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1. Leslie Nielsen

Leslie William Nielsen was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, and raised in Tulita (formerly Fort Norman), Northwest Territories. His mother, Mabel Elizabeth (Davies), was Welsh. His father, Ingvard Eversen Nielsen, was a Danish-born Mountie and a strict disciplinarian. Leslie studied at the Academy of ...

The Golden Girls (1985-1992) in 1992.

2. George Clooney

Actor | The Ides of March

George Timothy Clooney was born on May 6, 1961, in Lexington, Kentucky, to Nina Bruce (née Warren), a former beauty pageant queen, and Nick Clooney, a former anchorman and television host (who was also the brother of singer Rosemary Clooney). He has Irish, English, and German ancestry. Clooney ...

The Golden Girls (1985-1992) in 1987.

Friends (1994-2004) in 1995.

3. June Whitfield

Actress | Absolutely Fabulous

June Whitfield had a long and successful career that has included musical theatre, films and numerous radio and television performances. Her mother was into amateur dramatics and June had elocution and dancing lessons from an early age. She attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked in ...

Friends (1994-2004) in 1998.

EastEnders (1985- ) in 2015,2016.

4. David Walliams

Actor | Little Britain

David Walliams was born on August 20, 1971 in Banstead, Surrey, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Little Britain (2003), Dinner for Schmucks (2010) and Run Fatboy Run (2007). He was previously married to Lara Stone.

EastEnders (1985- ) in 2003.

Come Fly with Me (2010-2011) in 2010-2011.

5. Geri Horner

Actress | Spice World

Geraldine Estelle Horner (née Halliwell; born 6 August 1972) is an English singer, songwriter, author and actress. She rose to prominence in the 1990s as Ginger Spice, a member of the girl group the Spice Girls. With over 100 million records sold worldwide, the Spice Girls are the best-selling ...

Come Fly with Me (2010-2011) in 2010.

Sex and the City (1998-2004) in 2003.

6. Sarah Michelle Gellar

Actress | Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Emmy Award-winning Sarah Michelle Gellar was born on April 14, 1977 in New York City, the daughter of Rosellen (Greenfield), who taught at a nursery school, and Arthur Gellar, who worked in the garment industry. She is of Russian Jewish and Hungarian Jewish descent.

Eating in a local restaurant, ...

Sex and the City (1998-2004) in 2000.

Ringer (2011-2012) in 2011-2012.

7. Nestor Carbonell

Actor | The Dark Knight

He is most often recognized for his integral role in the series "Lost" as Richard Alpert, as well as his turn as Mayor Anthony Garcia opposite Gary Oldman in Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight". He reprised his role as the Mayor in the box-office hit "The Dark Knight Rises".

Nestor can be seen ...

Ringer (2011-2012) in 2011-2012.

Lost (2004-2010) in 2007-2010.

8. Allison Janney

Actress | The Help

Allison Janney is an award-winning actress who has earned a solid reputation in stage productions and in many supporting roles on screen, and who more recently has become prominent by portraying one of the major characters in the popular TV series The West Wing (1999).

Entertainment Weekly magazine ...

Lost (2004-2010) in 2010.

The West Wing (1999-2006) in 1999-2006.

9. Moira Kelly

Actress | One Tree Hill

Born March 6, 1968 in Queens, New York, she is the third of six kids. Her father, Peter, was trained as a concert violinist. Her mother, Anne, is a nurse. Both are Irish immigrants. Moira was raised in Ronkonkoma, NY. She attended Connetquot Senior High School and graduated in the class of 1986. ...

The West Wing (1999-2006) in 1999-2000.

One Tree Hill (2003-2012) in 2003-2009.

10. Chad Michael Murray

Actor | One Tree Hill

Chad Michael Murray has showcased his brooding good looks and acting talent on television sets and silver screens for two decades. The 6-foot tall star, who resides in Wilmington, North Carolina, is known to audiences of One Tree Hill (2003), where he played the character of Lucas Scott. The ...

One Tree Hill (2003-2012) in 2003-2009,2012.

Agent Carter (2015-2016) in 2015-2016.

11. Samaire Armstrong

Actress | It's a Boy Girl Thing

Samaire Rhys Armstrong is an American actress and fashion designer. She is known for her roles in Stay Alive, The O.C., It's a Boy Girl Thing, and as Juliet Darling in the ABC television series, Dirty Sexy Money. She has appeared on television as Elaine Richards in the ABC fantasy-drama ...

Agent Carter (2015-2016) in 2016.

The O.C. (2003-2007) in 2003-2004,2006.

12. Alan Dale

Actor | Priest

Alan Dale was born on May 6, 1947 in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. He is an actor, known for Priest (2011), Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008). He has been married to Tracey Dale since April 8, 1990. They have two children. He was previously ...

The O.C. (2003-2007) in 2003-2005.

24 (2001-2010) in 2003-2004.

13. Penny Johnson Jerald

Actress | 24

Penny Johnson Jerald is an American actress. She played Beverly Barnes on the HBO comedy series The Larry Sanders Show, Kasidy Yates on the syndicated science fiction series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Sherry Palmer on the Fox series 24, Captain Victoria "Iron" Gates on the ABC comedy-drama series ...

24 (2001-2010) in 2001-2004.

