Actresses - IMDb

1. Billie Piper

Billie Piper studied at the prestigious Sylvia Young Theatre School. She caught the eyes of record producers who were interested in signing a young vocalist when she was the poster girl for the ad campaign of a British pop music magazine, "Smash Hits". She released her first single, "Because We ...

2. Courtney Henggeler

Actress | Cobra Kai

Courtney Henggeler is an actress, model and singer. As a child she was definitely theatrical. She took acting lessons in LA. Her first audition was for her high school's production of 'Carousel' when she was in 9th grade. She pretended to eat an apple while singing about clams. Her debut was as ...

3. Lois Chiles

Actress | Moonraker

Lois Chiles is a former supermodel-turned-actress who gave elegant performances in a variety of films throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Her motion picture debut role was as Robert Redford's sexual endeavor in the old-fashioned Hollywood melodrama, The Way We Were (1973). Shortly after, she starred ...

4. Carole Bouquet

Actress | For Your Eyes Only

Carole Bouquet is a French actress and fashion model. She is best known for played Bond girl Melina Havelock in the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only (1981).

She also starred in That Obscure Object of Desire (1977), Nemo (1984), The Bridge (1999) and Do Not Disturb (2014).

In 2017 she starred in the...

5. Inna Korobkina

Actress | Dawn of the Dead

Inna Korobkina was born on February 23, 1981 in Magadan, Magadan region, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress and producer, known for Dawn of the Dead (2004), Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008). She has been married to Steve Valentine since...

6. Alexis Knapp

Actress | Pitch Perfect

Alexis Merizalde Knapp hails from Allegheny in Pennsylvania. She worked as a model before breaking into acting, starting with small roles in Couples Retreat (2009) and Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010). She also came to public attention during a high-profile relationship...

7. Lisa Baur

Actress | National Lampoon's Animal House

Lisa Baur is known for National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) and Charlie's Angels (1976).

8. Olivia Cooke

Actress | Ready Player One

Olivia Cooke was born and raised in Oldham, a former textile manufacturing town in Greater Manchester, North West England. She comes from a family of non-actors; her father, John, is a retired police officer, and her mother is a sales representative. Cooke attended Royton and Crompton Secondary ...

9. Emilia Clarke

Actress | Game of Thrones

British actress Emilia Clarke was born in London and grew up in Oxfordshire, England. Her father was a theatre sound engineer and her mother is a businesswoman. Her father was working on a theatre production of "Show Boat" and her mother took her along to the performance. This is when, at the age ...

10. Michele Nordin

Actress | Coyote

Michele Nordin was born on October 2, 1980 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She is an actress, known for Coyote (2021), Justified (2010) and Royal Pains (2009). She has been married to Tim Rettele since September 14, 2013. They have three children.

11. Ninel Conde

Actress | Rebelde

Ninel Conde was born on September 29, 1970 in Toluca, Estado de Mexico, Mexico. She is an actress, known for Rebelde (2004), Fuego en la sangre (2008) and El Señor de los Cielos (2013). She was previously married to Juan Alberto Zepeda Méndez and Ari Telch.

12. Tracy Smith

Actress | Bachelor Party

Tracy Smith was born on April 7, 1961 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. She is an actress, known for Bachelor Party (1984), Hot Dog... The Movie (1983) and Cover Up (1984).

13. Olivia Munn

Actress | The Newsroom

Lisa Olivia Munn was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Her mother, Kimberly Schmid, lived in Vietnam, and is of Chinese ancestry, while her father, Winston Barrett Munn, is from a family with deep roots in the American South. Olivia's parents divorced when she was two years old, and she was raised ...

14. Amanda Pays

Actress | Leviathan

Born in London, England, Amanda Pays is the daughter of show business agent and actor Howard Pays and former actress Jan Miller. An aunt, Mandy Miller, won fame as a child star of the '50s film Crash of Silence (1952) . When she was eight, Pays started school at a nearby convent and it was there ...

15. Judy Strangis

Actress | Electra Woman and Dyna Girl

Judy Strangis was born on December 23, 1949 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (1976), The Krofft Supershow (1976) and CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984). She has been married to Jayson Sher since November 28, 1987.

