This is an alphabetical list of notable female movie actors.

A certain number of actors of this list are also well-known because of their roles in television films and series, and are therefore included in both, this list and the list of television actors.

See also:  Actors ,  List of male movie actors ,  List of male television actors  and  List of female television actors .

Note: In current English usage, the word actress has been labelled by some as pejorative. Actor or female actor is often used in its place.

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - Z

A

• Aaliyah (1979-2001)
• Amy Acker (born 1976)
• Sharon Acker (born 1935)
• Mary Kay Adams (born 1962)
• Dawn Addams (1930-1985)
• 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)
• Sasha Alexander (born 1975)
• Tatyana Ali (born 1979)
• Beth Allen (born 1984)
• Debbie Allen (born 1950)
• Ginger Lynn Allen (born 1962)
• Gracie Allen (1902-1964)
• Joan Allen (born 1956)
• Karen Allen (born 1951)
• Kirstie Alley (born 1951)
• Fran Allison (died 1989)
• June Allyson (born 1917)
• Maria Conchita Alonso (born 1957)
• Suzy Amis (born 1961)
• Barbara Anderson (born 1945)
• Gillian Anderson (born 1968)
• Laurie Anderson (born 1947)
• Loni Anderson (born 1946)
• Pamela Anderson (born 1967)
• Gwili Andre (1908-1959)
• Lona Andre (1915-1992)
• Ursula Andress (born 1936)
• Julie Andrews (born 1935)
• Pier Angeli (1932-1971)
• Jennifer Aniston (born 1969)
• Annabella (1909-1996)
• Ann-Margret (born 1941)
• 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 (born 1970)
• Stacy Armstrong (born 1974?)
• Yvonne Arnaud (born 1890)
• Patricia Arquette (born 1968)
• Rosanna Arquette (born 1959)
• Bea Arthur (born 1923)
• Jean Arthur (1900-1991)
• Elizabeth Ashley (born 1939)
• Mary Astor (1906-1987)
• Jeanne Aubert (1906-1988)
• Stephane Audran (born 1932)
• Pernilla August (born 1958)

B

• Betty Loh Ti (born 1937)
• Lauren Bacall (born 1924)
• Barbara Bach (born 1947)
• Barbara Bain (born 1931)
• Fay Bainter (1891-1968)
• 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)
• Ellen Barkin (born 1954)
• Marie-Christine Barrault, (born 1944)
• Majel Barrett (born 1936)
• Drew Barrymore (born 1975)
• Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959)
• Eva Bartok (1927-1998)
• Kim Basinger (born 1953)
• Angela Bassett (born 1958)
• Kathy Bates (born 1948)
• Frances Bavier (1902-1989)
• Anne Baxter (1923-1985)
• Emmanuelle Béart (born 1965)
• Kimberly Beck (born 1956)
• Kate Beckinsale (born 1973)
• Bonnie Bedelia (born 1946)
• Madge Bellamy (1899-1990)
• Kathleen Beller (born 1956)
• Agostina Belli (born 1949)
• Bea Benaderet (1906-1968)
• Annette Bening (born 1958)
• Constance Bennett (1904-1965)
• Joan Bennett (1910-1990)
• Gertrude Berg (1899-1966)
• Candice Bergen (born 1946)
• Senta Berger (born 1941)
• Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982)
• Elisabeth Bergner (1897-1986)
• Brigid Berlin (born 1937)
• Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923)
• Halle Berry (born 1966)
• Laura Bertram (born 1978)
• Suzanne Bianchetti (1889-1936)
• Barbara Billingsley (born 1922)
• Juliette Binoche (born 1964)
• Jane Birkin (born 1946)
• Jacqueline Bisset (born 1944)
• Claudia Black (born 1972)
• Karen Black (born 1942)
• Honor Blackman (born 1927)
• Vivian Blaine (1921-1995)
• Linda Blair (born 1959)
• Amanda Blake (1929-1989)
• Susan Blakely (born 1952)
• Jolene Blalock (born 1975)
• Cate Blanchett (born 1969)
• Tempestt Bledsoe (born 1973)
• Yasmine Bleeth (born 1968)
• Joan Blondell (1906-1979)
• Giselle Blondet (born 1966)
• Claire Bloom (born 1931)
• Ann Blyth (born 1928)
• Elona Bojaxhi (born 1985?)
• Lisa Bonet (born 1967)
• Helena Bonham Carter (born 1966)
• Sandrine Bonnaire (born 1967)
• Shirley Booth (1898-1992)
• Janet Borgman (born 1940)
• Carole Bouquet (born 1957)
• Clara Bow (1905-1965)
• Lorraine Bracco (born 1955)
• Alice Brady (1892-1939)
• Sonia Braga (born 1950)
• Eileen Brennan (born 1935)
• Evelyn Brent (1899-1975)
• Fanny Brice (1891-1951)
• Ashley Brillault (born 1987)
• Gladys Brockwell (1893-1929)
• 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 (born 1964)
• Carol Burnett (born 1933)
• Hedy Burress (born 1973)
• Ellen Burstyn (born 1932)
• Spring Byington (1884-1971)
• Amanda Bynes (born 1986)

