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Wu Jinyan
Wu Jinyan (呉謹言, born 1990, Dujiangyan, Sichuan) is a Chinese actress and former ballet dancer, famous as Wei Yingluo (魏璎珞) in Story of Yanxi Palace (2018), later in The Double, Kill Me Love Me, and ORIGIN.
Wunmi Mosaku
Wunmi Mosaku, British-Nigerian actress born 1986 in Zaria, Nigeria, raised in Manchester; RADA graduate known for His House, Lovecraft Country, Loki's Hunter B-15, and Sinners, winning BAFTAs in 2017 and 2026 and an Oscar nomination.
Wyatt Cenac
Wyatt Cenac (born 1976) is an Emmy-winning American comedian and writer, a Daily Show correspondent 2008-2012, creator and host of HBO's Problem Areas, star of People of Earth and Medicine for Melancholy, and Grammy-nominated stand-up album maker.
Wyatt Nash
Wyatt Nash, stage name of Matthew Wyatt Elrod (born 1988, Nashville, Tennessee), is an American actor and former Survivor: Redemption Island contestant who later played Nigel Wright, Kurt Fletcher, and Charles Smith on television.
Wyatt Russell
Wyatt Hawn Russell (born 1986) is an American actor and former professional hockey goaltender, son of Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn; known for Lodge 49, Overlord, and John Walker in the MCU's Falcon and the Winter Soldier and Thunderbolts.
Xander Berkeley
Xander Berkeley (Alexander Harper Berkeley, born 1955, Brooklyn) is an American character actor with 240+ credits, known as George Mason in 24, Percy in Nikita, Red John in The Mentalist, and Gregory in The Walking Dead.
Xander Pang
Xander Pang (born 2001, Singapore) is a Singaporean stage and screen actor, son of Adrian and Tracie Pang of Pangdemonium. Known for Light Yagami in Death Note: The Musical at the Barbican (2026), Connor Murphy in Dear Evan Hansen, and his film debut in Dream Stall.
Xaria Dotson
Xaria Dotson (born 1997, Portland, Oregon) is an American actress and artist known as Evie Grayson in The Birch, Tori Carucci in American Vandal season 2, and Jules Mathis in Netflix's Devil in Ohio; not the Austin comedian Xaria J'Stone Coleman.
Xavier Dolan
Xavier Dolan (Xavier Dolan-Tadros), Quebec filmmaker and actor born 1989 in Montreal; directed I Killed My Mother at 19, won Cannes Jury Prize for Mommy (2014) and Grand Prix for It's Only the End of the World (2016).
Xavier Molyneux
Xavier Molyneux is an Australian actor known for playing Byron Stone in the Neighbours revival (2023–2025, 385 episodes), Young Michael in Netflix's Take My Hand (2024), and the lead Erik Bloodaxe in Prime Video's Bloodaxe (2027).
Xavier Samuel
Xavier Samuel (born 1983, Hamilton, Victoria) is an Australian film and theatre actor, a Flinders Drama Centre graduate known for Riley in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Fury, Elvis, Blonde, and Australian series such as Seven Types of Ambiguity.
Xavier Smalls
Xavier Smalls (born 1997) is an American actor from Sacramento, California, known as Angel in Tyler Perry's Netflix series Beauty in Black and Zavier in Madea's Destination Wedding (2025); also a short-film director and William Esper Studio graduate.
Xelia Mendes-Jones
Xelia Mendes-Jones is a British actor from London who plays Dane, an Aspirant of the Brotherhood of Steel in Prime Video's Fallout, and Renna in The Wheel of Time.
Xian Lim
Xian Lim (Alexander Xian Cruz Lim-Uy; born 1989) is a Filipino-Chinese actor, director, singer, and pilot who rose to fame on ABS-CBN starting in 2008.
Xiao Zhan (肖战)
Xiao Zhan (肖战), born 1991 in Chongqing, is a Chinese actor and singer, formerly of X NINE, famous as Wei Wuxian in The Untamed (2019), known for Legend of Zanghai, Gezhi Town, the Made To Love sales record, and the 2020 AO3 fan-reporting controversy.
