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Elizabeth Allen (actress)

Elizabeth Allen (1929–2006), born Elizabeth Ellen Gillease, American film, TV, and Broadway actress; Amelia Dedham in Donovan's Reef (1963), Gleason Show's "away we go" girl, Tony-nominated for The Gay Life and Do I Hear a Waltz?. Distinct from Elizabeth Allan and the 1904-1992 Elizabeth Allen.

Elizabeth Ashley

Elizabeth Ashley (Elizabeth Ann Cole, born 1939) is an American stage, film, and TV actress; Tony winner for Take Her, She's Mine (1962), famed for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1974), Evening Shade, and Russian Doll, distinct from the British actress of the same name (1920–2001).

Elizabeth Banks

Elizabeth Banks (born 1974, born Elizabeth Maresal Mitchell) is an American actress, director, and producer known for Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games, directing Pitch Perfect 2 and Cocaine Bear, four Emmy nominations, and Brownstone Productions.

Elizabeth Berkley

Elizabeth Berkley (born 1972), American actress known as Jessie Spano in Saved by the Bell and Nomi Malone in Showgirls (1995); later The First Wives Club, Ask Elizabeth workshops, and the 2020 reboot.

Elizabeth Berrington

Elizabeth Berrington (born 1970, Wallasey) is an English actress, Webber Douglas Academy graduate, known for Waterloo Road, Stella, Mike Leigh films (Naked, Secrets & Lies), Abigail's Party, Good Omens, and ITV's Frauds.

Elizabeth Carling

Elizabeth Carling (Liz Carling), English actress and singer born 1967 in Middlesbrough; known for Phoebe in Goodnight Sweetheart, Selena Donovan in Casualty, Betty Scanlon in Hotel Portofino.

Elizabeth Chambers (television personality)

Elizabeth Chambers (born 1982), American TV personality, journalist, and BIRD Bakery founder; ex-wife of Armie Hammer; star of Grand Cayman: Secrets in Paradise and creator of the docuseries Toxic.

Elizabeth Debicki

Elizabeth Debicki, born 1990, in Paris, is an Australian actress known for The Great Gatsby, Widows, Tenet, and her Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning Princess Diana in The Crown.

Elizabeth Dulau

Elizabeth Dulau is a British actress, RADA graduate (2020), best known as Kleya Marki in Andor (2022–2025), her first screen role, which brought an Emmy nomination; also House of Guinness, Maternal, Wicked, and Bird Grove at Hampstead Theatre.

Elizabeth Gillies

Elizabeth Gillies (born 1993, Haworth, NJ), also known as Liz Gillies, is an American actress and singer, Jade West on Victorious and Fallon Carrington on Dynasty, with records with Seth MacFarlane and stage roles in 13 and Little Shop of Horrors.

Elizabeth Gracen

Elizabeth Gracen (Elizabeth Grace Ward, born 1961), Miss America 1982 as Elizabeth Ward, American actress best known as Amanda Darieux in Highlander: The Series and Highlander: The Raven, later a documentary director and Flapper Press publisher.

Elizabeth Gutiérrez

Elizabeth Gutiérrez, American telenovela actress and model born 1979 in Los Angeles, star of El Rostro de Analía and El Rostro de la Venganza, ex-partner of William Levy, returned in 2025 in Telemundo's Velvet, el Nuevo Imperio.

Elizabeth Hartman

Elizabeth Hartman (Mary Elizabeth Hartman, 1943–1987), American actress nominated for the Best Actress Oscar for her debut in A Patch of Blue (1965); seven films, last role Mrs. Brisby in The Secret of NIMH; died by suicide in Pittsburgh in 1987.

Elizabeth Henstridge

Elizabeth Henstridge (born 1987, Sheffield) is an English actress and director, known as Jemma Simmons on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and for directing episodes of Superman & Lois and Gotham Knights.

Elizabeth Hurley

Elizabeth Hurley (born 1965, Basingstoke) is an English model and actress, star of Austin Powers (1997) and Bedazzled (2000), face of Estée Lauder since the mid-1990s, Breast Cancer Campaign ambassador, and founder of Elizabeth Hurley Beach swimwear.

