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Paulette Goddard

Paulette Goddard, American actress (1911–1990), starred in Chaplin's Modern Times and The Great Dictator and was his third wife; Oscar-nominated for So Proudly We Hail!, later married Remarque.

Pauley Perrette

Pauley Perrette (born 1969) is an American retired actress best known for playing forensic scientist Abby Sciuto on CBS's NCIS from 2003 through 15 seasons.

Paulie

Paulie is a 1998 American family comedy-drama about a talking conure parrot who searches across the United States for the girl who raised him, directed by John Roberts for DreamWorks.

Paulina

Paulina (La patota) is Santiago Mitre's 2015 Argentine drama, a remake of Daniel Tinayre's 1960 film, starring Dolores Fonzi as a lawyer turned rural teacher who stays after being raped; Cannes Critics' Week Grand Prize winner.

Pauline Chalamet

Pauline Chalamet (born 1992, New York City) is a French-American actress, producer, and director, older sister of Timothée Chalamet. Known for Kimberly Finkle in The Sex Lives of College Girls (2021–2025), The King of Staten Island, Split, and The Devil Wears Prada 2.

Pauline Collins

Pauline Collins (1940–2025), English actress known as Sarah in Upstairs, Downstairs and for Shirley Valentine on stage and film; Olivier, Tony, BAFTA, Golden Globe, Oscar nomination; OBE 2001; married to John Alderton.

Pauline Hanson's Please Explain

Pauline Hanson's Please Explain is an Australian satirical animated web series commissioned by One Nation, produced by Stepmates Studios, running on YouTube since November 2021, distinct from the 2016 Broinowski documentary of the same name.

Pauline Kael

Pauline Kael (1919–2001) was an American film critic and author, The New Yorker's critic from 1968 to 1991, whose passionate personal style reshaped American film criticism.

Pauline McLynn

Pauline McLynn (born 1962, Sligo) is an Irish actress and novelist, best known as Mrs Doyle in Channel 4's Father Ted (1995-1998). Also a Scrap Saturday radio satirist and author of eight novels including Something for the Weekend.

Pauline Quirke

Pauline Perpetua Quirke (born 1959) is an English actress known for Sharon Theodopolopodous in Birds of a Feather, BAFTA-nominated role in The Sculptress, and founder of PQA; retired in 2025 after a 2021 dementia diagnosis.

Paulo Avelino

Paulo Avelino (Michael Paulo Lingbanan Avelino, born 1988, Baguio City) is a Filipino actor, singer, and producer known for Heneral Luna, Goyo, Fan Girl, Walang Hanggan, and a 2026 Seoul International Drama Awards Outstanding Asian Star win.

Pauly D

Pauly D (Paul DelVecchio Jr.) is an American DJ and TV personality from Providence, Rhode Island, cast on MTV's Jersey Shore (2009), first cast member with his own spinoff, The Pauly D Project, a Forbes-listed highest-paid DJ engaged to Nikki Hall.

Pauly Shore

Pauly Shore (Paul Montgomery Shore), American comedian and actor of the MTV "Weasel" era, star of Encino Man and Bio-Dome, son of Mitzi Shore of the Comedy Store; later podcaster, stand-up, and Richard Simmons biopic figure.

Pauly Shore Is Dead

Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003), aka You'll Never Wize in this Town Again, is a mockumentary in which Pauly Shore, playing himself, fakes his own death on advice from Sam Kinison's ghost to revive his career; he wrote, directed, produced, and financed it, with cameos from Pamela Anderson, Eminem, and Ben Stiller.

Paurashpur

Paurashpur (पौरशपुर) is a Hindi erotic period drama web series that premiered 29 December 2020 on ALTBalaji and ZEE5, starring Annu Kapoor, Shilpa Shinde, Milind Soman, and Shaheer Sheikh across three seasons (2020, 2023, 2024).

Pavan Malhotra (पवन मल्होत्रा)

Pavan Malhotra (पवन मल्होत्रा), born 1958 in Panipat, is an Indian character actor active since 1984 across Hindi, Punjabi, Telugu and Haryanvi film and television, known for Nukkad, Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro, Black Friday and Tabbar, and a two-time National Award winner.