16. Deidre Hall

Actress | Days of Our Lives

Deidre Hall has emerged as one of America's most beloved actresses, who delighted her fans in August 1991, when she returned to NBC-TV's number one daytime program, Days of Our Lives (1965). Hall created the role of "Dr. Marlena Evans" in 1976, a character whose popularity has created a furor and a...

17. Marta Kristen

Actress | Lost in Space

Marta Kristen was born Birgit Annalisa Rusanen, on February 26, 1945, in Oslo, Norway, to a Finnish mother and a German soldier who was killed towards the end of World War II in Europe. Marta was only two months old when she was left in an orphanage. In 1949, Dr. and Mrs. Harold Soderquist of ...

18. Helen Mirren

Actress | The Queen

Dame Helen Mirren was born in Queen Charlotte's Hospital in West London. Her mother, Kathleen Alexandrina Eva Matilda (Rogers), was from a working-class English family, and her father, Vasiliy Petrovich Mironov, was a Russian-born civil servant, from Kuryanovo, whose own father was a diplomat. ...

19. Silke

Actress | Tierra

Silke was born on February 6, 1974 in Madrid, Spain. She is an actress, known for Earth (1996), Km. 0 (2000) and Almejas y mejillones (2000).

20. Mary McCormack

Actress | Deep Impact

Mary McCormack began her acting career performing in a stage production of Gian Carlo Menotti's Christmas opera, "Amahl and the Night Visitors". "I was twelve but looked like an eight-year-old boy" she recalls. "As luck would have it, none of the boys in town could sing, so I got the part and wore ...

21. Brooke Nevin

Actress | The Comebacks

Brooke Nevin was born on December 22, 1982 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress and director, known for The Comebacks (2007), My Suicide (2009) and Call Me Fitz (2010).

22. Shannon Elizabeth

Actress | American Pie

Shannon Elizabeth was born in Houston, Texas, the daughter of a Syrian/Lebanese father. When Shannon was in 3rd grade, her family moved to Waco, Texas, to be close to relatives. As a girl, Shannon took dance lessons, including tap, ballet, and jazz. While attending high school, however, she was ...

23. Nikki Cox

Actress | Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Born in Los Angeles on June 2, 1978, Cox expressed an interest in show business at age four. She was discovered by a prominent dance agent while taking dance classes, which led to her professional debut in the comedy film Mac and Me (1988). Dancing temporarily held center stage with appearances in ...

24. Jennifer Love Hewitt

Actress | I Know What You Did Last Summer

Jennifer Love Hewitt was born in Waco, Texas, to Patricia Mae (Shipp), a speech-language pathologist, and Herbert Daniel Hewitt, a medical technician. She has English, Italian, French, Scottish, and German ancestry. She got her first name from her older brother Todd Daniel Hewitt (b. November 8, ...

25. Jean Louisa Kelly

Actress | Uncle Buck

Jean Louisa Kelly was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. She is an actress, known for Yes, Dear (2000), Uncle Buck (1989), as John Candy's mean-spirited, rebellious niece, Mr. Holland's Opus (1995), Luisa in Michael Ritchie's film version of the long running musical The Fantasticks (2001), and Sarah...

26. Mathilda May

Actress | Lifeforce

Mathilda May (born Karin Haïm) is a French actress and dancer from Paris. She is primarily known to English-speaking audiences for playing the alien vampire Space Girl, the main villain of the cult horror film "Lifeforce" (1985). The role required her to appear naked for most of the film, though ...

27. Anna Kendrick

Actress | Up in the Air

Anna Kendrick was born in Portland, Maine, to Janice (Cooke), an accountant, and William Kendrick, a teacher. She has an older brother, Michael Cooke Kendrick, who has also acted. She is of English, Irish, and Scottish descent.

For her role as "Dinah" in "High Society" on Broadway, Anna Kendrick was...

28. Finola Hughes

Actress | Like Crazy

Finola Hughes was born in London. She studied at Arts Educational Schools and began her career in the Northern Ballet Company, after winning the Markova award. She went on to work in the West End, in the original cast of "Cats" and continued working with Andrew Lloyd Webber in "Song & Dance". After...

29. Emily Blunt

Actress | Edge of Tomorrow

Emily Olivia Leah Blunt is a British actress known for her roles in The Devil Wears Prada (2006), The Young Victoria (2009), Edge of Tomorrow (2014), and The Girl on the Train (2016), among many others.

