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Leigh Taylor-Young
Leigh Taylor-Young, also credited as Leigh Taylor Young, is an American actress born in Washington, D.C. (1944 or 1945), known for Peyton Place, Soylent Green, I Love You Alice B. Toklas, and her 1994 Emmy for Picket Fences.
Leigh-Allyn Baker
Leigh-Allyn Baker (born 1972, Murray, Kentucky) is an American actress known as Amy Duncan on Disney Channel's Good Luck Charlie (2010-2014), Ellen on Will & Grace, Hannah Webster on Charmed, and voice roles in The 7D, Back at the Barnyard, and God of War II.
Leighton Meester
Leighton Meester is an American actress and singer, born in 1986, best known for playing Blair Waldorf on the CW teen drama Gossip Girl from 2007 to 2012.
Leïla Bekhti
Leïla Bekhti (ليلى بختي), French actress born 1984 in Issy-les-Moulineaux, debut in Sheitan (2005), César Most Promising Actress 2011 for Tout ce qui brille, wife of Tahar Rahim, Cannes Un Certain Regard jury president 2026.
Leila Farzad
Leila Farzad (also Leila Effat Farzad) is a British-Iranian actress from Westminster, London, BAFTA-nominated for I Hate Suzie, lead in Better, and actor in Kaos, The Decameron, and Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy.
Leila George
Leila George (Leila George D'Onofrio), Australian actress born 1992 in Sydney, daughter of Vincent D'Onofrio and Greta Scacchi; known for Animal Kingdom's young Smurf, Mortal Engines, and Young Catherine in Cuarón's Disclaimer.
Leila Khan (actress)
Leila Khan is an English actress known as Sahar Zahid in Netflix's Heartstopper (joined season 2 via open casting call), Amira Dhawan in BBC One's Crookhaven, and Jess Kirkman in ITV's Adultery; ARU drama graduate.
Leisa Gwenllian
Leisa Gwenllian is a Welsh-language actress from Llanrug, North Wales, a 2024 Oxford School of Drama graduate and Screen International Star of Tomorrow 2026, known for Effi o Blaenau, Itopia, and Under Salt Marsh.
Leisha Hailey
Leisha Hailey, born 1971 in Okinawa, is an American actress and musician known as Alice Pieszecki on The L Word and Generation Q, and as a founder of The Murmurs and Uh Huh Her.
Lela Loren
Lela Loren (Lela Maria Loren Avellaneda Sharp) is an American actress born in 1980 in California, known for playing federal prosecutor Angela Valdes on Starz's Power (2014-2020, 63 episodes) and roles in Altered Carbon, American Gods, Snitch, and Knox Goes Away.
Lela Rochon
Lela Rochon (Lela Rochon Staples, born 1964) is an American actress known for Robin in Waiting to Exhale, Sunshine in Harlem Nights, Mr. and Mrs. Loving, and Big Shirley Duncan in The Family Business: New Orleans; wife of director Antoine Fuqua.
Leland Orser
Leland Jones Orser (born 1960, San Francisco) is an American character actor known for Sam Gilroy in the Taken trilogy, Dr. Lucien Dubenko on ER, and roles in Se7en and Alien Resurrection; married to Jeanne Tripplehorn since 2000.
Leleti Khumalo
Leleti Khumalo (born 1970, Kwa Mashu, Durban) is a South African actress famous as Sarafina on stage and screen, lead of Oscar-nominated Yesterday, and star of Generations, Uzalo, and Imbewu; honorary LLD from Rhodes University in 2026.
Len Cariou
Len Cariou (born September 30, 1939) is a Canadian actor and singer who originated Sweeney Todd on Broadway in 1979, winning the Tony, and later played Henry Reagan in Blue Bloods.
Len Lesser
Len Lesser, born Leonard King Lesser, was an American character actor whose six-decade screen career peaked with his role as Uncle Leo on Seinfeld from 1991 to 1998.
