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Izabella Miko

Izabella Miko (Izabella Anna Mikołajczak, born 1981, Łódź) is a Polish-American actress and producer, trained in ballet, best known as Cammie in Coyote Ugly (2000), with Polish roles in Kochaj i tańcz and Planeta singli 2.

IZombie (TV series)

iZombie is a CW supernatural crime dramedy (2015–2019, five seasons, 71 episodes) created by Rob Thomas and Diane Ruggiero-Wright from the Vertigo comic by Chris Roberson and Michael Allred, starring Rose McIver as zombie morgue worker Liv Moore.

Izuku Midoriya (緑谷出久)

Izuku Midoriya (緑谷出久), hero name Deku, is the Quirkless protagonist of Kohei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia who inherits One For All from All Might as its ninth successor, attends U.A. High, and later teaches there quirkless in All Might's armor.

Izumo no Okuni

Izumo no Okuni (出雲の阿国) was a Japanese entertainer of the early Edo period credited with originating kabuki through her kabuki dance in Kyoto in 1603.

Izzie Balmer

Izzie Balmer (Isabel Balmer), British auctioneer, valuer and gemmologist (FGA, DGA) born 1989 in Derbyshire; former Wessex Auction Rooms Head Valuer, freelance since 2024, BBC expert on Antiques Road Trip, Bargain Hunt and The Travelling Auctioneers.

Izzie Stevens

Isobel "Izzie" Stevens is a fictional surgeon on the medical drama Grey's Anatomy, played by Katherine Heigl and known for her romance with a heart transplant patient.

J Baby

J Baby (ஜே பேபி) is a 2024 Tamil drama directed by Suresh Mari, starring Urvashi, Dinesh, and Lollu Sabha Maaran. Based on true events, it follows estranged sons traveling to Kolkata to retrieve their mother, who has dementia and bipolar disorder.

J-Style Trip (周游记)

J-Style Trip (周游记) is a Zhejiang TV outdoor reality show initiated by Jay Chou, blending travel, music, and street magic across three seasons (2020, 2023-24, 2025); season 1 was Netflix's first Chinese-language reality series, and a fourth season is due in 2026.

J. A. Bayona

J. A. Bayona (Juan Antonio García Bayona, born 1975, Barcelona) is a Spanish film director of The Orphanage, The Impossible, A Monster Calls, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, and Society of the Snow, a 12-Goya and Oscar-nominated drama.

J. August Richards

J. August Richards (Jaime Augusto Richards III, born 1973) is an American actor known as Charles Gunn on Angel and Mike Peterson/Deathlok on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., later Victor Dashkov in Vampire Academy, who came out as gay in 2020.

J. B. Priestley

J. B. Priestley (John Boynton Priestley, 1894–1984), English novelist, dramatist, and broadcaster from Bradford; author of The Good Companions, English Journey, and An Inspector Calls, wartime BBC Postscripts broadcaster, CND co-founder.

J. B. Smoove

J. B. Smoove (Jerry Angelo Brooks, born 1965) is an American actor, comedian, and writer, also Jerry Brooks, Emmy winner for Mapleworth Murders, best known as Leon Black on Curb Your Enthusiasm (2007–2024) and as the voice of Frank the Plant in Harley Quinn.

J. Bernard Calloway

J. Bernard Calloway (Jeffrey Bernard Calloway), American actor born 1974 in Fort Lauderdale; originated Delray in Broadway's Memphis and Ralph Abernathy in All the Way; stars as Terry Carson on The Ms. Pat Show.

J. C. Chandor

J.C. Chandor (Jeffrey McDonald Chandor, born 1973) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer known for Margin Call (2011), All Is Lost (2013), A Most Violent Year (2014), Triple Frontier (2019), and Kraven the Hunter (2024).

J. Carrol Naish

J. Carrol Naish (Joseph Patrick Carrol Naish, 1896-1973), American character actor of Irish descent, appeared in about 200 films, earned Oscar nominations for Sahara and A Medal for Benny, and starred in Life with Luigi and The New Adventures of Charlie Chan.

