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Heather Locklear
Heather Locklear (Heather Deen Locklear, born 1961) is an American actress known for Sammy Jo Carrington on Dynasty, Amanda Woodward on Melrose Place, and Caitlin Moore on Spin City, with six Golden Globe nominations.
James Lesure
James Lesure, American television actor born 1970 in Los Angeles (some sources say 1975), known for Mike Cannon on Las Vegas, Mel Ellis on For Your Love, and Carter Hope on The Rookie: Feds.
Jamie Luner
Jamie Luner (Jamie Michelle Luner, born 1971, Palo Alto, California) is an American actress known for Cindy Lubbock on Just the Ten of Us, Peyton Richards on Savannah, Lexi Sterling on Melrose Place, Rachel Burke on Profiler, and Liza Colby on All My Children.
Jason Lee
Jason Lee, born 1970, in Orange, California, is an American actor and photographer, formerly a professional skateboarder and Stereo Skateboards co-founder, known for Kevin Smith films, Almost Famous, and My Name Is Earl.
Jason London
Jason Paul London, American actor born 1972 in San Diego, identical twin of actor Jeremy London; known for Randall 'Pink' Floyd in Dazed and Confused (1993), The Man in the Moon (1991), The Rage: Carrie 2, and Jason and the Argonauts.
Jenifer Lewis
Jenifer Jeanette Lewis, born 1957 in Kinloch, Missouri, is an American actress, singer, and memoirist known as "the Black Mother of Hollywood," for Ruby Johnson on black-ish, Flo in Cars, Mama Odie in The Princess and the Frog, and her 2017 bipolar-disorder memoir.
Jennifer Lien
Jennifer Lien (born 1974) is an American actress known for playing Kes on Star Trek: Voyager (1995-1997), voicing Agent Elle in Men in Black: The Series, and roles in American History X and SLC Punk! before retiring in 2002.
Jeremy London
Jeremy London (born 1972, San Diego) is an American actor, twin brother of Jason London, known for I'll Fly Away, Party of Five, 7th Heaven, and Mallrats, later directing indie films.
Jessica Lundy
Jessica Lundy (Jessica Ruth Lundy, born 1966, San Diego) is an American actress known for Gloria Utz on Hope & Gloria, Joan Stupid in The Stupids, and Emmy-winning Amanda Wainwright on The Inspectors; distinct from the Detroit TV-host speaker of the same name.
John Carroll Lynch
John Carroll Lynch, born 1963 in Boulder, Colorado, is an American character actor known for Norm Gunderson in Fargo and Twisty the Clown in American Horror Story.
John Leguizamo
John Leguizamo, Colombian-American actor, comedian, and playwright born in Bogotá, known for one-man shows (Mambo Mouth, Freak, Latin History for Morons), an Emmy, a Special Tony, Ice Age's Sid, and Latino representation advocacy.
John Lithgow
John Lithgow (born 1945) is an American actor of stage, film, and TV, known for 3rd Rock from the Sun, Dexter, The Crown, and Giant. Three Tonys, six Emmys as of 2019, two Oscar nominations; cast as Dumbledore in HBO's Harry Potter.
Judy Lewis
Judy Lewis (1935–2011), American actress, TV writer/producer and psychotherapist; biological daughter of Loretta Young and Clark Gable, concealed until her 1994 memoir Uncommon Knowledge; also producer of the soap Texas.
Juliette Lewis
Juliette Lewis (b. 1973) is an American actress and singer, Oscar-nominated at 18 for Cape Fear, known for Natural Born Killers, fronting Juliette and the Licks, and starring in Yellowjackets and the 2026 Cape Fear series.
Karina Lombard
Karina Lombard, born 1969 in Tahiti, is an actress of Lakota and Swiss-Russian descent known for Wide Sargasso Sea, The Firm, Legends of the Fall, The L Word (Marina Ferrer), and The 4400.
Kay Lenz
Kay Lenz (Kay Ann Lenz, born 1953, Los Angeles) is an American actress, Golden Globe-nominated for Breezy (1973) and an Emmy winner for Midnight Caller (1989), formerly married to David Cassidy.
Kelly Lynch
Kelly Lynch (born 1959, Golden Valley, Minnesota) is an American actress known for Drugstore Cowboy (1989), Road House, The L Word, and Magic City, with an Independent Spirit Award nomination for The Beans of Egypt, Maine.
Larry Linville
Larry Linville (Lawrence Lavon Linville, 1939–2000) was an American actor who played Major Frank Burns on M*A*S*H from 1972 to 1977, later working on stage and in guest TV roles.
Laura Leighton
Laura Leighton (born Laura Miller, 1968, Iowa City, Iowa) is an American actress known as Sydney Andrews on Melrose Place (1993–1998, Golden Globe-nominated) and Ashley Marin on Pretty Little Liars; married co-star Doug Savant since 1998.
Len Lesser
Len Lesser, born Leonard King Lesser, was an American character actor whose six-decade screen career peaked with his role as Uncle Leo on Seinfeld from 1991 to 1998.
Lori Loughlin
Lori Loughlin, American actress born 1964 in Queens, New York; played Aunt Becky on Full House (1988–1995), starred in Summerland, 90210, and Hallmark's When Calls the Heart; imprisoned two months in 2020 for the college admissions bribery scandal.
Mario Lopez
Mario Lopez (born 1973) is an American actor and host, famous as A.C. Slater on Saved by the Bell and later host of Extra, Access Hollywood, and Access Daily, with a 2024 Hollywood Walk of Fame star.
Mark Linn-Baker
Mark Linn-Baker (born 1954, St. Louis) is an American actor, director, and co-founder of New York Stage & Film, known for Larry Appleton on Perfect Strangers, Benjy Stone in My Favorite Year, and Broadway roles including The Music Man.
Matt LeBlanc
Matt LeBlanc, American actor born in Newton, Massachusetts, played Joey Tribbiani on Friends (1994–2004) and its spin-off Joey, then won a Golden Globe playing himself in Episodes.
Matt Letscher
Matt Letscher (Matthew Letscher, born 1970, Grosse Pointe, Michigan) is an American actor and playwright known for Capt. Harrison Love in The Mask of Zorro, Eobard Thawne/Reverse-Flash on The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow, Narcos: Mexico, and his Purple Rose Theatre plays.
Matthew Lillard
Matthew Lillard (born 1970, Lansing, Michigan) is an American actor known for Stu Macher in Scream, Shaggy Rogers in live-action and animated Scooby-Doo, William Afton in Five Nights at Freddy's, directing Fat Kid Rules the World, and co-founding Beadle & Grimm's.
Michael Learned
Michael Learned (born 1939) is an American actress, Olivia Walton on CBS's The Waltons (1972–81), winner of four Primetime Emmys for lead actress in a drama, three for The Waltons and one for Nurse (1982).
Michael Lerner (actor)
Michael Lerner (1941-2023), American character actor from Brooklyn, Oscar-nominated as Jack Lipnick in Barton Fink (1991); also Eight Men Out, Godzilla, Elf, X-Men: Days of Future Past; distinct from rabbi Michael Lerner.
Michele Lee
Michele Lee (Michelle Lee Dusick), American actress born 1942 in Los Angeles; Karen Fairgate MacKenzie in all 344 episodes of Knots Landing (1979–1993), Emmy-nominated 1982; Broadway Rosemary in How to Succeed, Tony nominee for Seesaw and The Tale of the Allergist's Wife.
Nia Long
Nia Long (Nitara Carlynn Long, born 1970) is an American actress known for Boyz n the Hood, Love Jones, Friday, The Best Man franchise, Fresh Prince, Third Watch, and MICHAEL.