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Afton Williamson
Afton Williamson, American actress from Toledo, Ohio, known as Talia Bishop on The Rookie and Alison Medding on Banshee; left The Rookie in 2019 over harassment allegations that an eOne investigation dismissed.
Alex Wolff
Alex Wolff (Alexander Draper Wolff, born 1997) is an American actor, musician, and director known for The Naked Brothers Band, Hereditary, Jumanji, Pig, Oppenheimer, and his directorial debut The Cat and the Moon (2019).
Ali Wong
Ali Wong (Alexandra Dawn Wong, born 1982, San Francisco) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning American comedian, actress, writer, and producer, known for four Netflix stand-up specials including Baby Cobra and Single Lady, for co-writing and starring in Always Be My Maybe, and for winning Best Actress in a Limited Series awards for Netflix's Beef.
Aloma Wright
Aloma Wright (Aloma Lesley Wright), American actress born 1950 in New York City; known for Nurse Laverne Roberts on Scrubs, Maxine Landis on Days of Our Lives, and Gretchen Bodinski on Suits.
Anne Winters (actress)
Anne Winters (Anne Christine Winters, born 1994, Dallas, Texas) is an American actress known for Emma Al-Fayeed in Tyrant, Chloe in 13 Reasons Why, Emmy-winning Mia in Zac & Mia, and Charly Burke in The Orville.
Ashley Williams (actress)
Ashley Churchill Williams (born 1978) is an American actress known for Victoria on How I Met Your Mother, The Jim Gaffigan Show, and 22 Hallmark Channel movies; she also produces, directs, and founded Make Her Mark.
Barbara Alyn Woods
Barbara Alyn Woods (born 1962, Chicago) is an American actress known as Diane Szalinski in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show and Deb Scott on One Tree Hill, later in Chucky, and mother of actresses the Lind sisters.
BD Wong
BD Wong (Bradley Darryl Wong, born 1960) is an American actor from San Francisco, Tony winner for Song Liling in M. Butterfly, known as Dr. George Huang on Law & Order: SVU, Dr. Henry Wu in Jurassic Park/World, Whiterose in Mr. Robot, and the voice of Shang in Mulan.
Ben Woolf
Ben Woolf (1980–2015) was an American actor with pituitary dwarfism, 4'4", who played the Infantata and Meep in American Horror Story while working as a preschool teacher; distinct from a namesake British director.
Biff Wiff
Biff Wiff, born Gary Crotty, was an American character actor (1948 to 2025) whose profane Santa on I Think You Should Leave became one of the show's most-quoted sketches.
Brandon Wilson (actor)
Brandon Wilson (born 1993, Atlanta, Georgia) is an American actor, not the 1971 producer-director Brandon David Wilson. Best known as Turner in Nickel Boys (2024), winning the Gotham Breakthrough Performer award and 2025 BAFTA Breakthrough US selection.
Brian J. White
Brian J. White (Brian Joseph White, born 1975, Boston) is an American actor and producer, former NFL Patriots football and NLL Blazers lacrosse player, son of Celtics star Jo Jo White, known for The Shield, Stomp the Yard, Ray Donovan, and Ambitions.
Camille Winbush
Camille Winbush, born 1990, is an American actress best known as Vanessa 'Nessa' Thomkins on The Bernie Mac Show (2001-2006), a role that earned her three NAACP Image Awards and a 2006 Young Artist Award; later roles include Lauren Treacy on The Secret Life of the American Teenager.
Casey Wilson
Casey Wilson (Cathryn Rose Wilson, born 1980, Alexandria, Virginia) is an American actress, comedian, and writer; SNL cast member 2008–2009, Penny Hartz on Happy Endings, co-writer of Bride Wars, essayist, and podcast host.
Chandra Wilson
Chandra Wilson (born 1969, Houston) is an American actress and director, best known as Dr. Miranda Bailey on ABC's Grey's Anatomy since 2005; also a Theatre World Award-winning stage actress and Emmy-nominated director.
