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Jean Rollin
Jean Rollin (1938-2010), French director of dreamlike erotic vampire films such as Le Viol du vampire, Fascination, and Requiem for a Vampire; also made hardcore films under pseudonyms like Michel Gentil to fund personal work.
Jean Seberg
Jean Seberg (1938-1979), American actress from Marshalltown, Iowa, star of Godard's Breathless (1960) and Preminger's Saint Joan; FBI COINTELPRO target for Black Panther support; died in Paris 1979; portrayed by Kristen Stewart (2019) and Zoey Deutch (2025).
Jean Shepherd
Jean Shepherd, full name Jean Parker Shepherd Jr., was an American humorist who delivered improvised late-night radio monologues on WOR-AM in New York from 1955 to 1977.
Jean Simmons
Jean Simmons (Jean Merilyn Simmons, 1929–2010) was a British actress and singer known for Estella in Great Expectations, Ophelia in Hamlet (Oscar-nominated), Guys and Dolls (Golden Globe), and The Happy Ending (Oscar-nominated), married to Stewart Granger and Richard Brooks.
Jean Smart
Jean Smart (born 1951, Seattle) is an American actress, Emmy record holder as Deborah Vance on Hacks, formerly Charlene on Designing Women, with three Golden Globes and a Tony nomination.
Jean Stapleton
Jean Stapleton (Jeanne Murray, 1923-2013), American character actress famous as Edith Bunker on All in the Family; three Emmys, two Golden Globes, Television Academy Hall of Fame 2002, stage career in Damn Yankees and Funny Girl.
Jean Vander Pyl
Jean Vander Pyl (1919-1999), American radio and voice actress born in Philadelphia, was the voice of Wilma Flintstone for all of The Flintstones (1960-1966) and also Pebbles, Mrs. Slate, and Rosie the Robot on The Jetsons.
Jean Yoon
Jean Yoon, born 1962 in Champaign, Illinois, is a Korean-Canadian actor and playwright known as Umma in CBC's Kim's Convenience (2016-2021), winner of ACTRA and Canadian Screen Awards, and a cultural equity advocate who criticized the show's writers room.
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Jean-Claude Van Damme (Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg, born 1960, Brussels), Belgian actor and martial artist, 'Muscles from Brussels', star of Bloodsport, Universal Soldier, Timecop, JCVD.
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Jean-Louis Xavier Trintignant (1930-2022), French actor of restrained style; star of And God Created Woman, A Man and a Woman, Z, The Conformist, Three Colours: Red, and Amour; Cannes and Berlin best-actor winner, 2013 Cesar recipient.
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard (1930–2022), French-Swiss director and Cahiers du cinéma critic, led the French New Wave; his Breathless (1960) revolutionized film language, and he made over 100 films including Histoire(s) du cinéma.
Jean-Marc Barr
Jean-Marc Barr, born 1960 in Bitburg, Germany, is a French-American actor and filmmaker, the diver Jacques Mayol in The Big Blue (1988), a Lars von Trier collaborator, and director of Lovers.
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Jean-Paul Belmondo (1933-2021), French actor nicknamed Bébel, star of Godard's Breathless (À bout de souffle, 1960) and about 90 films; New Wave icon and action hero who performed his own stunts, won a 1988 César, and received a national tribute at the Invalides.
Jean-Pierre Aumont
Jean-Pierre Aumont (Jean-Pierre Philippe Salomons, 1911–2001) was a French stage and film actor of Parisian Jewish family, a Free French decorated veteran, MGM contract player, husband of Maria Montez and Marisa Pavan, known for Hôtel du Nord, Lili, and Day for Night.
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Jean-Pierre Cassel (1932-2007), born Jean-Pierre Crochon, French actor and tap dancer famed for Philippe de Broca comedies (Les Jeux de l'amour) and for Melville's L'Armée des ombres and Buñuel's The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie; father of Vincent Cassel.
Jean-Pierre Léaud
Jean-Pierre Léaud, French actor born 1944 in Paris, the face of the French New Wave; Antoine Doinel in Truffaut's five-film cycle from The 400 Blows (1959), Silver Bear 1966, honorary Palme d'Or 2016.
