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Amy Jo Johnson

Amy Jo Johnson (born 1970) is an American-Canadian actress and filmmaker, the original Pink Ranger Kimberly Hart on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, later Julie Emrick on Felicity and Jules Callaghan on Flashpoint, now a director of The Space Between and Tammy's Always Dying.

Amy Landecker

Amy Landecker (born 1969, Chicago) is an American actress known as Sarah Pfefferman on Transparent and Mrs. Samsky in A Serious Man; her feature writing-directing debut For Worse premiered at SXSW 2025.

Amy Locane

Amy Locane (Amy Rose Locane, born 1971) is an American actress known for Cry-Baby (1990) and as Sandy Harling in Melrose Place season 1; later convicted in a fatal 2010 New Jersey DUI crash and resentenced to eight years.

Amy Madigan

Amy Madigan (born 1950, Chicago) is an American actress who won the 2026 Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Aunt Gladys in Weapons, 40 years after her 1986 nomination for Twice in a Lifetime; also known for Field of Dreams, Uncle Buck, and Roe vs. Wade.

Amy Manson

Amy Manson (born 1985, Aberdeenshire) is a Scottish actress known for Torchwood, Being Human, Atlantis, Merida in Once Upon a Time, Maladie in HBO's The Nevers, Spencer, and two Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland.

Amy Morton

Amy Morton (born 1958, Oak Park, Illinois) is an American actress and director, Steppenwolf Theatre ensemble member since 1997, two-time Tony nominee for August: Osage County and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and Sgt. Trudy Platt on NBC's Chicago P.D. since 2014.

Amy Nuttall

Amy Nuttall (Amy Abigail Nuttall, born 1982) is an English actress and singer known for Chloe Atkinson in Emmerdale, Ethel Parks in Downton Abbey, and Jane Butterfield in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

Amy O'Neill

Amy O'Neill, American actress born 1971 in Pacific Palisades, California, best known as Amy Szalinski in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) and Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992); child actress, 1980s TV guest roles, retired in the 1990s, returned late 2010s.

Amy Okuda

Amy Kei Okuda (born 1989, Torrance, California) is an American actress best known as Tinkerballa in the web series The Guild (2007) and as Julia Sasaki, Sam's therapist, in Netflix's Atypical.

Amy Pietz

Amy Pietz (born 1969, Milwaukee) is an American actress known as Annie on Caroline in the City, Charlie on Rodney, Donna on The Office, and Donna Miller in the 2026 Legally Blonde prequel Elle.

Amy Poehler

Amy Poehler: American comedian and actress born in Newton, Massachusetts; SNL cast member 2001–2009, Leslie Knope on Parks and Recreation, four-time Golden Globes host with Tina Fey, 2025 Peabody Career Achievement honoree, and host of the Good Hang podcast.

Amy Robbins

Amy Robbins, full name Amy Louise Robbins, is an English actress from Higher Bebington, Wirral, known for playing Dr. Jill Weatherill in The Royal and Christina Boyd in Coronation Street.

Amy Roloff

Amy Roloff (born Amy Jo Knight, 1964) is an American reality TV personality, author, and entrepreneur, original cast member of TLC's Little People, Big World (2006–2024, 25 seasons), later remarried to Chris Marek and returned to substitute teaching.

Amy Ryan

Amy Ryan (born Amy Beth Dziewiontkowski, 1968, Queens, New York) is an American actress known for Gone Baby Gone (Oscar nomination), The Wire's Beadie Russell, The Office's Holly Flax, and Tony-nominated Broadway roles.

Amy Sedaris

Amy Sedaris (born 1961) is an American actress, comedian, and writer, sister of David Sedaris, creator and star of Strangers with Candy as Jerri Blank and of At Home with Amy Sedaris, and voice of Princess Carolyn in BoJack Horseman.

Amy Seimetz

Amy Seimetz (born 1981, Tampa, Florida) is an American actress, writer, director, and producer known for Sun Don't Shine, She Dies Tomorrow, and co-creating The Girlfriend Experience.

