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Saeed Jaffrey (سعید جعفری)

Saeed Jaffrey (سعید جعفری), British-Indian actor (1929–2015) of stage, film, TV, and radio; roles in Gandhi, The Man Who Would Be King, A Passage to India, My Beautiful Laundrette; first Indian to tour US Shakespeare and appear on Broadway; OBE 1995.

Saffron Burrows

Saffron Burrows (Saffron Domini Burrows), British actress and former model born 1972 in London; films In the Name of the Father, Deep Blue Sea, Troy, The Bank Job; TV Boston Legal, Law & Order: CI, Mozart in the Jungle, You.

Saffron Lempriere

Saffron Lempriere is an English reality television personality and influencer who joined The Only Way Is Essex in 2018. She also owns a furnishings company.

Sagar Radia

Sagar Radia is a British actor from Harrow, London, best known for playing the trader Rishi Ramdani on HBO's Industry and for roles in The Good Karma Hospital and Unicorns.

Sahana Srinivasan

Sahana Srinivasan (born 1996, Houston, Texas) is an American actress, comedian, and filmmaker, host of Netflix's Brainchild and Bhanu Pradeep in The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh; distinct from the NUS AI researcher of the same name.

Sahar Hashmi (سحر ہاشمی)

Sahar Hashmi (سحر ہاشمی) is a Pakistani television actress and former social media creator who debuted in Zulm (2023) and rose to prominence with Mann Mast Malang (2025).

Sahara Davenport

Sahara Davenport (Antoine Ashley, 1984-2012) was a Dallas-born, SMU-trained dancer and drag performer on RuPaul's Drag Race season 2, partner of Manila Luzon, whose single "Go Off" hit no. 35 on Billboard's dance chart before her 2012 death from heart failure.

Sahara Knite

Sahara Knite (Saeeda Vorajee, born 1975, London) is a British Indian adult performer and actress, known for playing Armeca in Game of Thrones seasons 1–2 and for work since 2004 on Sky adult channels.

Sahil Mehta (actor, born 1997)

Sahil Mehta (born 1997, New Delhi) is an Indian actor known for Tabbar, Good Luck Jerry, Raksha Bandhan, Farrey, The Waking of a Nation, Loot Kaand and Son of Sardaar 2; distinct from the 1988-born TV actor of Suhani Si Ek Ladki.

Sai Pallavi

Sai Pallavi Senthamarai Kannan (born 1992, Coimbatore) is an Indian actress and dancer in Telugu, Tamil, and Malayalam cinema, lead debut Premam (2015), Telugu breakthrough Fidaa (2017), Rowdy Baby one-billion-view song, Hindi debut Ek Din (2026), and Sita in Ramayana.

Saïd Taghmaoui

Saïd Taghmaoui, French-Moroccan actor and screenwriter born 1973 in Villepinte, France. Co-wrote and starred in La Haine (1995, Cannes Best Director, César nomination); known for Three Kings, G.I. Joe, Wonder Woman, Lost.

Saira Banu (سائرہ بانو)

Saira Banu (سائرہ بانو), also Saira Bano, Indian Hindi film actress born 1944 in Mussoorie; debut Junglee (1961), four Filmfare Best Actress nominations, married Dilip Kumar in 1966, retired after Faisla (1988).

Saira Khan

Saira Khan is a British TV personality and entrepreneur, runner-up on the first UK series of The Apprentice (2005), a Loose Women panellist, author of P.U.S.H For Success, and founder of the Miamoo and SAIRA skincare brands.

Saja Kilani

Saja Kilani (سجى كيلاني), born 1998 in Amman, is a Palestinian-Jordanian-Canadian actress and spoken-word poet known for The Voice of Hind Rajab (Oscar-nominated, Venice Silver Lion) and the award-winning Simsim.

Sajal Aly (سجال علی)

Sajal Aly (سجال علی), born 1994 in Lahore, is a Pakistani actress of Urdu TV dramas and films, also credited as Sajal Ali. Known for Yaqeen Ka Safar, O Rangreza, Mom, and What's Love Got to Do with It?, with five Hum Awards, a Lux Style Award, and the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.

