Aaliyah (New York City)
Pop singer and actress who sang "Try Again"
Famous Actors from New York
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Alda, Alan (New York City)
Hawkeye Pierce on TV's M*A*S*H -
Arkin, Alan (New York City)
The foul-mouthed grandpa in Little Miss Sunshine -
Arquette, Rosanna (New York City)
Star of Desperately Seeking Susan -
Ashanti (Glen Cove)
Singer of "Foolish" and "Rock Wit U (Awww Baby)" -
Auberjonois, René (New York City)
Odo on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine -
Awkwafina (Queens)
Comic rapper turned actress who starred in 'The Farewell' -
Azaria, Hank (Forest Hills)
The voice of Apu and Chief Wiggum on TV's The Simpsons -
Bacall, Lauren (New York City)
Bogart's co-star in To Have and Have Not -
Baio, Scott (New York City)
Star of TV's Joanie Loves Chachi and Charles in Charge -
Baldwin, Alec (Massapequa)
The goofy boss, Jack Donaghy, on TV's 30 Rock -
Ball, Lucille (Jamestown)
The red-headed star of TV's I Love Lucy -
Bancroft, Anne (The Bronx)
Mrs. Robinson in the movie The Graduate -
Barkin, Ellen (The Bronx)
Slinky-eyed star of The Big Easy and Sea of Love -
Bassett, Angela
The Stella from How Stella Got Her Groove Back -
Bateman, Jason (Rye)
Michael Bluth on TV's Arrested Development -
Belafonte, Harry (New York City)
The calypso crooner who sang "The Banana Boat Song" -
Bell, Lake (New York City)
The writer, director and star of In a World... -
Berg, Peter (New York City)
Dr. Billy Kronk on TV's Chicago Hope -
Best, Ahmed (New York City)
Jar Jar Binks in The Phantom Menace -
Bishop, Joey (The Bronx)
Comedian member of the Rat Pack -
Bleeth, Yasmine (New York City)
Caroline Holden on the series Baywatch -
Bleu, Corbin (Brooklyn)
Chad from Disney's High School Musical -
Bogart, Humphrey (New York City)
Rick Blaine in Casablanca -
Bogdanovich, Peter (Kingston)
Director of The Last Picture Show -
Breslin, Abigail (New York City)
Olive, the nerdy little girl in the movie Little Miss Sunshine -
Broderick, Matthew (New York City)
Ferris in the movie Ferris Beuller's Day Off -
Brody, Adrien (New York City)
Oscar-winning star of The Pianist -
Buscemi, Steve (Brooklyn)
Mr. Pink in Reservoir Dogs -
Caan, James (The Bronx)
Sonny Corleone in The Godfather -
Cagney, James (New York City)
Star of the movies Public Enemy and Yankee Doodle Dandy -
Caruso, David (New York City)
That redheaded guy who quit N.Y.P.D. Blue -
Cassidy, David (New York City)
The hunky star of TV's 'The Partridge Family' -
Cates, Phoebe (New York City)
The fantasy girl in Fast Times At Ridgemont High -
Chalamet, Timothée (New York City)
The young star of 'Call Me By Your Name' -
Connelly, Jennifer (New York City)
The Oscar-winning co-star of A Beautiful Mind -
Crudup, Billy (Manhasset)
Dr. Manhattan in the film version of Watchmen -
Cruise, Tom (Syracuse)
Star of the Mission Impossible movie series -
Cryer, Jon (New York City)
Alan Harper on the sitcom Two and a Half Men -
Crystal, Billy (Long Beach)
Meg Ryan's co-star in When Harry Met Sally -
Curtis, Tony (Bronx)
The star of Some Like it Hot -
Danes, Claire (New York City)
Angela Chase on TV's My So-Called Life -
Dangerfield, Rodney (Babylon)
The comedian who said "I don't get no respect" -
Davis, Ann B. (Schenectady)
Alice the housekeeper on The Brady Bunch -
Davis, Sammy Jr. (New York City)
Singer of "The Candy Man" -
Delany, Dana (New York City)
Nurse Colleen McMurphy on TV's China Beach -
De Matteo, Drea (Queens)
Adriana on TV's The Sopranos -
De Niro, Robert (New York City)
The intense star of Taxi Driver -
Denison, Anthony (New York City)
Ray Luca on TV's Crime Story -
Denver, Bob (New Rochelle)
Gilligan on TV's Gilligan's Island -
Diesel, Vin (New York City)
