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Madeline Zima
Madeline Zima, also known as Madeline Rose Zima, is an American actress. She is best known for playing Grace Sheffield on The Nanny (1993–99) and Mia Lewis on Californication.
Madlyn Rhue
Madlyn Rhue (Madeline Roche, 1935–2003), American TV character actress, Lt. Marla McGivers in Star Trek's "Space Seed"; worked nearly 40 years despite multiple sclerosis, diagnosed 1977, performing later roles from a wheelchair.
Madolyn Smith
Madolyn Smith (Madolyn Smith Osborne), born 1957, Albuquerque, is a retired American actress known for Urban Cowboy (1980), If Tomorrow Comes (1986), All of Me, 2010, and Funny Farm; retired from acting in 1994 due to chronic illness, married former NHL player Mark Osborne since 1988. Distinct from therapists and nurse practitioners of similar names.
Maggie Wheeler
Maggie Wheeler (Margaret Emily Jakobson), American actress born in New York City, best known as Janice on Friends (19 episodes, all 10 seasons); also voice of SilverHawks' female characters, Archer's Trinette, and choir director.
Maia Campbell
Maia Campbell (Maia Chinassa Campbell), American actress born 1976 in Takoma Park, Maryland; played Tiffany Warren on In the House (1995–1999) and Nicole on South Central; daughter of author Bebe Moore Campbell; later publicized bipolar disorder and recovery.
Majandra Delfino
Majandra Delfino (Maria Alejandra Delfino, born 1981, Caracas) is a Venezuelan-American actress and singer known for Maria DeLuca on Roswell, Traffic, Friends with Better Lives, and albums The Sicks and Tarte.
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Malcolm-Jamal Warner (1970–2025), American actor, director, and musician; Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show, lead of Malcolm & Eddie and The Resident, 1986 Emmy nominee, 2015 Grammy winner; drowned in Costa Rica.
Malik Yoba
Malik Yoba (Abdul-Malik Kashie Yoba, born 1967) is an American actor known for Cool Runnings and Detective J.C. Williams on New York Undercover, later founder of Yoba Development.
Marc Alaimo
Marc Alaimo (Michael Joseph Alaimo, born 1942, Milwaukee) is an American character actor famous as Gul Dukat on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (35 episodes, 1993–1999), the first Cardassian and first TNG-era Romulan, with film credits including Total Recall.
Marc Blucas
Marc Blucas (Marcus Paul Blucas, born 1972, Butler, Pennsylvania) is an American actor, producer, and screenwriter, a former Wake Forest and Manchester Giants basketball player, known for Riley Finn on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Matthew Donnally on Necessary Roughness, and George Walter on My Life with the Walter Boys.
Marc McClure
Marc McClure (born 1957, San Mateo, California) is an American actor, the Jimmy Olsen of the 1978-1987 Superman films and Supergirl, and Dave McFly in Back to the Future; also Apollo 13 and Freaky Friday.
Marc Singer
Marc Singer (born 1948) is a Canadian actor best known for playing Dar in The Beastmaster (1982) and Mike Donovan in the science fiction series V (1983–1985).
Marcheline Bertrand
Marcheline Bertrand (Marcia Lynne Bertrand, 1950–2007), American actress, producer, and humanitarian; former wife of Jon Voight and mother of Angelina Jolie and James Haven; produced Trudell and advocated for gynecological cancer awareness.
Marcia Cross
Marcia Cross (Marcia Anne Cross, born 1962) is an American actress, Juilliard-trained, known as Dr. Kimberly Shaw on Melrose Place and Bree Van de Kamp on all eight seasons of Desperate Housewives, with 2005 Emmy and Golden Globe nominations.
Marcia Gay Harden
Marcia Gay Harden (born 1959, La Jolla, California) is an American actress who won the 2001 Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Lee Krasner in Pollock, earned a second nomination for Mystic River, and won a Tony for God of Carnage.
Marcia Strassman
Marcia Ann Strassman (1948–2014) was an American actress and singer, Julie Kotter on the sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter and Diane Szalinski in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids; not to be confused with casting director Marcia, or psychologist James Marcia.
Marcia Wallace
Marcia Wallace (1942–2013), American actress and comedian, known as Carol Kester on The Bob Newhart Show and the voice of Edna Krabappel on The Simpsons, with a 1992 Emmy.
Marcus Chong
Marcus Chong (born 1967, Seattle) is an American actor known as Tank in The Matrix (1999), Huey P. Newton in Panther (1995), and a Theatre World Award winner for Broadway's Stand-Up Tragedy.
Marcus Giamatti
Marcus Bartlett Giamatti (born 1961, New Haven) is an American actor, bass guitarist, and Temple University professor, son of MLB commissioner Bart Giamatti and brother of Paul Giamatti, best known as Peter Gray on CBS's Judging Amy (1999–2005).
Marcy Walker
Marcy Walker, also known as Marcy Lynn Walker, is an American former actress. She is best known for her roles on All My Children and Santa Barbara.
Mare Winningham
Mare Winningham (Mary Megan Winningham) is an American actress and singer-songwriter who won Emmys for Amber Waves and George Wallace and was nominated for an Oscar for Georgia.
Marg Helgenberger
Marg Helgenberger (born 1958, Fremont, Nebraska) is an American actress known as Catherine Willows on CSI and K.C. Koloski on China Beach; she won a 1990 Emmy and received a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in 2012.
Margaret Colin
Margaret Colin (born 1958, Brooklyn; some sources 1957) is an American actress known for Margo Montgomery on As the World Turns, Saturn Award-winning Now and Again, Eleanor Waldorf on Gossip Girl, Independence Day, and Broadway's The Balusters.
Margaret Whitton
Margaret Whitton (1949–2016), American actress, played Rachel Phelps in Major League and Major League II, starred in The Secret of My Success and Ironweed, then directed A Bird of the Air and ran Tashtego Films with husband Warren Spector.
Maria Bello
Maria Bello (Maria Elaina Bello), born 1967, is an American actress known for ER and films including The Cooler (2003) and A History of Violence (2005).
Maria O'Brien (actress)
Maria O'Brien (1950-2026), American actress and acting coach, daughter of Edmond O'Brien and Olga San Juan; known for Protocol, Smile, Matlock, and 15 years coaching Days of Our Lives. Distinct from the British actress of the same name.
Maria Pitillo
Maria Pitillo, born 1966, in Elmira, New York, is an American retired actress best known as Audrey Timmonds in Godzilla (1998) and Tina Calcatera on Providence (2001-2002); she retired from acting in 2008.
Mariel Hemingway
Mariel Hemingway, born 1961, American actress and author, granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway; Oscar- and BAFTA-nominated for Manhattan (1979), starred in Personal Best, Star 80, and Civil Wars, and writes on mental health and wellness.
Mariette Hartley
Mariette Hartley (Mary Loretta Hartley, born June 21, 1940) is an American actress of film, TV, and stage, granddaughter of psychologist John B. Watson, known for Ride the High Country (1962), the Polaroid ads with James Garner, her 1979 Emmy for The Incredible Hulk, and co-founding the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
Marilu Henner
Marilu Henner (Mary Lucy Denise Henner, born 1952, Chicago) is an American actress known as Elaine Nardo on Taxi and Ava Evans Newton on Evening Shade, a five-time Golden Globe nominee, Broadway veteran, author, and documented case of highly superior autobiographical memory.