John Travolta

Travolta rose to fame in the late 70s after roles in Saturday Night Fever and Grease. Since then he has been consistently starring in many things wether it be Pulp Fiction, Hairspray, American Crime Story or Wild Hogs. 

Elisabeth Shue

Shue had a highly praised role in Leaving Las Vegas in 1995 in which she was nominated for an Academy Award. She has also starred in films such as, Karate Kid, Adventures in Babysitting and Cocktail. 

Charlize Theron

Charlize is a South African born actress who rose to stardom for her roles in films like; The Italian Job and Monster, in which she won an Academy Award. She is a fantastic character actress having played serial killer Wournos, an evil Queen and Megyn Kelly. 

Lin Manuel Miranda

Lin is the mastermind behind the broadway hit musical, Hamilton and In The Heights. He not only created these immensely popular broadway shows, he also starred as Alexander Hamilton in the original cast of Hamilton. Miranda has starred in Disney’s Mary Poppins Returns and wrote music for Disney’s Moana. He has quite the track record. 

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks is undeniably one of the most famous movie stars worldwide. His name and face are extremely recognizable. Forrest Gump, Castaway, Sully, Philadelphia, Saving Private Ryan- to name a few. The list of his credits goes on and on. 

Helen Hunt

I often confuse Helen Hunt with Holly Hunter, but Helen is the actress who is known for roles in Twister or her television series Mad About You. She is a prestige actress from the 90’s who won an Oscar for her role in As Good as it Gets. 

Spike Lee

Spike is an Academy award winning director, producer and screenwriter. He has his own production company called, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, which has been producing movies since the 80s. Spikes name is attached to huge films like Malcolm X, She’s Gotta Have It, and BlacKkKlansman. 

Steve Carell

Steve Carell is monumental in the world of comedy. His most iconic role and maybe one of the most iconic roles in TV was Michael Scott on The Office. He has also lead many great movies such as 40 Year Old Virgin and Crazy, Stupid Love. In his later career he has been seen in more serious roles such as, the father in Beautiful Boy and the fired news anchor Mitch in The Morning Show. 

Angelina Jolie

Angelina is a household name. She was famously married to Brad Pitt for years and adopted many children and clogged the covers of every tabloid in the country. Career wise, she has been in many things from Maleficient to Mr. and Mrs. Smith. 

Helena Bonham Carter

Helena is an English actress with incredible versatility. She can be seen playing wacky characters like Bellatrix in the Harry Potter movies or playing more dignified roles like Princess Margaret in the Netflix series, The Crown. She can also be seen in movies like Sweeney Todd, The Kings Speech and Fight Club. 

Florence Pugh

Florence is a young English actress who’s first big role was in the independent drama, Lady Macbeth. More of a mainstream audience started recognizing her after her fantastic performance as Dani in Midsommar. She was a delightful surprise nomination in the acting race at the 2020 Oscars for her role in Little Women. 

Laura Linney

Laura Linney is a huge actress with very big name recognition. She has been consistently working since the 90’s with memorable roles like the series, Tales of the City. She was in the popular Christmas movie, Love Actually. She has starred in three movies that scored her an acting nomination at the Oscars. Most recently she plays a big role as the matriarch in Ozark. 

Adam Driver

Driver is well known for a lot of things depending on what you’re into. He was a big supporting actor in HBO’s Girls. He appeals to the blockbuster hits crowd by starring as Kylo Ren in the newer installments of Star Wars. If neither of those are your pace, you can find him in Oscar nominated movies, BlacKkKlansman and Marriage Story. 

Jordan Peele

One half of the comedy duo "Key and Peele." Jordan has established quite the name for himself outside of comedy acting as a director/producer/writer. He is the mastermind behind Get Out and now the new horror movie, Us. 

Annette Bening

Annette had a memorable role in American Beauty back in 2000. Since then she's had a great career with roles in things like 20th Century Women, The Kids Are All Right and Captain Marvel. 

Chiwetel Ejiofor

He has been in many things prior to 12 Years a Slave, but that is arguably what gained him more recognition. 

Kristen Wiig

Kristen Wiig is a HUGE Saturday Night Live alumni. Since the show she has had her hands on many great comedies including the fan favorite, Bridesmaids. 

Matt Damon

Matt Damon is an extremely famous actor, producer, and screenwriter. Famous for things like Good Will Hunting, Jason Bourne, The Martian and many many other things. 

Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt is a big movie star/producer known for many things such as; Troy, Fight Club, World War Z, Mr. and Mrs. Smith and many many more things. If people don't know him for his career they at least know him from being with Jen Aniston then Angelina Jolie.  

Lupita Nyong'o

Lupita is a Kenyan actress who first gained prominence after her powerful role in 12 Years a Slave, which gained her an Academy award win. Since then she's been quite busy starring in many big films such as Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Black Panther.