The Orville (2017-2019,2022 ) in 2017-2019,2022

14. Charlize Theron

Producer | Monster

Charlize Theron was born in Benoni, a city in the greater Johannesburg area, in South Africa, the only child of Gerda Theron (née Maritz) and Charles Theron. She was raised on a farm outside the city. Theron is of Afrikaner (Dutch, with some French Huguenot and German) descent, and Afrikaner ...

The Orville (2017-2019,2022 ) in 2017.

Arrested Development (2003-2006,2013,2018-2019) in 2005.

15. Scott Baio

Actor | Happy Days

Scott Vincent James Baio was born on September 22, 1960 in Brooklyn, New York. He was the third child of Mario and Rose Baio, who had emigrated from Italy. At the young age of nine, Scott decided that he wanted to be an actor. Soon after, his parents took him on interviews and he was able to land ...

Arrested Development (2003-2006,2013,2018-2019) in 2005,2013.

Happy Days (1974-1984) in 1977-1984.

16. Henry Winkler

Actor | The Waterboy

Henry Franklin Winkler was born on October 30, 1945, in Manhattan, New York. His parents, Ilse Anna Maria (Hadra) and Harry Irving Winkler, were German Jewish immigrants who escaped the Holocaust by moving to the US in 1939. His father was the president of an international lumber company while his ...

Happy Days (1974-1984) in 1974-1984.

Out of Practice (2005-2006) in 2005-2006.

17. Stockard Channing

Actress | Practical Magic

One of Broadway and Hollywood's perennial and cleverer talents who tends to shine a smart, cynical light on her surroundings, Stockard Channing was born Susan Williams Antonia Stockard on February 13, 1944 in New York City to a Protestant father and a Catholic mother of Irish descent. Her parents ...

Out of Practice (2005-2006) in 2005-2006.

The Guest Book (2017-2018) in 2017.

18. Margo Martindale

Actress | August: Osage County

Margo Martindale was born July 18, 1951 in Jacksonville, Texas, to Margaret (Pruitt) and William Everett Martindale, a lumber company owner and dog handler. She is the youngest of three children, and the only daughter. Margo attended Lon Marris College, and later transferred to University of ...

The Guest Book (2017-2018) in 2017.

BoJack Horseman (2014-2020) in 2014-2016,2018-2020.

19. Lisa Kudrow

Actress | Friends

Hardly the dumb blonde of Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997), Lisa was born in Encino, California on July 30, 1963. Her mother, Nedra S. (Stern), worked as a travel agent, and her father, Lee N. Kudrow, is a physician. Her parents are both from Jewish families (from Belarus, Russia, and ...

BoJack Horseman (2014-2020) in 2015.

Grace and Frankie (2015-2022) in 2018.

20. Amy Madigan

Actress | Field of Dreams

In the 1960s, Amy attended St. Philip Neri grammar school and Aquinas High School, both in Chicago, where she performed in school plays and was known as the school tomboy. In the early 1970s, Amy was featured in Playboy Magazine wearing only jelly, to promote her music band, Jelly. Amy is the ...

Grace and Frankie (2015-2022) in 2016.

How to Get Away with Murder (2014-2020) in 2016.

21. Marcia Gay Harden

Actress | Mystic River

Marcia Gay Harden was born on August 14, 1959, in La Jolla, California, the third of five children. Her mother, Beverly (Bushfield), was a homemaker, and her father, Thad Harold Harden, was in the military. The family relocated often -- she first became interested in the theatre when the family was...

How to Get Away with Murder (2014-2020) in 2015.

Damages (2007-2012) in 2009.

22. Timothy Olyphant

Actor | Justified

From Timothy Olyphant's first screen appearances, such as his two-minute bit in The First Wives Club (1996), to "Nicko", whose presence at times dwarfed the island in A Perfect Getaway (2009), he has been a force to be reckoned with.

Born in Hawaii, Timothy David Olyphant was raised in Modesto, ...

Damages (2007-2012) in 2009-2010.

Santa Clarita Diet (2017-2019) in 2017-2019.

23. Grace Zabriskie

Actress | Inland Empire

"Amazing Grace" Zabriskie was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. She wrote her own original poetry, then performed at coffee shops and various artist hangouts in Atlanta. She was also a wonderful silk-screen printmaker. She moved to Hollywood and made her acting debut in Norma Rae (1979). She went on ...

Santa Clarita Diet (2017-2019) in 2017.

Twin Peaks (2017) in 2017.

24. Alicia Witt

Actress | 88 Minutes

Actor and singer-songwriter Alicia Witt has been acting since the age of 7, when she made her film debut in David Lynch's sci fi classic Dune. She will next be seen starring opposite Nicholas Cage in the thriller Longlegs, set for a 2024 worldwide theatrical release. She also just appeared on Fox's...

Twin Peaks (2017) in 2017.

The Walking Dead (2010-2022) in 2016.

25. John Carroll Lynch

Actor | The Founder

John Carroll Lynch was born August 1, 1963 in Boulder, Colorado, and was raised in Denver. It was there John found a passion for acting and became a Denver Broncos fan. He graduated in the mid-80s with a B.F.A. in theatre from the The Catholic University of America / Hartke Theatre Acting program. ...

The Walking Dead (2010-2022) in 2015.

American Horror Story (2011-2019,2021- ) in 2014-2017,2019.

