Jewish American actresses

American actress (1932–2023)

American actress and comedienne (1922–2009)

American actress

American comedian, actress, and writer

Canadian-American actress

American actress (born 1966)

Lena Dunham is an American writer, director, actress, and producer. She is the creator, writer, and star of the HBO television series Girls (2012–2017), for which she received several Emmy Award nominations and two Golden Globe Awards. Dunham also directed several episodes of Girls and became the first woman to win the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series. She started her career writing, directing, and starring in her semi-autobiographical independent film Tiny Furniture (2010), for which she won an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay. She has since written and directed the 2022 films Sharp Stick and Catherine Called Birdy. In 2025, she created the Netflix series Too Much starring Megan Stalter.

American actress, writer, and producer (born 1976)

American actress (born 1968)

Madison Elle Beer is an American singer-songwriter. She first gained media attention after Canadian singer Justin Bieber posted a link to her cover of "At Last". In 2018, she released her debut extended play (EP), As She Pleases.

American actress (born 1972)

American actress (1949–2021)

Julia Garner is an American actress. She gained recognition for playing Ruth Langmore in the Netflix crime drama series Ozark (2017–2022), for which she received critical acclaim and won three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress.

American actress

American actress (1885–1955)

American actress and comedian (born 1952)

American actress, model, and comedian

American actress

Alison Brie Schermerhorn is an American actress, producer, and writer.

American actress

American-British actress

Hungarian-American actress and socialite (1919–1995)

Kyra Minturn Sedgwick is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her starring role as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson on the crime drama The Closer (2005–2012), for which she won a Golden Globe in 2007 and an Emmy Award in 2010. She also starred in the 1992 TV film Miss Rose White, which won an Emmy Award. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance in the 1995 film Something to Talk About. Sedgwick's other film credits include Oliver Stone's Born on the Fourth of July (1989) and Cameron Crowe's Singles (1992). She also had a recurring role as Chief Madeline Wuntch on the sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

American comedian and actress (born 1981)

American actress

American actress

American actress

American actress

American actress (born 1954)

American actress (born 1966)

American actress who converted to Judaism

Maya Khabira Rudolph is an American actress and comedian. In 2000, she became a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL). During her tenure on the show, she appeared in supporting roles in the films 50 First Dates (2004), A Prairie Home Companion (2006), and Idiocracy (2006).

American film and television actress, director, screenwriter, editor, and producer (born 1937)

American actress

American actress, director and screenwriter (born 1979)

American actress

American actress

American actress

American actress (born 1952)

American actress (1910–1999)

American pornographic actress (born 1959)

American actress and artist

American actress (1925–2016)

American actress

American actress

American singer and actress (1916-1994)

American actress (born 1979)

American actress

American actress and singer (1946-2019)

French-American actress

American model and actress

American actress

Australian and American singer and actress (1941–2020)

American actress

American actress

American actress (1906–1979)

American actress

Melissa Ellen Gilbert is an American actress. Gilbert began her career as a child actress in the late 1960s, appearing in numerous commercials and guest-starring roles on television. From 1974 to 1983, she starred as Laura Ingalls Wilder, the second-oldest daughter of Charles Ingalls on the NBC series Little House on the Prairie. During the run of Little House, Gilbert appeared in several television films, including The Diary of Anne Frank (1980) and The Miracle Worker (1979). As an adult, she continued her career mainly in television films. From 2009 to 2010, Gilbert appeared as Caroline "Ma" Ingalls in the touring production of Little House on the Prairie, the Musical. In 2012, she was a contestant on season fourteen of the reality dance competition show Dancing with the Stars on ABC.

American actress, singer (1942-1999)

American actress