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Loren Lott

Loren Lott, American actress and singer born 1992 in San Diego; American Idol Top 16 (2015), Broadway's Motown the Musical and Once on This Island, Ana Hamilton on The Young and the Restless, films Praise This and Favorite Son.

Lorena Bernal

Lorena Bernal (Lorena Raquel Bernal Pascual), Argentine-born model, actress, and presenter; Miss España 1999 at 17; starred in El secreto, CSI: Miami, Chuck, The Good Doctor; married Mikel Arteta in 2010; now a spiritual coach and author.

Lorena Comparato

Lorena Comparato, born 1990 in Lisbon, is a Brazilian-Portuguese actress known for Impuros, Rensga Hits!, Rock Story, and starring as Elize Matsunaga in Netflix's Elize: Sombras de Uma Mulher.

Lorenzo Lamas

Lorenzo Lamas (Lorenzo Fernando Lamas, born 1958) is an American actor, son of Fernando Lamas and Arlene Dahl, known as Lance Cumson in Falcon Crest (1981-1990) and Reno Raines in Renegade (1992-1997), also a helicopter pilot and author of Renegade at Heart.

Lorenzo Music

Lorenzo Music (Gerald David Music, 1937-2001), American voice actor and Emmy-winning comedy writer, voice of Garfield 1982-2001 and Carlton the Doorman on Rhoda, also Peter Venkman in The Real Ghostbusters.

Loretta Devine

Loretta Devine is an American actress and singer who originated Lorrell Robinson in Broadway's Dreamgirls, played Gloria in Waiting to Exhale, and won a 2011 Emmy for Grey's Anatomy.

Loretta Swit

Loretta Swit (1937–2025), American Emmy-winning actress born Loretta Jane Swit, played Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on all 11 seasons of CBS's M*A*S*H, later active in stage, TV movies, and animal welfare.

Lori Alan

Lori Alan (Lori Alan Denniberg, born 1966, Potomac, Maryland) is an American voice actress known as Pearl Krabs on SpongeBob SquarePants, Diane Simmons on Family Guy, The Boss in Metal Gear Solid, and Pixar's Bonnie's Mom.

Lori Beth Denberg

Lori Beth Denberg (born 1976) is an American actress and comedian, original cast member of Nickelodeon's All That (1994–1998), anchor of Vital Information and the Loud Librarian, later Lydia on The Steve Harvey Show.

Lori Loughlin

Lori Loughlin, American actress born 1964 in Queens, New York; played Aunt Becky on Full House (1988–1995), starred in Summerland, 90210, and Hallmark's When Calls the Heart; imprisoned two months in 2020 for the college admissions bribery scandal.

Lori Petty

Lori Petty (born 1963, Chattanooga, Tennessee) is an American actress and director, known for Point Break, A League of Their Own, the cult title role in Tank Girl, Lolly Whitehill on Orange Is the New Black, and directing The Poker House.

Lori Saunders

Lori Saunders (Linda Marie Hines, born 1941) is an American actress, the second Bobbie Jo Bradley on CBS's Petticoat Junction (1965-1970), later Elizabeth Gordon on The Beverly Hillbillies and Betsy on Dusty's Trail, retired after Captive (1980).

Lori Singer

Lori Singer (born 1957) is an American actress and cellist known for Footloose (1984), Short Cuts (1993), and documentary work including Mea Maxima Culpa.

Lorna Patterson

Lorna Patterson (born 1956, Whittier, California) is an American actress and Jewish cantor, known as Randy the singing stewardess in Airplane! (1980) and as Pvt. Judy Benjamin in the Private Benjamin TV series (1981–83).

Lorne Greene

Lorne Greene (1915–1987), born Lyon Chaim Green in Ottawa, was a Canadian actor and CBC wartime newscaster called the Voice of Doom, best known as Ben Cartwright on Bonanza and Commander Adama in Battlestar Galactica.

Lorne Michaels

Lorne Michaels, Canadian-American television producer born 1944 in Toronto, created NBC's Saturday Night Live in 1975, left in 1980, returned in 1985, and also produces Late Night and The Tonight Show.

