Actressess on the Rise
by SupremeBAMF | created - 01 May 2014 | updated - 27 Dec 2014 | Public
1. Milana Vayntrub
Actress | Werewolves Within
Milana Vayntrub is an Uzbekistan-born American actress, writer and stand-up comedian. She began her career making YouTube videos amounting over 11 million views, then turned her web content into an MTV pilot. In 2016 she was recognized by Adweek on the cover of their Creative 100 issue for her ...
2. Ilana Glazer
Actress | Broad City
Ilana Glazer was born on April 12, 1987 in Long Island, New York, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Broad City (2014), Rough Night (2017) and Broad City (2010). She has been married to David Rooklin since February 25, 2017.
3. Abbi Jacobson
Actress | Broad City
Abbi Jacobson is an American comedian, actress, writer, and illustrator. She is best known for co-creating and co-starring in the Comedy Central series Broad City (2014) alongside Ilana Glazer, which was based on a web series of the same name that the two have created three years prior. Jacobson is...
4. Frankie Shaw
Actress | SMILF
Frankie grew up in Brookline, Massachusetts. Her mother is from South Boston and raised her Jewish. She graduated from Barnard College of Columbia University with a degree in English literature. She first gained recognition in the completely improvised Sundance film, The Freebie (a Duplass Brother ...
5. Alexis Carra
Actress | Grey's Anatomy
Born and raised in Tampa, Florida (and of Spanish, Cuban and Argentinian descent), Alexis Carra displayed an early passion to perform which started with dance classes at the tender age of two. By her teenage years she started to dance with Tampa's Bay Ballet Theater and also studied with Alvin ...
6. Ginger Gonzaga
Actress | She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
Ginger is an improviser, actor, writer, and director.
In television, Ginger is best known for her role as "Christy" on the Duplass Brothers' critical darling Togetherness (2015) on HBO, "Maggie" on Showtime's Dramedy I'm Dying Up Here (2017), Peggy of FX's Legit (2013), and "Lorena" on Hulu's drama ...
7. Jenny Slate
Actress | Obvious Child
Jenny Sarah Slate is an American actress, comedian, and author. Born and raised in Milton, Massachusetts, Slate was educated at Milton Academy and studied literature at Columbia University, where she became involved in the improvise and comedy scene. She lent voice performances to the animated ...
8. Ilana Becker
Actress | Them
Ilana Becker is known for Them (2021), Crashing (2017) and Ghosts (2021).
9. Briga Heelan
Actress | Great News
Briga Heelan was born on April 2, 1987 in Andover, Massachusetts, USA. She is an actress, known for Great News (2017), Love (2016) and Dean (2016). She has been married to Rene Gube since May 8, 2015. They have one child.
10. Lio Tipton
Actress | Two Night Stand
Lio was born in Minnesota, USA, and grew up in Sacramento, California. As a child, they were a competitive ice skater. They gave up competing at age 16, but has taken part in charity skating events.
In 2008, Lio appeared on cycle 11 of America's Next Top Model (2003). They finished third in the ...
11. Sarah Wright
Actress | American Made
This Kentucky native began her career in her home state and abroad in Europe, singing with The Kentucky Ambassadors of Music. Sarah attended Seneca High School in Kentucky. Discovered by a modeling agent, Sarah moved to Chicago where her career took off.
In 2011, Wright began a recurring role in the...
12. Adrianne Palicki
Actress | G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Adrianne Palicki was born in Toledo, Ohio, to Nancy (French) and Jeffrey Palicki. Her father is of Polish and Hungarian descent, and her mother is of English and German ancestry. Adrianne graduated from Whitmer High School. She did not take the stage in her first play until she was a sophomore at ...
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