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María Elena Velasco
María Elena Velasco (1940–2015), Mexican actress, comedian, director, and screenwriter; creator and performer of La India María, the Indigenous comic character of roughly 15–16 films from Tonta, tonta, pero no tanto (1972) to La hija de Moctezuma (2014).
Maria Gladys
Maria Gladys (Maria Gladys Mello da Silva, born 23 November 1939, Cachambi, Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian actress of theater, film, and TV; a muse of Cinema Marginal, the maid Lucimar in Vale Tudo (1988), and grandmother of Mia Goth.
Maria Iankovskaia
Maria Iankovskaia (Anna-Maria Yankovskaya, Анна-Мария Янковская), Russian child singer, blogger and actress born 2012 in Moscow, performer of the 2024 viral hit "Sigma Boy" with Betsy, which reached No. 7 on a Billboard chart.
Maria O'Brien (actress)
Maria O'Brien (1950-2026), American actress and acting coach, daughter of Edmond O'Brien and Olga San Juan; known for Protocol, Smile, Matlock, and 15 years coaching Days of Our Lives. Distinct from the British actress of the same name.
Maria Pitillo
Maria Pitillo, born 1966, in Elmira, New York, is an American retired actress best known as Audrey Timmonds in Godzilla (1998) and Tina Calcatera on Providence (2001-2002); she retired from acting in 2008.
Maria Riva
Maria Riva (Maria Elisabeth Sieber, 1924-2025), German-born American actress and writer, only child of Marlene Dietrich; CBS live-television star of the 1950s, two-time Emmy nominee, and author of the 1993 biography Marlene Dietrich.
Maria Schell
Maria Schell (Maria Margarete Anna Schell, 1926-2005), Austro-Swiss actress, star of 1950s German cinema; Cannes and Venice award winner for The Last Bridge and Gervaise; sister of Maximilian Schell.
Maria Schneider (actress)
Maria Schneider (Marie Christine Gélin, 1952–2011), French actress famous at 19 for Last Tango in Paris (1972) opposite Brando; known for The Passenger, the coerced butter scene, addiction, and posthumous reappraisal.
Maria Thayer
Maria Thayer (born 1975, Boring, Oregon) is an American actress and comedian known as Tammi Littlenut in Strangers with Candy, Susie Wagner in Eagleheart, and Abbey Logan in Those Who Can't.
Marian Rivera
Marian Rivera (Marian Gracia Rivera), Spanish-Filipino GMA "Primetime Queen" actress born 1984 in Madrid; star of Marimar, Dyesebel, Rewind (2023), and Cinemalaya and FAMAS Best Actress winner for Balota; married to Dingdong Dantes.
Mariana Klaveno
Mariana Klaveno (born 1979, Endicott, Washington) is an American actress known as Lorena Krasiki on HBO's True Blood, with series-regular roles in Devious Maids, Stalker, and Superman & Lois.
Mariana Stars
Mariana Stars (Felipe Rey Sulbaran Mendez) is a Venezuelan drag queen from Mérida, based in Spain, known for Drag Race España season 4 (fifth place, 2024) and Drag Race México: Latina Royale (2026), plus acting roles in Mariliendre and Superstar.
Mariana Treviño
Mariana Treviño, born 1977 in Monterrey, is a Mexican actress known as Isabel Iglesias in Club de Cuervos, Lupita in Mentiras, Marisol in A Man Called Otto, and Elena in Apple TV+'s Stick.
Marianly Tejada
Marianly Tejada (Marianly Tejada Burgos), Dominican-American actress and Miss Mundo Dominicana 2011, known for Bronwyn Rojas in Peacock's One of Us Is Lying and Ellie Estevez in Netflix's Ransom Canyon.
Marianna Palka
Marianna Palka (Marianna Bronislawa Barbara Palka, born 1981, Glasgow) is a Scottish actress, writer, director, and producer. Known for Good Dick (Sundance 2008), Bitch, Egg, Reggie Walsh in GLOW, and The Lion's Mouth Opens.