Lorraine Ashbourne

Lorraine Ashbourne (born 1961, Manchester) is an English stage, film and TV actress, wife of Andy Serkis, known for Daphne Sparrow in Sherwood, Grandma Joan in Alma's Not Normal, Mrs Varley in Bridgerton, and Jess in Riot Women.

Lorraine Bracco

Lorraine Bracco (born 1954, Brooklyn) is an American actress, Oscar-nominated as Karen Hill in Goodfellas and Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated as Dr. Jennifer Melfi on The Sopranos; also Rizzoli & Isles, Nonnas, and former Gaultier model.

Lorraine Gary

Lorraine Gary (Lorraine Gottfried, born 1937) is a retired American actress who played Ellen Brody in Jaws, Jaws 2, and Jaws: The Revenge; wife of MCA president Sid Sheinberg, she retired in 1979.

Lorraine Kelly

Lorraine Kelly (born 1959, Glasgow) is a Scottish broadcaster and host of ITV's weekday show Lorraine since 2010, after TV-am, GMTV and Good Morning Britain; CBE (2021), BAFTA TV Special Award (2024), 2019 persona tax-case winner.

Lorraine Nicholson

Lorraine Nicholson, also Lorraine Broussard Nicholson, is an American writer-director and former actress, daughter of Jack Nicholson and Rebecca Broussard, known for Soul Surfer, the short Life Boat, and her Searchlight feature debut Playmates.

Lorraine Toussaint

Lorraine Toussaint, Trinidadian-born American actress (born 1960), Juilliard-trained; known as Vee in Orange Is the New Black (Critics' Choice and SAG winner), Rene Jackson in Any Day Now, and Aunt Vi on CBS's The Equalizer.

Losliya Mariyanesan

Losliya Mariyanesan (லாஸ்லியா மரியனேசன்), born 1996 in Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka, is a Sri Lankan-Indian actress, newsreader, and presenter; Bigg Boss Tamil 3 second runner-up (2019) and star of Friendship, Koogle Kuttappa, Mr. Housekeeping, and Gentlewoman.

Lotlot de Leon

Lotlot de Leon is a Filipino actress active from the late 1980s, known for the horror hit Feng Shui (2004) and On the Job 2 (2021).

Lotte Reiniger

Lotte Reiniger (Charlotte Reiniger) is a German animator and director who pioneered silhouette cut-out animation. Her work, including Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed (1926), features techniques like the multiplane camera.

Lotte Verbeek

Lotte Verbeek, Dutch actress born 1982, in Venlo; Locarno and Marrakech Best Actress winner for Nothing Personal (2009), Berlinale Shooting Star 2010, known as Geillis Duncan in Outlander, Katarina Rostova in The Blacklist, and Emmy Göring in Nuremberg (2025).

Lou Diamond Phillips

Lou Diamond Phillips (born Lou Diamond Upchurch, 1962, Subic Bay, Philippines) is an American actor known for La Bamba, Stand and Deliver (Independent Spirit Award), Young Guns, the Tony-nominated The King and I, and Longmire.

Lou Doillon

Lou Doillon (born 1982) is a French actress, model, and singer-songwriter, daughter of Jane Birkin and Jacques Doillon, half-sister of Charlotte Gainsbourg. Known for Kung-Fu Master (1988) and her 2012 debut album Places, which won the Victoires de la Musique Best Female Artist award.

Lou Ferrigno

Lou Ferrigno (born 1951, Brooklyn) is an American bodybuilder and actor, two-time Mr. Universe, star of the 1977 documentary Pumping Iron, and the original Hulk of CBS's The Incredible Hulk (1977–1982), later voicing the Hulk in Marvel films.

Lou Ferrigno Jr.

Lou Ferrigno Jr. (Louis Jude Ferrigno Jr., born 1984) is an American actor, eldest son of Hulk star Lou Ferrigno, known for S.W.A.T. (Donovan Rocker), 9-1-1 (Tommy Kinard), Outer Banks, and Stargirl.