List of female actors

This is a list of notable female actors.

Table of contents

1 A

2 B

3 C

4 D

5 E

6 F

7 G

8 H

9 I

A

Frances Abington (1737-1815)
Antoine Adamberger[?] (1790-1867)
Isabelle Adjani (born 1955)
Renée Adorée (1898-1933)
Jenny Agutter[?] (born 1952)
Anouk Aimée (born 1932)
Jessica Marie Alba (born 1981)
Jane Alexander (born 1939)
Khandi Alexander (born 1957)
Tatyana Ali (born 1979)
Debbie Allen[?] (born 1950)
Ginger Lynn Allen[?] (born 1962)
Gracie Allen (1902-1964)
Joan Allen[?] (born 1956)
Karen Allen[?] (born 1951)
Kirstie Alley[?] (born 1955)
Fran Allison[?] (died 1989)
June Allyson (born 1917)
Maria Conchita Alonso
Suzy Amis[?] (born 1961)
Barbara Anderson (born 1945)
Julie Andrews (born 1935)
Gillian Anderson (born 1968)
Laurie Anderson (born 1947)
Loni Anderson[?] (born 1946)
Pamela Anderson (born 1967)
Ursula Andress[?] (born 1936)
Pier Angeli[?] (1932-1972)
Jennifer Aniston (born 1969)
Ann-Margret
Lysette Anthony[?] (born 1963)
Laura Antonelli[?] (born 1941)
Gabrielle Anwar[?] (born 1970)
Anne Archer[?] (born 1947)
Fanny Ardant (born 1949)
Eve Arden (1908-1990)
Asia Argento[?] (born 1975)
Arletty[?] (1898-1992)
Lee Armstrong
Yvonne Arnaud[?] (born 1890)
Bea Arthur (born 1923)
Jean Arthur (1900-1991)
Mary Astor[?] (1906-1987)
Stephane Audran[?]
Pernilla August[?] (born 1958)

B

Lauren Bacall (born 1924)
Barbara Bach[?]
Barbara Bain[?] (born 1932)
Carroll Baker (born 1931)
Kathy Baker[?] (born 1947)
Fairuza Balk (born 1974)
Lucille Ball (1911-1989)
Anne Bancroft (born 1931)
Tallulah Bankhead (1902-1968)
Theda Bara (1890-1955)
Brigitte Bardot (born 1934)
Majel Barrett (born 1936)
Roseanne (born 1952)
Drew Barrymore (born 1975)
Ethel Barrymore[?] (1879-1959)
Kim Basinger (born 1953)
Angela Bassett[?] (born 1958)
Kathy Bates[?] (born 1948)
Emmanuelle Béart (born 1965)
Frances Bavier[?] (1902-1989)
Anne Baxter (1923-1985)
Kate Beckinsale[?] (born 1973)
Kimberly Beck (born 1956)
Kathleen Beller[?] (born 1956)
Bea Benaderet[?] (died 1968)
Annette Bening[?] (born 1958)
Constance Bennett[?] (1904-1965)
Joan Bennett[?] (1910-1990)
Candice Bergen[?] (born 1946)
Senta Berger[?] (born 1941)
Gertrude Berg[?] (1899-1966)
Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982)
Elisabeth Bergner (died 1986)
Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923)
Halle Berry (born 1966)
Laura Bertram
Barbara Billingsley[?] (born 1922)
Juliette Binoche (born 1964)
Jane Birkin (born 1946)
Jacqueline Bisset (born 1944)
Claudia Black[?]
Cate Blanchett
Tempest Bledsoe (born 1973)
Tempestt Bledsoe (born 1973)
Yasmine Bleeth[?] (born 1968)
Joan Blondell (1906-1979)
Giselle Blondet
Claire Bloom[?]
Ann Blyth[?] (born 1928)
Lisa Bonet (born 1967)
Helena Bonham Carter (born 1966)
Shirley Booth (1898-1992)
Clara Bow (1905-1965)
Lorraine Bracco[?] (born 1955)
Sonia Braga[?] (born 1950)
Eileen Brennan[?] (born 1938)
Fanny Brice[?] (1891-1951)
Ashley Brillault (born 1987)
Louise Brooks (1906-1985)
Metka Bucar[?] (born 1903)
Betty Buckley[?] (born 1947)
Genevieve Bujold[?] (born 1942)
Sandra Bullock (born 1964)
Billie Burke[?] (1885-1970)
Delta Burke[?] (born 1956)
Kathy Burke[?]
Ellen Burstyn (born 1932)