C

• Susan Cabot (born 1927)
• Zoe Caldwell (born 1933)
• Rebecca Callard (born 1975)
• Mrs. Patrick Campbell (1865-1940)
• Naomi Campbell (born 1970)
• Neve Campbell (born 1973)
• Dyan Cannon (born 1937)
• Judy Canova (1913-1983)
• Kate Capshaw (born 1953)
• Capucine (1931-1990)
• Irene Cara (born 1964)
• Claudia Cardinale (born 1938)
• Leslie Caron (born 1931)
• Lynda Carter (born 1951)
• Charisma Carpenter (born 1970)
• Tia Carrere (born 1967)
• Diahann Carroll (born 1935)
• Nancy Carroll (1903-1965)
• Lina Carstens (1892-1978)
• Lynda Carter (born 1951)
• Nell Carter (1948-2003)
• Katrin Cartlidge (1961-2002)
• Nancy Cartwright (born 1957)
• Maria Casares (1922-1996)
• Joanna Cassidy (born 1944)
• Peggy Cass (1924-1999)
• Kate del Castillo (born 1972)
• Keisha Castle-Hughes (born 1990)
• Veronica Castro (born 1952)
• Phoebe Cates (born 1963)
• Kim Cattrall (born 1956)
• Kate Ceberano (born 1966)
• Carol Channing (born 1921)
• Stockard Channing (born 1944)
• Geraldine Chaplin (born 1944)
• Cyd Charisse (born 1921)
• Daveigh Chase (born 1990)
• Ruth Chatterton, (1893-1961)
• Joan Chen (born 1960)
• Lynette Chico
• Cher (born 1946)
• Julie Christie (born 1941)
• Diane Cilento (born 1933)
• Caitlin Clarke (born 1952)
• Lana Clarkson (1962-2003)
• Jill Clayburgh (born 1944)
• Aurore Clément (born 1945)
• Kitty Clive
• Glenn Close (born 1947)
• Imogene Coca (1908-2001)
• Claudette Colbert (1903-1996)
• Toni Collette (born 1972)
• Joan Collins (born 1933)
• Margaret Colin (born 1957)
• Holly Marie Combs (born 1973)
• Betty Compson, (1897-1974)
• Jennifer Connelly (born 1970)
• A.J. Cook (born 1978)
• Barbara Cook (born 1927)
• Rachael Leigh Cook (born 1979)
• Gladys Cooper (1888-1971)
• Christina Cox
• Courteney Cox (born 1964)
• Jeanne Crain (born 1932)
• Joan Crawford (c. 1904-1977)
• Peggy Cummins (born 1925)
• Penelope Cruz (born 1974)
• Jamie Lee Curtis (born 1958)
• Melinda Culea (born 1955)
• Joan Cusack (born 1962)
• Sinead Cusack (born 1948)

