The Best Actresses Ever - 2020s

1. Frances McDormand

Actress | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Frances Louise McDormand was born on June 23, 1957, in Gibson City, Illinois. She was adopted by Canadian-born parents Noreen Eloise (Nickleson), a nurse from Ontario, and Rev. Vernon Weir McDormand, a Disciples of Christ minister from Nova Scotia, who raised her in the suburbs of Pittsburgh. She ...

1381 points

2. Sandra Hüller

Actress | Anatomie d'une chute

Sandra Hüller was born in Suhl. She studied acting at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin. For her performance of Anneliese Michel in Hans-Christian Schmid's drama Requiem she won The Silver Bear for Best Actress. She is internationally known for her starring role in Maren Ade's Toni...

1116 points

3. Olivia Colman

Actress | The Favourite

Olivia Colman was born on January 30, 1974 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for The Favourite (2018), Tyrannosaur (2011) and The Lost Daughter (2021). She has been married to Ed Sinclair since August 2001. They have three children.

961 points

4. Olivia Williams

Actress | The Ghost Writer

Olivia began her career on the stage at the RSC and The National Theatre, breaking into TV with the Andrew Davies adaptation of Emma (1996).

From a damp basement in Camden Town she won the role of Abby in the $120 million blockbuster The Postman (1997) starring alongside Kevin Costner. In the ...

843 points

5. Da'Vine Joy Randolph

Actress | The Holdovers

Da'Vine Joy Randolph made her Broadway and West End debuts starring as Oda Mae Brown in Ghost the Musical (2012 Tony Award® Nomination, Best Featured Actress in a Musical). A Philadelphia native, she is an alum of Temple University in Theater with a concentration in Musical Theater and then ...

837 points

6. Maria Bonnevie

Actress | I Am Dina

Maria Bonnevie was born on September 26, 1973 in Västerås, Västmanlands län, Sweden. She is an actress, known for I Am Dina (2002), Another Round (2020) and The 13th Warrior (1999).

824 points

7. Erika Alexander

Actress | Get Out

Erika Alexander is beloved for the iconic acting roles of Maxine Shaw (Living Single), Detective Latoya (Get Out), Perenna (Black Lightning), and Linda Diggs (Wutang: An American Saga). Erika wears many hats, including actress, trailblazing activist, entrepreneur, creator, producer, and director --...

808 points

8. Nina Hoss

Actress | Phoenix

Nina Hoss was born on July 7, 1975 in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She is an actress, known for Phoenix (2014), Tár (2022) and A Most Wanted Man (2014). She has been married to Alex Silva since 2015.

786 points

9. Carey Mulligan

Actress | Never Let Me Go

Carey Hannah Mulligan is a British actress. She was born May 28, 1985, in Westminster, London, England, to Nano (Booth), a university lecturer, and Stephen Mulligan, a hotel manager. Her mother is from Llandeilo, Wales, and Carey also has Irish and English ancestry.

Her first major appearance was ...

766 points

10. Cate Blanchett

Actress | Carol

Cate Blanchett was born on May 14, 1969 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, to June (Gamble), an Australian teacher and property developer, and Robert DeWitt Blanchett, Jr., an American advertising executive, originally from Texas. She has an older brother and a younger sister. When she was ten ...

536 points

11. Jodie Foster

Actress | The Silence of the Lambs

Jodie Foster started her career at the age of two. For four years she made commercials and finally gave her debut as an actress in the TV series Mayberry R.F.D. (1968). In 1975 Jodie was offered the role of prostitute Iris Steensma in the movie Taxi Driver (1976). This role, for which she received ...

535 points

12. Jessie Buckley

Actress | I'm Thinking of Ending Things

Jessie Buckley is an Irish singer and actress, who came in second place in the BBC talent show-themed television series I'd Do Anything, and subsequently played Anne Egermann in the West End revival of Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music. Most recently, Buckley played Lyudmilla Ignatenko in the...

512 points

13. Caitríona Balfe

Actress | Belfast

Caitriona Balfe was born in Dublin, Ireland, and grew up in the village of Tydavnet, in County Monaghan. She started modeling at the age of 19 after she was scouted by an agent while she was collecting money for charity at a local mall. She has both walked the runway and been featured in ...

