1,365 Popular Actors

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  Zach Braff
  • Faith: Secularism; raised in conservative/orthodox Jewish family
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist)
  • Birth name: Zachary Israel Braff
  • Children: none
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Florence Pugh
  —Taylor Bagley (model)
  —Mandy Moore
  
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  Zac Efron
  • Faith: Self-identified Agnostic, practices Transcendental Meditation, culturally Jewish
  • Birth name: Zachary David Alexander Efron
  • Children: none
  • Brother: Dylan Efron (producer, production coordinator)
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Vanessa Hudgens
  —Michelle Rodriguez
  —Sami Miró
  —Vanessa Valladares
  
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  Zachary Levi
  • Faith: “I'm very spiritual, but not particularly religious.” “…My Christianity feels more Buddhist than Baptist. And I’m quite happy about that” (Twitter 2018); raised in Christianity
  • Worldview: Libertarianism, Conservative-leaning, Pro-Israel, Mental health activism
  • Birth name: Zachary Levi Pugh
  • Children: 1
  • Partner: Maggie Keating (resulting in a son—2025)
  • Ex-Wife: Missy Peregrym (actress)
  • Ex-Fiancée: Caroline Tyler (producer, project manager)
  
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  Zachary Quinto
  • Faith: Describes himself as “spiritual,” but not Christian, although he was raised in Catholicism
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist), Homosexulalism, LGBTQAI+ activism
  • Birth name: Zachary John Quinto
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Jonathan Groff (actor)
  —Miles McMillan (model, musician)
  
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  Željko Ivanek
  • aka Zeljko Ivanek
  • Worldview: Homosexualism
  • Birth name: Željko Šimić-Ivanek
  • Partner: Greg Pierce (playwright), nephew of actor David Hyde Pierce
  
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  Zendaya
  • Faith: Unclear
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism, Liberal Feminism (activist), Black Lives Matter (activist), Vegetarianism, Humanitarianism
  • Birth name: Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman
  • Partner/Fiancé: Tom Holland
  
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  Zhang Ziyi
  • Worldview: member of the Chinese Communist Party-controlled China Zhi Gong Party
  • Birth name: 章子怡
  • Children: 2
  • Ex-Husband: Wang Feng (musician, resulting in a daughter and a son)
  • Ex-Partner/Fiancé: Aviv Nevo
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Eric Fok Kai Shan
  —Sa Beining
  
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  Zoë Kravitz
  • aka Zoe Kravitz
  • Worldview: Socialism
  • Birth name: Zoë Isabella Kravitz
  • Children: none
  • Father: Lenny Kravitz
  • Mother: Lisa Bonet
  • Grandmother: Roxie Roker (actress)
  • Stepfather: Jason Momoa
  • Partner: Harry Styles (English singer, songwriter, actor)
  • Ex-Husband: Karl Glusman (actor)
  • Ex-Partner/Fiancé: Channing Tatum (actor)
  • Other Ex-Partner: Penn Badgley (actor, producer)
  
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  Zoe Saldana
  • aka Zoë Saldana, Zoe Saldaña, Zoë Saldaña, Zoë Saldaña-Perego
  • Faith: Apparently Secularism, raised in Roman Catholicism
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism,
  • Birth name: Zoë Yadira Saldaña Nazario
  • Children: 3
  • Husband: Marco Perego (artist, now Marco Perego Saldaña, resulting in 3 sons)
  • Ex-Partner and Ex-Fiancé: Keith Britton (11 years)
  • Ex-Partner: Bradley Cooper
  
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  Zooey Deschanel
  • Faith: Judaism convert before marrying Jacob Pechenik
  • Birth name: Zooey Claire Deschanel
  • Children: 2
  • Father: Caleb Deschanel (cinematographer, director)
  • Mother: Mary Jo Deschanel (actress)
  • Sister: Emily Deschanel (actress)
  • Partner/Fiancé: Jonathan Scott (reality TV star)
  • Ex-Husbands:
  —Ben Gibbard (singer)
  —Jacob Pechenik (producer, resulting in daughter Elsie Otter Pechenik and son Charlie Wolf Pechenik)