Blunt was born on February 23, 1983, in Roehampton, South West London, England, the second of ...

30. Lili Mirojnick

Actress | Happy!

Lili Mirojnick was born in New York City, to Barry and costume designer, Ellen Mirojnick. Her parents divorced in 1987. She is of Eastern European and Mediterranean descent. Lili attended The Buckley School in Sherman Oaks, California, and after, attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA...

31. Andrea Navedo

Actress | Remember Me

Andrea Navedo was born on October 10, 1969 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and director, known for Remember Me (2010), Bright (2017) and Jane the Virgin (2014).

32. Shantel Wislawski

Actress | Playing It Cool

Shantel Wislawski was born on May 31, 1984 in Westminster, Colorado, USA. She is an actress, known for Playing It Cool (2014), 90210 (2008) and Wendell and Vinnie (2013).

33. Hailee Steinfeld

Actress | True Grit

Hailee Steinfeld was born on December 11, 1996 in Tarzana, California, to Cheri (Domasin), an interior designer, and Peter Steinfeld, a personal fitness trainer. She has a brother, Griffin. Her uncle is Jake Steinfeld, a fitness trainer, and her great-uncle is actor Larry Domasin. Her father is of ...

34. Chanel Celaya

Actress | 21 Jump Street

Chanel Celaya was born in La Jolla, California. Her father Andrew Celaya, is from Florence, Arizona while her mother Betsey is from La Jolla, California. Chanel comes from a mix of Mexican and Russian ethnicity. Chanel started modeling from the age of 13. After her mother encouraged her to take ...

35. Yancy Butler

Actress | Kick-Ass 2

Yancy Butler was born and grew up in Greenwich Village, New York City during the 1970s, so it's not unusual that she chose to be an actor, being third generation showbiz. Her father is Joe Butler, the lead singer and drummer for the reunited Lovin' Spoonful; her mother, Leslie , was a company ...

36. Cynthia Mendez

Actress | Overboard

Cynthia Mendez is known for Overboard (2018), Superman & Lois (2021) and Upload (2020).

37. Celeste Ziegler

Actress | Lucifer

Celeste Ziegler is known for Lucifer (2016), Upload (2020) and Game Over, Man! (2018).

38. Bojana Novakovic

Actress | Edge of Darkness

Novakovic was born on 17 November 1981 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. She moved to Australia in 1988, at the age of seven. Novakovic was initially interested in becoming a social worker or doctor, but after a significant set of events, she changed her mind and decided to pursue the performing ...

39. Hannah John-Kamen

Actress | Ant-Man and the Wasp

Hannah Dominique E. John-Kamen is a British actress. She is known for her roles as Dutch in the Syfy television series Killjoys, Ornela in the HBO series Game of Thrones, F'Nale Zandor in Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One, and Ghost in Ant-Man and the Wasp.

Hannah was born in Beverley, Yorkshire, ...

40. Susan Powter

Actress | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

"Stop The Insanity" Infomercial brought Susan Powter to national and International fame. Doing an unprecedented $18,000,000 in sales the very first week. The infomercial series went on to achieve an average of 15,000 units a week sold for each week it was on the air. Fingerhut subsidiary "USA ...

41. Laura Linney

Actress | The Big C

Laura Leggett Linney was born in New York City on February 5, 1964, into a theatre family. Her father was prominent playwright Romulus Linney, whose own great-grandfather was a congressman from North Carolina. Her mother, Miriam Anderson (Leggett), is a nurse. Although she did not live in her ...

42. Jessi Combs

Actress | Breathless Betrayal

Jessi Combs was born in the Black Hills of Rapid City, South Dakota. With a lifelong desire to become a race-car driver, this fearless young lady found a love for speed and its machines at a very young age. Her family explored everything around them and gave her a solid appreciation for off-roading...

43. Lucy Hale

Actress | Truth or Dare

Lucy Hale has captured the attention of millions through her dynamic on-screen performances in some of the most buzzed about projects in film and television. Hale recently starred as the lead, DC Lake Edmunds, in the new series, Ragdoll, which is streaming on AMC and Alibi. Last year, she finished ...

