My Top 50 Favorite Actresses

1. Rachel McAdams

Rachel Anne McAdams was born on November 17, 1978 in London, Ontario, Canada, to Sandra Kay (Gale), a nurse, and Lance Frederick McAdams, a truck driver and furniture mover. She is of English, Welsh, Irish, and Scottish descent. Rachel became involved with acting as a teenager and by the age of 13 ...

Movies I've Seen: The Hot Chick, Mean Girls, The Notebook, Wedding Crashers, Red Eye, The Family Stone, State of Play, Sherlock Holmes 1 and 2, Morning Glory, Midnight in Paris, The Vow, Spotlight, Doctor Strange, Game Night, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

2. Natalie Portman

Actress | Black Swan

Natalie Portman is the first person born in the 1980s to have won the Academy Award for Best Actress (for Black Swan (2010)).

Natalie was born Natalie Hershlag on June 9, 1981, in Jerusalem, Israel. She is the only child of Avner Hershlag, an Israeli-born doctor, and Shelley Stevens, an ...

Movies I've Seen: Leon the Professional, Heat, Mars Attacks!, Star Wars Episodes 1-3, Where the Heart Is, Zoolander, Cold Mountain, Garden State, Closer, V For Vendetta, The Other Boleyn Girl, Black Swan, No Strings Attached, Your Highness, Thor, Thor: The Dark World, Jackie, Avengers: Endgame, Thor: Love and Thunder, May December, Guest Apperance on The Simpsons

3. Sarah Michelle Gellar

Actress | Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Emmy Award-winning Sarah Michelle Gellar was born on April 14, 1977 in New York City, the daughter of Rosellen (Greenfield), who taught at a nursery school, and Arthur Gellar, who worked in the garment industry. She is of Russian Jewish and Hungarian Jewish descent.

Eating in a local restaurant, ...

Movies/T.V. Shows I've Seen: I Know What You Did Last Summer, Scream 2, Small Soldiers, She's All That, Cruel Intentions, Harvard Man, Scooby-Doo 1 and 2, Happily N'Ever After, TMNT, Do Revenge, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Ringer, The Crazy Ones, Guest Apperances on Angel, King of the Hill, The Simpsons, Robot Chicken

4. Keira Knightley

Actress | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Keira Christina Knightley was born March 26, 1985 in the South West Greater London suburb of Richmond. She is the daughter of actor Will Knightley and actress turned playwright Sharman Macdonald. An older brother, Caleb Knightley, was born in 1979. Her father is English, while her Scottish-born ...

Movies I've Seen: Star Wars Episode 1, Princess of Thieves, Bend It Like Beckham, Pirates of the Caribbean 1, 2, 3 and 5, Love Actually, King Arthur, Pride & Prejudice, Atonement, The Duchess, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, Begin Again, Laggies, The Imitation Game

5. Sigourney Weaver

Actress | Alien Resurrection

Sigourney Weaver has created a host of memorable characters, both dramatic and comic, ranging from Ripley in Alien to Dian Fossey in Gorillas in the Mist to Gwen/Tawny in Galaxy Quest and most recently, 14-year-old Kiri in Avatar: The Way of Water. With a career spanning over 50 years, Weaver has ...

Movies I've Seen: The Alien Series, Ghostbusters 1 and 2, Working Girl, Dave, The Ice Storm, Galaxy Quest, Holes, The Village, Happily N'Ever After, Be Kind Rewind, Vantage Point, Baby Mama, Wall-E, Avatar, Paul, The Cabin in the Woods, Finding Dory, Ghostbusters(2016), Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Avatar: The Way of Water, Guest Apperance on Futurama

6. Jessica Alba

Actress | Fantastic Four

Jessica Marie Alba was born on April 28, 1981, in Pomona, CA, to Catherine (Jensen) and Mark David Alba, who served in the US Air Force. Her father is of Mexican descent (including Spanish and Indigenous Mexican roots), and her mother has Danish, Welsh, English, and French ancestry. Her family ...