26. Clea DuVall

Actress | The Faculty

Clea DuVall was born in Los Angeles on September 25, 1977, to Rosemary (Hatch) and actor Steph DuVall. DuVall's teenage years presented her with many challenges. Her parents divorced when she was twelve, and, when her mother remarried, DuVall moved out because she did not feel at home in the ...

American Horror Story (2011-2019,2021- ) in 2012-2013.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003) in 1997.

27. Amy Adams

Actress | Arrival

Amy Lou Adams was born in Vicenza, Veneto, Italy, to American parents, Kathryn (Hicken) and Richard Kent Adams, a U.S. serviceman who was stationed at Caserma Ederle in Italy at the time. She was raised in a Mormon family of seven children in Castle Rock, Colorado, and has English, as well as ...

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003) in 2000.

Sharp Objects (2018) in 2018.

28. Patricia Clarkson

Actress | The Station Agent

This remarkable, one-of-a-kind actress has, since the early 1990s, intrigued film and TV audiences with her glowing, yet careworn eccentricity and old world-styled glamour. Very much in demand these days as a character player, Patricia Clarkson nevertheless continues to avoid the temptation of ...

Sharp Objects (2018) in 2018.

House of Cards (2013-2018) in 2017-2018.

29. Ellen Burstyn

Actress | Requiem for a Dream

Ellen Burstyn was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Correine Marie (Hamel) and John Austin Gillooly. She is of Irish, French/French-Canadian, Pennsylvania Dutch (German), and Native American ancestry.. She worked a number of jobs before she became an actress. At 14, she was a short-order cook at a ...

House of Cards (2013-2018) in 2016.

Political Animals (2012) in 2012.

30. Sigourney Weaver

Actress | Alien Resurrection

Sigourney Weaver has created a host of memorable characters, both dramatic and comic, ranging from Ripley in Alien to Dian Fossey in Gorillas in the Mist to Gwen/Tawny in Galaxy Quest and most recently, 14-year-old Kiri in Avatar: The Way of Water. With a career spanning over 50 years, Weaver has ...

Political Animals (2012) in 2012.

Doc Martin (2004-2007,2009,2011,2013,2015,2017,2019,2022) in 2015,2017.

31. Martin Clunes

Actor | Shakespeare in Love

Martin Clunes was born the son of the noted Shakespearean actor Alec Clunes. He was educated at the Royal Russell School in Surrey and the Arts Educational School in Chiswick, London. He made his television debut playing an alien prince opposite Peter Davison in Doctor Who: Snakedance: Part One (...

Doc Martin (2004-2007,2009,2011,2013,2015,2017,2019,2022) in 2004-2007,2009,2011,2013,2015,2017,2019,2022.

Men Behaving Badly (1992,1994-1999,2014.)in 1992,1994-1999,2014.

32. Harry Enfield

Actor | Kevin & Perry Go Large

Harry Enfield was born on May 30, 1961 in Horsham, Sussex [now West Sussex], England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Kevin & Perry Go Large (2000), Harry & Paul's Story of the 2s (2014) and Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul (2007). He has been married to Lucy Lyster since February ...

Men Behaving Badly (1992,1994-1999,2014.) in 1992.

Skins (2007-2013) in 2007-2009.

33. Maureen Lipman

Actress | The Pianist

Dame Maureen Lipman was born on 10th May 1946 in Hull, Yorkshire, England. Her father was a Jewish tailor and she was pressed into acting by her mother Zelma, who used to take Maureen to the pantomime and push her onto the stage. She studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Since ...

Skins (2007-2013) in 2009.

Coronation Street (1960- ) in 2002,2018-

34. Peter Kay

Actor | Phoenix Nights

He was taught metal work at school by the actor Steve Coogan's dad, and like Coogan he was an altar boy. He proposed to his wife Susan on one knee outside 'Andy's Records', because it was the first place where they kissed. He's worked everywhere, in a factory packing toilet rolls, in a supermarket,...

Coronation Street (1960- ) in 1997,2004.

Cradle to Grave (2015) in 2015.

35. Lucy Speed

Actress | Shakespeare in Love

Lucy Speed was born on August 31, 1976 in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Shakespeare in Love (1998), The Bill (1984) and EastEnders (1985). She has been married to Spencer Austin since September 12, 2009. They have two children.

Cradle to Grave (2015) in 2015.

National Treasure (2016) in 2016.

36. Tim McInnerny

Actor | Notting Hill

Tim McInnerny is an English actor. He is known for his many roles on stage and television, including as Lord Percy Percy and Captain Darling in the 1980s British sitcom Blackadder. McInnerny was born on 18 September 1956 in Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire, the son of Mary Joan (née Gibbings) and William ...

National Treasure (2016) in 2016.

Black-Adder II (1986) in 1986.

37. Miranda Richardson

Actress | The Crying Game

Miranda Richardson was born in Southport, Lancashire, England on March 3, 1958, to Marian Georgina (Townsend) and William Alan Richardson, a marketing executive. She has one sister, eight years her senior. Her parents and sister are not involved in the performing arts. At an early age she performed...

Black-Adder II (1986) in 1986.

Girlfriends (2018) in 2018.