44. Cara Delevingne

Actress | Suicide Squad

Cara Jocelyn Delevingne was born in London, England, to Pandora Anne (Stevens) and Charles Hamar Delevingne, a property developer. Her parents are both from prominent upper-class families, with her ancestors including Viscounts (Greenwood), Baronets (Hulton, Faudel-Phillips), Majors and Lord Mayors...

45. Julie Gonzalo

Actress | A Cinderella Story

Julie Gonzalo was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and moved to Miami, Florida when she was 8 years old.

She won her first acting role when she was 20 and she made a few TV appearances during the early 2000s. She also appeared in some high-profile movies during that time, including Freaky Friday (...

46. Rhian Sugden

Actress | Your Highness

Rhian Sugden was born on September 11, 1986 in Bury, Greater Manchester, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Your Highness (2011), Glamour Girls (2008) and Celebrity Big Brother (2001).

47. Eva Wyrwal

Actress | Your Highness

Eva Wyrwal was born on February 20, 1989 in Kalisz, Wielkopolskie, Poland. She is an actress and producer, known for Your Highness (2011), Dishonest (2019) and Dread (2009).

48. Caroline Munro

Actress | The Spy Who Loved Me

Leggy, brunette-maned pin-up actress Caroline Munro was born in Windsor, Berkshire, England, and lived in Rottingdean near Brighton where she attended a Roman Catholic convent school. By chance, her mother and a photographer entered her picture in a "Face of the Year" competition for the British ...

49. Kaya Scodelario

Actress | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Kaya Rose Scodelario was born in Haywards Heath, Sussex, England, to Katia (Scodelario) and Roger Humphrey. Her father was English and her mother is Brazilian, of Italian and Portuguese descent. Her surname comes from her mother's Italian grandfather. Thanks to her mother, Kaya grew up fluent in ...

50. Holly Willoughby

Actress | Keith Lemon: The Film

Holly Willoughby was born on February 10, 1981 in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Keith Lemon: The Film (2012), Marple (2004) and Lemon La Vida Loca (2012). She has been married to Dan Baldwin since August 4, 2007. They have three children.

51. Caroline Flack

Actress | Bo' Selecta!

Caroline Flack was born on November 9, 1979 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Bo' Selecta! (2002), Love Advent (2011) and Bo Selecta: Proper Crimbo (2003). She died on February 15, 2020 in London, England, UK.

52. Jodie Whittaker

Actress | Doctor Who

Jodie Whittaker came to prominence after her breakout performance in Venus (2006), which was met with a string of nominations, including British Independent Film Award and Satellite Award nominations for "Most Promising Newcomer" and "Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical." Whittaker ...

53. Laila Rouass

Actress | Conan the Barbarian

Laila Rouass was born in London to Moroccan/Indian parents. Laila studied in Britain but decided to drop her studies and travel in India for a few months. A few months turned into six years. Whilst living in Bombay, she worked for MTV, BBC, and TNT. Her step into movies came when she was spotted by...

54. Susie Amy

Actress | Bonded by Blood

Susie Amy was born in London in 1981, and brought up in Surrey. Although she always studied drama, she went to academic schools all her life. An agent spotted her in 1999 when she was doing a play at the National Theatre in London - 'After Juliet' by Sharman McDonald. Over the next two years she ...

55. Brooklyn Sudano

Actress | Cruel Summer

Brooklyn Sudano was born on January 5, 1981 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress and director, known for Cruel Summer (2021), Taken (2017) and 11.22.63 (2016). She has been married to Mike McGlaflin since October 8, 2006. They have one child.

56. Brenda Strong

Actress | Starship Troopers

Brenda Strong may be best known for her seminal acting and voice portrayal of "Mary Alice Young" on Desperate Housewives, but this two-time Emmy-nominated and SAG Award-winning actress has had a long and endearing film and television career. In addition to her success as a working actress, in 2017 ...

57. Laura Vandervoort

Actress | The Handmaid's Tale

Born in Toronto, Canada, Laura Vandervoort is a versatile actress who not only crosses over genres, but also transforms from character to character embracing the essence of every role she plays. Best known for her roles on the television shows "Smallville" as Supergirl, and "V," Laura has built an ...