399 points

14. Judi Dench

Actress | Skyfall

Dame Judi Dench was born Judith Olivia Dench in York, England, to Eleanora Olive (Jones), who was from Dublin, Ireland, and Reginald Arthur Dench, a doctor from Dorset, England. She attended Mount School in York, and studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama. She has performed with the ...

399 points

15. Viola Davis

Actress | Fences

Viola Davis is a critically revered actress of film, television, and theater and has won rave reviews for her multitude of substantial and intriguingly diverse roles. Audiences across the United States and internationally have admired her for her work- including her celebrated, Oscar-nominated ...

397 points

16. Karam Taher

Actress | Farha

Karam Taher is a Jordanian actress of Palestinian origins. Karam has had a passion for acting and the arts since her childhood, she started her career at the young age of five starring in advertisements, then went on to learn gymnastics, and the piano. At the age 15 she was the main actress in the ...

397 points

17. Marthe Keller

Actress | Marathon Man

Marthe Keller was born on January 28, 1945 in Basel, Switzerland. She studied ballet as a child but stopped after a skiing accident at age 16. She changed to acting, and worked in Berlin at the Schiller Theatre and the Berliner Ensemble.

Keller's earliest film appearances were in Funeral in Berlin (...

395 points

18. Émilie Dequenne

Actress | Rosetta

Émilie Dequenne was born on August 29, 1981 in Beloeil, Wallonia, Belgium. She is an actress, known for Rosetta (1999), Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) and Our Children (2012). She has been married to Michel Ferracci since October 11, 2014.

394 points

19. Léa Drucker

Actress | Close

Léa Drucker was born on January 23, 1972 in Caen, Calvados, France. She is an actress and director, known for Close (2022), Custody (2017) and L'homme de sa vie (2006).

394 points

20. 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 ...

394 points

21. Claire Foy

Actress | First Man

Claire Elizabeth Foy (born 16 April 1984) is an English actress. She studied acting at the Liverpool John Moores University and the Oxford School of Drama and made her screen debut in the pilot of the supernatural comedy series Being Human, in 2008. Following her professional stage debut at the ...

394 points

22. Zoe Kazan

Actress | Ruby Sparks

Zoe Swicord Kazan was born in Los Angeles, California, to screenwriters Nicholas Kazan and Robin Swicord. She is the granddaughter of director Elia Kazan. She is of Greek (from her paternal grandfather), English, and German descent.

Kazan received her BA in Theater from Yale University. In the fall ...

393 points

23. Patricia Clarkson

Actress | The Station Agent

This remarkable, one-of-a-kind actress has, since the early 1990s, intrigued film and TV audiences with her glowing, yet careworn eccentricity and old world-styled glamour. Very much in demand these days as a character player, Patricia Clarkson nevertheless continues to avoid the temptation of ...

393 points

24. Jennifer Ehle

Actress | Zero Dark Thirty

Jennifer Anne Ehle is an American actress, the daughter of English actress Rosemary Harris and American author John Ehle. She won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for her role as Elizabeth Bennet in the 1995 BBC miniseries Pride and Prejudice. For her work on Broadway, she won the 2000 Tony ...

393 points

25. 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 ...

393 points

26. 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 ...

392 points

27. Shailene Woodley

Actress | Divergent

Actress and activist Shailene Woodley was born in Simi Valley, California, to Lori (Victor), a middle school counselor, and Lonnie Woodley, a school principal. She has one brother, Tanner. She was educated at Simi Valley High School in California. When Woodley was four years old she began ...

392 points

28. Leonie Benesch

Actress | Das weiße Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte

Leonie Benesch was born on April 22, 1991 in Hamburg, West Germany. She is an actress, known for The White Ribbon (2009), The Teachers' Lounge (2023) and Babylon Berlin (2017).

392 points

29. Noémie Merlant

Actress | Portrait de la jeune fille en feu

Noémie Merlant is a French actress, writer and director, she is best known for Le ciel attendra (2016), Portrait de la jeune fille en feu (2019), Curiosa (2019), and Tár (2022).

She won an César Awards for best supporting actress to her role in L'innocent (2022).

She also starred in Les Olympiades ...

