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Aoife McArdle

Aoife McArdle (not the Airbnb legal executive of the same name) is a Northern Irish filmmaker from Omagh, County Tyrone, known for directing three episodes of Severance season one, her 2017 feature debut Kissing Candice, music videos for Jon Hopkins, U2 and Bicep, the IFTA Rising Star Award 2023, and her upcoming feature Foxfinder with Tessa Thompson.

Aparna Brielle

Aparna Brielle (born Aparna Parthasarathy, 1994) is an American actress from Clackamas, Oregon, known for playing Sarika in the NBC sitcom A.P. Bio and Tina Mukerji in Netflix's FUBAR.

Aparna Dixit

Aparna Dixit (born 1991, Agra) is an Indian television actress known for Devika in Kalash – Ek Vishwaas, Bani in Bepanah Pyaar, and Srishti in Pyaar Ki Luka Chuppi; she debuted in Mahabharat (2013) and has also worked in web series.

Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Apichatpong Weerasethakul (อภิชาติพงศ์ วีระเศรษฐกุล), Thai independent filmmaker and artist, Palme d'Or winner for Uncle Boonmee (2010), Cannes Jury Prize winner for Tropical Malady and Memoria, founder of Kick the Machine.

Apollonia Kotero

Apollonia Kotero (Patricia Apollonia Kotero, born 1959), American actress and singer, Prince's co-star in Purple Rain (1984) and lead singer of Apollonia 6, whose "Sex Shooter" hit #7 R&B; later Falcon Crest actress in a settled trademark dispute over her name.

April Ashley

April Ashley (1935–2021), born George Jamieson, English model, actor and transgender pioneer; Vogue model outed in 1961, Corbett v Corbett (1970) annulled her marriage and set UK legal sex precedent until the Gender Recognition Act 2004; MBE 2012.

April Pearson

April Pearson, English actress born 1989 in Bristol, full name April Janet Pearson, played Michelle Richardson in the first two series of Skins; film debut Tormented (2009); now Senior Lecturer at Performers College Brighton.

April Stewart

April Stewart (born 1969, Truckee, California; alias Gracie Lazar) is an American voice actress who has voiced most female South Park characters since 2004, plus Raava in The Legend of Korra and Jessamine Kaldwin in Dishonored.

April Winchell

April Winchell (April Terri Winchell, born 1960, New York City) is an American voice actress, writer, and talk radio host, daughter of Paul Winchell; voice of Clarabelle Cow, Peg Pete, Ms. Finster, Cruella de Vil, and Sylvia in Wander Over Yonder.

Apu Biswas (অপু বিশ্বাস)

Apu Biswas (অপু বিশ্বাস), born Obonti Biswas in 1989, is a Bangladeshi film actress who was a leading star of Dhallywood in the 2000s and 2010s.

Aqueela Zoll

Aqueela Zoll, American actress born 1988 in Redding, California; known as Kirsten in Fighting with My Family (2019), Rachel in FOX's Filthy Rich (2020), and Callan in Dog (2022); also producer-director of Wisdom Goes Viral.

Ara Mina

Ara Mina (Hazel Pascual Reyes), born 1979 in Manila, is a Filipina actress, singer, producer, and entrepreneur known for Minsan pa, Ang huling birhen sa lupa, Darna, her 1999 gold album, and businesses like Hazelberry Café.

Arabella Weir

Arabella Weir (born 1957, San Francisco) is a British comedian, actor, and writer known for The Fast Show, Posh Nosh, Beth in Two Doors Down, and the book Does My Bum Look Big In This?.

Aracely Arámbula

Aracely Arámbula (La Chule), Mexican actress and singer born 1975 in Chihuahua, star of telenovelas Abrázame muy fuerte, La patrona and La doña, two solo albums, ex-partner of Luis Miguel.

Arad Winwin

Arad Winwin, stage name of Mahmoud Reza Asefi (born 1989, Tehran), is an Iranian-born American gay adult film performer, model and bodybuilder in Los Angeles, active since 2014, a former military deserter and UN refugee, later known for 2024 Trump-support posts.

Aras Bulut İynemli

Aras Bulut İynemli (born 1990, Istanbul) is a Turkish actor known as Mete Akarsu in Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman Ki, Şehzade Bayezid in Muhteşem Yüzyıl, Yamaç Koçovalı in Çukur, Memo in 7. Koğuştaki Mucize, and Atatürk in the 2023 Disney+ films.

