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1. Daniela Ruah

Daniela was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Portuguese-born parents, Catarina Lia Azancot Korn- an audiologist, and Moisés Carlos Bentes Ruah, an otolaryngologist, both of Jewish descent. She lived in the US until she was five and speaks Portuguese and English fluently. Daniela attended St. ...

2. Renée Felice Smith

Actress | NCIS: Los Angeles

Renée Felice Smith was born in New York City, New York, USA. Renée Felice is an actor and director, known for NCIS: Los Angeles (2009), The Relationtrip (2017) and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005).

3. Nia Long

Actress | The Best Man

Stunning pop culture icon, Hollywood leading lady and three-time NAACP award winner Nia Long returns to the big screen this fall in the highly anticipated Universal Pictures sequel The Best Man Holiday (in theaters November 15th) where she reunites with original castmates Taye Diggs ("Private ...

4. Bar Paly

Actress | Pain & Gain

Bar Paly was born in Nizhniy Tagil, USSR, before relocating to Tel Aviv, Israel with her family when she was seven. In her early twenties she moved to Los Angeles to pursue her passion for acting. Bar is best known for her recurring role as Special Agent Anna Kolcheck on NCIS: LA, and her hilarious...

5. Elizabeth Bogush

Actress | Cooties

Elizabeth Bogush was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, to Beth and John Bogush. At the age of 18 she moved to New York City and began studying acting at the William Esper Studio. After studying and working in New York for several years, she moved to Los Angeles, where she resides with her husband ...

6. Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

Actress | King Richard

Aunjanue Ellis was born in San Francisco, California. She graduated from the Brown University, and later attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.

During her career, Ellis performed on Off-Broadway theater, appeared in many film, and had roles on television. In film, she is best known...

7. Claire Forlani

Actress | Meet Joe Black

Claire Forlani was born in the United Kingdom and grew up in London. Educated at Arts Educational School, she moved to the United States with her parents Pier Luigi and Barbara Forlani when she was 19 and began starring in films.

Claire has had leading roles in such films as Meet Joe Black (1998), ...

8. Karina Logue

Actress | When a Stranger Calls

She made her screen acting debut with a role in the film Liar in 1997. In 1998 she had roles in television feature A Bright Shining Lie and the series Brimstone. In 1999 she appeared in two episodes of The Practice. In 2001 she had roles in the series Strong Medicine and The Guardian, the ...

9. Kathleen Rose Perkins

Actress | The Island

Kathleen Rose Perkins grew up in New Baltimore, Michigan, a small town 40 miles north of Detroit. The sister of four older brothers, she enjoyed her alone time making up plays and putting them on for people in the neighborhood. This inevitably led to a high school career in which she was very ...

10. Mercedes Mason

Actress | Fear the Walking Dead

Mercedes Mason immigrated to the United States at the age of 12. At age 13 she was discovered by FORD modeling agency, launching her into an international modeling career while attending high school. While studying psychology in college, she booked her first audition opposite Vince Vaughn in The ...

11. Marsha Thomason

Actress | White Collar

Marsha Thomason is a British television and film actress who is known for playing Sara Evers in Disney's The Haunted Mansion, Naomi Dorrit on the ABC series Lost, FBI agent Diana Berrigan on the USA Network series White Collar, Francine Bridge on Sky's Cobra and DS Jenn Townsend in ITV crime series...

12. Alicia Coppola

Actress | National Treasure: Book of Secrets

Alicia Coppola is an American actress, primarily known for television roles. In 1968, Coppola was born in the town of Huntington, New York, which is located on the north shore of Long Island. The town is a major bedroom community for nearby New York City.

Coppola attended the Kent School, a ...

13. Ella Thomas

Actress | Nightbitch

Ella A Thomas was born to an Eritrean mother and a US Air Force Officer who was stationed in the country at the time. Her parents moved to Germany while Ella was still an infant yet continued to return to Asmara frequently to visit family until the civil war made it unsafe for them to travel. The ...

14. Laura Harring

Actress | Mulholland Dr.

Laura Harring is a Mexican actress best known for her role as the mysterious amnesiac Rita in David Lynch's enigmatic film Mulholland Drive, which was recently voted the best film of the 21st century in multiple polls. Film critic Roger Ebert compared Harring to screen legend Rita Hayworth, while ...

15. Layla Crawford

Actress | King Richard

Layla Crawford was born on October 12, 2004 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress and assistant director, known for King Richard (2021), 9-1-1 (2018) and NCIS: Los Angeles (2009).

16. Melise

Actress | The Shannara Chronicles

Malese Jow, originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma, has developed into an actress, songstress, and entertainer.

