Best Actresses
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“A classic actress...from Charles Dickens to Edith Wharton!”
“Gillian’s the best.
her all acting is very very awesome!
i love her”
“GILLY IS THE BEST ACTOR IN THE WORL.
SHE IS THE ACTRESS MORE SEXY IN THE TV.
I LOVE YOU GILLIAN..
YOU ARE BEATIFUL
THANKS. BECAUSE YOUR WORK IS INCREDIBLE AND AMAZIN”
2)
Jodie Foster
“She is totaly the best! Jodie is a true star on set!”
“People the list is for best actresses. Is that so difficult too understand.. No doubt its all about Jodie, Winslet and Blanchett (among the recent). I choose JODIE for her 3 decades..”
“cause I think shes just amazing!”
3)
Sigourney Weaver
“Finest Actress of her generation. So varied, talented and remarkably beautiful.”
“Always best”
4)
Sandra Bullock
“she is an amazing and talented actress that is able to portray many different chracters who can mould herelf into different roles. from CRASH,SPEED,MISS CONGENIELITY and many more including her recent film teaming up with Keanu reeves.”
“Come on...whats she doing all the way down her. best actress of all time you could put her in anything and shed be great as would the film!!!”
“Amazingly talented, and hilarious! Should DEFINITELY be in at least top 5.”
“No doubt about it, the number one actress today is Nicole Kidman. She has the talent, the passion for acting, charisma, incredible range of roles. No comparison with her and the top ten you have listed---they are amateurs compared with Kidman!!!”
“HOT???”
“Very powerful actress”
6)
Meryl Streep
“Seriously, # 1 dude. She is the first actress I think of when pondering the question at hand.”
“Meryl streep? the lady who had been nominated for 14 times for OSCAR, and she is number 10?
put her on the 1st, people will sue you, I swear! :P”
“nobody can’t be compared with HER! She’s totally THE BEST!!!!!”
7)
Kim Basinger
“Love this Great woman”
8)
Gloria Swanson
“the original Norma Desmond”
“the one and only Norma Desmond!”
9)
Alexis Thorpe
“Plays Cassie DiMera in "Days of our Lives".”
10)
Marion Davies
“major star of 20s and 30s”
Choices Not In The Top Ten...
11) Winona Ryder
12) Angelina Jolie
“Tomb Raider I and II, Beyond Borders, Hackers, Gia, Girl, Interrupted... Hot in everything she has ever done..”
“Stellar performances, grace amidst adversity, and the only woman I would switch teams for.”
“she is da best i luv her flims x
she can play any1
da bestxxx”
13) Charlize Theron
“One of the best current actresses. Will win many Oscars.”
“Her performance in Monster was the best acting performance I have ever seen. You just forget she’s acting, it’s incredible.”
14) Julia Roberts
“Oceans Twelve, Oceans Eleven, Mona Lisa Smile, Closer, The Mexican, Erin Brockovich, Runaway Bride, Notting Hill, Stepmom, Conspiracy Theory, Sleeping with the Enemy, The Pelican Brief, Pretty Woman, Steel Magnolias...”
“i like her in the movie step mom =]”
“pretty woma...that’s all i have to say”
15) Michelle Pfeiffer
“Amazing actress in all types of movies. Excellent in Dangerous Minds (1995), Up Close & Personal (1996), The Deep End of the Ocean (1999), What Lies Beneath (2000), I Am Sam (2001), White Oleander (2002), Hairspray (2007).”
16) Kate Winslet
“TITANIC, SENSE AND SENSEABILITY, THE LIFE OF DAVID GALE, ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, FINDING NEVERLAND,this talented british actress has been in films with some of the most talentd actors in hollywood and she’s still going strong.”
“Titanic, Sense and Sensibility, Finding Neverland, Quills, Hamlet, many others...”
“An amazing actress, the best of our days in my opinion. Oscar for Kate!”
17) Dakota Fanning
“War of the Worlds, Hide and Seek, Uptown Girls, Man on Fire, Cat in the Hat, Sweet Home Alabama, I Am Sam, Tomcats, this little girl is gonna burn out by the time she is 16 if she doesnt slow down a little, but she is one hell of an actress!”
“shes very nice!”
