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Yakima Canutt
Yakima Canutt (Enos Edward Canutt, 1895-1986), champion rodeo cowboy from Colfax, Washington, who became Hollywood's premier stuntman, doubled for John Wayne and Clark Gable, staged the Stagecoach transfer and Ben-Hur chariot race, and earned an Honorary Oscar.
Yakko, Wakko, and Dot
Yakko, Wakko, and Dot are the Warner siblings, cartoon stars of Animaniacs (1993–1998; 99 episodes). Created by Tom Ruegger, voiced by Paulsen, Harnell, MacNeille, rebooted on Hulu 2020–2023.
Yakov Smirnoff (Яков Наумович Похис)
Yakov Smirnoff (Яков Наумович Похис, born Yakov Naumovich Pokhis, 1951, Odessa) is a Soviet-born American comedian, 'What a country!' catchphrase, 1986–87 sitcom, Branson theater, Pepperdine doctorate 2019.
Yakshagana (ಯಕ್ಷಗಾನ)
Yakshagana (ಯಕ್ಷಗಾನ) is Karnataka's coastal all-night dance-drama, blending dance, music, improvised dialogue, and elaborate costume; styles include Badagu Thittu and Thenku Thittu, with related forms Talamaddale and Gombeyata.
Yakshaganam
Yakshaganam (యక్షగానము) is a Telugu musical dance-drama genre combining story, verse, music, dance, and acting, first recorded in 1430 and performed from dusk to dawn.
Yakshini (యక్షిణి) (TV series)
Yakshini (యక్షిణి) is a 2024 Telugu Disney+ Hotstar dark fantasy series directed by Teja Marni, produced by Arka Media Works, starring Vedhika as cursed yakshini Maya, with Rahul Vijay, Lakshmi Manchu, and Ajay, released 14 June 2024 in six episodes.
Yakub (actor)
Yakub (Yakub Mehboob Khan, याक़ूब, 1903-1958) was an Indian Hindi film actor and comedian from Jabalpur; debut Bajirao Mastani (1925), original Birju in Aurat (1940), over 130 films.
Yale School of Drama
Yale School of Drama, now David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, is Yale University's graduate theater conservatory, founded 1924, a separate professional school since 1955, tuition-free since a 2021 $150 million Geffen gift, and home to Yale Repertory Theatre.
Yalgaar (यलगार)
Yalgaar (यलगार), a 1992 Hindi action drama directed and produced by Feroz Khan, stars Feroz Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Kabir Bedi, Manisha Koirala, and Nagma; released October 1992 by F.K. International.
Yali Topol Margalith
Yali Topol Margalith (born 2000), Israeli-born London-based actress and granddaughter of Chaim Topol; plays Cilka in The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Lauren Gibson in A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, Mirab in House of David.
Yalitza Aparicio
Yalitza Aparicio Martínez is a Mexican actress who debuted untrained as Cleo in Alfonso Cuarón's Roma in 2018, becoming the first Indigenous Mexican woman nominated for Best Actress.
Yalı Çapkını
Yalı Çapkını (The Kingfisher) is a Turkish Star TV drama by OGM Pictures, aired 23 September 2022 to 4 April 2025, 101 episodes, starring Afra Saraçoğlu and Mert Ramazan Demir in a Gaziantep arranged-marriage story; 2022's most-watched series, ratings later declined.
Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches (山田くんと7人の魔女)
Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches (山田くんと7人の魔女), also romanized Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo, is Miki Yoshikawa's 2012-2017 Weekly Shonen Magazine manga, 28 volumes, about Ryu Yamada and Urara Shiraishi swapping bodies by kiss among seven kiss-powered witches, adapted as a 2013 Fuji TV drama and a 2015 LIDENFILMS anime.
Yamadonga
Yamadonga (యమదొంగ), also known as Yama Donga, is a 2007 Telugu fantasy action comedy directed by S. S. Rajamouli, starring N. T. Rama Rao Jr. as a thief who battles Yama, the god of death; it was the highest-grossing Telugu film of 2007.
Yaman (film)
Yaman (எமன், Lord of Death) is a 2017 Tamil-Telugu political action thriller written and directed by Jeeva Shankar, starring Vijay Antony in a dual role with Miya George and Thiagarajan, released 24 February 2017 by Lyca Productions.
