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Heather Morris

Heather Morris (born 1987, Thousand Oaks, California) is the American actress and dancer who played Brittany S. Pierce on Glee; distinct from the novelist author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz.

Heather O'Rourke

Heather O'Rourke (1975-1988) was an American child actress, also known as Heather Michele O'Rourke, who played Carol Anne Freeling in the Poltergeist trilogy and died at 12 from an undiagnosed bowel obstruction.

Heather Peace

Heather Peace (born 1975, Bradford) is an English actress and singer-songwriter known for Eve Panesar-Unwin in EastEnders, Sally Fields in London's Burning, Sam Murray in Lip Service, and Nikki Boston in Waterloo Road, plus four independent albums.

Heather Rae El Moussa

Heather Rae El Moussa (née Young), born 1987, American real estate agent and TV personality; Playboy Miss February 2010, Selling Sunset original cast 2019–2023, HGTV's The Flipping El Moussas and The Flip Off with husband Tarek El Moussa; returns for Selling Sunset season 10.

Heather Thomas

Heather Thomas (born 1957, Greenwich, Connecticut) is a retired American actress, Jody Banks on The Fall Guy (1981-86) with Lee Majors; also Zapped!, Cyclone, My Giant; later writer of the novel Trophies; distinct from poet Heather H. Thomas and actress Heather Tom.

Heather Tom

Heather Tom is an American actress and director known for playing Victoria Newman on The Young and the Restless and Katie Logan on The Bold and the Beautiful.

Hebah Patel

Hebah Patel is an Indian actress and model who works predominantly in Telugu cinema, best known for Kumari 21F (2015) and Odela Railway Station (2022).

Héctor Elizondo

Héctor Elizondo (born December 22, 1936) is an American character actor, Emmy winner for Chicago Hope and star of Pretty Woman; not the UFO figure Luis Elizondo, a different person.

Hedy Lamarr

Hedy Lamarr (Hedwig Kiesler, 1914-2000), Austrian-born Hollywood star of Samson and Delilah, who with George Antheil patented 1942 frequency-hopping torpedo guidance, forerunner of spread-spectrum Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth.

Heida Reed

Heida Reed (Heiða Rún Sigurðardóttir), Icelandic actress born 1988 in Reykjavik; known for Elizabeth in Poldark, Special Agent Jamie Kellett in FBI: International, and Stella Blómkvist; trained at Drama Centre London.

Heidi Gardner

Heidi Gardner is an American actress, comedian, and writer, born 1983 in Kansas City, Missouri, who spent eight seasons on Saturday Night Live (2017–2025) after training at the Groundlings, known for characters like Bailey Gismert and roles in Shrinking, Hustle, and Leo.

Heidi Montag

Heidi Montag (Heidi Blair Pratt, born 1986, Crested Butte, Colorado) is an American reality TV personality and dance-pop singer, known for MTV's The Hills, the couple name Speidi with Spencer Pratt, her 2010 album Superficial, and its 2025 viral chart comeback.

Heidi Swedberg

Heidi Swedberg (born 1966, Honolulu) is an American actress and ukulele musician, known as Susan Ross on Seinfeld (1992–1997, 28 episodes), in Hot Shots! and Galaxy Quest, and for the Sukey Jump Band.

Heidi Vanderbilt

Heidi Lourdes Murray Vanderbilt (1948-2021), Vanderbilt-family daughter, Broadway debut 1965 as Heidi Murray in Ruth Gordon's A Very Rich Woman; Edgar Award 1983; author of The Scar Rule (2020); Arizona rancher.

Heike Makatsch

Heike Makatsch (born 1971, Düsseldorf) is a German actress, singer, and author, formerly a VIVA music-channel presenter. Known for Männerpension, Love Actually, Hilde, Margarete Steiff, Tatort, and Where's Wanda?; Bambi and Golden Camera winner.

Heiress Harris

Heiress Diana Harris (born 2016) is an American child actress and singer, daughter of T.I. and Tameka "Tiny" Harris; starred as Addie in Grosse Pointe Garden Society and released the single "In the Wind".

Helen Atkinson-Wood

Helen Atkinson-Wood (born 1955) is an English actor and comedian known as Mrs Miggins in Blackadder the Third and for Radio Active/KYTV, and a patron of the INK Festival.

Helen Baxendale

Helen Victoria Baxendale is an English actress known for Rachel Bradley in Cold Feet (1997–2003) and Emily Waltham in Friends (1998–99). Birth year disputed (1969 vs 1970); won 1998 Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Actress.

Helen Chamberlain

Helen Chamberlain, also known as Helen Marie Chamberlain, is a British television presenter best known for hosting Sky Sports' Soccer AM from 1995 to 2017.

Helen George

Helen George (born 1984) is an English actress and Royal Academy of Music-trained singer, best known as Nurse Trixie Franklin in BBC One's Call the Midwife since 2012; also a Strictly 2015 semi-finalist and 2026 Tracy Lord in High Society.

Helen Hayes

Helen Hayes (Helen Hayes Brown, 1900–1993), American actress called the First Lady of the American Theatre; two-time Oscar winner (The Sin of Madelon Claudet, Airport), EGOT holder, Broadway debut at age nine in Old Dutch.

Helen Horton

Helen Virginia Horton (1923–2007), American actress based in Britain; voice of Mother, the Nostromo's computer, in Alien (1979); also Superman III, Phase IV, The Benny Hill Show; grandmother of actress Lily James.

Helen Hunt

Helen Hunt, born 1963 in Culver City, California, is an American actress and director who won four Emmys for Mad About You and the 1998 Best Actress Oscar for As Good as It Gets.

Helen Lederer

Helen Lederer (born 1954) is a British comedian, actor, and writer, best known as Catriona in Absolutely Fabulous and for Naked Video; founder of the Comedy Women in Print Prize and author of Losing It and Not That I'm Bitter.

Helen Martin

Helen Dorothy Martin (1909–2000), American actress, founding member of Harlem's American Negro Theater, Broadway debut in Welles's Native Son (1941), best known as Pearl Shay on 227.

Helen McCrory

Helen McCrory (1968–2021), English stage and screen actress; Polly Gray in Peaky Blinders and Narcissa Malfoy in the final three Harry Potter films; OBE 2017; died of cancer aged 52.

Helen Mirren

Dame Helen Mirren, born Ilyena Lydia Mironoff, is an English actor who won the Academy Award for The Queen and played DCI Jane Tennison in Prime Suspect.

Helen Serafinowicz

Helen Serafinowicz (born 1974), formerly Helen Linehan, is a British comedy writer and producer, sister of Peter Serafinowicz, co-creator of Motherland and creator of Nova Jones and Amandaland.

Helen Shaver

Helen Shaver, born 1951 in St. Thomas, Ontario, is a Canadian actress and director known for In Praise of Older Women, Desert Hearts, and The Color of Money, and for directing Vikings, Station Eleven, and The Penguin.

Helen Skelton

Helen Skelton (born 1983) is an English TV presenter from Cumbria, a Blue Peter host 2008–2013, Amazon-kayaking Sport Relief record holder, Countryfile and Morning Live presenter, and Strictly 2022 runner-up.