D

• Elizabeth Daily (born 1962)
• Tyne Daly (born 1946)
• Lili Damita (1901-1994)
• Dorothy Dandridge (1922-1965)
• Claire Danes (born 1979)
• Bebe Daniels (1901-1971)
• Avgusta Danilova (1869-1958)
• Blythe Danner (born 1943)
• Jacqueline Danno (born 1936)
• Linda Darnell (1923-1965)
• Sophie Daumier (born 1936)
• Elyssa Davalos
• Marion Davies (1897-1961)
• Ann B. Davis (born 1926)
• Bette Davis (1908-1989)
• Geena Davis (born 1956)
• Judy Davis (born 1955)
• Doris Day (born 1924)
• Ellen DeGeneres (born 1958)
• Ruby Dee (born 1924)
• Sandra Dee (born 1942)
• Olivia de Havilland (born 1916)
• Kim Delaney (born 1961)
• Dana Delany (born 1956)
• Julie Delpy (born 1969)
• Evelyn Del Rio (1931-1998)
• Catherine Deneuve (born 1943)
• Judi Dench (born 1934)
• Sandy Dennis (1937-1992)
• Bo Derek (born 1956)
• Laura Dern (born 1967)
• Colleen Dewhurst (1924-1991)
• Susan Dey (born 1952)
• Amita Dhiri (born 1968)
• Cameron Diaz (born 1972)
• Angie Dickinson (born 1931)
• Marlene Dietrich (1901-1992)
• Madhuri Dixit (born 1967), Hindi films
• Shannen Doherty (born 1971)
• Lexa Doig (born 1973)
• Fifi D'Orsay (1904-1983)
• Carmen Dominicci (born 1966)
• Kathe Dorsch (1890-1957)
• Donna Douglas (born 1933)
• Lesley Ann Down (born 1954)
• Fran Drescher (born 1957)
• Louise Dresser (1878-1965)
• Marie Dressler (1868-1934)
• Minnie Driver (born 1970)
• Stefka Drolc (born 1923)
• Joanne Dru (1922-1996)
• Haylie Duff (born 1985)
• Hilary Duff (born 1987)
• Olympia Dukakis (born 1931)
• Patty Duke (born 1946)
• Margaret Dumont (1889-1965)
• Steffi Duna (1910-1992)
• Faye Dunaway (born 1941)
• Irene Dunne (1898-1990)
• Kirsten Dunst (born 1982)
• Deanna Durbin (born 1921)
• Shevonne Durkin
• Eliza Dushku (born 1980)
• Shelley Duvall (born 1949)
• Karyn Dwyer

E

• Jeanne Eagels (1894-1929)
• Anita Ekberg (born 1931)
• Lydia Echevarria
• Barbara Eden (born 1934)
• Susan Egan (born 1970)
• Samantha Eggar (born 1933)
• Ida Ehre (1900-1989)
• Hallie Kate Eisenberg (born 1992)
• Britt Ekland (born 1942)
• Carmen Electra (born 1972)
• Shannon Elizabeth (born 1976)
• Peg Entwistle (1908-1932)
• Dale Evans (1912-2001)
• Edith Evans (1888-1976)
• Linda Evans (born 1942)
• Angie Everhart (born 1969)

F

• Morgan Fairchild (born 1950)
• Edie Falco (born 1963)
• Rose Falcon (born 1983)
• Dakota Fanning (born 1994)
• Frances Farmer (1913-1970)
• Mia Farrow (born 1945)
• Farrah Fawcet (born 1947)
• Alice Faye (1915-1998)
• Andrea Feldman (1948-1972)
• Maria Felix (1914-2002)
• Noel Ferrier (born 1930)
• Sally Field (born 1946)
• Fenella Fielding (born 1930)
• Danielle Fischel (born 1981)
• 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 1964)
• Ann Flood (born 1930)
• Lola Flores (1923-1995)
• Bridget Fonda (born 1974)
• Jane Fonda (born 1937)
• Joan Fontaine (born 1917)
• Lynn Fontanne (1887-1983)
• Lynne Fontanne (1887-1983)
• June Foray (born 1917)
• Claire Forlani (born 1972)
• Brigitte Fossey (born 1946)
• Jodie Foster (born 1962)
• Mary Frances (born 1959)
• Bonnie Franklin (born 1944)
• Mary Frann (1943-1998)
• Fréhel (1891-1951)
• Lindsay Frost (born 1962)
• Soleil Moon Frye (born 1976)
• Annette Funicello (born 1952)
• Yvonne Furneaux (born 1928)
• Betty Furness (1916-1994)

