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Screen actors of the Anglosphere and Europe

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Freya Mavor

Freya Mavor (born 1993, Glasgow) is a Scottish actress, fluent in French, known for Mini McGuinness in Skins, and for The White Queen, Industry, The ABC Murders, and Marie Antoinette.

Freya Parks

Freya Parks (Freya Theodora Parks) is a British actress from London known for Amy Jessop in BBC's Here We Go, Fiona in This Town, Helen Burns in Jane Eyre (2011), and Hester in The School for Good and Evil (2022).

Frida Argento

Frida Argento, Swedish actress born 2000, plays Sara in Netflix's Young Royals (2021-2024); autistic actress portraying autistic character; later credits include The Åre Murders, Fejk, and Vaka (2026).

Fritz Weaver

Fritz Weaver (1926-2016), American character actor; Tony winner 1970 for Child's Play, singing Sherlock Holmes in Baker Street, Emmy-nominated for Holocaust; 21 Broadway productions.

Fry and Laurie

Fry and Laurie: British comedy double act of Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, formed at Cambridge Footlights around 1980, known for A Bit of Fry and Laurie (1987–1995), Jeeves and Wooster, and Blackadder.

Fulton Mackay

Fulton Mackay (William Fulton Beith McKay, 1922–1987), Scottish actor from Paisley, RADA-trained, Citizens Theatre and RSC stage veteran, best known as Mr Mackay in Porridge with Ronnie Barker, also Local Hero, Fraggle Rock, Defence of the Realm.

G. D. Spradlin

G. D. Spradlin, also known as Gervase Spradlin, was an American character actor known for playing authority figures, notably in The Godfather Part II and Apocalypse Now.

G. W. Bailey

G.W. Bailey (George William Bailey), American character actor born 1944 in Port Arthur, Texas; played Sgt. Rizzo on M*A*S*H, Capt. Thaddeus Harris in Police Academy (1984–1994), and Lt. Provenza on The Closer and Major Crimes; executive director of the Sunshine Kids Foundation.

Gabe Kaplan

Gabe Kaplan (Gabriel Kaplan, born 1945, Brooklyn) is an American comedian, actor, and poker player: co-creator and star of Welcome Back, Kotter (1975–79) and longtime High Stakes Poker commentator who won the 1980 Superbowl of Poker Main Event.

Gabourey Sidibe

Gabourey Sidibe (born 1983) is an American actress, director, and memoirist, Oscar-nominated for Precious (2009), known for Queenie in American Horror Story, Becky on Empire, and directing Be Happy.

Gabriel Basso

Gabriel Basso (Louis Gabriel Basso III, born 1994, St. Louis) is the American actor who plays Peter Sutherland in Netflix's The Night Agent and has appeared in Super 8, The Kings of Summer, Hillbilly Elegy as J.D. Vance, Juror #2, and A House of Dynamite.

Gabriel Byrne

Gabriel James Byrne (born 1950, Dublin) is an Irish actor of Miller's Crossing, The Usual Suspects, and HBO's In Treatment, winner of a 2009 Golden Globe and IFTA Lifetime Achievement Award, memoirist of Walking with Ghosts.

Gabriel Hogan

Gabriel Hogan (born 1973, Toronto) is a Canadian actor, son of Michael and Susan Hogan, known for Traders, Heartland's Peter Morris, Rent-a-Goalie, Tacoma FD's Ike Crystal, and five Gemini nominations.

Gabriel Howell

Gabriel Howell is a British actor, RADA graduate (2021), known as Elias in Netflix's Bodies (2023), Tobi McKnight in BBC's Nightsleeper, and Snotlout Jorgensen in the 2025 live-action How to Train Your Dragon.

Gabriel LaBelle

Gabriel LaBelle (born 2002, Vancouver) is a Canadian actor known for playing young Steven Spielberg in The Fabelmans (2022), for which he won NBR Breakthrough Performance and a Critics' Choice young-performer award, and Lorne Michaels in Saturday Night (2024), earning a 2025 Golden Globe nomination.

