Favorite Actresses

1. Halle Berry

Halle Maria Berry was born Maria Halle Berry on August 14, 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio and raised in Oakwood, Ohio to Judith Ann Berry (née Hawkins), a psychiatric nurse & Jerome Jesse Berry, a hospital attendant. Her father was African-American and her mother is of mostly English and German descent. ...

Favorite performances: Audrey Burke in Things We Lost in the Fire, Dorothy Dandridge in Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, Rowena Price in Perfect Stranger, Leticia Musgrove in Monster's Ball, Frankie + various in Frankie & Alice, Queen Jackson Haley in Queen, Meronym + various in Cloud Atlas, Nina in Bulworth, Zola Taylor in Why Do Fools Fall in Love, Angela Lewis in Boomerang, Emily in Movie 43

2. Julianne Moore

Actress | Far from Heaven

Julianne Moore was born Julie Anne Smith in Fort Bragg, North Carolina on December 3, 1960, the daughter of Anne (Love), a social worker, and Peter Moore Smith, a paratrooper, colonel, and later military judge. Her mother moved to the U.S. in 1951, from Greenock, Scotland. Her father, from ...

Favorite performances: Dr. Alice Howland in Still Alice, Linda Partridge in Magnolia, "Amber Waves"/Maggie in Boogie Nights, Susanna in What Maisie Knew, Brenda Martin in Freedomland, Heidi Hansen in Dear Evan Hansen, Maude Lebowski in The Big Lebowski, Margaret White in Carrie, Poppy Adams in Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Carol White in Safe, Evelyn Ryan in The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio, Audrey/"Bloopy" in The Ladies Man, Mother Malkin in Seventh Son

3. 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 ...

Favorite performances: Sabina Spielrein in A Dangerous Method, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette in Colette, Elizabeth Swann in the Pirates of the Caribbean series, Georgiana Cavendish in The Duchess, Katharine Gun in Official Secrets, Joan Clarke in The Imitation Game, Amy/Love in Collateral Beauty, Jackie Price in The Jacket, Ruth in Never Let Me Go, Nell in Silent Night, The Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, Frances "Frankie" Almond Smith in The Hole

4. Amy Adams

Actress | Arrival

Amy Lou Adams was born in Vicenza, Veneto, Italy, to American parents, Kathryn (Hicken) and Richard Kent Adams, a U.S. serviceman who was stationed at Caserma Ederle in Italy at the time. She was raised in a Mormon family of seven children in Castle Rock, Colorado, and has English, as well as ...

Favorite performances: Sydney Prosser in American Hustle, Peggy Dodd in The Master, Cynthia Murphy in Dear Evan Hansen, Camille Preaker in Sharp Objects, Susan Morrow in Nocturnal Animals, Sister James in Doubt, Giselle in Enchanted & Disenchanted, Mickey Lobel in Trouble with the Curve, Dr. Louise Banks in Arrival, Charlene Fleming in The Fighter, Susan in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Lynne Cheney in Vice

5. Kerry Washington

Actress | Scandal

Kerry Washington is an African-American actress, television show producer and film director who is known for her roles in Scandal, Ray, the Tim Story Fantastic Four film series, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Confirmation, Django Unchained, Little Fires Everywhere, Cars 3 and The Last King of Scotland. She ...

Favorite performances: Olivia Pope in Scandal, Lucy in Mother and Child, Anita Hill in Confirmation, Rosetta in The Dead Girl, Fatima Goodrich in She Hate Me, Della Bea Robinson in Ray, Broomhilda Von Shaft in Django Unchained, Mira Gaffney in Psych, Patricia "Patty" Wilson in Night Catches Us, Kelly/Blue in For Colored Girls

6. 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.

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Favorite performances: Buffy Summers in Buffy the Vampire Slayer & Angel, Veronika Deklava in Veronika Decides to Die, Kathryn Merteuil in Cruel Intentions, Sorrow/"Trista" in The Air I Breathe, Helen Shivers in I Know What You Did Last Summer, Gwen Stephanie in Those Who Can't, Amanda Shelton in Simply Irresistible, Karen Davis in The Grudge 1 & 2

7. Taraji P. Henson

Actress | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Taraji Penda Henson is an American actress and singer. She studied acting at Howard University and began her Hollywood career in guest roles on several television shows before making her breakthrough in Baby Boy (2001). She played a prostitute in Hustle & Flow (2005), for which she received a ...

Favorite performances: Loretha "Cookie" Lyon in Empire, April in I Can Do Bad All By Myself, Det. Jocelyn "Joss" Carter in Person of Interest, Melinda Gayle in Acrimony, Vernell Watson in Talk to Me, Yvette in Baby Boy, Queenie in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Katherine Johnson in Hidden Figures, Gabrielle in Half & Half

8. Charlize Theron

Producer | Monster

Charlize Theron was born in Benoni, a city in the greater Johannesburg area, in South Africa, the only child of Gerda Theron (née Maritz) and Charles Theron. She was raised on a farm outside the city. Theron is of Afrikaner (Dutch, with some French Huguenot and German) descent, and Afrikaner ...

Favorite performances: Aileen Wuornos in Monster, Lorraine Broughton in Atomic Blonde, Megyn Kelly in Bombshell, Gilda Bessé in Head in the Clouds, Karen Jennings in Trapped, Mary Ann Lomax in The Devil's Advocate, Mavis Gary in Young Adult, Marlo Moreau in Tully, Laura Kensington in The Curse of the Jade Scorpion, Adele Invergordon in The Legend of Bagger Vance, Æon Flux in Æon Flux

9. Sarah Paulson

Actress | 12 Years a Slave

Sarah Paulson was born on December 17, 1974 in Tampa, Florida, to Catharine Gordon (Dolcater) and Douglas Lyle Paulson II. She spent most of her early years in New York and Maine, before settling in Manhattan to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and the High School for Performing Arts. ...

Favorite performances: Allyson Mayfair-Richards in AHS: Cult, Lana Winters in AHS: Asylum, Linda Tripp in Impeachment: American Crime Story, Bette/Dot Tattler in AHS: Freak Show, Agatha Ripp in Nip/Tuck, Mary Epps in 12 Years a Slave, Zoe in Touched by an Angel

10. Jenna Coleman

Actress | Victoria

Jenna Coleman is best known for her BAFTA-nominated performance as Clara in 'Doctor Who' and for playing the title role in ITV's Emmy-nominated series 'Victoria'. She was most recently seen in a lead role as Marie-Andrée Leclerc in the dark crime drama 'The Serpent' for BBC and Netflix opposite ...

Favorite performances: Clara Oswald in Doctor Who, Joanna Lindsay in The Cry, Katrina "Treena" Clark in Me Before You, Jasmine Thomas in Emmerdale

11. Angela Bassett

Actress | Strange Days

Captivating, gifted, and sensational, Angela Bassett's presence has been felt in theaters and on stages and television screens throughout the world. Angela Evelyn Bassett was born on August 16, 1958 in New York City, to Betty Jane (Gilbert), a social worker, and Daniel Benjamin Bassett, a ...

