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Leïla Bekhti
Leïla Bekhti (ليلى بختي), French actress born 1984 in Issy-les-Moulineaux, debut in Sheitan (2005), César Most Promising Actress 2011 for Tout ce qui brille, wife of Tahar Rahim, Cannes Un Certain Regard jury president 2026.
Leila Farzad
Leila Farzad (also Leila Effat Farzad) is a British-Iranian actress from Westminster, London, BAFTA-nominated for I Hate Suzie, lead in Better, and actor in Kaos, The Decameron, and Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy.
Leila George
Leila George (Leila George D'Onofrio), Australian actress born 1992 in Sydney, daughter of Vincent D'Onofrio and Greta Scacchi; known for Animal Kingdom's young Smurf, Mortal Engines, and Young Catherine in Cuarón's Disclaimer.
Leila Khan (actress)
Leila Khan is an English actress known as Sahar Zahid in Netflix's Heartstopper (joined season 2 via open casting call), Amira Dhawan in BBC One's Crookhaven, and Jess Kirkman in ITV's Adultery; ARU drama graduate.
Leisa Gwenllian
Leisa Gwenllian is a Welsh-language actress from Llanrug, North Wales, a 2024 Oxford School of Drama graduate and Screen International Star of Tomorrow 2026, known for Effi o Blaenau, Itopia, and Under Salt Marsh.
Leisha Hailey
Leisha Hailey, born 1971 in Okinawa, is an American actress and musician known as Alice Pieszecki on The L Word and Generation Q, and as a founder of The Murmurs and Uh Huh Her.
Lela Loren
Lela Loren (Lela Maria Loren Avellaneda Sharp) is an American actress born in 1980 in California, known for playing federal prosecutor Angela Valdes on Starz's Power (2014-2020, 63 episodes) and roles in Altered Carbon, American Gods, Snitch, and Knox Goes Away.
Lela Rochon
Lela Rochon (Lela Rochon Staples, born 1964) is an American actress known for Robin in Waiting to Exhale, Sunshine in Harlem Nights, Mr. and Mrs. Loving, and Big Shirley Duncan in The Family Business: New Orleans; wife of director Antoine Fuqua.
Leland Orser
Leland Jones Orser (born 1960, San Francisco) is an American character actor known for Sam Gilroy in the Taken trilogy, Dr. Lucien Dubenko on ER, and roles in Se7en and Alien Resurrection; married to Jeanne Tripplehorn since 2000.
Len Cariou
Len Cariou (born September 30, 1939) is a Canadian actor and singer who originated Sweeney Todd on Broadway in 1979, winning the Tony, and later played Henry Reagan in Blue Bloods.
Len Lesser
Len Lesser, born Leonard King Lesser, was an American character actor whose six-decade screen career peaked with his role as Uncle Leo on Seinfeld from 1991 to 1998.
Lena Góra
Lena Góra (born 1990, Gdańsk) is a Polish actress and screenwriter. Known for Król (2020), Roving Woman, Imago, The Eastern Gate (Przesmyk), and Erupcja with Charli xcx; Gdynia and Tofifest award winner.
Lena Headey
Lena Kathren Headey (born 1973, Hamilton, Bermuda) is a British actress known for Cersei Lannister in Game of Thrones (2011–2019, five Emmy nominations), Gorgo in 300, Sarah Connor, Ma-Ma in Dredd, and The Abandons.
Lena Olin
Lena Maria Jonna Olin, Swedish actress born 1955 in Stockholm; Bergman-trained Dramaten actress, breakthrough as Sabina in The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988), Oscar-nominated for Enemies, a Love Story, Emmy-nominated for Alias, married to Lasse Hallström.
Lena Urzendowsky
Lena Urzendowsky (born 2000, Berlin) is a German actress and writer, sister of actor Sebastian Urzendowsky. Known for Das weiße Kaninchen, Kokon, Dark, How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast), and Cannes winner In die Sonne schauen; German Film Award Best Supporting Actress 2026.
Lennard Pearce
Lennard Pearce (1915–1984) was an English actor, trained at RADA, best known as Grandad in the first three series of the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses.
Lennie James
Lennie James (born 1965, Nottingham) is a British actor and screenwriter, Morgan Jones in The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead, creator-star of Save Me, and 2025 BAFTA Leading Actor winner for Mr Loverman.
Lennon Parham
Lennon Parham, American actress and improvisational comedian from Upright Citizens Brigade; co-created Best Friends Forever and Playing House with Jessica St. Clair; known for Veep's Karen Collins and Minx's Shelly; hosts Womp It Up!.
Lenny Von Dohlen
Lenny Von Dohlen (Leonard Harold Von Dohlen IV) was an American actor known for Miles Harding in Electric Dreams (1984) and Harold Smith in Twin Peaks and Fire Walk with Me; he died July 5, 2022, in Los Angeles.
Lenora Crichlow
Lenora Isabella Crichlow (born 1985, Westminster, London) is an English actress known as the ghost Annie Sawyer in BBC's Being Human, as Sugar in Sugar Rush, in Fast Girls, Black Mirror's "White Bear", and US series Avenue 5 and Deception.
Leo Fitzpatrick
Leo Fitzpatrick (born 1978, Orange, New Jersey), also known as Lousy Leo, American actor, DJ, and gallerist; played Telly in Kids (1995) and Johnny in The Wire; founded Public Access gallery in New York.
Leo G. Carroll
Leo G. Carroll (1886-1972), English character actor, appeared in six Hitchcock films including Spellbound and North by Northwest, played Cosmo Topper on TV, and was Alexander Waverly, U.N.C.L.E.'s chief, in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Leo Gregory
Leo Gregory (born 1978, Haverfordwest, Wales) is a British actor and producer known for Bovver in Green Street Hooligans, Brian Jones in Stoned, Tristan + Isolde, Top Dog, and 2025 Terra Di Siena acting awards.
Leo McKern
Leo McKern (Reginald McKern, 1920–2002) was an Australian-born character actor based in Britain, famous as Horace Rumpole in Rumpole of the Bailey, Number 2 in The Prisoner, and Cromwell in A Man for All Seasons.
Leo Penn
Leo Penn (1921–1998), American actor and television director, father of Sean Penn. Blacklisted in the 1950s, he directed over 400 hours of prime-time TV including Ben Casey, Star Trek, and Columbo, winning a 1973 Emmy.
Leo Woodall
Leo Woodall (born 1996) is an English actor known as Jack in The White Lotus season 2 and Dexter in Netflix's One Day, later starring in Prime Target and Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy.
Leon Askin
Leon Askin (Leo Aschkenasy, 1907–2005), Austrian-Jewish actor and director; fled the Nazis to the USA, played General Burkhalter on Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971), and returned to Vienna in 1994.
Leon Robinson
Leon Robinson (Leon Preston Robinson IV), American actor, singer, and producer born 1962 in New York City, known for The Five Heartbeats, Cool Runnings, Above the Rim, The Temptations, and Little Richard; distinct from Leonard Robinson and Leon Robson.
Leonard Frey
Leonard Frey (1938–1988), American character actor from Brooklyn, played Harold in The Boys in the Band on stage and screen and earned a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination as Motel in Fiddler on the Roof (1971).
Leonard Rossiter
Leonard Rossiter (1926–1984), English stage and screen actor, star of the sitcoms Rising Damp (Rigsby, ITV, 1974–78) and The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (BBC, 1976–79); also in Kubrick's 2001 and Barry Lyndon; died aged 57 during Loot in London.