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Virginia Gregg

Virginia Gregg, born Virginia Lee Gregg, was an American character actress in radio, television, and film, best known as the voice of Norman Bates's mother in Psycho.

Virginia Hey

Virginia Hey (born 1952, some records 1958) is an Australian former actress and model known as Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan in Farscape, the Warrior Woman in Mad Max 2, and Rubavitch in The Living Daylights.

Virginia Madsen

Virginia Madsen, American actress born 1961 in Chicago, sister of Michael Madsen; known for Candyman (1992), Princess Irulan in Dune (1984), and her Oscar-nominated Maya in Sideways (2004).

Virginia Mayo

Virginia Mayo, born Virginia Clara Jones, was an American film actress and a leading Warner Bros. star of the late 1940s and 1950s, remembered for White Heat (1949).

Virginia McKenna

Dame Virginia Anne McKenna DBE (born 7 June 1931) is a British actress and wildlife campaigner, BAFTA winner for A Town Like Alice, star of Born Free as Joy Adamson, and co-founder of the Born Free Foundation.

Virginia Rappe

Virginia Rappe (Virginia Caroline Rapp, 1891-1921), American silent film actress and model who died of peritonitis after a ruptured bladder at Roscoe Arbuckle's 1921 St. Francis Hotel party; Arbuckle was acquitted after three manslaughter trials.

Virginia Weidler

Virginia Weidler was an American child film actress who appeared in roughly 40 motion pictures between 1933 and 1945. She is best known for her role in The Philadelphia Story.

Virginia Williams

Virginia Williams (born 1978, Memphis) is an American TV actress known for dual roles in Netflix's Teenage Bounty Hunters, CJ on Fuller House, Lauren Reed on Fairly Legal, and Charity on Charmed; distinct from the documentary filmmaker of the same name.

Virginia Woolf's Night and Day

Virginia Woolf's Night and Day (2026 film), aka Night & Day, is Tina Gharavi's 95-minute adaptation of Woolf's 1919 novel, starring Haley Bennett as astronomer Katharine Hilbery; premiered at SXSW London, released June 19, 2026 in the UK.

Virginie Efira

Virginie Efira, Belgian-born French actress (born 1977, Brussels), former TV host of Nouvelle Star; César Best Actress 2023 for Revoir Paris and shared 2026 Cannes Best Actress for Hamaguchi's All of a Sudden.

Virginie Ledoyen

Virginie Ledoyen (Virginie Fernandez), French actress born 1976 in Aubervilliers, star of Les Marmottes, The Beach and 8 Women; three César most-promising nominations and recurring roles with Ozon, Jacquot, Mouret, and Donzelli.

Viridiana

Viridiana (1961) is Luis Buñuel's Spanish-Mexican drama about a novice nun, her lecherous uncle, and a household of beggars; it won the 1961 Cannes Palme d'Or, was denounced by the Vatican, and banned in Franco's Spain until 1977.

Virna Lisi

Virna Lisi (Virna Pieralisi, 1936–2014) was an Italian film and television actress who left a Paramount Hollywood contract after How to Murder Your Wife, declining Barbarella, and won the 1994 Cannes Best Actress award for La reine Margot.

Virtuosity

Virtuosity (1995) is a Brett Leonard sci-fi action film starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe, about VR serial-killer program SID 6.7 escaping into 1999 Los Angeles; it grossed about $24 million domestically for Paramount.

Virumaandi (விருமாண்டி)

Virumaandi (விருமாண்டி) is a 2004 Tamil action drama written, directed, produced by, and starring Kamal Haasan, released 14 January 2004 with Ilaiyaraaja's music. Renamed from Sandiyar after protest, it uses a Rashomon-style narrative about a village feud and the death penalty.

Viruman (விருமன்)

Viruman (விருமன்) is a 2022 Tamil action drama directed by M. Muthaiah, starring Karthi, Prakash Raj, and debutante Aditi Shankar, produced by Suriya's 2D Entertainment, released 12 August 2022 with music by Yuvan Shankar Raja.