Favorite performances: Anna Mae Bullock/Tina Turner in What's Love Got to Do With It, Lornette "Mace" Mason in Strange Days, Marie Laveau in AHS: Coven & Apocalypse, Sgt. Athena Grant in 9-1-1, Dr. Catherine "Cate" Banfield in ER, Stella Payne in How Stella Got Her Groove Back

12. Kathy Bates

Actress | Misery

Multi-talented, multi-award-winning actress Kathleen (Doyle) Bates was born on June 28, 1948, and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. She is the youngest of three girls born to Bertye Kathleen (Talbot), a homemaker, and Langdon Doyle Bates, a mechanical engineer. Her grandfather was author Finis L. Bates...

Favorite performances: Annie Wilkes in Misery, Delphine LaLaurie in AHS: Coven & Apocalypse, Barbara "Bobi" Jewell in Richard Jewell, Charlie's ghost in Two and a Half Men, Agnes Winstead/The Butcher in AHS: Roanoke, Mama Boucher in The Waterboy, Bettina in Six Feet Under, Dolores Claiborne in Dolores Claiborne, Mrs. Givings in Revolutionary Road

13. Danielle Harris

Actress | Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

Danielle Harris is an American actress and film director from Plainview, New York. She is regarded as a scream queen for her many roles in horror films. Her better known roles include protagonist Jamie Lloyd in "Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers" (1988) and "Halloween 5: The Revenge of ...

Favorite performances: Jamie Lloyd in Halloween 4 & 5, Susan in Fear Clinic, Angela in Camp Cold Brook, Amy in See No Evil 2, Danielle Hampton in Havenhurst, Amy Barrett in Inoperable, Noelle Andrew in Diagnosis Murder, Aviva in Charmed, Marybeth Dunston in the Hatchet series, Laura Dempsey in Redwood Massacre: Annihilation, Rngr. Stella Woodhouse in Between the Darkness

14. Angelina Jolie

Actress | Maleficent

Angelina Jolie is an Academy Award-winning actress who rose to fame after her role in Girl, Interrupted (1999), playing the title role in the "Lara Croft" blockbuster movies, as well as Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), Wanted (2008), Salt (2010) and Maleficent (2014). Off-screen, Jolie has become ...

Favorite performances: Christine Collins in Changeling, Lisa Rowe in Girl, Interrupted, Gia Carangi in Gia, Lara Croft in Lara Croft 1 & 2, Rose Littleton in Come Away, Jane Smith in Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Joan in Playing by Heart, Mariane Pearl in A Mighty Heart

15. 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 ...

Favorite performances: Nina Sayers in Black Swan, Sam in Garden State, Celeste Montgomery in Vox Lux, Sam Turner in The Death and Life of John F. Donovan, Anne Boleyn in The Other Boleyn Girl, Evey Hammond in V for Vendetta (accent notwithstanding), Inés Bilbatúa & Alicia in Goya's Ghosts, Mathilda Lando in Leon: The Professional

16. Thandiwe Newton

Actress | Crash

Thandiwe Newton was born in London. She is the daughter of Zimbabwean mother Nyasha, a health-care worker from the Shona tribe, and British father Nick Newton, who worked as a lab technician. She lived in Zambia until political unrest caused her family to move back to the UK, where she lived in ...

Favorite performances: Beloved in Beloved, Regina Lambert in The Truth About Charlie, Tangie/Orange in For Colored Girls, Audrey Newhouse in The Death and Life of John F. Donovan, DCI Roseanne "Roz" Huntley in Line of Duty, Christine Thayer in Crash, Makemba "Kem" Likasu in ER, Kate Kennedy in Retreat, Libby Odell in Run, Fat Boy, Run, Emily "Watts" Sanders in Reminiscence

17. Saoirse Ronan

Actress | Hanna

Saoirse Una Ronan was born in The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States, to Irish parents, Monica Ronan (née Brennan) and Paul Ronan, an actor. When Saoirse was three, the family moved back to Dublin, Ireland. Saoirse grew up in Dublin and briefly in Co. Carlow before moving back to Dublin ...

Favorite performances: Queen Mary Stuart in Mary Queen of Scots, Josephine "Jo" March in Little Women, Susie Salmon in The Lovely Bones, Benji McGarvie in Death Defying Acts, Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson in Lady Bird, Izzie Mensforth in I Could Never Be Your Woman, Nina Zarechnaya in The Seagull, Agatha in The Grand Budapest Hotel

18. Margot Robbie

Actress | Suicide Squad

Margot Elise Robbie was born on July 2, 1990 in Dalby, Queensland, Australia to Scottish parents. Her mother, Sarie Kessler, is a physiotherapist, and her father, is Doug Robbie. She comes from a family of four children, having two brothers and one sister. She graduated from Somerset College in ...

Favorite performances: Harley Quinn in Birds of Prey & Suicide Squad 1 & 2, Tonya Harding in I, Tonya, Kayla Pospisil in Bombshell, Queen Elizabeth I in Mary Queen of Scots, Tanya Vanderpoel in Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Ann Burden in Z for Zachariah, Naomi Lapaglia in The Wolf of Wall Street

19. Danai Gurira

Actress | Black Panther

Danai Gurira was born in Grinnell, Iowa, to Josephine and Roger Gurira, who were from Zimbabwe. Her father was then teaching Chemistry at Grinnell College. When she was five, the family moved back to Zimbabwe, residing in the capital Harare. Gurira later returned to the United States, and studied ...

Favorite performances: Michonne Hawthorne/Grimes in The Walking Dead & TWD: The Ones Who Live, Gen. Okoye in Black Panther, Afeni Shakur in All Eyez on Me, Adenike Balogun in Mother of George

20. Lauren Cohan

Actress | The Boy

Lauren Cohan is a British-American actress and model, best known for her role as Maggie Greene on The Walking Dead (2010) and recurring roles on The Vampire Diaries (2009), Supernatural (2005), and Chuck (2007). After her film debut on Casanova (2005) as Sister Beatrice, she starred in the sequel ...

Favorite performances: Maggie Greene/Rhee in The Walking Dead & Dead City, Agt. Francesca "Frankie" Trowbridge in Whiskey Cavalier, Bela/Abbie Talbot in Supernatural, Avery Jordan in Law & Order: SVU, Vivian Volkoff in Chuck

21. Dakota Fanning

Actress | War of the Worlds

Hannah Dakota Fanning was born on the 23rd of February 1994, in Conyers, Georgia, USA, to Heather Joy (Arrington) and Steven Fanning. Her mother played professional tennis, and her father, now an electronics salesman, played minor league baseball. She is of German, Irish, English, French, and ...