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, British actress from Peckham and RADA graduate, first Black British woman Oscar-nominated for Secrets & Lies (1996); starred in Without a Trace and Mike Leigh's Hard Truths (2024).
Maribel Guardia
Maribel Guardia (Maribel del Rocío Fernández García), Costa Rican-Mexican actress, singer, and TV host born 1959 in San José; Miss Costa Rica 1978, Miss Fotogénica at Miss Universe 1978 in Acapulco, Diosa de Plata winner, star of Mexican telenovelas and grupera music.
Maribel Verdú
Maribel Verdú (María Isabel Verdú Rollán), Spanish actress born in Madrid in 1970, star of Y tu mamá también, El laberinto del fauno, and Blancanieves; two Goya Best Actress awards, Ariel winner, and Nora Allen in The Flash.
Maricel Soriano
Maricel Soriano, the Diamond Star, is a Filipina actress born 1965 in Manila, a 1971 child star, five-time FAMAS winner, star of John en Marsha, Meet Greet & Bye, and Life After You.
Marie Avgeropoulos
Marie Avgeropoulos (born 1986) is a Greek-Canadian actress from Thunder Bay, Ontario, known for Octavia Blake in The 100 (2014-2020, 100 episodes, all her own stunts), and films including Tracers, Jiu Jitsu, and Queen of the Ring.
Marie Bach Hansen
Marie Bach Hansen, Danish actress born 1985 in Borum, trained at Statens Teaterskole; known as Signe Larsen in Arvingerne, Tulle Fiil in Hvidstengruppen, and Cecilie in Netflix's 2025 series Reservatet.
Marie Trintignant
Marie Trintignant (1962–2003), French actress and screenwriter, daughter of Jean-Louis and Nadine Trintignant; 49 films, five César nominations, roles in Une affaire de femmes and Betty; killed by Bertrand Cantat in Vilnius in 2003.
Marie-Josée Croze
Marie-Josée Croze is a Canadian-French actress born 1970 in Montreal, known for Maelström, Les Invasions barbares (Cannes Best Actress 2003), Munich, and Le Scaphandre et le papillon.
Mariel Hemingway
Mariel Hemingway, born 1961, American actress and author, granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway; Oscar- and BAFTA-nominated for Manhattan (1979), starred in Personal Best, Star 80, and Civil Wars, and writes on mental health and wellness.
Mariel Molino
Mariel Molino (born 1992) is a Mexican American actress and producer known for Lala Dominguez on NCIS: Origins, Elena Santos in The Watchful Eye, and Carmen Sandoval in Promised Land, after a career built in Mexican telenovelas.
Mariette Hartley
Mariette Hartley (Mary Loretta Hartley, born June 21, 1940) is an American actress of film, TV, and stage, granddaughter of psychologist John B. Watson, known for Ride the High Country (1962), the Polaroid ads with James Garner, her 1979 Emmy for The Incredible Hulk, and co-founding the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
Marika Domińczyk
Marika Domińczyk, Polish-born American actress born 1980 in Kielce, known as Dr. Eliza Minnick on Grey's Anatomy season 13, wife of actor Scott Foley, sister of Dagmara Domińczyk.
Marilu Henner
Marilu Henner (Mary Lucy Denise Henner, born 1952, Chicago) is an American actress known as Elaine Nardo on Taxi and Ava Evans Newton on Evening Shade, a five-time Golden Globe nominee, Broadway veteran, author, and documented case of highly superior autobiographical memory.
Marilyn Burns
Marilyn Burns (Mary Lynn Ann Burns, 1949-2014) was an American actress and scream queen, famed as Sally Hardesty, the final girl of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), later in Helter Skelter and Eaten Alive.
Marilyn Maxwell
Marilyn Maxwell (Marvel Marilyn Maxwell, 1920s Clarinda, Iowa birth, died 1972) was an American actress and singer, the "other Marilyn" of 1940s–50s Hollywood: MGM films like Champion and The Lemon Drop Kid, radio, and Bob Hope's USO tours.