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Zeba Bakhtiar (زیبا بختیار)

Zeba Bakhtiar (زیبا بختیار), Pakistani actress born 1971 in Quetta, starred in Bollywood's Henna (1991) with Rishi Kapoor, acted in Sargam, and produced O21 with son Azaan Sami Khan.

Zebra (film)

Zebra (జీబ్రా) is a 2024 Telugu financial crime thriller directed by Eashvar Karthic, starring Satyadev and Daali Dhananjaya; released 22 November 2024, streaming on Aha from 18 December 2024.

Zebrahead

Zebrahead: Orange County, California punk-rap band formed 1996 in La Habra, also called zebra rock. Known for rap verses over pop-punk choruses, nine studio albums, an Oricon foreign-chart No. 1, and eight Summer Sonic appearances.

Zecora

Zecora is the zebra herbalist of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, living in the Everfree Forest, speaking in rhymes, voiced by Brenda Crichlow, debuting in "Bridle Gossip".

Zedbazi

Zedbazi (زدبازی) is an Iranian hip-hop group formed in Tehran in 2002, credited as the pioneer of gangsta rap in Iran with its 2007 hit "Tabestoon Kootahe".

Zedd

Zedd (Anton Zaslavski, born 1989) is a Russian-born, German-raised electronic producer and DJ; debut album Clarity (2012) won the 2014 Grammy for Best Dance Recording, followed by hits Stay and The Middle and the 2024 album Telos.

Zeder

Zeder (1983) is an Italian horror film by Pupi Avati, also called Revenge of the Dead, in which writer Stefano investigates K-zones where the buried dead revive, predating Pet Sematary.

Zeds Dead

Zeds Dead is a Canadian electronic music duo from Toronto, formed in 2009 by producers Dylan Mamid and Zachary Rapp-Rovan, known for dubstep and running the Deadbeats label.

Zee Edgell

Zee Edgell, born Zelma Inez Tucker in 1940, is a Belizean novelist whose debut Beka Lamb (1982) was the first novel of newly independent Belize to reach an international audience.

Zee Marathi (झी मराठी)

Zee Marathi (झी मराठी), also known as Alpha TV Marathi until 2005, is Zee Entertainment's Marathi-language general entertainment channel launched 15 August 1999, the first Marathi GEC, long the market leader before Star Pravah overtook it around 2020.

Zee Nxumalo

Zee Nxumalo, born Zandile Nxumalo in 2003 in ESwatini, is a Swazi-South African amapiano and afro-pop singer-songwriter raised in Alexandra, Johannesburg; known for the multi-platinum 2023 hit Funk 55, the KwaNxumalo EP, and as 2025's most streamed female artist in South Africa.

Zee Pruk Panich

Zee Pruk Panich, born 1992, is a Thai actor and singer under Domundi TV known for Cutie Pie, The Next Prince, and solo singles under DMD Music.

Zee Punjabi

Zee Punjabi is a Punjabi-language general entertainment channel in India, launched by Zee Entertainment Enterprises on Lohri, 13 January 2020, and the top Punjabi channel within three months.

Zee Studios

Zee Studios, film production and distribution arm of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL), incorporated as Zee Studios Limited in 2010; over 150 films across Indian languages, including The Kashmir Files and six National Award-winning titles.

Zee Tamil (ஜீ தமிழ்)

Zee Tamil (ஜீ தமிழ், formerly Zee Tamizh) is a Tamil-language pay general entertainment channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises, launched 12 October 2008 from Chennai, with HD feed since 2017 and sister movie channel Zee Thirai.

ZEE5

ZEE5 (Zee5) is Zee Entertainment Enterprises' Indian video streaming platform, launched February 2018, offering films, shows, originals and live sports in 12 Indian languages across 190+ countries, with FIFA rights to 2034 and FY26 revenue of ₹14,888 million.

Zeeko Zaki (زيكو زكي)

Zeeko Zaki (زيكو زكي), born Zakareya Zaki in 1990 in Alexandria, Egypt, is an Egyptian-American actor, star of CBS's FBI as Special Agent Omar Adom "OA" Zidan since 2018, after roles in Six, 24: Legacy, and Stuck in Love.

Zeenat

Zeenat (زینت) is a Sindhi novel by Mirza Qaleech Beg, completed at Rohri in 1890 and regarded as the first original Sindhi novel, advocating women's education and social reform.

Zeenat Aman (ज़ीनत अमान)

Zeenat Aman (ज़ीनत अमान), born Zeenat Khan in 1951, is an Indian actress and model, Miss Asia Pacific 1970, star of Hare Rama Hare Krishna, Don, Satyam Shivam Sundaram, and Qurbani, among the highest-paid Hindi actresses of the 1970s and 1980s.

Zefram Cochrane

Zefram Cochrane is the fictional Star Trek scientist who invented Earth's first warp drive, flew the Phoenix in 2063, and made First Contact with the Vulcans; debuting in TOS "Metamorphosis", later played by James Cromwell.

Zeher (ज़हर)

Zeher (ज़हर) is a 2005 Hindi suspense thriller, Mohit Suri's directorial debut for Vishesh Films, starring Emraan Hashmi, Shamita Shetty, and Udita Goswami; released 25 March 2005, it earned ₹10.72 crore worldwide.

Zeiram (ゼイラム)

Zeiram (ゼイラム), English title Zeram, is Keita Amemiya's 1991 Japanese tokusatsu SF action film in which bounty hunter Iria traps the near-invincible alien Zeiram in a pocket dimension; it spawned Zeiram 2 and the Iria anime.

Zeishan Quadri

Zeishan Quadri, Indian film writer, actor, director, and producer born 1983 in Wasseypur, Dhanbad; wrote and acted in Gangs of Wasseypur (2012), directed Meeruthiya Gangsters, and joined Bigg Boss 19 in 2025.

Zeitgeist (film series)

Zeitgeist film series: three free online documentaries (2007-2011) by Peter Joseph, covering astrotheology, 9/11 claims, and banking critique; spawned The Zeitgeist Movement and drew heavy criticism.

Zeitgeist (The Smashing Pumpkins album)

Zeitgeist (2007), by The Smashing Pumpkins, first album after the 2000 breakup, on Martha's Music/Reprise; only Corgan and Chamberlin of the original lineup; debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 145,000 copies.

Zeitroman

Zeitroman (plural: Zeitromane), literally "time novel", is a German literary term for a novel centered on a critical analysis of the author's own era, closely related to the Gesellschaftsroman.

Zeitstück

Zeitstück (German, plural Zeitstücke, literally "piece of the time") is a play treating current political and social events on stage, associated above all with Weimar drama.

Zeke and Luther

Zeke and Luther: Disney XD single-camera teen sitcom (2009–2012, 3 seasons) created by Matt Dearborn and Tom Burkhard, starring Hutch Dano and Adam Hicks as skateboarding best friends in Pacific Terrace.

Zelda (poet)

Zelda, pen name of Zelda Schneurson Mishkovsky (1914–1984), was an Israeli Hebrew poet who drew on biblical and hasidic sources and won the Bialik and Brenner prizes.

Zelda Fitzgerald

Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald (1900–1948), Montgomery-born writer, painter, and dancer, wife and muse of F. Scott Fitzgerald; author of Save Me the Waltz and Scandalabra, icon of the Jazz Age flapper.