Favorite performances: Lucy Diamond Dawson in I Am Sam, Squeaky Fromme in Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood, Joanna/Liz in Brimstone, Lewellen in Hounddog, Sara Howard in The Alienist, Emily Callaway in Hide and Seek, Cale Crane in Dreamer, Abigail "Abby" Jennings in Trapped, Rachel Ferrier in War of the Worlds, Meredith "Merry" Levov in American Pastoral

22. Jennifer Carpenter

Actress | Dexter

Jennifer was born in Kentucky. Her mother is Catherine Mitchell and her father is Robert Carpenter.

She attended St. Raphael the Archangel and then Sacred Heart Academy. During her last two years of high school, she studied drama at the Walden Theatre in Louisville, Kentucky. She then trained at the ...

Favorite performances: Lt. Debra Morgan in Dexter & Dexter: New Blood, Erica Shepherd in The Enemy Within, Emily Rose in The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Kelly Summer in Dragged Across Concrete, Angela Vidal in Quarantine

23. Lupita Nyong'o

Actress | 12 Years a Slave

Lupita Amondi Nyong'o was born March 1, 1983 in Mexico City, Mexico, to Kenyan parents, Dorothy Ogada Buyu and Peter Anyang' Nyong'o. Her father, a senator, was then a visiting lecturer in political science. She was raised in Kenya. At age 16, her parents sent her back to Mexico for seven months to...

Favorite performances: Adelaide Wilson/Red in Us, Patsey in 12 Years a Slave, Nakku Harriet in Queen of Katwe, Nakia in Black Panther

24. Anne Hathaway

Actress | Les Misérables

Anne Jacqueline Hathaway was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Kate McCauley Hathaway, an actress, and Gerald T. Hathaway, a lawyer, both originally from Philadelphia. She is of mostly Irish descent, along with English, German, and French. Her first major role came in the short-lived television series ...

Favorite performances: Fantine in Les Misérables, Kym Buchman in Rachel Getting Married, Lureen Newsome in Brokeback Mountain, Daphne Kluger in Ocean's 8, Andrea "Andy" Sachs in The Devil Wears Prada, Maggie Murdock in Love & Other Drugs, Gloria in Colossal, Ella in Ella Enchanted

25. 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...

Favorite performances: Darby Carter in Love Life, Beca Mitchell in the Pitch Perfect series, Cathy Hiatt in The Last Five Years, Alice in Alice, Darling, Noelle Kringle in Noelle, Martha McKay in Mr. Right, Natalie Keener in Up in the Air, Rebecca in The Hollars, Katherine "Katie" McKay in 50/50

26. Naomie Harris

Actress | Moonlight

British actress Naomie Harris was born in London, England, the only child of television scriptwriter Lisselle Kayla. Her father is from Trinidad and her mother is from Jamaica. They separated before she was born, and Harris was raised by her mother and has no relationship with her father. She ...

Favorite performances: Poppy Shakespeare in Poppy Shakespeare, Winnie Madikizela/Mandela in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Justin Falls in The Man Who Fell to Earth, Selena in 28 Days Later..., Tia Dalma/Calypso in Pirates of the Caribbean 2 & 3, Eve Moneypenny in the James Bond series, Mika Coretti in Ninja Assassin, Frances Barrison/Shriek in Venom 2

27. Queen Latifah

Actress | Chicago

Often considered hip-hop's first lady, the woman behind the moniker Queen Latifah was born Dana Elaine Owens on March 18, 1970, in East Orange, New Jersey. She is the daughter of Rita (Bray), a teacher, and Lancelot Owens Sr. She came from a police family-both her father and her older brother were ...

Favorite performances: Charlene Morton in Bringing Down the House, Khadijah James in Living Single, "Motormouth" Maybelle Stubbs in Hairspray, Gina Norris in Beauty Shop and Barbershop 2, Vi Rose Hill in Joyful Noise, The Ruffhouse M.C. in Juice

28. Patricia Clarkson

Actress | The Station Agent

This remarkable, one-of-a-kind actress has, since the early 1990s, intrigued film and TV audiences with her glowing, yet careworn eccentricity and old world-styled glamour. Very much in demand these days as a character player, Patricia Clarkson nevertheless continues to avoid the temptation of ...

Favorite performances: Rachel Solando in Shutter Island, Adora Crellin in Sharp Objects, Sarah O'Connor in Six Feet Under, Rosemary Penderghast in Easy A, Joy Burns in Pieces of April, Alison Mayhew in One Day, Melinda Moores in The Green Mile, Dr. Dagmar Berman in Lars and the Real Girl

29. 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 ...

Favorite performances: Shosanna Dreyfus in Inglourious Basterds, Dr. Elizabeth "Liz" Hansen in Oxygène/Oxygen, Agt. Alma Dray in Now You See Me, Elisabeth Beaugrand in Le retour du héros/Return of the Hero, Sophie Marquand in L'amore nascosto/Hidden Love, Jannia Ressmore in Aloft

30. Regina King

Actress | Ray

Regina King was born in Los Angeles, California, to Gloria, a special education teacher, and Thomas King, an electrician. She began her career in the television show 227 (1985), followed by a role in Boyz n the Hood (1991). She began to be recognized by a mainstream audience after her role as Cuba ...

Favorite performances: Det. Lydia Adams in Southland, Margie Hendricks in Ray, Angela Abar/Sister Night in Watchmen, Layla in Year of the Dog, Vanessa in How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Dana Jones in Friday

31. 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), ...

Favorite performances: Meg in Peep World, Vanessa Bartholomew in Nip/Tuck, Cpl. Megan Leavey in Megan Leavey, Lee Weathers in Morgan, Hayden McClaine in AHS: Murder House, Off. Hanna Becker in Deadfall, Bree in Transcendence, "Mississippi" in Happythankyoumoreplease, Mary Jo Kopechne in Chappaquiddick, Annie Cantrell in We Are Marshall

32. Penélope Cruz

Actress | Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Known outside her native country as the "Spanish enchantress," Penélope Cruz Sánchez was born in Madrid to Eduardo Cruz, a retailer, and Encarna Sánchez, a hairdresser. As a toddler, she was already a compulsive performer, re-enacting TV commercials for her family's amusement, but she decided to ...

Favorite performances: Chloe Sava in Gothika, Consuela Castillo in Elegy, Virginia Vallejo in Loving Pablo, Janis Martínez Moreno in Madres paralelas/Parallel Mothers, Maria Elena in Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Carla Albanese in Nine, Maria Alvarez in Bandidas, "Jacinta" in Dolor y gloria/Pain and Glory, Donatella Versace in The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, Nina Vasquez in Noel

33. Anna Paquin

Actress | The Piano

Anna Paquin is the first millennial to have received an Academy Award nomination for acting, and the first to win.

She was born on July 24, 1982 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, to Mary (Brophy), an English teacher from Wellington, New Zealand, and Brian Paquin, a Canadian phys-ed teacher. Anna moved ...