58. Katie McGrath

Actress | Jurassic World

Irish actress Katie McGrath did not intend to make a career for herself in the acting profession. Upon graduating from Trinity College in Dublin she became interested in fashion journalism and worked for lifestyle and fashion magazine, Image. She left after a while, as it was not her calling. After...

59. Floriana Lima

Actress | The Punisher

Floriana Lima was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. She studied Communication at Ohio State University and thought she would go into investigative journalism. Post- graduation, she worked as a production assistant at NBC4 in Columbus, Ohio. It was there that she realized she wanted to switch ...

60. 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 ...

61. Meredith Salenger

Actress | The Journey of Natty Gann

Meredith Salenger is an actress, writer, producer, and activist born and raised in the sunshine in Malibu, CA. She began her professional acting career at the age of 10 playing a singing and dancing orphan in "Annie"(1982), directed by John Huston. By 14 she was starring as the lead role in "The ...

62. Parker Posey

Actress | Scream 3

Parker Posey was born two months premature in Baltimore, Maryland, to Lynda (Patton) and Chris Posey. The family moved to Monroe, La. and then Laurel, Mississippi, where Chris became owner of Laurel's own Posey Chevrolet. Parker attended high school at R. H. Watkins High School in Laurel, and ...

63. Alice Eve

Actress | Before We Go

Alice Sophia Eve was born in London, England. Her father is Trevor Eve and her mother is Sharon Maughan, both fellow actors. She is the eldest of three children. Eve has English, Irish and Welsh ancestry. Her family moved to Los Angeles, California when she was young as her father tried to crack ...

64. Elizabeth Olsen

Actress | Martha Marcy May Marlene

Elizabeth Chase "Lizzie" Olsen (born February 16, 1989) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in the films Silent House (2011), Liberal Arts (2012), Godzilla (2014), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), and Captain America: Civil War (2016). For her role in the critically-acclaimed Martha ...

65. Monique Ganderton

Stunts | Avengers: Endgame

Monique Ganderton was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Monique has always been adventurous. She achieved high levels of track and field, equestrian show jumping and is also a certified snowboard instructor. Monique was involved in diving, gymnastics, softball, figure skating, equestrian and later...

66. Jayma Mays

Actress | Red Eye

Jamia Suzette Mays was born in Bristol, Tennessee, to Susan (Norris) and James Mays, and was raised in Grundy, Virginia with her older brother and sister. Her father was a high school teacher at Grundy Senior High School for seven years, before spending 25 years working in the coal-mining industry....

67. Lea Michele

Actress | Glee

Lea Michele Sarfati was born in the Bronx, New York to Edith Thomasina (Porcelli), a nurse, and Mark David Sarfati, a delicatessen owner-turned-real estate agent. Her mother is of Italian descent (from Rome and Naples), and her father is of Sephardi Jewish ancestry (from Turkey and Greece). Lea was...

68. Vanessa Lengies

Actress | Stick It

Vanessa Brittany Lengies, born July 21, 1985, Canadian actress, dancer and singer. She is best known for her role on American Dreams and as Sugar Motta on Glee. Lengies was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to a German father and an Egyptian mother. She speaks French, English and some Arabic. ...

69. Jenna Ushkowitz

Actress | Glee

Jenna Ushkowitz was born on April 28, 1986 in Seoul, South Korea. She is an actress and producer, known for Glee (2009), Yellow Fever (2017) and Hello Again (2017). She has been married to David Stanley since July 24, 2021. They have one child.

70. Aparna Brielle

Actress | FUBAR

Aparna Brielle is an American actress who was born in Portland, Oregon. After an extensive childhood career as a professional dancer, she moved onto theatre, television, and film. She is best known for portraying Sarika Sarkar on the NBC comedy "A.P. Bio" after appearances in series such as "Grimm"...

71. Allisyn Snyder

Actress | Astrid Clover

Born and raised in Los Angeles, CA, Allisyn Snyder is a dynamic actress and comedian, launching her career in the entertainment industry at only 4 years old (as Allisyn Arm). Allisyn worked steadily in her early years, with some of her TV appearances including Friends, Strong Medicine, Judging Amy,...

72. Natalie Alyn Lind

Actress | Big Sky

Natalie Alyn Lind, the oldest of the three Lind sisters, all working actresses, grew up surrounded by the entertainment industry. Her mother is also an actress who starred in feature films and on several TV series including the hit drama "One Tree Hill". Natalie booked her first guest role at 4 ...

