Greatest Female Singers

1. Chrissie Hynde

Soundtrack | Happy Feet

Chrissie Hynde was born on September 7, 1951 in Akron, Ohio, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Happy Feet (2006), Stealth (2005) and The Living Daylights (1987). She was previously married to Lucho Brieva and Jim Kerr.

2. Annie Haslam

Actress | The Last Page of Summer

Annie Haslam is known for The Last Page of Summer (2020).

3. Linda Ronstadt

Soundtrack | The Pirates of Penzance

Linda Ronstadt was born on July 15, 1946 in Tucson, Arizona, USA. She is a music artist and actress, known for The Pirates of Penzance (1983), An American Tail (1986) and The Abyss (1989).

4. Etta James

Soundtrack | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Etta James is an American singer who performed in various genres, including blues, R&B, soul, rock and roll, jazz, gospel. Starting her career in 1954, she gained fame with hits such as "The Wallflower", "At Last", "Tell Mama", "Something's Got a Hold on Me", and "I'd Rather Go Blind". She faced a ...

5. Dolores O'Riordan

Soundtrack | Mission: Impossible

Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan was born in Ballybricken, a town 8 miles outside Limerick on Sept. 6, 1971. Her parents are Eileen and Terrance. Terrance was in a wheelchair due to a motorcycle accident. Dolores was the youngest of seven children, and one of two girls. In the late eighties, Dolores ...

6. Susan Tedeschi

Soundtrack | Bug

Susan Tedeschi was born on November 9, 1970 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Bug (2006), Queen City (2013) and Dancing at the Blue Iguana (2000). She has been married to Derek Trucks since December 2001. They have two children.

7. Janis Joplin

Soundtrack | Watchmen

Janis Lyn Joplin was born at St. Mary's Hospital in the oil-refining town of Port Arthur, Texas, near the border with Louisiana. Her father was a cannery worker and her mother was a registrar for a business college. As an overweight teenager, she was a folk-music devotee (especially Odetta, ...

8. Ann Wilson

Soundtrack | The Golden Child

Singer, flute player, songwriter, and guitarist Ann Dustin Wilson was born on June 19, 1950 in San Diego, California. The daughter of Brig. Gen. John B. Wilson USMC, Wilson and her family moved around a lot, before eventually settling in the Seattle suburb of Bellevue, WA. Ann attended Interlake ...

9. Ronnie Spector

Soundtrack | Jingle All the Way

Ronnie Spector is an American singer. Spector was the lead singer of the rock/pop vocal girl group The Ronettes, who had a string of hits during the early to mid-1960s such as "Be My Baby", "Baby, I Love You", and "The Best Part of Breakin' Up". Subsequently, Ronnie Spector launched her solo career...

10. Angélique Kidjo

Soundtrack | The Woman King

Angélique Kidjo was born on July 14, 1960 in Ouidah, Benin. She is a music artist and actress, known for The Woman King (2022), The CEO (2016) and Street Fighter (1994). She has been married to Jean Hebrail since 1983. They have one child.

11. Natalie Merchant

Soundtrack | One Fine Day

Natalie Anne Merchant was born on October 26, 1963 in Jamestown, New York, USA. The third of four children, Natalie displayed a love for music at an early age, though she never thought of it as a career choice. Natalie originally wanted to become a teacher, but that changed when she met Robert Buck...

12. Sandy Denny

Soundtrack | Crush

Sandy Denny was born on January 6, 1947 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Crush (2001), The Dancer Upstairs (2002) and The Subject Was Roses (1968). She was married to Trevor Lucas. She died on April 21, 1978 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK.

13. Norah Jones

Soundtrack | Ted

Norah Jones (born Geetali Norah Jones Shankar; March 30, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress. She is a daughter of sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar and Sue Jones. She is Anoushka Shankar's half-sister.

In 2002, she launched her solo music career with the release of the ...

14. Christine McVie

Soundtrack | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

English singer, keyboardist, and songwriter for British-American rock band, Fleetwood Mac, Christine McVie was born Christine Anne Perfect on July 12th, 1943 in the Lake District village of Bouth, England (then Lancashire, now Cumbria), and grew up in the Bearwood area of Smethwick near Birmingham....

