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Valerie Singleton

Valerie Singleton OBE (born 9 April 1937, Hitchin) is an English TV and radio presenter, Blue Peter host 1962–1972, later Nationwide, The Money Programme, and Radio 4's PM.

Van Darkholme

Van Darkholme (VAN-sama), Vietnamese-American born 1972, is a gay adult film performer, Shibari bondage expert, photographer, and director of Kink.com's BoundGods.com, also a Nico Nico Douga meme figure and Twitch streamer.

Van Heflin

Van Heflin (Emmett Evan Heflin Jr.), American character actor (born Walters, Oklahoma, December 13; died July 23, 1971); Oscar Best Supporting Actor for Johnny Eager (1942); known for Shane (1953), The Prowler (1951), and 3:10 to Yuma (1957); last film Airport (1970).

Van Johnson

Van Johnson (Charles Van Dell Johnson, 1916-2008) was an American MGM star of 1940s musicals and war films, nicknamed "The Voiceless Sinatra," known for A Guy Named Joe, Battleground, and The Caine Mutiny, later a dinner-theater and TV fixture.

Van Tulleken brothers

Chris and Xand van Tulleken, born 1978, are British identical twin doctors and TV presenters known for Operation Ouch!, twin self-experimentation, Chris's Ultra-Processed People, and Xand's humanitarian medicine work.

Van Vicker

Van Vicker (Joseph van Vicker, born 1977, Accra) is a Ghanaian actor, director, and producer bridging Ghallywood and Nollywood, known for Sun City, Divine Love, Beyoncé: The President's Daughter, Joni Waka, and Sky + Orange Productions.

Van Williams

Van Williams (Van Zandt Jarvis Williams, 1934-2016), American actor, star of ABC's The Green Hornet (1966-67) as Britt Reid opposite Bruce Lee's Kato; earlier Bourbon Street Beat and Surfside 6; later a reserve sheriff's deputy and telecom businessman.

Vance DeGeneres

Vance Elliott DeGeneres (born 1954, New Orleans) is an American producer, writer, actor, and musician, older brother of Ellen DeGeneres; co-creator of Mr. Bill, Daily Show correspondent, and co-president of Steve Carell's Carousel Productions.

Vanessa Angel (English actress)

Vanessa Madeline Angel (born 1966, London) is an English model-turned-actress, Lisa in USA's Weird Science and Claudia in Kingpin, and the original choice for Xena before Lucy Lawless was cast.

Vanessa Bayer

Vanessa Bayer (born 1981, Cleveland, Ohio) is an American comedian and actress, an SNL cast member 2010–2017 (149 episodes, seven seasons) known for Jacob the Bar Mitzvah Boy and her Miley Cyrus impression, leukemia survivor, and co-creator and star of Showtime's I Love That for You.

Vanessa Bell Calloway

Vanessa Bell Calloway (born 1957, Cleveland, Ohio) is an American actress and dancer, original Broadway Dreamgirls cast member, star of Coming to America, Under One Roof, Saints & Sinners, and Southside with You.

Vanessa Emme

Vanessa Emme is an Irish stage and television actress, a 2014 Lir Academy graduate, known as DS Layla Walsh in The Chelsea Detective (2023–present), Abby Stone in Dublin Murders, and Rachel Donleavy in Three Families.

Vanessa Estelle Williams

Vanessa Estelle Williams (born 1963), Brooklyn-born actress distinct from singer Vanessa L. Williams; film debut as Keisha in New Jack City (1991), Anne-Marie McCoy in Candyman (1992, 2021), and NAACP Image Award winner for Soul Food.

Vanessa Feltz

Vanessa Feltz (born 1962, London) is a British broadcaster and TV presenter, host of ITV's Vanessa (1994–1998), BBC Radio 2 Early Breakfast (2011–2022), TalkTV, LBC, and Channel 5's The Vanessa Show (2025).

Vanessa Ferlito

Vanessa Ferlito, American actress born in Brooklyn, known for Aiden Burn in CSI: NY, Claudia Hernandez in 24, Charlie DeMarco in Graceland, Tammy Gregorio in NCIS: New Orleans, and roles in Death Proof and Griselda.