391 points

30. Emily Blunt

Actress | Edge of Tomorrow

Emily Olivia Leah Blunt is a British actress known for her roles in The Devil Wears Prada (2006), The Young Victoria (2009), Edge of Tomorrow (2014), and The Girl on the Train (2016), among many others.

Blunt was born on February 23, 1983, in Roehampton, South West London, England, the second of ...

390 points

31. Françoise Lebrun

Actress | La maman et la putain

Françoise Lebrun was born on August 18, 1944. She is an actress and writer, known for The Mother and the Whore (1973), Julie & Julia (2009) and Le mur des morts (2022).

389 points

32. Sadie Sink

Actress | Stranger Things

Sadie Sink is an American actress. She started her career in the theater, and rose to prominence for her roles as Max in Netflix's science fiction drama series Stranger Things (2016) and Ziggy Berman in the horror films Fear Street: Part Two - 1978 (2021) and Fear Street: Part Three - 1666 (2021).

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388 points

33. Samantha Morton

Actress | Minority Report

Samantha Morton has established herself as one of the finest actors of her generation, winning Oscar nominations for her turns in Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown (1999) and Jim Sheridan's In America (2002). She has the talent to become one of the major performers in the cinema of this young century.

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388 points

34. Youn Yuh-jung

Actress | Minari

Beloved by audiences around the world, Youn Yuh-Jung's a legendary actress who has starred in many of Korea's most revered films & TV shows in a career that spans 5 decades. After winning Korea's Blue Dragon Award for best actress in her film debut as the country girl turned femme fatale in 1971's ...

263 points

35. Andrea Heick Gadeberg

Actress | Retfærdighedens ryttere

Andrea Heick Gadeberg was born on November 24, 1998 in Denmark. She is an actress, known for Riders of Justice (2020), Chosen (2022) and Pretty Young Thing (2022).

258 points

36. Teresa Saponangelo

Actress | È stata la mano di Dio

Teresa Saponangelo was born on October 22, 1973 in Taranto, Apulia, Italy. She is an actress, known for The Hand of God (2021), Il buco in testa (2020) and Te lo leggo negli occhi (2004).

258 points

37. Luisa Ranieri

Actress | È stata la mano di Dio

Luisa Ranieri was born on December 16, 1973 in Naples, Campania, Italy. She is an actress and writer, known for The Hand of God (2021), Letters to Juliet (2010) and Gli amici del bar Margherita (2009). She has been married to Luca Zingaretti since May 23, 2012. They have two children.

258 points

38. Jasna Djuricic

Actress | Quo vadis, Aida?

Jasna Djuricic was born on April 16, 1966 in Ruma, Serbia, Yugoslavia. She is an actress, known for Quo Vadis, Aida? (2020), Grupa (2019) and White White World (2010). She is married to Boris Isakovic.

257 points

39. Zhila Shahi

Actress | The Lion Skin

Zhila Shahi was born on March 13, 1986 in Ardabil, Iran. She is an actress, known for The Lion Skin (2022), Castle of Dreams (2019) and The Situation of Mehdi (2022).

256 points

40. Baran Rasoulof

Actress | Sheytan Vojood Nadarad

Baran Rasoulof was born on June 16, 2000 in Shiraz, Iran. She is an actress, known for There Is No Evil (2020).

256 points

41. Mariana Treviño

Actress | A Man Called Otto

Mariana Treviño was born on November 21, 1977 in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. She is an actress, known for A Man Called Otto (2022), Club de Cuervos (2015) and How to Break Up with Your Douchebag (2017).

256 points

42. Rachel Keller

Actress | Fargo

Rachel Keller was born on December 25, 1992 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. She is an actress, known for Fargo (2014), Legion (2017) and Tokyo Vice (2022).

256 points

43. Michelle Yeoh

Actress | Everything Everywhere All at Once

Michelle Yeoh was born in Ipoh, Malaysia. She's the daughter of Janet Yeoh & Kian Teik Yeoh. She's of Hokkien descent, speaking English and Malay before Chinese. A ballet dancer since 4, she moved to London to study at the Royal Academy as a teen. After a brief dance career, she won the Miss ...

