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Chen Heyi (陈鹤一)

Chen Heyi (陈鹤一), also romanized Chen He Yi, is a mainland Chinese actor born in 2000 in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, under Jaywalk Studio; known for The Princess Royal, Perfect Match, and Fated Hearts.

Chen Kun (陈坤)

Chen Kun (陈坤, born 1976, Chongqing) is a mainland Chinese actor and singer, Beijing Film Academy class of 1996, known for The Story of a Noble Family, The Knot, Painted Skin, and Flying Swords of Dragon Gate, winner of the Huabiao and Hundred Flowers best-actor awards.

Chen Xiao

Chen Xiao (陈晓, born 1987, Hefei) is a mainland Chinese actor, Central Academy of Drama graduate, known for Legend of Lu Zhen, Nothing Gold Can Stay, A Dream of Splendor, and The Great Merchant.

Chen Zheyuan (陈哲远)

Chen Zheyuan (陈哲远) is a Chinese actor and singer, born 1996 in Shenzhen, a Shenzhen University performance graduate who debuted via iQIYI's 流行之王 (Mr.BIO). Known for 绝代双骄, 偷偷藏不住, 仙剑四, and 把黑夜点燃.

Cheng Pei-pei

Cheng Pei-pei (郑佩佩), 1946-2024, Shanghai-born Hong Kong actress and the first female swordplay star of wuxia cinema via Come Drink with Me (1966), later known as Jade Fox in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress and a posthumous Golden Horse Lifetime Achievement Award.

Cher as a gay icon

Cher as a gay icon: the singer-actress Cher (Cherilyn Sarkisian, born 1946) as a canonical figure of gay diva worship, prized for camp showgirl glamour, survival across six decades, "Believe," and Mardi Gras and Fire Island appearances.

Cherami Leigh

Cherami Leigh (Cherami Leigh Kuehn), American actress and anime/video game voice artist born 1988 in Dallas, Texas; known as Lucy Heartfilia in Fairy Tail, Asuna in Sword Art Online, and BAFTA-nominated female V in Cyberpunk 2077.

Cherie DeVille

Cherie DeVille, born Carolyn Paparozzi in 1978, is an American adult film performer, director, and columnist known as "The Internet's Stepmom," with multiple AVN MILF Performer of the Year awards.

Cherie Gil

Cherie Gil (Evangeline Rose Gil Eigenmann, 1963-2022), Filipino actress called "La Primera Contravida," famed as Lavinia in Bituing Walang Ningning, from the Eigenmann acting family, Madrid Best Actress winner for Mana.

Cherie Lunghi

Cherie Lunghi (Cherie Mary Lunghi), British actress born 1952 in Nottingham, known for Guenevere in Excalibur (1981), The Manageress (1989-1990), The Mission, Kenco adverts, and Strictly Come Dancing.

Cherry Chevapravatdumrong

Cherry Chevapravatdumrong (Cherry Cheva; เชอร์รี่ ชีวประวัติดำรงค์), born 1977 in Columbus, Ohio, is a Thai-American writer-producer: Family Guy writer and executive producer, The Orville EP, and co-writer-producer of Joy Ride (2023).

Cherry Jones

Cherry Jones (born 1956, Paris, Tennessee) is an American stage and screen actress, a two-time Tony winner (The Heiress, Doubt) and three-time Emmy winner (24, The Handmaid's Tale, Succession), distinct from CJ Jones, the deaf actor.

Cherry Valentine

Cherry Valentine, drag name of George Ward (1993-2022), English drag performer, NHS mental health nurse, RuPaul's Drag Race UK series 2 contestant (12th place), and subject of the BBC Three documentary Gypsy Queen and Proud.

Cheryl Campbell

Cheryl Campbell (born 1949, St Albans) is an English actress; BAFTA Best Actress 1979 for Testament of Youth, BAFTA-nominated for Pennies from Heaven (1978), with stage credits including A Doll's House.

Cheryl Crane

Cheryl Crane (born 1943) is an American author and real estate broker, only child of Lana Turner and Stephen Crane; her 1988 memoir Detour: A Hollywood Story became a bestseller, and she later wrote Lana biographies and Nikki Harper mysteries.

