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Lola Albright

Lola Albright (Lola Jean Albright, 1924–2017), American actress and singer, born Akron, Ohio. Best known as Edie Hart on Peter Gunn (1958–61), Champion (1949), and 1966 Berlin Best Actress for Lord Love a Duck.

Lola Falana

Lola Falana (Loletha Elayne Falana, born 1942) is an American singer, dancer, and actress, the "First Lady of Las Vegas," discovered by Sammy Davis Jr. in Golden Boy, a 1979 Aladdin headliner, later an evangelist after multiple sclerosis.

Lola Glaudini

Lola Glaudini, American character actress, played Elle Greenaway on Criminal Minds and Deborah Ciccerone-Waldrup on The Sopranos, with recurring roles on NYPD Blue and Ray Donovan, and wrote and directed the festival film Mighty.

Lola Kirke

Lola Kirke (Lola Clementine C. Kirke, born 1990, London) is a British-American actress, country singer-songwriter, and author known for Mozart in the Jungle, Mistress America, Lady for Sale, and the 2025 memoir Wild West Village.

Lola Tung

Lola Tung (born 2002, New York City) is an American actress who debuted as Belly Conklin in Prime Video's The Summer I Turned Pretty, her first professional role, then starred on Broadway in Hadestown and in films including Forbidden Fruits.

Lolita Chakrabarti

Lolita Chakrabarti OBE (born 1969, Hull) is a British actress and playwright, RADA-trained, known for Red Velvet (2012) and her Olivier and Tony-winning stage adaptation of Life of Pi.

Lolita Davidovich

Lolita Davidovich (born 1961, London, Ontario) is a Canadian actress whose breakout was the title role in Blaze (1989) opposite Paul Newman; also credited as Lolita David; married director Ron Shelton in 1997.

Lolly Adefope

Lolly Adefope is a British character comedian and actress, Edinburgh Fringe debut Lolly (2015) and Lolly 2 (2016), known for Ghosts, Shrill, Miracle Workers, Taskmaster, and her West End debut in Oh, Mary!.

London Thor

London Thor is an American actress and EDM singer-songwriter who plays Jordan Li (shared with Derek Luh) in Prime Video's Gen V, The Boys spinoff; earlier credits include Shameless, You, Never Have I Ever, and Lady Bird.

Lonette McKee

Lonette McKee (born 1954, Detroit) is an American actress, singer, and composer, breakout as Sister in Sparkle (1976), Tony-nominated as Julie in Show Boat, films include The Cotton Club and Malcolm X.

Loni Anderson

Loni Anderson (1945–2025), American actress, played receptionist Jennifer Marlowe on WKRP in Cincinnati (1978–82), earning two Emmy and three Golden Globe nominations; also The Jayne Mansfield Story, Stroker Ace, and Burt Reynolds's spouse.

Loren Dean

Loren Dean (Loren Dean Jovicic), American actor born 1969 in Las Vegas, known for title roles in Billy Bathgate and Mumford, Anton in Gattaca, Apollo 13, and recurring Russ Brennan on Bones.

Loren Lott

Loren Lott, American actress and singer born 1992 in San Diego; American Idol Top 16 (2015), Broadway's Motown the Musical and Once on This Island, Ana Hamilton on The Young and the Restless, films Praise This and Favorite Son.

Lorena Bernal

Lorena Bernal (Lorena Raquel Bernal Pascual), Argentine-born model, actress, and presenter; Miss España 1999 at 17; starred in El secreto, CSI: Miami, Chuck, The Good Doctor; married Mikel Arteta in 2010; now a spiritual coach and author.

Lorenzo Lamas

Lorenzo Lamas (Lorenzo Fernando Lamas, born 1958) is an American actor, son of Fernando Lamas and Arlene Dahl, known as Lance Cumson in Falcon Crest (1981-1990) and Reno Raines in Renegade (1992-1997), also a helicopter pilot and author of Renegade at Heart.

