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Pearl Mackie
Pearl Mackie (born 1987, Brixton, London) is a British actress best known as Bill Potts, the Doctor's first openly lesbian companion in Doctor Who series 10 (2017), with later roles in The Diplomat, Tom Jones, and National Theatre productions including Grenfell and Ballet Shoes.
Pearl White
Pearl Fay White (1889–1938), American silent-film actress and leading "serial queen"; starred in The Perils of Pauline (1914), famed for performing her own stunts, retired to France in 1924.
Pedro Alonso
Pedro Alonso O'choro, Spanish actor born 1971 in Vigo, Galicia; plays Berlin in Money Heist (La casa de papel) and its Netflix spin-off Berlin; also Grand Hotel, Awareness, El Juicio, and the documentary En la nave del encanto.
Peg Entwistle
Peg Entwistle, born Millicent Lilian Entwistle (1908–1932), was a Welsh-born Broadway actress, the Hollywood Sign Girl, whose 1932 suicide from the Hollywoodland sign's H followed the censorship-driven cutting of her only film role, Thirteen Women.
Pegah Ghafoori (پگاه غفوری)
Pegah Ghafoori (پگاه غفوری), Iranian-Canadian actress born 1999 in Tehran, Toronto-based, plays Fatima Hassan in MGM+ series From (2022–2026) and leads One Must Wash Eyes (2024); also a singer-songwriter and Luleå festival Best Actress winner.
Peggy (dog)
Peggy is an English dog, a pug and Chinese crested cross, who won Britain's Ugliest Dog competition in 2023 and starred as Dogpool in Deadpool & Wolverine.
Peggy Ann Garner
Peggy Ann Garner (1932-1984), American child actress from Canton, Ohio, won the 1945 Academy Juvenile Award as Francie Nolan in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn; later stage and TV work, three marriages, Walk of Fame star.
Peggy Ashcroft
Dame Peggy Ashcroft (Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft, 1907–1991), English stage actress and RSC founding member, famed as Juliet and Margaret of Anjou; won the 1984 Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Mrs. Moore in A Passage to India.
Peggy Lipton
Peggy Lipton (Margaret Ann Lipton, 1946–2019), American actress, model, and singer; played undercover cop Julie Barnes on The Mod Squad and Norma Jennings on Twin Peaks; Golden Globe winner, four Emmy nominations, mother of Rashida and Kidada Jones.
Peggy Mount
Peggy Mount (Margaret Rose Mount, 1916-2001) was an English actress famous for battleaxe roles: Emma Hornett in Sailor Beware!, Ada Larkin in The Larkins, George and the Dragon, and classical stage work; OBE 1996, died at Denville Hall.
Peggy Rea
Peggy Rea (Margaret Jane Rea, 1921-2011), American character actress; played Rose Burton on The Waltons, Lulu Hogg on The Dukes of Hazzard, and Jean Kelly on Grace Under Fire; began on I Love Lucy in 1953.
Peggy Wood
Peggy Wood (Mary Margaret Wood, 1892–1978), American stage, film, and television actress and singer; star of CBS's Mama (1949–1957) and Oscar-nominated Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music (1965); ANTA president 1959–1966.
Penelope Ann Miller
Penelope Ann Miller (Penelope Andrea Miller), American actress born 1964 in Los Angeles; Broadway debut in Biloxi Blues, Tony-nominated Our Town revival; films The Freshman, Carlito's Way (Golden Globe nomination), The Artist, Dahmer, and Reagan.
Penélope Cruz
Penélope Cruz (born 1974, Alcobendas, Madrid) is a Spanish actress, Oscar winner for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) and the first Spanish actress nominated for and winning an Academy Award; longtime Pedro Almodóvar collaborator (eight films) with a dense 2026 slate.
Penélope Guerrero
Penélope Guerrero, born 1997 in Jerez de la Frontera, is a Spanish actress and former trans-visibility YouTuber (Penélope Tacones), known for Sky Rojo, Vestidas de azul, and the Cannes 2024 film Transmitzvah.