Movies/ T.V. Shows I've Seen: Never Been Kissed, Sin City 1 and 2, Fantastic Four 1 and 2, Knocked Up, The Love Guru, Valentine's Day, Dark Angel, Guest Apperance on Entourage

7. Michelle Monaghan

Actress | Gone Baby Gone

Michelle Lynn Monaghan was born on March 23, 1976, in Winthrop, Iowa. She is the youngest of three children and the only daughter of Sharon (Hamel), who ran a day care center, and Robert L. Monaghan, a factory worker and farmer. She is of mostly Irish and German descent. After graduating from high ...

Movies/T.V. Shows I've Seen: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Mission Impossible 3, The Heartbreak Kid, Made of Honor, Due Date, Source Code, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, Patriots Day, Mission Impossible: Fallout, True Detective

8. Rooney Mara

Actress | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Actress and philanthropist Rooney Mara was born on April 17, 1985 in Bedford, New York. She made her screen debut in the slasher film Urban Legends: Bloody Mary (2005), went on to have a supporting role in the independent coming-of-age drama Tanner Hall (2009), and has since starred in the horror ...

Movies I've Seen: A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Social Network, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Side Effects, Ain't Them Bodies Saints, Her, Carol, Lion

9. Winona Ryder

Actress | Little Women

Winona Ryder was born Winona Laura Horowitz in Olmsted County, Minnesota, and was named after a nearby town, Winona, Minnesota. She is the daughter of Cynthia (Istas), an author and video producer, and Michael Horowitz, a publisher and bookseller. Her father's family is Ukrainian Jewish and ...

Movies/T.V. Shows I've Seen: Beetlejuice, Heathers, Edward Scissorhands, Mermaids, Dracula, Little Women, The Crucible, Alien Resurrection, Zoolander, Mr. Deeds, Star Trek, Black Swan, The Dilemma, Haunted Mansion, Stranger Things, Guest Appearance on The Simpsons

10. Kate Winslet

Actress | Titanic

Ask Kate Winslet what she likes about any of her characters, and the word "ballsy" is bound to pop up at least once. The British actress has made a point of eschewing straightforward pretty-girl parts in favor of more devilish damsels; as a result, she's built an eclectic resume that runs the gamut...

Movies I've Seen: A Kid in King Arthur's Court, Titanic, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Finding Neverland, Flushed Away, The Holiday, Divergent, The Divergent Series: Insurgent, Steve Jobs, Avatar: The Way of Water

11. Jennifer Lawrence

Actress | The Hunger Games

As the highest-paid actress in the world in 2015 and 2016, and with her films grossing over $5.5 billion worldwide, Jennifer Lawrence is often cited as the most successful actress of her generation. She is also the first person born in the 1990s to have won an acting Oscar.

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Movies I've Seen: Winter's Bone, X-Men: First Class, The Hunger Games 1-4, Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Joy, Passengers, Don't Look Up

12. Julia Roberts

Actress | Pretty Woman

Julia Fiona Roberts never dreamed she would become the most popular actress in America. She was born in Smyrna, Georgia, to Betty Lou (Bredemus) and Walter Grady Roberts, one-time actors and playwrights, and is of English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, German, and Swedish descent. As a child, due to her ...

Movies I've Seen: Mystic Pizza, Steel Magnolias, Pretty Woman, Hook, My Best Friend's Wedding, Stepmom, Runaway Bride, Erin Brockovich, America's Sweethearts, Ocean's Eleven, Mona Lisa Smile, Closer, Ocean's Twelve, Charlotte's Web, Charlie Wilson's War, Duplicity, Valentine's Day, August: Osage County, Leave the World Behind

13. Reese Witherspoon

Producer | Wild

Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon was born on March 22, 1976 in New Orleans, Louisiana to Betty Witherspoon, a registered nurse & John Draper Witherspoon, a military surgeon. Reese spent the first 4 years of her life in Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany, where her father served as a lieutenant colonel in the ...

