List of Famous people born in New York City, United States of America
Dan Lauria
Daniel Joseph Lauria is an American actor, known for playing the role of Jack Arnold in The Wonder Years and Jack Sullivan on Sullivan and Son (2012-2014).
Peter Jurasik
Peter Jurasik is an American actor known for his television roles as Londo Mollari in the 1990s science fiction series Babylon 5 and Sid the Snitch on the 1980s series Hill Street Blues and its short-lived spinoff Beverly Hills Buntz. Peter Jurasik also portrayed Oberon Geiger, Diana's boss, in the T.V. series Sliders.
Judy Reyes
Judy Reyes is an American television actress and model, best known for her roles as Carla Espinosa on the NBC/ABC medical comedy series Scrubs (2001–2009), and as Zoila Diaz in the Lifetime comedy-drama Devious Maids (2013–2016). Beginning in 2017, she stars as Annalise "Quiet Ann" Zayas in the TNT crime comedy-drama Claws.
Madeleine Martin
Madeleine Elizabeth Martin is an American-Canadian actress, known for her role as the character Rebecca "Becca" Moody on Showtime comedy-drama Californication.
Debra Wilson
Debra Wilson, also known as Debra Wilson Skelton or Debra Skelton, is an American actress, comedian and television presenter. Wilson is known for being the longest-serving original cast member on the sketch comedy series Mad TV, having appeared for the show's first eight seasons. She has also done voice work for various productions including Avatar, American Dad!, Family Guy, Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil, The Proud Family, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and The Boondocks. Her voice acting has also been used for video games including Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.
Bruce Jay Friedman
Bruce Jay Friedman was an American novelist, screenwriter, playwright, and actor. He was noted for his versatility of writing in both literature and pop culture. He was also a trailblazer in the style of modern American black humor. The themes he wrote about reflected the major changes taking place in society during the 1960s and 1970s. Many of his stories were inspired by the events of his personal life.
Gia Mantegna
Gina Cristine "Gia" Mantegna is an American actress. She is known for her role as Devin Levin on the ABC sitcom The Middle.
Ryan Rossiter
Ryan Francis Rossiter is a US-born Japanese professional basketball power forward with the Utsunomiya Brex of the B.League. Rossiter was named Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference player of the year and an All-American as a senior at Siena College in 2010–11.
Robert LaSardo
Robert LaSardo is an American character actor.
Emme
Emme is an American plus-size model, social reformer and body image advocate. Emme gained worldwide fame as the first full-figured model chosen for People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People, first in 1994, then for a second time in 1999. Emme is largely recognized in the 1990s as the leading model in the profession, as well as its highest earner.