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Jacques Audiard
Jacques Audiard (born 1952, Paris) is a French film director and screenwriter, son of Michel Audiard; maker of A Prophet, Dheepan (Palme d'Or 2015), and Emilia Pérez, with 13 Césars and Cannes Grand Prix, Jury Prize honors.
Jacques Bergerac
Jacques Bergerac (1927-2014), Biarritz-born French actor and MGM contract player, Ginger Rogers' fourth husband and later Dorothy Malone's; appeared in Les Girls and Gigi, then headed Revlon's Paris office.
Jacques Demy
Jacques Demy (1931-1990), French director of Lola, Les Parapluies de Cherbourg and Les Demoiselles de Rochefort; husband of Agnès Varda; maker of sung, interconnected musical fairy tales rooted in Nantes.
Jacques Tati
Jacques Tati (Jacques Tatischeff), French comic filmmaker and actor (Le Pecq 1907 - Paris 1982), creator of Monsieur Hulot; directed six features including Jour de fête, Mon Oncle (1959 Oscar), and the 70 mm Playtime, whose failure bankrupted him.
Jacquie et Michel
Jacquie et Michel (Jacquie & Michel), French adult entertainment brand founded by Michel Piron (site launched 2002), run by group Ares, long France's porn market leader against Dorcel; central to 2020s French porn criminal investigations and sold in 2024 to WGCZ-controlled JetM.
Jacquline Lydia
Jacquline Lydia (ஜாக்வ்லின் லிடியா), born 1996, is a Tamil television presenter and actress known for hosting Kalakka Povathu Yaaru with Rakshan, starring in Thaenmozhi B.A., and finishing 6th on Bigg Boss Tamil 8.
Jada Pinkett Smith
Jada Pinkett Smith (Jada Koren Pinkett), American actress and talk show host born 1971 in Baltimore; star of A Different World, The Matrix sequels, Madagascar; creator of Red Table Talk; wife of Will Smith; memoir Worthy (2023).
Jaddanbai
Jaddanbai (जद्दनबाई, 1892–1949), also Jaddan Bai, was an Indian singer, thumri and ghazal performer, music composer, actress, producer and director of early Hindi cinema; she founded Sangeet Films, composed Talashe Haq (1935) as India's first female film composer, and was the mother of Nargis and grandmother of Sanjay Dutt.
Jade (DC Comics)
Jade (DC Comics): Jennifer-Lynn Hayden, green-skinned DC superheroine, daughter of Alan Scott and Thorn, twin of Obsidian, created by Roy Thomas and Jerry Ordway, first appearing in All-Star Squadron #25 (1983), founding member of Infinity, Inc., and wielder of Starheart powers.
Jade Armor
Jade Armor (L'armure de Jade) is a French TeamTO CGI animated series (2022– ) in which teenager Lan Jun dons jade armor and fights the Crimson Lord in Ban Tang with the Beasticons, across two 26-episode seasons.
Jade Croot
Jade Croot (born 1999) is a Welsh actress from Merthyr Tydfil known for Leona Bevan in The Accident, Princess Adda in The Witcher, and The Child in Rabbit Trap (Sundance 2025), a Screen International Star of Tomorrow 2025.
Jade Goody
Jade Goody, British reality TV star (Big Brother 2002, Celebrity Big Brother 2007 Shilpa Shetty race row), died of cervical cancer aged 27 in March 2009; her public dying drove cervical screening uptake and became a key case in celebrity-death studies.
Jaden Ladega
Jaden Ladega (born 2005, Sutton, Surrey) is an English actor who plays Denzel Danes, son of Howie Danes, in BBC One's EastEnders since August 2022; storylines include the Amy Mitchell self-harm plot, a car crash, and a 2026 blackmail plot, plus a 2024 NTA nomination.
Jaden Smith
Jaden Smith (Jaden Christopher Syre Smith), American actor, rapper, and fashion designer born 1998 in Malibu; star of The Pursuit of Happyness, The Karate Kid, and After Earth; albums Syre and Erys; co-founder of JUST Water; first men's creative director of Christian Louboutin.