Favorite performances: Robyn in Flack, Sookie Stackhouse in True Blood, Laurie in Trick 'r Treat, Dr. Jean Markham in Tell It to the Bees, Sarah in Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams, Lila Hayes in The Romantics, Lisa Cohen in Margaret, Rogue in the X-Men series, Young Jane Eyre in Jane Eyre

34. Justina Machado

Actress | Torque

Justina Machado was born on September 6, 1972 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Torque (2004), Six Feet Under (2001) and One Day at a Time (2017).

Favorite performances: Vanessa Diaz in Six Feet Under, Penelope Alvarez in One Day at a Time, Off. Claudia Diaz in ER, Laura Morales in Malcolm & Eddie, Laura in Early Edition, Anna Nyles in Grey's Anatomy, Suzanne Richards in Ghost Whisperer, Gigi in "Coco & Gigi" of With/In

35. Juliette Lewis

Actress | Cape Fear

Juliette Lewis has been recognized as one of Hollywood's most talented and versatile actors of her generation since she first stunned audiences and critics alike with her Oscar-nominated performance as "Danielle Bowden" in Cape Fear (1991). To date, she has worked with some of the most revered ...

Favorite performances: Mallory Knox in Natural Born Killers, Danielle Bowden in Cape Fear, Roseanna Perry in Conviction, Natalie "Nat" Scatorccio in Yellowjackets, Beverly Brown in Wayward Pines, Robin in The Way of the Gun, Becky in What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Karen Weston in August: Osage County, Pam Noonan in Hellion, Debbie Epstein in The Switch

36. 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...

Favorite performances: Hanna Schmitz in The Reader, Det. Marianne "Mare" Sheehan in Mare of Easttown, April Wheeler in Revolutionary Road, Madeleine in Quills, Sarah Pierce in Little Children, Rose DeWitt Bukater in Titanic, Nancy Cowan in Carnage, Clementine Kruczynski in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

37. Ziyi Zhang

Actress | Yi dai zong shi

Ziyi Zhang is a Chinese actress and model. She is best known for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Rush Hour 2 (2001), Hero (2002), House of Flying Daggers (2004), and Memoirs of a Geisha (2005).

She made her feature film debut in The Road Home (1999).

For her work in Memoirs of a Geisha she was...

Favorite performances: Gong Er in Yi dai zong shi/The Grandmaster, Xiao Mei in Shi mian mai fu/House of Flying Daggers, Kristin Spitz in Horsemen, Moon in Ying xiong/Hero, Dr. Ilene Chen in Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Sakamoto Chiyo/Nitta Sayuri in Memoirs of a Geisha, Hu Li in Rush Hour 2

38. Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Actress | 10 Cloverfield Lane

Mary Elizabeth Winstead is an actress known for her versatile work in a variety of film and television projects. Possibly most known for her role as Ramona Flowers in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), she has also starred in critically acclaimed independent films such as Smashed (2012), for which...

Favorite performances: Michelle in 10 Cloverfield Lane, Wendy Christensen in Final Destination 3, "Claire" in Faults, Helena Bertinelli/Huntress in Birds of Prey, Nina Geld in All About Nina, Anna Urbanova in A Gentleman in Moscow, Alex in Alex of Venice, Mary Todd Lincoln in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Ramona Flowers in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Danielle "Danny" Zakarewski in Gemini Man

39. Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Actress | Belle

Gugu Mbatha-Raw was born Gugulethu Sophia Mbatha in the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, England. Her father, Patrick Mbatha, is a Black South African doctor, and her mother, Anne Raw, is a Caucasian English nurse. Her parents separated when she was a year old, and she was brought up by her mother ...

Favorite performances: Ava Hamilton in The Cloverfield Paradox, Noni Jean in Beyond the Lights, Talia in Larry Crowne, Jennifer Hosten in Misbehaviour, Prema Mutiso/Omalu in Concussion

40. Frances Conroy

Actress | Six Feet Under

Award-winning stage actress Frances Conroy was introduced and encouraged by her parents to explore the elements of theater. Born Frances Hardman Conroy in Monroe, Georgia, she attended high school in Long Island and experienced classes at the Neighborhood Playhouse as a teenager. The pale, ...

Favorite performances: Ruth Fisher in Six Feet Under, Rosie in Humboldt County, Moira O'Hara in AHS: Murder House & Apocalypse, Shachath in AHS: Asylum, "Sister" Rosa Halacy in Law & Order, Katharine Houghton Hepburn in The Aviator

41. Jodie Foster

Actress | The Silence of the Lambs

Jodie Foster started her career at the age of two. For four years she made commercials and finally gave her debut as an actress in the TV series Mayberry R.F.D. (1968). In 1975 Jodie was offered the role of prostitute Iris Steensma in the movie Taxi Driver (1976). This role, for which she received ...

Favorite performances: Penelope Longstreet in Carnage, S.A. Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs, Dr. Eleanor "Ellie" Arroway in Contact, Rynn Jacobs in The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, Sarah Tobias in The Accused, Erica Bain in The Brave One, Alexandra "Alex" Rover in Nim's Island, Madeleine White in Inside Man

42. Michelle Pfeiffer

Actress | The Fabulous Baker Boys

Michelle Pfeiffer was born in Santa Ana, California to Dick and Donna Pfeiffer. She has an older brother and two younger sisters - Dedee Pfeiffer, and Lori Pfeiffer, who both dabbled in acting and modeling but decided against making it their lives' work. She graduated from Fountain Valley High ...

Favorite performances: Rita Harrison in I Am Sam, Elizabeth "Betty" Ford in The First Lady, Ingrid Magnussen in White Oleander, Woman in mother!, Frankie in Frankie and Johnny, Louise Irene "Lurene" Hallett in Love Field, Selina Kyle/Catwoman in Batman Returns, Elvira Hancock Montana in Scarface, Susie Diamond in The Fabulous Baker Boys

43. Jennifer Tilly

Actress | Bound

An actress who always attracts audiences' attention, Jennifer Tilly is by turns funny, sexy, compassionate, compelling and often all at once. She has been playing unforgettable characters ever since she started her career as an actress.

Jennifer Tilly was born Jennifer Ellen Chan in Harbor City, ...

Favorite performances: Tiffany Valentine/"Herself" in the Child's Play/Chucky series, Darlene in Modern Family, Fran Carvey in The Getaway, Violet in Bound, Kim in Frasier, Samantha Cole in Liar Liar

44. Brittany Murphy

Actress | Clueless

Brittany Murphy was born Brittany Anne Bertolotti on November 10, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia, to Sharon Kathleen Murphy and Angelo Joseph Bertolotti. Her father's ancestry is Italian, and her mother is of Irish and Slovak descent. Her father moved the family back to Edison, New Jersey as a native New...

