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Screen actors of the Anglosphere and Europe

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Regé-Jean Page

Regé-Jean Page (born 1988) is a British-Zimbabwean actor, the Duke of Hastings in Bridgerton season one (2020), an Emmy-nominated performer later seen in The Gray Man and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.

Regina Hall

Regina Hall is an American actress and producer, born 1970 in Washington, D.C., known for the Scary Movie films, Girls Trip, and One Battle After Another.

Regina King

Regina King (born 1971, Los Angeles) is an American actress and director known for 227, Boyz n the Hood, Jerry Maguire, The Boondocks, Southland, four Emmys, the 2019 Oscar for If Beale Street Could Talk, and directing One Night in Miami and Shirley.

Reginald Owen

Reginald Owen (John Reginald Owen, 1887–1972), English character actor; Scrooge in MGM's 1938 A Christmas Carol (replacing Lionel Barrymore), Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes on film, Admiral Boom in Mary Poppins.

Reginald VelJohnson

Reginald VelJohnson, born 1952 in Queens, New York, is an American actor famous as Sgt. Al Powell in Die Hard (1988, 1990) and Carl Winslow on the sitcom Family Matters (1989-1998), which was created as a vehicle for him after Die Hard; he is known for repeatedly playing police officers.

Rei Hance

Rei Hance, born Heather Donahue (1974), is the American actress who starred in The Blair Witch Project (1999) and Taken (2002). She retired in 2008, became a medical marijuana grower, wrote Growgirl (2012), legally changed her name in 2020, settled with Artisan in 2004, and refused the 2026 Blair Witch reboot over AI identity-rights concerns.

Reid Miller

Reid Miller (born 1999, Chattanooga, Tennessee) is an American actor, director, and writer, born Michael Coulter Reid Miller; known for Jadin Bell in Joe Bell (2020), Play by Play, Boo Bitch, Feeling Randy, and Almost Popular. Distinct from AP correspondent Reid G. Miller and actor Reid Millar.

Reid Scott (actor)

Reid Scott (Reid Scott Weiner, born 1977, Albany, New York), American actor known for Brando in My Boys, Dan Egan in Veep, Gordon Ford in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and Detective Vincent Riley in Law & Order; distinct from Noah Reid.

Reiko Aylesworth

Reiko Aylesworth (born 1972) is an American actress known for Michelle Dessler on 24, with recurring roles on Lost, Hawaii Five-0, and Scorpion, plus Hit-Monkey voice work.

Reina Hardesty

Reina Hardesty (born 1996) is an American actress and cinematographer from Orange County, California. Known for StartUp, Brockmire, Weather Witch in The Flash, It's What's Inside (2024), and Rebecca in Prime Video's Butterfly (2025).

Rekha Sharma

Rekha Sharma (Rekha Shanti Sharma), born 1970 in Vancouver, is a Canadian actress of Indo-Fijian descent known for Tory Foster on Battlestar Galactica, Commander Landry on Star Trek: Discovery, and roles in Yellowjackets and Transplant.

Remi Adeleke

Remi Adeleke (born 1982, Nigeria) is a Nigerian-born American actor, author, and former Navy SEAL (2002–2016, SEAL Team 3), known for Transformers: The Last Knight, 6 Underground, the memoir Transformed (2019), and the novel Chameleon (2023).

Remy Hii

Remy Hii (レミー・ハイ) is an Australian actor, NIDA graduate (2011), known as Prince Jingim in Marco Polo, Alistair Cheng in Crazy Rich Asians, Brad Davis in Spider-Man: Far From Home, and voice roles in Arcane; won the Graham Kennedy Award for Better Man (2013).

Rena Owen

Rena Owen, born Maria Makarena Owen, is a New Zealand actress best known as Beth Heke in Once Were Warriors (1994), with roles in Star Wars and Whina (2022).

Rena Sofer

Rena Sofer (Rena Sherel Sofer, born 1968) is an American actress, Emmy winner as Lois Cerullo on General Hospital and Quinn Fuller on The Bold and the Beautiful, also known for Melrose Place, Ed, and Keeping the Faith.

