The Most Famous

ACTORS from French Polynesia

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This page contains a list of the greatest Actors. The pantheon dataset contains 13,578 Actors, 2 of which were born in French Polynesia. This makes French Polynesia the birth place of the 103rd most number of Actors behind Guyana, and Tanzania.

Top 3

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Actors of all time. This list of famous Actors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Tarita Teriipaia (b. 1941)

With an HPI of 50.67, Tarita Teriipaia is the most famous Actor.  Her biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.

Tarita Teriʻipaia (born 29 December 1941) is a French retired actress of French Polynesian and Chinese descent who was the third wife of actor Marlon Brando; the couple divorced in 1972. For media and entertainment appearances and engagements, she has usually been billed as Tarita.

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2. Jocelyne LaGarde (1924 - 1979)

With an HPI of 44.37, Jocelyne LaGarde is the 2nd most famous Actor.  Her biography has been translated into 21 different languages.

Jocelyne Bredin LaGarde (24 April 1924 – 12 September 1979) was a Native Tahitian actress who became famous for her first and only acting role in the 1966 motion picture, Hawaii, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

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3. Karina Lombard (b. 1969)

With an HPI of 43.14, Karina Lombard is the 3rd most famous Actor.  Her biography has been translated into 29 different languages.

Karina Lombard (born 21 January 1969) is a Tahitian-born actress. She appeared as Isabel Two in Legends of the Fall, as chief Nonhelema in Timeless, and as Marina Ferrer in the first and third seasons of The L Word. She has also appeared in the films Wide Sargasso Sea and The Firm, and the television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: NY, NCIS, Rescue Me and The 4400.

People

Pantheon has 3 people classified as actors born between 1924 and 1969. Of these 3, 2 (66.67%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living actors include Tarita Teriipaia, and Karina Lombard. The most famous deceased actors include Jocelyne LaGarde. As of April 2024, 1 new actors have been added to Pantheon including Tarita Teriipaia.

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