C

Neve Campbell (born 1973)
Claudia Cardinale (born 1938)
Leslie Caron (born 1931)
Charisma Carpenter
Tia Carrere[?] (born 1967)

D

E

Susan Egan[?] (born 1970)
Anita Ekberg[?] (born 1931)
Lydia Echevarria
Barbara Eden[?] (born 1934)
Ida Ehre[?] (1900-1989)
Hallie Kate Eisenberg[?] (born 1992)
Carmen Electra (born 1972)
Shannon Elizabeth (born 1976)
Edith Evans (1888-1976)

F

Mia Farrow (1945-1963)
Farrah Fawcet[?] (born 1947)
Alice Faye[?] (1915-1998)
Maria Felix
Noel Ferrier[?] (born 1930)
Sally Field (born 1946)
Danielle Fischel
Carrie Fisher[?] (born 1956)
Geraldine Fitzgerald[?] (born 1913)
Fannie Flagg[?] (born 1944)
Rhonda Fleming[?] (born 1923)
Louise Fletcher (born 1934)
Elisabeth Flickenschildt[?] (1905-1977)
Calista Flockhart (born 2002)
Ann Flood[?] (born 1930)
Bridget Fonda[?] (born 1974)
Jane Fonda (born 1937)
Joan Fontaine (born 1917)
Jodie Foster (born 1962)

G

Greta Garbo (1905-1990)
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Ava Gardner (1922-1990)
Judy Garland (1922-1969)
Jennifer Garner (born 1972)
Betty Garrett[?] (born 1919)
Greer Garson (1904-1996)
Rebecca Gayheart[?] (born 1972)
Janet Gaynor (1906-1984)
Mitzi Gaynor[?] (born 1931)
Sarah Michelle Gellar (born 1977)
Gina Gershon (born 1962)
Estelle Getty[?] (born 1924)
Marla Gibbs[?] (born 1946)
Therese Giehse[?] (1898-1975)
Melissa Gilbert[?] (born 1964)
Susana Gimenez
Hermione Gingold[?] (1897-1987)
Annie Girardot[?]
Dorothy Gish (1898-1968)
Lillian Gish (1893-1993)
Robin Givens (born 1964)
Sharon Gless[?] (born 1943)
Paulette Goddard[?] (1911-1990)
Judith Godrèche (born 1972)
Whoopi Goldberg (born 1949)

H

Liane Haid (1895-2000)
Barbara Hale[?] (born 1921)
Deidre Hall[?] (born 1947)
Jerry Hall[?] (born 1956)
Linda Hamilton (born 1956)
Margaret Hamilton[?] (1902-1985)
Alyson Hannigan (born 1974)
Marcia Gay Harden[?] (born 1959)
Jean Harlow[?] (1911-1937)
Angie Harmon[?] (born 1972)
Valerie Harper[?] (born 1940)
Danielle Harris[?] (born 1978)
Julie Harris (born 1925)
Melissa Joan Hart (born 1976)
Lilian Harvey[?] (1907-1968)
Teri Hatcher (born 1964)
Goldie Hawn (born 1945)
Salma Hayek (born 1966)
Helen Hayes (1900-1993)
Susan Hayward (1917-1975)
Rita Hayworth[?] (1918-1987)
Tippi Hedren[?] (born 1931)
Brigitte Helm[?] (1908-1996)
Florence Henderson (born 1934)
Natasha Henstridge[?] (born 1974)
Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993)
Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003)
Virginia Hewitt[?] (1925-1986)
Hildegarde[?] (born 1906)
Daisy and Violet Hilton[?] (1908-1969)
Violet Hilton[?] (died 1969)
Thora Hird (1911-2003)
Jutta Hoffmann[?] (born 1941)
Judy Holiday[?]
Judy Holliday (1921-1965)
Celeste Holm[?] (born 1919)
Katie Holmes (born 1978)
Darla Hood[?] (1931-1979)
Miriam Hopkins (died 1972)
Mirian Hopkins[?] (1902-1972)
Marianne Hoppe[?] (born 1911)
Brigitte Horney[?] (1911-1988)
Kate Hudson (born 1979)
Helen Hunt (born 1963)
Holly Hunter (born 1958)
Kim Hunter (1922-1922)
Isabelle Huppert (born 1955)
Anjelica Huston (born 1951)

