12 Notable alumni of
American Conservatory Theater
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American Conservatory Theater is 2176th in the world, 761st in North America, and 717th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 12 notable alumni from American Conservatory Theater sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Zendaya
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- voice actormodelactordancertelevision actor
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Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman, known mononymously as Zendaya, is an American actress and singer. She has received various accolades, including two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2022.
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Winona Ryder
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- manufacturerfilm actorfilm producercharacter actorvoice actor
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Winona Laura Horowitz, known professionally as Winona Ryder, is an American actress. Originally playing quirky roles, she rose to prominence for her more diverse performances in various genres in the 1990s. She has received many accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, in addition to a Grammy Award nomination, a BAFTA Award nomination, and two Academy Award (Oscar) nominations.
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Brie Larson
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- directortelevision actoractorsingerfilm director
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Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers, known professionally as Brie Larson, is an American actress. Known for her supporting roles in comedies as a teenager, she has since expanded to leading roles in independent films and blockbusters. She has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019.
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Chris Pine
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- television actorstage actorscreenwriterfilm actorvoice actor
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Christopher Whitelaw Pine is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as James T. Kirk in the Star Trek reboot film series (2009–2016) and Steve Trevor in the DC Extended Universe films Wonder Woman (2017) and Wonder Woman 1984.
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Elizabeth Banks
- Enrolled in American Conservatory Theater
- Graduated with Master of Fine Arts
- Occupations
- film actorfilm producerscreenwritervoice actoractor
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Elizabeth Banks is an American actress and filmmaker. She is known for playing chaperone Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games film series (2012–2015) and an ICCA commentator in the Pitch Perfect film series (2012–2017). She made her directorial film debut with Pitch Perfect 2 (2015), whose $69 million opening-weekend gross set a record for a first-time director. She has since directed the action comedy Charlie's Angels (2019) and the horror comedy film Cocaine Bear (2023). Banks founded the film and television production company Brownstone Productions in 2002 with her husband, Max Handelman.
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Gedde Watanabe
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- television actorfilm actoractorvoice actorcomedian
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Gary "Gedde" Watanabe is a Japanese-American actor. He is known for voicing the character of Ling in the animated film Mulan (1998) and its sequel Mulan II (2004), as well as playing Long Duk Dong in the film Sixteen Candles (1984) and Takahara "Kaz" Kazihiro in Gung Ho (1986), and Nurse Yosh Takata in the NBC medical drama ER from 1997 to 2003. He was also an original cast member of the Stephen Sondheim musical Pacific Overtures.
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Kim Zimmer
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- television actorstage actor
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Kimberly Jo Zimmer is an American actress, best known for her role as Reva Shayne on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light. For this portrayal, she has won four Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
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Allegra Rose Edwards
- Years
- 1987-.. (age 37)
- Enrolled in American Conservatory Theater
- In 2013 graduated with Master of Fine Arts
- Occupations
- film actoractor
- Biography
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Allegra Rose Edwards is an American television actress known for playing Cindy McCabe in the USA Network anthology series Briarpatch and Ingrid Kannerman in the Amazon Prime Video comedy Upload.
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Sherman Howard
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- stage actorvoice actortelevision actorfilm actor
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Sherman Howard is an American actor. He is best known for his performance as the zombie Bub in George A. Romero's Day of the Dead (1985) and Lex Luthor on Superboy (1990–92). He also voiced Derek Powers (a.k.a. Blight) in Batman Beyond (1999–2001).
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Cindy Cheung
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- actorfilm actortelevision actor
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Cindy Cheung is a Chinese American actress, best known for playing the role of Young-Soon Choi in Lady in the Water and Elaine Cheng in Children of Invention. In 2021, she portrayed Stephanie Lam in season 4 of The Sinner.
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Sarah Culberson
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- dancerfilm actortelevision actor
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Princess Sarah Jane Culberson, Lady of Bumpe is an American philanthropist, public speaker, educator, writer and actress. By birth she is a Mende princess of the Bumpe–Gao Chiefdom in Sierra Leone.
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Jessica Hagedorn
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- performance artistnovelistnarratormusicianplaywright
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Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn is an American playwright, writer, poet, and multimedia performance artist.
