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a woman who acts in a play, film, broadcast, etc.
Madonna
is an American singer-songwriter, actress, author, director, entrepreneur and philanthropist. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance and performed in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy.
Amber Nash
is an American actress. She currently stars on Archer as Pam Poovey, whom she describes as "a sturdy bisexual". She has also starred in Frisky Dingo. Amber also has extensive experience in theatrical performances
Gillian Anderson
is an American actress. After beginning her career in theatre, Anderson achieved international recognition for her role as Special Agent Dana Scully on the American television series The X-Files.
Aisha Tyler
is an American actress, comedian, and author, known for her regular role as Andrea Marino in the first season of Ghost Whisperer and voicing Lana Kane in Archer
Ellen Page
is a Canadian actress.
Olivia Wilde
is an American actress who has acted in many movies and television programs. She starred in movies like Alpha Dog and The Girl Next Door and in television series such as The O.C.. She is also an activist for veganism.
Betty White
Betty Marion White is an American actress, comedian, presenter, singer, author, and television personality. In 2013, the Guinness World Records awarded White with having the longest television career for a female entertainer. To contemporary audiences, White is best known for her television roles as Sue Ann Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rose Nylund on The Golden Girls. Since the death of co-star Rue McClanahan in 2010, she is the only surviving Golden Girl. She currently stars as Elka Ostrovsky in the TV Land sitcom Hot in Cleveland, for which she has won two consecutive Screen Actors Guild Awards. She also hosted NBC's practical-joke show Betty White's Off Their Rockers, which resulted in two Emmy nominations.
Carrie Brownstein
is an American musician, writer, and actress, who first widely became known as a guitarist and vocalist in Sleater-Kinney.
Sarah Michelle Gellar
is an American actress and producer. In 1983, she made her acting debut in the made-for-TV movie An Invasion of Privacy and went on to appear in Spenser: For Hire and Crossbow.
Felicia Day
Kathryn Felicia Day (born June 28, 1979) is an American actress, comedian, and writer.
Molly Ringwald
currently plays Anne Juergens in the ABC Family show The Secret Life of the American Teenager.
Chloe Bennet
is an American actress and singer.
Karen Gillan
is a Scottish actress and former model. She is most famous for her role as Amy Pond in the British science fiction series Doctor Who.
Gillian Jacobs
best known for her role as Britta Perry on the NBC comedy series Community.
Mary-Louise Parker
is an American actress. Best known for her lead role on Showtime's television series Weeds portraying Nancy Botwin.
Hannah Simone
is a Canadian television hostess, actress, and former fashion model.
Emmy Rossum
is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She has starred in movies including Songcatcher (2000), An American Rhapsody, (2001) and Passionada (2002). Her role in Mystic River (2003) garnered her wider recognition.
Judy Greer
Judy Greer (born July 20, 1975) is an American actress, and author, best known for portraying a string of supporting characters, including Kitty Sanchez on the Fox/Netflix series Arrested Development and Cheryl Tunt on the animated comedy series Archer.
Amy Schumer
is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and writer. She placed fourth on the fifth season of NBC's Last Comic Standing, and she placed second on Comedy Central's Reality Bites Back
Yvette Nicole Brown
s an American actress and comedian. Brown has appeared in various commercials, television shows, and films throughout her career. Currently, she appears as Shirley Bennett on the NBC comedy series Community.
Ken Jeong
is an American comedian, actor, and physician. He is best known for his role as Leslie Chow in The Hangover trilogy and as Ben Chang on the NBC comedy series Community.
Alison Elizabeth "Ali" Larter
best known for playing the dual roles of Niki Sanders and Tracy Strauss on the NBC science fiction drama Heroes
Karyn Parsons
Karyn Parsons-Rockwell (born October 8, 1966) is an American television and film actress and model best known for the role of Hilary Banks on the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
Lizzy Caplan
best known for her roles as Janis Ian in Mean Girls (2004), Marlena Diamond in Cloverfield (2008), April in Hot Tub Time Machine (2010) and Gena in Bachelorette (2012)
Alex Borstein
is an American actress, voice actress, screenwriter, producer and comedienne. She is well known for her long-running role as Lois Griffin on the animated television series Family Guy.