38. Paula Wilcox

Actress | Boomers

Paula Wilcox was born on December 13, 1949 in Manchester, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Boomers (2014), Upstart Crow (2016) and Girlfriends (2018). She has been married to Skip Riddle since 1991. She was previously married to Derek Seaton.

Girlfriends (2018) in 2018.

Boomers (2014-2016) in 2014-2016.

39. Alison Steadman

Actress | Life Is Sweet

The acclaimed Alison Steadman was born in 1946 in Liverpool, the daughter of George Percival Steadman and Marjorie Evans. Educated at Childwall Valley High School, she studied at the East-15 Acting School from 1966-1969, then toiled as a secretary at the Liverpool Probation Service before deciding ...

Boomers (2014-2016) in 2014-2016.

Fat Friends (2000-2005) in 2000-2005.

40. Janet Dibley

Actress | Gold

The youngest of four, she grew up in Leeds and left school with 8 O levels and 2 A levels then drama school, She spent 15 years with her partner Ron Bertoli until the end of 1995, Now lives in South London with her son, She quit Eastenders when it was planned that her character was going to be gang...

Fat Friends (2000-2005) in 2000-2005.

The Two of Us (1986-1990) in 1986-2000.

41. Nicholas Lyndhurst

Actor | Only Fools and Horses

Nicholas Lyndhurst was born on April 20, 1961 in Emsworth, Hampshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Only Fools and Horses (1981), Goodnight Sweetheart (1993) and Rock & Chips (2010). He has been married to Lucy Smith since September 1, 1999. They have one child.

The Two of Us (1986-1990) in 1986-2000.

Goodnight Sweetheart (1993,1995-1999,2016) in 1993,1995-1999,2016.

42. Michelle Holmes

Actress | Above Suspicion

Michelle Holmes was born on January 1, 1967 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Above Suspicion (2009), Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987) and Goodnight Sweetheart (1993). She was previously married to Mark O'Hanlon.

Goodnight Sweetheart (1993,1995-1999,2016) in 1993,1995-1996.

Emmerdale (1972- ) in 1992-1993,1995.

43. Ned Porteous

Actor | Emmerdale Farm

Ned Porteous was born on July 7, 1994 in Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Emmerdale Farm (1972), EastEnders (1985) and Astral (2018).

Emmerdale (1972- ) in 2017-2018.

Delicious (2016-2019) in 2016.

44. Sheila Hancock

Actress | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

Sheila Hancock was born February 22, 1933. on the Isle of Wight. She later moved to King's Cross in London, where her mother and father ran a pub. Sheila went to Dartford Grammar School, and then with a grant she went to RADA. She then went into nine years of weekly repertory around the country. ...

Delicious (2016-2019) in 2016-2019.

Brighton Belles (1993-1994) in 1993-1994.

45. Jean Boht

Actress | Bread

Jean Boht was born on March 6, 1932 in Bebington, Cheshire, England, UK. She was an actress and producer, known for Bread (1986), Z Cars (1962) and Skins (2007). She was married to Carl Davis and William P. Boht. She died on September 12, 2023 in Denville Hall, Northwood, London, England, UK.

Brighton Belles (1993-1994) in 1993-1994.

Bread (1986-1991) in 1986-1991.

46. Melanie Hill

Actress | Stardust

Melanie attended RADA in London where she won the Vanburgh Award. Her stage plays have included Women Beware Women (Royal Court), Under Milk Wood, Selfish Shellfish, Twelfth Night, Deathtrap, Dirty Linen, Breezeblock Park, Who Killed Hilda Murrell?, Fire in the Lake, and the stage version of Bread ...

Bread (1986-1991) in 1989-1991.

Silent Witness (1996-2008,2010- ) in 1999.

47. Sam Strike

Actor | Mindhunter

Sam Strike was born on January 18, 1994 in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Mindhunter (2017), Chernobyl (2019) and The Boys in the Boat (2023).

Silent Witness (1996-2008,2010- ) in 2016.

Mindhunter (2017,2019) in 2017.

48. Catherine Curtin

Actress | Stranger Things

Catherine Curtin was born in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Stranger Things (2016), Insecure (2016) and Orange Is the New Black (2013).

Mindhunter (2017,2019) in 2017.

Stranger Things (2016-2017,2019,2022 ) in 2017,2019,2022

49. Paul Reiser

Actor | Mad About You

As a seasoned actor, writer, producer, and stand-up comedian, Paul Reiser continues to add to his list of accomplishments. In addition to co-creating and starring on the critically acclaimed NBC series, Mad About You (1992), which garnered him Emmy, Golden Globe, American Comedy Award and Screen ...

Stranger Things (2016-2017,2019,2022 ) in 2017,2019,2022

Mad About You (1992-1999,2019) in 1992-1999,2019.

50. Helen Hunt

Actress | As Good as It Gets

Helen Hunt began studying acting at the age of eight with her father, respected director and acting coach Gordon Hunt. A year later she made her professional debut and afterwards worked steadily in films, theatre and television.

Mad About You (1992-1999,2019) in 1992-1999,2019.

The Simpsons (1989- ) in 1998.

51. Glenn Close

Actress | Fatal Attraction

Eight time Academy Award-nominated actress Glenn Close was born and raised in Greenwich, Connecticut. She is the daughter of Elizabeth Mary H. "Bettine" (Moore) and William Taliaferro Close (William Close), a prominent doctor. Both of her parents were from upper-class families.

