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Elizabeth Olsen

Elizabeth Olsen, American actress and younger sister of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, plays Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch in the MCU (from Avengers: Age of Ultron, 2015) and stars in indies like Martha Marcy May Marlene, WandaVision, His Three Daughters, and Eternity.

Elizabeth Peña

Elizabeth Peña (1959-2014) was a Cuban American actress of Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Lone Star, La Bamba, Rush Hour, and the voice of Mirage in The Incredibles; Independent Spirit Award winner, distinct from the speech-language researcher Elizabeth D. Peña.

Elizabeth Perkins

Elizabeth Perkins (Elizabeth Ann Perkins), American actress born 1960 in Queens, New York; known for Big (1988), The Flintstones, and her Emmy-nominated Celia Hodes on Weeds; now in Netflix's Big Mistakes.

Elizabeth Posey

Elizabeth Posey (born 1992) is an American actress from Shrewsbury, New Jersey, cousin of Tyler Posey, known for Euphoria, Heels, Gully, Dreamcatcher, and the upcoming The Boys prequel Vought Rising as Private Angel.

Elizabeth Reaser

Elizabeth Reaser, American actress (born 1975, Bloomfield, Michigan), Juilliard-trained; known as Rebecca Pope on Grey's Anatomy, Esme Cullen in all five Twilight films, and Shirley Crain in The Haunting of Hill House.

Elizabeth Rodriguez

Elizabeth Rodriguez (born 1980) is an American actress from Manhattan of Puerto Rican heritage, known as Aleida Diaz in Orange Is the New Black, her Tony-nominated Broadway role in The Motherfucker with the Hat, and co-writing Allswell in New York.

Elizabeth Spriggs

Elizabeth Spriggs (1929–2008), English character actress; RSC and National Theatre member, Olivier Award 1978 for Love Letters on Blue Paper, Nan in Shine on Harvey Moon, Mrs Jennings in Sense and Sensibility, the Fat Lady in Harry Potter.

Elizabeth Swann

Elizabeth Swann (later Turner) is the fictional Pirates of the Caribbean heroine portrayed by Keira Knightley, daughter of Governor Weatherby Swann, who rises from kidnapped governor's daughter to Pirate King of the Brethren Court and wife of Will Turner.

Elizabeth Tabish

Elizabeth Tabish, American actress and filmmaker, plays Mary Magdalene in The Chosen (41 episodes, 2019-2025); OSU graduate, director of feminist short films, ScreenCraft 2025 Grand Prize winner.

Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011), British-born American film star and two-time Best Actress Oscar winner (Butterfield 8, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?), child star of National Velvet, first star paid $1 million for Cleopatra, married eight times, pioneering AIDS activist.

Elizabeth Teeter

Elizabeth Teeter is an American stage actress and singer who debuted on Broadway in 2012. She is best known for originating Lydia Deetz in the musical Beetlejuice.

Elizabeth Tulloch

Elizabeth "Bitsie" Tulloch (born 1981) is an American actress known for Juliette Silverton/Eve on Grimm and Lois Lane on Superman & Lois, plus films The Artist and Parkland; married to David Giuntoli.

Elizabeth Wilson

Elizabeth Wilson (Elizabeth Welter Wilson, 1921-2015), American character actress and Tony winner for Sticks and Bones; known as Mrs. Braddock in The Graduate and Roz in 9 to 5, distinct from the academic writer of the same name.

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Elizabeth: The Golden Age is Shekhar Kapur's 2007 sequel to Elizabeth, starring Cate Blanchett as Elizabeth I, covering the Babington plot, Mary Queen of Scots' execution, and the 1588 Spanish Armada.

Elizabethtown (film)

Elizabethtown is Cameron Crowe's 2005 comedy-drama-romance starring Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst, about a fired shoe designer returning to Kentucky for his father's funeral; it flopped commercially ($52 million worldwide), scored 27% on Rotten Tomatoes, and inspired the term Manic Pixie Dream Girl.