Star of the hot-rod thriller The Fast and the Furious -
Dillon, Matt (New Rochelle)
Star of Rumble Fish and Wild Things -
Douglas, Kirk (Amsterdam)
Dimple-chinned star of Spartacus -
Downey, Robert Jr. (New York City)
Star of the movie Iron Man -
Dreyfuss, Richard (Brooklyn)
The star of Jaws and Close Encounters -
Duchovny, David (New York City)
F.B.I. Agent Fox Mulder on The X-Files -
Duke, Patty (New York City)
Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker -
Dunham, Lena (New York City)
The creator and star of the TV series Girls -
Durante, Jimmy (Brooklyn)
Big-nosed comedian of 20th-century radio and TV -
Edwards, Vince (Brooklyn)
TV's Dr. Ben Casey -
Eisenberg, Jesse (Queens)
The one who played Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network -
Elgort, Ansel (New York City)
Augustus in the movie The Fault in Our Stars -
Estevez, Emilio (New York City)
The Martin Sheen son who was in Breakfast Club and Repo Man -
Facinelli, Peter (New York City)
The dad vampire in the Twilight films -
Favreau, Jon (Queens)
The guy who made Swingers with Vince Vaughn -
Ferrigno, Lou (Brooklyn)
Muscular star of TV's The Incredible Hulk -
Fonda, Jane (New York City)
Outspoken Oscar-winning actress and Ted Turner's ex-wife -
Fonda, Peter (New York City)
The star of Easy Rider and Ulee's Gold -
Forster, Robert (Rochester)
Max Cherry in the movie 'Jackie Brown' -
Garner, Julia (Riverdale)
Sly criminal Ruth on the TV series 'Ozark' -
Gazzara, Ben (New York City)
The stage and screen actor who starred in the 1970 film Husbands -
Gellar, Sarah Michelle (New York City)
The star of TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer -
Gibson, Mel (Peekskill)
The writer and director of The Passion of the Christ -
Gleason, Jackie (Brooklyn)
Ralph Kramden on The Honeymooners -
Goddard, Paulette (Whitestone Landing)
Charlie Chaplin's leading lady in Modern Times -
Goldberg, Whoopi (New York City)
Star of the Hollywood comedy Sister Act -
Gooding, Cuba (Jr.) (New York City)
The guy who said "Show me the money!" in Jerry Maguire -
Grace, Topher (New York City)
The star of That '70s Show -
Griffith, Melanie (New York City)
The star of the film Working Girl -
Gyllenhaal, Maggie (New York City)
Star of the 2002 movie Secretary -
Harper, Valerie (Suffern)
Rhoda on TV's Mary Tyler Moore Show -
Hathaway, Anne (New York City)
The Oscar-winning star of Les Miserables -
Hayward, Susan (Brooklyn)
The redhead who won an Oscar for 'I Want To Live' -
Hayworth, Rita (Brooklyn)
1940s bombshell who ended sadly with Alzheimer's -
Hedges, Lucas (Brooklyn)
The Oscar-nominated co-star of the 2016 film 'Manchester by the Sea' -
Henry, Buck (New York City)
The screenwriter of 'The Graduate' -
Hirsch, Judd (The Bronx)
The star of the TV sitcom Taxi -
Hoffman, Philip Seymour (Fairport)
Oscar-winning star of the 2005 movie Capote -
Horne, Lena (Brooklyn)
Singer of the jazz standard "Stormy Weather" -
Huffman, Felicity (Bedford)
Lynette on the TV show Desperate Housewives -
Hunter, Tab (New York City)
The blonde box office idol of the 1950s who also sang "Young Love" -
Johansson, Scarlett (New York City)
The actress who plays Black Widow in the Marvel superhero universe -
Kaufman, Andy (New York City)
The 1970s weirdo comedian extraordinaire -
Kaye, Danny (Brooklyn)
Song-and-dance star of The Court Jester -
Keitel, Harvey (Brooklyn)
The greasy pimp in Taxi Driver -
Kennedy, George (New York City)
The con against Paul Newman in Cool Hand Luke -
Kotto, Yaphet (New York City)
Parker in the movie 'Aliens' and Idi Amin in 'Raid on Entebbe' -
Kravitz, Lenny (New York City)
The pop singer who plays Cinna in The Hunger Games -
Lake, Ricki (New York City)