J. D. Chakravarthy (నాగులపాటి శ్రీనివాస చక్రవర్తి)

J. D. Chakravarthy (Nagulapati Srinivasa Chakravarthy, నాగులపాటి శ్రీనివాస చక్రవర్తి), born 1970, is an Indian actor-director of Telugu and Hindi cinema, debuting in Shiva (1989) and known for Gulabi, Satya, and Money.

J. D. Pardo

J. D. Pardo (Jorge Daniel Pardo, born 1980, Panorama City, California) is an American actor, star of FX's Mayans M.C. as EZ Reyes, known for A Girl Like Me, Revolution, and F9.

J. D. Williams

J. D. Williams, American actor (born 1978, Newark, New Jersey), birth name Darnell Williams; known for Kenny Wangler on Oz, Bodie Broadus on The Wire, Pootie Tang, Saints & Sinners, and BMF's J-Pusha.

J. Edgar

J. Edgar is a 2011 American biographical drama directed by Clint Eastwood, with Leonardo DiCaprio as FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, who led the bureau for 48 years.

J. G. Quintel

J.G. Quintel (James Garland Quintel, born 1982, Hanford, California) is an American animator and voice actor who created Regular Show (2010–2017, Emmy winner) and Close Enough (2020–2022), voicing Mordecai and Josh.

J. J. Abrams

J. J. Abrams (Jeffrey Jacob Abrams, born 1966) is an American writer-director-producer, creator of Felicity, Alias, and Lost, founder of Bad Robot Productions, and director of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

J. J. Philbin

J. J. Philbin, also known as Jennifer Joy Philbin, is an American television writer and producer known for The O.C., New Girl, and Only Murders in the Building.

J. Jonah Jameson

J. Jonah Jameson (John Jonah Jameson Jr.) is Marvel's Daily Bugle publisher and Spider-Man's chief media antagonist, debuting in Amazing Spider-Man #1 (1963) by Lee and Ditko; he funded the Scorpion and Spider-Slayers, later became Spider-Man's ally, and is best known through J.K. Simmons.

J. K. Simmons

J. K. Simmons (Jonathan Kimble Simmons, born 1955, Detroit) is an American character actor; Oscar winner for Whiplash (2014), J. Jonah Jameson in Spider-Man films, voice of Cave Johnson and Omni-Man.

J. M. Synge

J. M. Synge (1871–1909) was an Irish playwright, poet, and travel writer, a leading figure of the Irish Literary Revival and co-director of Dublin's Abbey Theatre.

J. Michael Mendel

J. Michael Mendel (Joel Michael Mendel) was an American animation producer, Syracuse University graduate and line producer on Rick and Morty, with producer credits on 207 episodes of The Simpsons and five Primetime Emmy Awards, who died September 22, 2019, in Los Angeles at age 54.

J. Michael Riva

J. Michael Riva (John Michael Riva, 1948–2012) was an American production designer, grandson of Marlene Dietrich, Oscar-nominated for The Color Purple and Emmy-winning for the 79th Academy Awards, known for The Goonies, Lethal Weapon, Iron Man, and Django Unchained.

J. Michael Straczynski

Joseph Michael Straczynski (JMS), born 1954, American screenwriter, producer, and comic book writer; creator of Babylon 5, Crusade, Jeremiah, and Sense8; writer of Changeling, Thor, The Amazing Spider-Man, and Superman: Earth One; two-time Hugo winner and BAFTA nominee for Changeling.

J. Michael Tatum

J. Michael Tatum (John Michael Tatum, born 1976, McKinney, Texas) is an American voice actor, ADR director, and script writer for Funimation dubs, known as Sebastian Michaelis, Okabe Rintaro, Erwin Smith, and Sir Hammerlock.

J. Om Prakash (जे. ओम प्रकाश)

J. Om Prakash (जे. ओम प्रकाश), born Om Prakash Juneja (1927–2019), was a Hindi film producer and director who founded Filmyug, produced hits like Aandhi, directed Aap Ki Kasam, and was Hrithik Roshan's maternal grandfather.