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Karren Karagulian (Կարեն Карагулян)

Karren Karagulian (Կարեն Կարագուլյան), born 1969 in Yerevan, is an Armenian-American actor, writer, and producer who has appeared in every Sean Baker film from Four Letter Words (2000) to Anora (2024), playing Razmik in Tangerine and Toros in Anora.

Kate Katzman

Kate Katzman is an Irish-American actress from Philadelphia and Delray Beach, Florida, trained under Burt Reynolds. Known for Lillian Disney in Walt Before Mickey (2015) and Megan Albert in The Comeback Trail (2020), plus Adverse, Panama, and Old Guy (2025).

Katherine Renee Kane

Katherine Renee Kane, born Katherine Renee Turner, is an American actress and Juilliard graduate who played Special Agent Tiffany Wallace on CBS's FBI from 2020 until her 2024 exit.

Kathryn Joosten

Kathryn Joosten (Kathryn Leona Rausch, 1939–2012), American character actress; two-time Emmy winner as Karen McCluskey on Desperate Housewives and Mrs. Landingham on The West Wing; former psychiatric nurse who began acting at 42; died of lung cancer.

Keean Johnson

Keean Johnson (Keean Manny Johnson), American actor born 1996 in Colorado, played Hugo in Alita: Battle Angel, Colt Wheeler on Nashville, and Adam Freeman in Spooksville.

Keegan-Michael Key

Keegan-Michael Key (born 1971) is an American actor and comedian, co-creator and star of Key & Peele (2012–2015), winner of a 2013 Peabody and 2016 Emmy for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series, known for Luther, Mr. Garvey, MADtv, and film roles in Wonka and The Super Mario Bros. Movie.

Keeley Karsten

Keeley Karsten (born 2010) is an American actress known for Natalie Fabelman in Spielberg's The Fabelmans (2022) and as Leah, Malcolm's daughter, in the 2026 Hulu revival Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair.

KeiLyn Durrel Jones

KeiLyn Durrel Jones, American actor (NYU Grad Acting '15), known as Terrance in Hulu's How to Die Alone (2024) and Bill Bray in the 2026 Michael Jackson biopic Michael; recurring roles in Succession, Better Call Saul, The I-Land, The Other Two.

Kenny Johnson

Kenny Johnson (Kenneth Allen Johnson, born 1963) is an American actor known as Detective Lemansky on The Shield, Caleb Calhoun on Bates Motel, and Officer Luca on S.W.A.T., and a champion arm wrestler.

Kevin Kane (actor)

Kevin Kane, American actor, producer, and director born in Philadelphia, plays Detective Terry Bruno on Law & Order: SVU and Matt on Life & Beth; Emmy- and Peabody-winning producer of Inside Amy Schumer and founding member of The Collective NY.

Langston Kerman

Langston Kerman, comedian, actor, and writer from Oak Park, Illinois, known as Jared on Insecure, co-creator and star of Bust Down, host of the podcast My Momma Told Me, and star of the 2024 Netflix special Bad Poetry directed by John Mulaney.

Lilli Kay

Lilli Kay, American actress, Carnegie Mellon drama graduate (2017), known as Fia Baxter in Your Honor, Clara Brewer in Yellowstone, and Zero in Apple TV+'s Stick; also appeared in Rustin and Task.

Luke Kleintank

Luke Kleintank (born 1990, Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American actor known as FBI SSA Scott Forrester on FBI: International (2021–2024), Joe Blake on The Man in the High Castle, and Finn Abernathy on Bones, with film roles in Midway and The Goldfinch.

Malese Jow

Malese Jow (Elizabeth Melise Jow, now credited as Melise), American actress and singer born 1991 in Tulsa, Oklahoma; known for Geena Fabiano on Unfabulous, Anna on The Vampire Diaries, Lucy Stone on Big Time Rush, Linda Park on The Flash, and voicing Dupli-Kate in Invincible.

Mariana Klaveno

Mariana Klaveno (born 1979, Endicott, Washington) is an American actress known as Lorena Krasiki on HBO's True Blood, with series-regular roles in Devious Maids, Stalker, and Superman & Lois.