73. Danielle Panabaker

Actress | The Flash

Danielle Nicole Panabaker was born in Augusta, Georgia. Her younger sister, actress Kay Panabaker, starred in the TV series Summerland (2004)(WB, 2004-05). Panabaker started acting at a summer camp before joining community theater productions when she was 10 years old. Panabaker moved to Naperville...

74. Stormy Daniels

Actress | The 40 Year Old Virgin

Stormy Daniels was born on March 17, 1979 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005).

75. Maria Grazia Buccella

Actress | Ti ho sposato per allegria

Curvaceous, green-eyed Italian leading lady, singer and dancer of 1960s Italian comedies. Maria Grazia Buccella was a Miss Italia beauty pageant winner in 1959 and third-ranked as Miss Europe that same year. In films from 1951, she appeared in many a lightweight comedic offering, often as sensuous,...

76. Chelsea Spack

Actress | Dead to Me

Chelsea grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. She was raised in a very creative home where an emphasis was placed on the arts. Her education focused on drama, Shakespeare, classical piano, and French. She received her bachelors degree in Theatre and French, and went on to get her MFA in acting from the ...

77. Stephi Chin-Salvo

Actress | Totally Killer

Stephi Chin-Salvo is a Canadian actress from Vancouver, British Columbia. She is of Malaysian Filipino descent. At an early age, Stephi developed a passion for the performing arts. She is best known for her work on The CW's iZombie (2015-2019), Overboard (2018), as well as Amazon Prime's Upload (...

78. Erin Cardillo

Producer | Life Sentence

Erin Cardillo was raised in Greenwich, CT and has a Bachelor of Science in Performance Studies from Northwestern University, where she studied acting, writing, and literary adaptation. In addition, she spent a year in London studying Shakespeare through Marymount College and a summer at The Public ...

79. Shirley Rumierk

Actress | Rise

Shirley Rumierk was born in Hell's Kitchen, New York City, New York, USA. Shirley is an actor, known for Rise (2018), Manifest (2018) and Teenage Bounty Hunters (2020).

80. Melina Kanakaredes

Actress | Providence

Melina Kanakaredes is an Emmy-nominated actor, writer, director, and philanthropist. She's best known for her starring role as Stella Bonasera in CSI: New York. Prior to that, she starred as Dr. Sydney Hansen in NBC's Providence. Most recently, Melina starred as Dr. Lane Hunter in Fox's The ...

81. Jamie Chung

Actress | Big Hero 6

Jamie Chung was born and raised in California, the daughter of Korean parents. She studied Economics at the University of California, Riverside. Chung's break came in 2004, when she was working in a sports bar. MTV held auditions for The Real World (1992) there, she tried out, and was successful, ...

82. Michelle Trachtenberg

Actress | Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Trachtenberg grew up in Brooklyn and started her acting career young; she began appearing in commercials at the age of 3.

She continued to act and dance through her school years, making regular television appearances from the age of 10. She landed a recurring role in the kids' TV show The Adventures...

83. Jessica Boehrs

Actress | EuroTrip

Jessica Boehrs was born on March 5, 1980 in Magdeburg, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for EuroTrip (2004), Kreuzfahrt ins Glück (2007) and Storm of Love (2005). She was previously married to Marcus Grüsser.

84. Jana Pallaske

Actress | Inglourious Basterds

Jana Pallaske was born on May 20, 1979 in East Berlin, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for Inglourious Basterds (2009), Palermo Shooting (2008) and Speed Racer (2008).

85. Naya Rivera

Actress | Glee

Naya Rivera was an Afro-Latina American actress, model and singer known for playing Santana Lopez from Glee and Hillary Winston from The Royal Family. She also was in The Master of Disguise, Baywatch, CSI: Miami, American Dad, Batman: The Long Halloween Parts 1 and 2, Even Stevens and The Bernie ...

86. Kelly Stables

Actress | Superstore

Kelly Michelle Stables was born in St. Louis, Missouri where she performed at The Muny Opera. She graduated cum laude from The University of Missouri, Columbia with a BA in Communications and Theater. Upon moving to Los Angeles she quickly got involved in theater arts, acting and choreographing in ...