Movies/ T.V. Shows I've Seen: Pleasentville, Cruel Intentions, Election, Little Nicky, Legally Blonde 1-2, Sweet Home Alabama, Walk the Line, Just Like Heaven, Four Christmases, This Means War, The Good Lie, Wild, Big Little Lies, Father of the Bride Part 3(Ish)(Cameo, Short Film), Guest Appearances on King of the Hill, The Simpsons

14. Eliza Dushku

Actress | Bring It On

Eliza Dushku was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Judith (Rasmussen), a political science professor, and Philip R. Dushku, a teacher and administrator. Her father is Albanian and her mother is American (of Danish, Irish, English, and German descent). She was discovered at the end of a five-month ...

Movies/T.V. Shows I've Seen:True Lies, Bring It On, The New Guy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Dollhouse, Guest Appearance on The Big Bang Theory

15. Rachel Bilson

Actress | Jumper

Rachel Bilson was born in Los Angeles, to Janice (Stango), a sex therapist, and Danny Bilson. Her father is Ashkenazi Jewish and her mother is of Italian descent. She began acting while still at Notre Dame High School. She graduated high school in 1999 and went to Grossmont College but dropped out ...

Movies/T.V. Shows I've Seen:The Last Kiss, Jumper, The Bling Ring(Archive Footage), The Do-List, The O.C., Guest Appearance on Buffy the Vampire Slayer

16. Sandra Bullock

Producer | The Proposal

Sandra Annette Bullock was born in Arlington, a Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C. Her mother, Helga Bullock (née Helga Mathilde Meyer), was a German opera singer. Her father, John W. Bullock, was an American voice teacher, who was born in Alabama, of German descent. Sandra grew up on the road ...

Movies I've Seen: Speed, While You Were Sleeping, The Prince of Egypt, 28 Days, Miss Congeniality 1-2, Two Weeks Notice, Crash, The Lake House, Premonition, The Proposal, All About Steve, The Blind Side, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, The Heat, Gravity, Minions, Ocean's 8, The Lost City, Bullet Train

17. Mila Kunis

Actress | Black Swan

Milena Markovna "Mila" Kunis is a Ukrainian-American actress born to a Jewish family in Chernivtsi, Ukraine.

Her mother, Elvira, is a physics teacher, her father, Mark Kunis, is a mechanical engineer, and she has an older brother named Michael. Her family moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1991. ...

Movies/T.V. Shows I've Seen:Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, The Book of Eli, Date Night, Black Swan, Friends with Benefits, Ted, Oz: The Great and Powerful, Jupiter Ascending, The Spy Who Dumped Me, That's 70's Show, Family Guy, Guest Appearance on The Cleveland Show

18. Kristen Bell

Actress | Frozen

Kristen Anne Bell (born 1980) is an American actress and singer. She was born and raised in Huntington Woods, Michigan, and is the daughter of Lorelei (Frygier), a nurse, and Tom Bell, a television news director. Her ancestry is Polish (mother) and German, English, Irish, and Scottish (father). ...

Movies/T.V. Shows I've Seen: Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Fanboys, Couples Retreat, Get Him to the Greek, Burlesque, Scream 4, Big Miracle, Frozen 1 and 2, Veronica Mars(T.V. Series and Movie), The Boss, The Disaster Artist, Gossip Girl, Burning Love, The Good Place

19. Tina Fey

Actress | Date Night

Elizabeth Stamatina Fey was born in 1970 in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, just west of Philadelphia, to Xenobia "Jeanne" (Xenakes), a brokerage employee, and Donald Henry Fey, who wrote grant proposals for universities. Her mother is Greek, born in Piraeus, while her father had German, Northern Irish,...

Movies/T.V. Shows I've Seen: Mean Girls, Baby Mama, Date Night, Admission, Muppets Most Wanted, Sisters, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Mean Girls(2024), Saturday Night Live, 30 Rock

20. Emma Stone

Actress | La La Land

Emily Jean "Emma" Stone was born on November 6, 1988 in Scottsdale, Arizona to Krista Jean Stone (née Yeager), a homemaker & Jeffrey Charles "Jeff" Stone, a contracting company founder and CEO. She is of Swedish, German & British Isles descent. Stone began acting as a child as a member of the ...