255 points

44. Stephanie Hsu

Actress | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Actress Stephanie Hsu (pronounced "Shoe") was born on November 25 in Los Angeles, California. She's known for her breakout performance as Joy/Jobu Tupaki in A24 & Daniels' "Everything Everywhere All at Once," as well as her work as Mei on Season 3 and 4 of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," Joy on Hulu's...

255 points

45. Jamie Lee Curtis

Actress | Halloween

Jamie Lee Curtis was born on November 22, 1958 in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of legendary actors Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis. She got her big break at acting in 1978 when she won the role of Laurie Strode in Halloween (1978). After that, she became famous for roles in movies like Trading...

255 points

46. Alison Brie

Actress | GLOW

Alison Brie was born in Hollywood, California, to Joanne (Brenner), who worked at a non-profit child care agency, and Charles Terry Schermerhorn, a musician and entertainment reporter. Her mother is Jewish and her father has Scottish, Dutch, English, German, and Norwegian ancestry. Brie grew up in ...

255 points

47. Jennifer Coolidge

Actress | A Mighty Wind

Jennifer Coolidge is a versatile character actress and experimental comedienne, best known for playing Stifler's mom in American Pie (1999).

She was born on August 28, 1961, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, to Gretchen (Knauff) and Paul Constant Coolidge, a plastics manufacturer. Young Coolidge was ...

255 points

48. Lily Gladstone

Actress | Certain Women

Born in Montana, Gladstone was raised on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation and later near Seattle, WA. She graduated with high honors from the University of Montana in 2008 with a BFA in Acting/Directing, and a minor in Native American Studies.

Gladstone was introduced to audiences in Alex and Andrew...

254 points

49. Alexandra Shipp

Actress | X-Men: Apocalypse

Alexandra Shipp is known for her role as the iconic mohawked super heroine 'Storm' in Twentieth Century Fox's X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), directed by Bryan Singer. Shipp plays a younger version of 'Storm' (originally played by Halle Berry). Determined to make the mutant character her own, she ...

254 points

50. Vanessa Hudgens

Actress | High School Musical 3: Senior Year

Vanessa Anne Hudgens was born in Salinas, California. Her family moved to San Diego, California, while she was still a toddler. She has a younger sister, Stella Hudgens, who is also an actress. Her mother, Gina Hudgens (née Guangco), an office worker, is from the Philippines. Her father, Greg ...

254 points

51. Tôko Miura

Actress | Doraibu mai kâ

Tôko Miura was born on October 20, 1996 in Hokkaido, Japan. She is an actress and art director, known for Drive My Car (2021), Weathering with You (2019) and Ooku (2023).

254 points

52. Reika Kirishima

Actress | Doraibu mai kâ

Reika Kirishima was born on August 5, 1972 in Niigata, Japan. She is an actress, known for Drive My Car (2021), Godzilla: Final Wars (2004) and Zettai reido: Tokushu hanzai sennyû sôsa (2011).

254 points

53. Sandra Bullock

Producer | The Proposal

Sandra Annette Bullock was born in Arlington, a Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C. Her mother, Helga Bullock (née Helga Mathilde Meyer), was a German opera singer. Her father, John W. Bullock, was an American voice teacher, who was born in Alabama, of German descent. Sandra grew up on the road ...

252 points

54. Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

Actress | King Richard

Aunjanue Ellis was born in San Francisco, California. She graduated from the Brown University, and later attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.

During her career, Ellis performed on Off-Broadway theater, appeared in many film, and had roles on television. In film, she is best known...

252 points

55. Saniyya Sidney

Actress | Fences

From a young age, destiny seemed to call upon Saniyya Sidney to work with some of the most respected actors and directors in the industry. Her first role was iconic. Filming five weeks in New Orleans, she played "Young Kizzy" in the new adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots." She instantly bonded and ...

252 points

56. Demi Singleton

Actress | King Richard

Demi Singleton (born February 27, 2007) is an actress, singer and dancer originally from New Orleans, LA. She moved to New York City at the age of three and began training in the arts with New York's finest teachers in music, dance and acting. She has studied classical ballet since the age of three...

252 points

57. Maria Kowalska

Actress | Skrzyzowanie

Maria Kowalska was born on September 16, 1996 in Wadowice, Malopolskie, Poland. She is an actress, known for Skrzyzowanie, Forgotten Love (2023) and Nothing is Lost (2019).

