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Zarina Wahab (ज़रीना वहाब)

Zarina Wahab (ज़रीना वहाब), Indian actress born in Visakhapatnam, FTII-trained, star of Chitchor (1976) and Gharonda (1977, Filmfare nomination); wife of Aditya Pancholi, active in Hindi, Malayalam, and Telugu cinema.

ZaSu Pitts

ZaSu Pitts (Eliza Susan Pitts, 1894-1963), American film actress of silent and sound cinema, Trina in Greed (1924), half of the Pitts-Todd Hal Roach comedy shorts, later radio and TV character actress.

Zayed Khan

Zayed Khan (Zayed Abbas Khan), Bollywood actor and producer, son of Sanjay Khan; debut Chura Liyaa Hai Tumne (2003), breakthrough as Lucky in Main Hoon Na (2004); produced Love Breakups Zindagi; distinct from Kannada actor Zaid Khan.

Zeenat Aman (ज़ीनत अमान)

Zeenat Aman (ज़ीनत अमान), born Zeenat Khan in 1951, is an Indian actress and model, Miss Asia Pacific 1970, star of Hare Rama Hare Krishna, Don, Satyam Shivam Sundaram, and Qurbani, among the highest-paid Hindi actresses of the 1970s and 1980s.

Zelda Williams

Zelda Williams (Zelda Rae Williams, born 1989, New York City) is an American actress and director, daughter of Robin Williams and Marsha Garces Williams. Known for voicing Kuvira in The Legend of Korra and directing Lisa Frankenstein (2024), her feature debut from Diablo Cody's screenplay, and for speaking out against AI recreations of her father.

Zoa Morani

Zoa Morani (ज़ोआ मोरानी) is an Indian actress, daughter of producer Karim Morani; she assisted on Om Shanti Om, debuted in Always Kabhi Kabhi (2011), and later appeared in Taish, Dahaad, and Dange.

Zoë Bell

Zoë Bell (born 1978, Waiheke Island, New Zealand) is a stuntwoman turned actress, double for Lucy Lawless on Xena and Uma Thurman in Kill Bill, star of Death Proof, The Hateful Eight, and stunt coordinator on Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

Zohra Sehgal

Zohra Sehgal, born Sahibzadi Zohra Mumtazullah Khan Begum, was an Indian actor, dancer, and choreographer, the "grand old lady of Bollywood", whose career spanned seven decades.

Zubeida (زبیدہ بیگم)

Zubeida Begum (زبیدہ بیگم), also Zubeida Begum Dhanrajgir, Indian actress (born 1911, Surat), daughter of Fatima Begum; lead of Alam Ara (1931), India's first talkie; founded Mahalakshmi Movietone; died 1988.