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Screen actors of the Anglosphere and Europe

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Raza Jaffrey

Raza Jaffrey (born 1975, Liverpool) is a British actor trained at Bristol Old Vic, known for Spooks' Zaf Younis, Smash's Dev Sundaram, Homeland's Aasar Khan, and West End leads in Bombay Dreams and Mamma Mia!.

Reagan Gomez-Preston

Reagan Gomez-Preston (also Reagan Gomez), born 1980 in Detroit, is an American actress, writer, and voice actress known for Zaria Peterson on The Parent 'Hood and voicing Roberta Tubbs on The Cleveland Show.

Rebecca Budig

Rebecca Budig is an American actress known for playing Greenlee Smythe on All My Children and Dr. Taylor Hayes on The Bold and the Beautiful.

Rebecca De Mornay

Rebecca De Mornay (born Rebecca Jane Pearch, 1959), American actress of Risky Business (1983) and The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992); also a TV producer-director with later roles in Jessica Jones and 2024 films.

Rebecca Ferguson

Rebecca Ferguson (Rebecca Louisa Ferguson Sundström, born 1983, Stockholm) is a Swedish actress known for Lady Jessica in Dune, Ilsa Faust in Mission: Impossible, and Juliette Nichols in Silo; distinct from the British X Factor singer of the same name.

Rebecca Front

Rebecca Front (born 1964, London) is an English actor and writer, BAFTA winner 2010 for playing Nicola Murray in The Thick of It; also The Day Today, Nighty Night, Grandma's House, Lewis, Avenue 5, and author of Curious.

Rebecca Gayheart

Rebecca Gayheart (born 1971, Hazard, Kentucky) is an American actress and model, the 1990s Noxzema girl, known for Urban Legend, Jawbreaker, Beverly Hills 90210, marriage to Eric Dane, and her 2026 Jawbreaker musical return.

Rebecca Hall

Rebecca Hall (born 1982, London) is a British-American actress, director, and writer, daughter of Peter Hall and Maria Ewing; known for Vicky Cristina Barcelona, The Town, and her Sundance debut Passing (2021).

Rebecca Mader

Rebecca Leigh Mader (born 1977, Cambridge, England) is an English actress known as Dr. Charlotte Lewis on Lost and Zelena, the Wicked Witch of the West, on Once Upon a Time, with film roles in The Devil Wears Prada and Iron Man 3.

Rebecca Pidgeon

Rebecca Pidgeon is a British-American actress and singer-songwriter known for the films The Spanish Prisoner, The Winslow Boy, State and Main, and RED, and for a dozen albums.

Rebecca Rigg

Rebecca Rigg (Rebecca Jane Rigg, born 1967) is an Australian actress, not to be confused with Diana Rigg. Child star of Fatty Finn (1980); later roles in Jerry Maguire, Farscape, The Mentalist, and Fair Game; married to Simon Baker 1998 to 2020 separation.

Rebecca Rittenhouse

Rebecca Rittenhouse (Rebecca Rittenhouse Meaders), American actress born 1988 in Los Angeles; known for Dr. Anna Ziev on The Mindy Project, Cody LeFever on Blood & Oil, Maggie, and Lexy Jones in Netflix's His & Hers; also founder of Privet Beauty.

Rebecca Romijn

Rebecca Romijn (Rebecca Alie Romijn), American actress and former model born 1972 in Berkeley, California; Mystique in the X-Men films, Alexis Meade on Ugly Betty, and Number One in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds; married Jerry O'Connell after divorcing John Stamos.

Rebecca Root

Rebecca Root (born 1969, Woking, Surrey) is an English actress, comedian, and voice coach, star of BBC Two's Boy Meets Girl, the first British TV comedy to cast a trans actor in a trans lead role; also The Danish Girl, The Queen's Gambit, and Big Finish's Doctor Who: Stranded.