252 points

58. Manal Issa

Actress | The Swimmers

Manal Issa was born on March 9, 1992 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. She is an actress, known for The Swimmers (2022), Parisienne (2015) and The Sea Ahead (2021).

252 points

59. Nathalie Issa

Actress | The Swimmers

Nathalie Issa was born on December 17, 1998 in Lebanon. She is an actress, known for The Swimmers (2022), My Favorite Fabric (2018) and Sea Salt (2023).

252 points

60. Nahel Tzegai

Actress | The Swimmers

Nahel Tzegai was born in Saudi Arabia. She is known for The Swimmers (2022), Cold Storage (2025) and Miracle Workers (2019).

252 points

61. Anamaria Vartolomei

Actress | L'événement

Anamaria Vartolomei was born on April 9, 1999 in Bacau, Romania. She is an actress, known for Happening (2021), Méduse (2022) and My Little Princess (2011).

251 points

62. Sandrine Bonnaire

Actress | La cérémonie

Sandrine Bonnaire was born on May 31, 1967 in Gannat, Allier, France. She is an actress and director, known for La Cérémonie (1995), To Our Loves (1983) and Vagabond (1985). She was previously married to Guillaume Laurant.

251 points

63. Margot Robbie

Actress | Suicide Squad

Margot Elise Robbie was born on July 2, 1990 in Dalby, Queensland, Australia to Scottish parents. Her mother, Sarie Kessler, is a physiotherapist, and her father, is Doug Robbie. She comes from a family of four children, having two brothers and one sister. She graduated from Somerset College in ...

250 points

64. Jean Smart

Actress | Babylon

Tall (5'10"), lovely, statuesque Seattle native Jean Elizabeth Smart was born on September 13, 1951. The second of four children born to a teacher and his wife, she developed an early interest in acting and attended the University of Washington following her graduation from Seattle's Ballard High ...

250 points

65. Olivia Wilde

Actress | Tron: Legacy

Actress and activist Olivia Wilde is a modern day renaissance woman, starring in many acclaimed film productions, while simultaneously giving back to the community.

She was born on March 10, 1984 in New York City. Her parents are Leslie Cockburn (née Leslie Corkill Redlich) and Andrew Cockburn. Her ...

250 points

66. Olivia Hamilton

Actress | La La Land

Olivia Hamilton is known for La La Land (2016), Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018) and First Man (2018). She has been married to Damien Chazelle since September 22, 2018. They have two children.

250 points

67. Laure Calamy

Actress | À plein temps

Laure Calamy was born on March 22, 1975 in Orléans, Loiret, France. She is an actress, known for Full Time (2021), My Donkey, My Lover & I (2020) and A World Without Women (2011).

188 points

68. Haley Bennett

Actress | Swallow

A natural talent with a striking presence, Haley Bennett continues to establish herself as one of Hollywood's most dynamic actresses.

Upcoming, Bennett will star opposite Austin Stowell in Carlo Mirabella-Davis's SWALLOW, on which she also serves as an executive producer. Bennett plays 'Hunter,' a ...

187 points

69. Riley Keough

Actress | Mad Max: Fury Road

Actress and model Danielle Riley Keough was born in Santa Monica, California to musicians Lisa Marie Presley and Danny Keough. She is the eldest grandchild of legendary singer Elvis Presley and actress Priscilla Presley. Keough started modeling as a teenager. She first appeared on a runway for ...

187 points

70. Mia Wasikowska

Actress | Alice in Wonderland

Mia is an Australian actress, born and raised in the country's capital, Canberra. She is the daughter of photographers Marzena Wasikowska and John Reid. Her mother is Polish and her father is an Australian of British ancestry. She has an older sister, Jess, and a younger brother, Kai. At age eight,...

187 points

71. Renate Reinsve

Actress | Verdens verste menneske

Renate Reinsve was born on November 24, 1987 in Solbergelva, Viken, Norway. She is an actress, known for The Worst Person in the World (2021), Oslo, August 31st (2011) and Welcome to Norway (2016).

187 points

72. Vanessa Kirby

Actress | The Crown

Vanessa Kirby is an English stage, TV, and film actress. From 2016 to 2018, Kirby portrayed Princess Margaret in Peter Morgan's Netflix series The Crown, for which she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Television Series in 2018. She starred as Estella in the BBC ...

