Cinematography and Theater, as well as a degree in Acting from Televisa's Acting School. He has also studied and is trained in the arts of Dance, Music and Singing, and still today he ...

26. Daniel Durant

Actor | CODA

Daniel was born in Detroit, Michigan and grew up in Duluth, Minnesota. He attended mainstream schools in Duluth before transferring to the Minnesota State School for the Deaf in 8th grade. Daniel graduated from MSAD in 2008 and attended RIT in Rochester, NY and Gallaudet in Washington, DC. Daniel ...

27. Amy Forsyth

Actress | Hell Fest

An Ontario native, Actress Amy Forsyth's love for performing arts began with ballet at her local dance studio in Stouffville, a small town Northeast of Toronto. She later transitioned to musical theatre and following ten years of performing, signed with an agent to explore film and television.

In ...

28. Emilia Jones

Actress | CODA

Emilia Jones was recently named one of Variety's 10 Actors to Watch.

She is best known for playing the lead role of Ruby Rossi in CODA which won the Best Picture Oscar in 2022. Her performance garnered her 13 wins and 25 nominations including a BAFTA nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role.

For...

29. Troy Kotsur

Actor | CODA

Troy Kotsur has been acting and directing for over 20 years. Deaf since birth, he was raised in Mesa, AZ. In his career he has had critically acclaimed performances in major films, a lead role in the Broadway run of a Tony Award-winning play, and numerous memorable roles on Television.

Troy has ...

30. Marlee Matlin

Actress | CODA

Marlee Beth Matlin was born on August 24, 1965 in Morton Grove, Illinois, to Libby (Hammer) and Donald Matlin, an automobile dealer. She has two older brothers. Her family is of Russian Jewish and Polish Jewish descent.

Marlee lost much of her hearing at the age of eighteen months. That did not stop...

31. Jesmark Scicluna

Actor | Luzzu

Jesmark Scicluna is known for Luzzu (2021), Untitled Project Icon and Das Boot (2018).

32. Ferdia Walsh-Peelo

Actor | Sing Street

Ferdia Walsh-Peelo was born on October 12, 1999 in Ashford, County Wicklow, Ireland. He is an actor, known for Sing Street (2016), CODA (2021) and Love Gets a Room (2021).

33. William Catlett

Actor | Abigail

William Catlett is known for Abigail (2024), Constellation (2024) and A Thousand and One (2023).

34. Jahi Di'Allo Winston

Actor | The Dead Don't Die

Jahi Di'Allo Winston was born on November 30, 2003 in Atlanta, Georgia USA. He is an actor, known for The Dead Don't Die (2019), Queen & Slim (2019) and We Have a Ghost (2023).

35. Meek Mill

Soundtrack | Bright

Robert Rihmeek Williams known professionally as Meek Mill, is an American rapper. Born and raised in Philadelphia, he embarked on his music career as a battle rapper, and later formed a short-lived rap group, The Bloodhoundz. In 2008, Atlanta-based rapper T.I. signed Meek Mill to his first record ...

36. Teyonah Parris

Actress | Dear White People

Teyonah Parris was born on September 22, 1987 in Hopkins, South Carolina, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Dear White People (2014), Chi-Raq (2015) and If Beale Street Could Talk (2018). She is married to James Parris.

37. Ben Whishaw

Actor | Skyfall

Proclaimed by many critics as one of the best young actors of his generation, Benjamin John Whishaw was born in Clifton, Bedfordshire, to Linda (Hope), who works in cosmetics, and Jose Whishaw, who works in information technology. He has a twin brother, James. He is of French, German, Russian (...

38. Rhianne Barreto

Actress | Share

Rhianne Gabrielle H Barreto is an English actress. Her work includes the film Share (2019), the ITV drama Honour (2020), and the BBC One series The Outlaws. Barreto is one of nine siblings born in Kensington and Chelsea. Her mother Tracey Barreto is English and her father Ramsey Barreto was born in...

39. Krystyna Janda

Actress | Przesluchanie

Krystyna Janda was born on December 18, 1952 in Starachowice, Swietokrzyskie, Poland. She is an actress and director, known for Interrogation (1989), Pestka (1995) and A Few People, a Little Time (2005). She was previously married to Andrzej Seweryn and Edward Klosinski.

