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Anna Nicole Smith

Anna Nicole Smith (Vickie Lynn Hogan, 1967-2007), American model and reality TV star, Playboy 1993 Playmate of the Year and Guess model, married oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II and fought his estate until her 2007 accidental drug overdose.

Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin (born 1982, Winnipeg) is a Canadian-New Zealand actress who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar at 11 for The Piano, starred as Sookie Stackhouse in True Blood, and played Rogue in X-Men.

Anna Popplewell

Anna Popplewell (Anna Katherine Popplewell, born 1988) is a British actress known for Susan Pevensie in the Chronicles of Narnia films and Lola in Reign; Oxford English Literature graduate, Camie Award winner.

Anna Quayle

Anna Quayle (Anne Veronica Maria Quayle, 1932-2019) was an English actress known for Millie in A Hard Day's Night, Frau Hoffner in Casino Royale, and Baroness Bomburst in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; no relation to Anthony Quayle.

Anna Richardson

Anna Clare Richardson (born 1970) is an English TV presenter, journalist, and producer known for Channel 4's Naked Attraction, Supersize vs Superskinny, and The Sex Education Show; distinct from the solicitor, author Ann Richardson, and actress Anne Richardson.

Anna Samson

Anna Samson (born 1989, England) is an Australian actress, lead as DI Mackenzie Clarke in Return to Paradise, the Death in Paradise spin-off; VCA graduate, known for What If It Works? and Home and Away; distinct from Danish actress Anna Sampson.

Anna Sawai (アンナ・サワイ)

Anna Sawai (アンナ・サワイ), born 1992 in Wellington, New Zealand, is a Japanese actor and former Faky singer who won the 2024 Emmy, Golden Globe, and SAG Award for playing Toda Mariko in FX's Shōgun.

Anna Shaffer

Anna Shaffer (born 1992, London) is an English actor known as Romilda Vane in three Harry Potter films, Ruby Button in Hollyoaks, and Triss Merigold in seasons 1-4 of Netflix's The Witcher; she also auditioned for Yennefer and made her stage debut in Daisy Pulls It Off (2018).

Anna Silk

Anna Silk (born 1974, Fredericton, New Brunswick) is a Canadian actress best known as Bo Dennis, the succubus lead of Lost Girl (2010–2015); also Cassidy in Being Erica, Roarke in Blood & Treasure.

Anna Stuart

Anna Stuart (born 1948, Bluefield, West Virginia) is an American soap opera actress, best known as Donna Love on Another World (1983–1999), also The Doctors, General Hospital, and All My Children; married to James Cromwell since 2014.

Anna Torv

Anna Torv, born 1979 in Melbourne, is an Australian actress and NIDA graduate known for Olivia Dunham in Fringe, Dr Wendy Carr in Mindhunter, Tess in The Last of Us (2024 Emmy nomination), and award-winning Helen Norville in The Newsreader.

Anna Van Patten

Anna Van Patten is an American actress known as Grace Byron in the Gossip Girl reboot, Deanna Knox in The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox, and Kitty in Euphoria season 3; daughter of director Timothy Van Patten and sister of actress Grace Van Patten.

Anna Vocino

Anna Vocino is an American voice actress, comedian, and cookbook author, the new voice of Mrs. Potato Head in Toy Story 5 (2026) after Estelle Harris, with 89 video game credits and the Eat Happy Kitchen gluten-free brand.

Annabel Chong

Annabel Chong, stage name of Singaporean Grace Quek (born 1972), a former adult film actress whose 1995 World's Biggest Gang Bang (251 acts, ~70 men, 10 hours) set a widely reported record and led to the 1999 Sundance documentary Sex: The Annabel Chong Story.

Annabel Giles

Annabel Giles (1959–2023), British TV and radio presenter, model and novelist; face of Max Factor, co-presenter of ITV's Posh Frocks and New Trousers, author of Birthday Girls, later a psychotherapist; died of glioblastoma.

