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Ela-May Demircan

Elá-May Melek Demircan (born 2006, Crewe, Cheshire) is a British actress of Turkish heritage who played Leah Barnes in Hollyoaks from 2011 to 2024 across 326 episodes, leaving in the 2024 cast cutbacks before the role was recast with Charlotte Riley.

Elaan (एलान)

Elaan (एलान) is a 1994 Hindi action film directed by Guddu Dhanoa, starring Akshay Kumar, Amrish Puri, and Madhoo, about a policeman's son taking vigilante justice; a Tridev Arts hit released 21 January 1994.

Elaine Benes

Elaine Benes (Elaine Marie Benes), Seinfeld character played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus; Jerry's ex-girlfriend, added after the pilot at NBC's demand, notable as the sitcom's only woman and a subject of feminist criticism.

Elaine Carroll

Elaine Carroll (born 1984, New York) is an American actress, writer, and impressionist who created and stars in Very Mary-Kate and Precious Plum, and works with Dropout on Game Changer and Make Some Noise.

Elaine Cassidy

Elaine Cassidy (born 1979), Irish actress of Felicia's Journey, Disco Pigs, The Others, No Offence, and Sanctuary: A Witch's Tale; IFTA-winning Irish screen star from County Wicklow.

Elaine Collins

Elaine Collins is a Scottish actor and television executive producer, head of Tod Productions. She produced Vera and Shetland at ITV Studios, worked at BBC Drama, and executive produces Criminal Record with STV Studios.

Elaine Devry

Elaine Devry, born Thelma Elaine Mahnken, was an American film and television actress from the early 1950s to the late 1970s, known as the fourth of Mickey Rooney's eight wives.

Elaine Hendrix

Elaine Hendrix (Katherine Elaine Hendrix), American actress born 1970 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee; played Meredith Blake in The Parent Trap, Alexis Carrington in Dynasty, and finished as a Dancing with the Stars season 34 finalist.

Elaine Joyce

Elaine Joyce (Elaine Joyce Pinchot), American actress born 1945 in Kansas City, Missouri; Broadway's Sugar Kane in Sugar (1972), Mr. Merlin lead, Dating Game host, wife of Bobby Van and Neil Simon.

Elaine May

Elaine May (born Elaine Iva Berlin, April 21, 1932, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American comedian, playwright, screenwriter, and director, half of the comedy duo Nichols and May.

Elaine Peacock

Elaine Peacock (full name Elaine Alexandra Peacock, previously Knight) is a fictional EastEnders character, mother of Linda Carter, first played by Maria Friedman in 2014 and by Harriet Thorpe from May 2023 as Queen Vic landlady and later Peacock Palace hotel owner.

Elaine Stritch

Elaine Stritch (1925-2014), American Broadway actress and singer, originated Joanne in Sondheim's Company singing The Ladies Who Lunch, won a 2002 Tony for Elaine Stritch at Liberty and three Emmys, and starred in Two's Company and 30 Rock.

Elaine Taylor (actress)

Elaine Regina Taylor (born 1943), English actress of Casino Royale (1967), The Anniversary (1968), and Lock Up Your Daughters! (1969); wife of Christopher Plummer from 1970 until his 2021 death; distinct from Elizabeth Taylor and other namesakes.

Elan (director)

Elan (எலன்; full name Elavarasan) is an Indian Tamil film director, screenwriter, and lyricist who debuted with Pyaar Prema Kaadhal (2018), later directed Star (2024), and made his acting debut in Pyaar Prema Kalyanam (2026) on Netflix. Distinct from actor Elan Even and other namesakes.

Elasti-Girl

Elasti-Girl, also published as Elasti-Woman, is DC Comics heroine Rita Farr, a founding Doom Patrol member created in 1963 who grows to gigantic or shrinks to microscopic size, distinct from Pixar's Elastigirl.

Elayne Boosler

Elayne Boosler is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and activist who became the first woman to star in her own cable special, Party of One, in 1986.

Elçin Sangu

Elçin Sangu (born 1985, Izmir) is a Turkish actress and model of Circassian descent, known as Defne in Kiralık Aşk and for Yaşamayanlar, Çarpışma, and Leyla Everlasting. Not the researcher Elçin YM or ELC Aluminium.

Elden Henson

Elden Henson (born 1977 as Elden Ryan Ratliff), American actor, Fulton Reed in The Mighty Ducks trilogy, Foggy Nelson in Daredevil, Defenders, and Daredevil: Born Again, Pollux in The Hunger Games Mockingjay films.

Elden Ring (film)

Elden Ring (film): upcoming live-action A24/Bandai Namco adaptation of FromSoftware's 2022 action RPG, written and directed by Alex Garland, starring Kit Connor, releasing March 3, 2028 in IMAX.

Eldest (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power)

"Eldest" is episode 4 of season 2 of The Rings of Power (aired September 5, 2024), notable for Tom Bombadil's first live-action appearance by Rory Kinnear, the Stranger meeting him, and Galadriel and Elrond's journey toward Eregion.

Eldorado (TV series)

Eldorado was a BBC soap opera about British expatriates on the Costa del Sol, created by Julia Smith and Tony Holland, airing 156 episodes from July 1992 to July 1993 before Alan Yentob cancelled the £10 million flop.

Eleanor (automobile)

Eleanor is the codename for the hero Mustangs of Gone in 60 Seconds: a yellow 1971 Sportsroof in the 1974 film and a Pepper Gray 1967 fastback styled as a Shelby GT500 in the 2000 remake, never a factory Shelby.

Eleanor Audley

Eleanor Audley (Eleanor Zellman, 1905-1991), American actress and original voice of Disney's Lady Tremaine, Maleficent, and Madame Leota; Broadway debut 1926, radio roles on My Favorite Husband, and Eunice Douglas on Green Acres.

Eleanor Bron

Eleanor Bron (born 14 March 1934 or 1938, Stanmore, Middlesex) is an English actress and writer of the 1960s satire boom, The Establishment, Help! (1965), Alfie, Women in Love, The House of Mirth, and books including The Pillow Book of Eleanor Bron.

Eleanor Coppola

Eleanor Coppola (1936–2024), American documentary filmmaker, wife of Francis Ford Coppola; made Hearts of Darkness (1991) about Apocalypse Now, won an Emmy, wrote Notes, and directed Paris Can Wait at 80.

Eleanor Matsuura

Eleanor Matsuura (born 1983, Tokyo) is a Japanese-born British actress known for Yumiko in The Walking Dead, DI Hopkins in Sherlock, Hannah Santo in Spooks: The Greater Good, and video game voice roles including Elden Ring.

Eleanor Parker

Eleanor Parker (1922-2013), American actress, three-time Best Actress Oscar nominee for Caged, Detective Story, and Interrupted Melody; best known as Baroness Elsa Schraeder in The Sound of Music (1965).

Eleanor Powell

Eleanor Powell, also known as Eleanor Torrey Powell, was an American dancer and actress. She was known for her fast, percussive solo tap dancing in MGM musicals.

Eleanor the Great

Eleanor the Great (2025) is Scarlett Johansson's feature directorial debut, written by Tory Kamen, starring June Squibb as 94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein, who passes off her late friend Bessie's Holocaust story as her own after moving to New York. Premiered at Cannes Un Certain Regard; Sony Pictures Classics released it September 26, 2025.

Eleanor Tomlinson

Eleanor Tomlinson, English actress best known as Demelza in BBC One's Poldark (2015–2019); films include The Illusionist, Angus Thongs and Perfect Snogging, Loving Vincent, Colette, One Day; also The Nevers, The Outlaws, The Forsytes.