Yamato (男たちの大和/YAMATO)
Yamato (男たちの大和/YAMATO) is a 2005 Toei war film by Jun'ya Satō, based on Jun Henmi's nonfiction, produced by Haruki Kadokawa, about the battleship Yamato's 1945 sinking, with a 600-million-yen full-scale set.
Yamato Kochi (河内大和)
Yamato Kochi (河内大和) is a Japanese actor known for his Shakespeare work and founding G.GARAGE/// in 2013. He won the Newcomer Actor Award for the film Exit 8.
Yami Gautam
Yami Gautam (Yami Gautam Dhar), Indian actress born 1988 in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh; Hindi debut Vicky Donor (2012), turnaround with Uri and Bala (2019), National Award for Article 370, married to Aditya Dhar since 2021.
Yami Sukehiro (ヤミ・スケヒロ)
Yami Sukehiro (ヤミ・スケヒロ, born Sukehiro Yami 夜見介大) is the Black Bull squad captain in Yūki Tabata's Black Clover, a Hino Country exile wielding rare Dark Magic and Ki-reading swordsmanship.
Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories (闇芝居)
Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories (闇芝居, Yami Shibai) is a Japanese horror anthology anime that premiered on TV Tokyo in July 2013, produced by ILCA, with Kanji Tsuda as the masked storyteller; each roughly four-minute episode adapts urban legends in kamishibai paper-theater style, and the series has reached its 17th season.
Yamla Pagla Deewana (यमला पगला दीवाना)
Yamla Pagla Deewana (यमला पगला दीवाना) is a 2011 Hindi comedy-drama directed by Samir Karnik, starring Dharmendra, Sunny Deol, and Bobby Deol; released 14 January 2011, a hit that spawned two poorly received sequels.
Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 (यमला पगला दीवाना 2)
Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 (यमला पगला दीवाना 2), 2013 Hindi action comedy, sequel to Yamla Pagla Deewana; directed by Sangeeth Sivan, starring Dharmendra, Sunny Deol, and Bobby Deol as con men in Varanasi and London; released 7 June 2013.
Yamla Pagla Deewana: Phir Se
Yamla Pagla Deewana: Phir Se (यमला पगला दिवाना फिर से) is a 2018 Hindi comedy, third Yamla Pagla Deewana film, directed by Navaniat Singh, starring the Deols and Kriti Kharbanda; a box office flop.
Yamuna Sangarasivam
Yamuna Sangarasivam is a Sri Lankan Tamil-American Odissi dancer and anthropologist who danced a 20-second duet with Michael Jackson in the 1991 Black or White video, chosen from over 3,000 dancers; she is now a professor at Nazareth University, Rochester.
Yancy Butler
Yancy Butler (born 1970, New York City) is an American actress known for Witchblade (2000–2002), Hard Target (1993), Drop Zone (1994), and the Kick-Ass films; daughter of Lovin' Spoonful drummer Joe Butler.
Yandere Dark Elf: She Chased Me All the Way From Another World!
Yandere Dark Elf: She Chased Me All the Way From Another World! (ちょっとだけ愛が重いダークエルフが異世界から追いかけてきた), a seinen reverse-isekai rom-com manga by Nakanosora based on his doujinshi; serialized on Web Comic Gamma Plus 2021-2025, five volumes, English via Seven Seas Ghost Ship, 12-episode Elias anime streamed on Hidive from April 2025.
Yang Dong-geun
Yang Dong-geun (양동근, 梁東根), also known as YDG, born 1979 in Seoul, is a South Korean actor and hip-hop artist, Baeksang child actor winner, Address Unknown breakout, Squid Game 2-3 cast member.
Yang Jiang (杨绛)
Yang Jiang (杨绛, born Yang Jikang 杨季康, 1911–2016) was a Chinese writer, translator, and foreign-literature scholar, wife of Qian Zhongshu; author of Xizao, Women Sa, and Ganxiao Liuji and translator of Don Quixote.
Yang Mi (杨幂)
Yang Mi (杨幂, born 1986) is a Beijing-born Chinese actress, singer, and producer, a Beijing Film Academy graduate famous for Palace (2011) and Eternal Love, co-founder of Jaywalk Media, and a 2025 Magnolia nominee for This Thriving Land.
Yang Se-jong (양세종)
Yang Se-jong (양세종, born 1992) is a South Korean actor who debuted in Dr. Romantic (2016), won the 54th Baeksang Best New Actor for Temperature of Love, served in the military 2020-2021, and stars in Spooky in Love (2026).