My favorite actresses

by bazman666 | created - 14 Nov 2011 | updated - 07 May 2020 | Public

My favorite actresses and also included is my favorite performances from each actress. My list is based on these favorite roles so I'm not interested in how many bad films they have been in. Please feel free to comment.

1. Naomi Watts

Actress | Mulholland Dr.

Naomi Ellen Watts was born on September 28, 1968 in Shoreham, England to Myfanwy Edwards "Miv" (Roberts), an antiques dealer and costume/set designer, and Peter Watts (Peter Anthony Watts), Pink Floyd's road manager. Her maternal grandfather was Welsh. Her father died when she was seven and she ...

Mullholland drive, 21 grams, funny games, the impossible, Mother And Child, the ring, The Painted Veil, We Don't Live Here Anymore, King Kong, Adoration.

2. 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, ...

Melancholia, The Beguiled, Crazy/beautiful, All Good Things, Fargo S2, Marie Antoinette, drop dead gorgeous, Interview With The Vampire, The Cats Meow, Bachelorette.

3. 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 ...

Monster, Tully, The devils advocate, the burning plain, young adult, Bombshell, North Country, in the valley of elah, Mad Max: Fury Road, Dark Places.

4. 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.

Jennifer Shrader Lawrence...

Silver linings playbook, Mother!, Winters Bone, The burning plain, American Hustle, the hunger games, Red Sparrow, Joy, Passengers, X:Men.

5. 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 ...

Black swan, Jackie, closer, Vox Lux, brothers, the professional, The Other Boleyn Girl, Annihilation, Lucy In The Sky, V For Vendetta.

6. Abbie Cornish

Actress | Bright Star

Abbie Cornish, also known by her rap name Dusk, is an Australian actress and rapper. Following her lead performance in 2004's Somersault, Cornish is best-known for her film roles as the titular heroin addict in the drama Candy (2006), courtier Bess Throckmorton in the historical drama Elizabeth: ...

Somersault, candy, stop loss, bright star, sucker punch, The Girl, Lavender, Solace, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Robocop.

7. 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...

Spun, the dead girl, Girl Interrupted, sin city, Don't Say A Word, Cherry Falls, 8 Mile, Sidewalks Of New York, Drop Dead Gorgeous, The Devils Arithmetic.

8. Nicole Kidman

Actress | Moulin Rouge!

Elegant Nicole Kidman, known as one of Hollywood's top Australian imports, was actually born in Honolulu, Hawaii, while her Australian parents were there on educational visas.

Kidman is the daughter of Janelle Ann (Glenny), a nursing instructor, and Antony David Kidman, a biochemist and clinical ...

Big Little Lies, Birth, The others, dogville, the hours, eyes wide shut, Margot at the wedding, Rabbit Hole, To Die For, The Paperboy.

9. Patricia Arquette

Actress | Boyhood

With her expressive blue eyes, soft, Southern-tinged voice and an acting range that can carry her from hysterically funny to terrifying in seconds, Patricia Arquette is one of the most underrated and talented actresses of her generation. Though she has been working for years, she's always stayed ...

Escape At Dannemora, True romance, lost highway, bringing out the dead, human nature, stigmata, Boyhood, Beyond Rangoon, Flirting With Disaster, The Badge.

10. Maria Bello

Actress | A History of Violence

Maria Bello was born on 18 April, 1967 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, to Kathy, a nurse and teacher, and Joe Bello, a contractor. She is of Italian and Polish descent. Maria went to Villanova University, majoring in political science. She had every intention of becoming a lawyer, but she took an ...

A history of violence, the cooler, downloading Nancy, beautiful boy, world trade centre, Lights Out, Secret Window, Payback, Prisoners, Towelhead.

11. 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 ...

The wrestler, in the bedroom, Cyrus, before the devil knows your dead, My Cousin Vinny, the Lincoln lawyer, Factotum, Crazy Stupid Love, The Ides Of March, Anger Management.

12. 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...

Little children, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, revolutionary road, the reader, finding Neverland, Titanic, Carnage, Labor Day, The Life Of David Gale, The Holiday.

