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Screen actors of the Anglosphere and Europe

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Seth Rogen

Seth Rogen (Seth Aaron Rogen), Canadian actor, comedian, writer, director, and producer born 1982 in Vancouver; broke through with Knocked Up and Superbad, co-founded Point Grey Pictures with Evan Goldberg, and won four 2025 Emmys for The Studio.

Shabana Azeez

Shabana Azeez is an Australian Indo-Fijian actor from Adelaide, born 1997, who co-won Tropfest Best Female Actor in 2019 for Crush, led Birdeater (2023), voiced Lesbian Space Princess, and stars as Victoria Javadi in HBO Max's The Pitt.

Shahar Isaac

Shahar Isaac (שחר אייזק), Israeli-American actor born 1993 in Haifa, plays Simon Peter in the crowd-funded drama The Chosen; Rutgers-trained, IDF veteran, also a photographer and musician.

Shaheen Jafargholi

Shaheen Jafargholi (شاهین جعفرقلی), born 1997 in Swansea, is a Welsh actor and singer, seventh-place Britain's Got Talent 2009 finalist who sang at Michael Jackson's memorial and played Shakil Kazemi in EastEnders and Marty Kirkby in Casualty.

Shailene Woodley

Shailene Woodley, born 1991, is an American actress known for The Secret Life of the American Teenager, The Descendants, Divergent, The Fault in Our Stars, and Big Little Lies, and an environmental activist arrested at the 2016 Dakota Access Pipeline protest.

Shalita Grant

Shalita Grant (born 1988) is an American Juilliard-trained actress, Tony-nominated for Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, known for Sonja Percy on NCIS: New Orleans, Cassidy in Search Party, and Sherry Conrad in You season 3.

Shalom Harlow

Shalom Harlow (born 1973, Oshawa, Ontario) is a Canadian model and actress, scouted at a Cure concert, VH-1 Model of the Year 1995, famous for McQueen's SS1999 robot spray-paint finale, later an actress and 2018 comeback.

Shameik Moore

Shameik Moore, born 1995 in Atlanta, Georgia, is an American actor and musician. Known for Malcolm in Dope (2015), Shaolin Fantastic in The Get Down, Raekwon in Wu-Tang: An American Saga, and as the voice of Miles Morales in the Spider-Verse films.

Shane Harper

Shane Steven Harper, American actor, singer, songwriter, and dancer born 1993 in La Jolla, California; known for Spencer Walsh on Good Luck Charlie, Josh Wheaton in God's Not Dead (2014), and Vic Flynn in Power Book IV: Force.

Shane Jacobson

Shane Jacobson (born 1970, Essendon, Victoria) is an Australian actor, presenter and producer, the 'Dunny Man' who played Kenny Smyth in the 2006 mockumentary Kenny, winning the AFI Award for Best Lead Actor.

Shane Rimmer

Shane Rimmer (1929-2019) was a Canadian actor and screenwriter, voice of Scott Tracy in Thunderbirds, who played American roles in British productions and appeared in Dr. Strangelove and three James Bond films.

Shane Van Dyke

Shane Van Dyke (Shane Thomas Van Dyke) is an American actor, screenwriter, and director, grandson of Dick Van Dyke, known for Titanic II (2010), Chernobyl Diaries (2012), The Silence (2019), and Don't Worry Darling (2022).

Shane West

Shane West (Shannon Bruce Snaith, born 1978, Baton Rouge) is an American actor and musician known for Once and Again, A Walk to Remember, ER's Dr. Ray Barnett, Nikita's Michael, and fronting the punk band The Germs.

Shangela

Shangela (Shangela Laquifa Wadley), drag persona of D.J. Pierce of Paris, Texas, competed on three RuPaul's Drag Race seasons, starred in A Star Is Born and We're Here, and faces sexual assault lawsuits she denies.

Shani Wallis

Shani Wallis (born 14 April 1933, Tottenham, London) is an English actress and singer, RADA graduate, best known as Nancy in the 1968 Oscar-winning film Oliver!; West End and Broadway musical star, later US film and TV work.