Malese began her acting career in 1999 with McDonald's commercials when the head of advertising heard her sing and booked her in several spots and jingles. Then in 2002, at the ripe age of 11, ...

17. Aisha Hinds

Actress | The Next Three Days

When Aisha Hinds' junior high school tap dance instructor observed that she needed an outlet for expression that surpassed her tap shoes, she was guided to the High School of Performing Arts in New York - where her formal acting training began.

Hinds' numerous television credits include a supporting...

18. Kate Lacey-Kiley

Producer | Casting By

Kate Lacey-Kiley is known for Casting By (2012).

19. Gretchen Palmer

Actress | I Got the Hook Up

Gretchen Palmer was born on December 16, 1961 in Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA. She is an actress, known for I Got the Hook Up (1998), The Parkers (1999) and The Young and the Restless (1973). She has been married to Blake Adams since December 12, 1998. They have one child.

20. Tristen MacDonald

Actress | Quantum Leap

Tristen MacDonald was born in Anchorage, Alaska, USA. She is known for Quantum Leap (2022), Lessons in Chemistry (2023) and The Morning Show (2019). She has been married to Cole Gerdes since August 17, 2014. They have two children.

21. Jin Maley

Actress | Star Trek: Picard

Jin Maley (they/them) is a classically trained actor known for playing the Communications Officer Ensign Kova Rin Esmar in Star Trek: Picard.

Jin started acting at Oberlin College in Ohio, where they collaborated with the theater-makers Jon Levin and Josh Luxenberg, who would become the founders of ...

22. Marybeth Massett

Actress | The Social Network

Marybeth Massett is known for The Social Network (2010), Claire-ity (2020) and Gold (2016). She is married to Patrick Massett. They have one child.

23. Sarayu Blue

Actress | I Feel Bad

Sarayu Blue is a stage, film, and television actress. While perhaps more well-known for her sharp comedic timing, she has also shown her great range in dramas, as seen in the Amazon limited series, "Expats," starring opposite Nicole Kidman, and directed by Lulu Wang. Blue began her career stealing ...

24. Kieu Chinh

Actress | The Joy Luck Club

Veteran Vietnamese born actress Kieu Chinh is best known to moviegoers for her role as Suyuan Woo in the 1991 film "The Joy Luck Club". She also made a notable guest appearance on the hit CBS-TV series "M*A*S*H" as Kyung Soon, an aristocratic South Korean socialite whom Hawkeye begins to fall in ...

25. Pauley Perrette

Actress | NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service

Pauley Perrette is known to millions around the world as Abby Sciuto, the brilliant but offbeat forensic scientist on CBS's NCIS (2003). Her additional credits include appearances on such shows as Almost Famous (2000), The Ring (2002), 24 (2001), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000), Murder One (...

26. Kim Raver

Actress | 24

Kimberly Jayne "Kim" Raver is an American actress from New York City. She has had a relatively long career in television roles, but she is primarily remembered for three roles. She portrayed the paramedic Kimberly "Kim" Zambrano in the police procedural "Third Watch" (1999-2005), the political ...

27. Azie Tesfai

Actress | Jane the Virgin

Azie Tesfai was born in Orange County, California, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Jane the Virgin (2014), Silicon Valley (2014) and Supergirl (2015).

28. Jamie Elle Mann

Actress | Beyond the Break

Jamie Elle Mann is known for Beyond the Break (2006), Warbirds (2008) and The Inside (2005).

29. Erin Way

Actress | The Handmaid's Tale

A former ballet dancer, Way got the acting bug while in high school and has never looked back. She has already worked with such names as Mark Ruffalo, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ron Howard, and Joe Dante. She comes from a family of six children and was home schooled with her two brothers through high ...

30. Gillian Alexy

Actress | The Americans

Gillian Alexy is an actress, known for The Americans (2013), Damages (2007) and NCIS: New Orleans (2014).

31. Paulina Olszynski

Actress | My Soul to Take

Paulina Olszynski is known for My Soul to Take (2010), Grey's Anatomy (2005) and Night Sky (2022). She has been married to Trevor Morgan since September 3, 2022.

32. Tembi Locke

Actress | Dumb and Dumber To

Tembi Locke was born on July 26, 1970 in Houston, Texas, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Dumb and Dumber To (2014), Eureka (2006) and Unbowed (1999). She was previously married to Rosario "Saro" Gullo.

33. Anne-Marie Johnson

Actress | In the Heat of the Night

Anne-Marie Johnson was born on July 18, 1960 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for In the Heat of the Night (1988), Robot Jox (1989) and JAG (1995). She has been married to Martin Grey since January 1, 1996.

34. Fernanda Andrade

Actress | Moon Knight

Fernanda Andrade was born on March 8, 1984 in São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil. She is an actress and producer, known for Moon Knight (2022), Let the Right One In (2022) and Next (2020). She has been married to Josh James since August 2017.

