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Jolene Blalock

Jolene Blalock (born 1975, San Diego) is an American actress and former model who played Vulcan Sub-Commander T'Pol in all 98 episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005), won a 2002 Saturn Award, later produced Nimrods, and voiced T'Pol in Lower Decks as "Jolene."

Jon Bernthal

Jon Bernthal (born 1976, Washington, D.C.) is an American actor known for Shane Walsh on The Walking Dead, the Punisher since 2016, and an Emmy-winning role as Mikey in The Bear.

Jonathan Bennett (actor)

Jonathan Bennett (born 1981) is an American actor known as Aaron Samuels in Mean Girls (2004), a Hallmark holiday-movie leading man behind the network's first LGBTQ-led films, host of Halloween Wars, and a General Hospital cast member.

Julie Benz

Julie Benz, also Julie M. Benz, is an American actress (born 1972, Pittsburgh) known as Darla in Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel and Rita Bennett in Dexter, winning 2006 Satellite and 2009 Saturn Awards, later starring in Defiance and No Ordinary Family.

Justin Berfield

Justin Tyler Berfield (born 1986) is an American actor and producer, known as Reese on Malcolm in the Middle (2000–2006, 151 episodes) and Ross Malloy on Unhappily Ever After; later Virgin Produced co-founder who returned as Reese in the 2026 revival Life's Still Unfair.

Kelli Berglund

Kelli Berglund (born 1996, Moorpark, California) is an American actress and trained dancer known as Bree Davenport in Disney XD's Lab Rats, Mae Hartley in How to Build a Better Boy, Carly Carlson in Now Apocalypse, and Crystal Tyler in Heels.

Kerry Bishé

Kerry Bishé (born 1984) is a New Zealand-born American actress known as Donna Clark in Halt and Catch Fire, Lucy Bennett on Scrubs' final season, and roles in Argo, Narcos, and Madame Web.

Kimia Behpoornia

Kimia Behpoornia (born 1992) is an American actress, improviser, and writer from Los Angeles, known for Atypical, Abbott Elementary, Reboot, Hacks, Abby's, and Dropout appearances.

Kristen Bell

Kristen Bell (born 1980, Huntington Woods, Michigan) is an American actress and producer, star of Veronica Mars, The Good Place, Nobody Wants This, and the voice of Anna in Disney's Frozen films; Disney Legend 2022 and first SAG Awards host (2018).

Lake Bell

Lake Bell, born Lake Siegel Bell in 1979, is an American actress, screenwriter, and director known for Boston Legal, In a World..., and voicing Poison Ivy in Harley Quinn.

Lucas Black

Lucas Black (Lucas York Black), American actor born 1982 in Decatur, Alabama; child star of Sling Blade, lead of The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, and Agent LaSalle on NCIS: New Orleans 2014-2019.

Luke Benward

Luke Aaron Benward (born 1995) is an American actor and singer from Tennessee, a former Disney Channel star (Minutemen, Cloud 9, Good Luck Charlie) known for How to Eat Fried Worms, Dumplin', Life of the Party, and directing the short Boys.

Luna Blaise

Luna Blaise (born 2001) is an American actress and singer from Los Angeles, known as Nicole on Fresh Off the Boat, Olive Stone on Manifest, and Teresa Delgado in Jurassic World Rebirth.

Madisen Beaty

Madisen Beaty (born 1995) is an American actress and DJ, known for roles in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Master, and Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood.

Margot Bingham

Margot Bingham (born 1987, Pittsburgh) is an American actress and singer-songwriter, aka Margot B., known for Daughter Maitland on Boardwalk Empire, Stephanie on The Walking Dead, Nina Meyer on The Family, and roles in Barbershop: The Next Cut and Lawmen: Bass Reeves.

Mary Birdsong

Mary Birdsong (born 1968) is an American actress, comedian, writer, and singer, best known as Deputy Cherisha Kimball on Reno 911! and for roles in The Descendants, Adventureland, and Broadway's Hairspray.

Matt Bennett

Matt Bennett (Matthew H. Bennett, born 1991, Massapequa, New York) is an American actor, singer, and DJ, best known as Robbie Shapiro on Nickelodeon's Victorious; also The Virginity Hit, Terminal Cases, and the Party101 DJ night.

Mayim Bialik

Mayim Bialik (born 1975, San Diego) is an American actress and UCLA-trained neuroscientist, known as Blossom Russo on NBC's Blossom, Amy Farrah Fowler on The Big Bang Theory, and a 2022–2023 Jeopardy! co-host.

McKinley Belcher III

McKinley Belcher III (born 1984, Atlanta) is an American actor known for Detective Michael Ledroit in Netflix's Eric, Agent Trevor Evans in Ozark, Samuel Diggs in Mercy Street, Arlong in One Piece, and a Drama Desk Award for The Royale.

Melissa Benoist

Melissa Benoist (born 1988, Littleton, Colorado) is an American actress and singer known as Marley Rose on Glee and Kara Zor-El in Supergirl (2015–2021, 126 episodes), later in The Girls on the Bus and The Waterfront.

Michael Beach

Michael Anthony Beach, American actor born 1963 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, Juilliard graduate known for Al Boulet on ER, Doc Parker on Third Watch, Waiting to Exhale, Soul Food, Mayor of Kingstown, and Tulsa King.

Michael Evans Behling

Michael Evans Behling (born 1996) is an American actor from Columbus, Indiana, best known as Jordan Baker on The CW's All American (2018-2026, 127 episodes), with credits on Empire, Grey's Anatomy, and A Cinderella Story: Starstruck.

Moon Bloodgood

Moon Bloodgood (Korinna Moon Bloodgood, born 1975) is an American actress and former Laker Girl known for Dr. Anne Glass in Falling Skies and Blair Williams in Terminator Salvation.

Nadia Bjorlin

Nadia Alexandra Bjorlin, American actress and singer born 1980 in Newport, Rhode Island; known for Chloe Lane on Days of Our Lives (1999-2023), Redline, Venice the Series, and daughter of composer Ulf Bjorlin.

Nicole Beharie

Nicole Beharie (born 1985) is an American actress, Juilliard-trained, known for Abbie Mills in Sleepy Hollow, Rachel Robinson in 42, Miss Juneteenth (Gotham Best Actress), and Emmy-nominated Christina Hunter in The Morning Show.

Nicole Brydon Bloom

Nicole Brydon Bloom (born 1994, Chicago) is an American actress known for 1BR (2019), Maud Beaton in The Gilded Age, and Jane Driscoll in Hulu's Paradise; Elon University graduate, wife of Justin Theroux since 2025.

Nikki Blonsky

Nikki Blonsky (Nicole Margaret Blonsky, born 1988, Great Neck, New York) is an American actress and singer best known as Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray (2007), her debut film, which won her a Critics' Choice Award and Golden Globe and SAG nominations; she later starred in Huge and Bosco.

Noah Bean

Noah Bean, also known as Noah Whipple Bean, is an American actor born in Boston in 1978, known for Damages, Nikita, 12 Monkeys, and the film The Pill.

Patricia Belcher

Patricia Belcher (born 1954, Helena, Montana) is an American character actress with 100-plus screen credits, best known as Assistant U.S. Attorney Caroline Julian on Bones and Mrs. Dabney on Good Luck Charlie.

Paul Ben-Victor

Paul Ben-Victor, born Paul Friedman in 1965 in Brooklyn, is an American character actor known as Spiros Vondas on The Wire and Alan Gray on Entourage, also in The Irishman and Nobody Wants This.