Loretta Devine

Loretta Devine is an American actress and singer who originated Lorrell Robinson in Broadway's Dreamgirls, played Gloria in Waiting to Exhale, and won a 2011 Emmy for Grey's Anatomy.

Loretta Swit

Loretta Swit (1937–2025), American Emmy-winning actress born Loretta Jane Swit, played Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on all 11 seasons of CBS's M*A*S*H, later active in stage, TV movies, and animal welfare.

Lori Beth Denberg

Lori Beth Denberg (born 1976) is an American actress and comedian, original cast member of Nickelodeon's All That (1994–1998), anchor of Vital Information and the Loud Librarian, later Lydia on The Steve Harvey Show.

Lori Loughlin

Lori Loughlin, American actress born 1964 in Queens, New York; played Aunt Becky on Full House (1988–1995), starred in Summerland, 90210, and Hallmark's When Calls the Heart; imprisoned two months in 2020 for the college admissions bribery scandal.

Lori Petty

Lori Petty (born 1963, Chattanooga, Tennessee) is an American actress and director, known for Point Break, A League of Their Own, the cult title role in Tank Girl, Lolly Whitehill on Orange Is the New Black, and directing The Poker House.

Lori Saunders

Lori Saunders (Linda Marie Hines, born 1941) is an American actress, the second Bobbie Jo Bradley on CBS's Petticoat Junction (1965-1970), later Elizabeth Gordon on The Beverly Hillbillies and Betsy on Dusty's Trail, retired after Captive (1980).

Lori Singer

Lori Singer (born 1957) is an American actress and cellist known for Footloose (1984), Short Cuts (1993), and documentary work including Mea Maxima Culpa.

Lorna Patterson

Lorna Patterson (born 1956, Whittier, California) is an American actress and Jewish cantor, known as Randy the singing stewardess in Airplane! (1980) and as Pvt. Judy Benjamin in the Private Benjamin TV series (1981–83).

Lorne Greene

Lorne Greene (1915–1987), born Lyon Chaim Green in Ottawa, was a Canadian actor and CBC wartime newscaster called the Voice of Doom, best known as Ben Cartwright on Bonanza and Commander Adama in Battlestar Galactica.

Lorraine Ashbourne

Lorraine Ashbourne (born 1961, Manchester) is an English stage, film and TV actress, wife of Andy Serkis, known for Daphne Sparrow in Sherwood, Grandma Joan in Alma's Not Normal, Mrs Varley in Bridgerton, and Jess in Riot Women.

Lorraine Bracco

Lorraine Bracco (born 1954, Brooklyn) is an American actress, Oscar-nominated as Karen Hill in Goodfellas and Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated as Dr. Jennifer Melfi on The Sopranos; also Rizzoli & Isles, Nonnas, and former Gaultier model.

Lorraine Gary

Lorraine Gary (Lorraine Gottfried, born 1937) is a retired American actress who played Ellen Brody in Jaws, Jaws 2, and Jaws: The Revenge; wife of MCA president Sid Sheinberg, she retired in 1979.

Lorraine Nicholson

Lorraine Nicholson, also Lorraine Broussard Nicholson, is an American writer-director and former actress, daughter of Jack Nicholson and Rebecca Broussard, known for Soul Surfer, the short Life Boat, and her Searchlight feature debut Playmates.

Lorraine Toussaint

Lorraine Toussaint, Trinidadian-born American actress (born 1960), Juilliard-trained; known as Vee in Orange Is the New Black (Critics' Choice and SAG winner), Rene Jackson in Any Day Now, and Aunt Vi on CBS's The Equalizer.

Lotte Verbeek

Lotte Verbeek, Dutch actress born 1982, in Venlo; Locarno and Marrakech Best Actress winner for Nothing Personal (2009), Berlinale Shooting Star 2010, known as Geillis Duncan in Outlander, Katarina Rostova in The Blacklist, and Emmy Göring in Nuremberg (2025).