Glenn was a noted ...

The Simpsons (1989- ) in 1995,2003,2008,2012,2014-2019,2021.

Will & Grace (1998-2006,2017-2020) in 2002.

52. Veronica Cartwright

Actress | Alien

Born in Bristol, England, Veronica is the older sister of the popular child actress Angela Cartwright. In her early career, Veronica was cast in a number of popular movies such as William Wyler's The Children's Hour (1961), Spencer's Mountain (1963) and Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963). As such,...

Will & Grace (1998-2006,2017-2020) in 1999.

The X-Files (1993-2002,2016,2018.) in 1998-1999.

53. Lauren Ambrose

Actress | Six Feet Under

Lauren Ambrose was born on February 20, 1978 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Six Feet Under (2001), Psycho Beach Party (2000) and Can't Hardly Wait (1998). She has been married to Sam Handel since September 2001. They have two children.

The X-Files (1993-2002,2016,2018.) in 2016,2018.

Six Feet Under (2001-2005) in 2001-2005.

54. Justina Machado

Actress | Torque

Justina Machado was born on September 6, 1972 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Torque (2004), Six Feet Under (2001) and One Day at a Time (2017).

Six Feet Under (2001-2005) in 2001-2005.

Angel (1999-2004) in 2000.

55. Tony Todd

Actor | Candyman

Perhaps best known for his chilling performance as "Candyman", the charismatic 6' 5" actor Tony Todd has consistently turned in compelling performances since his debut in the fantasy film Sleepwalk (1986). Born in Washington, D.C., Todd spent two years on a scholarship at the University of ...

Angel (1999-2004) in 2000.

Riverdale (2016- ) in 2017.

56. Luke Perry

Actor | Beverly Hills, 90210

Luke Perry was an American actor, primarily remembered as a teen idol throughout the 1990s and the early 2000s. Perry was born in Mansfield, Ohio in 1966. Mansfield was known at the time as a center for the home appliances and stove manufacturing industries. The city's largest employer used to be ...

Riverdale (2016- ) in 2016-2019.

Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990-2000) in 1990-1995,1998-2000.

57. Emma Caulfield Ford

Actress | WandaVision

Born as Emma Chukker and raised in San Diego, California, Emma Caulfield began studying drama at the La Jolla Playhouse and the Old Globe Theatre, where she won the distinguished honor of "Excellence in Theatre Arts". She picked up her drama studies once again at The American School in Switzerland ...

Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990-2000) in 1995-1996.

Once Upon a Time (2011-2018) in 2012,2016.

58. Rose McGowan

Actress | Planet Terror

Rose McGowan is an American actress and director, known for her contribution to independent film. Since the age of nineteen, she has appeared in acclaimed films by Gregg Araki, Wes Craven, Brian De Palma, Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino. In 2014, her directorial debut Dawn (2014) was ...

Once Upon a Time (2011-2018) in 2013-2014.

Charmed (1998-2006) in 2001-2006.

59. Charisma Carpenter

Actress | Angel

Charisma Carpenter first made her television debut with a guest spot on Baywatch (1989), before receiving a call from legendary producer Aaron Spelling and subsequently being cast on the prime time soap opera, Malibu Shores (1996). But her big break - and the one that would forever change the ...

Charmed (1998-2006) in 2004.

Scream Queens (2015-2016) in 2015.

60. Roger Bart

Actor | The Producers

Roger Bart was born on September 29, 1962 in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA. He is an actor, known for The Producers (2005) and American Gangster (2007).

Scream Queens (2015-2016) in 2015.

Desperate Housewives (2004-2012) in 2005-2006,2012.

61. Laurie Metcalf

Actress | Lady Bird

Laurie Metcalf was born June 16, 1955 in Carbondale, Illinois, the oldest of three children of Libby (Mars), a librarian, and James Metcalf, a budget director. She was raised in Edwardsville, Illinois. Laurie attended Illinois State University, where she obtained her bachelor of arts in theater in ...

Desperate Housewives (2004-2012) in 2006.

The Big Bang Theory (2007-2019) in 2007,2009-2011,2013-2018.

62. Mayim Bialik

Actress | Beaches

Mayim Bialik grew up in San Diego and got her first acting job (Pumpkinhead (1988)) when she was just 12 years old. A number of TV roles followed until in 1990 she was cast in Blossom (1990), the role which made her famous.

By 1993, while Blossom was still airing, she had already won a deferred ...

The Big Bang Theory (2007-2019) in 2010-2019.

Blossom (1990-1995) in 1990-1995.

63. Joey Lawrence

Actor | Blossom

Joey Lawrence (born Joseph Lawrence Mignogna Jr.) is an American actor and singer from Pennsylvania. He is a former child actor, and has had an active career since the early 1980s. Lawrence is primarily known for television roles in sitcoms. He portrayed middle child Joseph "Joey" Russo in the ...

Blossom (1990-1995) in 1990-1995.

Melissa & Joey (2010-2015) in 2010-2015.

64. Melissa Joan Hart

Actress | Sabrina the Teenage Witch

Melissa grew up in Sayville, New York. Her acting career started at the age of four, when she did a commercial for a bathtub toy called Splashy. Her mother, Paula Hart, has been her agent from the beginning. Melissa is the oldest of eight children, some from her mother's second marriage. Six ...