Jean-Pierre Melville
Jean-Pierre Melville (Jean-Pierre Grumbach, 1917–1973), French director of Le Samouraï, Le Cercle rouge, and Army of Shadows; Resistance veteran, independent producer-director, and precursor of the French New Wave.
Jeanette Aw
Jeanette Aw (欧萱), born 1979, Singaporean actress; won the 2000 Route to Glamour talent search, starred in Holland V and The Little Nyonya, left Mediacorp in 2017, runs patisserie Once Upon A Time, and returns as lead in Highway to Somewhere (2026).
Jeanette Nolan
Jeanette Nolan (1911–1998), American character actress of radio, film, and television; Lady Macbeth in Welles's Macbeth (1948), four Emmy nominations, The Virginian, Dirty Sally, The Horse Whisperer. Distinct from other people named Jeanette Nolan.
Jeanine Mason
Jeanine Mason (born 1991, Miami) is an American actress and dancer, winner of So You Think You Can Dance Season 5 (2009), known for Dr. Sam Bello on Grey's Anatomy and as Liz Ortecho in Roswell, New Mexico.
Jeanne Crain
Jeanne Crain (1925–2003), American film actress and 20th Century-Fox star of State Fair, Margie, and Pinky, the 1949 role that brought her a Best Actress Oscar nomination and made her Variety's top box-office star.
Jeanne Moreau
Jeanne Moreau (1928-2017), French stage and film actress, singer, and director; muse of the New Wave in Jules et Jim, Ascenseur pour l'échafaud; Cannes Best Actress 1960, César 1992, first woman in the Académie des beaux-arts.
Jeanne Ní Áinle
Jeanne Ní Áinle (Jeanne Nicole Ní Áinle) is an Irish actor and voiceover artist from Dublin, fluent in Irish. A 2025 Screen International Rising Star and 2023 Dublin Fringe Festival best performer for The Crows Way, her credits include Mother Mary, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Clean Sweep, and Bad Sisters.
Jeanne Tripplehorn
Jeanne Tripplehorn (born 1963, Tulsa) is an American actress, Juilliard-trained, known for Dr. Beth Garner in Basic Instinct (1992), Abby McDeere in The Firm, Barb Henrickson in HBO's Big Love, Alex Blake in Criminal Minds, and a 2009 Emmy nomination for Grey Gardens.
Jeannie Berlin
Jeannie Berlin, born Jeannie Brette May, is an American actress and screenwriter, daughter of Elaine May, best known for The Heartbreak Kid (1972), which earned her an Academy Award nomination.
Jeannie Chan
Jeannie Chan (陳瀅, born 1989) is a Hong Kong actress and model with TVB and Shaw Brothers, known for Cold War (2012), Raising the Bar, Your Highness, and the 2025 hit Prism Breakers.
Jeannie Gaffigan
Jeannie Louise Gaffigan (nee Noth), American comedy writer, director, producer, and actress; co-writer of Jim Gaffigan's Grammy-nominated specials, EP of The Jim Gaffigan Show, and author of the memoir When Life Gives You Pears.
Jeannie Mai
Jeannie Mai Jenkins, born 1979 in San Jose, is a Vietnamese-Chinese American TV host and stylist, known for How Do I Look?, co-hosting The Real (Daytime Emmy 2018), her 2021-2024 marriage to rapper Jeezy, and daughter Monaco.
Jeannine Riley
Jeannine Riley (Jeannine Brooke Riley, born 1940) is an American actress, the original Billie Jo Bradley on Petticoat Junction (1963-65), later in Hee Haw, Dusty's Trail, The Big Mouth, and Electra Glide in Blue.
Jed Allan
Jed Allan (Jed Allan Brown, 1935–2019), American soap opera actor; Don Craig on Days of Our Lives (1971–1985), C.C. Capwell on Santa Barbara (1986–1993), Rush Sanders on Beverly Hills, 90210; also hosted Celebrity Bowling.