Cheryl Hines

Cheryl Hines (born 1965) is an American actress and comedian, Emmy-nominated as Cheryl David on Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000–2024), director of Serious Moonlight, and wife of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Cheryl Holdridge

Cheryl Holdridge (Cheryl Lynn Phelps, 1944–2009), American actress and Mouseketeer on The Mickey Mouse Club (1956–59), later Julie Foster on Leave It to Beaver; died of lung cancer in Santa Monica.

Cheryl Ladd

Cheryl Ladd (born Cheryl Jean Stoppelmoor, 1951) is an American actress and singer who played Kris Munroe on Charlie's Angels from 1977, replacing Farrah Fawcett; also the singing voice of Melody in Josie and the Pussycats. Not related to Diane Ladd.

Chespirito

Chespirito (Roberto Gómez Bolaños, 1929-2014) was a Mexican comedian, writer, actor, and creator of El Chavo del Ocho and El Chapulín Colorado; his shows drew 55-60 rating points in 1970s Mexico and are watched across Latin America.

Chet Hanks

Chet Hanks (Chester Marlon Hanks, also Chet Haze), American actor and musician, son of Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson; known for Empire, Shameless, Your Honor, and Travis Bugg in Netflix's Running Point (2025).

Chevy Chase

Chevy Chase, born Cornelius Crane Chase in 1943, is an American comedian and actor, original Saturday Night Live cast member and Weekend Update anchor, later star of Caddyshack, Fletch, and the Vacation films.

Chhavi Pandey

Chhavi Pandey, Indian television actress and trained classical singer from Patna, Bihar; rose from India's Got Talent 1 (2008) to lead roles in Ek Boond Ishq, Ladies Special 2, Shubh Laabh, Maya in Anupamaa, and Dr Preeti in Sony SAB's Yaadein.

Chi Chi DeVayne

Chi Chi DeVayne, stage name of Zavion Davenport (1985–2020), was a Shreveport, Louisiana drag queen who placed fourth on RuPaul's Drag Race season 8 (2016), competed on All Stars 3, and was famed for her 'And I Am Telling You' lip sync; she died of pneumonia at 34.

Chi Chi LaRue

Chi Chi LaRue (Larry David Paciotti, born 1959, Hibbing, Minnesota), American drag performer, DJ, and prolific gay adult film director; Catalina Video publicist turned director (Taylor Hudson, 1989), Falcon Studios and Channel 1 Releasing, decades-long condom-only advocate, Grabby Awards host, co-founder of Noir Male.

Chi Lewis-Parry

Chi "Chopper" Lewis-Parry, born 1983 in Hitchin, England, is a 206 cm British actor, stunt performer, and former MMA heavyweight fighter, known for playing Samson in 28 Years Later and The Bone Temple and Phoebus in Gladiator II.

Chiaki Kuriyama

Chiaki Kuriyama (栗山千明), born 1984, is a Japanese actress and singer from Ibaraki, known for Battle Royale (2000), Gogo Yubari in Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003), and her 2010 music debut as CHiAKi KURiYAMA.

Chiara Mastroianni

Chiara Mastroianni (born 1972, Paris) is a French-Italian actress and singer, daughter of Catherine Deneuve and Marcello Mastroianni; known for Persepolis, Chambre 212 (2019 Cannes Best Performance), and Marcello Mio (2024).

Chibuikem Uche

Chibuikem Uche (born 2000) is a British-Nigerian actor, former actuary, known as Cooper Clay in One of Us Is Lying and Kojo Achebe in Netflix's A Different World sequel.

Chief Dan George

Chief Dan George, born Geswanouth Slahoot (1899–1981), was a Tsleil-Waututh chief and actor from North Vancouver, Oscar-nominated as Old Lodge Skins in Little Big Man (1970).

Chika Anzai (安済 知佳)

Chika Anzai (安済 知佳, born 1990) is a Japanese voice actress from Fukui Prefecture with Avex Pictures, known for Chisato Nishikigi in Lycoris Recoil and Reina Kousaka in Sound! Euphonium, and winner of the 17th Seiyu Awards Lead Voice Actor Award.