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Kelly Reilly

Kelly Reilly (born 1977, Jessica Kelly Siobhán Reilly) is an English actress known for Beth Dutton in Yellowstone and Dutton Ranch, Olivier-nominated stage work, and films including Pride & Prejudice, Sherlock Holmes, and Flight.

Kelly Ripa

Kelly Ripa (Kelly Maria Ripa, born 1970) is an American talk-show host and actress, co-host of ABC's Live since 2001 (Regis, Strahan, Seacrest, now husband Mark Consuelos), six-time Daytime Emmy winner, New Jersey Hall of Fame inductee.

Kelly Rowan

Kelly Rowan, Canadian actress born in Ottawa, best known as Kirsten Cohen on The O.C. (2003–2007, Prism Award); Gemini winner for Adrift; later starred in Perception and produced Canadian television movies.

Kelly Rutherford

Kelly Rutherford (born 1968, Elizabethtown, Kentucky) is an American actress known as Lily van der Woodsen on Gossip Girl (2007-2012) and Megan Lewis on Melrose Place, later an Instagram fashion figure called 'Birkin Mom'.

Kelly Stables

Kelly Stables (Kelly Michelle Stables, born 1978, St. Louis) is an American actress known as Melissa on Two and a Half Men, Eden on The Exes, Kelly Watson on Superstore, and Evil Samara in The Ring Two.

Kelly Ward

Kelly Ward (born 1956, San Diego) is an American actor, voice director, and writer, famous as T-Bird Putzie in Grease (1978) and Pvt. Johnson in The Big Red One; he later voice-directed Disney Television Animation series and won an Emmy.

Kelsey Asbille

Kelsey Asbille (Kelsey Asbille Chow), American actress from Columbia, South Carolina; played Monica Dutton on Yellowstone (2018–2024) and Natalie in Wind River; formerly credited as Kelsey Chow; Cherokee ancestry claims unverified.

Kelsey Grammer

Kelsey Grammer (born 1955, Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands) is an Emmy-winning American actor known as Dr. Frasier Crane on Cheers and Frasier, the voice of Sideshow Bob on The Simpsons, and Beast in X-Men and Avengers: Doomsday.

Kelvin Harrison Jr.

Kelvin Harrison Jr. (born 1994, New Orleans) is an American actor known for It Comes at Night, Luce, Waves, B.B. King in Elvis, Joseph Bologne in Chevalier, MLK in Genius, and voicing Taka/Scar in Mufasa: The Lion King.

Kelvin Yu

Kelvin Yu (游朝敏), born 1979 in Los Angeles, is a Taiwanese American actor, writer, and producer: Milk and Master of None actor, Emmy-winning Bob's Burgers writer-producer, and showrunner of Disney+'s American Born Chinese.

Kem Cetinay

Kem Cetinay (Kemal Cetinay), English TV personality and barber from Romford, Essex, of Turkish Cypriot descent; won Love Island series 3 in 2017 with Amber Davies, then built careers in presenting, fashion, and Soccer Aid.

Ken Berry

Ken Berry (Kenneth Ronald Berry, 1933–2018), American actor, dancer, and singer from Moline, Illinois; starred as Captain Wilton Parmenter in F Troop, Sam Jones in Mayberry R.F.D., and Vinton Harper in Mama's Family.

Ken Curtis

Ken Curtis (Curtis Wain Gates, 1916–1991), American actor and singer, not the Sonny Curtis songwriter or Keene Curtis; played Deputy Festus Haggen on Gunsmoke 1964–1975 after a big-band career with Tommy Dorsey.

Ken Howard

Ken Howard (Kenneth Joseph Howard Jr., 1944–2016), American actor, Tony winner for Child's Play, Emmy winner for Grey Gardens, star of The White Shadow, and first elected president of SAG-AFTRA.

