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Saqib Saleem

Saqib Saleem (Saqib Saleem Qureshi, साकिब सलीम), Indian actor and producer born 1988 in New Delhi; debuted in Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge (2011), known for Mere Dad Ki Maruti, '83, Rangbaaz, Citadel: Honey Bunny; produces with sister Huma Qureshi under Saleem Siblings.

Sara Ali Khan

Sara Ali Khan (सारा अली ख़ान, born 1995) is an Indian Hindi-film actress, daughter of Saif Ali Khan and Amrita Singh. Debut Kedarnath (2018) won her the Filmfare Best Female Debut; films include Simmba, Atrangi Re, and Metro... In Dino.

Sara Arjun

Sara Arjun (Baby Sara), born 2005 in Mumbai, is an Indian actress, daughter of actor Raj Arjun. Child star of Deiva Thirumagal (2011) and Ponniyin Selvan; lead as Yalina Jamali in Dhurandhar (2025).

Saranya Mohan (சரண்யா மோகன்)

Saranya Mohan (சரண்யா மோகன்), also called Appu, is an Indian dancer and former actress from Alappuzha, Kerala, born 1989, known for Yaaradi Nee Mohini (2008) and Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu (2009) in Tamil and Malayalam cinema.

Saranya Ponvannan (சரண்யா பொன்வண்ணன்)

Saranya Ponvannan (சரண்யா பொன்வண்ணன்), born Sheela Christina Raj in Alappuzha, Kerala, is an Indian actress; debuted in Nayakan (1987), won the National Film Award for Best Actress for Thenmerku Paruvakaatru.

Sarath Babu (శరత్ బాబు)

Sarath Babu (శరత్ బాబు), born Sathyam Babu Dixithulu (1951-2023), was an Indian actor in Telugu and Tamil cinema, debut Rama Rajyam (1973), known for Annamalai and Muthu, eight Nandi Awards, died in Hyderabad.

Saravanan (சரவணன்) (actor)

Saravanan (சரவணன்), born 1966 in Salem, is a Tamil film actor who debuted as a lead in Vaidehi Vanthachu (1991), won the 2008 Filmfare Best Supporting Actor award for Paruthiveeran, and returned to lead roles with Sattamum Needhiyum; distinct from Legend Saravanan.

Sarika

Sarika (सारिका), full name Sarika Thakur, is an Indian actress of Hindi cinema who began as a child star and won National Film Awards for acting and costume design.

Sarita Joshi

Sarita Joshi (सरिता जोशी), née Bhosle, born 1941 in Pune, Indian actress of Gujarati and Marathi theatre and Hindi TV; Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 1988, Padma Shri 2020, best known as Baa in Baa Bahoo Aur Baby.

Saritha

Saritha, also known as Sareetha, is an Indian actress who starred in over 150 Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada films, debuting in Maro Charithra in 1978.

Saswata Chatterjee

Saswata Chatterjee (সস্বত চ্যাটার্জি, also Saswata Chattopadhyay, Apu), born 1970 in Kolkata, is a Bengali and Hindi character actor, son of Subhendu Chatterjee, famous as Bob Biswas in Kahaani (2012).

Sathish

Sathish (Sathish Muthukrishnan), Tamil film actor born 1987 in Salem; comedian known for Ethir Neechal who became a lead actor with Naai Sekar and serious roles in Vithaikkaaran and Sattam En Kaiyil.

Sathyaraj (சத்தியராஜ்)

Sathyaraj (சத்தியராஜ்), born Rengaraj in 1954 in Coimbatore, is a Tamil film actor with over 250 films, famous as Kattappa in Baahubali, a former villain-turned-hero, and star of Coolie (2025).

Satish Kaushik (सतीश चंद्र कौशिक)

Satish Kaushik (सतीश चंद्र कौशिक, 1956–2023), Hindi film actor, comedian, dialogue writer, director and producer. Known as Calendar in Mr. India (1987), Pappu Pager in Deewana Mastana, two Filmfare Best Comedian awards, director of Tere Naam (2003); died of a heart attack on 9 March 2023 in Delhi NCR.