Virunnu (വിരുന്ന്)

Virunnu (വിരുന്ന്), Tamil title Virundhu, is a 2024 Malayalam action thriller directed by Kannan Thamarakkulam, starring Arjun Sarja and Nikki Galrani, about deaths tied to a Satanic cult; released 29 August 2024.

Virupaksha (విరూపాక్ష) (film)

Virupaksha (విరూపాక్ష) is a 2023 Telugu supernatural mystery thriller directed by Karthik Varma Dandu, starring Sai Dharam Tej and Samyuktha Menon, set in the village Rudravanam in 1979 and 1991; released 21 April 2023, it crossed ₹100 crore and streams on Netflix.

Virus (1999 film)

Virus is a 1999 American science fiction horror film directed by John Bruno, in which a tugboat crew boards a Russian research vessel taken over by an alien intelligence, starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Sutherland.

Virus (2019 film)

Virus (വൈറസ്) is a 2019 Malayalam medical thriller directed by Aashiq Abu about the 2018 Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala, released 7 June 2019, starring Kunchacko Boban, Tovino Thomas, Revathi, and Parvathy.

Virus (2025 film)

Virus (바이러스) is a 2025 South Korean romantic comedy-drama by Kang Yi-kwan, starring Bae Doona, Kim Yun-seok, Chang Ki-ha, and Son Suk-ku, about a translator infected by a fatal love-inducing virus; filmed in 2019, released May 7, 2025.

Visage (ヴィサージュ) (2009 film)

Visage (臉, ヴィザージュ) is Tsai Ming-liang's 2009 Louvre-commissioned film about a Taiwanese director shooting a Salomé film in Paris, in Cannes competition, the first film in the Louvre's permanent collection; distinct from Kagawa Takayuki's 2009 Japanese action film ヴィサージュ.

Visaranai (விசாரணை)

Visaranai (விசாரணை), aka Visaaranai, is a 2015 Tamil crime drama directed by Vetrimaaran, adapted from M. Chandrakumar's novel Lock Up; produced by Dhanush, it won three 63rd National Film Awards and was India's 89th Academy Awards entry.

Viserys I Targaryen (House of the Dragon)

King Viserys I Targaryen, played by Paddy Considine, is the ailing central monarch of House of the Dragon season 1 (2022); his naming of Rhaenyra as heir and his Episode 8 death spark the Dance of the Dragons.

Visfot

Visfot (विस्फोट, "Explosion") is a 2024 Hindi crime thriller directed by Kookie Gulati, starring Riteish Deshmukh and Fardeen Khan; an official remake of the Venezuelan film Rock, Paper, Scissors (2012), it premiered on JioCinema on 6 September 2024 and now streams on JioHotstar.

Vishakha Singh

Vishakha Singh (born 1986) is an Indian actress turned film producer and entrepreneur, known for Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey and Fukrey, founder of Lokaa Entertainment, and producer of Peddlers, Haraamkhor, and Real Kashmir Football Club.

Vishal (actor)

Vishal (விஷால்), full name Vishal Krishna Reddy, born 1977, is a Tamil cinema actor, producer, and director known as Puratchi Thalapathy; debut Chellamae (2004), over 40 lead films, Vishal Film Factory founder, and directorial debut Magudam (2026). Not the TV actor Vishal Vashishtha.

Vishal Aditya Singh (विशाल आदित्य सिंह)

Vishal Aditya Singh (विशाल आदित्य सिंह), Indian television actor and model born 1988 in Arrah, Bihar; known for Begusarai, Chandrakanta, Chand Jalne Laga, and reality shows Nach Baliye 9, Bigg Boss 13, and Khatron Ke Khiladi.

Vishal Bhardwaj (विशाल भारद्वाज)

Vishal Bhardwaj (विशाल भारद्वाज), Indian Hindi-cinema director, composer, and screenwriter; Gulzar's lyricist partner; Makdee debut; Shakespeare trilogy Maqbool, Omkara, Haider; seven National Awards.

Vishal Karwal

Vishal Karwal, Indian television actor from Himachal Pradesh; MTV Roadies 4 and Splitsvilla winner; Krishna in Dwarkadheesh Bhagwaan Shree Krishn; Bigg Boss 6 wildcard; film 1920 London (2016); married Heena Suri.