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Pamela Bach

Pamela Bach (Pamela Ann Weissenbach, Pamela Bach-Hasselhoff), American actress born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, known for Kaye Morgan on Baywatch and Dr. Ellen Baskin on Sirens; ex-wife of David Hasselhoff (1989–2006); died March 5, 2025, in Los Angeles.

Pamela Franklin

Pamela Franklin (born 1950, Yokohama, Japan) is a retired British actress, debut at 11 as Flora in The Innocents (1961), award-winning Sandy in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969), 1970s scream queen, retired 1981.

Pamela Gidley

Pamela Gidley (1965-2018), American actress and model, played Teresa Banks in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992); debut in Thrashin' (1986), films Cherry 2000, TV roles on Tour of Duty, The Pretender, and CSI.

Pamela Hensley

Pamela Hensley (born 1950, Glendale, California) is an American actress and author, known as Princess Ardala in Buck Rogers in the 25th Century and C.J. Parsons in Matt Houston; retired from acting in 1985.

Pamela Mason

Pamela Mason (Pamela Helen Ostrer, 1916–1996), known professionally as Pamela Kellino, English actress, screenwriter, author and talk-show host; creative partner and first wife of James Mason, co-writer of The Upturned Glass and Charade.

Pamela Rabe

Pamela Rabe (born Pamela June Koropatnick, 1959, Oakville, Ontario) is a Canadian-Australian actress and theatre director, known for Joan Ferguson in Wentworth, the films The Well, Sirens, Cosi, and Helpmann and AFI awards.

Pamela Reed

Pamela Reed, born 1949 in Tacoma, Washington, is an American actress, UW Drama BFA 1975, known for Kindergarten Cop, Tanner '88 (CableACE winner), and Parks and Recreation's Marlene Knope; also a Drama Desk and Obie Award stage actress.

Pamela Stephenson

Pamela Stephenson (Pamela Stephenson Connolly, Lady Connolly), born 1949 in Takapuna, Auckland, is a New Zealand-born actress and comedian known for Not the Nine O'Clock News, History of the World: Part I, and Superman III, later a clinical psychologist, author of Billy, and wife of Billy Connolly.

Pamela Sue Martin

Pamela Sue Martin (born 1953, Westport, Connecticut) is an American actress who played Nancy Drew in The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977-1978) and Fallon Carrington on Dynasty (1981-1984), winning a 1984 Bambi Award.

Pamela Tiffin

Pamela Tiffin (Pamela Tiffin Wonso, 1942–2020), American actress of the 1960s known for Summer and Smoke, Billy Wilder's One, Two, Three with James Cagney, Harper with Paul Newman, and Italian comedies including Straziami ma di baci saziami; retired 1974.

Pana Hema Taylor

Pana Hema Taylor, also Pana Hema-Taylor, is a New Zealand actor of Ngāti Kahungunu descent born 1989, known as Nasir in Spartacus, Bert Thompson in Westside, and Jared Morehu in The Brokenwood Mysteries.

Panachai Sriariyarungruang

Panachai Sriariyarungruang (ปณชัย ศรีอาริยะรุ่งเรือง), aka Junior, born 1996, is a Thai actor and emcee under GMMTV, formerly Nadao Bangkok, known for Cherry Magic, Perfect 10 Liners, and My Romance Scammer.

Panah Panahi (پناه پناهی)

Panah Panahi (پناه پناهی), born 1984 in Tehran, is an Iranian director and son of Jafar Panahi. His debut feature Hit the Road (2021) premiered at Cannes Directors' Fortnight, won the London Film Festival's Best Film award, and follows a family smuggling their elder son out of Iran.

Pandiarajan (பாண்டியராஜன்)

Pandiarajan (பாண்டியராஜன், R. Pandiyarajan), born 1959 in Chennai, is a Tamil film actor and director, a Bhagyaraj assistant whose Aan Paavam (1985) was 1985's fourth highest-grossing Tamil film; not the Dowry Kalyanam figure.