15. Diana Krall

Soundtrack | Public Enemies

Diana Jean Krall was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, to Adella A. (Wende), an elementary school teacher, and Stephen James Krall, an accountant. She has Czech, German, English, and Scottish ancestry. Krall was raised in Nanaimo, a small community on Vancouver Island, where she began ...

16. Grace Potter

Soundtrack | The Family Plan

Grace Potter was born on June 20, 1983 in Vermont, USA. She is an actress and director, known for The Family Plan (2023) and Life in Six Strings (2023). She was previously married to Matthew K. Burr.

17. Cassandra Wilson

Soundtrack | The Score

Cassandra Wilson was born on December 4, 1955 in Jackson, Mississippi, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for The Score (2001), Junior (1994) and My Blueberry Nights (2007). She was previously married to Isaach De Bankolé.

18. Ana Popovic

Self | Rokopisac

19. Deborah Coleman

Brave

Deborah Coleman is known for Brave (2012), Up (2009) and Inside Out (2015).

20. Debbie Harry

Actress | Videodrome

Deborah Harry was born Angela Trimble on July 1, 1945 in Miami, Florida. At three months, she was adopted by Catherine (Peters) and Richard Smith Harry, and was raised in Hawthorne, New Jersey. In the 1960s, she worked as a Playboy Bunny and hung out at Max's Kansas City, a famous Warhol-inhabited ...

21. Grace Slick

Soundtrack | American Hustle

Grace Slick was born on October 30, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for American Hustle (2013), Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) and Brooklyn's Finest (2009). She was previously married to Skip Johnson and Jerry Slick.

22. Joss Stone

Actress | Eragon

Joscelyn Eve Stoker (born 11 April 1987), better known by her stage name Joss Stone, is an English singer, songwriter and actress. She rose to fame in late 2003 with her multi-platinum debut album, The Soul Sessions, which made the 2004 Mercury Prize shortlist. Her second album, the similarly ...

23. Stevie Nicks

Soundtrack | Sweet November

Stevie Nicks was born in Phoenix, Arizona. From an early age, she showed a love and aptitude for music, singing country and western duets with her grandfather when she was 4 years old. After moving to San Francisco, she began songwriting and performing at Menlo-Atherton High School, where she met ...

24. Dusty Springfield

Soundtrack | Pirate Radio

Dusty Springfield has been acknowledged around the world as the best female soul singer that Britain ever produced. With her oddly erotic, throaty voice, she racked up a string of hits from the 1960s onwards. Born in London to Irish parents, Dusty grew up in and around London. Her early work ...

25. Rhiannon Giddens

Actress | The Great Debaters

Rhiannon Giddens was born on February 21, 1977 in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The Great Debaters (2007), Descendant (2022) and True Detective (2014). She has been married to Michael Laffan since 2007. They have two children.

26. Madeleine Peyroux

Soundtrack | From Paris with Love

Madeleine Peyroux was born on January 1, 1973 in Athens, Georgia, USA. She is an actress, known for From Paris with Love (2010), Definitely, Maybe (2008) and Failure to Launch (2006).

27. Enya

Soundtrack | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin, the fourth youngest of nine children, comes from the small village of Dore (Dobhar in Irish) in the Gweedore (Gaoth Dobhair) region of County Donegal in northwestern Ireland. She now lives in Killiney, a coastal district on the southern outskirts of Dublin The family ...

28. Joni Mitchell

Soundtrack | Two Weeks Notice

Joni Mitchell is one of the most highly regarded and influential songwriters of the 20th century. Her melodious tunes support her poetic and often very personal lyrics to make her one of the most authentic artists of her time. As a performer she is widely hailed for her unique style of playing ...

29. Marianne Faithfull

Actress | Marie Antoinette

Daughter of Eva, the Baroness Erisso, and Major Glynn Faithfull, a WWII British spy. Recorded the first song written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, "As Tears Go By" (1964). Involved in a major drug scandal with Jagger, Richards, and others, which ultimately turned public opinion favorably ...