“I CANT WAIT 2 C HER WEN SHE GETS OLDER SHE DOES AMAZING WORK NOW IMAGINE THEN KEEP UP DA WORK”
18) Katharine Hepburn
“A true classic”
“I think Katherine Hepburn is the greatest actress of all time. I love her and have a collection of all her movies. She IS THE BEST.”
“She is the best female actress ever”
19) Halle Berry
“Anybody who can have sex with Billy Bob Thorton on screen, has to be a top actress, think about it.”
“Your hot, sexy, gorgeous, Please spend a week w/me”
“She is what makes Hollywood”
20) Peta Wilson
“I love her "La Femme Nikita" and "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen".”
“I love her "La Femme Nikita"”
21) Audrey Hepburn
“my fav. she should be number 2. Jennifer Lopez should be number one, then 3rd, Maryl Streep, then Lindsay Lohan <3”
“it’s a little pathetic that people are voting Angelina Jolie and people like that before Audrey Hepburn. Audrey Hepburn is a talented legend... how couldn’t you vote for her?”
“Should be Number one. And wha? Jenifer Lopez?!?!?!? Number One?!?!?!?! SHe can not act!”
“a great example of a young teen actress turned mature and sophisticated. She will win many more awards and continue to choose smart and sexy roles to play.”
“perfect she is.”
“Reese I love you! You are awesome!”
23) Kathy Bates
“Fried Green Tomatoes, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Little Black Book, Around the World in 80 Days, Dragonfly, American Outlaws, Rat Race, Waterboy, Titanic, MISERY, Dick Tracy, and the list goes on.”
24) Jennifer Connelly
“she should be in the top 12 at least. You cats are slipping.”
25) Christina Applegate
26) Natalie Portman
“She is very real, believable, dynamic, has range, talent, looks, gets good roles. Even though she’s young and perfectly pretty I truly respect her acting ability.”
“Natalie Portman is one of the greates actresses ever! shes so good!”
“I have to wonder why she is not higher on the list. She is an amazing actress.”
27) Jennifer Aniston
“shes just amazing and funny”
28) Emma Thompson
“Sense and Sensiblity, Harry Potter, Treasure Planet, The Remains of the Day, Much Ado About Nothing, and Howards End to name a few.”
“her movie ’Stranger than Fiction’ is a must-see!”
“The best for sure!! Actress,screenriter, Oscar Winner, great movies, activist, funny, talented, charming. Should be #1!!”
29) Dame Judy Dench
“James Bond Movies, Pride and Prejudice, Chronicles of Riddick, Chocolat, Shakespeare in Love, and Hamlet to name a few.”
30) Helen Hunt
“PAY IT FORWARD, not a smash hit but let me tell you this, this film reached the hearts of many and influenced their lives on a unique scale. if you havent read the book then see the film because the whole cast are amazing, THIS IS HELEN HUNT AT HER BEST and its THE BEST”
“Mad About You, What Women Want, As Good as it Gets...”
31) Cate Blanchett
“The best”
“No other actress could pull off the roles Cate does (Katherine Hepburn, Bob Dylan, Elizabeth, Veronica Guerin).”
“She deserves to be in the top ten. Ive never seen a terrible piece of acting from her...never. Also an amazing woman. Go Cate!”
32) Rachel McAdams
“She’s simply the best! She’s been in great movies such as: Mean Girls, The Notebook, and Red-Eye.
She does good in any role they give her. Please Vote!!! Thanks”
“beautiful. gifted. everything. we love you.”
“Rachel is great in all her movies. Fighting back in Red Eye, brilliant. Being laughably mean in Mean Girls, incredible. Making a huge decision in The Notebook, excellent. Being mean but also having heart in The Family Stone, great. She’s the best.”
33) Miley Cyrus
“your awesome and ilove ya”
“ok, an singer but she’s an actress too but she ’s awsome”
“Miley, you are awesome! I hope you move up!”
34) Dame Maggie Smith
“Harry Potter, Sister Act, Tea with Mussolini, The First Wives Club, Hook, Clash of the Titans... She is great in everything she is in.”
“I Love the way she deLivers her script!”
“LOVE LOVE LOVE MAGGIE SMITH! Amazing actress.”
35) Drew Barrymore
“Drew Barrymore is a Beautiful Young Lady, and a very good Actress. I love her movie: Never Been Kissed. It’s a good movie for her. It bring oput her Character.”