Pankaj Kapur (पंकज कपूर)

Pankaj Kapur (पंकज कपूर), born 1954 in Ludhiana, is an Indian actor, director, and playwright of Hindi theater, television, and film, known for Karamchand, Office Office, Maqbool, and three National Film Awards.

Pankaj Tripathi (पंकज त्रिपाठी)

Pankaj Tripathi (पंकज त्रिपाठी) is an Indian actor known for Sultan Qureshi in Gangs of Wasseypur, Kaleen Bhaiya in Mirzapur, and a National Film Award for Mimi (2021).

Pankhuri Awasthy Rode

Pankhuri Awasthy Rode, also known as Pankhuri Awasthi, is an Indian actress born in 1991 who works mainly in Hindi television, playing Razia Sultan and Draupadi.

Paola Lázaro

Paola Lázaro is a Puerto Rican actress and playwright, best known as Juanita "Princess" Sanchez on The Walking Dead and for plays including Tell Hector I Miss Him.

Paola Mori

Paola Mori (Paola Di Girifalco), Countess of Gerfalco, Italian actress (1928–1986), appeared in Mr. Arkadin/Confidential Report and married Orson Welles on May 8, 1955; mother of Beatrice Welles; died in a 1986 Las Vegas car accident.

Paola Núñez

Paola Núñez (Paola Núñez Rivas, born 1978, Tijuana) is a Mexican actress and producer, famed as Barbie Bazterrica in Amor en custodia, and later in The Son, The Purge, Resident Evil, and the Bad Boys films.

Paolo Ballesteros

Paolo Ballesteros (Paolo Elito Macapagal Ballesteros IV, born 1982) is a Filipino actor, comedian, drag queen, Eat Bulaga! co-host, and host of Drag Race Philippines, known for viral makeup transformations and Best Actor wins for Die Beautiful.

Paolo Sorrentino

Paolo Sorrentino (born 1970, Naples) is an Italian director and screenwriter; The Great Beauty won the 2014 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, and La Grazia opened Venice 2025.

Pardis Saremi

Pardis Saremi is an American actress of Iranian descent, born 1991, known as Leila Collier in Death and Other Details (2024) and Demi in Hell of a Summer (2023), plus roles in Chapel, FBI, and Literally, Right Before Aaron.

Paris Hilton

Paris Hilton, American media personality and great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton, rose to fame via The Simple Life (2003) and a 2004 sex tape; now a DJ, CEO of 11:11 Media, and troubled-teen industry reform advocate.

Paris Themmen

Paris Themmen (born 1959, Boston) is the American former child actor who played Mike Teevee in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), later a Broadway replacement in Mame and The Rothschilds, NYU BFA holder, Walt Disney Imagineer, and Access International founder.

Parisa Fitz-Henley

Parisa Fitz-Henley, born 1977 in Kingston, Jamaica, is a Jamaican-American actress and former model known for Reva Connors in Marvel's Jessica Jones and Luke Cage, Fiji in Midnight, Texas, and Meghan Markle in Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance.

Park Bo-gum (박보검)

Park Bo-gum (박보검), born 1993, is a South Korean actor famous for Reply 1988, Love in the Moonlight, and Netflix's When Life Gives You Tangerines; a former Navy conscript, Celine ambassador, and Korea Tourism honorary ambassador.

Park Bo-young (박보영)

Park Bo-young (박보영), born 1990, is a South Korean actress of BH Entertainment, star of Scandal Makers, A Werewolf Boy, Strong Girl Bong-soon, and Our Unwritten Seoul; she won the 2026 Baeksang Best Actress (TV) award for playing twins.

Park Chan-wook

Park Chan-wook (박찬욱, born 1963) is a South Korean film director, winner of the 2004 Cannes Grand Prix for Oldboy and the 2022 Best Director prize for Decision to Leave, known for the Vengeance Trilogy and The Handmaiden.

Park Eun-bin (박은빈)

Park Eun-bin (박은빈), born 1992, is a South Korean Namoo Actors actress and child model of 1996 whose breakout roles were The King's Affection and Extraordinary Attorney Woo, winning the 2023 Baeksang Grand Prize.