Ximena Duque
Ximena Duque, Colombian actress and entrepreneur born 1985 in Cali, known for Telemundo telenovelas Corazón valiente and La Fan; left acting in 2019 for network marketing with Monat and Farmasi, returning to Farmasi in October 2026 with husband Jay Adkins.
Xing Fei (邢菲)
Xing Fei (邢菲, Fair Xing), born 1994, in Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia, is a Chinese actress and former acrobat known for Put Your Head on My Shoulder (2019) and This Thriving Land (2025).
Xochitl Gomez
Xochitl Fiona Gomez-Deines (born 2006, Los Angeles) is an American actress who plays America Chavez, the MCU's first queer Latinx superhero, in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, played Dawn Schafer in The Baby-Sitters Club, and won Dancing with the Stars season 32 in 2023.
Xolo Maridueña
Xolo Maridueña (Ramario Xolo Ramírez, born 2001) is an American actor of Mexican, Cuban, and Ecuadorian descent, known as Miguel Diaz in Cobra Kai and the first Latino lead in a live-action DC film, Blue Beetle (2023).
Xu Jinglei
Xu Jinglei (徐静蕾, born 1974, Beijing) is a Chinese actress, director, and screenwriter, one of the 'Four Little Flower Actresses'; Silver Seashell winner for Letter from an Unknown Woman and first mainland female director with a 100-million-yuan film.
Xu Kai
Xu Kai (许凯, Soso), born 1995 in Shenzhen, is a Chinese actor and former model signed to Huanyu Entertainment, known for Fucha Fuheng in Story of Yanxi Palace and later leads in Ancient Love Poetry and Moonlit Reunion.
Xu Ruohan (徐若晗)
Xu Ruohan (徐若晗), also romanized Xu Ruo Han, is a Chinese actress born 1998 in Xi'an, a Beijing Film Academy animation graduate discovered by Jackie Chan for My Diary (2018), known for The Forbidden Flower (2023) and The Best Thing (2025).
Xuxa
Xuxa (Maria da Graça Meneghel, born 1963), Brazilian TV host, singer, and actress known as Rainha dos Baixinhos; hosted Xou da Xuxa on Globo 1986-1992, sold 45 albums, and starred in 20 films.
Xxlayna Marie
Xxlayna Marie (Nitosha Nicole Duran, born 2000, Lebanon, Oregon) is an American adult film actress with Hussie Models. New Starlet nominee at AVN, XBIZ, and XRCO in 2023; won the 2025 AVN Award for Best Tag-Team Sex Scene.
Yael Grobglas (יעל גרובגלס)
Yael Grobglas (יעל גרובגלס), born in Paris in 1984, is a French-Israeli actress known for playing Petra Solano and her twin Anezka in Jane the Virgin (2014–2019).
Yael Stone
Yael Stone (born 1985) is an Australian actress, NIDA-trained, known for Lorna Morello in Orange Is the New Black (2013–2019, three SAG ensemble Awards), Australian theatre work, Geoffrey Rush allegations, and climate advocacy.
Yahoo Serious
Yahoo Serious (Gregory Gomez Pead, born 1953) is an Australian filmmaker who wrote, directed, produced and starred in Young Einstein (1988), Reckless Kelly (1993) and Mr Accident (2000), then left public life.
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, American actor born July 15 in New Orleans; Emmy winner as Dr. Manhattan in Watchmen, Black Manta in Aquaman, Bobby Seale in The Trial of the Chicago 7, and Marvel's Wonder Man; former city planner and Yale Drama graduate.
Yakima Canutt
Yakima Canutt (Enos Edward Canutt, 1895-1986), champion rodeo cowboy from Colfax, Washington, who became Hollywood's premier stuntman, doubled for John Wayne and Clark Gable, staged the Stagecoach transfer and Ben-Hur chariot race, and earned an Honorary Oscar.
Yakov Smirnoff (Яков Наумович Похис)
Yakov Smirnoff (Яков Наумович Похис, born Yakov Naumovich Pokhis, 1951, Odessa) is a Soviet-born American comedian, 'What a country!' catchphrase, 1986–87 sitcom, Branson theater, Pepperdine doctorate 2019.