I

J

Glenda Jackson (born 1936)
Kate Jackson[?] (born 1948)
Irene Jacob (born 1966)
Irène Jacob (born 1966)
Madhur Jaffrey[?]
Allison Janney[?] (born 1960)
Anne Jeffreys[?] (born 1923)
Glynis Johns (born 1923)
Celia Johnson (1908-1982)
Angelina Jolie (born 1975)
Carolyn Jones[?] (died 1983)
Grace Jones[?] (born 1948)
Jennifer Jones (born 1919)
Shirley Jones (born 1934)
Milla Jovovich (born 1975)

K

Koyuki[?]
Diane Keaton (born 1946)
Ruby Keeler (1910-1993)
Penelope Keith (born 1940)
Marthe Keller[?] (born 1945)
Grace Kelly (1929-1982)
Fanny Kemble[?] (born 1809)
Felicity Kendal
Jayne Kennedy[?] (born 1951)
Patsy Kensit[?] (born 1968)
Brooke Kerr (born 1973)
Deborah Kerr (born 1921)
Evelyn Keyes[?] (born 1919)
Leleti Khumalo
Margot Kidder (born 1948)
Nicole Kidman (born 1967)
Nastassja Kinski (born 1960)
Eartha Kitt[?] (born 1928)
Hildegard Knef (1925-2002)
Hilde Krahl[?] (1917-1999)
Kristin Kreuk (born 1982)
Sylvia Kristel[?] (born 1952)
Lisa Kudrow (born 1963)
Karyn Kupcinet[?] (died 1963)
Swoosie Kurtz[?] (born 1944)

L

Florence La Badie (1888-1917)
Diane Ladd (born 1932)
Christine Lahti[?] (born 1950)
Ricki Lake (born 1968)
Veronica Lake[?] (1919-1973)
Hedy Lamarr (1913-2000)
Dorothy Lamour (1914-1996)
Elsa Lanchester (1902-1986)
Diane Lane[?] (born 1965)
Hope Lange[?] (born 1931)
Jessica Lange (born 1949)
Lillie Langtry (born 1853)
Lily Langtry[?] (died 1929)
Angela Lansbury (born 1925)
Piper Laurie (born 1932)
Lucy Lawless[?] (born 1968)
Carol Lawrence[?] (born 1934)
Florence Lawrence (died 1890)
Gertrude Lawrence[?] (died 1952)
Cloris Leachman[?] (born 1926)
Zarah Leander[?] (1907-1981)
Vivien Leigh (1913-1967)
Janet Leigh (born 1927)
Laura Leighton[?] (born 1968)
Margaret Leighton[?]
Vivian Leigh[?] (died 1967)
Lotte Lenya[?] (1898-1981)
Ruth Leuwerik[?] (born 1926)
Juliette Lewis[?] (born 1973)
Beatrice Lillie[?] (1894-1989)
Laura Linney[?] (born 1964)
Peggy Lipton[?] (born 1947)
Virna Lisi[?] (1937-1963)
Lucy Liu (born 1968)
Sondra Locke[?] (born 1947)
June Lockhart[?] (born 1925)
Heather Locklear (born 1961)
Margaret Lockwood[?]
Barbara Loden[?] (born 1932)
Lindsay Lohan (born 1986)
Gina Lollobrigida[?] (born 1927) (Lollo)
Carole Lombard (1908-1942)
Julie London[?] (born 1926)
Shelley Long[?] (born 1949)
Adamari Lopez (born 1973)
Jennifer Lopez (born 1970)
Traci Lords (born 1968)
Sophia Loren (born 1934)
Myrna Loy (1905-1993)
Susan Lucci[?] (born 1946)

