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Marin Hinkle

Marin Hinkle (born 1966, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania) is an American actress known for Judy Brooks on Once and Again, Judith Harper on Two and a Half Men, and Emmy-nominated Rose Weissman on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, with a parallel stage career.

Marin Ireland

Marin Ireland (Marin Yvonne Ireland), American actress born 1979 in Camarillo, California; Tony-nominated for Reasons to Be Pretty, known for Sneaky Pete, Homeland, The Umbrella Academy, The Dark and the Wicked, and her play Pre-Existing Condition.

Marina Sirtis

Marina Sirtis (born 1955, London) is a British-American actress famous as Counselor Deanna Troi on Star Trek: The Next Generation, its films, and Picard; also Demona in Gargoyles and Orli Elbaz in NCIS.

Marina Squerciati

Marina Squerciati (Marina Teresa Squerciati, born 1984, New York City) is an American actress, Northwestern theater graduate, Agnes Moorehead Award winner, and Officer Kim Burgess on NBC's Chicago P.D. since 2014.

Marina Vlady

Marina Vlady (Catherine Marina de Poliakoff-Baïdaroff), French actress, singer, and writer (1938–2026); Cannes Best Actress 1963 for The Conjugal Bed; nearly 100 films; wife of poet Vladimir Vysotsky.

Mario Casas

Mario Casas Sierra (born 1986, A Coruña), Spanish actor and director; teen idol via Los hombres de Paco and Tres metros sobre el cielo, Goya-winning lead of No matarás, director of Mi soledad tiene alas.

Mario Lopez

Mario Lopez (born 1973) is an American actor and host, famous as A.C. Slater on Saved by the Bell and later host of Extra, Access Hollywood, and Access Daily, with a 2024 Hollywood Walk of Fame star.

Mario Van Peebles

Mario Van Peebles (born 1957, Mexico City) is an American actor-director, son of Melvin Van Peebles. Known for New Jack City (1991), Posse (1993), the Silver Leopard-winning Panther (1995), and Baadasssss! (2003), plus extensive TV directing including Nemesis.

Marion Bailey

Marion Bailey (born 1951) is an English actress, Mike Leigh's partner and frequent collaborator, known for Meantime, Mr. Turner's Sophia Booth, The Crown's Queen Mother, and Birdie in Tender Loving Care.

Marion Cotillard

Marion Cotillard (born 1975, Paris) is a French actress and singer; Oscar, BAFTA, Golden Globe and César winner for playing Édith Piaf in La Môme/La Vie en rose, the first Oscar for a French-language performance.

Marion Lorne

Marion Lorne (Marion Lorne MacDougall, 1883–1968), American character actress and stage comedienne, best known as Aunt Clara on Bewitched (1964–1968); won a posthumous 1968 Emmy, accepted by Elizabeth Montgomery.

Marion Marshall

Marion Marshall (Marian Le Priel Tanner, 1929–2018) was an American character actress of Hollywood's late-1940s to 1960s studio era, known for I Was a Male War Bride, three Martin and Lewis comedies, and marriages to Stanley Donen and Robert Wagner; not the actress Marian Marsh.

Marion Ross

Marion Ross, born Marian Ellen Ross in 1928, is an American retired actress best known as Marion Cunningham, the mother on ABC's Happy Days, 1974 to 1984.

Marisa Abela

Marisa Abela (born 1996, Brighton) is a British actress and RADA graduate known for Yasmin Kara-Hanani in HBO/BBC's Industry, Amy Winehouse in Back to Black (2024), and the 2025 BAFTA TV Leading Actress award.

Marisa Berenson

Marisa Berenson, American actress and model born 1947 in New York, granddaughter of designer Elsa Schiaparelli, known as Yves Saint Laurent's 'girl of the 70s' and for Death in Venice, Cabaret, and Kubrick's Barry Lyndon.