Annabel O'Hagan

Annabel O'Hagan (born 1997) is an American actress and Harvard graduate, one of the first women in the Hasty Pudding cast, known for playing Steph Harper, overseer of Vault 32, in Prime Video's Fallout.

Annabel Scholey

Annabel Scholey (born 1984, West Yorkshire) is an English actress trained at Oxford School of Drama, known for Nina in The Split, The Salisbury Poisonings, the BAFTA-winning The Sixth Commandment, Being Human, and Walking on Sunshine.

Annabella Sciorra

Annabella Sciorra (Annabella Gloria Philomena Sciorra), American actress and producer; Emmy-nominated as Gloria Trillo on The Sopranos, known for True Love, Jungle Fever, and The Hand That Rocks the Cradle.

Annabelle Apsion

Annabelle Apsion (Jane Annabelle Apsion) is an English actress known for Monica Gallagher in UK Shameless, Joy Wilton in Soldier Soldier, and Violet Buckle in Call the Midwife; Swansea University graduate, honorary degree 2019.

Annabelle Wallis

Annabelle Wallis (born 1984, Oxford) is an English actress known for Jane Seymour in The Tudors, Grace Burgess in Peaky Blinders, and lead roles in Annabelle (2014) and The Mummy (2017), with upcoming films Mercy and Mutiny (2026).

Annabeth Gish

Annabeth Gish (Anne Elizabeth Gish, born 1971, Albuquerque) is an American actress known for Kat Araujo in Mystic Pizza (1988) and Special Agent Monica Reyes on The X-Files (2001–2002). Not related to Lillian Gish; later roles include Brotherhood, Halt and Catch Fire, and Mike Flanagan's horror series.

Annaka Fourneret

Annaka Fourneret (born 2008, Los Angeles) is an American actress, also credited as Annaka Felix Fourneret, best known as Lynn Loud Jr. in Nickelodeon's The Really Loud House (2022–2024) and A Really Haunted Loud House, with guest roles in Legion, Danger Force, Loot, and Fairly Odder.

Annalise Basso

Annalise Basso (born 1998, St. Louis, Missouri) is an American actress and producer known for L.J. Folger in Snowpiercer, Captain Fantastic, the horrors Oculus and Ouija: Origin of Evil, and The Life of Chuck.

AnnaLynne McCord

AnnaLynne McCord, also AnnaLynne Cipriani, American actress and former Wilhelmina model; played Eden Lord on Nip/Tuck, Naomi Clark on 90210, and Catherine Greene on Days of Our Lives; married Danny Cipriani in 2026.

Annapurna Sriram

Annapurna Sriram is a Nashville-raised American actor, writer, and director, a Rutgers Mason Gross BFA graduate, whose debut feature Fucktoys (2025) premiered at SXSW, won the Special Jury Award for a Multi-Hyphenate, and earned her a Spirit Award Someone to Watch nomination.

AnnaSophia Robb

AnnaSophia Robb (born 1993) is an American actress from Denver, Colorado, known for Bridge to Terabithia (2007) and for playing young Carrie Bradshaw in The Carrie Diaries.

Anne Archer

Anne Archer, born in 1947 in Los Angeles, is an American actress known for her Oscar-nominated role in Fatal Attraction (1987) and Patriot Games (1992).

Anne Bancroft

Anne Bancroft (Anna Maria Louisa Italiano, 1931-2005), American actress; Oscar winner for The Miracle Worker, two Tonys, two Emmys; famed as Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate; Mel Brooks's wife for 40 years.

Anne Baxter

Anne Baxter (1923–1985), American actress and granddaughter of Frank Lloyd Wright; Oscar winner for The Razor's Edge, Oscar-nominated for All About Eve, later star of TV's Hotel.

Anne Curtis

Anne Curtis (Anne Ojales Curtis-Smith, born 1985, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian-Filipina actress and It's Showtime host, discovered at 12 in Manila, star of Magic Kingdom, Baler, BuyBust, and UNICEF advocate.