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List Of American Television Actresses
This is an alphabetical list of American television actresses who have articles on Wikipedia. Some actors who are well-known for both film and TV work are also included in the list of American film actresses. A *Paula Abdul born *Donzaleigh Abernathy born *Amy Acker born *Danneel Ackles born *Amy Adams born *Joey Lauren Adams born *Mary Kay Adams born *Pamela Adlon born *Keiko Agena born *Dianna Agron born *Christina Aguilera born *Lexi Ainsworth born *Malin Åkerman born *Mackenzie Aladjem born *Jessica Alba born *Lola Albright (1924-2017) *Kristen Alderson born * Brooke Alexander born *Denise Alexander born *Erika Alexander born *Khandi Alexander born *Olivia Alexander born *Sasha Alexander born *Kim Alexis born *Kristian Alfonso born *Tatyana Ali born * Ana Alicia born *Christa B. Allen born *Crystal Allen born *Debbie Allen born *Jonelle Allen born *Krista Allen born *Rosalind Allen born *Kirstie Alley born *Lindsey Alley born *Daniella ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of American Film Actresses
The following American film actresses are listed alphabetically. It contains both actresses born American and those who acquired American nationality later. Some actors who are well known for both film and TV work are also included in the list of American television actresses. Key to entries: : born in ''Nation'': this person was born abroad but was American by birth : ''Nationality''-born: this person acquired American citizenship later in life : a range is ''birth''–''death'' years : if year of death only is known, that is stated explicitly A *Beverly Aadland 1942–2010 *Mariann Aalda born *Caroline Aaron born *Diahnne Abbott born *Rose Abdoo born *Paula Abdul born *Donzaleigh Abernathy born *Whitney Able born *Candice Accola born *Amy Acker born *Jean Acker 1893–1978 *Bettye Ackerman 1924–2006 *Amy Adams born (born in Italy) *Brooke Adams (actress), Brooke Adams born *Edie Adams 1927–2008 *Jane Adams (actress, born 1965), Jane Adams born *Joey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristen Alderson
Kristen DeAnn Alderson (born May 29, 1991) is an American actress and singer, best known for her 15-year portrayal of Starr Manning on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC daytime drama ''One Life to Live'', and for originating the role of Kiki Jerome on ''General Hospital''. Early life Alderson was born on May 29, 1991 in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania, to Richard and Kathy Alderson. She has a younger brother, actor Eddie Alderson. Career At six years old, Alderson auditioned for the ''One Life to Live'' role of Starr Manning in February 1998 and portrayed the character starting on March 20, 1998. and was put on contract with the series in April 2001.Starr Manning profile - SoapCentral.com Retrieved December 24, 2008. She has appeared in television commercials for JC Penney, Citgo and Soap Networ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debbie Allen
Deborah Kaye Allen (born January 16, 1950) is an American actress, dancer, choreographer, singer-songwriter, director, producer, and a former member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. She has been nominated 20 times for an Emmy Award (winning five), two Tony Awards, and has also won a Golden Globe Award and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1991. Allen is best known for her work in the musical-drama television series ''Fame'' (1982-1987), where she portrayed dance teacher Lydia Grant, and served as the series' principal choreographer. For this role in 1983 she received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy and two Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography and was nominated for four Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. Allen later began working as director and producer, most notably producing and directing 83 of 144 episodes of NBC comedy series ''A Different World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crystal Allen
Crystal Allen (born Orange County, 13 August 1972) is an American film and television actress. Biography Allen is from Alberta, Canada. She is an actress who has starred and appeared in guest star roles, including episodes of such TV series as ''Sex and the City'', '' Ed'', ''The Sopranos'', '' Boston Legal'', ''Star Trek: Enterprise'', '' JAG'', '' Desperate Housewives'' and others. She has also appeared in television commercials, including ads for Tic Tac Mints, Nissan and Almay. She starred in the Hallmark Channel The Hallmark Channel is an American television channel owned by Crown Media Holdings, Inc., which in turn is owned by Hallmark Cards, Inc. The channel's programming is primarily targeted at families, and features a mix of television movies a ... original movie, ''Falling in Love with the Girl Next Door''. In 2020 she was one of the single mothers in ''Beware of Mom.'' Filmography Film Television References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christa B
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Christa may refer to: * Christa (given name), a female given name * Janusz Christa (1934-2008), Polish comics author * ''Swedish Fly Girls'', a 1971 film also known as ''Christa'' * 1015 Christa, an asteroid See also * Christ (other) * Christa-Elizabeth * Christe * Christi * Christo (other) * Christy (other) * Crista * Christia * Krista Krista is a female given name, a mostly North European (Finland, Estonia and Sweden) variant of the male name Christian. The name Krista can be spelled with a "Ch", making it Christa. It means "Follower of Christ". People named Krista *Krista Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana Alicia
Ana Alicia Ortiz Torres (born December 12, 1956) is a Mexican-American former actress who performed in theatre and on television. She is known for playing scheming vineyard heiress Melissa Agretti on the long-running primetime soap opera ''Falcon Crest'' for seven seasons. She got her television start spending a year on the daytime soap-opera ''Ryan's Hope'' and also performed in few single episode guest-starring roles on various televisions shows or in television movies most years from the late-1970s to the mid-1990s. Early life Ana Alicia Ortiz Torres was born in Mexico City to Carlos Celestino Ortiz and Alicia Torres, who ran businesses in Acapulco, Mexico. She was the third of four children. Her family moved to El Paso, Texas, when she was six years old after the death of her father. There, she lived with her grandmother, mother, an uncle, and her three siblings in a house that her father had purchased for her grandmother. Upon graduating from high school in 1972, Ortiz ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatyana Ali
