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Gillian Chung (钟狄珊)

Gillian Chung (鍾欣潼, birth name Chung Tik-shan 鍾狄珊), born 1981, is a Hong Kong singer and actress, half of Cantopop duo Twins with Charlene Choi; she survived the 2008 Edison Chen photo scandal and later won Huading and Macau festival acting awards.

Gillian Jacobs

Gillian Jacobs (born 1982, Pittsburgh; birth name Gillian McLaren or Maclaren Jacobs) is an American actress and director, a Juilliard graduate, known as Britta Perry on Community, Mickey Dobbs on Netflix's Love, and the voice of Atom Eve in Invincible.

Gillian Kearney

Gillian Kearney (born 1972, Liverpool) is an English actress known as Debbie McGrath in Brookside, Sue in Shameless, Dr Jessica Harrison in Casualty, and Emma Barton in Emmerdale, and an acting coach.

Gillian McKeith

Gillian McKeith is a Scottish television presenter and diet author best known for Channel 4's You Are What You Eat; she agreed in 2007 to stop using the title Dr in advertising after an ASA complaint over her non-accredited PhD, and appeared on I'm a Celebrity in 2010 and South Africa.

Gillian Murphy

Gillian Murphy, American ballerina and longtime American Ballet Theatre principal dancer (2002-2025), famed for Odette/Odile in Swan Lake and her 32 fouettés; retired July 18, 2025 at the Met after 29 years with ABT.

Gillian Taylforth

Gillian Taylforth (born 1955, London), English actress, Kathy Beale in EastEnders from the 1985 first episode, also Footballers' Wives, The Bill, Hollyoaks; lost her 1994 Sun libel case with a £500,000 costs bill.

Gillian Vigman

Gillian Vigman (Gillian Sally Vigman), born 1972 in New Jersey, is an American actress, comedian, and screenwriter known as the "Commercial Queen", Jack Box's Wife, MADtv cast member, Stephanie in The Hangover, and Dr. T'Ana on Star Trek: Lower Decks.

Gillie da Kid

Gillie da Kid, also Gillie Da King (Nasir Fard or Sar'd Nasir, born 1984), is a Philadelphia rapper, former Major Figgas member and Cash Money signee, and co-host of the Million Dollaz Worth of Game podcast with cousin Wallo267.

Gilligan's Island

Gilligan's Island: CBS sitcom (1964–1967, 98 episodes) created by Sherwood Schwartz about seven castaways stranded after a three-hour tour; unaired pilot "Marooned" first shown 1992.

Gilmore Girls

Gilmore Girls is an American comedy-drama series created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, airing 2000–2007 on The WB/The CW, starring Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel as mother-daughter Lorelai and Rory Gilmore in Stars Hollow, Connecticut, revived by Netflix in 2016 as A Year in the Life.

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life is Netflix's 2016 four-episode revival of Gilmore Girls, written and directed by Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino, ending with Rory's "I'm pregnant" reveal; it leaves Netflix worldwide on November 25, 2026.

Gilsotteum (길소뜸)

Gilsotteum (길소뜸, also Gilsoddeum) is Im Kwon-taek's 1985 South Korean drama-war film, released April 5, 1986, starring Kim Ji-mee and Shin Seong-il as war-separated lovers reunited by the 1983 KBS Finding Dispersed Families telethon; it competed at the 36th Berlinale.

Gimme a Break!

Gimme a Break! (NBC, 1981-1987) is an American sitcom starring Nell Carter as housekeeper Nell Harper for a widowed police chief and his three daughters; 137 episodes, six seasons, created by Mort Lachman and Sy Rosen.

Gimme Gimme Gimme (TV series)

Gimme Gimme Gimme: British BBC sitcom (1999-2001) written by Jonathan Harvey, starring Kathy Burke as Linda La Hughes and James Dreyfus as gay actor Tom Farrell, flatmates chasing men; 19 episodes, six million viewers, ABBA theme.

