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Screen actors of the Anglosphere and Europe

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Nukâka Coster-Waldau

Nukâka Coster-Waldau (Sascha Nukâka Motzfeldt, born 1971) is a Greenlandic actress, singer, and composer, Miss Greenland 1990, wife of Nikolaj Coster-Waldau since 1998, known for Anori, Forbrydelsen, and Thin Ice.

Nyambi Nyambi

Nyambi Nyambi (born 1979, Norman, Oklahoma) is an American actor known as Samuel on Mike & Molly, Jay Dipersia on The Good Fight, Wyatt Shaw on NBC's Night Court reboot, and the voice of Martian Manhunter in DC animated films.

O-T Fagbenle

O-T Fagbenle (Olatunde Olateju Olaolorun Fagbenle), born 1981, is a British actor, writer, and director known for Luke in The Handmaid's Tale (2021 Emmy nomination), Maxxx, Black Widow, and The First Lady as Barack Obama.

O'Shea Jackson Jr.

O'Shea Jackson Jr. is an American actor and rapper, son of Ice Cube, who portrayed his father in his debut Straight Outta Compton (2015); later films include Den of Thieves, Just Mercy, and Cocaine Bear.

Obba Babatundé

Obba Babatundé (birth name Donald Cohen), American stage and screen actor born 1950 or 1951 in New York; Tony-nominated as C.C. White in Dreamgirls, Emmy-nominated for Miss Evers' Boys, Daytime Emmy winner 2016.

Octavia Spencer

Octavia Spencer, born 1970 in Montgomery, Alabama, is an American actress who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for The Help (2011) and earned further nominations for Hidden Figures and The Shape of Water.

Odessa A'zion

Odessa A'zion (born 2000, Los Angeles; birth name Odessa Adlon) is an American actress, daughter of Pamela Adlon and Felix Adlon. Known for Hellraiser (2022), Grand Army, Marty Supreme (BAFTA- and SAG-nominated), and HBO's I Love LA.

Odessa Young

Odessa Young (born 1998, Sydney) is an Australian actress known for Looking for Grace, The Daughter (2016 AACTA Best Lead Actress winner), Assassination Nation, Mothering Sunday, The Stand, and The Staircase.

Odette Annable

Odette Annable (born 1985 as Odette Juliette Yustman) is an American actress known for Cloverfield (2008), The Unborn (2009), House, Banshee, Supergirl's Samantha Arias/Reign, and Walker's Geri Broussard.

Odeya Rush

Odeya Rush (Odeya Rushinek, אודיה רושינק), Israeli actress born 1997 in Haifa, based in the US; known for The Giver, Goosebumps, Lady Bird, Dumplin', Memory of a Killer.

Oja Kodar

Oja Kodar, born Olga Palinkaš (b. 1941, Zagreb), Croatian actress, screenwriter, director, and sculptor; Orson Welles's partner and collaborator (F for Fake, The Other Side of the Wind) and heir to his unfinished films.

Okieriete Onaodowan

Okieriete "Oak" Onaodowan (born 1987, New Jersey) is an American actor who originated Hercules Mulligan and James Madison in Broadway's Hamilton and played Dean Miller on Station 19; also starred in Demascus and The Great Comet.

Oksana Lada (Оксана Лада)

Oksana Lada (Оксана Лада, née Babiy), Ukrainian-American actress born 1976 in Ivano-Frankivsk; played Irina Peltsin, Tony Soprano's mistress, in 13 episodes of The Sopranos, her first TV role, plus guest parts in CSI: Miami, 30 Rock, and Orange Is the New Black.

Ola Rapace

Ola Rapace (Pär Ola Norell, born 1971), Swedish actor and musician; Patrice in Skyfall (2012), Hoffa in Tusenbröder, Together (2000); ex-husband of Noomi Rapace; guitarist of Sissy Prozac.

Ólafur Darri Ólafsson

Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (born 1973, Connecticut) is an Icelandic-American actor, producer, and screenwriter known for Trapped (Andri), The Deep, Severance (Mr. Drummond), and his ACT4 series Reykjavík Fusion.