Elizabeth Lail

Elizabeth Lail (born 1992, Williamson County, Texas) is an American actress known as Anna in Once Upon a Time, Guinevere Beck in You, and Vanessa in Five Nights at Freddy's (2023, 2025).

Elizabeth MacRae

Elizabeth MacRae (Elizabeth Hendon MacRae, 1936–2024), American actress known as Lou-Ann Poovie on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., Meg Baldwin on General Hospital, April on Gunsmoke, and Meredith in The Conversation; distinct from other MacRae actors.

Elizabeth Marvel

Elizabeth Marvel (born 1969, Los Angeles) is an American actress trained at Juilliard, known for Nancy Parras on The District, Heather Dunbar on House of Cards, President Elizabeth Keane on Homeland, and Obie-winning stage work.

Elizabeth McGovern

Elizabeth McGovern, born 1961 in Evanston, Illinois, is an American actress known for Ordinary People, her Oscar-nominated Ragtime role, Lady Cora in Downton Abbey, the play Ava: The Secret Conversations, and the band Sadie and the Hotheads.

Elizabeth Meriwether

Elizabeth (Liz) Meriwether, born 1981, American playwright and showrunner; creator of New Girl and The Dropout, co-creator of Dying for Sex, writer of No Strings Attached and the Britney Spears biopic.

Elizabeth Mitchell

Elizabeth Mitchell (born Elizabeth J. Robertson, 1970) is the American actress known as Juliet Burke on Lost, Erica Evans on V, and Rachel Matheson on Revolution; distinct from Elizabeth Banks, born Elizabeth Mitchell.

Elizabeth Montgomery

Elizabeth Montgomery (1933-1995), American actress, daughter of Robert Montgomery; starred as witch Samantha Stephens in Bewitched (ABC, 1964-1972, 254 episodes), later Emmy-nominated TV movies, died of colon cancer.

Elizabeth Olsen

Elizabeth Olsen, American actress and younger sister of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, plays Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch in the MCU (from Avengers: Age of Ultron, 2015) and stars in indies like Martha Marcy May Marlene, WandaVision, His Three Daughters, and Eternity.

Elizabeth Peña

Elizabeth Peña (1959-2014) was a Cuban American actress of Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Lone Star, La Bamba, Rush Hour, and the voice of Mirage in The Incredibles; Independent Spirit Award winner, distinct from the speech-language researcher Elizabeth D. Peña.

Elizabeth Perkins

Elizabeth Perkins (Elizabeth Ann Perkins), American actress born 1960 in Queens, New York; known for Big (1988), The Flintstones, and her Emmy-nominated Celia Hodes on Weeds; now in Netflix's Big Mistakes.

Elizabeth Posey

Elizabeth Posey (born 1992) is an American actress from Shrewsbury, New Jersey, cousin of Tyler Posey, known for Euphoria, Heels, Gully, Dreamcatcher, and the upcoming The Boys prequel Vought Rising as Private Angel.

Elizabeth Reaser

Elizabeth Reaser, American actress (born 1975, Bloomfield, Michigan), Juilliard-trained; known as Rebecca Pope on Grey's Anatomy, Esme Cullen in all five Twilight films, and Shirley Crain in The Haunting of Hill House.

Elizabeth Rodriguez

Elizabeth Rodriguez (born 1980) is an American actress from Manhattan of Puerto Rican heritage, known as Aleida Diaz in Orange Is the New Black, her Tony-nominated Broadway role in The Motherfucker with the Hat, and co-writing Allswell in New York.

Elizabeth Spriggs

Elizabeth Spriggs (1929–2008), English character actress; RSC and National Theatre member, Olivier Award 1978 for Love Letters on Blue Paper, Nan in Shine on Harvey Moon, Mrs Jennings in Sense and Sensibility, the Fat Lady in Harry Potter.

Elizabeth Tabish

Elizabeth Tabish, American actress and filmmaker, plays Mary Magdalene in The Chosen (41 episodes, 2019-2025); OSU graduate, director of feminist short films, ScreenCraft 2025 Grand Prize winner.