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American actors: 2000s onward

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Milena Govich

Milena Govich (Милена Гович), born 1976 in Norman, Oklahoma, is an American actress and director. She played Detective Nina Cassady, Law & Order's first female detective, and directs Wolf Entertainment dramas including FBI and Chicago Med.

Miles Caton

Miles Caton (born 2005, New York City) is an American actor and R&B singer who debuted as Sammie 'Preacher Boy' Moore in Ryan Coogler's Sinners (2025), winning the Critics' Choice Best Young Actor award after a career as H.E.R.'s background vocalist.

Miles Fisher

Miles Fisher (James Leslie Miles Fisher), American actor, musician, and entrepreneur born 1983 in Dallas; known for viral Tom Cruise and American Psycho videos, Final Destination 5, and Mad Men.

Miles Heizer

Miles Heizer, American actor born 1994 in Greenville, Kentucky, played Drew Holt on Parenthood and Alex Standall on 13 Reasons Why; he stars as Cameron Cope in Netflix's Boots (2025).

Miles Teller

Miles Teller (born 1987, Downingtown, Pennsylvania) is an American actor known for The Spectacular Now, Whiplash, Divergent, War Dogs, and Rooster in Top Gun: Maverick; NYU Tisch graduate, 2015 BAFTA Rising Star nominee, Cannes 2026 competitor with Paper Tiger.

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.

Milo Manheim

Milo Manheim (born 2001) is an American actor, son of Camryn Manheim, known as Zed in Disney's Zombies films, Wally Clark in School Spirits, DWTS season 27 runner-up, and Flynn Rider in the live-action Tangled.

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.

Minnie Mills

Minnie Mills (born 2002, London) is a British-American actress and model known as Shayla in The Summer I Turned Pretty, a role written for her, and as Jen Yung in Netflix's Obliterated; Columbia neuroscience student.

Miranda Cosgrove

Miranda Taylor Cosgrove (born 1993, Los Angeles), American actress and singer: School of Rock (2003), Megan Parker on Drake & Josh, Carly Shay on iCarly and its Paramount+ revival, Margo in Despicable Me, $180,000-per-episode Guinness record, album Sparks Fly at #8.

Mireille Enos

Mireille Enos (born 1975) is an American actress known for Sarah Linden in The Killing, twins in Big Love, Hanna, For All Mankind, and a 2005 Tony-nominated Broadway turn in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Miriam A. Hyman

Miriam A. Hyman, aka Robyn Hood, is an American actress and hip-hop artist, a Philadelphia native and Yale School of Drama MFA graduate known for Stacy Marks on Power Book IV: Force, Dre on The Chi, and classical stage roles.

Miriam Shor

Miriam Shor (born 1971) is an American actress and director, creator of Yitzhak in the original Off-Broadway Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Diana Trout on Younger, and an Emmy-nominated Helen in Apple TV+'s Pluribus.

Misha Collins

Misha Collins (Misha Dmitri Tippens Krushnic, born 1974), American actor known as Castiel on Supernatural (2008–2020), creator of GISH and Random Acts, later in The Boys, Gotham Knights, and Bridgewater.

Missi Pyle

Missi Pyle (Andrea Kay Pyle, born 1972) is an American actress and singer known for Galaxy Quest, Dodgeball, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Gone Girl, The Artist, and the country-rock band Smith & Pyle with Shawnee Smith.

Misty Upham

Misty Upham (Misty Anne Upham, 1982-2014) was a Blackfeet American actress known for Frozen River (Lila Littlewolf, Independent Spirit Award nomination), Django Unchained, and August: Osage County; she died in Auburn, Washington, in 2014.

Mizuo Peck

Mizuo Peck (born 1977, New York City) is an American actress known for playing Sacajawea in all three Night at the Museum films, with credits in Madam Secretary, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and audiobook narration.

Mo McRae

Mo McRae (Maurice McRae, born 1982, Los Angeles) is an American actor, director, and producer known for Sons of Anarchy, Pitch, Murder in the First, and directing A Lot of Nothing (2022); married to Lex Scott Davis.

Mo'Nique

Mo'Nique (Monique Angela Hicks, born 1967, Maryland) is an American comedian and actress, star of The Parkers and winner of the 2010 Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Precious (2009).

Moisés Arias

Moisés Arias (born 1994, New York City) is an American actor known as Rico in Hannah Montana, Biaggio in The Kings of Summer, Bonzo in Ender's Game, and Norm MacLean in Fallout.

Molly Brown (actress)

Molly Elizabeth Brown (born 1994, Cedar Rapids, Iowa) is an American actress known as Debra Morgan in Dexter: Original Sin (2024), with film roles in Lost Girls, The Good House, Bloody Axe Wound, Senior Year, and Mooch, plus guest parts in Evil, Billions, FBI: International, and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

Molly Ephraim

Molly Ephraim (born 1986, Philadelphia) is an American actress known as Mandy Baxter on Last Man Standing (2011–2017) and Ali Rey in Paranormal Activity 2 and The Marked Ones; a former teen Broadway performer in Into the Woods and Fiddler on the Roof.

Molly Gordon

Molly Gordon (born 1995) is an American actress and filmmaker, daughter of Bryan Gordon and Jessie Nelson; known for Booksmart, The Bear's Claire, and co-directing Theater Camp (2023).

Molly McCook

Molly McCook is an American actress (born 1990, Los Angeles), daughter of John McCook and Laurette Spang, known for playing Mandy Baxter on Last Man Standing (2018–2021) after replacing Molly Ephraim, and for Excision, Good Trouble, and Candy Coated Christmas.

Molly Price

Molly Evan Price is an American actress born in 1966 in North Plainfield, New Jersey, best known as Faith Yokas on NBC's Third Watch (1999–2005); also Ruth Treadwell in Bionic Woman and Detective Jackie Donnelly on Elsbeth.

Molly Tarlov

Molly Tarlov (Molly Elizabeth Tarlov) is an American actress born in Manhattan, best known as mean girl Sadie Saxton on MTV's Awkward. and for G.B.F. (2013), with TV roles in iCarly, Gravity, and Huge.

Monet Mazur

Monet Mazur (Monet Happy Mazur, born 1976, Los Angeles) is an American actress and producer; Laura Fine-Baker on The CW's All American (2018–2026), and film roles in Blow, Monster-in-Law, Torque, Just Married, and Stoned.

Monica Barbaro

Monica Barbaro, born 1989, is an American actress known as Lt. Phoenix in Top Gun: Maverick and Joan Baez in A Complete Unknown, which earned a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination.

Monica Padman

Monica Padman (born 1987) is an American podcaster, producer, and actress, co-creator, co-host, and producer of Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard (2018), and host of Synced and BETH'S DEAD; also known for acting roles in CHiPs and The Good Place.

Monica Potter

Monica Potter (Monica Gregg/Louise Brokaw, born 1971, Cleveland) is an American actress known for Con Air, Patch Adams, Saw, Boston Legal, and as Kristina Braverman on Parenthood, winning a 2013 Critics' Choice TV Award.