1970s
- Donna Adamo (born 1970) Wrestler and actress (The Sopranos)
- Victor Alfieri (born 1971) Italian born television actor
- Chad Allen (Lazzari) (born 1974) Italian father and Anglo-American mother- film/television actor (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman)
- Lauren Ambrose (D'Ambruoso) (born 1978) father of Italian descent and mother of German, Irish, and English descent - film/television actress (Six Feet Under)
- Leila Arcieri (born 1973) Italian father and African-American mother – actress and model
- Jason Biggs (born 1978) film and television actor (American Pie), father of English and Italian descent, mother of Sicilian descent
- Cara Buono (born 1974) television actress (The Sopranos)
- Eddie Cahill (born 1978) Italian mother and Irish father – film/television actor (CSI: NY)
- Bobby Cannavale (born 1971) Italian-American father and Cuban mother- film/television actor (Third Watch)
- Linda Cardellini (born 1975) part Italian ancestry- actress
- Jessica Collins (Capogna) (born 1971) film/actress (The Young and the Restless)
- Mark Consuelos (born 1970) Mexican father and Italian mother
- Rachael Leigh Cook (born 1979) Italian mother and Anglo-American father- film actress (She's All That)
- Bradley Cooper (born 1975) Italian mother and Irish father – film actor (The Hangover)
- Sofia Coppola (born 1971) Italian father and Irish mother- director, actress, and Academy Award-winning screenwriter- daughter of Francis Ford Coppola
- David DeLuise (born 1971) Italian father and Irish mother – television/film actor (Robin Hood: Men In Tights, Wizards of Waverly Place)
- Drea de Matteo (born 1972) Emmy-winning actress (The Sopranos)
- Leonardo DiCaprio (born 1974) 25% Italian, 25% German, 50% Russian blood- Academy Award-nominated actor (Titanic)
- Jennifer Esposito (born 1973) film/television actress (Spin City)
- Peter Facinelli (born 1973) film/television actor
- Joey Fatone (born 1977) pop singer and actor (*NSync, My Big Fat Greek Wedding)
- Vanessa Ferlito (born 1977) actress (CSI: NY)
- Adam Ferrara (born 1977) television actor and comedian
- Jerry Ferrara (born 1979) television actor (Entourage)
- Aria Giovanni (born 1973) nude model and actress
- Joy Giovanni (born 1978) actress and former WWE diva
- Carmine Giovinazzo (born 1973) of partial Italian descent – film/television actor (CSI: NY)
- Lola Glaudini (born 1971) actress
- Carla Gugino (born 1971) 50% Italian, and English and Irish- film actress
- Lindsay Hartley (born 1978) of partial Italian descent - soap opera actress (Passions)
- Kate Hudson (born 1979) 25% Italian blood- film actress (Almost Famous).
- Jenna Jameson (Massoli) (born 1974) model and porn star
- Joey Lawrence (born 1976)
- Justin Long (born 1978) paternal grandmother is of Sicilian ancestry- film/television actor (Jeepers Creepers).
- Joe Manganiello (born 1976) Italian father and Austrian mother -movie and TV actor
- Alyssa Milano (born 1972) Italian-American actress (Charmed)
- Kelly Monaco (born 1976) model and actress (General Hospital)
- Brittany Murphy (Bertolotti) (1977–2009) 50% Italian film actress
- Alessandro Nivola (born 1972) Italian paternal grandfather and Jewish paternal grandmother- film actor (Face/Off, Goal!)
- Marisa Petroro (born 1977) Film/Television Actress (Reno 911!, Deal or No Deal, Everybody Wants to Be Italian)
- Zachary Quinto (born 1977) Italian father and Irish mother- film/television actor (Heroes, 24, Star Trek)
- Leah Remini (born 1970) Italian father and Jewish mother- film/television actress (The King Of Queens)
- Giovanni Ribisi (born 1974) 25% Italian blood- film/television actor (Avatar, Gone in Sixty Seconds, Saving Private Ryan)
- Kelly Ripa (born 1970) 75% Italian and 25% Irish actress (All My Children, Live with Regis and Kelly)
- Jai Rodriguez (born 1979) Italian mother and Puerto Rican father- actor and culture guide (Queer Eye for the Straight Guy)
- Larry Romano (born 1975) television actor and comedian (The King of Queens)
- Antonio Sabato Jr. (born 1977) Italian father and Czech and Jewish mother- Italian born actor
- Sage Stallone (1976–2012) 25% Italian blood- film actor and son of Sylvester Stallone
- Jonathan Togo (born 1977) 25% Italian blood- film/television actor (CSI: Miami)
- Liv Tyler (Tallarico) (born 1977) Her father is 25% Italian- actress (Stealing Beauty)
- Vince Vaughn (born 1970) 25% Italian
- Milo Ventimiglia (born 1977) 50% Italian film/television actor (Heroes, Gilmore Girls, Rocky Balboa)
- Cerina Vincent (born 1979) Irish-Italian father, Italian mother, American- nude model and actress (Not Another Teen Movie)
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