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Valerie Mahaffey
Valerie Mahaffey (1953–2025), American character actress, won the 1992 Primetime Emmy as hypochondriac Eve on Northern Exposure; known for Desperate Housewives, Young Sheldon, Dead to Me, and French Exit.
Valerie Perrine
Valerie Ritchie Perrine, American actress and former Las Vegas showgirl; Cannes Best Actress and Oscar nominee for Lenny (1974); Eve Teschmacher in Superman and Superman II; died 2026.
Van Heflin
Van Heflin (Emmett Evan Heflin Jr.), American character actor (born Walters, Oklahoma, December 13; died July 23, 1971); Oscar Best Supporting Actor for Johnny Eager (1942); known for Shane (1953), The Prowler (1951), and 3:10 to Yuma (1957); last film Airport (1970).
Van Johnson
Van Johnson (Charles Van Dell Johnson, 1916-2008) was an American MGM star of 1940s musicals and war films, nicknamed "The Voiceless Sinatra," known for A Guy Named Joe, Battleground, and The Caine Mutiny, later a dinner-theater and TV fixture.
Van Williams
Van Williams (Van Zandt Jarvis Williams, 1934-2016), American actor, star of ABC's The Green Hornet (1966-67) as Britt Reid opposite Bruce Lee's Kato; earlier Bourbon Street Beat and Surfside 6; later a reserve sheriff's deputy and telecom businessman.
Vance DeGeneres
Vance Elliott DeGeneres (born 1954, New Orleans) is an American producer, writer, actor, and musician, older brother of Ellen DeGeneres; co-creator of Mr. Bill, Daily Show correspondent, and co-president of Steve Carell's Carousel Productions.
Vanessa Angel (English actress)
Vanessa Madeline Angel (born 1966, London) is an English model-turned-actress, Lisa in USA's Weird Science and Claudia in Kingpin, and the original choice for Xena before Lucy Lawless was cast.
Vanessa Bayer
Vanessa Bayer (born 1981, Cleveland, Ohio) is an American comedian and actress, an SNL cast member 2010–2017 (149 episodes, seven seasons) known for Jacob the Bar Mitzvah Boy and her Miley Cyrus impression, leukemia survivor, and co-creator and star of Showtime's I Love That for You.
Vanessa Bell Calloway
Vanessa Bell Calloway (born 1957, Cleveland, Ohio) is an American actress and dancer, original Broadway Dreamgirls cast member, star of Coming to America, Under One Roof, Saints & Sinners, and Southside with You.
Vanessa Emme
Vanessa Emme is an Irish stage and television actress, a 2014 Lir Academy graduate, known as DS Layla Walsh in The Chelsea Detective (2023–present), Abby Stone in Dublin Murders, and Rachel Donleavy in Three Families.
Vanessa Estelle Williams
Vanessa Estelle Williams (born 1963), Brooklyn-born actress distinct from singer Vanessa L. Williams; film debut as Keisha in New Jack City (1991), Anne-Marie McCoy in Candyman (1992, 2021), and NAACP Image Award winner for Soul Food.
Vanessa Ferlito
Vanessa Ferlito, American actress born in Brooklyn, known for Aiden Burn in CSI: NY, Claudia Hernandez in 24, Charlie DeMarco in Graceland, Tammy Gregorio in NCIS: New Orleans, and roles in Death Proof and Griselda.
Vanessa Hehir
Vanessa Hehir (Vanessa Clare Judith Hehir) is an English actress, screenwriter, and filmmaker born 1981 in Manchester, known for Heartbeat, Waterloo Road, and Coronation Street, and for the Channel 4-selected pilot Unlucky.
Vanessa Hudgens
Vanessa Hudgens, also Vanessa Anne Hudgens, is an American actress and singer born 1988 in Salinas, California, famous as Gabriella Montez in Disney's High School Musical (2006), with albums V and Identified, adult roles in Spring Breakers, and Masked Singer season 11 win.
Vanessa Kirby
Vanessa Kirby (born 1988) is an English actor known as Princess Margaret in The Crown, an Oscar nominee for Pieces of a Woman, the White Widow in Mission: Impossible, and Sue Storm in the MCU's Fantastic Four films.