Melissa & Joey (2010-2015) in 2010-2015.

Clarissa Explains It All (1991-1994) in 1991-1994.

65. James Van Der Beek

Actor | Dawson's Creek

James David Van Der Beek was born on March 8, 1977 in Cheshire, Connecticut, as the oldest of three children of Melinda (Weber), a gymnastics studio owner and Broadway dancer, and Jim Van Der Beek, a cell phone company executive. He has a brother named Jared who was born in 1979, and a sister named...

Clarissa Explains It All (1991-1994) in 1993.

CSI: Cyber (2015-2016) in 2015-2016.

66. Peter MacNicol

Actor | Sophie's Choice

Peter MacNicol is an American actor. He received a Theatre World Award for his 1981 Broadway debut in the play Crimes of the Heart. His film roles include Galen in Dragonslayer (1981), Stingo in Sophie's Choice (1982), Janosz Poha in Ghostbusters II (1989), camp organizer Gary Granger in Addams ...

CSI: Cyber (2015-2016) in 2015.

Ally McBeal (1997-2002) in 1997-2002.

67. Betty White

Actress | The Proposal

Betty White was born in Oak Park, Illinois, to Christine Tess (Cachikis), a homemaker, and Horace Logan White, a lighting company executive for the Crouse-Hinds Electric Company. She was of Danish, Greek, English, and Welsh descent.

Although she was best known as the devious Sue Ann Nivens on the ...

Ally McBeal (1997-2002) in 1999.

Hot in Cleveland (2010-2015) in 2010-2015.

68. Jennifer Love Hewitt

Actress | I Know What You Did Last Summer

Jennifer Love Hewitt was born in Waco, Texas, to Patricia Mae (Shipp), a speech-language pathologist, and Herbert Daniel Hewitt, a medical technician. She has English, Italian, French, Scottish, and German ancestry. She got her first name from her older brother Todd Daniel Hewitt (b. November 8, ...

Hot in Cleveland (2010-2015) in 2011-2012,2014.

Party of Five (1994-2000) in 1995-1999.

69. Neve Campbell

Actress | Scream

Neve Campbell was born and raised in Guelph, Ontario, to Marnie (Neve), a Dutch-born psychologist and yoga instructor (from Amsterdam), and Gerry Campbell, a Scottish-born teacher (from Glasgow). Campbell first came to our TV screens in the hit Drama series Party of Five (1994). Described as TV's ...

Party of Five (1994-2000) in 1994-2000.

The Philanthropist (2009) in 2009.

70. Michael Kenneth Williams

Actor | The Wire

Emmy-nominated actor and producer Michael Kenneth Williams was one of his generation's most respected and acclaimed talents. By bringing complicated and charismatic characters to life--often with surprising tenderness--Williams established himself as a gifted and versatile performer with a unique ...

The Philanthropist (2009) in 2009.

The Sopranos (1999-2007) in 2001.

71. Drea de Matteo

Actress | The Sopranos

Andrea Donna de Matteo, called Drea (pronounced "dray"), was born on January 19, 1972 in Queens, New York, into an affluent family, the youngest of three children and the only girl. She is the daughter of Donna, a playwright and playwriting teacher at HB Studio in New York, and Albert A. De Matteo,...

The Sopranos (1999-2007) in 1999-2002,2004,2006.

Joey (2004-2006) in 2004-2006.

72. Christina Ricci

Actress | Casper

Precocious, outspoken child-teen starlet of the 1990s, Christina Ricci was born on February 12, 1980 in Santa Monica, California, the youngest of four children of Sarah (Murdoch), a realtor, and Ralph Ricci, a lawyer and therapist. She is of Italian (from her paternal grandfather), Irish, and ...

Joey (2004-2006) in 2005.

The Lizzie Borden Chronicles (2015) in 2015.

73. John Heard

Actor | The Guardian

John Heard was a very talented actor who established himself as a respected thespian in the late 1970s and early '80s, though he is perhaps better known for his turn as Peter McCallister, Kevin McCallister's (Macaulay Culkin) father in the Home Alone (1990) movies.

John was born in Washington, D.C.,...

The Lizzie Borden Chronicles (2015) in 2015.

Prison Break (2005-2009,2017.) in 2005-2006.

74. Patricia Wettig

Actress | City Slickers

Three-time Emmy Award winner Patricia Wettig made a noticeable dramatic impact on late 1980s TV as wife and mom Nancy Weston on the award-winning series Thirtysomething (1987). Although her husband, actor Ken Olin, also co-starred on the series, they had different spouses on the show. Known for her...

Prison Break (2005-2009,2017.)in 2005-2007.

Brothers & Sisters (2006-2011) in 2006-2011.

75. Margot Kidder

Actress | Superman

Margot Kidder was born Margaret Ruth Kidder in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, to Jocelyn Mary "Jill" (Wilson), a history teacher from British Columbia, and Kendall Kidder, a New Mexico-born mining engineer and explosives expert. Margot was a delightful child who took pride in ...

Brothers & Sisters (2006-2011) in 2007.

Smallville (2001-2011) in 2004.

76. James Marsters

Actor | Buffy the Vampire Slayer

James graduated from Davis High School and attended Juilliard, the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, and the American Conservatory Theatre. After spending ten years doing stage work he finally moved to L.A. to pursue a career in film and television. After appearing in several guest roles...