87. April Bowlby

Actress | The Slammin' Salmon

April Michelle Bowlby was born on 30 July 1980 in Vallejo, California, USA. She and her family moved to Manteca, California, when she was a small child. She studied ballet, French, and marine biology at Moorpark College, before deciding to pursue an acting career. She studied drama with Ivana ...

88. Shannon Whirry

Actress | Middle Men

Shannon Whirry is not just a talented actress with girl-next-door looks, she captured a generation of men's (and teenage boys'!) imaginations by wishing that she actually was the girl-next-door.

Born in Green Lake County, Wisconsin, Whirry graduated from high school and packed her bags for New York....

89. Patricia O'Grady

Actress | Arizona Dream

Patricia O'Grady was born on September 12, 1933 in Oakland, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Arizona Dream (1993). She died on March 12, 2018 in New York City, New York, USA.

90. Jennifer Cheon Garcia

Actress | Van Helsing

Jennifer Cheon Garcia is a native to Vancouver, Canada and of Indigenous Mexican/Korean heritage. She is also a New Zealand resident. Jen started performing at the age 6 in music, theatre, and dance. She holds a 2 degree black belt in Taekwondo and is a trained Mauy Thai fighter and weapons ...

91. Adele Stephens

Actress | Busty dream tales

Adele Stephens was born on July 29, 1969 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress.

92. Sally Hawkins

Actress | The Shape of Water

Sally Cecilia Hawkins was born in 1976 in Lewisham hospital, London, England, to Jacqui and Colin Hawkins, authors and illustrators of children's books. She is of English and Irish descent. Hawkins was brought up in Greenwich, in southeast London. She attended James Allen's Girls' School in Dulwich...

93. Kristen Gutoskie

Actress | The Dust Storm

Kristen Lee Gutoskie is a SAG nominated actor, born in Toronto, Ontario, to Linda, a nurse, and Bob, a technical sales manager, and was raised in the city's suburb of Markham. With the support of her loving parents and older sister Shauna, she participated in school theatre productions while taking...

94. Olga Fonda

Actress | Agent X

Olga Tchakova (known professionally as Olga Fonda) is a Russian-American film and television actress and model. She is also known for her role as Nadia Petrova in The Vampire Diaries (2013-2014).

While vacationing in Los Angeles, California, Fonda was scouted by agent Paul Fisher to pursue modeling,...

95. Anna Paquin

Actress | The Piano

Anna Paquin is the first millennial to have received an Academy Award nomination for acting, and the first to win.

She was born on July 24, 1982 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, to Mary (Brophy), an English teacher from Wellington, New Zealand, and Brian Paquin, a Canadian phys-ed teacher. Anna moved ...

96. Rachel Blanchard

Actress | The Summer I Turned Pretty

Rachel attended Havergal College, an all girls school in Toronto. After high school she went on to attend Queens university in Kingston, Ontario Canada. To prepare for her role as Cher in the Clueless (1996) TV series, Rachel actually did go to some high schools in L.A. where she was surprised to ...

97. Vera Graziadei

Actress | Peep Show

Vera Graziadei was born in Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]. Vera is an actor and writer, known for Peep Show (2003), The Book of Vision (2020) and The Silent Canary (2022). Vera has been married to Count Robin Monotti Graziadei since May 2008. They have two children.

98. Olivia Williams

Actress | The Ghost Writer

Olivia began her career on the stage at the RSC and The National Theatre, breaking into TV with the Andrew Davies adaptation of Emma (1996).

From a damp basement in Camden Town she won the role of Abby in the $120 million blockbuster The Postman (1997) starring alongside Kevin Costner. In the ...

99. Emily Watson

Actress | Gosford Park

Emily Watson was born and raised in London, the daughter of Katharine (Venables), an English teacher, and Richard Watson, an architect. After a self-described sheltered upbringing, Watson attended university for three years in Bristol, studying English literature. She applied to drama school and ...

100. Paz Vega

Actress | Spanglish

Paz Vega

A renowned international actress who has captivated audiences in Europe, North America, and Latin America with her talent and versatility in acting. After starting her career on the successful sitcom "Siete vidas", the Sevillian actress made the jump to the big screen with Julio Medem's "...