Actor
by dannykodwani | created - 20 Aug 2020 | updated - 11 Oct 2022 | Public1. Luna Wedler
Actress | Je suis Karl
Luna Wedler was born on October 26, 1999 in Bachenbülach, Zürich. She is an actress, known for Je Suis Karl (2021), Close to the Horizon (2019) and The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (2018).
2. Jessica Schwarz
Actress | Romy
Jessica Schwarz was born on May 5, 1977 in Erbach im Odenwald, Hesse, Germany. She is an actress, known for Romy (2009), Nichts bereuen (2001) and Buddenbrooks (2008).
3. Shreya Dhanwanthary
Actress | Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story
Shreya Dhanwantary, is an Indian actress, model and author who works predominantly in the Hindi and Tamil film industries. After her birth, Dhanwanthary's family moved to Dubai, where she spent most of her childhood. She was raised in both the Middle East and Delhi before graduating with a degree ...
4. Amber Heard
Actress | Aquaman
Amber Laura Heard was born in Austin, Texas, to Patricia Paige Heard (née Parsons), an internet researcher, and David C. Heard (David Clinton Heard), a contractor. She has English, Irish, Scottish, German, and Welsh ancestry.
Heard appeared in the Academy Award-nominated film, North Country (2005), ...
5. Eisha Chopra
Actress | P.O.W. Bandi Yuddh Ke
Eisha Chopra was born on March 16, 1993 in Delhi, India. She is an actress and writer, known for P.O.W. Bandi Yuddh Ke (2016), Out of Love (2019) and No One Killed Jessica (2011).
6. Anthony Hopkins
Actor | The Silence of the Lambs
Anthony Hopkins was born on December 31, 1937, in Margam, Wales, to Muriel Anne (Yeats) and Richard Arthur Hopkins, a baker. His parents were both of half Welsh and half English descent. Influenced by Richard Burton, he decided to study at College of Music and Drama and graduated in 1957. In 1965, ...
7. Keira Knightley
Actress | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Keira Christina Knightley was born March 26, 1985 in the South West Greater London suburb of Richmond. She is the daughter of actor Will Knightley and actress turned playwright Sharman Macdonald. An older brother, Caleb Knightley, was born in 1979. Her father is English, while her Scottish-born ...
8. 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 ...
9. 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, ...
10. Leighton Meester
Actress | The Roommate
Leighton Marissa Meester was born in Fort Worth, Texas, to Constance Lynn (Haas) and Douglas Jay Meester. Although born in Texas, Meester spent her early years in Marco Island, Florida with her grandparents. There, she became involved with the local playhouse and made her stage debut in a ...
11. Vanessa Kirby
Actress | The Crown
Vanessa Kirby is an English stage, TV, and film actress. From 2016 to 2018, Kirby portrayed Princess Margaret in Peter Morgan's Netflix series The Crown, for which she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Television Series in 2018. She starred as Estella in the BBC ...
12. Ashley Judd
Actress | Double Jeopardy
American actress and political activist Ashley Judd was born Ashley Tyler Ciminella on April 19, 1968, in Granada Hills, California. She grew up in a family of successful performing artists as the daughter of country music singer Naomi Judd and the sister of Wynonna Judd. While she is best known ...
13. Jennifer Ferrin
Actress | The Knick
Jennifer Ferrin was born in Lawrenceville, Georgia, USA. She is an actress, known for The Knick (2014), Sneaky Pete (2015) and Hell on Wheels (2011). She has been married to Zachary Bliss since September 2014.
14. 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 ...
15. Margarita Levieva
Actress | The Lincoln Lawyer
Margarita Levieva is an American actress. Born in Leningrad, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (now Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation), at age three she began the rigorous training program of a competitive rhythmic gymnast. Levieva continued to train for the next 13 years, winning ...
16. Ylfa Edelstein
Actress | The Knick
Ylfa Edelstein was born and raised in Reykjavik, Iceland. Her grandparents fled Nazi Germany in 1938, settling in Iceland after her grandfather was offered a position as a cellist with the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra. From an early age, Ylfa showed a proclivity for performance, in ballet, theatre ...
17. David Zayas
Actor | Skyline
David Zayas was born on August 15, 1962 in Ponce, Puerto Rico. He is an actor and producer, known for Skyline (2010), The Expendables (2010) and Dexter (2006). He has been married to Liza Colón-Zayas since November 21, 1998. They have one child.
