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Aaron O'Connell
Aaron O'Connell (actor), full name Aaron John O'Connell; American actor and model born 1986 in Dayton, Ohio. Known as Wyatt Cryer on OWN's The Haves and the Have Nots, Hallmark films, Black Water (2018), and Pilots 'N Paws volunteer flying. Not the UT Austin historian of the same name.
Adepero Oduye
Adepero Oduye (born 1978), American actress of Nigerian descent from Brooklyn, known for Alike in Pariah, Eliza in 12 Years a Slave, The Big Short, and her Nina Simone short To Be Free in the Smithsonian collection.
Alessandro Nivola
Alessandro Nivola (Alessandro Antine Nivola, born 1972, Boston) is an American actor and producer known for Face/Off, American Hustle, Disobedience, The Many Saints of Newark, and The Brutalist; grandson of sculptor Costantino Nivola, husband of Emily Mortimer.
America Olivo
America Olivo (Ameríca Athene Olivo, born 1978) is an American actress and singer: Soluna member on DreamWorks Records, roles in Bitch Slap and Friday the 13th, Broadway's Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, co-founder of Esotericam Productions.
Aminah Nieves
Aminah Nieves (born 1991, Hammond, Indiana) is an Indigenous American actress known for Teonna Rainwater in Taylor Sheridan's 1923 (2022–2025) and Sergeant Mary Nolan in Kathryn Bigelow's A House of Dynamite (2025).
Amy Okuda
Amy Kei Okuda (born 1989, Torrance, California) is an American actress best known as Tinkerballa in the web series The Guild (2007) and as Julia Sasaki, Sam's therapist, in Netflix's Atypical.
Ana Ortiz
Ana Ortiz (born 1971, Manhattan) is an American actress known as Hilda Suarez on Ugly Betty (2006-2010), winner of ALMA and Imagen Awards, later star of Devious Maids, Love, Victor, and Goosebumps; distinct from painter Ana Ortiz and actress Ana Ortíz Haro.
Annabel O'Hagan
Annabel O'Hagan (born 1997) is an American actress and Harvard graduate, one of the first women in the Hasty Pudding cast, known for playing Steph Harper, overseer of Vault 32, in Prime Video's Fallout.
Austin Nichols
Austin Nichols (born 1980, Ann Arbor, Michigan) is an American actor and director known for Julian Baker on One Tree Hill, John from Cincinnati, Spencer Monroe on The Walking Dead, and directing the feature The Long Shot.
Austin North
Austin North (born 1996, Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American actor, also Austin Michael North, known as Logan Watson in Disney's I Didn't Do It and Topper Thornton in Netflix's Outer Banks, with film roles in Beautiful Disaster and The Roughneck.
B. J. Novak
B.J. Novak (Benjamin Joseph Manaly Novak), American writer, actor, comedian, and director; Office writer-cast member playing Ryan Howard, author of One More Thing and The Book with No Pictures, director of Vengeance (2022).
Barbara Niven
Barbara Niven (Barbara Lee Bucholz), American actress, writer, and producer born 1953 in Portland, Oregon; Hallmark staple known as Megan O'Brien in Chesapeake Shores, Peggy Beldon in Cedar Cove, Delores in Hannah Swensen Mysteries, and Marilyn Monroe in The Rat Pack.
Bob Odenkirk
Bob Odenkirk, born October 22 in Naperville, Illinois, is an American actor, comedian, and writer. Also known as co-creator of HBO's Mr. Show, two-time Emmy-winning writer for SNL and The Ben Stiller Show, star of Better Call Saul, and action lead of Nobody.
Chord Overstreet
Chord Overstreet (Chord Paul Overstreet, born 1989, Nashville) is an American actor and singer-songwriter, son of songwriter Paul Overstreet; played Sam Evans on Glee and released the billion-stream single Hold On.
Chris Owen (actor)
Chris Owen (born 1980, Royal Oak, Michigan) is an American actor and photographer, the Sherminator of American Pie, American Pie 2, Band Camp, and American Reunion, also known for Quentin in October Sky. Distinct from Canadian X-Files actor Chris Owens.
