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Abigail Klein

Abigail Klein (born 1988, Dallas, Texas) is an American actress and former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader (2007-2010), known as Stephanie Johnson on Days of Our Lives since 2022 and for That's My Boy, Transformers: Age of Extinction, and Butterfly Caught.

Aimé Donna Kelly

Aimé Donna Kelly is an American actress and playwright known as Captain Renee Curry on Law & Order: SVU since 2020, promoted to series regular for Season 27 in 2025.

Aja Naomi King

Aja Naomi King (born 1985) is an American actress known as Michaela Pratt on How to Get Away with Murder (2014–2020), Cherry in The Birth of a Nation, and Emmy-nominated Harriet Sloane in Lessons in Chemistry.

Alex Karpovsky

Alex Karpovsky (born 1975, Newton, Massachusetts) is an American actor and filmmaker, Ray on HBO's Girls, Jed in Tiny Furniture, and director-star of The Hole Story, Rubberneck, and Red Flag.

Amin Joseph

Amin Joseph (born 1980) is an American actor, producer, and director from Harlem, New York, best known as Jerome Saint on FX's Snowfall (2017-2023) and for City of Lies, Baywatch, and Dope.

Angela Kinsey

Angela Kinsey (born 1971, Lafayette, Louisiana) is an American actress who played accountant Angela Martin on NBC's The Office, won a Daytime Emmy and two SAG Awards, and co-hosts the Office Ladies podcast with Jenna Fischer.

Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie (b. 1975) is an American actor, filmmaker, and humanitarian, Oscar winner for Girl, Interrupted (1999), star of Lara Croft, Maleficent, and Maria, and former UNHCR Special Envoy (2001–2022).

Anna Kendrick

Anna Kendrick (born 1985, Portland, Maine) is an American actress, singer, and author: Tony-nominated at 12 for High Society, Oscar-nominated for Up in the Air, star of Pitch Perfect and the triple-platinum single Cups, and director of Woman of the Hour.

Anthony Keyvan

Anthony Keyvan (born 2000) is an American actor of Filipino and Iranian descent, known as Rahim in Love, Victor and Quincy "Q" Shabazian in Netflix's XO, Kitty.

Archie Kao

Archie Kao (高圣远, Archie David Kao, born 1969, Washington, D.C.) is a Chinese-American actor and producer, the Galaxy Blue Ranger in Power Rangers Lost Galaxy, CSI's Archie Johnson, Chicago P.D.'s Sheldon Jin, and Uncle Wong in Interior Chinatown.

Arielle Kebbel

Arielle Caroline Kebbel, American actress and former model born 1985 in Winter Park, Florida; known for Gilmore Girls, The Vampire Diaries, Fifty Shades Freed, and as Belle Skinner in the Yellowstone spinoff Marshals.

Ashley Johnson

Ashley Johnson (Ashley Suzanne Johnson), American actress born 1983 in Camarillo, California; child star as Chrissy Seaver on Growing Pains, voice of Ellie in The Last of Us games, two BAFTA Games Awards, Critical Role cast member and president of its foundation.

Bianca Kajlich

Bianca Maria Kajlich (born 1977, Seattle) is an American actress and former ballerina with Olympic Ballet Theatre, known for Jennifer Morgan on Rules of Engagement (2007-2013, 100 episodes) and films 10 Things I Hate About You, Bring It On, and Halloween: Resurrection.

Caleb Landry Jones

Caleb Landry Jones (born 1989) is an American actor and musician from Texas, known for Get Out, Three Billboards, and Nitram, for which he won the 2021 Cannes Best Actor and AACTA awards; he records psychedelic albums on Sacred Bones.

Candice King

Candice King, born Candice Rene Accola (1987, Houston, Texas), is an American actress and singer known for Caroline Forbes on The Vampire Diaries, The Originals, and Legacies, plus We Were Liars and her Miley Cyrus backup-singer start.