30. KoKo Taylor

Actress | Blues Brothers 2000

KoKo Taylor was born on September 28, 1928 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. She was an actress, known for Blues Brothers 2000 (1998), Wild at Heart (1990) and Adventures in Babysitting (1987). She was married to Hay Harris and Robert 'Pops' Taylor. She died on June 3, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

31. Bebel Gilberto

Soundtrack | Rio

Bebel Gilberto was born on May 12, 1966 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Rio (2011), In Time (2011) and Rio 2 (2014).

32. Astrud Gilberto

Soundtrack | V for Vendetta

Mention the name Gilberto and Bossa Nova immediately comes to mind. Astrud was the original 'Girl from Ipanema' (composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes), famously singing the iconic hit song first featured on the classic 1963 album Getz/Gilberto. Released by Verve Records as a ...

33. Eva Cassidy

Soundtrack | Love Actually

Eva Marie Cassidy was born on 2nd February, 1963 in Washington Hospital Center in the United States to Barbara and Hugh Cassidy. Eva grew up with her siblings, Anette, Margaret and Dan, in Bowie, Maryland. The Cassidy family was very musical. From an early age, Eva could master harmonies and first ...

34. Carole King

Soundtrack | A League of Their Own

Carole King is an American composer and singer-songwriter.

She is the most successful female songwriter of the latter half of the 20th century in the USA, having written or co-written 118 pop hits on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1955 and 1999. King also wrote 61 hits that charted in the UK, making ...

35. Flora Purim

Soundtrack | Sharky's Machine

Flora Purim was born on March 6, 1942 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She is an actress, known for Sharky's Machine (1981), Made in America (1993) and Tempos Modernos (2010). She is married to Airto Moreira.

36. Rory Block

Soundtrack | Care Bears

Rory Block was born on November 6, 1949 in Princeton, New Jersey, USA.

37. Maddy Prior

Soundtrack | Snow White and the Huntsman

Maddy Prior was born on August 14, 1947 in Blackpool, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), Emma. (2020) and Awaydays (2009).

38. Maire Brennan

Soundtrack | King Arthur

As lead singer of Irish Celtic pioneers, Clannad, Moya has released over 20 albums and sold 10 million in her career. Clannad initiated what is now known as Celtic music, blending Irish traditional arrangements with an elemental sound, overlayered with Moya's ethereal vocal layering. Clannad have ...

39. Martha Davis

Soundtrack | Mr. Church

Martha Davis was born on January 19, 1951 in Berkeley, California, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Mr. Church (2016), Death Warrant (1990) and Something Wild (1986). She was previously married to Ronald Francis Paschall.

40. Alison Krauss

Soundtrack | O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Alison Krauss is a bluegrass virtuoso who effortlessly bridges the gap between roots music and country, rock and pop. A highly sought after collaborator, Krauss has worked with some of the biggest names in popular music, including James Taylor, Phish, Dolly Parton, Yo-Yo Ma and Bonnie Raitt. Since ...

41. Tammi Terrell

Soundtrack | Guardians of the Galaxy

Tammi Terrell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA as Thomasina Winifred Montgomery. She is best known for singing duets with Marvin Gaye in the 1960s, including "Ain't No Mountain High Enough." She was diagnosed with a brain tumor at the height of her popularity and after unsuccessful ...

42. Diana Ross

Soundtrack | The Wiz

Best known as the the lead singer of the popular 1960s singing group The Supremes, Diana Ernestine Earle Ross was born on March 26, 1944, in Detroit, Michigan, the second of six children of African-American parents Ernestine Lillian (Moten), a schoolteacher, and Fred Earl Ross, who served in the ...

43. Mary Wilson

Actress | Golden Shoes

Mary Wilson, co-founder of The Supremes, helped garner an unequaled record of number 1 hits by a female group. Recording for Motown, Mary guided The Supremes into rock 'n roll history, turning her group into one of the three icons of the 1960's, alongside Elvis Presley and The Beatles. Mary never ...

