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Gloria Reuben

Gloria Reuben (born 1964, Toronto) is a Canadian-American actress, singer, and author, Emmy-nominated as HIV-positive Jeanie Boulet on ER, a Lucille Lortel winner for Stuff Happens, jazz recording artist, and memoirist.

Gloria Stuart

Gloria Stuart, born Gloria Frances Stewart, was an American actress, painter, and printmaker. She was a 1930s Hollywood leading lady and the oldest Academy Award nominee for Titanic.

Gloria Swanson

Gloria Swanson (1899–1983), American silent-film superstar at Paramount and United Artists producer; Oscar-nominated for Sadie Thompson, The Trespasser, and Sunset Boulevard; founder of Multiprises.

Gloria Talbott

Gloria Talbott (Gloria Maude Talbott, 1931–2000), American film and TV actress from Glendale, California; star of I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958), known as the 'Queen of the Bs' for 1950s sci-fi and horror roles.

Gloria Winters

Gloria Winters (born Gloria Carolyn Hirst; 1931-2010) was an American actress who played Penny King, niece of Kirby Grant's title character, in 72 episodes of the TV western Sky King (1952-1959), after playing Babs on The Life of Riley, and wrote the 1964 book Penny's Guide to Teen-Age Charm and Popularity.

Glynis Barber

Glynis Barber (born Glynis van der Riet) is a South African actress, born in Durban in 1955, known for Dempsey and Makepeace and as Soolin in Blake's 7.

Glynis Johns

Glynis Johns (1923-2024), South African-born British actress, played Winifred Banks in Mary Poppins, the mermaid in Miranda, and won a 1973 Tony for A Little Night Music, introducing Sondheim's Send in the Clowns.

Glynn Edwards

Glynn Edwards (1931–2018), British character actor born in Penang, Malaya, best known as Dave the barman of the Winchester Club in ITV's Minder (1979–1994); trained at Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop and appeared in Zulu and Get Carter.

Glynn Turman

Glynn Turman, American stage, TV, and film actor, director, and producer; Broadway debut at 12 as Travis Younger in A Raisin in the Sun (1959); Emmy winner for In Treatment (2008); known for Cooley High, A Different World, The Wire, and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.

Glynnis O'Connor

Glynnis Mary O'Connor, American actress born in New York (1955 or 1956, sources differ), teen star of Jeremy (1973) and Ode to Billy Joe, played Maureen Connolly in Little Mo and Anne Paulsen on Law & Order.

Go Ah-sung (고아성)

Go Ah-sung (고아성), born 1992 in Seoul, is a South Korean actress who debuted at 14 in Bong Joon-ho's The Host (2006), won the Blue Dragon Best New Actress award, and later starred in Snowpiercer, A Resistance, and Because I Hate Korea.

Go Ara

Go Ara (고아라; Ko Ah-ra), born 1990 in Jinju, is a South Korean actress and model who debuted in the 2003 drama Sharp and starred in Reply 1994.

Go Hyun-jung (고현정)

Go Hyun-jung (고현정, Ko Hyun Jung), born 1971 in Hwasun, is a South Korean actress, 1989 Miss Korea Sun, star of Sandglass, Queen Seondeok, and Mask Girl, re-signed with IOK ENM in 2026.

Go Kyung-pyo (고경표)

Go Kyung-pyo (고경표, born 1990) is a South Korean actor from Konkuk University's film program, known for Reply 1988, Strongest Deliveryman, D.P., Decision to Leave, and 6/45, with a Blue Dragon Popularity Award and agency CL& Company.

Go Min-si (고민시)

Go Min-si (고민시), South Korean actress, model and director born 1995 in Daejeon. Known for Sweet Home's Lee Eun-yu, Youth of May, The Frog's villain Seong-a, and Smugglers, which won her the 44th Blue Dragon Best New Actress award.

Go Soo (고수)

Go Soo (고수, 高洙, also Ko Soo), South Korean actor born 1978 in Nonsan; debuted via 1998 Position music video, broke through with Piano (2001), films Some, White Night, The Front Line, The Fortress; BH Entertainment.

