List of People From Mississippi - Actors and Actresses

Actors and Actresses

• Joey Lauren Adams (born 1968), (Oxford)
• Joshua Alba (born 1982), (Biloxi)
• Mary Alice (born 1941), (Indianola)
• Dana Andrews (1909–1992), (Covington County)
• Roscoe Ates (1895–1962), (Grange)
• Katherine Bailess (born 1980), film and television actress (Vicksburg)
• Laura Bailey (born 1981), voice actress, (Biloxi)
• Earl W. Bascom (1906–1995), film and television (Columbia)
• Willie Best (1916–1962), television and film actor (Sunflower)
• Jimmy Boyd (1939–2009) (McComb)
• Don Briscoe (1940–2004), soap opera actor (Yalobusha County)
• Geneva Carr (born 1971), television and stage actress (Jackson)
• Finn Carter (born 1960), (Greenville)
• Wally Cassell (born 1915), film and television actor
• Lacey Chabert (born 1982), film and television actress (Purvis)
• Gary Collins (1938–2012), film and television actor (Biloxi)
• Wyatt Emory Cooper (1927–1978), Broadway actor, (Quitman)
• Cassi Davis (born 1964), (Holly Springs)
• Jason Dottley (born 1980), actor in Sordid Lives stage production and Logo television series, (Florence)
• John Dye (1963–2011), film and television actor (Amory)
• Mary Elizabeth Ellis television and film actress, (Laurel)
• Ruth Ford (1911–2009), stage and film actress, (Brookhaven)
• Morgan Freeman (born 1937), Academy Award-winning actor (Charleston)
• M. C. Gainey (born 1948), film and television actor, (Jackson)
• Cynthia Geary (born 1965), actress (Jackson)
• Allie Grant (born 1994), (Tupelo)
• Nikki Griffin (born 1978), actress (Vicksburg)
• Gary Grubbs (born 1949), (Amory)
• Lynn Hamilton (born 1930), (Yazoo City)
• Temeceka Harris (born 1975), one-time actress, (Mound Bayou)
• Beth Henley (born 1952), dramatist and actress, (Jackson)
• Jim Henson (1936–1990), creator of The Muppets, (Leland)
• Anthony Herrera (born 1944), (Wiggins)
• Wilbur Higby (1867–1934), silent film actor, (Meridian)
• Shauntay Hinton, actress (Starkville)
• Eddie Hodges (born 1947), former child actor, (Hattiesburg)
• Thelma Houston (born 1943), actress, (Leland)
• Don Jeffcoat (born 1975), (Gulfport)
• James Earl Jones (born 1931), (Arkabutla)
• Robert Earl Jones (1910–2006), (Senatobia)
• Simbi Khali (born 1971), (Jackson)
• Diane Ladd (born 1935), (Meridian)
• Daniel Curtis Lee (born 1991), (Clinton)
• Tom Lester (born 1938), (Jackson)
• Martha Mattox (1879–1933), silent film actor, (Natchez)
• Shane McRae (born 1977), (Starkville)
• Gerald McRaney (born 1947), (Collins)
• Mary Ann Mobley (born 1939), (Brandon)
• Parker Posey (born 1968) (Laurel)
• Evelyn Preer (1896–1932) (Vicksburg)
• Thalmus Rasulala (1939–1991) (Arkabutla)
• Beah Richards (1920–2000), stage/screen/TV actress (Vicksburg)
• Eric Roberts (born 1956), (Biloxi)
• Toni Seawright (born 1964), international actress, (Pascagoula)
• Larry Semon (1889–1928), silent film actor/director/producer, (West Point)
• Britney Spears (born 1981) Singer, Songwriter (Mississippi)
• Stella Stevens (born 1938), (Yazoo City)
• Tonea Stewart (born 1947), (Greenwood)
• Ashley Thompson (born 1980), actress, (Booneville)
• Joe M. Turner (born 1969), actor, magician, mentalist, professional speaker, (Brandon)
• James Michael Tyler (born 1962), (Winona)
• Brenda Venus (born 1957), actress, (Biloxi)
• Ray Walston (1914–2001), (Laurel)
• Sela Ward (born 1956), (Meridian)
• James Wheaton (1924–2002), (Meridian)
• Kit Williamson (born 1985), actor, (Jackson)
• Oprah Winfrey (born 1954), (Kosciusko)
• Hattie Winston (born 1945), (Greenville)