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Joan Allen
Joan Allen (born 1956, Rochelle, Illinois) is an American actress, Steppenwolf ensemble member and 1988 Tony winner for Burn This, with three Oscar nominations for Nixon, The Crucible, and The Contender, and no Oscar win.
Joan Cusack
Joan Mary Cusack (born 1962) is an American character actress, sister of John Cusack, twice Oscar-nominated for Working Girl and In & Out, the voice of Jessie in Toy Story, and an Emmy winner for Shameless.
Joan Severance
Joan Severance (born 1958) is an American actress and former supermodel, an Elite model in Paris and New York, known for See No Evil Hear No Evil, Black Scorpion, and Love Boat: The Next Wave.
Joan Van Ark
Joan Van Ark (born 1943) is an American actress known as Valene Ewing on Dallas and Knots Landing (1979-1993), a Yale-trained stage actress with a 1971 Tony nomination, voice of Spider-Woman, and podcast host of We're KNOT Done Yet!.
Joanna Cassidy
Joanna Cassidy (Joanna Virginia Caskey, born 1945) is an American actress known as Zhora in Blade Runner (1982) and Dolores in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988); Golden Globe winner for Buffalo Bill, Emmy-nominated for Six Feet Under.
Joanna Kerns
Joanna Kerns, born Joanna Crussie DeVarona in 1953, is an American actress best known as Maggie Seaver on the ABC sitcom Growing Pains (1985–1992), who later became a prolific television director.
JoAnne Astrow
JoAnne Astrow, born June 24, 1938, is an American comedian, producer, and actress from Brooklyn who co-owns the World Famous Improvisation and produced HBO's Lewis Black specials.
Joanne Nail
Joanne Nail (Joanne Elizabeth Nail), American former actress born 1947 in Spokane, Washington; known for Switchblade Sisters (1975), The Gumball Rally (1976), The Visitor (1979), and Full Moon High (1981), plus Broadway roles in Scratch and Lysistrata.
JoBeth Williams
JoBeth Williams (born 1948, Houston) is an American actress known for Poltergeist, The Big Chill, and Stir Crazy, an Emmy and Golden Globe nominee, Oscar-nominated for directing the short On Hope, and former president of the SAG-AFTRA Foundation.
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, American actress and model born 1978 in Cliffwood Beach, New Jersey; known for Cassidy Bridges on Nash Bridges, Gretchen Morgan on Prison Break, and Jo Laughlin on The Vampire Diaries and Legacies.
Jodie Foster
Jodie Foster (born 1962) is an American actor and director, a two-time Best Actress Oscar winner for The Accused and The Silence of the Lambs, Emmy winner for True Detective: Night Country, and director of Little Man Tate and Money Monster.
Jodie Sweetin
Jodie Sweetin, American actress (born 1982), best known as Stephanie Tanner on Full House (1987–1995) and Fuller House (2016–2020); memoir unSweetined, addiction-recovery advocate, podcast How Rude, Tanneritos.
Joe Estevez
Joe Estevez (born 1946, Dayton, Ohio) is an American character actor, brother of Martin Sheen. Uncredited Willard voice and stand-in in Apocalypse Now; hundreds of credits in independent and cult film, and a regular on On Cinema.
Joe Flanigan
Joe Flanigan (born 1967, Los Angeles) is an American actor and writer, best known as Lt. Colonel John Sheppard on all five seasons of Stargate Atlantis (2004–2009), for which he also wrote two episodes; formerly a White House advance man and magazine writer.
Joe Lando
Joe Lando, born Joseph John Lando in 1961, is an American actor best known as Byron Sully, Jane Seymour's love interest on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, from 1993 to 1998.
Joe Lara
Joe Lara (William Joseph Lara, 1962–2021), American actor who played Tarzan in Tarzan in Manhattan (1989) and Tarzan: The Epic Adventures (1996–1997), later a country musician; died in the 2021 Percy Priest Lake plane crash with his wife Gwen Shamblin Lara.
Joe Mantegna
Joe Mantegna (Joseph Anthony Mantegna Jr., born 1947, Chicago) is an American actor, Tony winner for Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross, star of Criminal Minds as David Rossi, and voice of Fat Tony on The Simpsons.
Joe Morton
Joe Morton (Joseph Thomas Morton Jr., born 1947, New York) is an American stage, film, and television actor known for The Brother from Another Planet, Terminator 2's Miles Dyson, and Emmy-winning Rowan Pope on Scandal.
Joe Pesci
Joe Pesci (born 1943, Newark, New Jersey) is an American actor and former singer-guitarist; Oscar winner as Tommy DeVito in GoodFellas (1990), also known for Raging Bull, Home Alone, Casino, and The Irishman.
Joe Piscopo
Joe Piscopo (born 1951, Passaic, NJ) is an American comedian and actor, SNL cast member 1980-1984, famed for his Frank Sinatra impression, films Johnny Dangerously and Wise Guys, and New York radio hosting.
Joe Santos
Joe Santos (Joseph John Minieri Jr., 1931–2016), American character actor, played Lt. Dennis Becker on The Rockford Files (1974–80), earning a 1979 Emmy nomination, and later Angelo Garepe on The Sopranos.
Joe Spano
Joe Spano (Joseph Peter Spano, born 1946) is an American character actor known as Lt. Henry Goldblume on Hill Street Blues, Det. John Clark Sr. on NYPD Blue, and FBI Agent Tobias Fornell on NCIS; he won a 1989 Emmy for Midnight Caller.
Joe Urla
Joe Urla (Joseph Urla), American actor born 1958, in Pontiac, Michigan; known for Dugan on Seinfeld, roles in The Bodyguard, Sleepers, Deep Impact, The Wire, and a 1986 Theatre World Award.
Joel de la Fuente
Joel de la Fuente (born 1969) is an American actor known as Paul Wang in Space: Above and Beyond, Takeshi Kido in The Man in the High Castle, Ruben Morales on Law & Order: SVU, and the Drama Desk-nominated solo show Hold These Truths.
Joel Fabiani
Joel Fabiani (born 1936, Watsonville, California) is an American actor known for Stewart Sullivan in Department S and soap roles on Dallas, Dynasty, and All My Children.
Joel Gretsch
Joel Gretsch (Joel James Gretsch), American actor born 1963 in St. Cloud, Minnesota; lead roles as Tom Baldwin in The 4400 and Father Jack Landry in V, plus The Legend of Bagger Vance and Minority Report; married to Melanie Shatner.
Joel Hodgson
Joel Hodgson (born 1960, Stevens Point, Wisconsin) is an American comedian and prop builder, creator and original host of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988, KTMA-TV), who left in 1993 and later revived the show via a record $5.7 million Kickstarter.
Joel Murray
Joel Murray (born 1963, Wilmette, Illinois) is an American actor, director, and writer, youngest brother of Bill and Brian Doyle-Murray; known for Dharma & Greg, Mad Men's Freddy Rumsen, Shameless, and God Bless America.
Joely Fisher
Joely Fisher (born 1967, Burbank, California) is an American actress, singer, and director, daughter of Eddie Fisher and Connie Stevens, known as Paige Clark on Ellen, Joy Stark on 'Til Death, Broadway turns in Grease and Cabaret, and SAG-AFTRA Secretary-Treasurer since 2021.
Joey Lauren Adams
Joey Lauren Adams (born 1968), Arkansas-born American actress and director, best known as Alyssa in Kevin Smith's Chasing Amy (1997), which earned a 1998 Golden Globe nomination; also Big Daddy and Dazed and Confused, and writer-director of Come Early Morning (2006).