Television talk-show host -
Lancaster, Burt (New York City)
The star of From Here to Eternity -
Landau, Martin (Brooklyn)
Bela Lugosi in the 1994 movie 'Ed Wood' -
Lane, Diane (New York City)
Star of the 2002 movie Unfaithful -
Leo, Melissa (New York City)
The Oscar-winning mom from The Fighter -
Leoni, Téa (New York City)
The star of the TV show The Naked Truth -
Lillis, Sophia (New York City)
Beverly in the ‘It’ films and star of 'I Am Not Okay With This' -
Linney, Laura (New York City)
Oscar-nominated star of You Can Count on Me -
Liu, Lucy (Queens)
O-Ren Ishii in the movie Kill Bill -
Lohan, Lindsay (New York City)
The actress who starred in Mean Girls (2004) -
Lopez, Jennifer (New York City)
The star of Selena and Maid in Manhattan -
Lord, Jack (New York City)
Steve McGarrett on TV's Hawaii Five-O -
Louis-Dreyfus, Julia (New York City)
Elaine on the sitcom Seinfeld -
Lovelace, Linda (The Bronx)
The star of the sexually explicit film Deep Throat -
Lucci, Susan (Westchester)
Erica Kane on ABC's All My Children from 1970-2011 -
Manz, Linda (New York City)
The young narrator of 'Days of Heaven' -
Mara, Kate (Bedford)
Zoe Barnes, the reporter on House of Cards -
Mara, Rooney (Bedford)
The American version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo -
Margulies, Julianna (Spring Valley)
The star of the TV series The Good Wife -
Marvin, Lee (New York City)
Rugged star of The Dirty Dozen -
Marx, Groucho (New York City)
The mustachioed leader of the Marx Brothers -
Matthau, Walter
Curmudgeonly star of the film The Odd Couple -
McCartney, Jesse (New York City)
Pop singer of "Beautiful Soul" -
McKinnon, Kate (Sea Cliff)
The SNL star who impersonates Justin Bieber and Hillary Clinton -
Merman, Ethel (New York City)
The brassy star of Annie Get Your Gun -
Merrill, Dina (New York City)
The sophisticated blond in 'Operation Petticoat' -
Messing, Debra (Brooklyn)
The star of Will & Grace and Smash -
Michele, Lea (New York City)
Rachel Berry on the TV series Glee -
Milano, Alyssa (Brooklyn)
The co-star of TV's Charmed -
Miller, Christa (New York City)
Jordan Sullivan on TV's Scrubs -
Miller, Sienna (New York City)
Jude Law's ex-girlfriend and star of Factory Girl -
Miranda, Lin-Manuel (New York City)
The creator and star of the musical Hamilton -
Moore, Mary Tyler (Brooklyn)
Star of TV's The Mary Tyler Moore Show -
Morgan, Tracy (New York City)
Tracy Jordan on TV's 30 Rock -
Mortensen, Viggo (New York City)
Aragorn in the movie series The Lord of the Rings -
Mos Def (Brooklyn)
The rapper and actor formerly known as Mos Def -
Murphy, Eddie (Brooklyn)
The star of the Beverly Hills Cop films -
Murray, Chad Michael (Buffalo)
Basketball hero Lucas Scott in TV's One Tree Hill -
Nixon, Cynthia (New York City)
Miranda on HBO's Sex and the City -
Odom, Leslie Jr. (Queens)
Aaron Burr in the musical 'Hamilton' -
O'Donnell, Rosie (Commack)
Host of TV's The Rosie O'Donnell Show -
O'Donoghue, Michael (Utica)
Writer / performer on Saturday Night Live -
Oliver, Susan (New York City)
Vina in the episode "The Menagerie" of the TV series Star Trek -
Pacino, Al (New York City)
Star of The Godfather and Scent of a Woman -
Panettiere, Hayden (Palisades)
Cheerleader Claire Bennet on the TV series Heroes -
Paul, Alexandra (New York City)
The actress who played Lt. Stephanie Holden on Baywatch -
Peet, Amanda (New York City)
Jacqueline "Jack" Barrett in TV's Jack & Jill -
Perlman, Ron (New York City)
Star of the Hellboy movies -
Piven, Jeremy (New York City)
Scheming Ari Gold on TV's Entourage -
Prinze, Freddie (New York City)
Comedian and star of TV's Chico and the Man -
Reeve, Christopher (New York City)
The Superman star who later was paralyzed -
Reilly, Charles Nelson (New York City)