Movies/T.V. Shows I've Seen: Superbad, The Rocker, The House Bunny, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, Zombieland, Easy A, Friends with Benefits, Crazy, Stupid, Love, The Help, The Amazing Spider-Man 1-2, Birdman, The Interview(Cameo), La La Land, The Favourite, Zombieland: Double Tap, Cruella, Poor Things, Guest Appearance on The Suite Life of Zack and Cody

21. Olivia Thirlby

Actress | Juno

Olivia resides in New York City where she was born and raised. She has trained extensively in classical Shakespearian acting in New York at the American Globe Theatre, and in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She began acting professionally in 2003, and plans to pursue a career in both ...

Movies I've Seen: United 93, Juno, No Strings Attached, The Wedding Ringer, Oppenheimer, Dumb Money

22. Jane Lynch

Actress | Wreck-It Ralph

Jane Marie Lynch is an American actress, comedian and author. She is known for starring as Sue Sylvester in the musical comedy series Glee (2009-2015), which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award. Lynch also gained recognition for her roles in Christopher Guest's mockumentary films, such as Best in ...

Movies/T.V. Shows I've Seen: The Fugitive, Sleepover, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Alvin and the Chipmunks, The Rocker, Space Chimps, Another Cinderella Story, Role Models, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Shrek Forever After, Paul, Party Down, Glee, Guest Appearances on Family Guy, Veronica Mars

23. Noomi Rapace

Actress | Män som hatar kvinnor

Swedish actress Noomi Rapace was born in Hudiksvall, Gävleborgs län, Sweden to Swedish actress Nina Norén and Spanish Flamenco singer Rogelio de Badajoz (Rogelio Durán). Her parents did not stay together, and when she was five she moved to Iceland with her mother and stepfather, where she lived for...

Movies I've Seen: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Series, Sherlock Holmes 2, Prometheus, Alien: Covenant(Cameo)

24. Kat Dennings

Actress | Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

Kat Dennings was born Katherine Victoria Litwack in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia, to Ellen (Schatz), a speech therapist and poet, and Gerald Litwack, a molecular pharmacologist. She is the youngest of five children. Her family is of Russian Jewish descent. Kat was predominantly ...

Movies/T.V. Shows I've Seen: Raise Your Voice, Charlie Bartlett, The House Bunny, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, Thor, Thor: The Dark World, Thor: Love and Thunder, 2 Broke Girls, WandaVision

25. Olivia de Havilland

Actress | Gone with the Wind

Olivia Mary de Havilland was born on July 1, 1916 in Tokyo, Japan to British parents, Lilian Augusta (Ruse), a former actress, and Walter Augustus de Havilland, an English professor and patent attorney. Her sister Joan, later to become famous as Joan Fontaine, was born the following year. Her ...

Movie I've Seen: The Adventures of Robin Hood

26. Anna Kendrick

Actress | Up in the Air

Anna Kendrick was born in Portland, Maine, to Janice (Cooke), an accountant, and William Kendrick, a teacher. She has an older brother, Michael Cooke Kendrick, who has also acted. She is of English, Irish, and Scottish descent.

For her role as "Dinah" in "High Society" on Broadway, Anna Kendrick was...

Movies I've Seen: Twilight Saga, Up in the Air, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, 50/50, Pitch Perfect 1-3, Into the Woods, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, A Simple Favor

27. Eva Green

Actress | Casino Royale

French actress and model Eva Gaëlle Green was born on July 6, 1980, in Paris, France. Her father, Walter Green, is a dentist who appeared in the 1966 film Au hasard Balthazar (1966). Her mother, Marlène Jobert, is an actress turned children's book writer. Eva's mother was born in Algeria, of French...