Pavan Sadineni

Pavan Sadineni (Telugu director, born 1987, Vijayawada) directed Prema Ishq Kaadhal (2013), Savitri (2016), Senapathi, and the Hotstar series Dayaa, adapted from Taqdeer; Aakasamlo Oka Tara with Dulquer Salmaan is slated for November 2026.

Pavane (film)

Pavane (파반느) is a 2026 South Korean youth melodrama on Netflix, directed by Lee Jong-pil, starring Ko A-sung, Byun Yo-han, and Moon Sang-min, adapted from Park Min-gyu's 2009 novel Pavane for a Dead Princess.

Pavani Reddy

Pavani Reddy (பவனி ரெட்டி; also spelled Pavni Reddy) is an Indian Tamil and Telugu actress and model, lead of Chinna Thambi, second runner-up on Bigg Boss Tamil 5, and cast member of Thunivu (2023).

Pavel Chekov

Pavel Chekov is the fictional Russian navigator and weapons officer of the USS Enterprise in Star Trek, added in season two and played by Walter Koenig, later Anton Yelchin; famous for the 'invented in Russia' gag and the 'nuclear wessels' line.

Pavel Hlava film

The Pavel Hlava film (Pavel Hlava video) is the only known videotape capturing both 9/11 plane impacts, filmed by a Czech immigrant commuting through Brooklyn in 2001 and made public in 2003 via ABC and the New York Times.

Pavel Talankin (Павел Таланкин)

Pavel Talankin (Павел Таланкин, born 1991) is a Russian documentary filmmaker and former Karabash schoolteacher; his film Mr. Nobody Against Putin, co-directed with David Borenstein, won the 2026 Oscar, BAFTA, and Sundance Special Jury Award, after which Russia banned the film and declared him a foreign agent; he lives in exile in Prague.

Pavi Caretaker

Pavi Caretaker (പവി കെയർടേക്കർ) is a 2024 Malayalam comedy-drama directed by Vineeth Kumar, produced by and starring Dileep as apartment caretaker Pavithran; released April 26, 2024, streaming on ManoramaMAX from September 6, 2024, IMDb 5.0/10.

Pavithra Janani

Pavithra Janani (பவித்ரா ஜனனி), also known as Pavi, is an Indian Tamil-language television actress and model from Chennai; known for Eeramana Rojave, Thendral Vanthu Ennai Thodum, Cooku With Comali 2, and Bigg Boss Tamil 8 finalist.

Pavithram (TV series)

Pavithram (പവിത്രം) is a Malayalam Asianet serial premiering 16 December 2024, a remake of Bengali Khelaghor starring Surabhi Santhosh as Vedha and Sreekanth Sasikumar as Vikram; Season 2 streams only on JioHotstar from 13 July 2026.

Pavithran (Tamil film director)

Pavithran (பவித்ரன்), born 1964, is a Tamil cinema director, producer, and screenwriter known for Vasanthakala Paravai, Suriyan, I Love India, Indhu, and Kalloori Vaasal; he returned in 2024 with the Kannada film Karki.

Pavitra Lokesh (ಪವಿತ್ರ ಲೋಕೇಶ್)

Pavitra Lokesh, also credited as Pavithra Lokesh, is an Indian film and television actress from Mysore, Karnataka, known for supporting roles in Kannada and Telugu cinema.

Pavitra Punia

Pavitra Punia, screen name of Neha Singh (नेहा सिंह), is an Indian television actress since 2009: MTV Splitsvilla 3 finalist, lead in Love U Zindagi, antagonist Nidhi Chhabra in Yeh Hai Mohabbatein, Bigg Boss 14 (2020) contestant.

Pavitra Rishta (पवित्र रिश्ता)

Pavitra Rishta (पवित्र रिश्ता), "Pure Relationship," is a Hindi Zee TV romantic family drama by Ekta Kapoor's Balaji Telefilms, airing June 1, 2009 to October 25, 2014 across 1,424 episodes, starring Sushant Singh Rajput and Ankita Lokhande as Manav and Archana, with a 2021 ZEE5 sequel.

PAW Patrol

PAW Patrol is a Canadian CGI preschool series created by toy company Spin Master and Keith Chapman, premiering on Nickelodeon August 12, 2013, following Ryder and rescue pups in Adventure Bay, with over $15 billion in retail sales and three theatrical films.