36) Keira Knightley
“Awesome performance! Sexy and beautiful body! Should definitely be #1! I mean Pirates of the Carri bean? Come on people!”
“Mmmmm walking perfection!”
37) Helena Bonham-Carter
“Big Fish, Frankenstein, Corpse Bride, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Planet of the Apes, Fight Club, Wings of the Dove, Howard’s End. She has a huge head, but she is a pretty great actress.”
“Helena Bonham Carter is the best actress alive. No doubt about it.”
“I agree whole-heartedly”
38) Meg Ryan
“How in the world can this lady be so low in this poll? She has been the star of some of the best romantic comedies of the past 25 years.”
“One of the best actresses ever”
39) Jenna Dewan
40) Catherine Zeta-Jones
41) Lindsay Lohan
“lindsay lohan is the best actress of the generation! and she’s the most beautiful and unique! and that’s just the awful truth to all the haters out there or blind people who don’t want to admit it just because of her drug problems and etc. in the end it wont matter. the world will finally see
soon I just know it!”
“I know she’s a trash bag, but she is a good actress. Her best work was Mean Girls, Freaky Friday, and The Parent Trap.”
42) Kirsten Dunst
“She is wonderful..she can be a funny hostess, a virgin suicide, a little wampire, the fianc?e of a spider-man and also The Queen of France!”
“She’s got some real, true talent!”
43) Helen Mirren
“from caligola , the cook the thief prime suspect and now the queen wow a dame and a half”
44) Madonna
“What?I like her funny movies.She is definitely better actress than W.Houston,M.Carey,scary Cher,B.Spears,Beyonce and J.Simpson!!!!!!”
“What? I love her funny movies, and she is quite better actress than W. Houston, M. Carey, scary Cher, J. Simpson and B. Spears!”
45) Rene Zellweger
“Brilliant diversity character actress.”
46) Bette Davis
“All About Eve, Now,Voyager, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane. An amazing actress and a true star. You don’t notice anyone else when she’s on screen!”
“She’s so good they wrote a song about her "Bette Davis Eyes"”
“Fantastic wonderful beautiful actress, closely followed by Meryl Streep
”
47) Vivien Leigh
“I think Vivien is the brilliant actress of all time when I first saw her in Gone with the Wind.”
“She should be in the top 10 for just playing Blanche Dubois in A Streetcar Named Desire. That is one of the greatest performances by any actor.”
“Vivien the brilliant actress and always graceful.A true classic actress and won two oscars.This actress must be in the top ten list.”
48) Jessica Alba
“she is somthin beyond hot she is to much watch INTO THE BLUE you’ll see what I mean
she is so gorgeaous”
“along with that hott body she is funny and the way she acts is like no other.”
49) Uma Thurman
“The Kill Bills, Pulp Fiction, Be Cool, Vatel, The Avengers, Les Miserables... She’s great, and so hot in Kill Bill...”
“the very best in everything she does. absolutely loved her in kill bill movies. made me a true fan for life. I love her”
50) Jennifer Lopez
“go jlo!”
“she’s done well on the portraying Selena in the movie Selena’s lifestory”
51) Connie Nielson
“Basic, Gladitor, The Hunted, One Hour Photo, and the Devil’s Advocate..”
52) Jamie Lee Curtis
“good at horror and comedy movies.”
“Classy and refined, she is always worth watching even when the films are not.”
53) Renée Jones
“Plays Alexandra Carver in "Days of our Lives".”
54) Sophia Bush
“Sophia’s great !
she does an amazing job in one tree hill&shes very pretty. she seems like she has an amazing personality on&off screen”
“sophia is really talented she can act and she got such strong eyes and great body language.”
55) Scarlett Johansson
“the best! why you don’t vote her?”
56) Ashley Judd
“She’s awesome! Just check out Where the heart is, and Double Jeopardy... 2 totally different movies, but she makes her character work in both!”
57) Julianne Moore
58) Maureen O?Hara
“The only actress as tough as John Wayne...you don’t believe me? See the movie "The Quiet Man"”
59) Debra Winger
60) Tea Leoni
“her work in "In her Shoes" was really powerful”
61) Eliza Dushku
“Come on, great hot actress!”
62) Sharon Stone
“Ground breaking, mainstream defying role in Basic Instinct”
63) Greta Garbo
“Please, no one can argue with one of the girls that started it all, she was a bombshell and a great actress for her time.”
