Red Headed Actresses (Natural Redheads)

Shannon Purser is an American actress, known to audiences for her roles in the series Stranger Things (2016) as Barbara "Barb" Holland, and CW's teen drama Riverdale (2017) as "Ethel Muggs". She was born on June 27, 1997, in Atlanta, Georgia, where she worked at a movie theatre. She switched her focus on a career in acting. After making her screen debut in 2016 on "Stranger Things", other television projects soon followed, including "Riverdale" (2017) and a pilot for a series called Rise (2018). Between television projects, Shannon made her film debut in the fantasy-horror venture Wish Upon (2017). She quickly joined the cast for the 2018 series Final Space (2018) and the 2018 comedy Life of the Party (2018), and landed her first leading role, in the 2018 comedy Sierra Burgess Is a Loser (2018).

Glennellen Anderson is known for Stranger Things (2016), Timeless (2016) and 9-1-1 (2018).

Olivia Grant was born on 20 September 1983 in London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Stardust (2007), All the Money in the World (2017) and Indian Summers (2015).

Alex Breckenridge was born on May 15 1982 in Darien, Connecticut before moving to California when she was 12. Breckenridge first got an interest in acting at 13 when she performed in local theater productions and soon moved to Los Angeles to pursue her acting career. Her first film was the independent comedy picture Locust Valley (1999). She followed up this performance with guest spots on several successful series, including Dawson's Creek (1998) and Freaks and Geeks (1999), and supporting roles in the films Big Fat Liar (2002), Orange County (2002) and the short film D.E.B.S. (2003), which won the award for Best Short at the 2003 New York Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. After appearing on the series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), Alex was offered her own series, the UPN drama pilot Mystery Girl. Sadly, UPN chose to have only one female-led detective series in the 2004-2005 season and Mystery Girl was not picked up. In 2005, Alex appeared in the ABC Family movie Romy and Michele: In the Beginning (2005) and took on the role of Michele Weinberger, played by Lisa Kudrow in the original 1997 film. She also began work on the animated sitcom Family Guy (1999), voicing celebrities such as Cybill Shepherd and Christina Aguilera. In 2006, Alex is breaking into the mainstream with a lead role in the comedy movie She's the Man (2006). She currently lives in Hollywood.

Dane Berkshire is known for Lilith (2021), The Leftovers (2014) and Pour Over (2018).

Cyd Strittmatter is known for The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), Gone Girl (2014) and Phoenix Forgotten (2017).

Cynthia Ettinger, a native of California, has been a member of "The Actors' Gang" for nearly thirty years and serves as the company's Co-Artistic Director and Master Teacher. Her first film appearance was in "Martians, Go Home". Cynthia has directed numerous plays during the company's thirty-five-year history, including five recent Shakespeare adaptations presented as part of the company's Free Shakespeare in the Park for family-oriented program, using Shakespeare to inspire and entertain over ten thousand children and adults. Her most notable film appearance is in "Silence of the Lambs". Cynthia has been performing in many productions with The Actors' Gang which include "The Seagull", "Mephisto", "Self-Defense", "Red Noses", and "Carnage: A Comedy". She once auditioned for the role of Martha Kent for a pilot of the television series "Smallville", but ultimately lost it to Annette O'Toole.

