My Most Special Ladies
by alwaysleadguru | created - 09 Feb 2020 | updated - 3 months ago | PublicMost Special Ladies
1. Jane Levy
Actress | Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
Jane Levy was born in California, USA. Jane attended Sir Francis Drake High School in San Anselmo, California. While in school, she was on the hip hop dancing team and was captain of the soccer team. During that time, she also appeared in Community Theater productions of Annie and The Wizard of Oz....
2. 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 ...
3. 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 ...
4. Ellie Kemper
Actress | Bridesmaids
Ellie Kemper, born Elizabeth Claire Kemper on May 2, 1980, is an American actress, comedian, and writer. She is best-known for her role as "Erin Hannon" in the NBC series The Office (2005), as well as her supporting roles in the films Bridesmaids (2011) and 21 Jump Street (2012)). She plays the ...
5. Violett Beane
Actress | Death and Other Details
Violett Beane was born on May 18, 1996 in St. Petersburg, Florida, USA. She is an actress and director, known for Death and Other Details (2024), The Flash (2014) and Truth or Dare (2018).
6. Laura Haddock
Actress | Guardians of the Galaxy
Laura Haddock was born on August 21, 1985 in England, UK. She is an actress, known for Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017). She was previously married to Sam Claflin.
7. Jaimie Alexander
Actress | Thor
Jaimie Alexander was born in Greenville, South Carolina, but moved with her family to Grapevine, Texas, when she was four years old. She took theatre classes in grade school as a hobby but was kicked out in high school because she could not sing, and so she took up sports instead. At age 17 she ...
8. Claire Coffee
Actress | Grimm
Claire graduated from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois with a degree in Theater. She began performing on stage at age 5 in The Mountain Play Theater Company's production of "The King and I" in Mill Valley, CA. She continued acting extensively on stage before moving to Los Angeles after...
9. Deborah Ann Woll
Actress | True Blood
Deborah was born in 1985, in Brooklyn, New York, from Irish and German heritage. She took acting, piano and dance classes. She went to high school at Packer Collegiate Institute and graduated from the BFA program at the USC School of Theatre at the University of Southern California.
Deborah started ...
10. Haley Ramm
Actress | Disconnect
Haley Ramm has been making a name for herself over the past decade working alongside Hollywood veterans such as Jodie Foster, Sean Penn, Hope Davis, Jason Bateman and Peter Sarsgaard. Her innocent beauty coupled with her gritty roles in film and television have made her a standout among young ...
11. Sophie Turner
Actress | Game of Thrones
Sophie Belinda Jonas (née Turner; born February 21, 1996) is an English actress. Turner made her professional acting debut as Sansa Stark on the HBO fantasy television series Game of Thrones (2011) (2011-2019), which brought her international recognition and critical praise. For her performance, ...
12. Amanda Cerny
Actress | The Babysitter: Killer Queen
Amanda Rachelle Cerny was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and attended Florida State University. With more than 35 million followers across YouTube, Facebook and Instagram, she has emerged as one of the top five most viewed Instagram story accounts in the world. Amanda has acted as an actress in ...
13. Katie McGrath
Actress | Jurassic World
Irish actress Katie McGrath did not intend to make a career for herself in the acting profession. Upon graduating from Trinity College in Dublin she became interested in fashion journalism and worked for lifestyle and fashion magazine, Image. She left after a while, as it was not her calling. After...
14. 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...
15. Portia de Rossi
Actress | Arrested Development
Portia de Rossi was born and raised in Geelong, Australia. Originally born Amanda Rogers, at 15 she changed her name to Portia, saying that it was the most daring thing she had ever done up until that point. After graduating from high school, she attended the University of Melbourne, and studied ...
16. Melissa Benoist
Actress | Supergirl
Melissa Marie Benoist is an American actress, singer and dancer. She was raised in Littleton, Colorado , the daughter of Julie and Jim Benoist, a physician. She is of French, German, English, and Scottish descent. She started dance classes at the age of three and when she was four years old her ...
17. Elizabeth Lail
Actress | Five Nights at Freddy's
Elizabeth Lail stars in Blumhouse's box office hit, "Five Nights At Freddys," based on the wildly popular video game series. She can also be seen in the upcoming indie film "Gonzo Girl," directed by Patricia Arquette and starring Willem Dafoe. The film premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and is ...