Vanessa Hehir

Vanessa Hehir (Vanessa Clare Judith Hehir) is an English actress, screenwriter, and filmmaker born 1981 in Manchester, known for Heartbeat, Waterloo Road, and Coronation Street, and for the Channel 4-selected pilot Unlucky.

Vanessa Hudgens

Vanessa Hudgens, also Vanessa Anne Hudgens, is an American actress and singer born 1988 in Salinas, California, famous as Gabriella Montez in Disney's High School Musical (2006), with albums V and Identified, adult roles in Spring Breakers, and Masked Singer season 11 win.

Vanessa Kirby

Vanessa Kirby (born 1988) is an English actor known as Princess Margaret in The Crown, an Oscar nominee for Pieces of a Woman, the White Widow in Mission: Impossible, and Sue Storm in the MCU's Fantastic Four films.

Vanessa Lee Chester

Vanessa Lee Chester (born 1984) is an American actress known as Becky in A Little Princess, Janie Gibbs in Harriet the Spy, and Kelly Curtis in The Lost World: Jurassic Park.

Vanessa Lengies

Vanessa Lengies (born 1985) is a Canadian actress from Montreal, known as Roxanne Bojarski on American Dreams, Kelly Epson on HawthoRNe, and Sugar Motta on Glee.

Vanessa Marano

Vanessa Nicole Marano, born 1992, Los Angeles, is an American actress known as Bay Kennish in Switched at Birth (104 episodes, 2011–2017) and April Nardini on Gilmore Girls; she produces films with sister Laura Marano.

Vanessa Marcil

Vanessa Marcil (Sally Vanessa Ortiz), American actress born 1968 or 1969 in Indio, California; Brenda Barrett on General Hospital, Gina Kincaid on Beverly Hills 90210, Sam Marquez on Las Vegas; 2003 Daytime Emmy winner.

Vanessa Marquez

Vanessa Marquez was an American actress best known as Ana Delgado in Stand and Deliver (1988) and nurse Wendy Goldman on the first three seasons of ER.

Vanessa Marshall

Vanessa Marshall (born 1969) is an American voice actress, daughter of Joan Van Ark, known as Hera Syndulla in Star Wars Rebels, Gamora, Black Widow, Black Canary, and Wonder Woman, and for 143 video game credits.

Vanessa Morgan

Vanessa Morgan (Vanessa Morgan Mziray), Canadian actress born 1992 in Ottawa, known as Toni Topaz on Riverdale (2017–2023), Sarah in My Babysitter's a Vampire, and Max Mitchell in Wild Cards (2024).

Vanessa Ray

Vanessa Ray (Vanessa Ray Liptak), American actress born 1981 in California, known as Eddie Janko-Reagan on Blue Bloods (2013–2024, 220 episodes), CeCe Drake/Charlotte Drake on Pretty Little Liars, Jenny on Suits, and Teri Ciccone on As the World Turns; theater roots in Footloose, Finding Nemo: The Musical, and Hair.

Vanessa Redgrave

Vanessa Redgrave (born 1937) is an English actor whose stage, film, and television career spans seven decades and includes an Academy Award, an Emmy, and a Tony.

Vanessa Scalera

Vanessa Scalera (born 1977, Mesagne, Italy) is an Italian actress trained at Rome's La Scaletta theater school, known for Imma Tataranni on Rai 1 (2019–2026), L'arminuta, Filumena Marturano, Avetrana, and the Premio Pasinetti-winning Il fuoco che ti porti dentro.

Vanessa Simmons

Vanessa Jean Simmons (born 1983), daughter of Run-DMC's Rev Run, star of MTV's Run's House and Daddy's Girls, co-founder of the Pastry footwear brand with sister Angela Simmons, and actress in Monogamy and Games People Play.

Vani Bhojan (வாணி போஜன்)

Vani Bhojan (வாணி போஜன்), born in 1988 in Ooty, Tamil Nadu, is an Indian actress known for the serial Deivamagal and films like Oh My Kadavule.