35. Svetlana Efremova

Actress | White Oleander

Born in Russia, Svetlana Efremova is trained by two of the most world-renowned theatre schools: the Yale School of Drama, where she earned an MFA degree in Acting and the St. Petersburg Academy of Theatre, where she received her BFA in Acting. Her Theatre credits range from Broadway to some of the ...

36. Candace Edwards

Actress | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Candace Edwards was born in Richmond, VA. Later, she attended Beverly Hills High School, where she first got bitten by the acting bug with the late and incomparable acting teacher, John Ingle. She was later accepted to the prestigious Juilliard Drama School, Michael Kahn, artistic director. ...

37. Ashley Rae Spillers

Actress | Last Vegas

Ashley Rae Spillers was born in Houston, Texas, USA. Ashley Rae is an actor and producer, known for Last Vegas (2013), War Dogs (2016) and Vice Principals (2016).

38. Anzu Lawson

Actress | Chicago Med

Anzu Lawson is a force of nature in many disciplines; acting, music, stand-up comedy, screenwriting & directing. A true warrior when it comes to following her passions, which have led her on many creative adventures, each one adding another layer to the multi-dimensional artist that is Anzu Lawson....

39. Kym Jackson

Actress | The Secrets She Keeps

Kym Jackson was born in Bath, England, UK. Kym is an actor and producer, known for The Secrets She Keeps (2020), S.W.A.T. (2017) and Wish Man (2019). Kym is married to Andrew Steel.

40. Kiralee Hayashi

Stunts | The Boys

Kiralee Hayashi is known for The Boys (2019), Preacher (2016) and Twisters (2024).

41. Natasha Alam

Actress | True Blood

Best known for her role as Yvetta on the hit HBO series, "True Blood," iconic role of Anica a transgender character on "Entourage" series, and Tatyana on "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" series, Natasha has found success on both the big and small screen since arriving in Hollywood all the way ...

42. Elena Evangelo

Actress | The Dirt

Elena Evangelo was born in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and director, known for The Dirt (2019), Shameless (2011) and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009). She has been married to Daniel Duke Panosian since May 2, 2004. They have one child.

43. Indira G. Wilson

Actress | The Perfect Host

Indira G. Wilson was born on June 27, 1973 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for The Perfect Host (2010), NCIS: Los Angeles (2009) and JAG (1995).

44. Madailin Rose Pot

Actress | NCIS: Los Angeles

Madailin Rose Pot is known for NCIS: Los Angeles (2009).

45. Amy Stewart

Actress | Monkey Love

Amy Stewart got her start as a child in regional theaters in the San Francisco Bay Area, and did several national television commercials throughout her teen years. When a Los Angeles based talent agent took notice of her, she started flying to LA for auditions and work, and soon began independent ...

46. Dawn Noel

Actress | Game of Deceit

Dawn Noel is a proud Television Academy member. She attended the prestigious High School for the Performing Arts and graduated with a BFA from the University of the Arts, in Philadelphia. Dawn subsequently made her mark on Broadway in acclaimed productions, The Lion King, In The Heights and Fame. ...

47. Vanessa Vander Pluym

Actress | Shades of Blue

Born in the beach city of Manhattan Beach and raised in Redondo Beach, Californian, Vanessa has the movie business in her blood. Her great grandmother was a silent movie actress and writer but her interest in performing & acting is all her own.

Vanessa attended the University of California Los ...

48. Marisol Ramirez

Actress | Circle

Marisol Ramirez is known for Circle (2015), The Curse of La Llorona (2019) and The District (2000).

49. Angelique Cabral

Actress | Life in Pieces

Angelique Cabral was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. She is an actress and producer, best known for her roles in Big Sky (2022), Maggie (2022), Life in Pieces (2015), Enlisted (2014) and Friends with Benefits (2011). She has been married to Jason Osborn since 2013. They have two children together, ...

50. Kinga Philipps

Actress | Torque

Born in Warsaw, Poland. Moved to Bartlesville, Oklahoma at age 5. Attended Oklahoma State University and Auburn University. Graduated with B.S. in Broadcast Journalism.

Kinga's on camera work has encompassed a broad range of characters and projects. From acting in stirring dramatic pieces playing a ...

51. Kim Swennen

Actress | Mad Men

Kim Swennen was born on March 12, 1981 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. She is an actress, known for Mad Men (2007), Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011) and Love Is a Four Letter Word (2007).

52. Lily Mariye

Director | Godfather of Harlem

Although Lily Mariye is a DGA Award nominee for "Just Add Magic," she may be best known for her role as Nurse Lily Jarvik on ER (1994) for its entire 15 season run. An award-winning actress/dancer/singer, she was discovered by agent Joan Scott in the LA stage production of Elizabeth Swados musical,...