Movies/T.V. Shows I've Seen: Casino Royale, Dark Shadows, 300: Rise of an Empire, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, Camelot

28. Hilary Duff

Actress | A Cinderella Story

Hilary Erhard Duff was born on September 28, 1987 in Houston, Texas, to Susan Duff (née Cobb) and Robert Erhard Duff, a partner in convenience store chain. When Hilary was six, she had been traveling in the Cechetti Ballet with her sister Haylie Duff but decided she wanted to fulfill her dream of ...

Movies/T.V. Shows I've Seen: Casper Meets Wendy, Cadet Kelly, Agent Cody Banks, The Lizzie McGuire Movie, Cheaper by the Dozen 1-2, A Cinderella Story, Raise Your Voice, The Perfect Man, Lizzie McGuire, Guest Appearances on Gossip Girl, Community

29. Leighton Meester

Actress | The Roommate

Leighton Marissa Meester was born in Fort Worth, Texas, to Constance Lynn (Haas) and Douglas Jay Meester. Although born in Texas, Meester spent her early years in Marco Island, Florida with her grandparents. There, she became involved with the local playhouse and made her stage debut in a ...

Movies/T.V. Shows I've Seen: Date Night, The Judge, Gossip Girl, Guest Appearances on Veronica Mars, Shark, Entourage

30. Emma Watson

Actress | The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson was born in Paris, France, to British parents, Jacqueline Luesby and Chris Watson, both lawyers. She moved to Oxfordshire when she was five, where she attended the Dragon School. From the age of six, Emma knew that she wanted to be an actress and, for a number of years,...

Movies I've Seen: Harry Potter Series, My Week with Marilyn, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, This is the End, The Bling Ring, Beauty and the Beast, Little Women

31. Scarlett Johansson

Actress | Lost in Translation

Scarlett Ingrid Johansson was born on November 22, 1984 in Manhattan, New York City, New York. Her mother, Melanie Sloan is from a Jewish family from the Bronx and her father, Karsten Johansson is a Danish-born architect from Copenhagen. She has a sister, Vanessa Johansson, who is also an actress, ...

Movies/T.V. Shows I've Seen: Home Alone 3, The Horse Whisperer, Lost in Translation, The Perfect Score, In Good Company, Match Point, The Island, The Prestige, The Nanny Diaries, The Other Boleyn Girl, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, The Spirit, Iron Man 2, The Avengers, Hitchcock, Her, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Chef, Lucy, Avengers: Age of Ultron, The Jungle Book, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, Jojo Rabbit, Black Widow, Guest Appearance on Robot Chicken

32. Kate Mara

Actress | Fantastic Four

Kate Mara is an American actress. She starred in the Netflix political drama House of Cards (2013) as Zoe Barnes and appeared in the Fox TV series 24 (2001) as computer analyst Shari Rothenberg. She appeared in Brokeback Mountain (2005), We Are Marshall (2006), Shooter (2007), Transsiberian (2008), ...

Movies//T.V. Shows I've Seen: Random Hearts, Iron Man 2, 127 Hours, 10 Years, The Martian, House of Cards, Guest Appearance on Entourage, American Horror Story

33. Lucy Liu

Actress | Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Born to immigrants in New York City, Lucy Liu has always tried to balance an interest in her cultural heritage with a desire to move beyond a strictly Asian-American experience. Her mother, Cecilia, a biochemist, is from Beijing & her father, Tom Liu, a civil engineer, is from Shanghai. Once ...

Movies/T.V. Shows I've Seen: Shanghai Noon, Charlie's Angels 1-2, Chicago, Kill Bill 1-2, Mulan 2, Lucky Number Slevin, Guest Appearances on Futurama, King of the Hill

34. Lea Michele

Actress | Glee

Lea Michele Sarfati was born in the Bronx, New York to Edith Thomasina (Porcelli), a nurse, and Mark David Sarfati, a delicatessen owner-turned-real estate agent. Her mother is of Italian descent (from Rome and Naples), and her father is of Sephardi Jewish ancestry (from Turkey and Greece). Lea was...

