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Reality Kings

Reality Kings is an adult studio subscription network founded in 2000, known for staged "reality porn" formats. Acquired by MindGeek (now Aylo, owned by Ethical Capital Partners since 2023), it operates under Aylo's corporate and trademark structure.

Reality Ranis of the Jungle

Reality Ranis of the Jungle is an Indian all-women survival reality series on Discovery Channel and Discovery+, hosted by Varun Sood, adapted from Reality Queens of the Jungle; 12 former reality stars compete, season 1 in the Himalayas (2024), season 2 on the coast (2025).

Reality television

Reality television (reality TV): unscripted television genre featuring people portraying themselves, rooted in An American Family (1973) and The Real World (1992), breakout wave with Survivor and Big Brother (2000), now a franchised, streaming-era mainstay.

Reality Z

Reality Z is a 2020 Brazilian Netflix horror-comedy series, 10 episodes, adapting Charlie Brooker's Dead Set: a zombie apocalypse traps a Big Brother-style reality show's contestants in a Rio de Janeiro studio called Olimpo.

Reaper (TV series)

Reaper is an American supernatural comedy-drama on The CW (2007-2009, 31 episodes), created by Tara Butters and Michele Fazekas, in which slacker Sam Oliver, whose parents sold his soul, works as the Devil's bounty hunter; starring Bret Harrison, Tyler Labine, and Ray Wise.

Rear of the Year

Rear of the Year was a British award given to celebrities with attractive buttocks, created in 1976 as a jeans promotion and last held in 2019.

Rear Window

Rear Window (1954) is Alfred Hitchcock's mystery thriller starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly, adapted from Cornell Woolrich's "It Had to Be Murder"; shot on one Paramount set, four Oscar nominations, re-released 1983 after rights litigation.

Reasonable Doubt (2014 film)

Reasonable Doubt is a 2014 legal thriller directed by Peter Howitt (credited as Peter P. Croudins), written by Peter A. Dowling, starring Dominic Cooper, Samuel L. Jackson, and Gloria Reuben, released January 17, 2014 by Lionsgate, grossing $602,802.

Reasonable Doubt (TV series)

Reasonable Doubt is a 2022 Hulu legal drama, Onyx Collective's first scripted series, created by Raamla Mohamed, starring Emayatzy Corinealdi as LA defense attorney Jax Stewart; four seasons, 36 episodes, distinct from the 2017 ID docuseries.

Reavers (comics)

The Reavers are Marvel Comics cyborg villains, mutant-hating enemies of the X-Men led by Donald Pierce and Lady Deathstrike, debuting in Uncanny X-Men #229 (1988); known for crucifying Wolverine and appearing in Logan.

Reba (TV series)

Reba is an American sitcom (2001–2007, The WB/The CW) starring Reba McEntire as divorced Houston mom Reba Hart; created by Allison M. Gibson, 124 episodes, People's Choice winner, revived on Netflix in 2024.

Rebecca (1940 film)

Rebecca (1940) is Alfred Hitchcock's first American film, a gothic romance adapted from Daphne du Maurier's 1938 novel, produced by David O. Selznick, starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine, and winner of the Best Picture and Best Cinematography Oscars.

Rebecca (2020 film)

Rebecca (2020) is Ben Wheatley's Netflix and Working Title adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's 1938 gothic novel, starring Lily James, Armie Hammer, and Kristin Scott Thomas, released October 21, 2020, distinct from Hitchcock's 1940 Best Picture winner.

Rebecca (レベッカ) (Cyberpunk: Edgerunners)

Rebecca (レベッカ) is a trigger-happy solo mercenary and Pilar's sister in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, the 2022 Studio Trigger anime. Added over CD Projekt Red's objections, she died crushed by Adam Smasher and became the show's fan favorite.

Rebecca Breeds

Rebecca Elizabeth Breeds (born 1987, Sydney) is an Australian actress known for Ruby Buckton in Home and Away (2008–2012) and as Clarice Starling in CBS's Clarice (2021); also The Originals, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, and Kangaroo Island (2024).