Marisa Coughlan

Marisa Christine Coughlan (born 1974), American actress, writer, and producer from Minneapolis. Known for Officer Ursula Hanson in the Super Troopers films, Jo Lynn Jordan in Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999), and Melissa Hughes on Boston Legal.

Marisa Pavan

Marisa Pavan (Maria Luisa Pierangeli, 1932-2023), Italian-born actress, twin sister of Pier Angeli; Oscar-nominated and Golden Globe-winning for The Rose Tattoo (1955); wife of Jean-Pierre Aumont; died in Gassin, France.

Marisa Ramirez

Marisa Ramirez (born 1977, Los Angeles) is an American actress known as Detective Maria Baez on Blue Bloods and Boston Blue, and previously Gia Campbell on General Hospital, Melitta in Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, and Dr. Chloe Artis in Mental.

Marisa Ryan

Marisa Ryan (Marisa J. Ryan), American actress born 1974 in New York City, known as Elizabeth Cooper-MacGillis on Major Dad and Abby Bernstein in Wet Hot American Summer and its Netflix series.

Marisa Tomei

Marisa Tomei (born 1964) is an American actress, Oscar winner as Mona Lisa Vito in My Cousin Vinny (1993, Best Supporting Actress), later Oscar-nominated for In the Bedroom and The Wrestler, and Marvel's Aunt May from 2016 to 2021.

Marisela Zumbado

Marisela Zumbado is an American actress from Miami, Florida, known for Tracy in Good Trouble and Lucia in Genera+ion, with film roles in Countdown, The DUFF, and Pitch Perfect 2; sister of Carmela and Gigi Zumbado.

Mariska Hargitay

Mariska Hargitay (born 1964) is an American actress, Emmy winner, and advocate, daughter of Jayne Mansfield. Known for Olivia Benson on Law & Order: SVU since 1999, the Joyful Heart Foundation, My Mom Jayne, and hosting the 78th Emmys.

Marisol Nichols

Marisol Nichols (born 1973) is an American actress known for playing Nadia Yassir on 24 and Hermione Lodge on Riverdale, and for undercover work against human trafficking.

Marissa Bode

Marissa Bode (born 2000, Mazomanie, Wisconsin) is an American actress and the first wheelchair user to play Nessarose Thropp in the Wicked films (2024, 2025), also a queer disability advocate.

Marissa Jaret Winokur

Marissa Jaret Winokur, American actress born 1973 in New York City, originated Tracy Turnblad in Broadway's Hairspray, winning the 2003 Tony for Best Actress in a Musical; later TV, reality TV, and director of Hairspray revivals.

Marissa Reyes

Marissa Reyes (born 2003, Austin, Texas) is a Mexican-American actress known for Sofia in Netflix's Running Point, Arianna Horton on Days of Our Lives, Cami in Raven's Home, and Spirit Halloween: The Movie.

Marissa Ribisi

Marissa Ribisi (Santina Marissa Ribisi, born 1974, Los Angeles) is an American actress and writer, twin sister of Giovanni Ribisi, known for Dazed and Confused, Pleasantville, True Crime, Some Girl, marriage to Beck, and the My Sister Skin skincare platform.

Marjorie Lord

Marjorie Lord (Marjorie Wollenberg, 1918–2015), American actress; Kathy Williams, Danny Thomas's TV wife on Make Room for Daddy/The Danny Thomas Show 1957–64; mother of Anne Archer; later L.A. arts philanthropist and Scripter Award co-founder.

Marjorie Main

Marjorie Main (Mary Tomlinson Krebs, 1890-1975), American character actress, MGM contract player, Oscar-nominated as Ma Kettle in The Egg and I and the Ma and Pa Kettle series.

Marjorie Reynolds

Marjorie Reynolds (Marjorie Goodspeed, also billed as Marjorie Moore), American actress (1917-1997); starred in Holiday Inn (1942) with Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire and as Peg Riley on The Life of Riley (1953-58); about 35 B westerns; Walk of Fame TV star.