64) Olivia DeHavilland
“So often overlooked but always perfect in supporting or leading roles. And always lovely, as well!”
“Should be much higher on the list of great actresses--a truly legenday actress ever since her early film roles in GONE WITH THE WIND and THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD and then her great dramatic roles during her free-lance years after getting out of her Warner contract. Elegant lady.”
65) Kate Beckinsale
“i love her. shes beautiful and a great actress”
66) Grace Kelly
“A short lived but extremely successful career. Part of the three-headed 50’s beautys that are Kelly, Taylor and Monroe”
67) Barbra Streisand
68) Gwyneth Paltrow
“SHE’S REALLY TALENTED & FABLOUS ..,SHE’S CLASIC TALENT ..,THE oSCAR WINNING ACTRESS IS cOMING sTROOONGLY”
69) Hilary Duff
“best actress ever she starr in a cinderella story,cheaper by the dozen 1 and 2 ,the perfect man, Mateiral girl her and her sister very cool and lot more.her lastest one is a comedy wars,ink.she the hottest best actress in the world see her film and you’d say the same .”
70) Maricel Soriano
71) Cameron Diaz
“Her performance in "The Mask" was super.”
72) Emma Watson
“sincerely, the best”
73) Anne Hathaway
“she is sooooooo cool in PRincess Diaris”
“Aside from the fact that I am love with this woman, and am probably biased...
I can’t wait for more of her movies.
Simply amazing.”
“Anne was the true star of the Devil Wears Prada, not Meryl streep. She has evolved into more mature roles, such as Brokeback Mountain.”
74) Salma Hayek
75) Franka Potente
76) Sophia Loren
77) Valary DiBenedetto
78) Alicia Silverstone
79) Rachel Weisz
“great and talent actress, who makes all her movies classic and beautyful. i have seen her movies and she shines in evry of them.”
80) Diane Lane
“Shes a hero! I adore diane lane, shes an amazing actress number 1 man!”
“Diane Lane is fantastic. Lonesome Dove is a classic”
81) Amanda Bynes
“Amanda is awesome, funny, and not afraid to be herself!”
“She is one hec of an actress. I used to watch The Amanda show everyday. I love her”
“Best. Actress. Ever.”
82) Sophie Marceau
“"A Midsummer Night’s Dream", "Braveheart", "Anna Karenina" and "The World Is Not Enough" - Best! She is very beautiful and talented”
83) Juliette Binoche
“"Blue", "The English Patient", etc. Come on...”
84) Julie Andrews
“she is a very good actress and i loved her in princess diaries 1 and 2 you rock julie”
85) Bette Midler
“She can be funny, serious, dramatic... i.e. The Rose, Beaches, First Wives Club”
“love love love the rose ,only this lady couldve played her . why was i only 6 at the time”
86) Fiona Shaw
87) Charlotte Rampling
88) Gena Rowlands
89) Penelope Cruz
90) Demi Moore
“Very great actress who has proven her legendary status.”
91) Courtney Thorne-Smith
“"Melrose Place"(Allison), "Ally McBeal"(Georgia) and "According to Jim"(Cheryl)- nice job”
92) Parker Posey
“crazy and cool”
93) Mandy Moore
“best singer turned actress of this era! she’s such a sweet person, but she can play mean like a pro. great performance in Saved! however, the best character she played was Jamie in A Walk To Remember!”
“I have been a huge fan of Mandy Moore since AWTR. I still watch AWTR to this day. I am collecting all her CDs and DVDs.”
“Even though she is a singer, she can also act very well. In A Walk to Remember she was brilliant.”
94) Maggie Gyllenhaal
“Obviously there are classic actresses on this list that top Maggie, but if you did a list of the current young actresses she would be at the top.”
95) Catherine Deneuve
96) Emmanuelle Beart
“French and beautiful. Great actress too.”
97) Laura Antonelli
98) Elisha Cuthbert
“This is one of the only young female actresses who is sexy, beautiful, and cute all at once. Having loads of acting experiences she is the only hot chick who can truely act. Independant films such as "The Quiet" and "He Was A Quiet Man" show that this beauty gives a lot more than expected. She is a joy to watch on screen!”
99) Miranda Cosgrove
“she is the best actress on earth, miley cyrus can’t act! shes boring and she uses stage doubles and lip syncs!”
100) Robin Tunney