186 points

73. Ellen Burstyn

Actress | Requiem for a Dream

Ellen Burstyn was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Correine Marie (Hamel) and John Austin Gillooly. She is of Irish, French/French-Canadian, Pennsylvania Dutch (German), and Native American ancestry.. She worked a number of jobs before she became an actress. At 14, she was a short-order cook at a ...

186 points

74. Carrie Crowley

Actress | An Cailín Ciúin

Carrie Crowley was born on May 23, 1964 in Waterford, Ireland. She is an actress and director, known for The Quiet Girl (2022), Rásaí na Gaillimhe (2009) and Vikings (2013). She has been married to Ross Kelly since February 2004.

186 points

75. Rebecca Ferguson

Actress | The Greatest Showman

Rebecca Ferguson was born Rebecca Louisa Ferguson Sundström in Stockholm, Sweden, and grew up in its Vasastaden district. Her father is Swedish. Her mother, Rosemary Ferguson, is British, of Scottish and Northern Irish descent, and moved to Sweden at the age of 25. Rebecca attended an ...

186 points

76. Zendaya

Actress | Spider-Man: Homecoming

Zendaya (which means "to give thanks" in the language of Shona) is an American actress and singer born in Oakland, California. She began her career appearing as a child model working for Macy's, Mervyns and Old Navy. She was a backup dancer before gaining prominence for her role as Rocky Blue on ...

186 points

77. Sharon Duncan-Brewster

Actress | Dune

Sharon Duncan-Brewster was born on February 8, 1976 in London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Dune (2021), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) and Enola Holmes 2 (2022).

186 points

78. Charlotte Rampling

Actress | 45 Years

Tessa Charlotte Rampling was born 5 February 1946 in Sturmer, England, to Isabel Anne (Gurteen), a painter, and Godfrey Lionel Rampling, an Olympic gold medalist, army officer, and colonel, who became a NATO commander. She was educated at Jeanne d'Arc Académie pour Jeunes Filles in Versailles, ...

186 points

79. Radha Blank

Producer | The Forty-Year-Old Version

Radha Blank is a proud Native New Yorker, Performer and Writer for TV, stage and film. Her plays include HappyFlowerNail, Casket Sharp, nannyland and the critically acclaimed SEED which The Huffington Post called "fresh, lively...and poetic". She's a Helen Merrill Playwriting Award recipient, an ...

185 points

80. Vanessa Aleksander

Actress | Sala samobójców. Hejter

Vanessa Aleksander was born on September 17, 1996 in Poland. She is an actress, known for The Hater (2020), Polish Legends: The Dragon (2015) and Wojenne dziewczyny (2017).

185 points

81. Danuta Stenka

Actress | Chopin. Pragnienie milosci

Danuta Stenka was born on October 10, 1961 in Sierakowice, Pomorskie, Poland. She is an actress, known for Chopin: Desire for Love (2002), Katyn (2007) and The Hater (2020). She is married to Janusz Grzelak. They have two children.

185 points

82. Agata Kulesza

Actress | Ida

Agata Kulesza was born on September 27, 1971 in Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland. She is an actress and writer, known for Ida (2013), Cold War (2018) and The Hater (2020). She was previously married to Marcin Figurski.

185 points

83. Luise Heyer

Actress | Das schönste Paar

Luise Heyer was born on March 25, 1985 in Berlin, Germany. She is an actress, known for The Most Beautiful Couple (2018), All About Me (2018) and Ein Geschenk der Götter (2014).

184 points

84. Judy Davis

Actress | Husbands and Wives

Davis was educated at Loreto Convent and the Western Institute of Technology and graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1977. She found international success with the role of Adela Quested in A Passage to India (1984). Her performance was nominated an Academy Award for Best...

184 points

85. Lou de Laâge

Actress | Les innocentes

Lou de Laâge was born on April 27, 1990 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She is an actress, known for The Innocents (2016), Jappeloup (2013) and Le bal des folles (2021).

184 points

86. Jurnee Smollett

Actress | The Burial

Jurnee Smollett is an award-winning actress and activist of rare talent and conviction. In the fall of 2020, she starred in J.J. Abrams, Jordan Peele and Misha Green's critically acclaimed drama for HBO, "Lovecraft Country." Smollett's performance was lauded by industry insiders and critics alike. ...