Rebecca Ryan

Rebecca Ryan (born 1991, Manchester) is an English actress known as Debbie Gallagher in Shameless (2004–2009), Vicki MacDonald in Waterloo Road, Gemma Dean in Casualty, and Lydia Chambers in Coronation Street; distinct from other people named Rebecca Ryan.

Rebecca Schaeffer

Rebecca Schaeffer (1967–1989), American actress and model, played Patti Russell on My Sister Sam. Murdered in 1989 by stalker Robert Bardo, who got her address via DMV records; her death spurred anti-stalking and privacy laws.

Rebecca Schull

Rebecca Schull (Rebecca Anna Wattenberg, born 1929) is an American actress known for Fay Cochran on NBC's Wings (1990-97), Broadway's Golda and 45 Seconds From Broadway, and films including United 93 and Crimes and Misdemeanors.

Rebecca Wisocky

Rebecca Wisocky (born 1971, York, Pennsylvania) is an American actress, Obie winner for Amazons and Their Men, best known as Evelyn Powell in Devious Maids and Hetty Woodstone on CBS's Ghosts since 2021.

Rebel Wilson

Rebel Wilson, Australian actor, writer, producer, and director born 1980 in Sydney; known for Bridesmaids, Fat Amy in Pitch Perfect, Isn't It Romantic, and her 2024 directorial debut The Deb.

Red Buttons

Red Buttons (Aaron Chwatt, 1919-2006), American comedian and actor. Star of The Red Buttons Show (1952) and Oscar winner for Sayonara; distinct from the power pop duo The Red Button and journalist Christina Buttons.

Reda Elazouar

Reda Elazouar (also Reda El Azouar), British actor born in London in 1999 to a Moroccan family; breakout as Kidda in Pirates (2021), Beau in Sex Education season 4, Omar in The Family Plan 2, and Karim Lapointe in Maigret.

Reece Ritchie

Reece Ritchie (born 1986, Lowestoft, England) is an English actor known for Moha in 10,000 BC, Ray Singh in The Lovely Bones, Bis in Prince of Persia, Iolaus in Hercules, and Lt. Spencer Lane in Syfy's The Ark.

Reece Shearsmith

Reece Shearsmith (born 1969, Hull), English actor-comedian-writer of The League of Gentlemen, Psychoville, and Inside No. 9 with Steve Pemberton; BAFTA-winning, also Taskmaster series 20 contestant and horror enthusiast.

Reed Alexander

Reed Alexander (born 1993) is an American journalist and former child actor from Boca Raton, Florida. He played Nevel Papperman on Nickelodeon's iCarly (2007–2012), then became a Wall Street correspondent for Business Insider and an adjunct journalism professor at the University of Miami.

Reed Birney

Reed Birney (born 1954, Alexandria, Virginia) is an American stage and screen actor, Tony winner for The Humans (2016), known for Playwrights Horizons, House of Cards, and Mass.

Reed Diamond

Reed Edward Diamond, American actor (born 1967, New York City), Juilliard-trained; known as Det. Mike Kellerman on Homicide: Life on the Street, Terry Crowley on The Shield, Damien Karp on Franklin & Bash, and Daniel Whitehall on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon, born Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon (1976), American actress, producer, and Hello Sunshine founder; Oscar winner for Walk the Line, star of Legally Blonde, Election, Wild, Big Little Lies, and The Morning Show.

Reeve Carney

Reeve Carney, American actor-singer-songwriter; frontman of the band Carney; originated Peter Parker in Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark and Orpheus in Hadestown; now Gatsby on Broadway with Eva Noblezada.

Reg E. Cathey

Reg E. Cathey (1958–2018) was an American actor from Huntsville, Alabama, known for Norman Wilson in The Wire, Freddy Hayes in House of Cards (2015 Emmy), Oz, and Square One TV.

Reg Varney

Reg Varney (1916-2008), English comic actor and variety pianist, famous as bus driver Stan Butler in ITV's On the Buses (1969-73), earlier star of The Rag Trade, and the first person to use a cashpoint (ATM) in 1967.