18. Milana Vayntrub
Actress | Werewolves Within
Milana Vayntrub is an Uzbekistan-born American actress, writer and stand-up comedian. She began her career making YouTube videos amounting over 11 million views, then turned her web content into an MTV pilot. In 2016 she was recognized by Adweek on the cover of their Creative 100 issue for her ...
19. Emily Peterson
Actress | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Emily Peterson is known for Batman vs. Superman (2016), Netlix's The Jamz (2016). USA's Sirens (2014), and NBC's Chicago PD (2014). She graduated with her BFA from Stephens College.
Regional theater credits include Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Centerstage Baltimore, Kansas City Repertory Theater, ...
20. Alexandra Daddario
Actress | Baywatch
Alexandra Anna Daddario was born on March 16, 1986 in New York City, New York, to Christina, a lawyer, and Richard Daddario, a prosecutor. Her brother is actor Matthew Daddario, her sister is actor Catharine Daddario, and her grandfather was congressman Emilio Daddario (Emilio Q. Daddario), of ...
21. Caity Lotz
Actress | The Machine
Caitlin Marie Lotz (born December 30, 1986) is an American actress, dancer, and singer. She is known for her roles as Stephanie Horton in Mad Men (2007), Officer Kirsten Landry in the MTV mockumentary series Death Valley (2011), as Annie in The Pact (2012), and as Sara Lance/White Canary in The ...
22. Becki Newton
Actress | Ugly Betty
Becki grew up in Guilford, Connecticut. She started performing in local productions and summer stock theater at age 13. She studied European History at the University of Pennsylvania, during which time she spent several semesters abroad. After graduating, Becki immediately moved to NYC to pursue ...
23. Cobie Smulders
Actress | The Avengers
Cobie Smulders was born on April 3, 1982, in Vancouver, British Columbia, to a Dutch father and an English mother. As a girl, Cobie had set her sights on becoming a doctor or a marine biologist. In fact, it wasn't until high school that Cobie started to explore acting after appearing in several ...
24. Katie Leclerc
Actress | Switched at Birth
Katie Leclerc's career began in 2005, when she made her first appearance on Veronica Mars (2004). This jump-started a series of minor roles and small appearances in movies and TV shows. She got her breakout role starring as a deaf teenager, Daphne Vasquez, who finds out she was taken home by the ...
25. Molly C. Quinn
Actress | Castle
This year, award winning actress Molly C. Quinn can be seen starring in the indie horror/drama feature Agnes (2021), slated to debut in movie theaters nationwide and streaming on demand, December 10, 2021. Agnes (2021) emerged as a festival darling over the last few months, premiering at the 2021 ...
26. Karen Gillan
Actress | Selfie
Karen Sheila Gillan was born and raised in Inverness, Scotland, as the only child of Marie Paterson and husband John Gillan, who is a singer and recording artist. She developed a love for acting very early on, attending several youth theatre groups and taking part in a wide range of productions at ...
27. Barbara Palvin
Actress | Hercules
Palvin was born in Budapest. At an early age, Palvin took up football and singing, considering them her favorite hobbies. She was discovered on the streets of Budapest in 2006, at the age of 13. She shot her first editorial in the same year for Spur Magazine. Since, she's graced the covers of ...
28. Jennifer Morrison
Actress | House M.D.
Jennifer Marie Morrison was born in Chicago, Illinois, the oldest child of teachers David and Judy Morrison. She was raised in Arlington Heights, IL, with a younger sister and brother. She attended the same school her parents taught at, Prospect High School. As a child, she did some work as a model...
29. Michelle Trachtenberg
Actress | Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Trachtenberg grew up in Brooklyn and started her acting career young; she began appearing in commercials at the age of 3.
She continued to act and dance through her school years, making regular television appearances from the age of 10. She landed a recurring role in the kids' TV show The Adventures...
30. Cassidy Freeman
Actress | The Righteous Gemstones
Cassidy Freeman (born April 22, 1982, in Chicago, IL) is an American actress and musician. She is known for her role as Tess Mercer in The CW's superhero drama "Smallville" (2001) and Cady Longmire in "Longmire" (2012). Her parents are prominent attorneys, who also own a cattle ranch in Montana. ...