M

Andie MacDowell (born 1958)
Shirley MacLaine (born 1934)
Norma Macmillan (1921-2001)
Sheila MacRae[?] (born 1924)
Anna Magnani (1908-1973)
Jacqueline Maillan[?] (born 1923)
Marjorie Main[?] (1890-1975)
Dorothy Malone[?] (born 1925)
Barbara Mandrell[?] (born 1948)
Silvana Mangano[?] (1930-1989)
Jayne Mansfield[?] (1933-1967)
Sophie Marceau (born 1966)
Nancy Marchand[?] (died 2000)
Andrea Marcovicci[?] (born 1948)
Julianna Margulies[?] (born 1966)
Rose Marie[?] (born 1923)
Penny Marshall[?] (born 1942)
Jean Marsh[?] (born 1934)
Mary Martin (1913-1990)
Elsa Martinelli[?]
Millicent Martin[?] (born 1934)
Marsha Mason (born 1942)
Lea Massari[?]
Marlee Matlin (born 1965)
Virginia Mayo[?] (born 1920)
Mercedes McCambridge[?] (born 1918)
Maurren McCormick[?] (born 1956)
Frances McDormand[?] (born 1957)
Dorothy McGuire (1919-2001)
Crystal McKellar (born 1976)
Danica McKellar (born 1975)
Julia McKenzie[?] (born 1941)
Kristy McNichol[?] (born 1962)
Butterfly McQueen[?] (1911-1995)
Jayne Meadows[?] (born 1920)
Anne Meara (born 1929)
Lucia Mendez (born 1955)
Melina Mercouri (1920-1994)
Una Merkel[?] (1903-1986)
Inge Meysel[?] (born 1910)
Karla Michelle (born 1985)
Bette Midler (born 1945)
Sarah Miles (born 1941)
Vera Miles[?] (born 1929)
Hayley Mills (born 1946)
Juliet Mills[?] (born 1941)
Liza Minnelli (born 1946)
Carmen Miranda (1914-1955)
Lalaine Miranda (born 1987)
Helen Mirren (born 1945)
Meredith Monroe[?] (born 1976)
Pilar Montenegro
Maria Montez[?] (died 1951)
Elizabeth Montgomery[?] (1933-1995)
Demi Moore (born 1962)
Agnes Moorehead (died 1974)
Julianne Moore (born 1960)
Jeanne Moreau[?] (born 1928)
Rebecca De Mornay (born 1962)
Ornella Muti[?]

N

Kathy Najimy[?] (born 1957)
Mildred Natwick[?] (1905-1994)
Anna Neagle[?] (1904-1986)
Patricia Neal (born 1926)
Pola Negri[?] (1897-1987)
Tracy Nelson[?] (born 1963)
Francesca Neri[?]
Kim Novak (born 1933)

O

Merle Oberon (1911-1979)
Maureen O'Hara (born 1920)
Maureen O'Sullivan (1911-1998)