Olesya Rulin (Олеся Юрьевна Рулина)

Olesya Rulin (Олеся Юрьевна Рулина), Russian-American actress born 1986 in Moscow, known as Kelsi Nielsen in Disney's three High School Musical films; later Powers and NCIS: Los Angeles.

Olga Fonda

Olga Fonda (born Olga Tchakova, 1982, Ukhta, Russia) is a Russian-American actress and model known for Nadia Petrova in The Vampire Diaries, Real Steel, Agent X, and Altered Carbon.

Olga Kurylenko (Ольга Костянтинівна Куриленко)

Olga Kurylenko (Ольга Костянтинівна Куриленко), Ukrainian-born French actress and former model born 1979 in Berdyansk; Bond girl Camille in Quantum of Solace (2008) and Taskmaster in Black Widow and Thunderbolts.

Olga Merediz

Olga Merediz (born 1956, Guantánamo, Cuba) is a Cuban-American actress; she originated Abuela Claudia in In the Heights on Broadway, earning a 2008 Tony nomination, reprised the role in the 2021 film, and sings Abuela Alma in Encanto.

Oli Higginson

Oli Higginson (born 1994, London) is a British actor and singer-songwriter. Known as Footman John in Netflix's Bridgerton and as Modern Oli, he trained at Guildhall and won recognition for Cassio in Othello at Shakespeare's Globe.

Olisa Odele

Olisa Odele (born 1994) is an English actor from Lewisham, London, of Nigerian heritage, known for Yemi in Big Boys (2022–2025), Ola in Chewing Gum, and stage roles at the RSC and National Theatre.

Oliver Chris

Oliver Chris is a British actor and writer, born 1978 in Tunbridge Wells; trained at Central School of Speech and Drama. Known for The Office, Green Wing, One Man, Two Guvnors, King Charles III, Trying, Rivals, and the play Jack Absolute Flies Again.

Oliver Finnegan

Oliver Finnegan, actor (IMDb nm9148177), child West End performer in Matilda the Musical and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, later The Watchers (2024), Outlander, We Are Lady Parts, Video Nasty; distinct from the National Archives historian of the same name.

Oliver Hudson

Oliver Hudson (Oliver Rutledge Hudson), American actor born 1976 in Los Angeles; son of Goldie Hawn and Bill Hudson, brother of Kate Hudson. Known for Rules of Engagement, Nashville, Dawson's Creek, Happy Gilmore 2, and the Sibling Revelry podcast.

Oliver Jackson-Cohen

Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Oliver Mansour Jackson-Cohen), English actor born 1986 in London, known for Luke Crain in The Haunting of Hill House, Peter Quint in Bly Manor, and Adrian Griffin in The Invisible Man; son of designer Betty Jackson.

Oliver James (actor)

Oliver James (birth name Oliver James Hutson), English actor born 1980, starred as Ian Wallace in What a Girl Wants (2003) and as Jay in Raise Your Voice (2004); retired from acting in 2012, now a psychotherapist in Guildford, England. Not the psychotherapist Oliver James born 1953.

Oliver Masucci

Oliver Masucci (born 1968, Stuttgart) is a German actor, Hitler in Er ist wieder da, Ulrich Nielsen in Dark, Fassbinder in Enfant Terrible; Deutscher Filmpreis 2021 winner.

Oliver Platt

Oliver Platt (born 1960, Windsor, Ontario) is a Canadian-born American character actor of stage, film, and TV, known for The Three Musketeers, The West Wing, Huff, Chicago Med's Dr. Charles, and The Bear, with five Emmy nominations and a Tony nomination.

Oliver Reed

Oliver Reed (Robert Oliver Reed, 1938–1999), English actor known for a macho image and hellraiser lifestyle; starred in Oliver!, Women in Love, The Devils, and Gladiator, dying in Malta mid-shoot.

Olivia Bromley

Olivia Bromley (born 1995) is an English actress, an Oxford School of Drama graduate, best known as Dawn Taylor/Fletcher in ITV's Emmerdale (2018–2026, 803 episodes), leaving when the character died in a wedding-day crash storyline; also Here Be Dragons and The Eyes of Marge.