Elizaveta Bam

Elizaveta Bam (Елизавета Бам) is a 1927 one-act play by Daniil Kharms about a woman arrested for a murder she did not commit, an early forerunner of absurdist theater.

Elize: Shadows of a Woman

Elize: Shadows of a Woman (Elize: Sombras de uma Mulher) is a 2026 Brazilian Netflix psychological thriller directed by Felipe Vellas, starring Lorena Comparato as Elize Matsunaga, dramatizing her 2012 murder of husband Marcos Matsunaga.

Elke Sommer

Elke Sommer (born Elke Schletz, 5 November 1940, Berlin) is a German actress and painter, Golden Globe winner for The Prize (1963) and star of A Shot in the Dark, with over 70 films and a painting career as E. Schwartz.

Ella Balinska

Ella Balinska is a British actress (born 1996, London), daughter of chef Lorraine Pascale, known for Charlie's Angels (2019), Netflix's Resident Evil (2022), Run Sweetheart Run, and voicing Frey Holland in Forspoken.

Ella Beatty

Ella Beatty (born 2000, Los Angeles) is an American actress, daughter of Warren Beatty and Annette Bening, a Juilliard graduate known for Feud: Capote vs. The Swans, Broadway's Appropriate, and starring as Lizzie Borden in Netflix's Monster.

Ella Bruccoleri

Ella Bruccoleri (also Ella May Bruccoleri) is a British actress from Scarborough, North Yorkshire, trained at the Oxford School of Drama. Known for Sister Frances in Call the Midwife (2018–2022) and as lead Mary Bennet in the BBC's The Other Bennet Sister (2026), plus Polite Society, Paddington in Peru, and Wicker.

Ella Enchanted (film)

Ella Enchanted (2004 film), also known simply as Ella Enchanted, is a Miramax fantasy romantic comedy directed by Tommy O'Haver, starring Anne Hathaway as a girl cursed with obedience; loosely based on Levine's 1997 Newbery Honor novel, released April 9, 2004, grossing $22.9M in the US.

Ella Hunt

Ella Hunt (born 1998) is an English actress and singer-songwriter. Known for Sue Gilbert in Apple TV+'s Dickinson, Anna and the Apocalypse, Gilda Radner in Saturday Night, Not Suitable for Work, and her debut album Blindspot.

Ella Lentini

Ella Lentini (Antonella Lucia Montes Lentini, born 1995) is an American actress, writer, and filmmaker from New York City, known for voicing Hannah and Beth in Until Dawn and directing Piece of Cake and Hemorrhage.

Ella Maisy Purvis

Ella Maisy Purvis is a British actress, an autistic performer trained at LAMDA, known for playing autistic archivist Patience Evans in Channel 4's Patience (2025), adapted from Astrid et Raphaelle, with roles in A Kind of Spark, Malpractice, Heartstopper, and Bergerac.

Ella McCay

Ella McCay is a 2025 American comedy-drama, James L. Brooks's first directed film in 15 years, starring Emma Mackey as a 34-year-old lieutenant governor who becomes governor in 2008; it flopped critically and commercially.

Ella Morgan (television personality)

Ella Morgan (full name Ella Morgan Clark) is an English television personality, model, and transgender advocate, the first openly transgender bride on Married at First Sight UK in 2023.

Ella Newton

Ella Newton (born 2000, Melbourne) is an Australian actress and filmmaker, also called Ella K. Newton. Known for Fern Harrow in Harrow (2018-2021), Amy Poynton in Girl at the Window (2022), and Heather in Dangerous Animals (2025).

Ella Purnell

Ella Summer Reed Purnell (born 1996, London) is an English actress known for Yellowjackets, Fallout's Lucy MacLean, Sweetpea, and voicing Jinx in Arcane; also an executive producer.

Ella Rae Wise

Ella Rae Wise, English reality TV personality born 2000 in Havering, Essex; TOWIE cast member since 2019, also Celebrity Ex on the Beach, The Challenge UK, and Celebrity Big Brother 2025.