13. Meryl Streep

Actress | Out of Africa

Considered by many critics to be the greatest living actress, Meryl Streep has been nominated for the Academy Award an astonishing 21 times, and has won it three times. Meryl was born Mary Louise Streep in 1949 in Summit, New Jersey, to Mary Wolf (Wilkinson), a commercial artist, and Harry William ...

The deer hunter, doubt, the manchurian candidate, the post, adaptation, the hours, The Devil Wears Prada, Marvins Room, The River Wild, Rendition.

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 ...

Changeling, girl interrupted, By The Sea, the good shepherd, Alexander, a mighty heart, Mr And mrs Smith, The Bone Collector, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Taking Lives.

15. 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 ...

Black snake moan, sleepy hollow, the ice storm, monster, Buffalo '66, The Opposite Of Sex, The Adams Family, Prozac Nation, The Man Who Cried, fear and loathing in las vegas.

16. Sarah Polley

Actress | My Life Without Me

Sarah Polley is an actress and director renowned in her native Canada for her political activism. Blessed with an extremely expressive face that enables directors to minimize dialog due to her uncanny ability to suggest a character's thoughts, Polley has become a favorite of critics for her ...

Splice, dawn of the dead, the sweet hereafter, go, my life without me, The I Inside, Mr Nobody, The Claim, Exotica, Existenz.

17. Ashley Judd

Actress | Double Jeopardy

American actress and political activist Ashley Judd was born Ashley Tyler Ciminella on April 19, 1968, in Granada Hills, California. She grew up in a family of successful performing artists as the daughter of country music singer Naomi Judd and the sister of Wynonna Judd. While she is best known ...

Bug, Heat, a time to kill, double jeopardy, kiss the girls, high crimes, Twisted, Crossing Over, Eye Of The Beholder, Frida.

18. Halle Berry

Actress | Catwoman

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. ...

Monsters ball, things we lost in the fire, Frankie And Alice, jungle fever, cloud atlas, The Call, Losing Isiah, Gothika, X-Men, Swordfish.

19. Cameron Diaz

Actress | Vanilla Sky

Cameron Diaz, an American actress, was born in 1972 in San Diego, the daughter of a Cuban-American father and a German mother. Self described as "adventurous, independent and a tough kid," Cameron left home at 16 and for the next 5 years lived in such varied locales as Japan, Australia, Mexico, ...

Vanilla sky, in her shoes, being John malkovich, any given Sunday, My Sisters Keeper, Gangs of New York, There's Something About Mary, Charlie's Angels, Very Bad Things, The Box.

20. Maggie Gyllenhaal

Actress | Secretary

Maggie Gyllenhaal was born on November 16, 1977 in New York City, New York as Margalit Ruth Gyllenhaal, the daughter of producer/screenwriter Naomi Foner and director Stephen Gyllenhaal, and the older sister of actor Jake Gyllenhaal. She is of Ashkenazi Jewish (mother) and Swedish, English, and ...

Secretary, Sherrybaby, Crazy Heart, Mona Lisa smile, world trade centre, Stranger Than Fiction, Frank, Donnie Darko, The Dark Knight, Happy Endings.

21. 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 ...

Shutter island, blue valentine, My Week With Marilyn, Brokeback mountain, take this waltz, All The Money In The World, Manchester By The Sea, Certain Women, Dick, The United States Of Leland.

22. 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 ...

The Texas chainsaw massacre, London, the rules of attraction, the illusionist, The Tall Man, blade:trinity, Powder Blue, Hitchcock,Total Recall, The A-Team.

23. Rachel Weisz

Actress | The Constant Gardener

Rachel Hannah Weisz was born on 7 March, 1970, in London, U.K., to Edith Ruth (Teich), a psychoanalyst, and George Weisz, an inventor. Her parents both came to England around 1938. Her father is a Hungarian Jewish immigrant, and her mother, from Vienna, was of Italian and Austrian Jewish heritage. ...

The Favourite, Disobedience, The lovely bones, The Lobster, enemy at the gates, The Light Between Oceans, The Brothers Bloom, The Fountain, the mummy, the bourne legacy.