Archana Gautam (अर्चना गौतम)

Archana Gautam (अर्चना गौतम), born 1995 in Meerut, is an Indian actress, model, and politician: Miss Bikini India 2018, Bigg Boss 16 contestant, and Congress candidate from Hastinapur in the 2022 UP election. Not the cardiologist or researchers of the same name.

Archie Barnes

Archie Barnes (Archie Oliver G Barnes), born 2006 in South London, is an English child-to-young-adult actor: Robert Pretty in The Dig (2021), Mitchell's Son in The Batman, and Ser Oscar Tully in HBO's House of the Dragon, with stage credits including Phaedra at the National Theatre.

Archie Kao

Archie Kao (高圣远, Archie David Kao, born 1969, Washington, D.C.) is a Chinese-American actor and producer, the Galaxy Blue Ranger in Power Rangers Lost Galaxy, CSI's Archie Johnson, Chicago P.D.'s Sheldon Jin, and Uncle Wong in Interior Chinatown.

Archie Lyndhurst

Archie Lyndhurst (2000-2020), English actor, son of Nicholas Lyndhurst and Lucy Smith; played Ollie Coulton in CBBC's So Awkward from 2015 and a young Jack Whitehall in Bad Education; died at 19 of a brain haemorrhage.

Archie Madekwe

Archie Madekwe (born 1995, Lambeth, London) is a British actor known for Midsommar, Saltburn, Gran Turismo as Jann Mardenborough, and Sundance hit Lurker; 2026 EE BAFTA Rising Star nominee.

Archie Panjabi

Archie Panjabi (Archana Panjabi), British actress born 1972 in Edgware, England; Emmy-winning as Kalinda Sharma on The Good Wife, known for East Is East, Bend It Like Beckham, A Mighty Heart, Departure, and Doctor Who's Rani.

Archie Renaux

Archie Renaux (born 1997, Archie James Beale) is a British actor known for Mal Oretsev in Shadow and Bone and Tyler in Alien: Romulus; also Upgraded, Gold Digger, The Jetty, and HBO's War.

Arci Muñoz

Arci Muñoz (Ramona Cecilia Datuin Muñoz, born 1989, Quezon City) is a Filipina actress, singer, and model, lead vocalist of rock band Philia, star of Pasion de Amor and Always Be My Maybe, and a Philippine Air Force Reserve sergeant.

Ardal O'Hanlon

Ardal O'Hanlon (born 1965) is an Irish comedian, actor and novelist, co-founder of Dublin's Comedy Cellar, best known as Father Dougal in Father Ted, lead of My Hero and Death in Paradise's DI Jack Mooney.

Ardalan Esmaili

Ardalan Esmaili (أردالان إسماعيلي), born 1986 in Tehran, is a Swedish-Iranian actor trained at Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts, known for The Charmer (2017), Black Crab, Snabba Cash, Opponent, The Helicopter Heist, and as Abdelbaset Al Megrahi opposite Colin Firth in Lockerbie: A Search for Truth (2025).

Arden Cho

Arden Cho (아덴 조), born 1985 in Amarillo, Texas, is a Korean-American actress, singer, and model known for Kira Yukimura in Teen Wolf, Ingrid Yun in Partner Track, and voicing Rumi in Netflix's KPop Demon Hunters.

Arden Myrin

Arden Myrin (born 1973, Little Compton, Rhode Island) is an American actress, comedian, and writer known for MADtv (2005–2009), Chelsea Lately, Insatiable's Regina Sinclair, the iHeartRadio podcast Will You Accept This Rose?, her memoir Little Miss Little Compton, and her first leading role as LeeAnn Kreischer in Netflix's Free Bert (2026).

Ari Graynor

Ari Graynor (Ariel Geltman Graynor), born 1983 in Boston, is an American actress of stage, film, and TV: Broadway's Brooklyn Boy, For a Good Time Call..., I'm Dying Up Here, Monsters: The Menendez Story.

Aria Mia Loberti

Aria Mia Loberti (born 1994) is an American actress and UNICEF Ambassador with achromatopsia who made her acting debut as Marie-Laure LeBlanc in Netflix's 2023 All the Light We Cannot See after a global casting search, later appearing in The Spiderwick Chronicles.