40. Valeria Bertuccelli

Actress | La reina del miedo

Valeria Bertuccelli was born on November 30, 1969 in San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is an actress and director, known for The Queen of Fear (2018), XXY (2007) and A Boyfriend for My Wife (2008). She has been married to Vicentico since 1994. They have two children.

41. Benjamin Dickey

42. Mason Lee

Actor | The Hangover Part II

Mason Lee was born on May 30, 1990 in the USA. He is an actor, known for The Hangover Part II (2011), Lucy (2014) and Who Killed Cock Robin? (2017).

43. Meng Li

Actress | Yin mi de jiao luo

Meng Li was born on October 11, 1992 in Changsha, Hunan, China. She is an actress, known for The Bad Kids (2020), Lord of Shanghai (2016) and The Guillotines (2012).

44. David Rysdahl

Actor | No Exit

David Rysdahl was born on April 2, 1987 in New Ulm, Minnesota, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for No Exit (2022), Nine Days (2020) and Dead Pigs (2018).

45. Vivian Wu

Actress | The Last Emperor

Vivian Wu (Chinese name : Wu JunMei) is a Chinese American actress and producer. Born in Shanghai, China, to Zhu ManFang, a famous Chinese actress and Wu ChengYe, a college professor, she was discovered by female director HuangShuQin during her visit to her mother's film set when she was 15 years ...

46. Haoyu Yang

Actor | Yu zhou tan suo bian ji bu

Haoyu Yang was born on September 25, 1974 in Chongqing, China. He is an actor, known for Journey to the West (2021), The Wandering Earth (2019) and The Ditch (2010).

47. Chanté Adams

Actress | Roxanne Roxanne

Chanté Adams is known for Roxanne Roxanne (2017), The Photograph (2020) and Bad Hair (2020).

48. Melanie Lynskey

Actress | Togetherness

At sixteen years of age, Melanie Lynskey captivated filmgoers with an astonishing debut in Peter Jackson's revered psychological crime picture, Heavenly Creatures (1994). Her electrifying portrait of the real-life Pauline Parker - a teenage outcast whose fierce rapport with her only friend (a ...

49. Craig Robinson

Actor | This Is the End

Craig Robinson is an African-American actor, singer, musician and comedian who is known for portraying Darryl Philbin from The Office, LeVar Brown from The Cleveland Show, Doug Judy from Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Cookie from Shrek Forever After, himself from This Is The End, and Nick Webber-Agnew from ...

50. Manolo Cruz

Actor | La ciénaga entre el mar y la tierra

Manolo Cruz is known for Between Sea and Land (2016), Otra en mi (1996) and Talion (2015).

51. Vicky Hernández

Actress | Proof of Life

Vicky Hernández is known for Proof of Life (2000), Between Sea and Land (2016) and Confessing to Laura (1990).

52. Joe Seo

Actor | Spa Night

Joseph Seo was born in San Francisco, but raised in Los Angeles. He loves to play and watch sports during his free time. His biggest love is film. Joe Seo won the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Performance at Sundance; for his work in Spa Night. Joe Seo is also known for his role...

53. Jack Reynor

Actor | The Peripheral

Jack Reynor is an award-winning American actor who co-starred opposite Florence Pugh in A24's breakout summer 2019 hit, MIDSOMMAR, directed by Ari Aster. Most recently, he was seen in Anthony and Joe Russo's American crime drama film, CHERRY, opposite Tom Holland.

The multi-hyphenate talent wrote ...

54. Regina Casé

Actress | Que Horas Ela Volta?

Few Brazilian artists leave such a rich, fun and coherent path, in the television, opening space for so many characters, places and mores, like Regina Casé. Winner of the Moliére Award as best theater actress at the age of 23, Regina carries a history of success throughout Brazil, in the theater, ...

55. Camila Márdila

Actress | Que Horas Ela Volta?

Brazilian actress awarded by Sundance Film Festival and by the Brazilian Cinema Gran Prix for her work in the feature film "The Second Mother", directed by Anna Muylaert. She performed several works on TV, such as the series "Feras", "Where my heart is", "Land of the strong", "Above Justice", and ...