Elizabeth Ann Perkins was born on November 18, 1960, in the borough of Queens, New York, and was raised in Vermont. Her mother, Jo Williams, was a concert pianist and drug treatment counselor, and her father, James Perkins, was a businessman, farmer, and writer. She is of Greek and English descent. Perkins studied acting at Chicago's Goodman School of Drama at DePaul University for three years, then launched her professional career with a co-starring gig in the touring company of Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986). Seasoned, she returned to New York in the spring of 1984 to make her Broadway debut as a replacement in the Simon play. As a stage actress, she has trod the boards with Playwrights Horizon, the Ensemble Studio, The New York Shakespeare Festival, and, back in Chicago, with the Steppenwolf Theater. Elizabeth Perkins was listed as one of the 12 "Promising New Actors of 1986" in John Willis' Screen World, and has since landed numerous film roles. Perkins made her film debut in 1986 in Edward Zwick's About Last Night... with Rob Lowe, Demi Moore and Jim Belushi, and had a career breakthrough co-starring with Tom Hanks in Big. She received critical acclaim for her performance in Barry Levinson's Avalon,[9] and was a standout opposite William Hurt in The Doctor (1991), receiving critical acclaim for her performance as a terminal cancer patient.[5] .[10] She subsequently starred in the Alan Rudolph film Love at Large and Sweethearts Dance with Susan Sarandon and Jeff Daniels. Since, she has appeared in Miracle on 34th Street with Sir Richard Attenborough, 28 Days opposite Sandra Bullock, the suspense thriller, The Ring Two, opposite Naomi Watts, Indian Summer with Diane Lane and Bill Paxton, Moonlight and Valentino with Gwyneth Paltrow, Whoopi Goldberg, Kathleen Turner and Jon Bon Jovi, the Antonio Banderas directed Crazy in Alabama opposite Melanie Griffith, Jiminy Glick in LaLaWood with Martin Short, Wilma Flintstone opposite John Goodman in the 1994 live-action comedy The Flintstones, The Thing About My Folks with Paul Reiser and Peter Falk, He Said, She Said with Kevin Bacon and Sharon Stone and Must Love Dogs with John Cusack, Diane Lane, Christopher Plummer, Dermot Mulroney and Stockard Channing. From 2005 to 2009, Perkins played Celia Hodes, an alcoholic and image-obsessed parent-teacher association (PTA) mother, alongside Mary-Louise Parker, Kevin Nealon and Justin Kirk on the Showtime series Weeds. Perkins received two Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series, Miniseries or Made for TV Motion Picture (in 2006 and 2007).[5] and was also nominated three times for an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on Weeds.[5] At a screening of Weeds at the Museum of TV and Radio on October 25, 2006, Perkins said that she considers Celia Hodes her favorite role in her career.[5] On May 6, 2010, she announced that the fifth season of Weeds was her last despite the cliffhanger her character had in the season finale.[11] Perkins appeared in the television projects My Sisters Keeper with Kathy Bates, If These Walls Could Talk with Vanessa Redgrave and Paul Giamatti and Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Women directed by Peter Bogdonavich. Perkins starred in the ABC comedy series How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life).[12] with Brad Garrett, played Birdie in the Netflix original series GLOW with Alison Brie, starred as Marilyn Lovell in HBO's epic From The Earth to the Moon, played opposite Amy Adams and Patricia Clarkson in HBO's Sharp Objects directed by Jean-Marc Vallee, starred with Octavia Spencer, Aaron Paul and Lizzie Caplan in AppleTV's Truth Be Told, was featured on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm and is currently starring in Season 2 of the Fox comedy The Moodys opposite Denis Leary and Jay Baruchel. She plays the role of Mandy Moores mother on the hit series This Is Us. (Perkins also had a role in the 2003 film Finding Nemo, voicing Coral, the wife of Marlin and mother of Nemo, and who was killed and eaten by the barracuda in the beginning of the film.)

Deborah Messina is known for America's Court with Judge Ross (2010).

Nina Rausch was born in Ingersheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She is known for Mad Men (2007), Orange Is the New Black (2013) and Grey's Anatomy (2005).

Ashley Clements is known for The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (2012), Non-Transferable (2017) and Sona (2018).

Mina Starsiak was born on 26 November 1984 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. She is an actress, known for House Hunters: All Stars (2024), A Very Brady Renovation (2019) and Good Bones (2016). She has been married to Stephen Hawk since 11 June 2016. They have two children.

Jorja Cadence is a dual Australian-Canadian citizen who was born and raised in Byron Bay, NSW, and now splits her time between hemispheres.

She is best known for her recurring role as Cara Spader in the Paramount+ series 'Rabbit Hole', opposite Kiefer Sutherland and Charles Dance. Cadence can be seen in season two of Netflix's hit series 'Sex/Life' and appears as Patsy Presley in Sofia Coppola's latest film for A24, 'Priscilla'. She has had guest roles on several acclaimed series, including Amazon's 'Reacher', Hulu's 'Letterkenny' and Roku/ The CW's 'Children Ruin Everything'.

Outside of her work on-screen, Cadence dabbles in voiceover and has recorded various commercial, video game and animated projects. She is a budding writer with multiple screenplays up her sleeve and a degree in Media Arts Production from the University of Technology, Sydney. In her spare time, Jorja can be found reading and rocking out to show tunes or dad music.

Cadence is represented by Kendra Naka at The Characters and Anthony Calamita at AC Management. You can find her on the apps as @jorjacadence

Judith Woodward Hoag is an American actress from Newburyport, Massachusetts who is known for playing April O'Neil from the 1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film and Gwen Piper from Halloweentown. She acted in other films including Michael Bay's 1998 film Armageddon, A Nightmare on Elm Street, a deleted scene of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, I Am Number Four and Hitchcock.

Kersti Bryan, from Golden, Colorado, is an accomplished actress known for her versatile performances on screen and stage. She began her career at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival after studying at Carnegie-Mellon School of Drama. Kersti gained recognition for her roles in "Hustlers", "Inheritance", "Rachel Hendrix", and TV shows like "Tales of the Walking Dead", "Perry Mason". and "FBI Most Wanted".

