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Reema Sen

Reema Sen (ரீமா சென்) is an Indian actress, born in Kolkata in 1981, who worked in Telugu and Tamil cinema and is known for Minnale and Gangs of Wasseypur.

Reena Roy (रीना रॉय)

Reena Roy (रीना रॉय), born Saira Ali in 1957, is an Indian actress who was a leading lady of Hindi cinema from 1972 to 1985, later taking character roles.

Regina Cassandra

Regina Cassandra (born 1990, Chennai) is an Indian actress in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Hindi film and streaming; debut Kanda Naal Mudhal (2005), Telugu breakthrough Siva Manasulo Sruthi (2012), noted for Evaru and Rocket Boys.

Regina Daniels

Regina Daniels (Regina Nneamaka Favour Ojeogwu), born 2000 in Lagos, is a Nigerian Nollywood actress, producer, and entrepreneur who debuted at age seven in Marriage of Sorrow and married politician Ned Nwoko in 2019.

Rehman (actor)

Rehman, born Syed Rehman Khan, was an Indian film actor in Hindi cinema from the mid-1940s to the early 1980s. He is best known for his work with Guru Dutt.

Rekha

Rekha (Bhanurekha Ganesan), Indian film actress born 1954 in Madras, star of Sawan Bhadon, Umrao Jaan, and Khoon Bhari Maang; National Film Award, multiple Filmfare Awards, Padma Shri 2010, Rajya Sabha MP 2012–2018.

Rekha Vedavyas

Rekha Vedavyas (Rekha, Chitra Rekha, Akshara) is an Indian actress from Bangalore active in Kannada cinema 2001–2014, with Telugu and Tamil films; known for Huchcha (2001) opposite Kichcha Sudeep and for later recovery from a health problem.

Remy LaCroix

Remy LaCroix (Ashley Brianna Cronan, born 1988) is an American adult film performer, 2013 AVN and XRCO Best New Starlet, 2014 AVN Best Actress for The Temptation of Eve, who returned in 2022 with Remy's Back With a Bang.

Renuka Shahane (रेणुका शहाणे)

Renuka Shahane (रेणुका शहाणे), Indian actress, writer, and director in Hindi and Marathi cinema; presenter of Doordarshan's Surabhi (1990-2001) and Pooja in Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1994); directed Rita, Tribhanga, and Loop Line; married to Ashutosh Rana.

Reshmi Menon

Reshmi Menon (Reshmi Menon Simha), Indian actress in Tamil cinema, born 1989 in Kerala. Child role in Album (2002), lead debut in Inidhu Inidhu (2010); known for Urumeen, Maya, Kirumi, Hyderabad Love Story; married Bobby Simha in April 2016.

Revathi

Revathi (ரேவதி), born Asha Kelunni in 1966 in Kochi, is an Indian actress-director in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Hindi and Kannada cinema; debut Mann Vasanai (1983), three National Film Awards, known for Mouna Ragam, Kilukkam, Thevar Magan.

Rhea Chakraborty

Rhea Chakraborty (रिया चक्रवर्ती), born 1992 in Bangalore, is an Indian actress and former MTV video jockey. Hindi debut Mere Dad Ki Maruti (2013); later linked to the 2020 Sushant Singh Rajput death case, NCB arrest, and 2020 bail.

Rich Koz

Rich Koz (born 1952, Park Ridge, Illinois) is the American broadcaster and writer who has played horror host Svengoolie since 1979, first as Son of Svengoolie on WFLD and since 1995 on MeTV, winning Chicago Emmys and Rondo Awards.

Richa Chadha (रिचा चड्ढा)

Richa Chadha (रिचा चड्ढा), Indian actress and producer born 1986 in Amritsar; Filmfare Critics Award winner for Gangs of Wasseypur; runs Pushing Buttons Studios with Ali Fazal, makers of Girls Will Be Girls.