Renate Reinsve

Renate Reinsve (Renate Hansen Reinsve, born 1987, Solbergelva, Norway) is a Norwegian actress; Cannes best actress winner for The Worst Person in the World (2021), later Oscar-nominated for Sentimental Value.

René Auberjonois

René Auberjonois (1940–2019), American stage, film, TV, and voice actor; Tony winner for Coco; known as Odo in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Clayton Endicott III in Benson, Paul Lewiston in Boston Legal, and Father Mulcahy in Altman's M*A*S*H.

Rene Russo

Rene Russo, American actress and former top fashion model born 1954 in Burbank, California; discovered at a 1972 Rolling Stones concert, starred in Lethal Weapon 3, The Thomas Crown Affair, and the Thor films as Frigga.

Renée Elise Goldsberry

Renée Elise Goldsberry (born 1971) is an American actress and singer, Tony and Grammy winner for Angelica Schuyler in Hamilton, also known for One Life to Live, Girls5eva, and her 2025 debut album Who I Really Am.

Renée Felice Smith

Renée Felice Smith, born in 1985 in New York City, is an American actress best known for playing Nell Jones on CBS's NCIS: Los Angeles from 2010 to 2021.

Renee O'Connor

Renee O'Connor (born 1971, Houston) is an American actress, producer, and director, best known as Gabrielle in Xena: Warrior Princess (1995-2001, 134 episodes) and for later House of Bards directing work.

Renee Olstead

Renee Olstead (Rebecca Renee Olstead, born 1989, Houston) is an American actress and jazz singer: Lauren Miller on CBS's Still Standing, Madison Cooperstein on The Secret Life of the American Teenager, and Warner Bros. jazz standards albums with producer David Foster.

Reneé Rapp

Reneé Rapp, American pop singer-songwriter and actress born 2000 in Huntersville, North Carolina; 2018 Jimmy Award winner, Regina George in Mean Girls on Broadway (2019–2020) and in the 2024 film, Leighton Murray in The Sex Lives of College Girls, albums Snow Angel (2023) and UK No. 1 Bite Me (2025) on Interscope.

Renée Taylor

Renée Taylor (born Renee Adoree Wexler, 1933) is an American actress and writer, Sylvia Fine on The Nanny, and Oscar-nominated co-writer of Lovers and Other Strangers with husband Joseph Bologna; distinct from researcher Renée R. Taylor.

Renée Zellweger

Renée Zellweger, American actress born 1969 in Katy, Texas; two-time Oscar winner (Cold Mountain, Judy) and star of the four-film Bridget Jones series (2001–2025), now producing and directing.

Reni Santoni

Reni Santoni (Reinaldo Santoni, 1938 or 1939 – August 1, 2020) was an American character actor, Chico Gonzalez in Dirty Harry and Poppie on Seinfeld, active from off-Broadway theater to a final 2012 role.

Renoly Santiago

Renoly Santiago (born 1974, Lajas, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican actor, singer, and writer known for Dangerous Minds, Hackers, Con Air, and Broadway's The Capeman, a Drama Desk-recognized role.

Reshma Shetty

Reshma Shetty (born 1977) is a British-American actress and opera-trained singer, known as Divya Katdare on Royal Pains (2009–2016) and Dr. Talaikha Channarayapatra on Pure Genius; distinct from the Ginkgo Bioworks co-founder of the same name.

Reta Shaw

Reta Shaw (1912–1982) was an American character actress best known as the cook Mrs. Brill in Mary Poppins (1964) and housekeeper Martha Grant in The Ghost & Mrs. Muir.

Retta

Retta (Marietta Sangai Sirleaf), American comedian and actor from Newark, New Jersey; played Donna Meagle on Parks and Recreation ('Treat yo' self'), Barbara on Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce, Ruby on Good Girls, and hosts HGTV's Ugliest House in America. Former Duke pre-med chemist.