Daisy Randone in Girl, Interrupted, Krista Kutcher in The Dead Girl, Elisabeth Burrows in Don't Say a Word, Izzy in The Prophecy II, Molly Gunn in Uptown Girls, Fay Forrester in Riding in Cars with Boys, Trini Martin in Boy Meets World, Sarah McNerney in Just Married, Luanne Platter Kleinschmidt in King of the Hill

45. Anya Taylor-Joy

Actress | The Queen's Gambit

Anya-Josephine Marie Taylor-Joy (born 16 April 1996) is a British-American actress. She is best known for her roles as Beth Harmon in The Queen's Gambit (2020), Thomasin in the period horror film The VVitch: A New-England Folktale (2015), as Casey Cooke in the horror-thriller Split (2016), and as ...

Favorite performances: "Sandie" in Last Night in Soho, Illyana Rasputin/Magik in The New Mutants, Emma Woodhouse in Emma., Thomasin in The VVitch, Morgan in Morgan, Lily Reynolds in Thoroughbreds, Margot/Erin in The Menu, Casey Cooke in Split & Glass

46. Emily Rios

Actress | Quinceañera

Emily Rios was born on April 27, 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Quinceañera (2006), The Bridge (2013) and Breaking Bad (2008).

Favorite performances: Victoria Rogers in If Beale Street Could Talk, Magdalena in Quinceañera, Andrea Cantillo in Breaking Bad, Tammy Vasquez in Criminal Minds, Sophia in House, Epyck Sanders in Friday Night Lights

47. Jessica Biel

Actress | The Illusionist

Jessica Biel, has become one of Hollywood's most sought-out actresses. She was born in Ely, Minnesota, to Kimberly (Conroe) and Jonathan Edward Biel, who is a business consultant and GM worker. Biel was raised in Boulder, Colorado. She is of Hungarian Jewish, Danish, English, and German descent.

As ...

Favorite performances: Cora Tannetti in The Sinner, Erin in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Larita Whittaker in Easy Virtue, Sgt. Vanessa Price in Home of the Brave, Abigail Whistler in Blade: Trinity

48. 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 ...

Favorite performances: Honey Daniels in Honey, Sydney Wells in The Eye, Victoria Knox in Barely Lethal, Max Guevera in Dark Angel, Kirsten Liosis in Never Been Kissed, Morley Clarkson in Valentine's Day, Sue Storm in Fantastic Four & Fantastic Four 2, Det. Nancy McKenna in L.A.'s Finest

49. Christine Baranski

Actress | Mamma Mia!

Christine Baranski is an American actress from Buffalo, New York. She has had a relatively lengthy career in both film and television. She has been nominated for 15 Emmy Awards, winning once. One of her most popular roles was that of neuroscientist Dr. Beverly Hofstadter in the sitcom " The Big ...

Favorite performances: Dr. Beverly Hofstadter in The Big Bang Theory, Diane Lockhart in The Good Fight, Katherine Archer in The Birdcage, Sonja Umdahl in 3rd Rock from the Sun, Agnes Van Rhijn in The Gilded Age, Mary Sunshine in Chicago, Thelma in The Odd Couple II

50. Sandra Oh

Actress | Killing Eve

Sandra Oh was born to Korean parents in the Ottawa suburb of Nepean, Ontario, Canada. Her father, Oh Junsu, a businessman, and her mother, Oh Young-Nam, a biochemist, were married in Seoul, Korea. They both attended graduate school at the University of Toronto. Sandra began her career as a ballet ...

Favorite performances: Eve Polastri in Killing Eve, DS Sarah Chen in Thorne: Scaredycat, Cindy in Guinevere, Patti in Under the Tuscan Sun, Amanda/Soo-Hyun in Umma, Gabby in Rabbit Hole, Dr. Cristina Yang in Grey's Anatomy, Dr. Ellen Park in Defendor, Mrs. Meacham in Ramona and Beezus

51. Keke Palmer

Actress | Nope

Lauren Keyana "Keke" Palmer was born on August 26, 1993 in Harvey, Illinois and raised in Robbins, Illinois to Sharon and Larry Palmer, both former actors. Palmer showed vocal promise as a five-year-old, when she belted out "Jesus Loves Me" in her church choir. A year later the singer-actress had a...

Favorite performances: Wednesday/"Win" in Pimp, Alice in Alice, Alissa in Animal, Louella/"Lou" in The Wool Cap, Emerald Haywood in Nope, Carlina White/Nejdra "Netty" Nance in Abducted: The Carlina White Story, Akeelah Anderson in Akeelah and the Bee, True Jackson in True Jackson, VP

52. Sanaa Lathan

Actress | AVP: Alien vs. Predator

Sanaa Lathan is an actor, director, producer, and activist, well-known for starring in such hit films as LOVE & BASKETBALL, THE BEST MAN and BEST MAN HOLIDAY, BROWN SUGAR, ALIEN VS. PREDATOR, and NAPPILY EVER AFTER.

She recently made her feature directorial debut for Paramount Pictures' ON THE COME ...

Favorite performances: Michelle Landau in Nip/Tuck, Alexa "Lex" Woods in Alien vs. Predator, Monica Wright in Love & Basketball, Andrea Pratt-Bennett in The Family That Preys, Mona Fredricks in Boss, Nina Harrison in The Twilight Zone, Aubrey in Contagion, Dr. Beth Gordon in "Leap" of With/In

53. Brittany Snow

Actress | Pitch Perfect

Brittany Anne Snow (born March 9, 1986) is an American actress and singer. She began her career as Susan "Daisy" Lemay on the CBS series Guiding Light (1952) for which she won a Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress and was nominated for two other Young Artist Awards and a Soap Opera Digest ...

Favorite performances: Ariel Alderman in Nip/Tuck, Julia Bechley in Almost Family, Chloe Beale in the Pitch Perfect series, Iris in Would You Rather, Jamie Hoskins in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Bobby-Lynne Parker in X

54. Michelle Williams

Actress | Blue Valentine

A small-town girl born and raised in rural Kalispell, Montana, Michelle Ingrid Williams is the daughter of Carla Ingrid (Swenson), a homemaker, and Larry Richard Williams, a commodity trader and author. Her ancestry is Norwegian, as well as German, British Isles, and other Scandinavian. She was ...

Favorite performances: Gwen Verdon in Fosse/Verdon, Alma Del Mar in Brokeback Mountain, Mitzi Fabelman in The Fabelmans, Lucile Angellier in Suite Française, Dolores Chanal in Shutter Island, Marilyn Monroe in My Week with Marilyn, S in Deception

55. 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 ...

Favorite performances: S.A. Gracie Hart in Miss Congeniality 1 & 2, Deborah "Debbie" Ocean in Ocean's 8, Ellen Roark in A Time to Kill, Dr. Ryan Stone in Gravity, "Accident" Amy Kirkland in George Lopez, Sarah Lewis in Forces of Nature, S.A. Sarah Ashburn in The Heat

56. 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 ...

