The Best Actresses (Not in Order)
by ThatPerson17 | created - 12 Oct 2011 | updated - 04 Aug 2012 | PublicNot finished by the way, i will keep updating when thought of more.
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1. 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, ...
Actress From Bridge To Terabithia
2. Heather Elizabeth Morris
Actress | Glee
Heather Elizabeth Morris is an American actress born in Thousand Oaks, CA. Daughter to Jeannie and Stan Morris, Heather grew up in Scottsdale, AZ, and started her love for dancing when she was merely still in diapers. Growing up, she spent her days dreaming of becoming a star, recording herself on ...
Actress From Glee
3. 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...
Actress From Glee
4. 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,...
Actress From Harry Potter
5. 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 ...
Actress From Glee
6. Miranda Cosgrove
Actress | Despicable Me 2
Miranda Taylor Cosgrove was born May 14, 1993 in Los Angeles, California, to Christina (Casey) and Tom Cosgrove, who owns a dry-cleaning business. She was discovered at a young age singing and dancing around a table in a restaurant, where an agent saw her talent and quickly signed her. Miranda's ...
Actress From iCarly
7. Jennette McCurdy
Actress | iCarly
Jennette McCurdy is a writer/director who specializes in character-driven pieces that explore serious subject matter in a funny, offbeat way. Her favorite themes to explore are family dysfunction, childhood, and disillusionment. She has directed several short films which has been recognized by ...
Actress From iCarly
8. Evanna Lynch
Actress | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Evanna Patricia Lynch is an Irish actress. Born in the town of Termonfeckin in Ireland, she is one of four children to Donal and Marguerite Lynch. Her acting career began in 2007 when she competed in an open audition against nearly 15,000 girls, and won the coveted role of Luna Lovegood in the "...
Actress From Harry Potter
9. 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 ...
Actress From Mr & Mrs Smith
10. 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 ...
Actress From Get Smart
11. 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 ...
Actress From Pirates Of The Carrabean
12. Jennifer Aniston
Actress | Friends
Jennifer Aniston was born in Sherman Oaks, California, to actors John Aniston and Nancy Dow. Her father was Greek, and her mother was of English, Irish, Scottish, and Italian descent. Jennifer spent a year of her childhood living in Greece with her family. Her family then relocated to New York City...
Actress From Just FGo With It
13. Malin Akerman
Actress | Watchmen
Malin was born in Stockholm, Sweden and raised in Toronto, Canada. Her mother, Pia (Sundström), is a model and aerobics instructor, and her father, Magnus Åkerman, is an insurance broker. They moved to Toronto when she was age 2. At age 5, she began appearing in TV commercials. Her parents divorced...
Actress From Couples Retreat
14. 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 ...
Actress From Jumper
15. 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). ...
Actress From Couples Retreat
16. Dot-Marie Jones
Actress | Glee
Dot-Marie Jones was born on January 4, 1964 in Turlock, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Glee (2009), Bros (2022) and Greener Grass (2019). She has been married to Bridgett Casteen since December 21, 2013.
Actress From Glee
17. Jennifer Garner
Actress | Alias
Jennifer Garner, who catapulted into stardom with her lead role on the television series Alias (2001), has come a long way from her birthplace of Houston, Texas. Raised in Charleston, West Virginia by her mother Patricia Ann (née English), a retired English teacher, and her father, Billy Jack ...
Actress From The Invention Of Lying
18. 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, ...
Actress From Spider-man
19. 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 ...
Actress From Yes Man
20. Megan Fox
Actress | Transformers
Megan Denise Fox was born on May 16, 1986 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and raised in Rockwood, Tennessee to Gloria Darlene Tonachio (née Cisson), a real estate manager & Franklin Thomas Fox, a parole officer. She began her drama and dance training at age 5 and at age 10, she moved to Port St. Lucie, ...
Actress From Transformers
21. 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 ...
