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Anna Chlumsky

Anna Chlumsky, American actress, child star of My Girl (1991) as Vada Sultenfuss, University of Chicago graduate, and six-time Emmy nominee as Amy Brookheimer on HBO's Veep; later starred in Inventing Anna.

Anna Claire Clouds

Anna Claire Clouds (born 1995, Nashville) is an American adult film performer who began camming in 2019, moved into studio work in 2020, and in 2025 won Female Performer of the Year at both the AVN Awards and the XBIZ XMAs.

Anna Deavere Smith

Anna Deavere Smith (born 1950, Baltimore) is an American actress, playwright, and NYU professor who pioneered verbatim theater through On the Road: A Search for American Character, with Fires in the Mirror and Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, a MacArthur Fellowship, and the 2012 National Humanities Medal.

Anna Faris

Anna Faris, American actress and comedian (born 1976, Baltimore), known as Cindy Campbell in Scary Movie, star of CBS's Mom, host of the Unqualified podcast, and author of Unqualified (2017); returned in Scary Movie 6 (2026).

Anna Ferzetti

Anna Ferzetti (born 1982, Rome) is an Italian actress, daughter of Gabriele Ferzetti and partner of Pierfrancesco Favino. Known for Le fate ignoranti (Nastro d'Argento), Sorrentino's La Grazia, and Domani interrogo.

Anna Friel

Anna Friel is an English actress born in 1976 in Rochdale, who became famous as Beth Jordache in Brookside and won an International Emmy for Marcella.

Anna Garcia

Anna Garcia (born 1995) is an American actress and comedian from Beverly Hills, Michigan; breakout as Ruby Martin in Fly Me to the Moon (2024) and cast member on Dropout shows like Very Important People.

Anna Grace Barlow

Anna Grace Barlow (born 1994) is an American actress known for The Big Leap, Jesus Revolution, and her Broadway debut as Evelyn Nesbit in the 2025 Ragtime revival; sister of Abigail Barlow.

Anna Gunn

Anna Gunn is an American actress best known for playing Skyler White on AMC's Breaking Bad, a role that won her Emmy Awards in 2013 and 2014.

Anna Haining Bates

Anna Haining Bates, born Anna Haining Swan (1846-1888), Nova Scotian giantess and Barnum performer; married Martin Van Buren Bates in 1871; billed with him as the world's largest married couple.

Anna Hopkins

Anna Hopkins (born 1987, Montreal) is a Canadian actress, screenwriter, and director known for Defiance, Arrow, The Flash, Shadowhunters (Lilith), The Expanse, and her film debut in Barney's Version.

Anna Karen

Anna Karen (Ann Harrison McCall, 1936–2022), British actress born in Durban, played Olive Rudge in On the Buses (1969–73) and Aunt Sal in EastEnders (1996–2017); died in an Ilford house fire.

Anna Karenina (2012 film)

Anna Karenina (2012) is Joe Wright's British film adaptation of Tolstoy's novel, scripted by Tom Stoppard, starring Keira Knightley, Jude Law, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson, staged mostly inside a decaying Russian theatre at Shepperton Studios, and winner of the Academy Award for Best Costume Design.

Anna Karina

Anna Karina (Hanne Karin Bayer, 1940-2019), Danish-born French actress and New Wave icon; starred in seven Jean-Luc Godard films including Vivre sa vie and Pierrot le fou; won the 1961 Berlin Silver Bear; also a Gainsbourg-era singer and director of Vivre ensemble.

Anna Kashfi

Anna Kashfi, born Joan O'Callaghan (1934-2015), Welsh-raised actress presented as Indian, film debut The Mountain (1956), Marlon Brando's first wife 1957-1959, mother of Christian Brando, memoir Brando for Breakfast.

Anna Kendrick

Anna Kendrick (born 1985, Portland, Maine) is an American actress, singer, and author: Tony-nominated at 12 for High Society, Oscar-nominated for Up in the Air, star of Pitch Perfect and the triple-platinum single Cups, and director of Woman of the Hour.

Anna Konkle

Anna Konkle (born 1987, Vermont) is an American actress, writer, and co-creator and star of Hulu's Pen15 with Maya Erskine; two-time Emmy nominee and author of the 2026 memoir The Sane One about her father.

Anna Lee

Anna Lee, also known as Joan Winnifrith, was an English actress who appeared in eight John Ford films and played Lila Quartermaine on General Hospital from 1978 to 2003.

Anna Lore

Anna Lore, born 1993 in Dubuque, Iowa, is an American actress known as Stephanie Brown in Gotham Knights, Julia in Final Destination: Bloodlines, Hope in Black Phone 2, and her Frankenstein, MD debut.

Anna Lundberg

Anna Lundberg (born 1994, Sweden) is an actress; plays a version of herself as Michael Sheen's partner in BBC's Staged, guest role Marion in The Sandman, and Last Train to Christmas. Not the coach, professor, or SVT presenter Anne Lundberg.

Anna Madeley

Anna Madeley, English stage, film, and television actress born 1976 in London; trained at Central School of Speech and Drama; known for Mrs. Hall in All Creatures Great and Small, The Crown, and In Bruges.

Anna Magnani

Anna Magnani (1908–1973) was an Italian actress, born and died in Rome, whose portrayals of working-class Roman women made her the face of Italian neorealism.

Anna Maria Horsford

Anna Maria Horsford is an American actress from Harlem, New York, known for Thelma Frye on Amen (1986-91), Dee Baxter on The Wayans Bros., Mrs. Jones in Friday and Friday After Next, Vivienne Avant on The Bold and the Beautiful, and Daytime Emmy nominations in 2016 and 2017.

Anna Massey

Anna Massey (1937–2011) was a British stage, film, and television actress, daughter of actors Raymond Massey and Adrianne Allen. Known for playing repressed and spinster roles, she won a 1987 Bafta for Hotel du Lac and a 2005 CBE.

Anna Maxwell Martin

Anna Maxwell Martin (born 1977) is an English stage and television actress, a LAMDA graduate, twice BAFTA TV Best Actress winner for Bleak House and Poppy Shakespeare, known for Motherland, Line of Duty, Until I Kill You, and Ludwig.

Anna May Wong (黄柳霜)

Anna May Wong (黄柳霜; Wong Liu Tsong, 1905–1961) was the first Chinese American film star, working in silent and sound film, stage, radio, and television despite Hollywood racism, best known for The Toll of the Sea, Shanghai Express, and The Gallery of Madame Liu-Tsong.

Anna Mouglalis

Anna Mouglalis (born 1978), French actress of stage and screen, Chabrol's Merci pour le chocolat, Chanel muse under Karl Lagerfeld, Coco Chanel in the 2009 Cannes closer; auteur cinema, Draga music, Phèdre 2025.

Anna Neagle

Dame Anna Neagle (Florence Marjorie Robertson, 1904–1986), British film and stage star of the 1930s–1950s; married producer-director Herbert Wilcox in 1943; famous as Queen Victoria in Victoria the Great and for Charlie Girl's 2,062 performances.

Anna Nicole Smith

Anna Nicole Smith (Vickie Lynn Hogan, 1967-2007), American model and reality TV star, Playboy 1993 Playmate of the Year and Guess model, married oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II and fought his estate until her 2007 accidental drug overdose.

Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin (born 1982, Winnipeg) is a Canadian-New Zealand actress who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar at 11 for The Piano, starred as Sookie Stackhouse in True Blood, and played Rogue in X-Men.