Gimme Shelter (1970 film)

Gimme Shelter (1970) is a Direct Cinema documentary by Albert and David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin covering the Rolling Stones' 1969 US tour and the Altamont Speedway concert, where Meredith Hunter's stabbing was captured on film.

Gimme Shelter (2013 film)

Gimme Shelter (2013 film), also called Gimme Shelter, is Ron Krauss's drama starring Vanessa Hudgens as pregnant runaway Agnes 'Apple' Bailey, based on Kathy DiFiore's Several Sources Shelters, released by Roadside Attractions in January 2014.

Gina Belafonte

Gina Belafonte (born 1961) is an American actress, producer, director, and activist, daughter of Harry Belafonte; lead producer of Sing Your Song and co-founder of Sankofa.org.

Gina Bellman

Gina Bellman, born 1966 in Auckland, New Zealand, is a British actress known for Jane in Coupling, Sophie Devereaux in Leverage and Leverage: Redemption, and Dennis Potter's Blackeyes.

Gina Carano

Gina Carano, Gina Joy Carano, is an American actress and former mixed martial artist who competed in early women's MMA before moving into film and television.

Gina Gershon

Gina Gershon (born 1962) is an American actress known for Cristal Connors in Showgirls (1995) and Corky in Bound (1996), plus Face/Off, Killer Joe, Broadway's Cabaret, and the 2026 memoir AlphaPussy.

Gina Lollobrigida

Gina Lollobrigida (Luigia Lollobrigida), known as "La Lollo," was an Italian actress, photojournalist, and sculptor who became a leading film star of the 1950s and 1960s.

Gina Lynn

Gina Lynn is a Puerto Rican former adult-film actress, director, and producer, known for Gina Lynn Productions, mainstream screen appearances, and her 2010 AVN Hall of Fame induction.

Gina McKee

Gina McKee (Georgina McKee, born 1964, Sunderland) is an English actress known for Our Friends in the North (BAFTA-winning Mary Cox), Notting Hill's Bella, The Forsyte Saga, The Borgias, Bodyguard, and Olivier-nominated stage work.

Gina Philips

Gina Philips (Gina Consolo), American actress and producer born 1970 in Miami Beach, Florida; known for Trish Jenner in Jeepers Creepers (2001) and Jeepers Creepers 3 (2017), Ally McBeal, Boston Public, and producing Love and Debate.

Gina Prince-Bythewood

Gina Prince-Bythewood, also known as Gina Maria Prince-Bythewood, is an American director, writer, and producer of Love & Basketball, The Old Guard, The Woman King, and Children of Blood and Bone; UCLA alumna and first Black woman to direct a comic-based action blockbuster.

Gina Riley

Gina Riley (born 1961, Melbourne) is an Australian actress, comedian, writer, and singer who co-created, wrote, and starred as Kim Craig in Kath & Kim, winning the 2002 AFI Award and multiple Logies, and later played Matron Mama Morton in Chicago.

Gina Rodriguez

Gina Rodriguez (Gina Alexis Rodriguez, born 1984, Chicago) is an American actress, producer, and director, Golden Globe winner for Jane the Virgin (2015), founder of I Can and I Will Productions, and star of Carmen Sandiego, Miss Bala, and Not Dead Yet.

Gina Tognoni

Gina Tognoni, American daytime actress born 1973 in St. Louis; played Kelly Cramer on One Life to Live, Dinah Marler on Guiding Light, and Phyllis Summers on The Young and the Restless, winning three Daytime Emmy Awards.

Gina Torres

Gina Torres, Cuban-American actress born 1969 in Manhattan, known for Zoë Washburne in Firefly and Serenity, Jessica Pearson in Suits and Pearson, Tommy Vega in 9-1-1: Lone Star, and 2026 Broadway return in Buena Vista Social Club.

Gina Yashere

Gina Yashere (Gina Obedapo Iyashere, born 1974) is a British-Nigerian stand-up comedian from Bethnal Green, London, a former Otis lift engineer, first British comic on Def Comedy Jam, Daily Show British Correspondent, and co-creator of Bob Hearts Abishola.