Actress From The Lovely Bones
22. Dani Harmer
Actress | Tracy Beaker's 'The Movie of Me'
Dani Harmer is an actress famous for her lead role as Tracey Beaker in its various incarnations and Dani's House for BBC. She has been nominated for a BAFTA for her role as Tracey Beaker and nominated for a Welsh BAFTA for Best Actress in Tracey Beaker's Movie of Me. When Tracey Beaker was first ...
Actress From Tracey Beaker Returns
23. Jessie Williams
Actress | Tracy Beaker Returns
Jessie Williams was born on January 20, 1999 in Essex, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Tracy Beaker Returns (2010), Casualty (1986) and RideBy (2024).
Actress From Tracey Beaker Returns
24. Sharon Watt
Script_department | Army of the Dead
Sharon Watt is known for Army of the Dead (2021), The Girl on the Train (2016) and Leave the World Behind (2023).
Actress From Eastenders
25. 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, ...
Actress From Bad Teacher
26. Gwyneth Paltrow
Actress | Shakespeare in Love
Gwyneth Kate Paltrow was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of noted producer and director Bruce Paltrow and Tony Award-winning actress Blythe Danner. Her father was from a Jewish family, while her mother is of mostly German descent. When Gwyneth was eleven, the family moved to Massachusetts, where ...
Actress From Glee
27. Julie Walters
Actress | Billy Elliot
For decades, British actress and comedienne Dame Julie Walters has served as a sturdy representation of the working class with her passionate, earthy portrayals on England's stage, screen and television. A bona fide talent, her infectious spirit and self-deprecating sense of humor eventually ...
Actress From Harry Potter
28. Bonnie Wright
Actress | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
Bonnie Francesca Wright was born on February 17, 1991 to jewelers Gary Wright and Sheila Teague. Her debut performance was in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) as Ron Weasley's little sister Ginny Weasley. Bonnie tried out for the film due to her older brother Lewis mentioning she ...
Actress From Harry Potter
29. Kelly Brook
Actress | Piranha 3D
From the age of 13,she attended the Italia Conte stage school where she studied dance, drama, and singing for three years. At 16, she began her modeling career gracing the covers of numerous magazines including GQ, FHM, Maxim, Sky, Cosmopolitan, Hello, Tatler, The Face, and Company, becoming one of...
Actress From Piranha
30. Lacey Turner
Actress | EastEnders
Lacey Turner was born on March 28, 1988 in Hendon, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for EastEnders (1985), Our Girl (2013) and Our Girl (2013). She has been married to Matt Kay since September 2, 2017. They have two children.
Actress From Eastenders
31. 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 ...
Actress From Glee
32. Rita Simons
Actress | EastEnders
Rita Simons was born on March 10, 1977 in Essex, England, UK. She is an actress, known for EastEnders (1985), The Krays: Dead Man Walking (2018) and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (2016). She was previously married to Theo Silveston.
Actress From Eastenders
33. Jo Joyner
Actress | For Her Sins
Jo Joyner was born on May 24, 1977 in Harlow, Essex, England, UK. She is an actress, known for For Her Sins (2023), Stay Close (2021) and Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators (2018). She has been married to Neil Madden since July 14, 2007. They have two children.
Actress From Eastenders
34. Samantha Womack
Actress | Kingsman: The Secret Service
Samantha Womack was born on November 2, 1972 in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) and EastEnders (1985). She has been married to Mark Womack since May 17, 2009. They have two children. She was ...
Actress From Eastenders
35. Kara Tointon
Actress | EastEnders
Standing at an average 5ft 5in, with a cheeky glint in her deep brown eyes we have Kara Tointon - a girl who is anything but average. She was brought into the world on August 5th 1983 in a large Essex town called Southend-On-Sea.. Ambitious and confident from an early age, Kara often made up her ...
Actress From Eastenders
36. Shona McGarty
Actress | EastEnders
Shona McGarty was born on October 14, 1991 in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for EastEnders (1985), EastEnders: Last Tango in Walford (2010) and Neighbours 30th Anniversary Tribute: Ramsay Square (2015).