18. Jennifer Ehle
Actress | Zero Dark Thirty
Jennifer Anne Ehle is an American actress, the daughter of English actress Rosemary Harris and American author John Ehle. She won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for her role as Elizabeth Bennet in the 1995 BBC miniseries Pride and Prejudice. For her work on Broadway, she won the 2000 Tony ...
19. Conor Leslie
Actress | The Man in the High Castle
American actress Conor Leslie began her career at age 15, acting in commercials and the unaired pilot for Spike Lee's M.O.N.Y. (2007). After graduating from Millburn High School as a junior, she landed her first television role in The Unusuals (2009) as a hallucination of a police detective's ...
20. Annet Mahendru
Actress | The Americans
Annet Mahendru is an Afghan-American actress of Indian-Russian origin. She was born in Kabul to an Indian father (a journalist and professor) and a Russian mother (a businesswoman and artist). Annet spent her early years learning six languages while living in Afghanistan, Russia, and Europe. She ...
21. Poorna Jagannathan
Actress | The Night Of
Poorna Jagannathan is an actress and producer. She is best known for her portrayal of Safar Khan in the HBO miniseries "The Night Of" as well for her role as Nalini Vishwakumar in the Netflix teen comedy series "Never Have I Ever" by Mindy Kaling.
She also initiated, produced and acted in the play "...
22. Elisabeth Waterston
Actress | The Prince & Me
Elisabeth Waterston was born on March 30, 1977 in Paris, France. She is an actress, known for The Prince and Me (2004), Law & Order (1990) and Good Dick (2008). She has been married to Louis Cancelmi since October 21, 2006.
23. Quinn Shephard
Actress | Blame
Quinn Shephard is a writer, director and actress based out of the New York area, with a career spanning two decades. At age 15, Shephard began writing her debut feature Blame (2017), inspired by playing Abigail Williams in a New Jersey regional production of Arthur Miller's The Crucible. She went ...
24. Maria-Christina Oliveras
Actress | St. Vincent
Maria-Christina Oliveras was born in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for St. Vincent (2014), Matthew (2021) and Person of Interest (2011).
25. Roxanna Hope Radja
Actress | The Blacklist
Roxanna Hope Radja is known for The Blacklist (2013), The Good Wife (2009) and Blue Bloods (2010). She has been married to Charlie Semine since May 2011.
26. Karan Oberoi
Actor | Counterpart
Karan Oberoi is known for Counterpart (2017), Mapplethorpe (2018) and Found (2023).
27. Anastassia Krainik
Actress | Double Riddle
Anastassia Krainik is a stage and screen actress from New York City. Anastassia graduated from the Stella Adler Studio of Acting Conservatory (2018) where she studied with Sam Schacht, Ron Burros, and Elizabeth Shepherd. She speaks French, Russian, and conversational Spanish.
Film credits include ...
28. Nastasha Strang
Actress | Hit and Run
Nastasha Strang is known for Hit & Run (2021), The Sinner (2017) and Vox Lux (2018).
29. Mozhan Navabi
Actress | The Blacklist
Marnò was born in Los Angeles, and went to boarding school at Phillips Academy, in Andover, Massachusetts. She then received a BA in Comparative Literature from Barnard College, Columbia University and an MFA in Acting at the Yale School of Drama. She has received additional training at the Guthrie...
30. Monica McCarthy
Actress | Survival Job
Monica McCarthy is a Broadway actress known for understudying Laura Linney, Anna Gunn and Alicia Silverstone, as well as acting in television (The Blacklist, The Noel Diary, Mildred Pierce).
Following her success in the theater, Monica spent several years as a travel writer (over 50 countries on 6 ...
31. Michelle Monaghan
Actress | Gone Baby Gone
Michelle Lynn Monaghan was born on March 23, 1976, in Winthrop, Iowa. She is the youngest of three children and the only daughter of Sharon (Hamel), who ran a day care center, and Robert L. Monaghan, a factory worker and farmer. She is of mostly Irish and German descent. After graduating from high ...
32. Morgan Freeman
Actor | Driving Miss Daisy
With an authoritative voice and calm demeanor, this ever popular American actor has grown into one of the most respected figures in modern US cinema. Morgan was born on June 1, 1937 in Memphis, Tennessee, to Mayme Edna (Revere), a teacher, and Morgan Porterfield Freeman, a barber. The young Freeman...