Favorite performances: Rae Doole in Black Snake Moan, Misty Quigley in Yellowjackets, Selby Wall in Monster, Laura in Monstrous, Dedee Truitt in The Opposite of Sex, Abigail in 10 Things We Should Do Before We Break Up, Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family 1 & 2

57. Helena Bonham Carter

Actress | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Helena Bonham Carter is an actress of great versatility, one of the UK's finest and most successful.

Bonham Carter was born May 26, 1966 in Golders Green, London, England, the youngest of three children of Elena (née Propper de Callejón), a psychotherapist, and Raymond Bonham Carter, a merchant ...

Favorite performances: Kate Croy in The Wings of the Dove, Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in The King's Speech, Marla Singer in Fight Club, Bellatrix Lestrange in the Harry Potter series, Elizabeth Lavenza Frankenstein in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Jenny/The Witch in Big Fish, Karen Knightly in Sweet Revenge/The Revengers' Comedies

58. Laurie Holden

Actress | The Boys

Laurie Holden is best known to audiences as Andrea in the hit AMC drama series The Walking Dead. However, Laurie's big acting break came much earlier in her career, starring with Vanessa Redgrave in the critically acclaimed TNT mini-series Young Catherine. Since that auspicious beginning, she has ...

Favorite performances: Andrea Harrison in The Walking Dead, Amanda Dumfries in The Mist, Off. Cybil Bennett in Silent Hill, Dr. Hannah Tramble in Chicago Fire, Adele Pinchelow in Dumb and Dumber To

59. Joey King

Actress | The Act

Joey King started acting professionally when she was four years old. A national spot for Life Cereal was Joey's first commercial. It has been said that Joey inherited the love of acting from her grandmother, who used to perform in live theater.

She has appeared in several television shows and movies...

Favorite performances: Morgan in Life in Pieces, Ramona Quimby in Ramona and Beezus, Briana in Quarantine, Cassidy in Ghost Whisperer

60. Haley Lu Richardson

Actress | Five Feet Apart

Haley Lu Richardson was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, as the only child of creative parents, Valerie (Valiquette), a graphic designer, and Forrest Richardson, a golf course architect. She attended Montessori school, where kids are encouraged to think outside the box and value self-motivation...

Favorite performances: Stella Grant in Five Feet Apart, Louise Brooks in The Chaperone, Maggie Townsend in The Bronze, Cassandra/"Casey" in Columbus, Erin in Montana Story, Jenna Davis in Law & Order: SVU, Claire Benoit in Split

61. Famke Janssen

Actress | X-Men: The Last Stand

Famke Janssen was born November 5, 1964, in Amstelveen, the Netherlands, and has two other siblings. Moving to America in the 1980s, she modeled for Chanel in New York. Later, taking a break from modeling, she attended Columbia University, majoring in literature.

This model-turned-actress broke into...

Favorite performances: Ava Moore in Nip/Tuck, Xenia Onatopp in GoldenEye, Muriel in Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, Jean Grey in the X-Men series, Petra in Rounders

62. Abigail Breslin

Actress | Little Miss Sunshine

Academy Award-nominated actress Abigail Breslin is one of the most sought-after actors of her generation. Her unique and charismatic talents have contributed to her versatile roles in both comedy and drama.

Recently, Breslin headlined the first season of the horror-comedy series, Scream Queens (2015)...

Favorite performances: Olive Hoover in Little Miss Sunshine, Allison Baker in Stillwater, Casey Welson in The Call, Jean Fordham in August: Osage County, Sandy Watson in NCIS, Little Rock in Zombieland 1 & 2

63. Helen Mirren

Actress | The Queen

Dame Helen Mirren was born in Queen Charlotte's Hospital in West London. Her mother, Kathleen Alexandrina Eva Matilda (Rogers), was from a working-class English family, and her father, Vasiliy Petrovich Mironov, was a Russian-born civil servant, from Kuryanovo, whose own father was a diplomat. ...

Favorite performances: Victoria Winslow in Red 1 & 2, Brigitte/Death in Collateral Beauty, Patricia in O Lucky Man!, Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen, Eve Tingle in Teaching Mrs. Tingle, The Doctor in The Pledge

64. 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 ...

Favorite performances: Billie Jean King in Battle of the Sexes, Whitney Siegel in The Curse, Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan in The Help, Sam Thomson in Birdman, Witchita in Zombieland & Zombieland 2, Hannah in Crazy, Stupid, Love., Olive Penderghast in Easy A, Heather in iCarly, Abby in Paper Man, Veronica in Movie 43

65. 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 ...

Favorite performances: Susanna Kaysen in Girl, Interrupted, Abigail Williams in The Crucible, Beth MacIntyre in Black Swan, Melissa Warburton in Friends, Lindsay in Destination Wedding, Mary Dyer in Drunk History, Lydia Deetz in Beetlejuice, Wilhelmina "Mina" Murray in Bram Stoker's Dracula, Lelaina Pierce in Reality Bites

66. Katie Cassidy

Actress | A Nightmare on Elm Street

Katie Cassidy was born Katherine Evelyn Anita Cassidy on November 25, 1986, in Los Angeles, California. Her father, David Cassidy, was a pop star in the 1970s. Her famous relatives include uncles Shaun Cassidy, Patrick Cassidy and Ryan Cassidy, the sons by her grandfather Jack Cassidy's marriage to ...

Favorite performances: Laurel Lance/Black Canary/Black Siren in Arrow, Ruby in Supernatural, Dawn Walsh in Grace

67. Taissa Farmiga

Actress | The Final Girls

Taissa Farmiga is an American actress, and the younger sister of Academy Award nominee Vera Farmiga, who is 21 years her senior. She was born in Readington Township, New Jersey, USA, to Ukrainian-born parents Michael and Lubomyra (Spas) Farmiga.

Unlike her older sister, Taissa initially had no ...

Favorite performances: Violet Harmon in AHS: Murder House & Apocalypse, Anna Greene in Anna/Mindscape, Zoe Benson in AHS: Coven & Apocalypse, Max Cartwright in The Final Girls, Laurie in John and the Hole, Ginny in The Mule, Sarah in Jamesy Boy

68. Whoopi Goldberg

Actress | Ghost

Whoopi Goldberg was born Caryn Elaine Johnson in the Chelsea section of Manhattan on November 13, 1955. Her mother, Emma (Harris), was a teacher and a nurse, and her father, Robert James Johnson, Jr., was a clergyman. Whoopi's recent ancestors were from Georgia, Florida, and Virginia. She worked in...

Favorite performances: Corrina Washington in Corrina, Corrina, Alice/White in For Colored Girls, Valerie Owens in Girl, Interrupted, Chesley Watkins in Law & Order: CI, Dr. Jordan in A Different World, Delilah Abraham in How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Jane Marsh in The Middle, Louise Clarkson in Everybody Hates Chris, Harriet Franklin in Bogus

69. Hong Chau

Actress | The Whale

Hong Chau was born on June 25, 1979 in Thailand. She is an actress and writer, known for The Whale (2022), Downsizing (2017) and The Menu (2022).