Richa Gangopadhyay (রিচা গঙ্গোপাধ্যায়)

Richa Gangopadhyay (রিচা গঙ্গোপাধ্যায়), now Richa Langella, is a former actress in Telugu, Tamil, and Bengali cinema (2010–2013), known for Mayakkam Enna, Leader, and Mirchi, who left films at 27 for an MBA and now runs RL Creative LLC.

Richa Pallod

Richa Pallod (రిచా పల్లోద్), Indian model and actress born 1980 in Mumbai, works across Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam cinema; Filmfare Telugu Best Actress 2001 for Nuvve Kavali, active 1991–2015.

Richard Brake

Richard Brake (Richard Colin Brake, born 1964, Ystrad Mynach, Wales) is a Welsh character actor known for Joe Chill in Batman Begins, Doom-Head in 31, the Night King in Game of Thrones, and four Rob Zombie films.

Richard Bright (actor)

Richard James Bright (1937-2006), American character actor known as Al Neri in all three Godfather films; also Panic in Needle Park, Marathon Man, The Sopranos; killed by a bus in Manhattan in 2006.

Richard Bull (actor)

Richard Bull (1924–2014), American character actor, played shopkeeper Nels Oleson in all nine seasons of Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983, 147 episodes) and was the Seaview's doctor on Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.

Richard Chaves

Richard John Chaves (born 1951) is an American character actor, Vietnam veteran, and Tracers ensemble playwright known as Poncho in Predator (1987) and Colonel Paul Ironhorse in War of the Worlds (1988–89).

Richard Davalos

Richard Davalos (1930–2016), American actor also billed as Dick Davalos, played Aron Trask opposite James Dean in East of Eden (1955), Blind Dick in Cool Hand Luke, and appeared on Smiths album covers.

Richard Denning

Richard Denning, born Louis Albert Heindrich Denninger Jr., was an American actor who played Hawaii's governor on "Hawaii Five-0" and starred with Lucille Ball on radio.

Richard Erdman

Richard Erdman (born John Richard Erdmann, 1925-2019), American character actor of more than 175 productions; barracks chief Hoffy in Stalag 17, Patrick McNulty in The Twilight Zone's "A Kind of a Stopwatch," and Leonard on Community. Not the sculptor or other namesakes.

Richard Lawson (actor)

Richard Lawson (actor) is an American actor born 1947 in Loma Linda, California, known for Poltergeist, V, Dynasty, All My Children, and Beauty in Black; Vietnam veteran, acting teacher, and founder of Richard Lawson Studios.

Richard Lynch

Richard Hugh Lynch (1940–2012, some sources 1936) was an American character actor famous for villain roles in horror and sci-fi films like The Sword and the Sorcerer, Invasion U.S.A., and Halloween, scarred by a 1967 LSD-related fire.

Richard Norton (actor)

Richard Norton (1950-2025), Australian martial artist, actor, and fight choreographer; co-creator of Zen Do Kai; villain in The Octagon and Hong Kong films with Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung; Prime Imperator in Mad Max films.

Richard Rishi

Richard Rishi (Richard Sharaf Babu) is an Indian actor in Tamil and Telugu cinema, a former child artist whose leads include Kadhal Virus, Draupathi, Rudra Thandavam, and Veera Simha Kadavarayan in Draupathi 2 (2026).

Richard White (actor)

Richard White (born 1953, Oak Ridge, Tennessee) is an American Broadway baritone and voice actor, the original voice of Gaston in Disney's 1991 Beauty and the Beast; also created Erik in Kopit/Yeston's Phantom and voiced Whisper in King's Quest. Distinct from the South African and Australian actors of the same name.

Rick Aviles

Rick Aviles (Richard Anthony Aviles, 1952–1995), American stand-up comedian and character actor from New York's Lower East Side; Willie Lopez in Ghost (1990), Quisqueya in Carlito's Way, host of It's Showtime at the Apollo.

Rick Ducommun

Rick Ducommun (Richard Dennis Ducommun, 1952-2015), Canadian stand-up comedian and character actor; played Art Weingartner in The 'Burbs (1989), Gus in Groundhog Day, and Cindy's dad in Scary Movie; lost over 200 lb before his breakthrough.