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Evan Rachel Wood
Evan Rachel Wood (born 1987, Raleigh, North Carolina) is an American actress and musician, breakout star of Thirteen (2003) and Emmy-nominated Dolores in Westworld (2016-2022); activist behind the Phoenix Act.
Finn Wittrock
Finn Wittrock (Peter L. Wittrock, born 1984) is an American actor and screenwriter from Lenox, Massachusetts, a Juilliard graduate and two-time Emmy nominee known for Dandy Mott in American Horror Story: Freak Show and Jeffrey Trail in The Assassination of Gianni Versace.
Forest Whitaker
Forest Whitaker, born 1961 in Longview, Texas, is an American actor, director, and producer; fourth African-American Best Actor Oscar winner for The Last King of Scotland (2007), Cannes Best Actor for Bird, WPDI founder.
Gary Anthony Williams
Gary Anthony Williams (born 1966) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and voice actor from Fayetteville, Georgia, known for Uncle Ruckus on The Boondocks, Abe on Malcolm in the Middle, Clarence Bell on Boston Legal, Bebop in TMNT: Out of the Shadows, and Night Court's Flobert.
Isiah Whitlock Jr.
Isiah Whitlock Jr. (1954-2025), American character actor from South Bend, Indiana; played corrupt state senator Clay Davis on The Wire, Secretary of Defense George Maddox on Veep, and appeared in Spike Lee films including 25th Hour and Da 5 Bloods.
Ivy Wolk
Ivy Wolk (born 2004) is an American actress, comedian, and writer, formerly the internet personality @fathoodbitch; she played Crystal in Anora and debuts on Broadway as Effie in Downstate (2026).
James Wolk
James Wolk (James Joseph Wolk, born 1985, Farmington Hills, Michigan) is an American TV actor: Lone Star, Mad Men's Bob Benson, Zoo's Jackson Oz, Ordinary Joe, Happy Face (2025).
Jane Wickline
Jane Wickline, American comedian and actress (born 1999, Los Angeles), SNL featured player since September 2024 known for Weekend Update keyboard songs; co-creator of the musical comedy act Dukes with Liva Pierce.
Jeffrey Wright
Jeffrey Wright is an American actor known for Angels in America, Basquiat, Westworld, and three James Bond films, earning an Oscar nomination for American Fiction (2023).
Jeremy Allen White
Jeremy Allen White, American actor, played Lip Gallagher on Shameless (11 seasons) and Carmy Berzatto on FX's The Bear, winning two Emmys (2023, 2024) and three Golden Globes; films include The Iron Claw and Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025).
Jesse Williams (actor)
Jesse Williams, American actor known as Dr. Jackson Avery on Grey's Anatomy (2009-2021), also a Tony-nominated Take Me Out Broadway star, 2021 Oscar-winning producer of Two Distant Strangers, 2016 BET Humanitarian Award recipient, and former Philadelphia teacher.
Jessica Williams (actress)
Jessica Renee Williams (born 1989) is an American actress and comedian, youngest-ever and first Black female Daily Show correspondent, co-host of 2 Dope Queens, and Emmy-nominated Gaby on Apple TV+'s Shrinking.
Johnny Whitworth
Johnny Whitworth (Jonathan Lance Whitworth), American actor born 1975 in Charleston, South Carolina; known for Empire Records, The Rainmaker, Limitless, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, and Cage Wallace on The 100; lifetime Actors Studio member.
Julian Works
Julian Works is an American actor, born in Los Angeles, best known for playing firefighter Mateo Chavez on 9-1-1: Lone Star and Joe Treviño in The Long Game.
Karolina Wydra
Karolina Wydra, Polish actress and former model born 1981 in Opole, emigrated to California in 1992; roles in House, True Blood, and Sneaky Pete, and Emmy-nominated as Zosia in Vince Gilligan's Apple TV series Pluribus.
Kenny Wormald
Kenny Wormald, full name Kenneth Edgar Wormald, is an American dancer and actor born in 1984, best known for playing Ren McCormack in the 2011 remake of Footloose.
Kimberly Wyatt
Kimberly Kaye Wyatt (born 1982, Warrensburg, Missouri) is an American dancer, singer and TV judge, a Pussycat Dolls member 2003–2010 and 2019–2021, Her Majesty & the Wolves member, and head judge of Got to Dance.
Kristen Wiig
Kristen Wiig (born 1973, Canandaigua, New York), American comedian and actress, Groundlings improv performer and Saturday Night Live star from 2005; co-wrote and starred in Bridesmaids (2011), later Cheetah in Wonder Woman 1984 and lead of Palm Royale.
Kym Whitley
Kym Whitley (born 1961, Shaker Heights, Ohio) is an American comedian and actress known for The Parkers, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Next Friday's Auntie Suga, and the OWN series Raising Whitley about adopting her son Joshua; not the country singer Keith Whitley.
Laura Wright
Laura Wright (born Laura Alice Sisk, 1970) is an American actress; since November 4, 2005 she has played Carly on General Hospital, after roles on Loving, The City, and Guiding Light, winning a 2011 Daytime Emmy.
Mae Whitman
Mae Whitman (Mae Margaret Whitman, born 1988) is an American actress and singer. Known for Ann Veal in Arrested Development, Amber Holt in Parenthood, Annie Marks in Good Girls, and voice roles as Katara, Tinker Bell, April O'Neil, and Amity Blight.
Malinda Williams
Malinda Williams (Malinda C. Williams), American actress born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, known for Tracy "Bird" Van Adams on Showtime's Soul Food (2000-2004) and films like The Wood; birth date disputed (1975 vs 1970).
Marissa Jaret Winokur
Marissa Jaret Winokur, American actress born 1973 in New York City, originated Tracy Turnblad in Broadway's Hairspray, winning the 2003 Tony for Best Actress in a Musical; later TV, reality TV, and director of Hairspray revivals.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Mary Elizabeth Winstead is an American actress, Ramona Flowers in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, also known for 10 Cloverfield Lane, Smashed, Death Proof, Fargo, and Birds of Prey.
Mary Wiseman (actress)
Mary Wiseman (born 1985, Milford, Pennsylvania) is an American actress, a Juilliard Drama Division graduate, best known as Cadet Sylvia Tilly in Star Trek: Discovery (2017-2024), with Broadway debut Thérèse Raquin and roles in The Residence.
Matt Willig
Matt Willig (Matthew Joseph Willig, born 1969) is an American actor and former NFL offensive tackle who played 14 seasons for six teams, won a Super Bowl with the Rams, and later portrayed Andre the Giant on Young Rock.
Melvin Williams (actor)
Melvin Douglas Williams, known as Little Melvin (1941–2015), was a former West Baltimore drug figure who played the Deacon in later seasons of HBO's The Wire and is said to have inspired Avon Barksdale; he died in Baltimore in 2015.
Michael K. Williams
Michael K. Williams (Michael Kenneth Williams, 1966–2021) was an American actor from Brooklyn, famed as Omar Little on The Wire and Chalky White on Boardwalk Empire, a five-time Emmy nominee and ACLU activist who died of an accidental fentanyl-laced heroin overdose in 2021.
Michelle Williams (actress)
Michelle Williams (born 1980, Kalispell, Montana) is the American actress, not the Destiny's Child singer, known for Dawson's Creek, five Oscar nominations, and Golden Globe wins for My Week with Marilyn, Fosse/Verdon, and Dying for Sex.
Nafessa Williams
Nafessa Williams, born in 1989, is an American actress from Philadelphia, best known for playing Anissa Pierce, television's first Black lesbian superhero, on the CW's Black Lightning.