33. Randeep Hooda
Actor | Highway
Randeep Singh Hooda, known for his role as Saju in Netflix's original film Extraction, was born on 20th August 1976 in the city of Rohtak, Haryana, in India. He has lived in Middle Eastern countries like Libya and Iraq.
Acting Career: Hooda's debut film was Mira Nair's Oscar-nominated Monsoon ...
34. Niv Sultan
Actress | Tehran
Niv Sultan was born on September 16, 1992 in Jerusalem, Israel. She is an actress, known for Tehran (2020), Eilat (2018) and Temporarily Dead (2014). She has been married to Maor Schwietzer since March 2022.
35. Tamir Ginsburg
Actor | Tehran
Tamir Ginsburg is known for Tehran (2020), The Grave (2019) and Sky (2021).
36. Liraz Charhi
Actress | Fair Game
Liraz Charhi is an actress, singer-songwriter based in Tel Aviv. She starred in Israel's successful and critically acclaimed film Turn Left at the End of the World (2004), a role for which she was nominated for best actress by the Israeli Film Academy. An artist of screen, stage, and sound, she ...
37. 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), ...
38. 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 ...
39. Alexandra Daddario
Actress | Baywatch
Alexandra Anna Daddario was born on March 16, 1986 in New York City, New York, to Christina, a lawyer, and Richard Daddario, a prosecutor. Her brother is actor Matthew Daddario, her sister is actor Catharine Daddario, and her grandfather was congressman Emilio Daddario (Emilio Q. Daddario), of ...
40. Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Actress | 10 Cloverfield Lane
Mary Elizabeth Winstead is an actress known for her versatile work in a variety of film and television projects. Possibly most known for her role as Ramona Flowers in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), she has also starred in critically acclaimed independent films such as Smashed (2012), for which...
41. Udit Arora
Actor | Agni
Udit Arora is an Indian actor. He was born on 23rd February 1993 in Kanpur, Uttarpradesh. He finished high school from UP Kirana Seva Samiti Vidyalaya, Kanpur. He received his bachelor's degree in Economics Honors from Delhi University. He was actively involved in street and stage plays for three ...
42. Hridhu Haroon
Actor | Thugs
Hridhu Haroon was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He is known for Thugs (2023), Mumbaikar (2023) and All We Imagine as Light (2024).
43. Anushka Kaushik
Actress | Ghar Waapsi
Anushka Kaushik is an Indian actress known for her famous role Vidhi Gupta in Crash Course. She has also appeared in Sony Liv's web series Maharani, Disney plus Hotstar's Ghar Waapsi, YouTube's Khayali Pulao and Netflix's Thar. She has worked with various YouTube channels as well, like RVCJ Media ...
44. Vijay Maurya
Actor | Gully Boy
Vijay Maurya was born on September 1, 1972 in Bombay, Maharashtra, India. He is an actor and writer, known for Gully Boy (2019), Radhe (2021) and Toofaan (2021).
45. Daisy Edgar-Jones
Actress | Normal People
Born in 1998 and raised in London, Daisy trained with the National Youth Theatre before landing her first professional job at 17, playing the regular role of Olivia in the returning British series Cold Feet alongside James Nesbitt and Hermione Norris for ITV. Daisy has since gone on to build a ...
46. Paul Mescal
Actor | All of Us Strangers
Paul Mescal is an Irish actor. He is known for his leading role in the miniseries Normal People, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
Before starting acting, he was an under-21 Gaelic footballer for County Kildare and a member of Maynooth Football Club. He plays as a defender. ...
47. Mrunal Thakur
Actress | Love Sonia
Mrunal Thakur is an Indian actress who has worked in Hindi, Telugu, and Marathi television and films. She began acting through television and was best known for her role in the serial, Kumkum Bhagya.
Thakur first entered films with her performance in the Marathi film, Vitti Dandu (2014). Soon after,...
48. Dulquer Salmaan
Actor | Charlie
Dulquer Salmaan was born on 28 July 1986 as the younger son of actor Mammootty and Sulfath. He studied in Kerala till primary classes, after which he joined Sishya School in Chennai. He received his bachelor's degree from Purdue University, U.S. He married Chennai-based architect Amal Sufiya, on 22...
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