Casimere Jollette

Casimere Jollette (born 1996, Chicago) is an American actress, dancer, and model, best known as Bette Whitlaw in Netflix's Tiny Pretty Things (2020), with guest roles in Dark Winds, Brilliant Minds, and the 2026 Return of the Living Dead remake.

Catherine Keener

Catherine Keener (Catherine Ann Keener), American actress, two-time Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominee for Being John Malkovich (1999) and Capote (2005); indie-film fixture with DiCillo and Holofcener, Emmy-nominated for An American Crime.

Chandler Kinney

Chandler Kinney (born 2000, Sacramento, California) is an American actress known as werewolf leader Willa in Disney's ZOMBIES films, Tabby Haworthe in Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, Riana Murtaugh in Lethal Weapon, and Kimberly in the 2026 Legally Blonde prequel Elle.

Cherry Jones

Cherry Jones (born 1956, Paris, Tennessee) is an American stage and screen actress, a two-time Tony winner (The Heiress, Doubt) and three-time Emmy winner (24, The Handmaid's Tale, Succession), distinct from CJ Jones, the deaf actor.

Chris Klein (actor)

Chris Klein (born 1979, Hinsdale, Illinois) is an American actor, Paul Metzler in Election (1999) and Oz in American Pie, later Cicada in The Flash and Bill Townsend in Sweet Magnolias.

Christian Kane

Christian Kane, born Christopher Michael Short in 1972 in Dallas, Texas, is an American actor and singer-songwriter known for Eliot Spencer in Leverage and Jake Stone in The Librarians.

Christian Keyes

Christian Keyes (born 1975, Detroit; raised in Flint, Michigan) is an American actor, singer, screenwriter, and producer known for Saints & Sinners, In Contempt, Supernatural, The Boys, and creating All the Queen's Men.

Cleo King

Cleo King, born Harriet Cleo King in 1962, is an American character actress from St. Louis known for Helene Parks on Boston Public, Aunt Lou on Deadwood, and Grandma Rosetta McMillan on Mike & Molly, with film roles in The Hangover and The Life of David Gale.

Corey Johnson (actor)

Corey Johnson, born John William Johnson in 1961 in New Orleans, is an American character actor working mainly in the UK, known for Hellboy, The Bourne Ultimatum, Captain Phillips, Ex Machina, Doctor Who's "Dalek", and Broadway's Frost/Nixon.

Cris Judd

Cris Judd (Cristan Leenon Judd, born 1969) is an American dancer, choreographer, and actor who toured with Michael Jackson, married Jennifer Lopez from 2001 to 2002, and won I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here in 2003.

Dakota Johnson

Dakota Mayi Johnson, American actress and TeaTime Pictures co-founder, daughter of Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith; famous for Anastasia Steele in Fifty Shades of Grey, Suspiria, Madame Web, and Materialists.

Daren Kagasoff

Daren Maxwell Kagasoff (born 1987, Encino, California) is an American actor known for Ricky Underwood on The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008–2013) and later roles in Ouija, Red Band Society, The Village, and Devotion.

Dot-Marie Jones

Dot-Marie Jones (born 1964, Turlock, California) is an American actress and retired athlete: 15-time world arm-wrestling champion, Fresno State shot put record holder, and three-time Emmy nominee as Coach Shannon Beiste on Glee (2010-2015), also known for Bros, Boondock Saints, and Lizzie McGuire.

Echo Kellum

Echo Kellum, American actor and comedian born 1982 in Chicago, trained at Groundlings/UCB, known for Curtis Holt/Mr. Terrific on Arrow, roles in Ben & Kate and Sean Saves the World, and lead Noah on NBC's Grand Crew.

Elena Kampouris

Elena Kampouris (born 1997) is a Greek-American actress who plays Paris Miller in My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 and 3, starred as Minnow Bly in Sacred Lies and Chloe Sampson in Jupiter's Legacy, made her Broadway debut in Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and leads Muccino's bilingual Here Now / Fino alla fine (2024).