Ken Jenkins

Ken Jenkins (born 1940, Dayton, Ohio) is an American character actor, co-founder of Actors Theatre of Louisville, and playwright, best known as Dr. Bob Kelso on Scrubs (2001–2010); also Homefront, Matewan, The Abyss, and Cougar Town. Not to be confused with Ken Jennings or other namesakes.

Ken Jennings

Ken Jennings, American Jeopardy! champion and host; record 74-game 2004 streak worth $2.52 million, 2020 Greatest of All Time winner, interim host from November 2020, author of Brainiac.

Ken Jeong

Ken Jeong (Kendrick Kang-Joh Jeong, born 1969) is an American actor, comedian, and licensed physician known as Leslie Chow in The Hangover, Ben Chang on Community, creator-star of Dr. Ken, and a Masked Singer panelist.

Ken Kercheval

Ken Kercheval (Kenneth Marine Kercheval, 1935–2019), American actor, played Cliff Barnes, J.R. Ewing's rival, on Dallas 1978–1991 and its 2012–2014 revival; Broadway and film credits, Soap Opera Digest Award winner.

Ken Leung

Ken Leung (梁振邦, born 1970) is an American actor known for Miles Straume in Lost, Eric Tao in HBO's Industry, and films Rush Hour, Saw, X-Men: The Last Stand, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Ken Marino

Ken Marino (Kenneth Joseph Marino, born 1968) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and director from The State and MTV, known for Ron Donald in Party Down, Streeter in The Other Two, Wet Hot American Summer, Burning Love, and Middle Aged Dad Jam Band.

Ken Olin

Ken Olin (born 1954) is an American actor, director, and producer known for Michael Steadman on thirtysomething and for executive producing and directing Alias, Brothers & Sisters, This Is Us, and Tracker.

Ken Russell

Ken Russell (1927-2011), British film director of Women in Love, The Devils, and Tommy; BBC Monitor biopics of composers, flamboyant controversial style, Oscar-nominated.

Ken Stott

Ken Stott (Kenneth Campbell Stott, born 1954 or 1955, Edinburgh) is a Scottish actor known for Rebus, The Vice, Takin' Over the Asylum, Balin in The Hobbit, and four Olivier Award nominations.

Ken Takakura (高倉健)

Ken Takakura (高倉健, real name Oda Goichi), 1931–2014, Japanese film actor and star of ninkyo eiga yakuza films at Toei; famous for Manhunt's success in China, The Yakuza, Black Rain, and Poppoya; 205 films total.

Ken Wahl

Ken Wahl (born Anthony Calzaretta, 1954, Chicago) is an American actor known for The Wanderers (1979) and as Vinnie Terranova on Wiseguy (1987–90), Golden Globe winner, retired after a 1992 broken neck.

Ken Watanabe (渡辺謙)

Ken Watanabe (渡辺謙), born 1959 in Niigata, is a Japanese actor known for Dokuganryu Masamune, The Last Samurai (Oscar-nominated), Inception, Godzilla, and Kokuho, Japan's highest-grossing live-action film.

Ken Weatherwax

Ken Weatherwax (1955–2014), American child actor, played Pugsley Addams on ABC's The Addams Family (1964–66); later voiced the 1970s cartoon Pugsley, appeared in the 1977 reunion movie, and worked about 30 years as a studio grip.

Kenan İmirzalıoğlu

Kenan İmirzalıoğlu (born 1974, Üçem, Balâ, Ankara) is a Turkish actor, presenter, and former model; Best Model of the World 1997, known for Deli Yürek, Ezel, and Karadayı.

Kenan Thompson

Kenan Thompson (born 1978) is an American actor and comedian, an original cast member of Nickelodeon's All That, star of Kenan & Kel and Good Burger, and since 2003 the longest-tenured cast member in Saturday Night Live history, with a 2018 Emmy for 'Come Back, Barack.'

Kendra Wilkinson

Kendra Wilkinson (born 1985, San Diego) is an American reality TV personality and real estate agent, known as a Playboy girlfriend on The Girls Next Door, star of Kendra and Kendra Sells Hollywood, and ex-wife of Hank Baskett.