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Alexandra Billings

Alexandra Billings (born 1962, Schaumburg, Illinois) is an American transgender actress, singer, and USC theater professor, known as Davina on Transparent, for the TV first Romy and Michele: In the Beginning, and as the first trans actor to play Madame Morrible in Broadway's Wicked.

Alexis Bledel

Alexis Bledel (Kimberly Alexis Bledel, born 1981, Houston) is an American actress known as Rory Gilmore in Gilmore Girls and Emmy-winning Emily Malek in The Handmaid's Tale.

Alison Becker

Alison Becker (Alison Helene Becker), American actress, comedian, and writer from Allamuchy, New Jersey; played Shauna Malwae-Tweep on Parks and Recreation and was head writer on Tiny Toons Looniversity; UCB alumna and Georgetown graduate.

Ally Beardsley

Ally Beardsley (born 1988), American actor, writer, and comedian; Intrepid Heroes player on Dimension 20 and CollegeHumor/Dropout cast member; characters include Kristen Applebees, Pete Conlan, and Margaret Encino.

Amber Benson

Amber Benson (Amber Nicole Benson, born 1977, Birmingham, Alabama) is an American actress, writer, and director, known as Tara Maclay on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and author of the Calliope Reaper-Jones and Echo Park Coven novels.

Amir Blumenfeld (אמיר שמואל בלומנפלד)

Amir Blumenfeld (אמיר בלומנפלד, born 1983, Afula, Israel) is an Israeli-American comedian, writer, and actor, half of the duo Jake and Amir at CollegeHumor, co-host of If I Were You, and HeadGum co-founder.

Angela Bettis

Angela Bettis (born 1973, Austin, Texas) is an American actress, producer, and director known for May (2002), the 2002 TV Carrie, and Girl, Interrupted, and for directing Roman (2006).

Anna Belknap

Anna Belknap (born 1972) is an American actress from Damariscotta, Maine, known for Detective Lindsay Monroe on CSI: NY (2005–2013, 172 episodes) and Eva Rossi on Medical Investigation; Middlebury BA, ACT MFA.

Annette Bening

Annette Bening, American actress born 1958 in Topeka, Kansas; five-time Oscar nominee for The Grifters, American Beauty, Being Julia, The Kids Are All Right, and Nyad; BAFTA and two Golden Globe winner; married to Warren Beatty since 1992.

Ashley Benson

Ashley Benson (born 1989) is an American actress known as Hanna Marin on Pretty Little Liars (2010–2017) and Brit in Spring Breakers; also starred in Pixels, Her Smell, and McVeigh, and co-founded Privé Revaux.

Beth Behrs

Beth Behrs (Elizabeth Ann Behrs), born 1985 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is an American actress known for Caroline Channing on 2 Broke Girls and Gemma Johnson on The Neighborhood.

Camilla Belle

Camilla Belle (Camilla Belle Routh, born 1986) is an American actress from Los Angeles who began as a child performer, starred in When a Stranger Calls, 10,000 BC, and Push, and later directed Phobias.

Camren Bicondova

Camren Bicondova (born 1999) is an American actress and dancer from San Diego, known for playing teenage Selina Kyle on Gotham (2014–2019, 100 episodes) and for 8 Flavahz on America's Best Dance Crew.

Chloe Bennet

Chloe Bennet (born Chloe Wang, 1992, Chicago) is an American actress and singer; she was a pop star in China, played Daisy Johnson/Quake for seven seasons of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and stars in Interior Chinatown and The White Lotus season 4.

Coby Bell

Coby Bell (Coby Scott Bell, born 1975) is an American actor known for Third Watch (Ty Davis Jr.), The Game (Jason Pitts), Burn Notice (Jesse Porter), The Gifted (Jace Turner), and Walker (Captain Larry James); son of Broadway actor Michel Bell.

Corbin Bleu

Corbin Bleu (Corbin Bleu Reivers), American actor, dancer, and singer born 1989 in Brooklyn; known as Chad Danforth in Disney's High School Musical trilogy and Izzy in Jump In!, later a Broadway performer in In the Heights, Holiday Inn, Kiss Me Kate, and The Great Gatsby.

Danielle Bisutti

Danielle Bisutti (Danielle Nicole Bisutti, born 1976) is an American actress and singer-songwriter, known as Amanda Cantwell on True Jackson, VP and as the voice of Freya in God of War and God of War Ragnarök, with BAFTA Performer nominations for both.

Ella Beatty

Ella Beatty (born 2000, Los Angeles) is an American actress, daughter of Warren Beatty and Annette Bening, a Juilliard graduate known for Feud: Capote vs. The Swans, Broadway's Appropriate, and starring as Lizzie Borden in Netflix's Monster.

Emma Bell

Emma Jean Bell (born 1986), American actress from New Jersey known as Amy in The Walking Dead, star of Frozen and Final Destination 5; distinct from the English soprano Emma Bell.

Gil Birmingham

Gil Birmingham (born 1953, San Antonio, Texas) is an American actor of Comanche ancestry, known as Billy Black in the Twilight Saga and Tribal Chairman Thomas Rainwater in Yellowstone and its 2026 CBS spinoff Marshals.

Gus Birney

Gus Birney (Augusta Marsh Birney, born 1999) is an American actress, daughter of Reed Birney and Constance Shulman, known for The Mist, Dickinson, Shining Vale, Black Rabbit, and Portia Cunningham in Netflix's Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen.

Haley Bennett

Haley Bennett (Haley Loraine Keeling, born 1988, Fort Myers, Florida) is an American actress and singer, debut in Music and Lyrics, breakout in The Magnificent Seven and The Girl on the Train, Tribeca Best Actress for Swallow.

Halle Berry

Halle Maria Berry (born 1966, Cleveland) is an American actress, first Black winner of the Best Actress Oscar for Monster's Ball (2001 film, 2002 ceremony), Emmy and Golden Globe winner, and director of Bruised.

Jack Black

Jack Black (Thomas Jacob Black, born 1969, Santa Monica) is an American actor and musician, half of Tenacious D with Kyle Gass, known for High Fidelity, School of Rock, Kung Fu Panda, Jumanji, and voicing Bowser and Minecraft's Steve.

Jason Beghe

Jason Beghe (born 1960, New York City) is an American actor known as Sergeant Hank Voight on Chicago P.D. since 2014, with a gravelly voice from a 1999 car accident, and film roles in Monkey Shines and G.I. Jane.

Jessica Biel

Jessica Biel (born 1982, Ely, Minnesota), also known as Mary Camden of 7th Heaven, is an American actress and producer, Emmy-nominated for The Sinner, founder of Iron Ocean Productions, star of Candy and The Better Sister, wife of Justin Timberlake.

Jillian Bell

Jillian Bell (Jillian Leigh Bell, born 1984, Las Vegas) is an American actress, comedian, and screenwriter, an SNL writer, star of Workaholics and 22 Jump Street, and director of Summer of 69.

Jimmy Bennett

Jimmy Bennett, full name James Michael Bennett, is an American actor and musician born in 1996, a child actor in Hostage, Orphan, and Star Trek.

John Billingsley

John Billingsley (born 1960, Media, Pennsylvania) is an American character actor, also known as John A. Billingsley, who played Dr. Phlox in all 98 episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005), with later roles in True Blood, The Nine, and Pam & Tommy, and charity work with the Hollywood Food Coalition.

Johnny Berchtold

Johnny Berchtold (born 1994) is an American actor and writer from New Jersey, known for Dog Gone, The Passenger, Reacher season 3 as Richard Beck, and Paul Murdaugh in Murdaugh: Death in the Family, plus TikTok movie-trope parodies.