Amy Sherman-Palladino

Amy Sherman-Palladino (born 1966) is an American TV writer, director, and producer, creator of Gilmore Girls, Bunheads, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and Étoile; first woman to win Emmys for both comedy writing and directing in the same year.

Amy Smart

Amy Lysle Smart (born 1976, Topanga Canyon, California) is an American actress and former model known for Varsity Blues, The Butterfly Effect, Crank, and Stargirl; not the writer of The Good Wife.

Amy Yasbeck

Amy Yasbeck, American comedic actress born 1962 in Cincinnati, Ohio, known for Wings (Casey), The Mask, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, and Problem Child; widow of John Ritter and founder of the John Ritter Foundation for Aortic Health.

Amy-Leigh Hickman

Amy-Leigh Hickman (born 1997, Hastings, England) is an English actress known for Carmen Howle in Tracy Beaker Returns, Nasreen Paracha in Ackley Bridge (RTS Yorkshire Award 2020), Nadia in Netflix's You, and roles in Safe, Our Girl, and Ruby Speaking.

Amybeth McNulty

Amybeth McNulty (born 2001) is an Irish-Canadian actress from Letterkenny, Donegal, who starred as Anne Shirley in Anne with an E (2017–2019) and plays Vickie in Stranger Things.

Ana Brenda Contreras

Ana Brenda Contreras (born 1986, McAllen, Texas) is a Mexican-American actress and singer, T'detila pop group member from Pop Stars, known for Teresa, La que no podía amar, Corazón indomable, and Dynasty's Cristal Jennings.

Ana de Armas

Ana de Armas (Ana Celia de Armas Caso, born 1988, Santa Cruz del Norte, Cuba) is a Cuban-Spanish actress known for El Internado, Blade Runner 2049, Knives Out, No Time to Die, and her Oscar-nominated Marilyn Monroe in Blonde.

Ana de la Reguera

Ana de la Reguera (Anabell Gardoqui de la Reguera, born 1977, Veracruz) is a Mexican actress, producer, and director. Known for Nacho Libre, Army of the Dead, Narcos, Goliath, and the semi-autobiographical Prime Video series Ana; she debuted as a feature director with Un hombre por semana (2026).

Ana Foxxx

Ana Foxxx (born 1988, Rialto, California; birth name Savana Maisah Johnson) is an American adult film performer, Playboy Plus producer, and APAC president, a 2022 Urban X Performer of the Year and Fleshlight Girl with hundreds of scene credits since 2011.

Ana Garcés

Ana Garcés (Valladolid, 2000) is a Spanish actress, not the El Chiringuito journalist of the same name. She played Jana Expósito in RTVE's La Promesa for about 550 episodes and stars in Netflix's Oasis (2026).

Ana Gasteyer

Ana Gasteyer (born 1967) is an American actress, comedian, and singer, an SNL cast member 1996–2002 (Culps, Delicious Dish, Martha Stewart) and a Broadway veteran of Wicked, Once Upon a Mattress, and Tony-nominated Schmigadoon!.

Ana Layevska (Анна Сергеевна Лаевская)

Ana Layevska (Анна Сергеевна Лаевская, born 1982, Kyiv) is a Ukrainian-Mexican actress and singer known for telenovelas Primer amor... a mil por hora, La madrastra, and Las dos caras de Ana, the film Cantinflas, and streaming series Guerra de vecinos and Dra. Lucía.

Ana Lucía Domínguez

Ana Lucía Domínguez Tobón (born 1983, Bogotá) is a Colombian actress and model known for Libia Reyes in Pasión de gavilanes, La Tuti in Señora Acero, and Camila in Netflix's Pálpito; married to Jorge Cárdenas, mother of Luciana.

Ana Ortiz

Ana Ortiz (born 1971, Manhattan) is an American actress known as Hilda Suarez on Ugly Betty (2006-2010), winner of ALMA and Imagen Awards, later star of Devious Maids, Love, Victor, and Goosebumps; distinct from painter Ana Ortiz and actress Ana Ortíz Haro.