Gabriel Luna

Gabriel Luna (born 1982, Austin, Texas) is an American actor known as Robbie Reyes/Ghost Rider in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., the Rev-9 in Terminator: Dark Fate, and Tommy Miller in HBO's The Last of Us.

Gabriel Macht

Gabriel Macht (born 1972, Bronx, New York) is an American actor, Carnegie Mellon drama graduate, director, and producer. Known for Harvey Specter in Suits (2011–2019, 134 episodes), The Spirit (2008), and a 2025 three-episode Suits LA return.

Gabriel Mann

Gabriel Mann names two Americans: an actor born 1972 in Middlebury, Vermont, known as Nolan Ross in Revenge and the Bourne films, and a composer who scored Modern Family and Emily in Paris with the band The Rescues.

Gabriel Thomson

Gabriel Thomson (born 1986, Hammersmith, London) is an English former actor, Michael Harper in My Family (2000–2011) and Sacha Filipov in Enemy at the Gates (2001).

Gabriela Andrada

Gabriela Andrada (born 1999, Madrid) is a Spanish actress and model, daughter of Minerva Piquero. Known for Judith in Pídeme lo que quieras, Sofía in Culpa tuya and Culpa nuestra, and the 2026 western Trinidad.

Gabriella Wilde

Gabriella Wilde (born Gabriella Zanna Vanessa Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, 1989) is an English actress and former model from Basingstoke, Hampshire, known for The Three Musketeers, Carrie, and Caroline Penvenen in BBC's Poldark.

Gabrielle Anwar

Gabrielle Anwar (born 1970, Laleham, England) is an English actress known for the 1992 Scent of a Woman tango with Al Pacino, Margaret Tudor in The Tudors, and Fiona Glenanne on Burn Notice (2007–2013).

Gabrielle Carteris

Gabrielle Carteris (born 1961, Scottsdale, Arizona), also Gabrielle Anne Carteris, is an American actress and labor leader: Andrea Zuckerman on Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990-1995), SAG-AFTRA president 2016-2021, and FIA president from May 2021.

Gabrielle Drake

Gabrielle Drake (born 1944, Lahore) is a British actress, Lieutenant Gay Ellis in UFO (1970) and Jill Hammond in The Brothers, later in Crossroads, and sister of singer-songwriter Nick Drake.

Gabrielle Union

Gabrielle Union (born 1973, Omaha, Nebraska) is an American actress, producer, and author known for Bring It On, Being Mary Jane, L.A.'s Finest, her memoir We're Going to Need More Wine, and her I'll Have Another production company.

Gaby Hoffmann

Gaby Hoffmann (born 1982) is an American actress, daughter of Warhol superstar Viva, a child star in Field of Dreams and Now and Then, later Emmy-nominated for Transparent and Girls.

Gage Golightly

Gage Golightly (born 1993) is an American actress from Nevada County, California, known for Hayley Steele in The Troop, Erica Reyes in Teen Wolf, Karen in Red Oaks, and Grace Durkin in 68 Whiskey.

Gail Edwards

Gail Edwards, also Gail June Edwards, born 1952, American retired actress known as Dot Higgins on It's a Living, Sharon LeMeure on Blossom, and Vicky Larson on Full House and Fuller House; retired to Sedona, Arizona in 1994.

Gail O'Grady

Gail Ann O'Grady (born 1963, Detroit) is an American actress and producer known for Donna Abandando on NYPD Blue (three Emmy nominations) and Helen Pryor on American Dreams, plus many TV movie leads and a 2025 role in Duster.

Gail Russell

Gail Russell (1924–1961), born Betty Gale Russell, an American actress discovered at Santa Monica High School by Paramount, star of The Uninvited and Angel and the Badman, whose career ended through alcoholism.