Here is my list of favorite actresses and the roles that won me over:
Meryl Streep (Favorite roles: Out of Africa and Julie & Julia)
Katharine Hepburn (Favorite roles: On Golden Pond, The African Queen)
Sigourney Weaver (Favorite roles: Aliens and Gorillas In The Mist)
Cate Blanchett (Favorite roles: Elizabeth The Golden Age and The Missing)
Cher (Favorite role: Mask)
Kate Beckinsale (Favorite roles: Van Helsing, Underworld, and Cold Comfort Farm)
Jane Fonda (Favorite role: On Golden Pond)
Milla Jovovich (Favorite role: Fifth Element, Resident Evil)
Diane Lane (Favorite role: Under the Tuscan Sun)
Juliette Binoche (Favorite role: Chocolat)
Uma Thurman (Favorite roles: Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction, the Avengers)
Glenn Close (Favorite role: Dangerous Liaisons)
Scarlett Johansson (Favorite roles: Girl With A Pearl Earring, The Other Boleyn Girl, Lost in Translation)
Susan Lynch (Favorite role: Ivanhoe TV Mini Series)
Jessica Alba (Favorite role: Dark Angel, Sin City)
Brittany Murphy (Favorite roles: The Ramen Girl, Sin City)
Toni Collette (Favorite role: Evening, In Her Shoes, Connie & Carla)
Hilary Swank (Favorite roles: Freedom Writers, Iron Jawed Angels)
Julia Ormond (Favorite role: Iron Jawed Angels)
Annette Bening (Favorite role: Running With Scissors, Regarding Henry)
Diane Keaton (Favorite roles: Baby Boom, Something’s Gotta Give)
Julianne Moore (Favorite roles: Children of Men, The Forgotten, Magnolia)
Angelina Jolie (Favorite roles: Lara Croft, The Changeling)
Anna Paquin (Favorite role: True Blood, The Piano)
Sally Field (Favorite roles: Not Without My Daughter, Sybil, Norma Rae)
Mary McDonell (Favorite role: Dances with Wolves)
Holly Hunter (Favorite roles: The Firm, The Piano)
Lois Smith (Favorite role: A Dog Year, True Blood)
Moon Bloodgood (Favorite role: Pathfinder)
Rachel Ticotin (Favorite role: Total Recall)
Christina Ricci (Favorite role: Sleepy Hollow)
Laura Linney (Favorite roles: The Mothman Prophecies, House of Mirth)
Gena Rowlands (Favorite roles: The Notebook)
Ellen Burstyn (Favorite roles: Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood, Spitfire Grill, The Last Picture Show)
Laura San Giacomo (Favorite roles: The Stand and Quigley Down Under)
Jennifer Ehle: (Favorite role: A&E’s Pride & Prejudice)
If you have a list of your own, please leave a comment.
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November 3rd, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Hi Sara
This is an awesome collection of famous actresses.
A couple I wasn’t sure of,but seeing their film credits jogged my memory.
Thank you for the list,amazing.
Lol,
Brian UK x
November 3rd, 2009 at 1:25 pm
We love many of the same actresses,if I were to make a list of my own it would be a mile long!
November 3rd, 2009 at 6:01 pm
It was tough to keep the list small. There are so many great actresses out there. I love it that Directors are creating such great independent, strong roles for them as well.
November 8th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Very great actresses and fabulous movies..I Love them all….Just a few others that I like as well.
Elizabeth Taylor- CLEOPATRA
Jody Foster- any movie, she is fabulous…
Juliette Lewis- From Dusk til Dawn and any other film she does…
Drew Barrymore- ALL OF THEM
Farrah Fawcett- The Burning Bed and Extremities
Jane Fonda- Monster Inlaw
Just to name a few..
Much Love and BIG HUGS to you my friend…
Bobby
November 9th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
You’re right. I can’t believe I forgot Liz and Juliette Lewis. They’re great!