Movies/T.V. Shows I've Seen: New Year's Eve, Glee, Scream Queens

35. Dianna Agron

Actress | The Family

Dianna Elise Agron was born in Savannah, Georgia to Mary and Ronald Agron and grew up in a middle-class family in Savannah before moving to Texas and, later, San Francisco, California, because her father was a general manager for Hyatt. Dianna and her brother Jason were raised Jewish and she ...

Movies/T.V. Shows I've Seen: Burlesque, Glee, Guest Appearances on Veronica Mars, Shark

36. Kirsten Dunst

Actress | Spider-Man

Kirsten Caroline Dunst is an American actress, who also holds German citizenship. She was born on April 30, 1982 in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, to parents Inez (née Rupprecht), who owned an art gallery, and Klaus Dunst, a medical services executive. She has a younger brother named Christian Dunst, ...

Movies I've Seen: Little Women, Jumanji, Anastasia, Small Soldiers, The Devil's Arithmetic, Bring It On, Spider-Man 1-3, Mona Lisa Smile, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Wimbledon, Marie Antoinette, The Bling Ring, Hidden Figures

37. Zooey Deschanel

Actress | New Girl

Zooey Deschanel was born in 1980 into a showbiz family. Her father, Caleb Deschanel, is an Academy Award-nominated cinematographer (perhaps most notably for The Passion of the Christ (2004)) and her mother, Mary Jo Deschanel (née Weir), is an actress who appeared in Twin Peaks (1990). Her paternal ...

Movies/T.V. Shows I've Seen: Almost Famous, The New Guy, Elf, Failure to Launch, Bridge to Terabithia, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, (500) Days of Summer, Your Highness, New Girl

38. Zoe Saldana

Actress | Avatar

Zoe Saldana was born on June 19, 1978 in Passaic, New Jersey, to Asalia Nazario and Aridio Saldaña. Her father was Dominican and her mother is Puerto Rican. She was raised in Queens, New York. When she was 10 years old, she and her family moved to the Dominican Republic, where they would live for ...

Movies I've Seen: Center Stage, Crossroads, Pirates of the Caribbean 1, The Terminal, Guess Who, Vantage Point, Star Trek 1-3(New Series), Avatar, Guardians of the Galaxy 1-3, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, The Adam Project, Avatar: The Way of Water

39. Kaley Cuoco

Actress | The Big Bang Theory

Kaley Christine Cuoco was born in Camarillo, California, to Layne Ann (Wingate) and Gary Carmine Cuoco, a realtor. She is of Italian (father) and German and English (mother) descent. A model and commercial actress from the age of 6, Cuoco's first major role was in the TV movie Quicksand: No Escape ...

Movies/T.V. Shows I've Seen: The Wedding Ringer, Brandy & Mr. Whiskers, The Big Bang Theory

40. AnnaSophia Robb

Actress | Bridge to Terabithia

Actress AnnaSophia Robb most recently starred in two of Hulu's most critically acclaimed limited series. In 2019, she co-starred opposite Patricia Arquette in THE ACT. This spring, she portrayed the flashback version of Reese Witherspoon's "Elena Richardson" character in LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE, ...

Movies I've Seen: An American Girl Holiday, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Bridge to Terabithia, Jumper, Race to Witch Mountain, Soul Surfer, The Way Way Back

41. Rosario Dawson

Actress | Rent

This stunning and resourceful actress has been primarily a film player thus far. Only recently has she been opening herself up more to doing television (the series Gemini Division (2008), which she executive-produced), and animated voice-overs. Dawson's powerhouse talent stands out the most in edgy...

Movies I've Seen: Josie and the Pussycats, Men in Black 2, The Rundown, Sin City 1 and 2, A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, 10 Years, The Lego Batman Movie, Zombieland: Double Tap, Haunted Mansion, The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett

42. Uma Thurman

Actress | Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Uma Karuna Thurman was born in Boston, Massachusetts, into a highly unorthodox and internationally-minded family. She is the daughter of Nena Thurman (née Birgitte Caroline von Schlebrügge), a fashion model and socialite who now runs a mountain retreat, and of Robert Thurman (Robert Alexander ...