Actress From Eastenders
37. Melissa Suffield
Actress | EastEnders
Melissa Suffield was born on December 24, 1992 in London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for EastEnders (1985), EastEnders: E20 (2010) and Poirot (1989).
Actress From Eastenders
38. Kylie Babbington
Actress | EastEnders
Kylie Babbington was born on December 13, 1987 in Havering, Essex, England, UK. She is an actress, known for EastEnders (1985) and Children in Need 2010 (2010). She has been married to James Lynch since October 6, 2017.
Actress From Eastenders
39. Jacqueline Jossa
Actress | EastEnders
Jacqueline Jossa was born on October 29, 1992 in Bexley, Kent, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for EastEnders (1985), Jacqueline's World (2018) and Celebrities Assemble (2019). She has been married to Dan Osborne since June 24, 2017. They have two children.
Actress From Eastenders
40. Emer Kenny
Actress | The Curse
Emer Kenny was born on October 10, 1989 in Haringey, London, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for The Curse (2022), Karen Pirie (2022) and The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself (2022). She has been married to Rick Edwards since May 28, 2016.
Actress From Eastenders
41. Clare Thomas
Actress | Madeline
Clare Thomas was born on April 2, 1989 in Buckinghamshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Madeline (1998), Fungus the Bogeyman (2004) and Quicksand (2003). She has been married to Tom Prosser since July 17, 2017. They have two children.
Actress From Young Dracula
42. Helen Skelton
Actress | Fireman Sam
Helen Skelton was born on July 19, 1983 in Kirkby Thore, Cumbria, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Fireman Sam (1987), The Boat Race (1938) and Olympic Games (1936). She has been married to Richie Myler since December 22, 2013. They have three children.
Actress From Blue Peter
43. Sydney White
Actress | American Assassin
Sydney Rae White is a British actress and musician, with a successful career spanning nearly 20 years. She has appeared in London's West End, in cult TV shows and blockbuster movies, and worked with some of the greatest musicians of all time, most recently The Who. When not acting on stage or in ...
Actress From Young Dracula
44. Letty Butler
Actress | Jane Eyre
Letty Butler was born on March 27, 1983 in Greenwich, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Jane Eyre (2006), Marple (2004) and Parade's End (2012).
Actress From Young Dracula
45. Klariza Clayton
Actress | Skins
Klariza Clayton is an English actress best known for her roles in the highly acclaimed teen drama series Skins (2007) as "Karen Mclair", Netflix 'Lovesick' and Dani's House (2008) as "Sam". Clayton will be seen next in Paramount+ original 'The Flatshare'.
Clayton made her film debut in Harry Brown ...
Actress From Dani's House
46. Jamie Lynn Spears
Actress | Crossroads
Jamie Lynn Spears was born on April 4, 1991 in McComb, Mississippi and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana to Lynne Spears & Jamie Spears. Her family also includes her older brother, Bryan Spears, and her older sister, Britney Spears. Jamie Lynn has always been a performer, like her sister Britney. She ...
Actress From Zoey 101
47. Victoria Justice
Actress | Victorious
Victoria Justice is an American actress and singer. She was born on February 19, 1993 in Hollywood, Florida, USA. She is the daughter of Serene Reed and Zack Justice. Her mother has Puerto Rican ancestry, while her father is of English, German, and Irish descent. She has a younger half-sister, ...
Actress From Victorious
48. Elizabeth Gillies
Actress | Dynasty
Elizabeth Gillies (born July 26, 1993) is an American actress and singer. Shortly after her Broadway debut in the musical "13", she landed the role of Jade West in the hit Nickelodeon series, Victorious (2010). She soon started appearing on other Nickelodeon shows, most notably as the voice of ...