Favorite performances: Elsa in The Menu, Lady Trieu in Watchmen, Ngoc Lan Tran in Downsizing, Liz in The Whale

70. Mena Suvari

Actress | American Beauty

Mena Alexandra Suvari was born in Newport, Rhode Island, the youngest of four children. She is the daughter of Ando Suvari, a psychiatrist, and the former Candice Chambers, a nurse. Mena's first name comes from her British aunt named after the "House of Mena" Hotel (at the base of the pyramids in ...

Favorite performances: Edie in Six Feet Under, Angela Hayes in American Beauty, Laura McGrath in House of Chains, Charlotte in Trauma, Heather in American Pie, Sandy Murphy in Sex and Lies in Sin City, Isabella in Chicago Fire, Tracey Bannett in Paradise Cove, Nicole Brown in The Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson (only watched it for her, and she is good in the titular role)

71. Marisa Tomei

Actress | My Cousin Vinny

Marisa Tomei was born on December 4, 1964, in Brooklyn, New York, to Patricia "Addie" (Bianchi), a teacher of English, and Gary Tomei, a lawyer, both of Italian descent. Marisa has a brother, actor Adam Tomei. As a child, Marisa's mother frequently corrected her speech as to eliminate her heavy ...

Favorite performances: Ida Horowicz in The Ides of March, Mimi Whiteman in Empire, Gina Hanson in Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, Liz in Someone Like You

72. Julia Stiles

Actress | 10 Things I Hate About You

Lovely, Julia (O'Hara) Stiles, of Irish, English and German heritage, was born on March 28, 1981 in New York City, the outgoing daughter and eldest of three children of a Greenwich Village artist mother, Judith Newcomb Stiles, and an elementary school teacher father, John O'Hara.

Encouraged to take ...

Favorite performances: Georgina Clios in Riviera, Kat Stratford in 10 Things I Hate About You, Courtney Rutherford Hopkins in The Great Gilly Hopkins, Sara Johnson in Save the Last Dance

73. Sophie Okonedo

Actress | Hotel Rwanda

Sophie Okonedo is a British actress. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Tatiana Rusesabagina in Hotel Rwanda (2004).

Okonedo was born within London in 1968. Her parents were Henry Okonedo (1939-2009) and Joan Allman. Her father was British Nigerian ...

Favorite performances: Hemple in Britannia, Caroline Mills in Flack, Liz Ten in Doctor Who, Sithandra in Æon Flux, Sophie in Martian Child, Queen Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra

74. Laura Linney

Actress | The Big C

Laura Leggett Linney was born in New York City on February 5, 1964, into a theatre family. Her father was prominent playwright Romulus Linney, whose own great-grandfather was a congressman from North Carolina. Her mother, Miriam Anderson (Leggett), is a nurse. Although she did not live in her ...

Favorite performances: Erin Bruner in The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Wendy Savage in The Savages, Sarah in Love Actually, Meryl Burbank/Hannah Gill in The Truman Show, Bertha Dorset in The House of Mirth, Louise Perkins in Genius, Joan Berkman in The Squid and the Whale, Martha Bowen in Law & Order

75. Mary Steenburgen

Actress | Last Vegas

Mary Steenburgen is an Academy Award-winning American actress.

She was born in Newport, Arkansas, USA. Her mother, Nellie May (Wall) Steenburgen, was a school-board secretary, and her father, Maurice H. Steenburgen, was a freight-train conductor. Her surname comes from distant Dutch ancestry, and ...

Favorite performances: Grace Rinato in Law & Order: SVU, Mother in Ragtime, Diana Boyle in Last Vegas, Belinda Conine in Philadelphia, Betty Carver in What's Eating Gilbert Grape

76. Jessica Lange

Actress | Tootsie

Jessica Lange was born in 1949, in Cloquet, Minnesota, USA, where her father worked as a traveling salesman. She obtained a scholarship to study art at the University of Minnesota, but instead went to Paris to study drama. She moved to New York, working as a model, until producer Dino De Laurentiis...

Favorite performances: Constance Langdon in AHS: Murder House & Apocalypse, Sister Jude Martin in AHS: Asylum, Fiona Goode in AHS: Coven, Margaret Lewin in Losing Isaiah, Julie Nichols in Tootsie, Angelique/The Angel of Death in All That Jazz

77. Alfre Woodard

Actress | Star Trek: First Contact

Alfre Woodard was born on November 8, 1952 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the youngest of three children of Constance, a homemaker, and Marion H. Woodard, an interior designer. She was named by her godmother, who claimed she saw a vision of Alfre's name written out in gold letters. A former high school ...

Favorite performances: Lily Sloane in Star Trek: First Contact, Alice Pratt in The Family That Preys, Miss Josephine in Beauty Shop, Camille Wright in Love & Basketball, Penny Washington in Heart and Souls, WA Bernadine Williams in Clemency

78. Shawnee Smith

Actress | The Blob

Shawnee Smith has consistently put her versatile talents to use in the film, television, theatrical and musical arenas with much success. Her impressive career includes a co-starring role on an award-winning television show, which is now strong in syndication, and a variety of memorable roles in ...

Favorite performances: Amanda Young in the Saw series, Linda in Becker, Rhonda Altobello in Summer School, Nikki Downing in Who's Harry Crumb?, Meg Penny in The Blob

79. Monica Keena

Actress | Freddy vs. Jason

Monica Keena was born in Brooklyn on May 28, 1979, to Bill and Mary Keena and was little sister to Samantha, the Keenas' first daughter. Growing sup, Monica shone in all things arts. Dance, singing, acting, and drawing. At 13, Keena enrolled in the prestigious LaGuardia school for acting and made ...

Favorite performances: Lori Campbell in Freddy vs. Jason, Corey Russell in Law & Order, Maddie Curtis in Night of the Demons, Beatrice Mailer in Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Bonnie Crasnoff in Grey's Anatomy, Oksana Baiul in A Promise Kept: The Oksana Baiul Story, Evie in Man of the House, Debbie Shriner in The Closer

80. Connie Britton

Actress | Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

Connie Britton began playing country music fading sensation Rayna Jaymes in Nashville (2012) after having wrapped production for the five season long Friday Night Lights (2006) alongside Kyle Chandler. She previously appeared in Universal's Friday Night Lights (2004) -the movie- directed by Peter ...

Favorite performances: Tami Taylor in Friday Night Lights, Vivien Harmon in AHS: Murder House & Apocalypse, Abby Clark in 9-1-1, Dean Walker in Promising Young Woman

81. Lily Rabe

Actress | Miss Stevens

Lily Rabe was born in New York, New York, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Miss Stevens (2016), No Reservations (2007) and Fractured (2019).