Satish Shah

Satish Ravilal Shah (1951–2025), Indian FTII-trained comic actor known as D'Mello in Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro and Indravadan Sarabhai in Sarabhai vs Sarabhai; posthumous Padma Shri.

Satya Krishnan

Satya Krishnan (సత్య కృష్ణన్), born 1982 in Hyderabad, is a Telugu cinema character actress, Nandi Award winner for Anand (2004), debut Dollar Dreams (2000), known for Bommarillu, Vinayakudu, HIT.

Saurabh Shukla (सौरभ शुक्ला)

Saurabh Shukla (सौरभ शुक्ला), Indian actor-screenwriter-director born 1963 in Gorakhpur; co-wrote and starred in Satya (1998) as Kallu Mama and won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor as Judge Tripathi in Jolly LLB (2013).

Savanna Samson

Savanna Samson, stage name of Natalie Oliveros (born 1967), is an American retired adult film performer who appeared in more than 90 films and later became a Tuscan winemaker.

Savannah (actress)

Savannah, born Shannon Michelle Wilsey, was an American pornographic actress who made over 100 videos from 1990 to 1994 and died by suicide in 1994, aged 23.

Savitri (నిస్సంకర సావిత్రి) (actress)

Savitri, also known as Mahanati Savitri, was a celebrated Indian actress who dominated Telugu cinema in the 1950s and 1960s, winning five Filmfare Best Actress Awards.

Sayaji Shinde (सयाजी शिंदे)

Sayaji Shinde (सयाजी शिंदे) is an Indian actor from Satara district, Maharashtra, born in 1959, known for villain roles in Shool (1999) and Bharathi (2000).

Sayyeshaa

Sayyeshaa (Sayyeshaa Saigal, சாயிஷா), born 1997 in Mumbai, is an Indian actress in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, and Kannada films; debut Akhil (2015), Shivaay (2016), Vanamagan (2017); married Arya in 2019.

Schlitzie

Schlitzie (Simon Metz, legally Schlitze Surtees), 1901-1971, American microcephalic sideshow performer with Barnum & Bailey and Dreamland, best known for two scenes in Tod Browning's Freaks (1932).

Scott Brady

Scott Brady, born Gerard Kenneth Tierney, was an American film and television actor known for Westerns and crime films, including the title role in Shotgun Slade.

Scott Schwartz

Scott Schwartz (born 1968, Sacramento) is an American actor, also credited as Scotty Schwartz, known as Flick in A Christmas Story (1983) and Eric Bates in The Toy (1982); later worked in adult films, led A Minor Consideration, and reprised Flick in 2022.

Scott Thomson (actor)

Scott Thomson (born 1957) is an American character actor, not the Canadian comedian Scott Thompson of Kids in the Hall, known for Arnold in Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Chad Copeland in three Police Academy films, active 1980 to about 2005.

Scotty Beckett

Scotty Beckett (Scott Hastings Beckett, 1929–1968), American child actor in Hal Roach's Our Gang shorts as Spanky's sidekick, later young Al Jolson in The Jolson Story; career ended with arrests and an undetermined 1968 death.

Scream queen

Scream queen: an actress prominent in horror films, wordplay on screen queen. Early icon Fay Wray (King Kong, 1933); archetypal modern figure Jamie Lee Curtis; distinct from Clover's Final Girl; label contested by Barbara Crampton.

Sean Bridgers

Sean Bridgers, full name Sean MacKenzie Bridgers, is an American actor and screenwriter born in 1968, known for Johnny Burns on Deadwood and Old Nick in Room (2015).

Sean Michaels (actor)

Sean Michaels (Andre Allen, born 1958, Brooklyn) is an American adult film actor, director, and producer, AVN and XRCO Hall of Fame inductee with over 1,000 films since the mid-1980s, distinct from wrestler Shawn Michaels.