31. Zoe Lister-Jones
Actress | Band Aid
Zoe Lister-Jones is an actor, writer, and producer who stars opposite Colin Hanks in Life in Pieces (2015) for CBS. She can also be seen in the HBO project Confirmation (2016) opposite Kerry Washington for director Rick Famuyiwa. Zoe wrote/executive produced/starred in the Fox Searchlight feature, ...
32. Magda Apanowicz
Actress | The Green Inferno
Magda Apanowicz was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Magda is an actor, known for The Green Inferno (2013), The Butterfly Effect (2004) and Caprica (2009).
33. Jenna Fischer
Actress | The Office
Jenna Fischer is best known for playing Pam Beesly on the acclaimed television show The Office, for which she received an Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actress and two SAG Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Comedy.
She was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, but was raised mostly in St...
34. 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 ...
35. Conor Leslie
Actress | The Man in the High Castle
American actress Conor Leslie began her career at age 15, acting in commercials and the unaired pilot for Spike Lee's M.O.N.Y. (2007). After graduating from Millburn High School as a junior, she landed her first television role in The Unusuals (2009) as a hallucination of a police detective's ...
36. Beth Riesgraf
Actress | Leverage: Redemption
Beth Jean Riesgraf is an American actress. She is known for her portrayal of Parker on the TNT television series Leverage (2008-2012) and the revival Leverage: Redemption which streams on IMDb TV. Originally from Belle Plaine, Minnesota, Riesgraf graduated from Cimarron-Memorial High School in Las ...
37. Anna Torv
Actress | Fringe
Anna Torv (born 7 June 1979) is an Australian actress known for her role as FBI agent Olivia Dunham on the Fox television series Fringe (2008-2013). Torv was born in Melbourne, Victoria, the daughter of Susan (née Carmichael) and Hans Torv, also grew up in Gold Coast, Queensland. Her father is of ...
38. 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...
39. Sasha Grey
Actress | The Girlfriend Experience
Sasha Grey first made her name as one of the most notorious adult film stars in recent history; but with a no regrets attitude, she moved on from her former career, in 2009 at age 21. She has gone on to star in HBO's Entourage, published NEÜ SEX a book of photographs, and she DJ's internationally. ...
40. Stoya
Actress | A.I. Rising
Stoya is an actress and writer known for her award winning role in A.I. Rising (2018) and her book, "Philosophy, Pussycats & Porn." She has appeared in two original off-Broadway plays, HaraKiri Kane (Die! Die, Again!) (2017) and The Last Bar at the End of the World (2018,) written by Emmy and Ringo...
41. Mia Sollis
Actress | Wow Girls
42. Úrsula Corberó
Actress | La casa de papel
Úrsula Corberó Delgado (born 11 August 1989) is a Spanish actress, best known for her roles as Ruth in the Antena 3 series Physics or Chemistry (2008), Margarita de Austria en Isabel (2011), Esther Salinas in the series La embajada and Tokyo in the television series Money Heist (2017).
Corberó ...
43. Rachel Brosnahan
Actress | House of Cards
Rachel Brosnahan was born in in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1990 and is an American actress. She is best known for her role as 'Midge' Maisel in the Amazon Prime Video series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017) for which she has won two Golden Globes for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television ...
44. Amanda Righetti
Actress | Captain America: The First Avenger
Amanda Elizabeth Righetti is a Utah-born, Nevada-raised actor/producer and Best Actress Award winner by the New York International Independent Film & Video Festival. Righetti began her career at 14, as a young model, but made waves as the trust-fund squandering, world-traveling black sheep, "Hailey...
45. Aya Cash
Actress | You're the Worst
Aya Rachel Cash is an American actress, was born in San Francisco, California, to poet and novelist Kim Addonizio and Buddhist teacher Eugene Cash. On her mother's side, she is the granddaughter of tennis champion Pauline Betz and sports writer Bob Addie. Her father's upstairs neighbor, Margarita ...
46. Leslie Bibb
Actress | Iron Man
Leslie Louise Bibb was born in Bismarck, North Dakota, on November 17, 1973, and raised in Nelson County, Virginia. Later she and her mother, along with her three older sisters, moved to Richmond, where Leslie attended an all-girls Catholic high school, St. Gertrude.
In 1990 The Oprah Winfrey Show (...
47. Trieste Kelly Dunn
Actress | United 93
Trieste Kelly Dunn was born on January 14, 1981 in Provo, Utah, USA. She is an actress, known for United 93 (2006), Banshee (2013) and Blindspot (2015).