Rebecca Budig

Rebecca Budig is an American actress known for playing Greenlee Smythe on All My Children and Dr. Taylor Hayes on The Bold and the Beautiful.

Rebecca Callard

Rebecca Callard (Rebecca Jayne Callard, born Rebecca Jayne Atkinson, 1975) is an English actress and writer, daughter of Beverley Callard; known for Detectorists, Fearless, Ordinary Lies, The Borrowers, and writing Breeders and A Bit of Light.

Rebecca De Mornay

Rebecca De Mornay (born Rebecca Jane Pearch, 1959), American actress of Risky Business (1983) and The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992); also a TV producer-director with later roles in Jessica Jones and 2024 films.

Rebecca Ferguson

Rebecca Ferguson (Rebecca Louisa Ferguson Sundström, born 1983, Stockholm) is a Swedish actress known for Lady Jessica in Dune, Ilsa Faust in Mission: Impossible, and Juliette Nichols in Silo; distinct from the British X Factor singer of the same name.

Rebecca Front

Rebecca Front (born 1964, London) is an English actor and writer, BAFTA winner 2010 for playing Nicola Murray in The Thick of It; also The Day Today, Nighty Night, Grandma's House, Lewis, Avenue 5, and author of Curious.

Rebecca Gayheart

Rebecca Gayheart (born 1971, Hazard, Kentucky) is an American actress and model, the 1990s Noxzema girl, known for Urban Legend, Jawbreaker, Beverly Hills 90210, marriage to Eric Dane, and her 2026 Jawbreaker musical return.

Rebecca Gibney

Rebecca Gibney (Rebecca Catherine Gibney), New Zealand-born actress in Australian TV: Emma Plimpton in The Flying Doctors, Jane Halifax in Halifax f.p., Julie Rafter in Packed to the Rafters; Gold Logie 2009, Logies Hall of Fame 2024.

Rebecca Hall

Rebecca Hall (born 1982, London) is a British-American actress, director, and writer, daughter of Peter Hall and Maria Ewing; known for Vicky Cristina Barcelona, The Town, and her Sundance debut Passing (2021).

Rebecca Herbst

Rebecca Herbst, also known as Becky Herbst, is an American actress best known for originating Elizabeth Webber on ABC's General Hospital in 1997, earning three Daytime Emmy nominations.

Rebecca Howe

Rebecca Howe is the fictional manager of the Cheers bar in seasons 6–11 (1987–1993) of NBC's sitcom Cheers, played by Kirstie Alley; Alley won the 1991 Emmy and a Golden Globe for the role.

Rebecca Mader

Rebecca Leigh Mader (born 1977, Cambridge, England) is an English actress known as Dr. Charlotte Lewis on Lost and Zelena, the Wicked Witch of the West, on Once Upon a Time, with film roles in The Devil Wears Prada and Iron Man 3.

Rebecca Miller

Rebecca Miller (born 1962), American filmmaker and author, daughter of Arthur Miller and Inge Morath, wife of Daniel Day-Lewis; director of Angela, Personal Velocity, Maggie's Plan, She Came to Me, and the docuseries Mr. Scorsese.

Rebecca More

Rebecca More is a British adult film performer and model best known as one half of the Cock Destroyers, a viral duo with Sophie Anderson.

Rebecca Pidgeon

Rebecca Pidgeon is a British-American actress and singer-songwriter known for the films The Spanish Prisoner, The Winslow Boy, State and Main, and RED, and for a dozen albums.

Rebecca Rigg

Rebecca Rigg (Rebecca Jane Rigg, born 1967) is an Australian actress, not to be confused with Diana Rigg. Child star of Fatty Finn (1980); later roles in Jerry Maguire, Farscape, The Mentalist, and Fair Game; married to Simon Baker 1998 to 2020 separation.