P

Geraldine Page (1924-1987)
Betsy Palmer[?] (born 1929)
Lilli Palmer[?] (1914-1986)
Gwyneth Paltrow (born 1972)
Silvana Pampanini[?]
Irene Papas[?] (born 1929)
Anna Paquin[?] (born 1982)
Estelle Parsons[?] (born 1927)
Christine Pascale[?] (1953-1996)
Elizabeth Pena[?] (born 1959)
Rosie Perez[?] (born 1964)
Valerie Perinne[?] (born 1944)
Bernadette Peters (born 1948)
Jean Peters[?] (born 1926)
Cassandra Peterson[?] (born 1951)
Michelle Pfeiffer (born 1957)
Michelle Phillips[?] (born 1944)
Peg Phillips[?] (born 1918)
Sian Phillips (born 1934)
Kejmanee Pichaironnarongsongkram (born 1974)
Mary Pickford (1892-1979)
Molly Picon[?] (1898-1992)
Rebecca Pidgeon[?] (born 1963)
Rosamund Pike (born 1979)
Zazu Pitts (1894-1963)
Dana Plato (1964-1999)
Suzanne Pleshette[?] (born 1937)
Erika Pluhar[?] (born 1939)
Dusa Pockaj[?] (1924-1982)
Henny Porten[?] (1890-1960)
Natalie Portman (born 1981)
Marie Prevost (1898-1937)

Q

R

Luise Rainer (born 1910)
Charlotte Rampling[?] (born 1945)
Raven-Symone (born 1985)
Martha Raye[?] (1916-1994)
Vanessa Redgrave (born 1937)
Lynn Redgrave (born 1943)
Donna Reed[?] (1921-1986)
Maricarmen Regueiro (born 1965)
Ann Reinking[?] (born 1949)
Lee Remick (1935-1991)
Debbie Reynolds (born 1932)
Christina Ricci (born 1980)
Beah Richards[?] (1920-2000)
Denise Richards (born 1972)
Joely Richardson[?] (born 1965)
Miranda Richardson (born 1958)
Natasha Richardson[?] (born 1963)
Irene Rich[?] (died 1988)
Cathy Rigby[?] (born 1952)
Diana Rigg (born 1938)
Ita Rina[?] (1907-1979)
Molly Ringwald
Kelly Ripa (born 1970)
Fay Ripley[?]
Ilse Ritter[?] (born 1941)
Thelma Ritter[?] (1905-1969)
Chita Rivera[?] (born 1933)
Doris Roberts[?] (born 1929)
Julia Roberts (born 1967)
Kathleen Robertson[?]
Rachel Roberts (1927-1980)
Holly Robinson[?] (born 1964)
Gladys Rodriguez
Ginger Rogers (1911-1995)
Mimi Rogers[?] (born 1956)
Esther Rolle[?] (1920-1998)
Christy Romano (born 1984)
Ruth Roman[?] (1922-1999)
Rebecca Romijn-Stamos (born 1972)
Jamie Rose[?] (born 1959)
Diana Ross (born 1944)
Marion Ross[?] (born 1928)
Patricia Routledge (born 1929)
Gena Rowlands (born 1930)
Jane Russell[?] (born 1921)
Lillian Russell[?] (1860-1922)
Rosalind Russell (1907-1976)
Margaret Rutherford (1892-1972)
Irene Ryan[?] (1902-1973)
Meg Ryan (born 1961)
Lisa Ryder[?]
Winona Ryder (born 1971)