24. Vera Farmiga

Actress | Up in the Air

Vera Farmiga is an American actress who has received an Academy Award nomination for her role in Up in the Air (2009) and Primetime Emmy Award nominations for her roles in Bates Motel (2013) and When They See Us (2019).

She was born Vera Ann Farmiga, the second of seven children, on August 6, 1973, ...

Up in the air, the departed, The Conjuring, breaking and entering, 15 minutes, Henry's Crime, Orphan, source code, The Manchurian Candidate, Safe House.

25. Juliette Lewis

Actress | Natural Born Killers

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 ...

natural born killers, Cape Fear, kalifornia, the way of the gun, from dusk till dawn, Strange Days, The Basketball Diaries, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Whip It, Old School.

26. Heather Graham

Actress | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

Heather Joan Graham was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Joan (Bransfield), a schoolteacher and children's book author, and James Graham, an FBI agent. She and her sister, actress Aimee Graham, were raised by their strictly Catholic parents. They relocated often, as a result of their father's ...

Boogie nights, bowfinger, from hell, Austin powers: the spy who shagged me, Six Degrees Of Separation, Sidewalks Of New York, Anger Management, The Hangover, Swingers, Twin Peaks.

27. Carla Gugino

Actress | Watchmen

Carla Gugino was born in Sarasota, Florida, to Carl Gugino, an orthodontist. She is of Italian (father) and English-Irish (mother) ancestry. Gugino moved with her mother to Paradise, California, when Carla was just five years old. During her childhood, they moved many times within the state. But ...

Watchmen, Electra Luxx, Women In Trouble, sin city, righteous kill, sucker punch, American gangster, Snake Eyes, The One, This Boys Life.

28. 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, ...

Marriage Story, Lost In Translation, Match Point, Don Jon, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, the Last Boleyn Girl, Under The Skin, Lucy, Ghost In The Shell, Ghost World.

29. 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 ...

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Una, Carol, Side Effects, A Ghost Story, Ain't Them Bodies Saints, The Discovery, Lion, The Social Network.

30. Teresa Palmer

Actress | Warm Bodies

Actress and model Teresa Palmer has gathered some impressive film credits. She was born in Adelaide, South Australia, to Kevin Palmer, an investor, and Paula Sanders, a former missionary and nurse. She completed high school at Mercedes College in 2003, where she was a popular student who was ...

2:37, Berlin Syndrome, Wish You Were Here, Lights Out, Warm Bodies, Hacksaw Ridge, Take Me Home Tonight, I Am Number 4, Point Break, Triple 9

31. Elizabeth Olsen

Actress | Martha Marcy May Marlene

Elizabeth Chase "Lizzie" Olsen (born February 16, 1989) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in the films Silent House (2011), Liberal Arts (2012), Godzilla (2014), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), and Captain America: Civil War (2016). For her role in the critically-acclaimed Martha ...

32. Charlotte Gainsbourg

Actress | Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

Charlotte Gainsbourg was born in London, England in 1971. She is an Anglo-French actress and singer. The daughter of English singer and actress Jane Birkin and French songwriter, singer and actor Serge Gainsbourg, she was raised in Paris. Charlotte made her motion picture debut in 1984. In 1986, ...

33. 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 ...

34. Chloë Grace Moretz

Actress | Kick-Ass

Moretz is best known for her work in the sci-fi thriller series The Peripheral, created by Scott B. Smith; the Mattson Tomlin-directed sci-fi thriller Mother/Android; Neil Jordan's thriller Greta; Roseanne Liang's Shadow in the Cloud, which claimed the Midnight Madness People's Choice Award at the ...

35. Florence Pugh

Actress | The Falling

Florence Pugh is an English actress. She is known for Midsommar (2019), Little Women (2019), her MCU debut Black Widow (2021), and Fighting with My Family (2019).

Pugh made her film debut in The Falling (2014). She also appears in Lady Macbeth (2016), Outlaw King (2018), Malevolent (2018), and the ...



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