Go Youn-jung

Go Youn-jung (고윤정, born 1996) is a South Korean actress and former model, known for He Is Psychometric, Alchemy of Souls, Moving, Resident Playbook, ASEA 2026 awards, and Tiffany & Co. ambassadorship.

Godfrey Gao (曹志翔)

Godfrey Gao (高以翔, born Cao Zhixiang 曹志翔, 1984-2019) was a Taiwanese-Canadian model and actor, first Asian male model in a Louis Vuitton campaign, star of The Mortal Instruments and Remembering Lichuan, who died filming Chase Me in Ningbo.

Godfrey Reggio

Godfrey Reggio (born 1940, New Orleans) is an American experimental filmmaker, former Christian Brothers monk, creator of the wordless Qatsi trilogy, Koyaanisqatsi, Powaqqatsi, Naqoyqatsi, scored by Philip Glass, plus Anima Mundi, Evidence, Visitors, and Once Within a Time.

Golden Brooks

Golden Brooks (Golden Ameda Brooks), American actress born 1970 in Fresno, California; best known as Maya Denise Wilkes on Girlfriends (2000-2008), later in Hart of Dixie, I Am the Night, Beauty Shop, and The Darkest Minds.

Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award

The Cecil B. DeMille Award is the Golden Globes' honorary lifetime achievement prize for entertainment contributions, established 1952 with DeMille as first recipient, 70 recipients through Helen Mirren in 2026, not given in 1976 or 2024.

Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress

Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress, the Razzie given annually to the worst female film performance; founded 1981 by John Wilson and Mo Murphy; recent winners Dakota Johnson, Megan Fox, Rebel Wilson.

Gong Hyo-jin (공효진)

Gong Hyo-jin (공효진), born 1980, is a South Korean actress famed as the "rom-com queen" for Pasta, The Greatest Love, and When the Camellia Blooms (23.8% peak rating), with film awards for Miss Hongdangmu and recent leads in When the Stars Gossip and Journey to Gyeongju.

Gong Jun (龚俊)

Gong Jun (龚俊, Simon Gong), Chinese actor born 1992 in Chengdu, known for Wen Kexing in Word of Honor (2021), Lost Love in Times, Begin Again, The Legend of Anle, and magazine-cover and endorsement success.

Gong Li (巩俐)

Gong Li (巩俐), born 1965 in Shenyang, is a Chinese actress and Singaporean citizen who rose to fame in Zhang Yimou's Red Sorghum and is the only actress to star in films winning the Golden Bear, Golden Lion, and Golden Palm.

Gong Seung-yeon (공승연)

Gong Seung-yeon (공승연), birth name Yoo Seung-yeon, is a South Korean actress born 1993, sister of TWICE's Jeongyeon, signed to Varo Entertainment, and 2021 Blue Dragon Best New Actress winner for Aloners.

Gong Yoo

Gong Yoo (공유, real name Gong Ji-cheol, born 1979) is a South Korean actor of Coffee Prince, Train to Busan, Goblin, and Squid Game's Recruiter, with Management SOOP; in 2026 he tours Asia with The Long Take and stars in Netflix's Tantara.

Googie Withers

Googie Withers, born Georgette Lizette Withers (1917–2011), was a British stage and film actress known for 1940s Ealing melodramas like It Always Rains on Sunday, later based in Australia.

Gopalkrishna Deshpande (ಗೋಪಾಲಕೃಷ್ಣ ದೇಶಪಾಂಡೆ)

Gopalkrishna Deshpande (ಗೋಪಾಲಕೃಷ್ಣ ದೇಶಪಾಂಡೆ), also credited Gopal Krishna Deshpande, is a Kannada film and theatre actor, Ninasam-trained, film debut Saheba (2017), breakthrough as Brahmayya in Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana (2021), Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Kannada for Blink.

Goran Višnjić

Goran Višnjić, Croatian actor born 1972 in Šibenik, star of ER as Dr. Luka Kovac (1999–2008), youngest Hamlet at the Dubrovnik Summer Festival, films from Welcome to Sarajevo to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, returned to Croatia in 2026 after 25 years in Los Angeles and six in Cornwall.