44. Melody Gardot

Soundtrack | 360

Melody Gardot was born on February 2, 1985 in New Jersey, USA. She is an actress, known for 360 (2011), The Line (2009) and The Starling (2021).

45. Shirley Manson

Actress | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

Shirley Manson was born on August 26, 1966 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. She is an actress and composer, known for Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008), Captain Marvel (2019) and The World Is Not Enough (1999). She has been married to Billy Bush since May 2010. She was previously married to ...

46. Belinda Carlisle

Frequency

Pop icon Belinda Carlisle experienced full-blown American success twice in the 1980s, first with the all-female rock band The Go-Go's and then, on an international level (which she always wanted), as a solo artist. The Go-Go's first album, 1981's "Beauty and the Beat", spent six weeks at number 1 ...

47. Leslie Feist

Soundtrack | Paris, je t'aime

Leslie Feist was born on February 13, 1976 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada. She is an actress and composer, known for Paris, I Love You (2006), Warm Bodies (2013) and 500 Days of Summer (2009).

48. Joanne Shaw Taylor

Self | Monochrome: Black, White and Blue

49. Lake Street Dive

Music_department | Joe Zimmerman: Cult Classic

Lake Street Dive is known for Joe Zimmerman: Cult Classic (2023), Conan (2010) and Sidewalk Sessions (2013).

50. Andrea Corr

Actress | The Boys from County Clare

Andrea Jane Corr is a member of the Irish pop/rock/Celtic musical group The Corrs. In her younger years, Andrea was the best student among all her siblings, Sharon Corr, Caroline Corr and Jim Corr. She began her life with the band as soon as she graduated from secondary school. The Corrs' parents ...

51. Carly Simon

Soundtrack | All Good Things

Carly Simon has an unparalleled career that spans five decades of openhearted storytelling both in song and print. Joining the singer-songwriters of the early 1970s, Simon changed the public's conception of pop music to an honest, sensitive and intelligent craftwork. Simon's biggest success came ...

52. Susanna Hoffs

Soundtrack | Austin Powers in Goldmember

Susanna Hoffs is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, actress, novelist and co-founder of the multi-platinum selling group, The Bangles. Her voice is instantly recognizable on such hit singles as, "Eternal Flame", "In Your Room" (both co-written by Hoffs), and "Manic Monday".

Her first novel, "This Bird...

53. Joan Jett

Soundtrack | Light of Day

Joan Jett rose to fame in the 1970s all-girl rock band The Runaways. Her cover of "I Love Rock and Roll" was a number one hit in 1982; "Crimson and Clover" was another hit for her. Jett has appeared as Columbia in the Broadway production of "The Rocky Horror Show".

54. Big Mama Thornton

Soundtrack | Vanishing Point

Big Mama Thornton was born on December 11, 1926 in Montgomery, Alabama, USA. She was an actress, known for Vanishing Point (1971), A Few Good Men (1992) and The Dreamers (2003). She died on July 25, 1984 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

55. Florence Ballard

Self | ABC Stage 67

Florence Glenda Wilson Ballard was born and grew up in Detroit. By the time she turned 15, her family moved to the Brewster-Douglas housing project, and Florence attended Northeastern High School, where she met and became friends with Mary Wilson. Ballard had always wanted to be a singer and ...

56. Sharon Corr

Soundtrack | America's Sweethearts

Sharon Helga Corr is a member of the Irish pop/rock/Celtic musical group The Corrs. The other band members are her brother Jim and her sisters Andrea and Caroline. The Corrs' parents were musicians who strongly encouraged each of their children to pursue music. Sharon began learning violin at age ...

57. Lisa Fischer

Soundtrack | Dude, Where's My Car?

Lisa Fischer was born on December 1, 1958 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Dude, Where's My Car? (2000), Twenty Feet from Stardom (2013) and The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990).

58. Merry Clayton

Actress | Nine 1/2 Weeks

Merry Clayton was born on December 25, 1948 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. She is an actress, known for 9½ Weeks (1986), Lionheart (1990) and Dirty Dancing (1987). She was previously married to Curtis Amy.