53. Heidi Moneymaker

Stunts | Captain America: Civil War

Heidi Moneymaker was born on February 9, 1978 in Santa Rosa, California, USA. She is an actress and assistant director, known for Captain America: Civil War (2016), Star Trek (2009) and Avengers: Endgame (2019).

54. Dichen Lachman

Actress | Jurassic World Dominion

Dichen Lachman was born in Kathmandu, Nepal, to a Tibetan mother and Australian father. Until the age of seven, she lived in Kathmandu with her parents and extended family. Following that, she moved to Adelaide, Australia, with her parents. After dropping out of university, Dichen took up acting ...

55. Julianna McCarthy

Actress | The Frighteners

Julianna McCarthy was born on August 17, 1929 in Erie, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress, known for The Frighteners (1996), Starship Troopers (1997) and Striking Distance (1993). She was previously married to Michael Constantine.

56. Marisol Nichols

Actress | Spiral: From the Book of Saw

Marisol Nichols currently (2023) stars opposite Jenna Ortega in Paramounts Winter Spring Summer Fall. She recently starred opposite Chris Rock and Sam Jackson as Capt. Angie Garza in the Lions Gate film Spiral, and opposite Eugenio Derbez in the Lions Gate comedy The Valet. On the small screen ...

57. Onahoua Rodriguez

Actress | Perry Mason

Onahoua Rodriguez grew up in New York and received her training from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. She was cast in New York to play The Bride in Blood Wedding at the La Jolla Playhouse, and eventually relocated to Los Angeles.

Since then, she has guest starred and recurred on various TV...

58. Monet Mazur

Actress | Mystery Men

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Monét Mazur began her acting career in theatre in her early teens, after which she traveled to Europe as a model in her early 20s. Her career rapidly segued into multiple international commercial campaigns which led to feature films. Her first casting coup that ...

59. Kate Levering

Actress | Chlorine

Kate Levering was born on January 3, 1979 in Sacramento, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Chlorine (2013), Drop Dead Diva (2009) and Breaking the Girls (2012). She has been married to Reza Jahangiri since April 20, 2013. They have two children.

60. Scout Taylor-Compton

Actress | Halloween

Scout Taylor-Compton began acting with a featured role in the A.F.I. film A.W.O.L (2006) starring David Morse. Since then, her performances in seven independent films, over fifteen student films, and three music videos formed a firm foundation that led to her leading role in MGM's Sleepover (2004). ...

61. Sophina Brown

Actress | Because I Said So

Sophina Brown was born in Saginaw, Michigan, USA. She is an actress, known for Because I Said So (2007), Shark (2006) and Numb3rs (2005). She has been married to Henry Simmons since May 2010.

62. Heidi Marnhout

Actress | Bubba Ho-Tep

Heidi Marnhout was born and raised in San Diego, California and has been acting in stage productions since the early age of six. She majored in theater at the University of Colorado and subsequently graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles.

Her first cinematic role was in ...

63. America Olivo

Actress | Friday the 13th

America Athene Olivo is an American actress and singer best known as a member of the band Soluna, for her roles in the films Bitch Slap (2009), Friday the 13th (2009) and Maniac (2012), as well as starring in the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. Born in Van Nuys, California, she has ...

64. Abbie Cobb

Actress | The Candle

Abbie Cobb can be seen in the recurring role of "Kimantha" on the popular ABC series, Suburgatory (2011). She also co-stars in two upcoming feature films: Moms' Night Out (2014), from TriStar Pictures, and the period drama, The Umbrella Man (2016). Most recently, she starred in the ABC drama pilot, ...

65. Azita Ghanizada

Actress | Complete Unknown

Azita Ghanizada is a political refugee and asylum seeker, who has broken many cultural barriers in Hollywood. She has worked consistently on both film and TV holding her own opposite Academy Award-winners and nominees such as Rachel Weisz, Mahershala Ali, David Strathairn, Sam Shepard, Michael ...

66. Jeananne Goossen

Actress | The Walking Dead

Jeananne Goossen is a dual citizen of the US and Canada, raised in Toronto, New York and various cities in Japan.

Her mother, Tam Goossen, is from Hong Kong and became an activist and municipally elected official in education after immigrating to Toronto. Her father, Ted Goossen, from Manhattan, NY,...

67. Linda Hunt

Actress | The Year of Living Dangerously

Linda Hunt is a veteran character actress who had only just begun acting in motion pictures when director Peter Weir required her peculiarities to animate one of cinema's most esoteric characters, Billy Kwan, the intellectual and virtuous Chinese-Australian dwarf and photographer, in the Australian...