48. Aly Michalka
Actress | Easy A
Aly Michalka was born in Torrance, California, to Carrie (Begley), a musician, and Mark Michalka, who owns a contracting company. She has German, as well as English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh, ancestry. Aly began acting at the age of five in stage productions by churches her family attended ...
49. Rose McIver
Actress | The Lovely Bones
Rose McIver was born in New Zealand to artist Ann "Annie" Coney and professional photographer John George Whitfield "Mac" McIver. Rose has an older brother, musician Paul McIver.
McIver started appearing in commercials when she was only 2 years old. She made her film debut in the film "The Piano" (...
50. Jessica Harmon
Actress | The 100
Jessica Harmon was born on December 27, 1985 in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress and director, known for The 100 (2014), iZombie (2015) and Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy (2008).
51. Taylor Momsen
Actress | How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Taylor Michel Momsen is an American actress, singer and director from St. Louis, Missouri. She is known for playing Cindy Lou Who from How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Alexandra Anami in Spy Kids 2 and Jenny Humphrey from Gossip Girl. She is the leader of a punk rock band called The Pretty Reckless....
52. Lynn Collins
Actress | X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Viola Lynn Collins was born in Houston, Texas, to Patricia Lynn (Campbell) and Phillip Dean Collins. She attended the Juilliard School for Drama and had a great deal of Shakespearean training before being cast as "Portia" in "The Merchant of Venice". She also played "Ophelia" in a production of "...
53. Allison Miller
Actress | A Million Little Things
Allison Miller was born in Rome, Italy, to American parents, Margo and John Winn Miller. She grew up in Lexington, Kentucky, where her father worked as a journalist.
The family eventually settled in Tallahassee, Florida, where she studied dance, piano, acting and singing while still at high school ...
54. Fanny Sidney
Actress | L'ennemi public n°1
Fanny Sidney was born on April 5, 1987 in Paris, France. She is an actress and director, known for Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 (2008), Madame petite (2015) and Populaire (2012).
55. Brianne Howey
Actress | Ginny & Georgia
Brianne Howey was born in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Ginny & Georgia (2021), The Exorcist (2016) and The Passage (2019). She has been married to Matt Ziering since July 24, 2021. They have one child.
56. Jaime Ray Newman
Actress | Catch Me If You Can
Jaime Ray Newman will next be seen in a recurring role on the new Apple TV series created by Don Cheadle, THE BIG CIGAR, as well as guest starring in BEL AIR on Peacock. She recently appeared as a recurring character on the critically-acclaimed Hulu series DOPESICK, opposite Michael Keaton, as well...
57. Greer Grammer
Actress | Awkward.
Greer Grammer was born on February 15, 1992 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Awkward. (2011), Deadly Illusions (2021) and The Middle (2009).
58. Amy Ryan
Actress | Gone Baby Gone
Amy Ryan was born on May 3, 1968 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA as Amy Beth Dziewiontkowski. She is an actress, known for Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014), Gone Baby Gone (2007) and Escape Plan (2013). She has been married to Eric Slovin since August 23, 2011. They ...
59. Gaite Jansen
Actress | Jett
Gaite Jansen is considered one of the most promising Dutch young acting talents of her generation. She can be seen on the HBO/ Cinemax show Jett (2019), opposite Carla Gugino, directed by Sebastian Gutierrez. Prior to this, she played recurring roles on BBC's Peaky Blinders (2013) Season 3 and Line...
60. Tara Spencer-Nairn
Actress | Ghosts
Tara Spencer-Nairn's big breakout role came in 1999 when she was cast as the tough Bronx-raised teen in the festival darling, New Waterford Girl (1999). The film screened at the Sundance Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival, and received seven Genie Award nominations including Best...
61. Marlhy Murphy
Actress | A History of Radness
Marlhy Murphy was born on June 29, 2002. She is an actress, known for A History of Radness (2015), Rooney's Last Roll (2020) and The Last Word (2017).
62. Melanie Lynskey
Actress | Togetherness
At sixteen years old, Melanie Lynskey dazzled the film world with an audacious debut in Peter Jackson's revered psychological crime picture, Heavenly Creatures (1994). Her electrifying portrait of Pauline Parker - high school misfit whose fierce rapport with her only friend (a pre-fame Kate Winslet...