S

Stefania Sandrelli[?]
Cristina Saralegui (born 1948)
Susan Sarandon (born 1946)
Savannah (film actress)[?] (1970-1994)
Prunella Scales (born 1932)
Maria Schell[?] (born 1926)
Romy Schneider (1938-1982)
Katja Schuurman[?]
Hanna Schygulla[?] (born 1943)
Jean Seberg (1938-1979)
Edie Sedgwick[?] (1943-1971)
Kyra Sedgwick[?] (born 1965)
Emmanuelle Seigner (born 1966)
Fiona Shaw (born 1958)
Alia Shawkat (born 1989)
Athole Shearer[?]
Moira Shearer[?] (born 1926)
Norma Shearer (1902-1983)
Ally Sheedy[?] (born 1962)
Deborah Shelton[?] (born 1952)
Brooke Shields (born 1965)
Jane Sibbett[?] (born 1961)
Sarah Siddons (1755-1831)
Simone Signoret (1921-1985)
Alicia Silverstone (born 1976)
Jean Simmons (born 1929)
Joan Sims (died 2001)
Lilia Skala[?] (1896-1994)
Erika Slezak
Alexis Smith[?] (1921-1993)
Jaclyn Smith[?] (born 1947)
Maggie Smith (born 1934)
Samantha Smith (1972-1985)
Sonya Smith (born 1971)
Carrie Snodgress (born 1946)
Leelee Sobieski (born 1982)
Suzanne Somers[?] (born 1946)
Gale Sondergaard[?] (1899-1985)
Mira Sorvino[?] (born 1967)
Ann Sothern[?] (died 2001)
Catherine Spaak[?]
Sissy Spacek (born 1949)
Tori Spelling (born 1973)
Georgina Spelvin[?] (born 1936)
Barbara Stanwyck (1907-1990)
Jean Stapleton[?] (born 1923)
Maureen Stapleton[?] (born 1925)
Koo Stark (born 1956)
Barbara Steele[?] (born 1937)
Mary Steenburgen (born 1953)
Frances Sternhagen[?] (born 1930)
Connie Stevens[?] (born 1938)
Inger Stevens[?] (1934-1970)
Juliet Stevenson[?] (born 1956)
Sharon Stone (born 1958)
Gale Storm
Madeleine Stowe[?] (born 1958)
Susan Strasberg[?] (died 1999)
Meryl Streep (born 1949)
Barbra Streisand (born 1942)
Elaine Stritch[?] (born 1925)
Gloria Stuart[?] (born 1910)
Imogen Stubbs[?] (born 1961)
Barbara Sukowa[?] (born 1950)
Susan Sullivan[?] (born 1944)
Mena Suvari[?] (born 1979)
Hilary Swank[?] (born 1974)
Loretta Swit (born 1937)

T

U

Liv Ullmann (born 1938)

V

Monica Vitti[?]

W

Julie Walters (born 1950)
Zoe Wanamaker (born 1949)
Rachel Ward[?] (born 1957)
Lesley Ann Warren[?] (born 1946)
Ruth Warrick[?] (born 1915)
Mona Washbourne[?] (1903-1988)
Emily Watson[?] (born 1967)
Emma Watson (born 1990)
Naomi Watts[?] (born 1968)
Sigourney Weaver (born 1949)
Helene Weigel[?] (1900-1971)
Grethe Weiser[?] (1903-1970)
Rachel Weisz
Raquel Welch (born 1940)
Ilse Werner[?] (born 1921)
Mae West (1893-1980)
Betty White[?] (born 1922)
Pearl White[?] (died 1938)
June Whitfield (born 1925)
Mae Whitman (born 1988)
Dianne Wiest[?] (died 1948)
Cindy Williams[?] (born 1947)
Cynda Williams[?]
Esther Williams[?] (born 1921)
Kimberly Williams[?] (born 1971)
Marie Wilson[?] (1916-1972)
Nancy Wilson[?] (born 1954)
Rita Wilson[?] (born 1958)
Marie Windsor[?] (1919-2000)
Debra Winger (born 1955)
Kate Winslet (born 1975)
Shelley Winters (born 1922)
Reese Witherspoon (born 1976)
Ewelyne Wohlfeiler[?] (born 1951)
Alfre Woodard[?] (born 1953)
Natalie Wood (1938-1981)
Victoria Wood (born 1953)
Joanne Woodward (born 1930)
Irene Worth[?] (born 1916)
Fay Wray (born 1907)
Amy Wright[?] (born 1950)
Robin Wright-Penn (born 1966)
Teresa Wright (born 1918)
Kari Wuhrer[?] (born 1967)
Jane Wyatt[?] (born 1911)
Jane Wyman (born 1914)

X

Y

Michelle Yeoh (born 1962)
Loretta Young (1913-2000)

Z

Pia Zadora[?] (born 1954)
Moon Unit Zappa[?] (born 1967)
Renée Zellweger (born 1969)
Catherine Zeta-Jones (born 1969)
Zhang Ziyi (born 1980)

See also: male actors

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