In addition to acting, she is a writer, director, and producer, with a passion for bringing stories to life both on and off-screen. Kersti is also known for her charitable work and personal creativity, often crafting fairy tales for her niece and nephew around campfires.

Emily is a theater, film and television actress, singer and dancer. After beginning her career as a dancer with Boston Ballet, she spent several years performing on Broadway in the original casts of 'Hugh Jackman Back on Broadway', 'Chaplin the Musical' and 'Nice Work If You Can Get It'. She went on to play Mia Bialy in the Golden Globe nominated television series, 'Flesh and Bone'. The eight part mini-series premiered on STARZ in November 2015.

Emily joined the ensemble cast of CBS medical drama, Code Black for their 2nd and 3rd seasons. She starred as Sasha in 2019 indie horror-comedy Harpoon deeped a "sharp and stylish thriller" by the New York Times and "sharply packaged and gamely acted by three able young thesps" by Variety.

Emily's theater credits also include Cassie in A Chorus Line at Signature Theatre, Yvonne in Sunday in the Park with George at Pasadena Playhouse and Cinderella in the Guthrie Theatre's 2023 production of Into the Woods. The Star Tribune reviewed the production as fantastic and wrote "Emily Tyra soars as Cinderella, finding the heart and nuances of her modern princess and bringing down the house with her heartfelt rendition of 'On the Steps of the Palace.'"

Emily resides in Los Angeles and when not performing, enjoys making one of a kind ceramic art under the moniker RareBird.

Jean Bruce Scott was born on 25 February 1956 in Monterey, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Airwolf (1984), Magnum, P.I. (1980) and St. Elsewhere (1982). She has been married to Randy Reinholz since 30 September 1989. She was previously married to Robert Colman.

Rona Morison was born in the UK. She is an actress, known for Ready Player One (2018), Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) and Our Ladies (2019).

Laura Cayouette is an American actress, writer, producer, and director. Cayouette was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Maryland. Laura graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park with a BA in English, then graduated a year later from University of South Alabama with an M.A. in Creative Writing and English Literature. In 2014, Cayouette was made their Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient and her name was added to the university's clock tower. Before pursuing a career in acting, Cayouette worked as a nightclub DJ, model, English professor, dress shop manager and a ticket taker at Universal City Walk Hollywood. She studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York before moving to Los Angeles in 1992. There, she studied with Milton Katselas at the Beverly Hills Playhouse, then with Ivana Chubbuck at her studio.

Carrie-Lynn is a Toronto born and raised actor known for her leading role in the critically acclaimed Canadian comedy, Seed. Second daughter of 2 to Heather and Jim Neales and step-daughter to Christina Neales. Theatre credits include Juliet (Romeo and Juliet), Ophelia (Hamlet), Helena (A Midsummer Night's Dream), Joan (Sexual Perversity in Chicago). Studied at Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario and graduated with a diploma in Music Theatre Performance in 2005. Nominated for a Canadian Screen Award (best female performance in a leading comedic role) and a Canadian Comedy Award, both for her role in Seed. Carrie-Lynn is now based in Los Angeles, California.

Susan Scannell met her husband, Chris Roland, on the basic cable soap Another Life (1981), where she played "Becky Hewitt" and he was "Russ Weaver". Susan left the Virginia Beach-based soap to move to New York to take the role of "Kristin Carter" on Search for Tomorrow (1951). They eventually divorced soon after Susan got the role of "Nicole Simpson Colby" on Dynasty (1981). Susan Scannell also had a contract double role on Ryan's Hope (1975) as "Chessy Blake" and "Gabrielle DuBujak". She also appeared as a guest star on Remington Steele and The A-Team. Her most recent role was a brief stint as "Kathy Lima" on All My Children (1970) in 1991. Susan also is a talented singer and was a lead singer in a band in the early 80s called "Fantasm" produced by Didier Marouani in France.

Heather Grace Hancock is known for NCIS: Los Angeles (2009), Wicked City (2015) and Truth Be Told (2019).

Valerie Mahaffey is an American character actress and producer. She began her career starring in the NBC daytime soap opera The Doctors (1979-81), for which in 1980 she was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.In 1992, Mahaffey won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role in the CBS drama series Northern Exposure. She later won fame through her portrayal of extroverted and friendly but ultimately insane women on the television shows Wings, Desperate Housewives, Devious Maids and Big Sky. Mahaffey also appeared in a number of movies, including Senior Trip (1995), Jungle 2 Jungle (1997), Jack and Jill (2011), Sully (2016), and most notably French Exit (2020), for which she received critical acclaim and an Independent Spirit Award nomination.

Victoria Yeates was born on 19 April 1983 in Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022), Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) and Call the Midwife (2012). She has been married to Paul Housden since June 2018.

Olga Drobik is known for Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024) and Barbie (2023).