59. Donna Godchaux

Self | Sunshine Daydream

Donna Godchaux was born on August 23, 1947 in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, USA. She is married to David McKay. She was previously married to Keith Godchaux.

60. Little Feat

Soundtrack | X-Men: Days of Future Past

Little Feat is known for X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), The Rundown (2003) and Striking Distance (1993).

61. Mariska Veres

Actress | Shocking Blue: Mighty Joe

"She's got it," Mariska Veres sang in the enormously popular Shocking Blue song "Venus." Mariska most certainly had it--a sensuous and charismatic stage presence that could transfix an audience with an absolute minimum of effort.

A striking brunette beauty with long, jet-black hair, sparkling eyes, a...

62. Lulu

Soundtrack | To Sir, with Love

Lulu Kennedy-Cairns was born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie in Glasgow, Scotland on November 3, 1948. As a teenager, she toured the northern clubs with her band, the Luvvers. After her initial success with a cover of "Shout" reaching #7 in 1964, Lulu went on to establish herself as one of the ...

63. Aretha Franklin

Actress | The Blues Brothers

Grammy-winning Queen of Soul and the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Aretha Louise Franklin was born in Memphis, Tennessee, to Barbara Vernice (Siggers) and C. L. Franklin, a Baptist minister, who preached at the New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit for over thirty ...

64. Whitney Houston

Soundtrack | The Bodyguard

Whitney Elizabeth Houston was born into a musical family on 9 August 1963, in Newark, New Jersey, the daughter of gospel star Cissy Houston (née Emily Lee Drinkard) and John Russell Houston, Jr., and cousin of singing star Dionne Warwick.

She began singing in the choir at her church, The New Hope ...

65. Darlene Love

Actress | Lethal Weapon 4

Born Darlene Wright in Los Angeles in 1938, she began her career as lead singer with the vocal trio, The Blossoms. After a spell as regulars on ABC TV's variety show Shindig! (1964) in the early 60s, the trio went on to sing backup on a variety of Elvis Presley recordings, and even backed him on ...

66. Merrilee Rush

Soundtrack | Jerry Maguire

Merrilee Rush was born on January 26, 1940 in Seattle, Washington, USA. She is an actress, known for Jerry Maguire (1996), Girl, Interrupted (1999) and The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004). She is married to Billy "Mac" McCarthy. She was previously married to Neil Rush.

67. Shirley Bassey

Soundtrack | Moonraker

Shirley Bassey was born in Tiger Bay, Cardiff, Wales, and raised in the nearby working class neighborhood of Splott. Her mother was originally from Yorkshire, and her father was a Nigerian seaman who left the family when she was less than two. She later helped to support her family by working in an...

68. Adele

Soundtrack | Skyfall

Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (born May 5, 1988) is a British singer-songwriter who has sold millions of albums worldwide and won a total of 15 Grammys as well as an Oscar. Adele's first two albums, 19 and 21, earned her critical praise and a level of commercial success unsurpassed among her peers. ...

69. Pat Benatar

Soundtrack | Deadpool 2

Pat Benatar was born Patricia Andrzejewski in Brooklyn and raised in suburban Lindenhurst, Long Island. Her mother Millie had sacrificed her own career as an opera singer to bring up Pat and son Andrew. Years later, it was Pat who sang classically, honing the powers of her 4.5-octave voice as a ...

70. Florence Welch

Soundtrack | Cruella

Florence Welch was born on August 28, 1986 in London, England, UK. She is an actress and composer, known for Cruella (2021), Wonder Woman (2017) and Snow White and the Huntsman (2012).

71. Sade

Soundtrack | A Wrinkle in Time

Sade was born on January 16, 1959 in Ibadan, Nigeria. She is a music artist and composer, known for A Wrinkle in Time (2018), True Lies (1994) and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010). She was previously married to Carlos Scola.

72. Tegan and Sara

Soundtrack | The New Mutants

Tegan and Sara was born on September 19, 1980 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She is an actress and composer, known for The New Mutants (2020), The Lego Movie (2014) and To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2018).