Saki Fujita (藤田 咲)

Saki Fujita (藤田 咲), born 1984 in Tokyo, is a Japanese voice actress with Arts Vision and the voice provider of Crypton's Vocaloid Hatsune Miku; also known for Ymir, Akagi, and Ritsu.

Sakina Jaffrey

Sakina Jaffrey (born 1962, Manhattan) is an American actress, daughter of Saeed and Madhur Jaffrey, known for Linda Vasquez in House of Cards, Denise Christopher in Timeless, and Mrs. Headwood in Snowpiercer.

Sakshi Agarwal

Sakshi Agarwal (born 1990) is an Indian actress in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, and Hindi cinema, known for Kaala, Viswasam, Aranmanai 3, Bigg Boss Tamil 3, and her Okuu protein bar brand, distinct from other actresses named Sakshi.

Sakshi Tanwar

Sakshi Tanwar (born 1973, Alwar, Rajasthan) is an Indian actress known as Parvati in Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii (2000–2008), Priya in Bade Acche Lagte Hain, and Daya Kaur in Dangal (2016); she led Netflix's Mai and has never married.

Sakshi Vaidya

Sakshi Vaidya (సాక్షీ వైద్య), Indian actress in Telugu cinema, born 2000 in Maharashtra; debut lead in Agent (2023) opposite Akhil Akkineni, then Gandeevadhari Arjuna, Haal, and Nari Nari Naduma Murari (2026); physiotherapist turned actress.

Sal Jenco

Sal Jenco is an American actor best known for playing Sal "Blowfish" Banducci, the maintenance engineer on 21 Jump Street, and for co-managing Johnny Depp's Viper Room nightclub.

Sal Mineo

Sal Mineo (Salvatore Mineo Jr., 1939–1976), American actor, Oscar-nominated as Plato in Rebel Without a Cause and for Exodus; later came out publicly, directed Fortune and Men's Eyes, and was murdered in West Hollywood in 1976.

Sala Baker

Sala Baker (Elisala Baker), New Zealand-born Samoan actor and stuntman born 1976 in Wellington, played Sauron in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Brute in The Killer (2023).

Salim Daw

Salim Daw (سليم ضو), born 1950 in Bi'ina, Galilee, is a Palestinian actor known for Mohamed Al-Fayed in The Crown, Issa in Gaza Mon Amour, Ahmed Qurei in Oslo, and Avanti Popolo.

Salim Hassan

Salim Hassan (സലീം ഹസ്സൻ), also spelled Salim Hasan, is a Kerala-based Malayalam actor known as Pyarijathan in the sitcom Marimayam, director-writer of Panchayat Jetty (2024), and a 2026 Kerala State Chalachithra Academy executive committee member.

Salim Khan

Salim Abdul Rashid Khan (born 24 November 1935, Indore), Indian screenwriter of the Salim-Javed duo behind Zanjeer, Deewaar, Sholay, Don; father of Salman Khan; Padma Shri 2014.

Salim–Javed

Salim–Javed: Hindi cinema screenwriting duo of Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar, writers of Zanjeer, Deewaar, Sholay, Don and Mr India, creators of the Angry Young Man archetype and the highest-paid writers of 1970s Bollywood.

Salli Richardson

Salli Richardson (Salli Richardson-Whitfield), born 1967 in Chicago, is an American actress turned Emmy-nominated TV director: Eureka's Allison Blake, Gargoyles' Elisa Maza, and the first Black woman nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series.

Sally Ann Howes

Sally Ann Howes (1930–2021), English actress and singer, Truly Scrumptious in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; replaced Julie Andrews as Eliza Doolittle on Broadway; Tony-nominated for Brigadoon.

Sally Dexter

Sally Dexter (Sally Julia Dexter), English stage and screen actress born 1960, Olivier Award winner for Dalliance; Nancy in Oliver!, Anna in Closer, and Faith Dingle in Emmerdale 2017-2022.