Tatyana Marisol Ali is an American actress and singer best known for her role as Ashley Banks on the NBC sitcom ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'' from 1990 to 1996. She starred as Tyana Jones on the TV One original series ''Love That Girl!'', and played a recurring role as Roxanne on the CBS soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'' from 2007 to 2013. Early life Ali was born in North Bellmore, New York. She is of mixed African and Indian descent or Dougla, born to an Indo-Trinidadian father and an Afro-Panamanian mother. Career In 1985, 6-year-old Ali began her acting career as a regular performer on the PBS children's educational program ''Sesame Street''. Her tenure included an appearance with jazz great Herbie Hancock, who demonstrated his Fairlight CMI synthesizer using a sample of Ali's voice. She also appeared in two episodes of ''Star Search,'' one of which featured her performance of a cover of Marvin Gaye's and Tammi Terrell's hit "Ain't No Mountain High Enough". She m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristian Alfonso
Kristian-Joy Alfonso (born September 5, 1963) is an American actress, former figure skater and fashion model. She is recognized for her portrayal of Hope Williams Brady on the NBC soap opera ''Days of Our Lives''. Early life Alfonso was born on September 5, 1963, in Brockton, Massachusetts, United States, as Kristian-Joy Alfonso. She is Italian-American; her grandparents hail from Sicily and Calabria. Kristian Alfonso was born to her parents Gino and Joanne. She has an older sister, Lisa. Career Early works She began her career as a figure skater and gold medal champion at the Junior Olympic Figure Skating Championships. At the age of 13, a tobogganing accident ended her skating career and Alfonso began modeling. By the time she was 15, she had appeared on the cover of over 30 magazines, including ''Vogue'' and ''Harper's Bazaar''. She was first seen on TV playing opposite Rock Hudson in the TV movie ''The Starmaker'' in 1981. ''Days of Our Lives'' Alfonso's career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Alexis
Kim Marie Alexis (born July 15, 1960) is an American supermodel and actress who was famous in the 1970s and 80s. She appeared on the cover of magazines like ''Sports Illustrated'', Vogue (magazine), ''Vogue'', ''Harper's Bazaar'', ''Glamour (magazine), Glamour'', ''Self (magazine), Self'' and Cosmopolitan (magazine), ''Cosmopolitan''. Early life Alexis was born in Lockport, New York, and grew up in the suburbs of Buffalo, New York, Buffalo. Her father, Robert, was a chemical engineer. Her mother's name is Barbara. She also has a sister. She started to be a Human swimming, swimmer at the age of six and began to swim competitively through her senior year at Lockport High School. She attended college at the University of Rhode Island, and was accepted into a five-year pharmacy program. Alexis was raised Presbyterian, and she and her family attended church every Sunday. Modeling Alexis was one of the top models of the late 1970s and early to mid 1980s, identified along with Gia C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sasha Alexander
Sasha Alexander (born Suzana Drobnjakovic on May 17, 1973), is an American actress and TV director. She played Gretchen Witter in ''Dawson's Creek'' and has acted in films including '' Yes Man'' (2008) and ''He's Just Not That Into You'' (2009). Alexander played Caitlin Todd for the first two seasons of '' NCIS'' (2003–2005). From July 2010 through September 2016, Alexander starred as Maura Isles in the TNT series ''Rizzoli & Isles'' and was a regular in Season 5 and 6 of '' Shameless'' in 2015-2016. Early life Alexander, who is of Serbian descent, was born Suzana Drobnjakovic in Los Angeles, California. She began acting in school productions in the seventh grade. She was also an ice skater, but stopped due to a knee injury. She continued acting through high school and college, then moved to New York City to act in summer stock and Shakespeare festivals. She graduated from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television, where she was a member of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivia Alexander
Olivia Alexander (born Olivia Usey) is an American actress, singer, and Businesswoman born in Louisiana. The daughter of a dance teacher, Olivia began singing and dancing very young. Olivia appeared in national commercials for "Little Debbie's Snack Cakes" and "Ultra Gain Detergent" at the age of 2. Olivia won national dance titles such as, "National Jr. Miss Dance Educators of America" in 1999 and Dance Spirit Magazines "Future Star Award in 2001" . At the age of 13, Alexander moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting and dancing full time. Since then, Alexander has appeared in national commercials, print work, Tv shows, and feature films. Biography Early life Olivia Alexander was born in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, as Olivia Usey. As early as age two, she was working as a child print model and commercial actress. After being discovered by a talent agent at a beauty pageant when she was six, Alexander began auditioning in Los Angeles without success. Returning to Los Angeles at the ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khandi Alexander
Harriet Rene "Khandi" Alexander (born September 4, 1957) is an American dancer, choreographer, and actress. She began her career as a dancer in the 1980s and was a choreographer for Whitney Houston's world tours from 1988 to 1992. During the 1990s, Alexander appeared in a number of films, include ''CB4'' (1993), ''What's Love Got to Do with It'' (1993), '' Sugar Hill'' (1994), and ''There's Something About Mary'' (1998). She starred as Catherine Duke in the NBC sitcom ''NewsRadio'' from 1995 to 1998. She also had a major recurring role in the NBC medical drama '' ER'' (1995–2001) as Jackie Robbins, sister to Dr. Peter Benton. Alexander also received critical acclaim for her leading performance in the HBO miniseries ''The Corner'' in 2000. From 2002 to 2009, Alexander starred as Dr. Alexx Woods in the CBS police procedural series ''CSI: Miami''. From 2010 to 2013, she starred as LaDonna Batiste-Williams in the HBO drama '' Treme''. Later in 2013, she joined the cast of the AB ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