73. Sara Bareilles

Actress | Little Voice

Sara Bareilles was born on December 7, 1979 in Eureka, California, USA. She is a music artist and actress, known for Little Voice (2020), Battle of the Sexes (2017) and She's Out of My League (2010).

74. Brittany Howard

Soundtrack | Silver Linings Playbook

Brittany Howard was born on October 2, 1988 in Athens, Alabama, USA. She is an actress, known for Silver Linings Playbook (2012), Joy (2015) and Everything, Everything (2017).

75. Bonnie Raitt

Soundtrack | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Bonnie Raitt was born on November 8, 1949 in Burbank, California, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978), Nick of Time (1995) and Ladder 49 (2004). She was previously married to Michael O'Keefe.

76. Patti Smith

Soundtrack | Noah

Patti Smith was born on December 30, 1946 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Noah (2014), Song to Song (2017) and Barb Wire (1996). She was previously married to Fred 'Sonic' Smith.

77. Dale Bozzio

Soundtrack | Lunch Wagon

With her stunningly buxom, shapely and voluptuous bombshell figure, highly distinctive squeaky voice, platinum blonde hair, and penchant for outrageous clothes, Dale Bozzio was certainly one of the more quirky and colorful personalities to emerge from the early 1980s California New Wave band rock ...

78. Alanis Morissette

Soundtrack | Dogma

Alanis Nadine Morissette was born in Ottawa, Canada, on June 1st 1974. Alanis' Greek name is a feminine version of her father's name, Alan. Her mother's name's Georgia and she has two brothers: Chad and Wade (Alanis' Twin). She learned to play the piano at age 6 and the guitar at age 21. In 1986 ...

79. Amy Winehouse

Soundtrack | Amy

Amy Jade Winehouse was born on September 14, 1983 in Enfield, London, England and raised in Southgate, London, England to Janis Holly Collins (née Seaton), a pharmacist & Mitchell "Mitch" Winehouse, a window panel installer and taxi driver. Her family shared her love of theater and music. Amy was ...

80. Donna Summer

Soundtrack | Thank God It's Friday

Donna Summer rocketed to international super-stardom in the mid-1970s when her groundbreaking merger of R&B, soul, pop, funk, rock, disco and avant-garde electronica catapulted underground dance music out of the clubs of Europe to the pinnacles of sales and radio charts around the world.

Maintaining...

81. Chaka Khan

Actress | The Blues Brothers

Chaka Khan was born on March 23, 1953 in Great Lakes, Illinois, USA. She is a music artist and actress, known for The Blues Brothers (1980), Mission: Impossible III (2006) and Hollywood Homicide (2003). She has been married to Doug Rasheed since 2001. She was previously married to Richard Holland ...

82. KT Tunstall

Actress | KT Tunstall: If Only

KT Tunstall enchants audiences and engages with every song, and that's why she continues to resonate not only among fans but throughout pop culture at large. Scotland born and now Los Angeles based, KT Tunstall emerged with her 2004 classic debut Eye to the Telescope, spawning such international ...

83. Paula Cole

Soundtrack | Urban Legend

Paula Cole was born on April 5, 1968 in Rockport, Massachusetts, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Urban Legend (1998), Sweet November (2001) and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997). She was previously married to Hassan Hakmoun.

84. Jenny Lewis

Actress | The Wizard

Jenny Lewis was born on January 8, 1976, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Her acting debut was in a Jell-O commercial. During the mid-1980s, her parents divorced and she moved with her mom, Linda, to Los Angeles, California. In 1999, she gathered a couple of her friends, Blake Soper, Pierre de Reeder, and ...

85. Emmylou Harris

Soundtrack | Brokeback Mountain

Emmylou Harris was born on April 2, 1947 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. She is a music artist and actress, known for Brokeback Mountain (2005), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) and Lawless (2012). She was previously married to Paul Kennerley, Brian Ahern and Tom Slocum.