Danielle Nicolet
Danielle Nicolet (Danielle Patricia Diggs), American actress born 1973 in Ashtabula, Ohio; known for Caryn on 3rd Rock from the Sun, Cecile Horton on The Flash (2015-2023), Central Intelligence, and directing Long Time Listener.
Dean Norris
Dean Joseph Norris (born 1963, South Bend, Indiana) is an American character actor known for DEA agent Hank Schrader on Breaking Bad, Big Jim Rennie on Under the Dome, and Uncle Daddy on Claws; Harvard 1985, RADA-trained.
Deirdre O'Connell (actress)
Deirdre O'Connell (born 1953, Pittsfield, Massachusetts) is the American actress distinct from the 1939-2001 Focus Theatre founder. She won the 2022 Tony Award for lip-syncing through Dana H. and was Emmy-nominated for The Penguin in 2025.
Denis O'Hare
Denis O'Hare is an American actor and author known for his Tony win for Take Me Out and for playing Russell Edging on True Blood.
Drena De Niro
Drena De Niro (born 1971), American actress and filmmaker, daughter of Diahnne Abbott and adopted daughter of Robert De Niro; former model and Armani consultant, directed Girls & Dolls, appeared in A Star Is Born.
Dylan O'Brien
Dylan O'Brien (born 1991) is an American actor known as Stiles on MTV's Teen Wolf and Thomas in the Maze Runner trilogy, later winning a Sundance Special Jury Award for Twinless.
Ego Nwodim
Ego Nwodim (Egobunma Kelechi Nwodim, born 1988) is a Nigerian-American comedian and SNL cast member seasons 44–50 (2018–2025), seventh Black female cast member, known for Lisa from Temecula and Miss Eggy, now hosting the Thanks Dad podcast.
Elizabeth Olsen
Elizabeth Olsen, American actress and younger sister of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, plays Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch in the MCU (from Avengers: Age of Ultron, 2015) and stars in indies like Martha Marcy May Marlene, WandaVision, His Three Daughters, and Eternity.
Emily Osment
Emily Osment (born 1992, Los Angeles) is an American actress and singer, sister of Haley Joel Osment. Known as Lilly Truscott in Hannah Montana, Gabi Diamond in Young & Hungry, and Mandy McAllister in Young Sheldon and Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage; also records as Bluebiird.
Eric Christian Olsen
Eric Christian Olsen (born 1977, Eugene, Oregon) is an American actor and producer, Marty Deeks on NCIS: Los Angeles (2010–2023, 301 episodes), husband of Sarah Wright, and CEO of Cloud Nine Productions, executive producer of Matlock, Woke, and NCIS: Origins.
Haley Joel Osment
Haley Joel Osment (born 1988) is an American actor, Oscar-nominated at 11 for The Sixth Sense, also known for Forrest Gump, A.I., and voicing Sora in Kingdom Hearts.
Hayley Orrantia
Hayley Orrantia (Sarah Hayley Orrantia), born 1994 in Arlington, Texas, is an American actress and country-pop singer-songwriter known as Erica Goldberg on ABC's The Goldbergs, from The X Factor group Lakoda Rayne, and as The Masked Singer's Ringmaster runner-up.
Ian Ousley
Ian Ousley (born 2002, College Station, Texas) is an American actor and former Taekwondo competitor who plays Sokka in Netflix's live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender; earlier roles include 13 Reasons Why, Physical, and Big Shot, amid a 2022 heritage controversy.
India Oxenberg
India Oxenberg (born 1991), American producer, author, and activist, daughter of Catherine Oxenberg; spent seven years in NXIVM's DOS, cooperated with the FBI, and executive produced Starz's Seduced.
Jace Norman
Jace Norman (Jace Lee Norman), born 2000 in Corrales, New Mexico, is the American actor who played Henry Hart/Kid Danger on Nickelodeon's Henry Danger (2014-2020, 121 episodes), later a producer on Danger Force and Henry Danger: The Movie (2025).