Charles Malik Whitfield
Charles Malik Whitfield (born 1972, the Bronx) is an American actor known for Otis Williams in The Temptations (1998), The Guardian, If Loving You Is Wrong, Chicago Med, and Netflix's Beauty in Black.
Chase Sui Wonders
Chase Sui Wonders (born 1996, Detroit) is an American actress, writer, and director, niece of designer Anna Sui, known for Bodies Bodies Bodies, Genera+ion, Quinn Hackett in The Studio, and the 2025 I Know What You Did Last Summer reboot.
Chris Wood (actor)
Chris Wood (Christopher Charles Wood, born 1988, Dublin, Ohio) is the American actor known as Kai Parker on The Vampire Diaries, Mon-El on Supergirl, Jake in Containment, He-Man's voice, and Melissa Benoist's husband; distinct from the Canadian actor Chris Wood born 1984.
Christina Wren
Christina Wren is an American actress, writer, and producer best known for playing Major Carrie Farris in Man of Steel (2013) and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016).
Ciara Riley Wilson
Ciara Riley Wilson (born 2001, Portland, Oregon) is an American actress, dancer, and fashion designer; also credited as Ciara Wilson. Known for Demi in Netflix's Freeridge (2023) and Athena in Kim Possible (2019).
Constance Wu
Constance Wu is an American film and television actress, born in 1982, who gained prominence for her roles in Fresh Off the Boat and Crazy Rich Asians.
Cress Williams
Cress Williams (born 1970, Heidelberg, Germany) is an American actor who starred as Jefferson Pierce on The CW's Black Lightning (2018–2021), played Mayor Lavon Hayes on Hart of Dixie, the assassin Wyatt on Prison Break, and was the first actor to portray a Jem'Hadar on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Cynthy Wu
Cynthy Wu (born 1998) is an American actress of Vietnamese and Chinese descent known as Kelly Baldwin on For All Mankind and for roles in Before I Fall, Kong: Skull Island, The Happytime Murders, and Holidate.
D. B. Woodside
D.B. Woodside (David Bryan Woodside), American actor born 1969 in Queens, New York; Yale School of Drama MFA known for Principal Wood in Buffy, Wayne Palmer in 24, Amenadiel in Lucifer, and Erik Monks in The Night Agent; distinct from the psychiatrist D. Blake Woodside.
David A. R. White
David A.R. White (David Andrew Roy White), American actor and producer born 1970 in Dodge City, Kansas; Evening Shade actor, co-founder of Pure Flix, and star-producer of the God's Not Dead faith-based film franchise.
Deborah Ann Woll
Deborah Ann Woll (born 1985, Brooklyn) is an American actress known as Jessica Hamby in True Blood and Karen Page in Daredevil, The Defenders, The Punisher, and Daredevil: Born Again, plus tabletop gaming series Relics and Rarities and Children of Éarte.
Denzel Whitaker
Denzel Whitaker (Denzel Dominique Whitaker, born 1990) is an American actor and director from Torrance, California, named after Denzel Washington; known for The Great Debaters (NAACP Image Award, 2008), young Zuri in Black Panther, and the award-winning short Brand New.
DeWanda Wise
DeWanda Wise (born 1984, Jessup, Maryland) is an American actress known as Nola Darling in Spike Lee's She's Gotta Have It and Kayla Watts in Jurassic World: Dominion, plus Three Women, Imaginary, and Love, Brooklyn.
Elijah Wood
Elijah Wood (born 1981, Cedar Rapids, Iowa) is an American actor, not the Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe, best known as Frodo Baggins in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy and co-founder of the genre production company SpectreVision.
Eric Winter
Eric Winter (Eric Barrett Winter, born 1976) is an American actor and former model, known as Tim Bradford on The Rookie, Rex Brady on Days of Our Lives, and founder of Palm Republic rum.