86. Dale Krantz-Rossington

Actress | Lynyrd Skynyrd Lyve: The Vicious Cycle Tour

Dale Krantz-Rossington is known for Lynyrd Skynyrd Lyve: The Vicious Cycle Tour (2003), Decades Rock Live (2005) and If I Leave Here Tomorrow: A Film About Lynyrd Skynyrd (2018). She was previously married to Gary Rossington and Raymond Alan Watkins.

87. Bonnie Bramlett

Soundtrack | The Guardian

Bonnie Bramlett was born on November 8, 1944 in Alton, Illinois, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for The Guardian (2006), The Doors (1991) and Ghost Rider (2007). She was previously married to Danny Sheridan and Delaney Bramlett.

88. Tina Turner

Soundtrack | Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

With almost fifty years in the music business, Tina Turner became one of the most commercially successful international female rock stars. Her sultry, powerful voice, her incredible legs, her time-tested beauty and her unforgettable story all contributed to her legendary status.

Born to a ...

89. Sheryl Crow

Soundtrack | Tomorrow Never Dies

Sheryl Suzanne Crow is an American musician, actress and singer from Kennett, Missouri. She is known for multi-genre songs such as "Soak Up the Sun", "Real Gone", "All I Wanna Do", "Tomorrow Never Dies", "Picture" and "My Favorite Mistake". Her songs can be heard in films such as Cars, Kangaroo ...

90. Candice Night

Soundtrack | Yes Man

Candice Night was born on May 8, 1971 in Hauppauge, Long Island, New York, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Yes Man (2008), The Perfect Banana (2009) and Helloween Feat. Candice Night: Light the Universe (2006). She has been married to Ritchie Blackmore since October 5, 2008. They have ...

91. Mindi Abair

Soundtrack | License to Wed

Mindi Abair is known for License to Wed (2007), Danny Collins (2015) and Sandy Wexler (2017).

92. Larkin Poe

Director | Georgia Off My Mind

Larkin Poe is known for Georgia Off My Mind (2022), Strike Gold (2022) and The Rookie (2018).

93. The Mamas and the Papas

Soundtrack | The One I Love

The Mamas and the Papas is known for The One I Love (2014), Hotel Artemis (2018) and Repo Men (2010).

94. Elaine 'Spanky' McFarlane

Actress | Moonrunners

Elaine 'Spanky' McFarlane was born on June 19, 1942 in Peoria, Illinois, USA. She is an actress, known for Moonrunners (1975), Space Station 76 (2014) and Norman (2010).

95. Amy Helm

Actress | Higher Ground

Amy Helm is known for Higher Ground (2011), Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm (2010) and CBS Saturday Morning (2012). She is married to Jay Collins. They have one child.

96. Petula Clark

Soundtrack | Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Petula Clark was a star at the age of 11. She starred in British concert halls and on BBC radio singing for the troops during WWII. She was a child star in a series of British films from the end of WWII through to the early 1950s,and by 1954 was having hit records. After a move to France in 1960, ...

97. Julie Andrews

Actress | The Sound of Music

Julia Elizabeth Wells was born on October 1, 1935, in England. Her mother, Barbara Ward (Morris), and stepfather, both vaudeville performers, discovered her freakish but undeniably lovely four-octave singing voice and immediately got her a singing career. She performed in music halls throughout her...

98. Minnie Riperton

Soundtrack | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Minnie Riperton was born November 8, 1947, in Chicago, Illinois, to Thelma Inez (Matthews) and Daniel Webster Riperton, a Pullman porter. At a young age, Riperton, the youngest of eight children, began taking dancing and ballet. Once she reached high school, she began singing in the Hyde Park A ...

99. Nancy Wilson

Soundtrack | Vanilla Sky

Nancy Wilson was born in San Francisco, California and joined her sister Ann Wilson in the Seattle, Washington based hard rock-band Heart in the early-seventies. She sang lead vocals on the number one-hit "These Dreams" and on the top-twenty hit "Stranded". Ann performed on "The Battle of Evermore"...

100. Shemekia Copeland

Actress | Countermeasures

Shemekia Copeland was born on April 10, 1979 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Countermeasures, Three to Tango (1999) and Angel Eyes (2001).