56. Emily Browning

Actress | A Series of Unfortunate Events

Australian actress Emily Browning was born in 1988 in Melbourne, Australia, to Shelley and Andrew Browning. She has two younger brothers. Her start in acting came after a classmate's father, involved in the acting business, noticed her "acting all ditsy" in a school play. Emily found an agent and ...

57. Olly Alexander

Soundtrack | God Help the Girl

Olly Alexander was born on July 15, 1990 in Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor and composer, known for God Help the Girl (2014), Bright Star (2009) and The Dish & the Spoon (2011).

58. Hannah Murray

Actress | God Help the Girl

Hannah Murray is an English actress known for portraying Gilly in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011) and Cassie Ainsworth in the E4 teen drama series Skins (2007), from 2007 to 2008 (and again in 2013). In 2014, Murray starred in God Help the Girl (2014). In 2015, she played Sara in the Danish ...

59. Miles Teller

Actor | Whiplash

Miles Alexander Teller is an American actor and musician. For his performance in the film The Spectacular Now (2013), he won the Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. He has appeared in the films Rabbit Hole (2010), Footloose (2011), Project X (2012), That ...

60. Shailene Woodley

Actress | Divergent

Actress and activist Shailene Woodley was born in Simi Valley, California, to Lori (Victor), a middle school counselor, and Lonnie Woodley, a school principal. She has one brother, Tanner. She was educated at Simi Valley High School in California. When Woodley was four years old she began ...

61. John Hawkes

Actor | The Sessions

John Hawkes is an award-winning actor known for crafting memorable performances across a wide range of styles and genres. He will next be seen in the upcoming fourth season of HBO's "True Detective" with Jodie Foster. Previous projects include the indie film "Roving Woman," "The Peanut Butter ...

62. Helen Hunt

Actress | As Good as It Gets

Helen Hunt began studying acting at the age of eight with her father, respected director and acting coach Gordon Hunt. A year later she made her professional debut and afterwards worked steadily in films, theatre and television.

63. William H. Macy

Actor | Fargo

William Hall Macy Jr. is an American actor. His film career has been built on appearances in small, independent films, though he has also appeared in mainstream films. Macy has won two Emmy Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards, while his performance in Fargo earned a nomination for the ...

64. Annika Marks

Actress | The Sessions

Annika Marks is an actor, writer and producer. She's best known for playing Monte Porter on Freeform's "The Fosters", as well as her roles in "Waco" (Paramount+), "Goliath" & "The Last Tycoon" (Amazon), and "The Sessions" (Fox Searchlight). She has also performed in countless plays, including ...

65. Moon Bloodgood

Actress | Terminator Salvation

Moon Bloodgood was born on September 20, 1975 in Alliance, Nebraska, USA. She is an actress, known for Terminator Salvation (2009), Faster (2010) and The Sessions (2012). She was previously married to Grady Hall.

66. Felicity Jones

Actress | Rogue One

Felicity Rose Hadley Jones is an English actress and producer. Jones started her professional acting career as a child, appearing at age 12 in The Treasure Seekers (1996). She went on to play Ethel Hallow for one series in the television show The Worst Witch and its sequel Weirdsister College. ...

67. Olivia Colman

Actress | The Favourite

Olivia Colman was born on January 30, 1974 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for The Favourite (2018), Tyrannosaur (2011) and The Lost Daughter (2021). She has been married to Ed Sinclair since August 2001. They have three children.

68. Peter Mullan

Actor | The Magdalene Sisters

He was interested in directing films at the age of 19 and he made several shorts. As he wasn't admitted to the National Film School, he decided to dedicate himself to acting, and made his debut in the theatre in 1988 before moving to cinema and television. Fame came with the parts he played in such...

69. Tatiana Maslany

Actress | Orphan Black

Tatiana Gabrielle Maslany was born September 22, 1985 in Regina, Saskatchewan, to Renate, a translator, and Dan, a woodworker. She graduated from Dr. Martin LeBoldus High school in 2003. She was a well respected student, and participated as often as possible in school productions. She is well known...

70. Mark Ruffalo

Actor | Spotlight

Award-winning actor Mark Ruffalo was born on November 22, 1967, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, of humble means to father Frank Lawrence Ruffalo, a construction painter and Marie Rose (Hebert), a stylist and hairdresser; his father's ancestry is Italian and his mother is of half French-Canadian and half ...