Penelope Keith
Penelope Keith (1940–2026), English actress and dame, famed as Margo Leadbetter in The Good Life and Audrey fforbes-Hamilton in To the Manor Born; two BAFTAs, an Olivier, former High Sheriff of Surrey.
Penelope Wilton
Penelope Wilton (born 1946, Scarborough) is an English stage, film, and television actress, a dame since 2016, known for Isobel Crawley in Downton Abbey, Ever Decreasing Circles, Pinter's Betrayal, and the 2015 Olivier-winning Taken at Midnight.
Penn Badgley
Penn Dayton Badgley (born 1986, Baltimore) is an American actor known as Dan Humphrey in Gossip Girl (2007–2012) and Joe Goldberg in Netflix's You (2018–2025), also Mothxr vocalist and Podcrushed cohost.
Penny Johnson Jerald
Penny Johnson Jerald (born Penny Johnson, 1961, Baltimore) is an American actress: Beverly Barnes on The Larry Sanders Show, Kasidy Yates on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Sherry Palmer on 24, Captain Victoria Gates on Castle, and Dr. Claire Finn on The Orville; Juilliard-trained, married to jazz musician Gralin Jerald since 1982.
Penny Marshall
Penny Marshall (Carole Penny Marshall, 1943-2018), American actress and director; starred as Laverne DeFazio in Laverne & Shirley and directed Big, the first film by a woman to gross over $100 million.
Penny McNamee
Penny McNamee (born 1983) is an Australian actress, singer, screenwriter, and author, sister of Jessica McNamee. Known for Nessarose in Wicked (2009 Green Room Award), Dr Tori Morgan in Home and Away, and the Stage Stars books.
Penny Singleton
Penny Singleton (Mariana Dorothy Agnes Letitia McNulty, 1908–2003), American actress who played Blondie Bumstead in 28 films (1938–1950) and voiced Jane Jetson; later AGVA president and Rockettes strike leader.
Pepê Rapazote
Pêpê Rapazote (Pedro de Matos Fernandes), Portuguese actor born 1970 in Lisbon, known for playing Cali cartel boss Chepe Santacruz Londoño in Netflix's Narcos, plus Queen of the South, Shameless, and Rabo de Peixe.
Perdita Weeks
Perdita Rose Annunziata Weeks (born 1985) is a British actress, sister of Honeysuckle and Rollo Weeks, known as Juliet Higgins in Magnum P.I. (2018–2024, 96 episodes), Mary Boleyn in The Tudors, and As Above, So Below.
Peri Gilpin
Peri Gilpin (Peri Kay Oldham, born 1961, Waco, Texas) is an American actress who played Roz Doyle on Frasier (1993–2004, 263 episodes), replaced Lisa Kudrow in the role, and returned in the 2023–2024 revival.
Pernell Roberts
Pernell Roberts (1928-2010), American stage and TV actor; Adam Cartwright on Bonanza (1959-1965) and star of Trapper John, M.D. (1979-1986); left Bonanza calling it junk TV.
Pernilla August
Pernilla August (b. Mia Pernilla Wallgren, 13 February 1958, Stockholm) is a Swedish actress and director, a Bergman favorite who won Cannes Best Actress for The Best Intentions (1992), played Shmi Skywalker in Star Wars Episodes I and II, and directed Guldbagge-winning Beyond (2010).
Perrey Reeves
Perrey Reeves (born 1970, New York City) is an American actress known as Mrs. Ari Gold on HBO's Entourage (2004–2011) and its 2015 film, Marissa in Old School (2003), and Nina Devon in Famous in Love.
Perri Lister
Perri Lister (born 1959, England) is an English former dancer, singer, and actress, a Hot Gossip dancer on the Kenny Everett Video Show, a Blitz Kids New Romantic, background vocalist on Billy Idol's Rebel Yell, Idol's 1980s partner, and choreographer for Duran Duran and Def Leppard.
Perry King
Perry King (Perry Firestone King), American actor born 1948 in Alliance, Ohio; starred as Cody Allen in Riptide (1984-86), in Slaughterhouse-Five, Mandingo, Class of 1984, and The Day After Tomorrow; directed The Divide (2018); distinct from actor Perry King Jr.