63. Kay Panabaker
Actress | Fame
Stephanie Kay Panabaker is an American actress, who was born on May 2, 1990 in Orange Grove, Texas, USA. She is the daughter of Donna (née Mayock) and Harold Panabaker. She has an older sister, Danielle Panabaker, who is also an actress. She started acting at various community theaters in Chicago, ...
64. Willa Fitzgerald
Actress | The Goldfinch
Willa Fitzgerald is an American actress, a native of Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Fitzgerald graduated from the Harpeth Hall School, a private college-preparatory school for girls in Nashville in 2009, then received her BA in theater studies from Yale University in 2013. Her career in films...
65. Stacy Martin
Actress | Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
Stacy Martin was born on March 20, 1990 in Paris, France. She is an actress, known for Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013), All the Money in the World (2017) and The Serpent (2021).
66. Britt Lower
Actress | High Maintenance
Brittney Leigh Lower is an American actress known for her roles as Liz in Man Seeking Woman, Tanya Sitkowsky in Unforgettable and Helly in Severance. Lower was born in Heyworth, Illinois, to Steven Lower and face painting artist Mickey Lower. After graduating from Heyworth High School in 2004, ...
67. Elizabeth Henstridge
Actress | Wolves at the Door
Elizabeth Henstridge grew up in the northern city of Sheffield in England. Having gained a first at the University of Birmingham in Drama and Theatre Arts, Elizabeth went on to train at the prestigious East 15 Acting School in Loughton, Essex. Having graduated she has landed leading roles in ...
68. Caitlin FitzGerald
Actress | The Trial of the Chicago 7
Caitlin FitzGerald is an American actress and filmmaker. She is best known for her role as Libby Masters in the Showtime television drama Masters of Sex and as the elusive Simone in Starz series Sweetbitter. FitzGerald was raised in Camden, Maine. Her father, Des FitzGerald, an Irish American, is ...
69. Laci J Mailey
Actress | Betty's Bad Luck in Love
Laci J Mailey was born on November 15, 1990 in Fruitvale, British Columbia, Canada. She is an actress and writer, known for Betty's Bad Luck in Love (2024), Mary Jean Remembers (2018) and Chesapeake Shores (2016). She has been married to Steve Bradley since July 28, 2016.
70. Em Haine
Actress | Fargo
Em Haine is from Vancouver British Columbia. Em is the only offspring from an Austrian immigrated father and French-Canadian mother. Em was home schooled as a teenager then catapulted themselves to London, England to study the Meisner technique at The Actors Temple while taking fine-art at Central ...
71. Lina Roessler
Director | Best Sellers
Lina Roessler studied English and Creative Writing at Concordia University, received a performance degree from the American Academy of Dramatic Art in New York, and completed an MFA in film production at York University. Acting credits include a recurring role on Lost Girl, numerous guest stars on ...
72. Morgan Saylor
Actress | Blow the Man Down
Morgan Saylor is an American actress, born in Chicago and raised in Atlanta. Her love of acting was apparent at an early age. She began in theater, performing in local and regional stage productions. In 2009, Morgan was cast as Dana Brody, on Showtime's "Homeland". The acclaimed television show was...
73. Hannah Einbinder
Actress | Hacks
Hannah Marie Einbinder is an American comedian, actress, and writer known for starring in the HBO Max series Hacks, for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 2021 and 2022, and a Golden Globe Award in 2022. Einbinder is the daughter of original Saturday Night Live cast member ...
74. 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 ...
75. Grace Gummer
Actress | Frances Ha
Grace Jane Gummer (born May 9, 1986) is an American actress. She received a Theatre World Award for her Broadway debut in the 2011 revival of Arcadia. Her television work includes recurring roles in The Newsroom (2012) and American Horror Story (2011): Freak Show, and regular roles in Extant and Mr...
76. Rachel Nichols
Actress | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Rachel Emily Nichols was born in Augusta, Maine, the daughter of Alison and James Nichols, a schoolteacher. She has English, French Canadian, German, Irish, Italian and Scottish ancestry. She attended and graduated from Cony High School in Augusta, where she competed in the high jump. She attended ...
77. Mariana Klaveno
Actress | Superman & Lois
Mariana Klaveno (b. 25th October) is an American actress best known for her role as Lorena in HBO's True Blood. She also starred in the feature film While the Children Sleep (released as The Sitter on DVD) in the role of Abby Read in 2007.
She's guest starred in TV show episodes of Standoff, ER, and...
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