Martin Klebba

Martin Klebba (born 1969, Troy, Michigan) is an American actor and stunt performer with acromicric dysplasia, 4'1", known as Marty in four Pirates of the Caribbean films, co-founder of CoDA, and voice of Grumpy in Disney's 2025 Snow White.

Matt Jones (actor)

Matt Jones (Matthew Lee Jones, born 1981) is an American actor known as Badger on Breaking Bad, Baxter on Mom, Douglas on Bob Hearts Abishola, and voice roles including Wedge in Final Fantasy VII Remake.

Michael B. Jordan

Michael B. Jordan (Michael Bakari Jordan), American actor, producer, and director born 1987 in Santa Ana, California; known for The Wire, Fruitvale Station, the Creed series, Black Panther, and his 2026 Best Actor Oscar for Sinners.

Milla Jovovich (Милица Богдановна Јововић)

Milla Jovovich (Милица Јововић), born 1975 in Kyiv, is an American actress, model, and singer. Known for Leeloo in The Fifth Element, Alice in six Resident Evil films, and The Divine Comedy album.

Minka Kelly

Minka Kelly (Minka Dumont Kelly), American actress born 1980 in Los Angeles, known for Lyla Garrity on Friday Night Lights, Dove on Titans, Quinn in Ransom Canyon, and the 2023 memoir Tell Me Everything.

Nona Parker Johnson

Nona Parker Johnson is an American actress, USC MFA Acting 2020 and Georgetown BA graduate, best known as undercover Detective Carmen 'Nova' Riley on Law & Order: Organized Crime, with roles in The Handmaid's Tale, Mayor of Kingstown, Fear the Walking Dead, Sugar, and Dexter: Resurrection.

Page Kennedy

Page Kennedy, born Felton Eugene Kennedy II, is an American actor and rapper from Detroit, known for roles in Weeds, Blue Mountain State, and The Meg.

Q'orianka Kilcher

Q'orianka Kilcher (born 1990) is a German-born American actress and activist of Quechua-Huachipaeri and Swiss-German descent, known for playing Pocahontas in The New World and Angela Blue Thunder on Yellowstone, and for her 2026 likeness lawsuit against James Cameron over Avatar's Neytiri.

Randall Duk Kim

Randall Duk Kim (김덕문), born 1943 in Honolulu, is a Korean-Chinese American actor: Keymaker in The Matrix Reloaded, voice of Master Oogway in Kung Fu Panda, and co-founder of American Players Theatre.

Rashida Jones

Rashida Jones, American actress born 1976 in Los Angeles to Quincy Jones and Peggy Lipton; known for Karen Filippelli on The Office and Ann Perkins on Parks and Recreation; also screenwriter of Celeste & Jesse Forever and co-director of Quincy. Distinct from MSNBC president Rashida Jones.

Regina King

Regina King (born 1971, Los Angeles) is an American actress and director known for 227, Boyz n the Hood, Jerry Maguire, The Boondocks, Southland, four Emmys, the 2019 Oscar for If Beale Street Could Talk, and directing One Night in Miami and Shirley.

Riley Keough

Riley Keough (Danielle Riley Keough, born 1989) is an American actress and director, daughter of Lisa Marie Presley and granddaughter of Elvis Presley; Emmy-nominated for Daisy Jones & the Six, Caméra d'Or winner for War Pony, and sole trustee of the Presley Promenade Trust.

Ron Cephas Jones

Ron Cephas Jones (1957-2023) was an American stage, film and television actor who played William Hill on This Is Us, winning two Emmys (2018, 2020) among four nominations, and earned a Tony nomination for Clyde's.

Ryan Kelley

Ryan Kelley (Ryan Jonathan Kelley, born 1986) is an American actor from Glen Ellyn, Illinois, known as Deputy Jordan Parrish on MTV's Teen Wolf, Clyde in Mean Creek (2004), and Ben Tennyson in Ben 10: Alien Swarm; not the Broadway actor Ryan Kelly.

Sarah Jones (screen actress)

Sarah Jones (born 1983) is the American screen actress from Winter Springs, Florida, star of For All Mankind (Tracy Stevens) and Alcatraz (Detective Rebecca Madsen), distinct from the Tony-winning playwright and the cinematographer of the same name.