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Lydia Leonard
Lydia Leonard (born 1981, Paris) is a British actress trained at Bristol Old Vic, known for Anne Boleyn in the RSC's Wolf Hall (Tony nomination), Gentleman Jack, The Crown, Ten Percent, and Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light.
Lydia McLaughlin
Lydia McLaughlin (born 1981) is a reality TV personality and magazine editor, a Real Housewives of Orange County cast member in seasons 8 (2013) and 12 (2017), cofounder of NOBLEMAN Magazine with husband Doug, and author of Beyond Orange County.
Lydia Peckham
Lydia Peckham (born 1996) is a New Zealand actress known for Soona in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024) and Priscilla of Nottingham in the MGM+ series Robin Hood (2025).
Lyle Waggoner
Lyle Wesley Waggoner (1935–2020), American actor and entrepreneur; announcer and sketch performer on The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1974), Major Steve Trevor on Wonder Woman (1975–1979), and founder of Star Waggons.
Lyman Ward (actor)
Lyman Ward, born 1941, is a Canadian character actor known for playing Tom Bueller in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), with film credits including Independence Day (1996).
Lymari Nadal
Lymari Nadal (Lymari Nadal Torres), Puerto Rican actress, screenwriter, and producer born 1978 in Ponce; known for Eva in American Gangster (2007), Giana in Battlestar Galactica, and writing and starring in América (2011).
Lynda Baron
Lynda Baron (Lilian Ridgway, 1939–2022) was an English actress, singer, and dancer, Nurse Gladys Emmanuel in Open All Hours (1976–85) and Auntie Mabel in Come Outside (1993–97), Bafta-nominated for The Road to Coronation Street.
Lynda Bellingham
Lynda Bellingham (Meredith Lee Hughes, 1948–2014), Canadian-born British actress best known as the "Oxo mum" in 42 Oxo TV ads (1983–1999); also All Creatures Great and Small, Second Thoughts, Calendar Girls, Loose Women; died of bowel cancer.
Lynda Boyd
Lynda Boyd (born 1965, Vancouver) is a Canadian actress, singer, and writer known for Rose Miller on Republic of Doyle, Randy on Tin Star, Lilly on Virgin River, and films like Final Destination 2 and She's the Man.
Lynda Carter
Lynda Carter, American actress and singer (born 1951, Phoenix), Miss World USA 1972, star of the 1975-1979 Wonder Woman TV series; later albums, Emmy-winning specials, Supergirl, Skyrim and Fallout voice roles.
Lynda Day George
Lynda Day George (born Lynda Louise Day, 1944, San Marcos, Texas) is an American TV actress, Lisa Casey on Mission: Impossible 1971–1973 (Golden Globe and Emmy nominations), later wife of actor Christopher George, known for Pieces and Day of the Animals.
Lynda Goodfriend
Lynda Goodfriend (born 1953, Miami) is an American actress and acting teacher, best known as Lori Beth, Richie Cunningham's girlfriend and wife, on Happy Days (1977–1984), later Chair of Acting at NYFA Los Angeles.
Lynda La Plante
Lynda La Plante (born 1943, Liverpool), British crime novelist, screenwriter, and former RADA actress; creator of Prime Suspect with Helen Mirren and of Widows; CBE, Edgar winner, 2024 CWA Diamond Dagger.
Lyndsey Marshal
Lyndsey Marshal (born 1978, Manchester) is an English actress trained at RWCMD, known for Cleopatra in HBO's Rome, Lady Sarah Hill in Garrow's Law, The Hours, Hereafter, and the Donmar Warehouse's Mass (2026).
Lyndsy Fonseca
Lyndsy Marie Fonseca, American actress born 1987 in Oakland, California; played Colleen Carlton on The Young and the Restless, Ted's daughter on How I Met Your Mother, and Alex on Nikita, with film roles in Kick-Ass, Hot Tub Time Machine, and The Ward.
Lynn Cohen
Lynn Cohen (Lynn Harriette Kay, 1933-2020), American character actress; Magda on Sex and the City, Golda Meir in Munich, Mags in Catching Fire; Off-Broadway veteran, 2009 Richard Seff Award winner.
Lynn Collins
Lynn Collins (Viola Lynn Collins), American actress born 1977 in Houston, Texas; Juilliard-trained, known for Portia in The Merchant of Venice, Kayla Silverfox in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Dejah Thoris in John Carter, and Leah in The Walking Dead.
Lynn Hamilton (actress)
Lynn Hamilton (Alzenia Lynn Hamilton-Jenkins), 1930–2025, American character actress of Yazoo City, Mississippi, known as Donna Harris on Sanford and Son, Verdie Grant Foster on The Waltons, and Vivian Potter on Generations.
Lynn Redgrave
Lynn Rachel Redgrave (1943–2010), English-born actress of the Redgrave family, Oscar-nominated for Georgy Girl and Gods and Monsters, Tony, Emmy, and Grammy nominee who won none, OBE 2001.
Lynn Whitfield
Lynn Whitfield (born 1953, Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is an American actress and producer, Emmy winner for The Josephine Baker Story (1991), known for Lady Mae Greenleaf on Greenleaf, seven NAACP Image Awards, and films including Eve's Bayou.
Lynne Frederick
Lynne Maria Frederick (1954-1994), English film actress of No Blade of Grass, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Prisoner of Zenda; fourth wife of Peter Sellers, heir to his estate, died at 39 in Los Angeles.
Lynne Marie Stewart
Lynne Marie Stewart (1946–2025), American actress; Miss Yvonne on Pee-wee's Playhouse and Bonnie Kelly, Charlie's mom, on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia; died of cancer in Los Angeles.
Lynne Moody
Lynne Moody, American actress from Detroit known for Irene Harvey in Roots (1977, 1979), Tracy Curtis Taylor in That's My Mama, and Patricia Williams in Knots Landing; reunited in 2021 with daughter Lisa Wright after 50 years.
Lynne Ramsay
Lynne Ramsay, Scottish film director from Glasgow, made Ratcatcher, Morvern Callar, We Need to Talk About Kevin, You Were Never Really Here, and Die My Love; Cannes prize-winning auteur of fragmented, image-led psychological dramas.
Lynne Thigpen
Lynne Thigpen (1948–2003), American stage, film, and TV actress born in Joliet, Illinois; Tony winner for An American Daughter, the Chief on PBS's Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, Ella Mae Farmer on The District, and voice of Luna in Bear in the Big Blue House.
Lynnette Mettey
Lynnette Mettey, also credited as Lynette Mettey, is an American actress born in 1943. Her career is known for recurring parts as Lt. Nancy Griffin on M*A*S*H and Lee on Quincy, M.E.
Lyriq Bent
Lyriq Bent, Jamaican-born Canadian actor (also Martin Lyriq Bent), known for Daniel Rigg in Saw II-IV, Frank Best in Rookie Blue, and award-winning lead in The Book of Negroes.
Lysette Anthony
Lysette Anthony (Lysette Anne Chodzko, born 1963) is an English actress and model, David Bailey's 'face of the Eighties', known for Krull, Husbands and Wives, Dark Shadows, and Dracula: Dead and Loving It.
Ma Dong-seok (마동석)
Ma Dong-seok (마동석), born Lee Dong-seok in 1971 and known as Don Lee, is a South Korean and American actor famous for Train to Busan and the Roundup films.
Ma Yili (马伊琍)
Ma Yili (马伊琍), Chinese actress born 1976 in Shanghai, Shanghai Theatre Academy graduate; known for Struggle, The First Half of My Life (2018 Magnolia Best Actress), Blossoms Shanghai, and To the Wonder.