71. Mo'Nique

Actress | Precious

Mo'Nique received a standing ovation when she stepped on stage for the first time in her hometown of Baltimore, Maryland, giving her confidence to pursue a career as a stand-up comedian. After numerous stand-up performances, she took a leap forward with one of the starring roles in The Parkers (...

72. Catalina Saavedra

Actress | La nana

Catalina Saavedra was born on January 9, 1968 in Viña del Mar, Valparaíso, Chile. She is an actress, known for The Maid (2009), Rotting in the Sun (2023) and Amor a domicilio (1995).

73. Sam Rockwell

Actor | Moon

Sam Rockwell was born on November 5, 1968, in San Mateo, California, the only child of two actors, Pete Rockwell and Penny Hess. The family moved to New York when he was two years old, living first in the Bronx and later in Manhattan. When Sam was five years old, his parents separated, at which ...

74. Anjelica Huston

Actress | The Grifters

Anjelica Huston was born on July 8, 1951 to director and actor John Huston and Russian prima ballerina Enrica 'Ricki' Soma. Huston spent most of her childhood overseas, in Ireland and England, and in 1968 first dipped her toe into the world of show business, taking on the lead role of her father's ...

75. Kelly Macdonald

Actress | No Country for Old Men

Scottish actress Kelly Macdonald was born and raised in Glasgow. Her parents divorced when she was young, and she was raised by her mother, a sales executive in the garment industry. She has one brother, David. As a hobby, she acted in an amateur theatrical club, which she enjoyed a great deal. ...

76. Brad William Henke

Actor | Choke

Brad William Henke was born on April 10, 1966 in Columbus, Nebraska, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Choke (2008), Pacific Rim (2013) and Fury (2014). He was married to Katelin Chesna. He died on November 29, 2022 in the USA.

77. Tamara Podemski

Actress | Outer Range

Tamara Podemski is a multi-disciplinary artist born and raised in Toronto to an Ojibway mother from Treaty 4 Territory in Saskatchewan and an Ashkenazi father from Israel. She is a graduate of the Claude Watson School for the Performing Arts where she studied theatre, dance and music throughout its...

78. Jess Weixler

Actress | Teeth

Jess Weixler is an American actress. She played Dawn O'Keefe in the comedy-horror film Teeth and Jordan in the comedy The Big Bad Swim. Weixler graduated in 1999 from Atherton High School in Louisville, Kentucky, where she also attended the Walden Theatre Conservatory Program and was in The River ...

79. Robert Downey Jr.

Actor | Iron Man

Robert Downey Jr. has evolved into one of the most respected actors in Hollywood. With an amazing list of credits to his name, he has managed to stay new and fresh even after over four decades in the business.

Downey was born April 4, 1965 in Manhattan, New York, the son of writer, director and ...

80. Shia LaBeouf

Actor | Honey Boy

Shia LaBeouf's natural talent and raw energy have secured his place as one of Hollywood's leading men.

Most recently, LaBeouf starred alongside Vanessa Kirby and Ellen Burstyn in Kornel Mundruczo's Oscar® nominated Pieces of a Woman. In the critically acclaimed film, a grieving couple (Kirby/LaBeouf...

81. Rosario Dawson

Actress | Rent

This stunning and resourceful actress has been primarily a film player thus far. Only recently has she been opening herself up more to doing television (the series Gemini Division (2008), which she executive-produced), and animated voice-overs. Dawson's powerhouse talent stands out the most in edgy...

82. Chazz Palminteri

Actor | The Usual Suspects

Bronx-born and raised Chazz Palminteri was a natural choice to continue the Italianate torch in film. In the tradition set forth in the 1970s by such icons as director Martin Scorsese and actors Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, John Cazale and Joe Pesci, Palminteri has brought grit, muscle and an ...

83. Dianne Wiest

Actress | The Birdcage

One of three children (she has two brothers, Greg and Don), Dianne Wiest was born in Kansas City, Missouri, USA on 28 March 1946. Her original ambition was to be a ballerina, but she was bitten by acting bug after some stage work, most notably playing Desdemona to James Earl Jones' Othello on ...

84. Channing Tatum

Actor | 21 Jump Street

Channing Tatum was born in a small town, Cullman, Alabama, 50 miles north of Birmingham. He is the son of Kay (Faust), an airline worker, and Glenn Matthew Tatum, who worked in construction. Growing up, he was full of energy and somewhat troublesome, so his parents decided to enroll him in ...

