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Lauren Miller Rogen
Lauren Miller Rogen (Lauren Anne Miller, born 1982) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and actress, co-writer-star of For a Good Time, Call..., director of Like Father, and co-founder with Seth Rogen of the Alzheimer's nonprofit Hilarity for Charity.
Lauren Morais
Lauren Morais (Lauren Albertina Morais, born 2000/2001) is a Welsh actress from Cardiff, a Royal Welsh College graduate and S4C Diversity Scholarship winner, known for Mudtown/Ar y Ffin, The Red King, The Crow Girl, and as Lisa Molinari in Marvel's VisionQuest.
Lauren Morelli
Lauren Morelli (born 1982) is an American screenwriter and producer, writer and co-EP on Orange Is the New Black and showrunner of Netflix's 2019 Tales of the City revival; married Samira Wiley in 2017.
Lauren Patel
Lauren Christine Patel (born 2001, Bolton) is a British actress who debuted as Pritti Pasha in Everybody's Talking About Jamie (2021), voiced PC Mukherjee in Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, and plays Kacey in Small Prophets.
Lauren Potter
Lauren Elizabeth Potter (born 1990) is an American actress with Down syndrome, known as Becky Jackson on Glee (56 episodes, 2009–2015), later Guest Room, Veep, and Those Who Wish Me Dead, and a disability advocate appointed to the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities.
Lauren Ridloff
Lauren Ridloff (born 1978, Chicago) is a deaf American actress, former Miss Deaf America (2000), Tony-nominated for Children of a Lesser God (2018), Connie on The Walking Dead, and Makkari in Eternals (2021), the MCU's first deaf superhero.
Lauren Simon
Lauren Simon (Lauren Belinda Simon, born 1972) is a British reality TV star and businesswoman, an original cast member of ITVBe's The Real Housewives of Cheshire and a 2024 Celebrity Big Brother housemate, evicted in a double exit with Sharon Osbourne; she runs Lauren Stone Collections.
Lauren Socha
Lauren Marie Socha (born 1990, Derby, England) is an English actress who won the 2011 BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress as Kelly Bailey in E4's Misfits, later starring in The Other One and Catastrophe; not the US ambassador nominee Laurence Socha.
Lauren Tewes
Lauren Tewes (Cynthia Lauren Tewes), born 1953, Braddock, Pennsylvania, American actress; played cruise director Julie McCoy on The Love Boat (1977–1987, 199 episodes), Golden Globe nominee; later Seattle stage actress, sous-chef, Twin Peaks and Potato Dreams of America roles. Not the musician of the same name.
Lauren Tom
Lauren Tom (born 1961, Chicago) is an American Obie-winning actress and voice actor: Lena in The Joy Luck Club, Julie on Friends, Amy Wong on Futurama, Minh and Connie on King of the Hill.
Lauren Tsai
Lauren Tsai (born 1998, Wellesley, Massachusetts) is an American artist, model, and actress known for Terrace House: Aloha State, her 2018 Marc Jacobs Japan collaboration, and playing Switch in Legion season 3.
Lauren Vélez
Lauren Vélez (Luna Lauren Vélez), American actress of Puerto Rican descent born 1964 in Brooklyn; known as Det. Nina Moreno on New York Undercover, Dr. Gloria Nathan on Oz, and Maria LaGuerta on Dexter, and as the voice of Rio Morales in the Spider-Verse films.
Laurence Fishburne
Laurence Fishburne (Laurence John Fishburne III, born 1961, Augusta, Georgia) is an American actor known as Morpheus in The Matrix trilogy, Ike Turner in What's Love Got to Do with It, and Thurgood Marshall; winner of three Emmys and a 1992 Tony, with a 1993 Oscar nomination.
Laurence Fox
Laurence Fox (Laurence Paul Fox), English actor and political activist, born 1978 in Yorkshire; DS Hathaway in ITV's Lewis (2006-2015), founder of the Reclaim Party in 2020, and a recurring libel defendant after his 2020 'paedophile' tweets.
Laurence Harvey
Laurence Harvey (Larushka Mischa Skikne), 1928-1973, Lithuanian-born British actor, star of Room at the Top (1958) and The Manchurian Candidate (1962); not the Human Centipede actor Laurence R. Harvey.
Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier (1907–1989), Baron Olivier, English stage and film actor-director; founding director of the National Theatre (1962–1973); Oscar-winning Hamlet (1948); namesake of the Olivier Awards and the Olivier Theatre.
Lauri Peters
Lauri Peters (Patricia Peterson, born 1943, Detroit) is an American actress and drama teacher, the original Liesl von Trapp on Broadway in The Sound of Music (1959), a 1960 Tony nominee and Theatre World Award winner, later co-founder of NYU's Meisner Extension; not the fictional indie-film figure of blog posts.
Laurie Babin
Laurie Babin (Laurie Fortin-Babin) is a Canadian actress from Montreal, Quebec, known for L'Échappée, Lac-Noir, and her Prix Iris-winning role as Clémentine in Red Rooms (Les Chambres rouges, 2023).
Laurie Davidson (actor)
Laurie Davidson (born 1992, Dulwich, London) is an English actor, a LAMDA graduate, best known as young William Shakespeare in TNT's Will (2017), Mr. Mistoffelees in Cats (2019), and Daniel in The Girlfriend (2025); not to be confused with the Australian art-department technician of the same name.
Laurie Holden
Laurie Holden (Heather Laurie Holden) is an American-Canadian actress and activist, born 1969 in Los Angeles; known for The X-Files' Marita Covarrubias, Andrea in The Walking Dead, and Crimson Countess in The Boys.
Laurie Metcalf
Laurie Metcalf (Laura Elizabeth Metcalf, born 1955) is an American actress, Steppenwolf founding ensemble member, Emmy-winning Jackie Harris on Roseanne, three-time Tony winner, and Oscar nominee for Lady Bird.
LaVar Ball
LaVar Ball, born 1967, American businessman and media personality, co-founder and CEO of Big Baller Brand, father of NBA players Lonzo and LaMelo Ball, known for the $495 ZO2 shoe, the JBA league, and bold public predictions.
Laverne Cox
Laverne Cox (born 1972, Mobile, Alabama), also known as Roderick Leverne Cox, is an American actress and trans rights advocate famous as Sophia Burset on Orange Is the New Black; first openly trans Primetime Emmy acting nominee and Time cover subject.
LaWanda Page
LaWanda Page (1920-2002), born Alberta Peal, American comedic actress who played Aunt Esther on Sanford and Son (1973-77); former fire-eating nightclub dancer billed as the Bronze Goddess of Fire and Laff Records stand-up comic.
Lawrence Gilliard Jr.
Lawrence Gilliard Jr., also credited as Larry Gilliard Jr., is an American actor born in New York City in 1971, best known for D'Angelo Barksdale on The Wire and Bob Stookey on The Walking Dead.
Layla Anna-Lee
Layla Anna-Lee (birth name Layla Machado) is an English TV presenter, born 1983 in London, known as the narrator of the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony, for football interviews with Messi, Neymar, Ronaldo and Pele, UFC Connected and Cage Warriors MMA work, The Munch Box, and marriage to fighter Ian Garry.
Layla Taylor
Layla Taylor (born 2001) is an American reality TV personality, main cast member of Hulu's The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives (2024), MomTok influencer, its youngest and only biracial cast member, and an executive producer as of 2026.
Laysla De Oliveira
Laysla De Oliveira (born 1992, Toronto) is a Brazilian-Canadian actress and model known as Dodge in Locke & Key and Cruz Manuelos in Taylor Sheridan's Paramount+ series Lioness (2023–2026).
Layton Williams
Layton Williams (born 1994, Manchester) is a British actor, dancer and singer, the first Black Billy Elliot on the West End, star of Bad Education and Everybody's Talking About Jamie, Strictly 2023 finalist, and 2025 Olivier winner for Titanique.
Laz Alonso
Laz Alonso (born 1974, Washington D.C.) is an American actor, a Howard University business graduate and former Merrill Lynch banker, known for Tsu'tey in Avatar, Fenix in Fast & Furious, the Budweiser Wassup ads, and Mother's Milk in The Boys. Not the Mexican League ballplayer Lazaro Alonso.