Shanna Besson

Shanna Besson (born 1993) is a French still photographer and film-poster photographer, daughter of directors Maïwenn and Luc Besson; credits include Mon roi, The Sisters Brothers, Dogman, Emilia Pérez, and Dracula.

Shannen Doherty

Shannen Doherty (1971-2024), American actress known as Brenda Walsh in Beverly Hills, 90210 and Prue Halliwell in Charmed, also starred in Heathers and Mallrats; died of breast cancer aged 53.

Shannon Elizabeth

Shannon Elizabeth (Shannon Elizabeth Fadal, born 1973) is an American actress known as Nadia in American Pie and Scary Movie, a professional poker player, and founder of the Shannon Elizabeth Foundation and Khusela rhino sanctuary in South Africa.

Shannon Gisela

Shannon Gisela is an American actress from South Florida who stars as Etta Tiger Jonze in Peacock's 2026 crime drama M.I.A. and voices Irene Gumb in Strip Law; a UCF psychology graduate and 2024 SNL x UCB Scholarship winner.

Shannon Kook

Shannon Kook (Shannon Kook-Chun, born 1987, Johannesburg) is a South African-born Canadian actor known for Zane Park in Degrassi, Jordan Green in The 100, Drew Thomas in The Conjuring films, and Tony Swan in Reacher.

Shannon Lee

Shannon Lee (Shannon Emery Lee, born 1969) is Bruce Lee's daughter, CEO of Bruce Lee Enterprises, founder of the Bruce Lee Foundation, executive producer of Warrior, and author of Be Water, My Friend.

Shannon Purser

Shannon Purser (born 1997, Atlanta) is an American actress, Emmy-nominated as Barb in Stranger Things, also Ethel Muggs on Riverdale and lead of Sierra Burgess Is a Loser; performs music as sister seer.

Shannon Richardson

Shannon Guess Richardson, born 1977, is an American former actress with bit roles in The Walking Dead, The Vampire Diaries, and The Blind Side, sentenced in 2014 to 18 years for mailing ricin-laced letters to Obama and Bloomberg and framing her husband.

Shannon Tweed

Shannon Tweed (Shannon Lee Tweed Simmons), Canadian actress and model, Playboy Miss November 1981 and 1982 Playmate of the Year; erotic-thriller film star, wife of KISS's Gene Simmons since 2011, and star of Gene Simmons Family Jewels (2006-2012).

Shannon Watson

Shannon Watson (Shannon Ashleigh Watson), British actress from the Isle of Wight and Royal Conservatoire of Scotland graduate; 2023 Spotlight Screen Prize winner; played Miranda in The Jetty and Unity Mitford in Outrageous.

Shannon Wilcox

Shannon Wilcox, born Mary Kay Wilcox (1943 – September 2, 2023), American character actress of Ohio birth; starred as Jenny James on Buck James (1987–88), played Ali Mills's mother in The Karate Kid (1984), recurred on Dallas, and appeared in seven Garry Marshall films.

Shannon Woodward

Shannon Woodward (Shannon Marie Woodward, born 1984) is an American actress known for Sabrina in Raising Hope, Elsie Hughes in Westworld, and voicing Dina in The Last of Us Part II, earning a BAFTA Games nomination.

Shannyn Sossamon

Shannyn Sossamon (Shannon Marie Kahololani Sossamon, b. October 3, 1978, Honolulu) is an American actress, discovered while DJing at Gwyneth Paltrow's party; she played Lady Jocelyn in A Knight's Tale (2001) and later moved into independent film, TV, and the band WarPaint.

Shanola Hampton

Shanola Hampton (born 1977) is an American actress known as Veronica Fisher on Shameless (2011–2021, 134 episodes) and as Gabi Mosely, also producer, on NBC's Found (2023–2025); Winthrop University and University of Illinois MFA graduate.

Shantel VanSanten

Shantel VanSanten (Shantel Yvonne VanSanten), American actress born 1985 in Luverne, Minnesota; known for One Tree Hill's Quinn James, Shooter, The Boys, For All Mankind, and FBI SA Nina Chase in the FBI franchise.