Smallville (2001-2011) in 2005-2006,2008,2010.

Supernatural (2005-2020) in 2011.

77. Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Actor | Watchmen

Jeffrey Dean Morgan endeared himself to audiences with his recurring role on ABC's smash hit series Grey's Anatomy (2005). His dramatic arc as heart patient Denny Duquette, who wins the heart of intern Izzie Stevens (Katherine Heigl) in a star-crossed romance, made him a universal fan favorite. He ...

Supernatural (2005-2020) in 2005-2008,2019.

Star Trek: Enterprise (2001-2005) in 2003.

78. Fionnula Flanagan

Actress | The Others

Fionnula Flanagan was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland. From an early age she grew up speaking both English and Irish on a daily basis. Her parents weren't native Irish speakers but wanted Fionnula and her four siblings to learn the language. Her mother used to say, "A nation without a language ...

Star Trek: Enterprise (2001-2005) in 2002.

Kat and Alfie: Redwater (2017) in 2017.

79. Jessie Wallace

Actress | EastEnders

Jessie grew up in Enfield, in north London, and -- after her parents divorced when she was three -- she and her older sister, Joanne, were brought up by their father, James, who now runs a pub in Essex. Just as Kat's grandmother, Mo, presides over the Slater family in EastEnders (1985), Jessie's ...

Kat and Alfie: Redwater (2017) in 2017.

The Road to Coronation Street (2010) in 2010.

80. Celia Imrie

Actress | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Celia Imrie is an Olivier award-winning and Screen Actors Guild-nominated actress, a Variety magazine 'Icon' and Women in Film and Television 'Lifetime Achievement award' winner. As well as her acclaimed film, television and theatre work, she is also a Sunday Times best-selling author. Celia is ...

The Road to Coronation Street (2010) in 2010.

Patrick Melrose (2018) in 2018.

81. Indira Varma

Actress | Bride & Prejudice

Indira Anne Varma (born 27 September 1973) is a British actress. Her film debut and first major role was in Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love. She has gone on to appear in the television series The Canterbury Tales, Rome, Luther, Human Target, and Game of Thrones (as Ellaria Sand). In September 2016, she ...

Patrick Melrose (2018) in 2018.

Game of Thrones (2011-2019) in 2014-2017

82. Mark Addy

Actor | The Full Monty

Born in York, on leaving school he started work as a stage hand at York's Theatre Royal and later attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art .from 1982 to 1984 after which he joined such companies as Hull Truck Theatre and The Royal National Theatre. He achieved international fame in his film debut...

Game of Thrones (2011-2019) in 2011.

Atlantis (2013-2015) in 2013-2015.

83. Sarah Parish

Actress | The Wedding Date

Sarah Parish was born on June 7, 1968 in Yeovil, Somerset, England, UK. She is an actress and director, known for The Wedding Date (2005), The Holiday (2006) and Blackpool (2004). She has been married to James Murray since December 15, 2007. They have two children.

Atlantis (2013-2015) in 2013-2015.

Cutting It (2002-2005) in 2002-2005.

84. Angela Griffin

Actress | Waterloo Road

Angela Griffin was born on July 19, 1976 in Cottingley, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress and director, known for Waterloo Road (2006), Help (2021) and Crime (2021). She has been married to Jason Milligan since July 27, 2006. They have two children.

Cutting It (2002-2005) in 2002-2005.

Down to Earth (2000-2001,2003-2005) in 2003-2004.

85. Pauline Quirke

Actress | Birds of a Feather

Pauline Quirke was born on July 8, 1959 in Hackney, London, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Birds of a Feather (1989), Emmerdale Farm (1972) and Broadchurch (2013). She has been married to Steve Sheen since August 1996. They have two children.

Down to Earth (2000-2001,2003-2005) in 2000-2001,2003.

Birds of a Feather (1989-1994,1996-1998,2014-2017,2020 ) in 1989-1994,1996-1998,2014-2017.

86. Matt Willis

Soundtrack | Mr. Bean's Holiday

Matt Willis was born on May 8, 1983 in Kingston upon Thames, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007), Stormbreaker (2006) and Thunderbirds (2004). He has been married to Emma Willis since July 5, 2008. They have three children.

Birds of a Feather (1989-1994,1996-1998,2014-2017,2020 ) in 2014.

Agatha Christie's Marple (2004-2011,2013.) in 2013.

87. Wendy Richard

Actress | Are You Being Served?

Wendy Richard, was born in Middlesborough to Henry and Beatrice Emmerton who moved to London when she was 5. and there they ran The Shepherds Tavern in Mayfair. Her father commited suicide due to depression when she was 11. She was educated at St Georges School in Mount Street, Mayfair, London and ...

Agatha Christie's Marple (2004-2011,2013.) in 2008.

Benidorm (2007-2018) in 2008.

88. Joan Collins

Actress | Dynasty

Joan Collins is an English actress from Paddington, London. She is most famous for playing the role of vengeful schemer Alexis Carrington Colby in the soap opera "Dynasty" (1981-1989). In 1997, She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to drama. In 2015, She...

Benidorm (2007-2018) in 2014-2017.

Star Trek (1966-1969) in 1967.