85. 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 ...

86. Lou Taylor Pucci

Actor | You

Lou Taylor Pucci emerged as one of the most promising young actors of his generation when Mike Mills' Thumbsucker premiered at Sundance Film Festival. For his performance as 'Justin Cobb,' a compulsive 17-year-old thumbsucker, Pucci received both a Sundance Special Jury Prize for acting and the ...

87. Vera Farmiga

Actress | Up in the Air

Vera Farmiga is an American actress who has received an Academy Award nomination for her role in Up in the Air (2009) and Primetime Emmy Award nominations for her roles in Bates Motel (2013) and When They See Us (2019).

She was born Vera Ann Farmiga, the second of seven children, on August 6, 1973, ...

88. Patricia Clarkson

Actress | The Station Agent

This remarkable, one-of-a-kind actress has, since the early 1990s, intrigued film and TV audiences with her glowing, yet careworn eccentricity and old world-styled glamour. Very much in demand these days as a character player, Patricia Clarkson nevertheless continues to avoid the temptation of ...

89. Charles Busch

Actor | Die, Mommie, Die!

Charles Busch is a writer in theater and writer of the film Psycho Beach Party (2000). He is famous for crossdressing in his films he appears in and theatrical presentations he does. Busch got a lot of attention in film and television work playing a prisoner named Nat Ginsberg for two seasons on ...

90. Franky G

Actor | Power

Franky G was born and raised in Brooklyn New York. Franky had a recurring role as poncho on the Starz hit TV show POWER that is executive produced by 50 cent and creator/writer Courtney A Kemp. Franky is a series regular as Juan Rodriguez on the new hit TV show, Carl weber's "THE FAMILY BUSINESS" ...

91. Leo Minaya

Actor | Manito

Leo Minaya was born on an airplane and he has been making headlines ever since. He grew up with his single mother and four siblings in Washington Heights in New York City. Leo never allowed his environment to weigh him down, and his imagination provided the outlet he needed to escape the hard times...

92. Manuel Cabral

Actor | Fighting

Manuel Cabral is known for Fighting (2009), Che: Part One (2008) and Manito (2002).

93. Héctor González

Actor | The Blacklist

Héctor González is known for The Blacklist (2013), Blazin' (2001) and Salud (2009).

94. Julissa Lopez

Actress | Manito

Julissa Lopez is known for Manito (2002).

95. Jessica Morales

Actress | Manito

Jessica Morales is known for Manito (2002) and True Life (1998).

96. Panchito Gómez

Actor | Selena

Panchito Gómez has been working in entertainment since the age of 5. He played Antonio, one of the kids on Sesame Street Season 3 becoming the first child performer to receive billing in the credits. Gómez joined the show in 1971, when he was eight years old. Gómez was born in New York City and has...

97. America Ferrera

Actress | Barbie

America Georgine Ferrera (born April 18, 1984) is an American actress. She is known for her leading role as Betty Suarez on the American Broadcasting Company's comedy-drama television series Ugly Betty (2006) . Her acting garnered critical acclaim, and she won the Golden Globe Award for Best ...

98. Lupe Ontiveros

Actress | As Good as It Gets

Lupe Ontiveros was born on September 17, 1942 in El Paso, Texas, USA. She was an actress and producer, known for As Good as It Gets (1997), Selena (1997) and Chuck & Buck (2000). She was married to Elias P. Ontiveros. She died on July 26, 2012 in Whittier, California, USA.

99. Tom Wilkinson

Actor | Michael Clayton

Popular British character actor Tom Wilkinson was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, and came from a long line of urban farmers. He was the son of Marjorie (Percival) and Thomas Wilkinson. Economic hardships forced his family to move to Canada for a few years when Wilkinson was a child; then, ...

100. Sissy Spacek

Actress | In the Bedroom

As a kid, Sissy Spacek climbed trees, rode horses, swam, and played in the woods. She was born Mary Elizabeth Spacek on December 25, 1949, in Quitman, Texas, to Virginia Frances (Spilman) and Edwin Arnold Spacek, Sr., a county agricultural agent. Her father's family was of Czech and German origin.

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