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American actors: 2000s onward

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Zach McGowan

Zach McGowan (Zachary Brendan McGowan), American actor born in New York City, known for Captain Charles Vane in Black Sails, Jody in Shameless, and King Roan in The 100, plus film leads and voice-over work.

Zach Roerig

Zach Roerig (Zachary George Roerig), American actor born 1985 in Montpelier, Ohio; played Matt Donovan on all eight seasons of The Vampire Diaries (2009–2017), after soap roles on As the World Turns and One Life to Live.

Zach Woods

Zach Woods (born 1984) is an American actor and comedian known as Gabe Lewis on The Office and Jared Dunn on Silicon Valley, and as co-creator, director, and voice of Peacock's In the Know.

Zachary Abel

Zachary Abel, full name Zachary Burr Abel (born 1980, Middletown, Indiana), is an American actor, producer, and travel blogger. Known for Carter Anderson on ABC Family's Make It or Break It (2009-2011), guest roles on The Big Bang Theory and Criminal Minds, marriage to Elizabeth Henstridge, and the Monkey Miles travel blog.

Zachary Gordon

Zachary Gordon (Zachary Adam Gordon), born 1998 in Oak Park, California, is an American actor, voice actor, and singer-songwriter best known as Greg Heffley in the first three Diary of a Wimpy Kid films.

Zachary Knighton

Zachary Knighton (born 1978, Alexandria, Virginia) is an American actor known as Dave Rose on Happy Endings, Dr. Bryce Varley on FlashForward, and Rick Wright on Magnum P.I. (2018-24, 96 episodes), with directing credits including Magnum P.I.'s "Consciousness of Guilt".

Zachary Levi

Zachary Levi (born 1980) is an American actor known for Chuck (2007–2012), Flynn Rider in Tangled, and DC's Shazam!; also Tony-nominated for She Loves Me and a polarizing public figure.

Zachary Quinto

Zachary Quinto (born 1977), American actor and producer known as Sylar in Heroes and Spock in the Star Trek films (2009-2016); came out in 2011; stars in NBC's Brilliant Minds.

Zahn McClarnon

Zahn McClarnon (Zahn Tokiya-ku McClarnon), born 1966 in Denver, is a Hunkpapa Lakota and Irish American actor known for Longmire, Fargo's Hanzee Dent, Westworld's Akecheta, Reservation Dogs' Big, and starring as Joe Leaphorn in Dark Winds.

Zazie Beetz

Zazie Beetz (Zazie Olivia Beetz, born 1991, Berlin) is a German-American actress known as Van in Atlanta (Emmy-nominated), Domino in Deadpool 2, and Sophie in Joker, plus Bullet Train and The Bad Guys voice roles.

Zeeko Zaki (زيكو زكي)

Zeeko Zaki (زيكو زكي), born Zakareya Zaki in 1990 in Alexandria, Egypt, is an Egyptian-American actor, star of CBS's FBI as Special Agent Omar Adom "OA" Zidan since 2018, after roles in Six, 24: Legacy, and Stuck in Love.

Zendaya

Zendaya (Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman, born 1996, Oakland) is an American actress and singer: Disney's Shake It Up and K.C. Undercover, two Emmys for Euphoria, MJ in Spider-Man, Chani in Dune, Challengers, and a five-release 2026 slate.

Zión Moreno

Zión Moreno, Mexican-American trans actress and model born in El Paso, Texas, raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico; known for Isabela in Netflix's Control Z and Luna La in HBO Max's Gossip Girl reboot (2021–2023), plus K-12 and Prom Dates.

Zoë Bleu

Zoë Bleu (Zoë Bleu Sidel, born 1994) is an American actress, model, and fashion designer of the Arquette family, daughter of Rosanna Arquette; she plays Elisabeta and Mina in Luc Besson's Dracula: A Love Tale (2025) and runs the label KAKA Couture.

Zoë Chao

Zoë Chao (Zoë Carroll/Carol Chao), American actress and screenwriter born 1985 in Providence, Rhode Island; lead as Isobel in Strangers, Zoe in The Afterparty, Sara Yang in Love Life, Lucy Dang in Party Down, voice of Nina Mazursky in Creature Commandos.

Zoe Cipres

Zoe Cipres is an American actress from Hawaii who starred as lifeguard Hina Alexander in 19 episodes of Fox's Rescue: HI-Surf (2024–2025) and played Bonnie in Roswell, New Mexico.

Zoe Colletti

Zoe Margaret Colletti (born 2001) is an American actress known for Stella Nicholls in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Dakota in Fear the Walking Dead, and roles in Annie, Only Murders in the Building, and The Family Plan films.

Zoe Kazan

Zoe Kazan, also credited as Zoe Swicord Kazan (born 1983), is an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter known for Ruby Sparks, The Big Sick, She Said, an Emmy-nominated Olive Kitteridge role, and Netflix's East of Eden.

Zoë Kravitz

Zoë Kravitz (Zoë Isabella Kravitz), American actor and director born 1988 to Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet; star of Big Little Lies, Mad Max: Fury Road, and The Batman as Catwoman; directed Blink Twice (2024).

Zoe Lister-Jones

Zoe Lister-Jones (born 1982) is an American actress, writer, producer, and director known for Band Aid (2017, all-female crew), The Craft: Legacy (2020), How It Ends (2021), and the Roku series Slip (2023), plus sitcom roles in Life in Pieces and Whitney.

Zoe Perry

Zoe Perry (born 1983, Chicago) is an American actress, daughter of Laurie Metcalf and Jeff Perry, who plays Mary Cooper on Young Sheldon and Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage, after playing young Jackie on Roseanne.

Zoe Saldaña

Zoe Saldaña, American actress born 1978 in Passaic, New Jersey, star of Avatar (Neytiri), Star Trek (Uhura), and Marvel's Gamora; highest-grossing actor ever (over $15.46 billion) and 2025 Oscar winner for Best Supporting Actress in Emilia Pérez.

Zoë Winters

Zoë Winters is an American actress (born 1985, Santa Cruz, California) known for playing Kerry Castellabate on HBO's Succession and for Off-Broadway roles including Heroes of the Fourth Turning, which won her a 2020 Obie Award; also Jules, Materialists, and Walden.

Zoey Deutch

Zoey Deutch is an American actress and producer born 1994 in Los Angeles, daughter of Lea Thompson and Howard Deutch, known for Set It Up, Not Okay, The Politician, Juror #2, and as Jean Seberg in Richard Linklater's Nouvelle Vague.

Zooey Deschanel

Zooey Claire Deschanel (born 1980, Los Angeles) is an American actress and singer known for Almost Famous, Elf, (500) Days of Summer, and Jess Day in New Girl (2011–2018), plus the duo She & Him with M. Ward.

Zosia Mamet

Zosia Mamet (Zosia Russell Mamet), American actress born 1988 in Randolph, Vermont, daughter of David Mamet and Lindsay Crouse; known for Shoshanna on Girls, Annie on The Flight Attendant, Joyce on Mad Men, and her 2025 essay collection.