184 points

87. Greta Lee

Actress | Past Lives

Greta Lee was born on March 7, 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Past Lives (2023), Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) and St. Vincent (2014). She has been married to Russ Armstrong since September 7, 2014. They have two children.

184 points

88. Jella Haase

Actress | Fack ju Göhte

Jella Haase was born on October 27, 1992 in Berlin, Germany. She is an actress and producer, known for Suck Me Shakespeer (2013), Kleo (2022) and Suck Me Shakespeer 2 (2015).

183 points

89. Emma Bading

Actress | Berlin Syndrome

Emma Bading was born on March 12, 1998 in Monheim am Rhein, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany. She is an actress and director, known for Berlin Syndrome (2017), Play (2019) and Klabautermann (2021).

183 points

90. Aylin Tezel

Actress | Falling Into Place

Aylin Tezel is a German actress known for her role in the thriller 7500 (2019) alongside Joseph Gordon-Levitt and for playing the main role in Unbroken (2021) a neooriginal miniseries about a young cop who has her baby stolen out of her belly and is determined to solve her own case.

Aylin Tezel had ...

183 points

91. Priyanka Chopra Jonas

Actress | Barfi!

Priyanka Chopra Jonas (née Chopra) was born on July 18, 1982 in Jamshedpur, India, to the family of Capt. Dr. Ashok Chopra and Dr. Madhu Chopra, both Indian Army physicians. She had a very varied upbringing. She started her education at La Martinière Girls College in Lucknow as a resident student; ...

183 points

92. Gaby Hoffmann

Actress | Field of Dreams

Gabrielle Mary Hoffmann was born in New York City, New York, to actors Anthony Herrera and Viva (née Janet Susan Mary Hoffmann), who was a Warhol superstar. She began acting in commercials at 4 to help pay the family bills. Gaby's first film role was as young "Karin Kinsella" in 1989's Field of ...

183 points

93. Mercedes Hernández

Actress | Sin señas particulares

Mercedes Hernández was born on September 24, 1970 in Mexico City. She is an actress and producer, known for Identifying Features (2020), Here Be Dragons and Las Aparicio (2015).

183 points

94. Han Yeri

Actress | Minari

Han Yeri is known for Minari (2020), Worst Woman (2016) and Sea Fog (2014).

146 points

95. Charlbi Dean

Actress | Triangle of Sadness

Charlbi Dean was born on February 5, 1990 in Cape Town, South Africa. She was an actress, known for Triangle of Sadness (2022), Spud (2010) and Don't Sleep (2017). She died on August 29, 2022 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

145 points

96. Vicki Berlin

Actress | Triangle of Sadness

Vicki Berlin was born on November 16, 1977 in Denmark. She is a writer and actress, known for Triangle of Sadness (2022), Forbrydelsen (2007) and Anja & Viktor - In Sickness and in Health (2008).

145 points

97. Dolly De Leon

Actress | Triangle of Sadness

Dolly De Leon was born on April 12, 1969 in Manila, Philippines. She is an actress and assistant director, known for Triangle of Sadness (2022), Ang duyan ng magiting (2023) and Verdict (2019).

145 points

98. Sunnyi Melles

Actress | Der Baader Meinhof Komplex

Swiss Actress Sunnyi Melles was born in Luxembourg, Luxembourg on October 7, 1958 as Judith Szunnyi Melles to Hungarian actress Judith Melles (née Rohonczy, +2001) and Austrian conductor Carl (Károly) Melles (+2004). She was not born a princess but later (1993) married German prince Peter Prinz zu ...

145 points

99. Carolina Gynning

Actress | Triangle of Sadness

Carolina Gynning was born on October 6, 1978 in Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden. She is an actress, known for Triangle of Sadness (2022), Blondie (2012) and Torpederna (2014).

145 points

100. Iris Berben

Actress | Triangle of Sadness

After her parents divorced, she moved to Hamburg with her mother. There she attended elementary school and then several boarding schools. She stopped her school education before graduating from high school. Berben was active in the Hamburg protest scene and came to film in the late 1960s. She took ...

145 points