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Jesse James Keitel

Jesse James Keitel is an American actor and artist from eastern Long Island, known for the role of Jerrie Kennedy on the ABC drama Big Sky.

Jesse Johnson (actor)

Jesse Wayne Johnson (born 1982), American actor, son of Don Johnson and Patti D'Arbanville; known for Killing Lincoln, ¿Para qué sirve un oso?, Chapman, and TV guest roles.

Jesse Kove

Jesse Kove (born 1990) is an American actor, producer, and director, son of Martin Kove, known as Varsity Captain David in Cobra Kai and for On Wings of Eagles, D-Day, and A Gunfighter's Deal.

Jesse L. Martin

Jesse L. Martin, born Jesse Lamont Watkins in 1969, is an American actor known for originating Tom Collins in Broadway's Rent, Detective Ed Green on Law & Order (1999–2008), Joe West on The Flash, and Alec Mercer on NBC's The Irrational.

Jesse Metcalfe

Jesse Metcalfe (born 1978) is an American actor known as gardener John Rowland on Desperate Housewives, the title character of John Tucker Must Die (2006), Christopher Ewing on Dallas, and Trace on Hallmark's Chesapeake Shores.

Jesse Plemons

Jesse Plemons (born 1988, Dallas) is an American actor known for Friday Night Lights' Landry Clarke, Breaking Bad's Todd, Fargo's Ed Blumquist, and films by Scorsese, Spielberg, and Lanthimos; Cannes Best Actor 2024.

Jesse Rath

Jesse Rath (born 1989) is a Canadian actor from Montreal best known for playing Brainiac-5 on The CW's Supergirl and Alak Tarr on Syfy's Defiance.

Jesse Spencer

Jesse Gordon Spencer, Australian actor and musician born 1979 in Melbourne, known as Billy Kennedy on Neighbours (1994-2000), Dr. Robert Chase on House (2004-2012), and Captain Matthew Casey on Chicago Fire (2012-2021).

Jesse Tyler Ferguson

Jesse Tyler Ferguson (born 1975) is an American actor, Mitchell Pritchett on Modern Family (2009–2020), with five Emmy nominations, a 2022 Tony Award for Take Me Out, and LGBTQ-rights activism via Tie the Knot.

Jesse White (actor)

Jesse White (Jesse Marc Weidenfeld, 1917-1997), American character actor; played the asylum attendant in Harvey and was the original 'Ol' Lonely' Maytag repairman in 68 TV commercials from 1967 to 1989, succeeded by Gordon Jump.

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 Alba

Jessica Marie Alba (born 1981, Pomona, California), American actress and entrepreneur; star of Dark Angel, Fantastic Four, and Sin City; founder of The Honest Company, which went public on NASDAQ in 2021.

Jessica Alexander

Jessica Alexander (Jessica Caroline Alexander, born 1999), also known as Jess Alexander, is an English actress from Richmond, London, known for Vanessa in The Little Mermaid (2023), Olivia Hayes in Get Even, Luce in Fallen, Katerina in Amadeus, and Jordan Bennett in FX's The Beauty.

Jessica Barden

Jessica Barden (born 1992) is an English actress known for Alyssa in The End of the F*ing World, young Valya Harkonnen in Dune: Prophecy, and films Holler and The Lobster.

Jessica Biel

Jessica Biel (born 1982, Ely, Minnesota), also known as Mary Camden of 7th Heaven, is an American actress and producer, Emmy-nominated for The Sinner, founder of Iron Ocean Productions, star of Candy and The Better Sister, wife of Justin Timberlake.

Jessica Boehrs

Jessica Boehrs (born 1980, Magdeburg) is a German actress, presenter, and voice actress, also a dance-pop singer as Novaspace. Known for Mieke in EuroTrip (2004), Sturm der Liebe, and GZSZ.

Jessica Brown Findlay

Jessica Brown Findlay (Jessica Rose Brown Findlay, born 1989) is an English actress known as Lady Sybil in Downton Abbey, Emelia in Albatross, and roles in Harlots, Brave New World, and The Flatshare.

Jessica Capshaw

Jessica Capshaw (born 1976) is an American actress, daughter of Kate Capshaw and stepdaughter of Steven Spielberg, known as Jamie Stringer on The Practice, Dr. Arizona Robbins on Grey's Anatomy (seasons 5-14), and Blythe Hart on 9-1-1: Nashville.

Jessica Cauffiel

Jessica Cauffiel, American actress and singer born 1976 in Detroit, known as Margot in Legally Blonde and its sequel, roles in White Chicks and Valentine, and TV work on The Drew Carey Show and My Name Is Earl.

Jessica Chastain

Jessica Chastain, born Jessica Howard in 1977, is an American actress and producer, Juilliard-trained, Oscar winner for The Eyes of Tammy Faye, known for Zero Dark Thirty, Molly's Game, and Freckle Films.

Jessica Clark (actress)

Jessica Clark (born 1985, London; birth name Jessica Rose Clark) is a British actress and former model known for Lilith in True Blood, Paris in A Perfect Ending, and voicing Neve in Dragon Age: The Veilguard; distinct from the Versailles actress and the MMA fighter of the same name.

Jessica De Gouw

Jessica De Gouw (Jessica Elise De Gouw), Australian actress born 1988 in Perth, known as the Huntress in Arrow and Mina in NBC's Dracula; later The Crown, OtherLife, The Union, Ladies in Black, Sunny Nights.

Jessica Gunning

Jessica Gunning (born 1986, Holmfirth, England) is an English actress and writer who won an Emmy, Golden Globe, BAFTA, SAG, Critics' Choice and Independent Spirit Award for playing Martha in Netflix's Baby Reindeer, and stars in Feral.

Jessica Harper

Jessica Harper (Jessica Randolph Harper), American actress born 1949 in Chicago, star of Dario Argento's Suspiria (1977) and De Palma's Phantom of the Paradise; later a children's author, musician, and 2018 Suspiria remake cast member.

Jessica Hecht

Jessica Hecht (born 1965) is an American actress and singer, Susan Bunch on Friends and Gretchen Schwartz on Breaking Bad, a three-time Tony nominee (A View from the Bridge, Summer 1976, Eureka Day) and Obie winner for Admissions.

Jessica Henwick

Jessica Henwick, full name Jessica Yu-Li Henwick, is an English actress known for Nymeria Sand in Game of Thrones, Colleen Wing in Iron Fist, and Bugs in The Matrix Resurrections.

Jessica Hynes

Jessica Hynes (Tallulah Jessica Elina Stevenson, formerly Jessica Stevenson), English actress and writer born 1972, co-wrote and starred in Spaced, played Cheryl in The Royle Family and Siobhan Sharpe in Twenty Twelve and W1A, and won BAFTAs in 2015 and 2019.

Jessica Knappett

Jessica Knappett, also Jess Knappett, is an English comedy actress and writer born 1984 in Bingley, West Yorkshire, creator and star of Drifters, Claire in Avoidance, and a Taskmaster series 7 contestant.

Jessica Lange

Jessica Lange (born 1949, Cloquet, Minnesota) is an American actress and photographer, a two-time Oscar winner for Tootsie and Blue Sky, Tony winner for Long Day's Journey Into Night, star of American Horror Story, and author of photography books including Highway 61.

Jessica Lee Rose

Jessica Lee Rose (born 1987) is an American-New Zealand actress who played Bree, the fictional vlogger of lonelygirl15, YouTube's earliest scripted phenomenon, unmasked in September 2006; later Jen K on Greek, Webby Best Actress 2007.