Vanessa Lee Chester
Vanessa Lee Chester (born 1984) is an American actress known as Becky in A Little Princess, Janie Gibbs in Harriet the Spy, and Kelly Curtis in The Lost World: Jurassic Park.
Vanessa Lengies
Vanessa Lengies (born 1985) is a Canadian actress from Montreal, known as Roxanne Bojarski on American Dreams, Kelly Epson on HawthoRNe, and Sugar Motta on Glee.
Vanessa Marano
Vanessa Nicole Marano, born 1992, Los Angeles, is an American actress known as Bay Kennish in Switched at Birth (104 episodes, 2011–2017) and April Nardini on Gilmore Girls; she produces films with sister Laura Marano.
Vanessa Marcil
Vanessa Marcil (Sally Vanessa Ortiz), American actress born 1968 or 1969 in Indio, California; Brenda Barrett on General Hospital, Gina Kincaid on Beverly Hills 90210, Sam Marquez on Las Vegas; 2003 Daytime Emmy winner.
Vanessa Marquez
Vanessa Marquez was an American actress best known as Ana Delgado in Stand and Deliver (1988) and nurse Wendy Goldman on the first three seasons of ER.
Vanessa Morgan
Vanessa Morgan (Vanessa Morgan Mziray), Canadian actress born 1992 in Ottawa, known as Toni Topaz on Riverdale (2017–2023), Sarah in My Babysitter's a Vampire, and Max Mitchell in Wild Cards (2024).
Vanessa Ray
Vanessa Ray (Vanessa Ray Liptak), American actress born 1981 in California, known as Eddie Janko-Reagan on Blue Bloods (2013–2024, 220 episodes), CeCe Drake/Charlotte Drake on Pretty Little Liars, Jenny on Suits, and Teri Ciccone on As the World Turns; theater roots in Footloose, Finding Nemo: The Musical, and Hair.
Vanessa Redgrave
Vanessa Redgrave (born 1937) is an English actor whose stage, film, and television career spans seven decades and includes an Academy Award, an Emmy, and a Tony.
Vanessa Scalera
Vanessa Scalera (born 1977, Mesagne, Italy) is an Italian actress trained at Rome's La Scaletta theater school, known for Imma Tataranni on Rai 1 (2019–2026), L'arminuta, Filumena Marturano, Avetrana, and the Premio Pasinetti-winning Il fuoco che ti porti dentro.
Varada Sethu
Varada Sethu, born Varada Sethumadhavan (1992, Kerala), is a British actress known as Cinta Kaz in Andor and as companion Belinda Chandra in Doctor Who (2025), after appearing as Mundy Flynn in "Boom".
Vassili Schneider
Vassili Schneider (born 1999, Montreal) is a French-Canadian actor, youngest of the Schneider acting brothers (Niels, Aliocha, Volodia). Known for Mixte, The Count of Monte Cristo (2024), and the 2025 Molière for most promising male newcomer.
Vaughan Murrae
Vaughan Murrae, Canadian non-binary actor (born 2005, Hamilton, Ontario) known as Robin in Before I Change My Mind, Casey Goodwin in The Way Home, and Kelly in the 2026 Malcolm in the Middle revival Life's Still Unfair; Boccalino d'Oro winner at Locarno.
Vedette Lim
Vedette Lim (born 1979) is an American actress known as FBI Analyst Elise Taylor on CBS's FBI and as Naomi in True Blood season 4; NYU Tisch graduate, also Vera Ye in 3 Body Problem.
Vera Bulder
Vera Bulder (born 1995, Amsterdam) is a Dutch-born, New York-based actress, producer, and writer; co-author and producer of Bleeding Love (2023) and co-founder of Deux Dames Entertainment with Clara McGregor.
Vera Farmiga
Vera Ann Farmiga (born 1973, Clifton, New Jersey), Ukrainian-American actress and director: Oscar-nominated for Up in the Air, Lorraine Warren in the Conjuring films, Norma Bates in Bates Motel, director of Higher Ground.