Movies I've Seen: Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill 1-2, Be Cool, The Producers, My Super Ex-Girlfriend

43. Mélanie Laurent

Actress | Inglourious Basterds

Mélanie Laurent was born in Paris, France. She is the daughter of Annick, a ballet teacher, and Pierre, a voice actor, who is most recognized for the French version of The Simpsons (1989). She has a younger brother, Mathieu, and has both Sephardi Jewish (from Tunisia) and Ashkenazi Jewish (from ...

Movies I've Seen: Inglourious Basterds, Beginners, Now You See Me

44. Christina Ricci

Actress | Casper

Precocious, outspoken child-teen starlet of the 1990s, Christina Ricci was born on February 12, 1980 in Santa Monica, California, the youngest of four children of Sarah (Murdoch), a realtor, and Ralph Ricci, a lawyer and therapist. She is of Italian (from her paternal grandfather), Irish, and ...

Movies/T.V. Shows I've Seen: Mermaids, The Addams Family 1-2, Casper, Now and Then, The Ice Storm, Small Soldiers, Speed Racer, The Smurfs 2, The Matrix: Resurrections, Pan Am, Guest Appearance on The Simpsons

45. Claire Danes

Actress | My So-Called Life

New Yorker Claire Catherine Danes was born in Manhattan, the daughter of Carla (Hall), a day-care provider and artist, and Christopher Danes, a computer consultant and photographer. She has an older brother, Asa. Her paternal grandfather, Gibson Andrew Danes, was a Dean of the Yale School of Art ...

Movies/T.V. Shows I've Seen: Little Women, Princess Mononoke, Terminator 3, The Family Stone, Stardust, Homeland

46. Emilia Clarke

Actress | Game of Thrones

British actress Emilia Clarke was born in London and grew up in Oxfordshire, England. Her father was a theatre sound engineer and her mother is a businesswoman. Her father was working on a theatre production of "Show Boat" and her mother took her along to the performance. This is when, at the age ...

Movie/T.V. Show I've Seen: Terminator: Genisys, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Game of Thrones

47. Maisie Williams

Actress | The New Mutants

Margaret Constance "Maisie" Williams (born April 15, 1997) is an English actress. She made her professional acting debut as Arya Stark in the HBO fantasy television series Game of Thrones, for which she won the EWwy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama, the Portal Award for Best Supporting ...

T.V. Show I've Seen: Game of Thrones

48. Lena Headey

Actress | 300

Lena Headey is a Bermudian-British actress. Headey is best known for her role as "Cersei Lannister" in Game of Thrones (2011) (2011-2019) and The Brothers Grimm (2005), Possession (2002), and The Remains of the Day (1993). Headey stars as "Queen Gorgo", a heroic Spartan woman in the period film, 300...

Movies/T.V. Show I've Seen: The Jungle Book, 300 1-2, Game of Thrones

49. Willa Holland

Actress | Legion

Willa Joanna Chance Holland (born June 18, 1991) is an American actress, voice actress and model. She is known for her role as Kaitlin Cooper in the FOX teen drama The O.C., Agnes Andrews in The CW series Gossip Girl and, most recently, Thea Queen / Speedy in Arrow. Holland was born in Los Angeles,...

T.V. Shows I've Seen: The O.C., Guest Appearance on Gossip Girl

50. Kristen Stewart

Actress | Snow White and the Huntsman

Though most famous for her role as Isabella "Bella" Swan in The Twilight (2008) Saga, Kristen Stewart has been a working actor since her early years in Los Angeles, California. Her parents, John Stewart and Jules Stewart, both work in film and television. The family includes three boys, Kristen's ...

Movies I've Seen: The Thirteenth Year, Catch That Kid, Zathura, Jumper, The Twilight Saga, Adventureland, Snow White and the Huntsman, Still Alice, American Ultra, Charlie's Angels, Spencer