89. Yvonne Craig

Actress | Batgirl

Yvonne Joyce Craig was born on May 16, 1937 in Taylorville, Illinois. As a young teenager, Yvonne showed such promise as a dancer that she was accepted to Denham's Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Her training progressed until she left the company in 1957 over a disagreement on casting changes. She ...

Star Trek (1966-1969) in 1969.

Batman (1966-1968) in 1967-1968.

90. Eartha Kitt

Actress | The Emperor's New Groove

An out-of-wedlock child, Eartha Kitt was born in the cotton fields of South Carolina. Kitt's mother was a sharecropper of African-American and Cherokee Native American descent. Her father's identity is unknown. Given away by her mother, she arrived in Harlem at age nine. At 15, she quit high school...

Batman (1966-1968) in 1967-1968.

Miami Vice (1984-1990) in 1985.

91. Don Johnson

Actor | Miami Vice

Best known for his starring role as Det. Sonny Crockett on the hugely successful TV series Miami Vice (1984), Don Johnson is one of the stars who really defined the 1980s. As James "Sonny" Crockett he went toe-to-toe with drug dealers, pimps, prostitutes, assassins, illegal arms-dealers and crooked...

Miami Vice (1984-1990) in 1984-1990.

Nash Bridges (1996-2001) in 1996-2001.

92. Jodi Lyn O'Keefe

Actress | She's All That

Jodi Lyn O'Keefe was born in Cliffwood Beach, New Jersey, to Noreen and Jack O'Keefe, a director of labor relations for Merck. She began modeling at the age of 8 after seeing her eldest sister Heather modelling. She modeled for various companies such as Gitano Jeans and DreamPhone. When she reached...

Nash Bridges (1996-2001) in 1996-2001.

Two and a Half Men (2003-2015) in 2004,2005,2010-2011.

93. Kathy Bates

Actress | Misery

Multi-talented, multi-award-winning actress Kathleen (Doyle) Bates was born on June 28, 1948, and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. She is the youngest of three girls born to Bertye Kathleen (Talbot), a homemaker, and Langdon Doyle Bates, a mechanical engineer. Her grandfather was author Finis L. Bates...

Two and a Half Men (2003-2015) in 2012.

Disjointed (2017-2018) in 2017-2018.

94. Missi Pyle

Actress | Captain Fantastic

Missi Pyle was born Andrea Kay Pyle on November 16, 1972 in Houston, Texas, and was raised in Memphis, Tennessee. The daughter of Linda and Frank Pyle, she has four older siblings, sisters Debbie and Julie, and brothers Sam and Paul. Pyle attended the North Carolina School of the Arts and graduated...

Disjointed (2017-2018) in 2017-2018.

The Goldbergs (2013- ) in 2018.

95. Wendi McLendon-Covey

Actress | Bridesmaids

Actor, comedian and producer Wendi McLendon-Covey has been captivating audiences throughout her career.

Wendi recently concluded her impressive 10-season run starring on ABC's "The Goldbergs," a milestone marked by two Critic's Choice nominations. Notably, at the time of its conclusion, "The ...

The Goldbergs (2013- ) in 2013-

Cougar Town (2009-2015) in 2011.

96. Michelle Williams

Actress | Blue Valentine

A small-town girl born and raised in rural Kalispell, Montana, Michelle Ingrid Williams is the daughter of Carla Ingrid (Swenson), a homemaker, and Larry Richard Williams, a commodity trader and author. Her ancestry is Norwegian, as well as German, British Isles, and other Scandinavian. She was ...

Cougar Town (2009-2015) in 2013.

Dawson's Creek (1998-2003) in 1998-2003.

97. Michael Pitt

Actor | The Dreamers

Michael Carmen Pitt (born April 10, 1981) is an American actor, model and musician. A casting agent, whom Pitt mistook as a police officer attempting to arrest him, noticed him and recommended him for a guest role on the television series Dawson's Creek (1998) (he played Henry Parker in 15 episodes...

Dawson’s Creek (1998-2003) in 1999-2000.

Boardwalk Empire (2010-2014) in 2010-2011.

98. Kelly Macdonald

Actress | No Country for Old Men

Scottish actress Kelly Macdonald was born and raised in Glasgow. Her parents divorced when she was young, and she was raised by her mother, a sales executive in the garment industry. She has one brother, David. As a hobby, she acted in an amateur theatrical club, which she enjoyed a great deal. ...

Boardwalk Empire (2010-2014) in 2010-2014.

Alias (2001-2006) in 2005.

99. Amy Acker

Actress | Angel

Born and raised in Dallas, Texas where she graduated Lake Highlands High School, Amy Acker is the oldest of four children; she has two sisters and one brother. An acting major at Southern Methodist University, Amy acted in several college theater productions. She appeared in various roles during ...

Alias (2001-2006) in 2005-2006.

Dollhouse (2009-2010) in 2009-2010.

100. Eliza Dushku

Actress | Bring It On

Eliza Dushku was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Judith (Rasmussen), a political science professor, and Philip R. Dushku, a teacher and administrator. Her father is Albanian and her mother is American (of Danish, Irish, English, and German descent). She was discovered at the end of a five-month ...

Dollhouse (2009-2010) in 2009-2010.

Tru Calling (2003-2005) in 2003-2005.