Favorite performances: Sister Mary Eunice McKee in AHS: Asylum & Freak Show, Lavinia Richter in AHS: 1984, Shelby Miller in AHS: Roanoke, Lorena "Hick" Hickok in The First Lady, Lanie Ainge in Nip/Tuck, Doris Gardner in AHS: Red Tide

82. Dania Ramirez

Actress | X-Men: The Last Stand

Dania is a Latin American actress born in the Dominican Republic. She grew up, living with her grandmother, in a poor household. Her parents left for the United States, when she was 6-months old, and she finally joined them in New York when she was age 10.

She knew from a young age that she wanted ...

Favorite performances: Cpt. Nicole "Nikki" Batista in Alert: MPU, Sadie in Quarantine, Alex Guerrero in She Hate Me, Vanessa in Premium Rush, "The Flame" in Jumanji: The Next Level, Ana in Illegal Tender

83. Catherine Hicks

Actress | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Born in New York City and raised in Scottsdale, Arizona, Catherine Mary Hicks was a cheerleader at Gerard Catholic High School in Phoenix, Arizona, and graduated in 1969. Hicks attended Saint Mary's College-Notre Dame University and studied English literature. Moving east from South Bend, Indiana, ...

Favorite performances: Carol Heath in Peggy Sue Got Married, Dr. Gillian Taylor in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Janet Pearson in She's Out of Control, Karen Barclay in Child's Play, Maggie in Turbulence, Annie Camden in 7th Heaven

84. Olivia Wilde

Actress | Tron: Legacy

Actress and activist Olivia Wilde is a modern day renaissance woman, starring in many acclaimed film productions, while simultaneously giving back to the community.

She was born on March 10, 1984 in New York City. Her parents are Leslie Cockburn (née Leslie Corkill Redlich) and Andrew Cockburn. Her ...

Favorite performances: Sadie in A Vigilante, Dr. Remy Hadley/"Thirteen" in House, Bunny in Don't Worry Darling, Liza in Deadfall, Elizabeth Roberts in Better Living Through Chemistry, Quorra in Tron: Legacy, Kate in Drinking Buddies, Suzy Miller in Rush

85. Catherine Zeta-Jones

Actress | Chicago

Catherine Zeta-Jones was born September 25, 1969 in Swansea, Wales (and raised in the nearby town of Mumbles), the only daughter of Patricia (nee Fair) and David James "Dai" Jones, who formerly owned a sweet factory. She attended Dumbarton House School (Swansea). Her father (the son of Bertram (...

Favorite performances: Velma Kelly in Chicago, Dr. Vivian Capshaw in Prodigal Son, Sandy in The Rebound, Elena Montero in The Mask of Zorro & The Legend of Zorro, Katja in Red 2, Marylin in Intolerable Cruelty, Gwen Harrison in America's Sweethearts

86. Rosa Salazar

Actress | Alita: Battle Angel

Rosa Bianca Salazar is an American actress. Born in Washington DC, she was raised in Greenbelt, Maryland, but left as a teenager to break into the entertainment industry in New York City. She is best known for her role in the NBC series Parenthood (2010) and the FX anthology series American Horror ...

Alita in Alita: Battle Angel, Crystal in Jamesy Boy, Brenda in The Maze Runner series

87. Zoe Saldana

Actress | Guardians of the Galaxy

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 ...

Favorite performances: Cataleya Restrepo in Colombiana, Aisha al-Fadhil in The Losers, Dolores Torres in The Terminal, Theresa Jones in Guess Who, Lt. Nyota Uhura in the Star Trek reboot series, Eva Rodríguez in Center Stage

88. Octavia Spencer

Actress | Hidden Figures

Spencer is a native of Montgomery, Alabama, which she claims is the proverbial buckle of the Bible belt. She's the sixth of seven siblings and holds a BS in Liberal Arts from Auburn University. A "closet" lover of acting, this practical Alabamian knew that she'd someday work in the film industry, ...

Favorite performances: Minny Jackson in The Help, Karen in Instant Family, Regina Tompkins in Mom, "Papa" in The Shack, Rowena Jeffers in Black or White, Sue Ann Ellington in Ma, Tanya in Snowpiercer

89. Monica Potter

Actress | The Last House on the Left

From Cleveland to Hollywood, actress, producer, entrepreneur, funny woman, tear-jerker, designer, decorator, builder, creator, fixer, cook, cleaner, host, wife, Browns fan, homemaker, (very) amateur bowler and -her favorite title- mom, Monica Potter has achieved success in several different ways......

Favorite performances: Jezzie Flannigan in Along Came a Spider, Alison Gordon in Saw, Lori Colson in Boston Legal, Kristina Braverman in Parenthood

90. Eva Mendes

Actress | The Other Guys

Eva Mendes is an American actress, model and businesswoman. She began acting in the late 1990s. After a series of roles in B movies such as Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (1998) and Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000), she made a career-changing appearance in Training Day (2001). Since then, ...

Favorite performances: Altagracia "Grace" Gutierrez in Girl in Progress, Ann Norcut in Cleaner, Laura Nuñez in Last Night, Romina in The Place Beyond the Pines, Dr. Sheila Gamble in The Other Guys, Sara Melas in Hitch, Sand Saref in The Spirit

91. Peyton Kennedy

Actress | Grey's Anatomy

Peyton Kennedy was born on January 4, 2004 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress, known for Grey's Anatomy (2005), Everything Sucks! (2018) and Borrasca (2020).

Favorite performances: Kate Messner in Everything Sucks!, Dr. O in Odd Squad, "Betty Nelson" in Grey's Anatomy

92. 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, ...

Favorite performances: Katherine "Kit" Gordy in Down a Dark Hall, Bethany Hamilton in Soul Surfer, India "Opal" Buloni in Because of Winn-Dixie, Violet Beauregarde in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

93. Alison Lohman

Actress | Drag Me to Hell

Alison Lohman was born in Palm Springs, California, to Diane (Dunham), a patisserie owner, and Gary Lohman, an architect. She grew up in a family with no showbiz connections but she always wanted to perform. By age 9, she had landed her first professional, theatrical role playing "Gretyl" in "The ...

Favorite performances: Kelly in Things We Lost in the Fire, Astrid Magnussen in White Oleander, Katherine "Katy" McLaughlin in Flicka, Christine Brown in Drag Me to Hell

94. Olivia Hussey

Actress | Romeo and Juliet

At age 15, when most young women are nurturing dreams of romance, Olivia Hussey was giving life to Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet (1968). Her performance in one of the most celebrated roles ever written in the English language won her the Golden Globe and two successive Best Actor ...

Favorite performances: Norma Bates in Psycho IV: The Beginning, Juliet Capulet in Romeo and Juliet, Jess Bradford in Black Christmas, Kitty Trumbull in Murder, She Wrote