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Jeffrey DeMunn

Jeffrey DeMunn (born 1947) is an American character actor, Bristol Old Vic-trained, Tony-nominated for K2, a Frank Darabont regular (Shawshank, The Green Mile), Dale Horvath on The Walking Dead, and Chuck Rhoades Sr. on Billions.

Jeffrey Donovan

Jeffrey Donovan, born 1968 in Amesbury, Massachusetts, is an American actor known for Michael Westen on Burn Notice, Dodd Gerhardt in Fargo, Sicario, and Law & Order's Frank Cosgrove.

Jeffrey Hunter

Jeffrey Hunter (Henry Herman McKinnies Jr.), 1926-1969, American actor known for The Searchers, King of Kings as Jesus, and Captain Pike in Star Trek's first pilot.

Jeffrey Nordling

Jeffrey Richard Nordling (born 1962, Ridgewood, New Jersey) is an American actor known for Jake Manning in Once and Again, Larry Moss in 24, Gordon Klein in Big Little Lies, and Flight 93.

Jeffrey Pierce

Jeffrey Pierce, born Jeffrey Douglas Plitt, is an American actor born in Denver in 1971, known for Charlie Jade and voicing Tommy in The Last of Us games.

Jeffrey Tambor

Jeffrey Tambor (born 1944, San Francisco) is an American actor known as Hank Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show, George and Oscar Bluth on Arrested Development, and Maura Pfefferman on Transparent, for which he won Emmys before his 2018 firing.

Jeffrey Weissman

Jeffrey Weissman (born 1958, Santa Monica, California) is an American character actor known as George McFly in Back to the Future Parts II and III and Teddy Conway in Pale Rider; his casting triggered the Crispin Glover likeness case and a SAG rule change.

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).

Jemaine Clement

Jemaine Atea Mahana Clement, born 1974 in Masterton, New Zealand, is an actor, comedian, musician, and filmmaker: half of Flight of the Conchords with Bret McKenzie, co-creator of What We Do in the Shadows, voice of Moana's Tamatoa, and Dr. Ian Garvin in the Avatar sequels.

Jemima Kirke

Jemima Kirke, born 1985 in London, is a British-American actress and painter. Known for Jessa Johansson on HBO's Girls, RISD painting degree, and later roles in Sex Education, Conversations with Friends, and City on Fire, plus solo portrait exhibitions.

Jemima Rooper

Jemima Rooper, British actress born in Hammersmith, London, child star as George in The Famous Five, known for As If, Lost in Austen, Atlantis, Flowers in the Attic: The Origin, Geek Girl, and West End theatre work.

Jemma Moore

Jemma Moore (born 1992) is a Hong Kong-born British actor of mixed Chinese and English heritage, known for Jess Li in ITV's Red Eye, Host (2020), Lockwood & Co, and neurodiversity advocacy.

Jemma Redgrave

Jemma Redgrave (Jemima Rebecca Redgrave, born 1965) is a British actress of the Redgrave acting family, known for Bramwell's Dr Eleanor Bramwell, Kate Stewart in Doctor Who, Howards End, and Silent Witness.

Jen Lilley

Jen Lilley (born 1984, Roanoke, Virginia) is an American actress, singer, and philanthropist who played Maxie Jones on General Hospital and Theresa Donovan on Days of Our Lives, starred in The Artist, and leads Hallmark and Great American Family TV movies.

Jena Malone

Jena Malone (born 1984) is an American actor and musician, also known as Jena Laine Malone. Breakthrough in Bastard Out of Carolina (1996); known for Donnie Darko, The Neon Demon, Johanna Mason in The Hunger Games, and the 2026 album Flowers for Men.

Jenette Goldstein

Jenette Goldstein, American actress born 1960, played Private Vasquez in Aliens, Diamondback in Near Dark, Janelle Voight in Terminator 2, and the Irish mother in Titanic, winning a 1987 Saturn Award, and later founded the boutique Jenette Bras.

Jenifer Lewis

Jenifer Jeanette Lewis, born 1957 in Kinloch, Missouri, is an American actress, singer, and memoirist known as "the Black Mother of Hollywood," for Ruby Johnson on black-ish, Flo in Cars, Mama Odie in The Princess and the Frog, and her 2017 bipolar-disorder memoir.

Jenn Lyon

Jenn Lyon (Jennifer Lyon), American actress born 1980 in High Point, North Carolina; UNCSA graduate known for Claws, Dead Boy Detectives, Justified, and as lead Courteney Potter on NBC's Stumble, distinct from the Survivor contestant of the same name.

Jenna Boyd

Jenna Boyd, born 1993, in Bedford, Texas, is an American actress known for The Missing, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, and Paige Hardaway on Atypical.

Jenna Coleman

Jenna Coleman (Jenna-Louise Coleman), English actress from Blackpool known for Clara Oswald in Doctor Who and Queen Victoria in ITV's Victoria; also The Serpent, The Sandman, The Jetty, and Emmerdale's Jasmine Thomas.

Jenna Dewan

Jenna Dewan is an American actress and dancer who broke out as Nora Clark in the 2006 film Step Up and plays Lt. Bailey Nune on The Rookie.

Jenna Elfman

Jenna Elfman (Jennifer Mary Butala, born 1971) is an American actress, Golden Globe winner for Dharma & Greg (1997-2002), later June Dorie on Fear the Walking Dead and Eve Drake on Shifting Gears.

Jenna Fischer

Jenna Fischer (Regina Marie Fischer, born 1974) is an American actress known as Pam Beesly on NBC's The Office (2005–2013), Emmy-nominated in 2007, SAG ensemble winner, Office Ladies podcast co-host, author of The Actor's Life.

Jenna Leigh Green

Jenna Leigh Green (Jennifer Leigh Greenberg), American actress and singer known as Libby Chessler on Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, Ivy in Bare: A Pop Opera, and Nessarose in Wicked on Broadway, tour, and Los Angeles.

Jenna Ortega

Jenna Ortega (Jenna Marie Ortega), American actress born 2002 in La Quinta, California, of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage; star of Netflix's Wednesday (Emmy-nominated 2023), Scream, X, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, and Klara and the Sun (2026).

Jenna Ushkowitz

Jenna Ushkowitz (Jenna Noelle Ushkowitz), Korean-born American actress, singer, producer, and podcast host born 1986 in Seoul. Known as Tina Cohen-Chang on Glee and a two-time Tony-winning Broadway producer of Once on This Island and The Inheritance.

Jenna von Oÿ

Jenna von Oÿ (Jennifer Jean von Oy, born 1977) is an American actress, singer, and writer known as Six LeMeure on Blossom, Stevie Van Lowe on The Parkers, and for voice work in A Goofy Movie and Pepper Ann.

Jennie Eisenhower

Jennie Eisenhower (Jennie Elizabeth Eisenhower, born 1978) is an American actress, director, and realtor, granddaughter of Richard Nixon and great-granddaughter of Dwight Eisenhower, a two-time Barrymore Award winner in Philadelphia theater.

Jennie Garth

Jennie Garth (Jennifer Eve Garth, born 1972, Urbana, Illinois) is an American actress best known as Kelly Taylor on Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990-2000); later What I Like About You, TV movies, HGTV's The Jennie Garth Project, BH90210, and the I Choose Me podcast and memoir.

Jennie Jacques

Jennie Jacques (born 1989, Coventry) is an English actress known as Annie Miller in Desperate Romantics, WPC Gina Dawson in WPC 56, and Queen Judith in Vikings (2015-2019, 40 episodes).