Jadis (The Walking Dead)
Jadis, later Anne and Warrant Officer Jadis Stokes, is a Walking Dead universe character played by Pollyanna McIntosh: Scavengers junkyard leader, CRM people-trader who rescued Rick Grimes, and antagonist in World Beyond and The Ones Who Live.
Jadzia Dax
Jadzia Dax is a fictional Trill science officer in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, played by Terry Farrell for six seasons; eighth host of the Dax symbiont, killed in 'Tears of the Prophets', succeeded by Ezri Dax.
Jaeden Martell
Jaeden Martell (born 2003, Philadelphia; born Jaeden Wesley Lieberher) is an American actor known for It, Knives Out, Defending Jacob, and Mr. Harrigan's Phone; he adopted his mother's surname in 2019.
Jafaa (جفا) (TV series)
Jafaa (جفا) is a 2024 HUM TV Pakistani drama, 32 episodes, written by Samira Fazal, directed by Danish Nawaz, starring Mawra Hocane, Mohib Mirza, Sehar Khan, and Usman Mukhtar; it aired Fridays 8 PM from 24 May to 27 December 2024, distinct from Geo's Kaffara.
Jafar Panahi (جعفر پناهی)
Jafar Panahi (جعفر پناهی), born 1960 in Mianeh, is an Iranian director and Palme d'Or, Golden Bear, and Golden Lion winner, jailed and banned from filmmaking since 2010, known for The White Balloon, Taxi, and It Was Just an Accident.
JAG (TV series)
JAG (Judge Advocate General) is an American military legal drama created by Donald P. Bellisario, starring David James Elliott and Catherine Bell. It ran 1995–2005, ten seasons and 227 episodes, canceled by NBC after one season then a CBS hit that spawned NCIS.
Jagadam (జగదం)
Jagadam (జగదం) is Sukumar's 2007 Telugu action film starring Ram Pothineni as Seenu, a youth drawn into gang violence; a box-office failure that later became a cult classic, with music by Devi Sri Prasad.
Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari
Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari (జగదేక వీరుడు అతిలోక సుందరి, JVAS) is a 1990 Telugu fantasy film by K. Raghavendra Rao starring Chiranjeevi and Sridevi, with Ilaiyaraaja's music, a ₹15-crore gross, and a 2025 re-release.
Jagadhatri (TV series)
Jagadhatri (জগদ্ধাত্রী), Zee Bangla Bengali romantic thriller drama premiering 29 August 2022, stars Ankita Mallick as undercover officer JAS and Soumyadeep Mukherjee; remade in Hindi on Zee TV in 2025 with Sonakshi Batra.
Jagadish
Jagadish (ജഗദീഷ്), full name P. V. Jagadish Kumar, is a Malayalam film actor and screenwriter, best known for the comedy role of Appukuttan in In Harihar Nagar (1990).
Jagadish filmography
Jagadish (P. V. Jagadish Kumar), Malayalam actor and scriptwriter, debuted in My Dear Kuttichathan (1984), India's first 3D film. About 380 films, famous for In Harihar Nagar and Godfather comedies, later award-winning supporting roles in Purusha Pretham and Marco.
Jagame Thandhiram (ஜகமே தந்திரம்)
Jagame Thandhiram (ஜகமே தந்திரம்), also released as Suruli, is a 2021 Tamil action crime drama directed by Karthik Subbaraj, starring Dhanush as gangster Suruli, released on Netflix 18 June 2021.
Jagapathi Babu
Jagapathi Babu (జగపతి బాబు), born Veeramachaneni Jagapati Rao Chowdary in 1962, is an Indian actor known for 1990s Telugu lead roles and later villain parts in Legend and Salaar.
Jagathy Sreekumar
Jagathy Sreekumar, born Sreekumar Achary in 1951, is an Indian actor and comedian known as the "comedy emperor" of Malayalam cinema, with more than 1,000 films.
Jagdeep (जगदीप)
Jagdeep, born Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jafri, was an Indian actor and comedian who worked in Hindi cinema for six decades, appearing in close to 400 films.
Jagdish Raj
Jagdish Raj (Jagdish Raj Khurana, 1928-2013), Bollywood character actor born in Sargodha; famous as the most typecast actor, playing a police inspector in 144 films from CID (1956) to roles as DSP, DIG and Commissioner, with hits like Deewaar, Don and Shakti.