The wackiest panelist on TV's Match Game -
Reiner, Carl (New York City)
Creator of TV's The Dick Van Dyke Show -
Reubens, Paul (Peekskill)
The comedian who created the alter ego Pee-wee Herman -
Rhames, Ving (New York City)
Marsellus Wallace in the movie Pulp Fiction -
Rickles, Don (New York City)
The insult comic who used "dummy" and "hockey puck" -
Romano, Ray (Queens)
The star of TV's Everybody Loves Raymond -
Ronan, Saoirse (New York City)
The Irish actress who played Jo in Little Women -
Rooney, Mickey (Brooklyn)
Star of the Andy Hardy movies -
Rossum, Emmy (New York City)
Gerard Butler's co-star in The Phantom of the Opera -
Roundtree, Richard (New Rochelle)
The star of the 1971 movie Shaft -
Rourke, Mickey (Schenectady)
The star of the 2008 film The Wrestler -
Ryan, Amy (Queens)
That terrible mom in Gone Baby Gone -
Salmi, Albert (Brooklyn)
The TV character actor who played Bo in the original Broadway production of Bus Stop -
Sandler, Adam (Brooklyn)
The star of Happy Gilmore and The Wedding Singer -
Sara, Mia (Brooklyn Heights)
Ferris's girlfriend in Ferris Bueller's Day Off -
Sarandon, Susan (New York City)
The co-star of Thelma and Louise -
Savalas, Telly (Garden City)
TV's Kojak -
Schumer, Amy (New York City)
The raunchy comedy star of Trainwreck and Inside Amy Schumer -
Sedaris, Amy (Endicott)
The star of the oddball TV comedy Strangers With Candy -
Sedgwick, Kyra (New York City)
Star of the 1992 film Singles -
Shakur, Tupac (Brooklyn)
Late rapper of 2Pacalypse Now -
Sheen, Charlie (New York City)
The fast-living ex-star of the TV comedy Two and a Half Men -
Sidibe, Gabourey (New York City)
The newcomer star of the 2009 film Precious -
Slater, Christian (New York City)
Wild-eyebrowed star of Heathers and Broken Arrow -
Sobieski, Leelee (New York City)
She was Joan on TV in 1999's Joan of Arc -
Sorvino, Paul (Brooklyn)
He played mob boss Paulie in the movie Goodfellas -
Soto, Talisa (Brooklyn)
Lupe Lamora from the Bond movie Licence to Kill -
Stallone, Sylvester (New York City)
Star of the Rocky and Rambo movies -
Stanwyck, Barbara (Brooklyn)
The dangerous femme fatale in the film Double Indemnity -
Steiger, Rod (Westhampton)
Star of In the Heat of the Night -
Stiles, Julia (New York City)
Nicky Parsons in The Bourne Identity movies -
Stiller, Ben (New York City)
The star of There's Something About Mary and Zoolander -
Streisand, Barbra (Brooklyn)
The Oscar-winning star of Funny Girl -
Tomei, Marisa (Brooklyn)
The Oscar-winning actress from My Cousin Vinny -
Torres, Gina (Manhattan)
Zoë in Firefly and Serenity -
Tucci, Stanley (Peekskill)
Nigel, the fashion consultant in The Devil Wears Prada -
Tyson, Cicely
The star of 'The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman' -
Vigoda, Abe (New York City)
Detective Fish on TV's Barney Miller -
Visitor, Nana (New York City)
Major Kira Nerys on Deep Space Nine -
Walken, Christopher (New York City)
The Russian roulette guy in The Deer Hunter -
Wallach, Eli (Brooklyn)
The "Ugly" of the movie The Good, the Bad and the Ugly -
Walsh, M. Emmet (Ogsdensburg)
The cynical head cop in the sci-fi film Blade Runner -
Washington, Denzel (Mt. Vernon)
Star of Malcolm X and Training Day -
Washington, Kerry (The Bronx)
Olivia Pope on TV's Scandal -
Weaver, Sigourney (New York City)
Ripley in the Alien film series -
Welling, Tom (Putnam Valley)
Clark Kent in the TV series Smallville -
West, Mae (Brooklyn)
Early Hollywood sex symbol -
Wiig, Kristen (Canandigua)
The enthusiastic Target clerk on Saturday Night Live -
Wilde, Olivia (New York City)
The wild doctor "Thirteen" on the TV series House, M.D. -
Williams, Vanessa (Millwood)
The first African-American to become Miss America