Lena Dunham
Lena Dunham (born 1986, New York City), American actress, writer, director, producer; creator of HBO's Girls (2012–2017); first woman to win the DGA Award for Best TV Comedy Director; later work: Sharp Stick, Catherine Called Birdy, Too Much.
Lena Góra
Lena Góra (born 1990, Gdańsk) is a Polish actress and screenwriter. Known for Król (2020), Roving Woman, Imago, The Eastern Gate (Przesmyk), and Erupcja with Charli xcx; Gdynia and Tofifest award winner.
Lena Headey
Lena Kathren Headey (born 1973, Hamilton, Bermuda) is a British actress known for Cersei Lannister in Game of Thrones (2011–2019, five Emmy nominations), Gorgo in 300, Sarah Connor, Ma-Ma in Dredd, and The Abandons.
Lena Olin
Lena Maria Jonna Olin, Swedish actress born 1955 in Stockholm; Bergman-trained Dramaten actress, breakthrough as Sabina in The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988), Oscar-nominated for Enemies, a Love Story, Emmy-nominated for Alias, married to Lasse Hallström.
Lena Urzendowsky
Lena Urzendowsky (born 2000, Berlin) is a German actress and writer, sister of actor Sebastian Urzendowsky. Known for Das weiße Kaninchen, Kokon, Dark, How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast), and Cannes winner In die Sonne schauen; German Film Award Best Supporting Actress 2026.
Lena Waithe
Lena Waithe, born 1984 in Chicago, is an American writer, producer, and actor; first Black woman to win the comedy writing Emmy (2017, Master of None "Thanksgiving"), creator of The Chi, screenwriter of Queen & Slim, founder of Hillman Grad.
Leni Riefenstahl
Leni Riefenstahl (Helene Bertha Amalie Riefenstahl, 1902-2003), German dancer, actress, director, and photographer; maker of the Nazi propaganda films Triumph of the Will (1935) and Olympia (1938), funded by Goebbels's ministry, later a Nuba photographer.
Lennard Pearce
Lennard Pearce (1915–1984) was an English actor, trained at RADA, best known as Grandad in the first three series of the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses.
Lennie James
Lennie James (born 1965, Nottingham) is a British actor and screenwriter, Morgan Jones in The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead, creator-star of Save Me, and 2025 BAFTA Leading Actor winner for Mr Loverman.
Lennon Parham
Lennon Parham, American actress and improvisational comedian from Upright Citizens Brigade; co-created Best Friends Forever and Playing House with Jessica St. Clair; known for Veep's Karen Collins and Minx's Shelly; hosts Womp It Up!.
Lenny Abrahamson
Lenny Abrahamson is a Dublin-born Irish director of Adam & Paul, Garage, Frank, the Oscar-nominated Room, The Little Stranger, and the Sally Rooney adaptations Normal People and Conversations with Friends.
Lenny Rush
Lenny Rush (born 2009, Essex) is a British BAFTA-winning actor with spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita; known for Ollie in Am I Being Unreasonable?, Morris Gibbons in Doctor Who, Children in Need's first child presenter, and Slow Horses season 6.
Lenny Von Dohlen
Lenny Von Dohlen (Leonard Harold Von Dohlen IV) was an American actor known for Miles Harding in Electric Dreams (1984) and Harold Smith in Twin Peaks and Fire Walk with Me; he died July 5, 2022, in Los Angeles.
Lenora Crichlow
Lenora Isabella Crichlow (born 1985, Westminster, London) is an English actress known as the ghost Annie Sawyer in BBC's Being Human, as Sugar in Sugar Rush, in Fast Girls, Black Mirror's "White Bear", and US series Avenue 5 and Deception.
Leo Fitzpatrick
Leo Fitzpatrick (born 1978, Orange, New Jersey), also known as Lousy Leo, American actor, DJ, and gallerist; played Telly in Kids (1995) and Johnny in The Wire; founded Public Access gallery in New York.