Actress From Victorious
49. Ariana Grande
Soundtrack | Don't Look Up
Ariana Grande was born Ariana Grande-Butera on June 26, 1993 in Boca Raton, Florida to Joan Grande, a chief executive officer for Hose-McCann Communications & Edward Butera, a graphic designer, photographer, artist and Ibi Designs Inc. owner/founder. She starred in the 2008 musical, 13 before ...
Actress From Victorious
50. Daniella Monet
Actress | Nancy Drew
Monet was born in West Hills, California. She has performed on the small screen in numerous television commercials beginning at the age of seven. In 1997, she had a guest appearance in an episode of Pacific Blue. In 2003, she landed recurring roles on the television series American Dreams, The ...
Actress From Victorious
51. Piper Perabo
Actress | Coyote Ugly
Piper Perabo is a Golden Globe nominated film, stage and TV actor. Born in Dallas, Texas, and raised in New Jersey, she graduated summa cum Laude from Ohio University. In 2000 she was cast in a breakout role in Coyote Ugly. Since then she has been seen in such films as Christopher Nolan's "The ...
Actress From Cheaper By The Dozen
52. Kathryn Drysdale
Actress | Bridgerton
Kathryn Drysdale is known for playing Louise Brooks for 8 seasons in sitcom "Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps" as Taylor in "St Trinians" and as heiress Rhoda Swartz in period feature Vanity Fair . She is also well known as Lizzie in "Tripping Over" directed by Sam Miller and as Natalie in...
Actress From Benidorm
53. Dajana Cahill
Actress | Mortified
Dajana Cahill started her career as an actor training at the Film and Television Studio International studying screen acting on a part time basis with her acting coach Craig McMahon.
After a great deal of hard work, she landed a long-term role in AFI Award winning children's drama for the Nine ...
Actress From Mortified
54. 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 ...
Actress From Twilight
55. Jessica Revell
Actress | Tracy Beaker Returns
Born in Ascot, England. Jessica Revell is an English television and stage actress. At the age of 14, she debuted her acting career in the leading role of 'Elektra' in the popular and 'BAFTA' award winning CBBC drama 'Tracy Beaker Returns' and in the 'BAFTA' award winning CBBC spin off series 'The ...
Actress From Tracy Beaker Returns
56. Laura Aikman
Actress | Archie
Laura Aikman was born on December 24, 1985. She is an actress and producer, known for Archie (2023), Gavin & Stacey (2007) and The Job Lot (2013).
Actress From 4 O'Clock Club
57. Rachel Petladwala
Actress | M.I.High
Rachel Petladwala was born on July 21, 1993 in London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for M.I.High (2007), Unhallowed Ground (2015) and The Complex: Lockdown (2020).
Actress From M.I.High
58. Bel Powley
Actress | The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Isobel Dorothy Powley is an English actress. Powley was born and raised in London, where she was educated at Holland Park School. She began acting as a teenager on television, starring on the CBBC action television series M.I. High (2007-2008), the period miniseries Little Dorrit (2008), the crime ...
Actress From M.I.High
59. Rose Liston
Actress | The Magicians
British/American actor, born in Ipswich, UK. Daughter to British mother Glynis and American US Air Force Veteran father Michael Liston. Rose Liston has lived in the USA, UK and mainland Europe, and has now settled in Los Angeles. After growing up moving with the military Rose had plenty of life ...
Actress From Sadie J
60. Vanessa Lengies
Actress | Stick It
Vanessa Brittany Lengies, born July 21, 1985, Canadian actress, dancer and singer. She is best known for her role on American Dreams and as Sugar Motta on Glee. Lengies was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to a German father and an Egyptian mother. She speaks French, English and some Arabic. ...
Actress From Glee
61. Amy-Leigh Hickman
Actress | You
Amy-Leigh Hickman was born on September 15, 1997 in Hastings, Sussex, England, UK. She is an actress, known for You (2018), Ackley Bridge (2017) and Safe (2018).
Actress From Tracy Beaker Returns
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