G

• Eva Gabor, (1919-1995)
• Zsa Zsa Gabor (born 1917)
• Metka Gabrijelcic , (born 1934)
• Helen Gahagan (1900-1980)
• Charlotte Gainsbourg
• Greta Garbo (1905-1990)
• Ava Gardner (1922-1990)
• Judy Garland (1922-1969)
• Jennifer Garner (born 1972)
• Peggy Ann Garner (1932-1984)
• Betty Garrett (born 1919)
• Greer Garson (1904-1996)
• Anita Garvin (1906-1994)
• Rebecca Gayheart (born 1972)
• Janet Gaynor (1906-1984)
• Mitzi Gaynor (born 1930)
• Sarah Michelle Gellar (born 1977)
• Gladys George (1900-1954)
• Linda Day George (born 1944)
• Gina Gershon (born 1962)
• Estelle Getty (born 1923)
• Marla Gibbs (born 1931)
• Therese Giehse (1898-1975)
• Melissa Gilbert (born 1964)
• Susana Gimenez (born 1945)
• Hermione Gingold (1897-1987)
• Annie Girardot (born 1931)
• Dorothy Gish (1898-1968)
• Lillian Gish (1893-1993)
• Robin Givens (born 1964)
• Louise Glaum (1894-1970)
• Sharon Gless (born 1943)
• Paulette Goddard (1910-1990)
• Judith Godrèche (born 1972)
• Marina Golbahari (born 1989)
• Whoopi Goldberg (born 1949)
• Ruth Gordon (1896-1985)
• Betty Grable (1916-1973)
• Elizabeth Gracen (born 1960)
• Gloria Grahame (1923-1981)
• Heather Graham (born 1970)
• Kathryn Grant (born 1933)
• Lee Grant (born 1927)
• Kathryn Grayson (born 1922)
• Eva Green (born 1980)
• Jane Greer (1924-2001)
• Jennifer Grey (born 1960)
• Zena Grey (born 1988)
• Corinne Griffith (1894-1979)
• Melanie Griffith (born 1957)
• Texas Guinan (1884-1933)
• Nell Gwynne (1650-1687)

H

• Joan Hackett (1934-1983)
• Uta Hagen (born 1919)
• Liane Haid (1895-2000)
• Barbara Hale (born 1921)
• Deidre Hall (born 1947)
• Jerry Hall (born 1956)
• Linda Hamilton (born 1956)
• Lois Hamilton, (1943-1999)
• Margaret Hamilton (1902-1985)
• Alyson Hannigan (born 1974)
• Marcia Gay Harden (born 1959)
• Ann Harding (1901-1981)
• Jean Harlow (1911-1937)
• Angie Harmon (born 1972)
• Valerie Harper (born 1940)
• Danielle Harris (born 1978)
• Julie Harris (born 1925)
• Elizabeth Hartman (1943-1987)
• Melissa Joan Hart (born 1976)
• Lilian Harvey (1907-1968)
• Teri Hatcher (born 1964)
• Anne Hathaway (born 1982)
• Goldie Hawn (born 1945)
• Salma Hayek (born 1966)
• Helen Hayes (1900-1993)
• Susan Hayward (1917-1975)
• Rita Hayworth (1918-1987)
• Eileen Heckart (1919-2001)
• Tippi Hedren (born 1931)
• Brigitte Helm (1908-1996)
• Florence Henderson (born 1934)
• Natasha Henstridge (born 1974)
• Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993)
• Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003)
• Jennifer Love Hewitt (born 1979)
• Virginia Hewitt (1925-1986)
• Rumi Hiiragi (born 1987)
• Hildegarde (born 1906)
• Wendy Hiller (1912-2003)
• Daisy and Violet Hilton (1908-1969)
• Thora Hird (1911-2003)
• Jutta Hoffmann (born 1941)
• Judy Holliday (1921-1965)
• Lauren Holly (born 1963)
• 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)
• Jane Horrocks (born 1964)
• Kelly Hu (born 1968)
• Kate Hudson (born 1979)
• Felicity Huffman (born 1962)
• Helen Hunt (born 1963)
• Holly Hunter (born 1958)
• Kim Hunter (1922-1922)
• Isabelle Huppert (born 1955)
• Elizabeth Hurley (born 1965)
• Olivia Hussey (born 1951)
• Anjelica Huston (born 1951)
• Lauren Hutton (born 1943)

I

• May Irwin
• Jill Ireland (1936-1990)

J

• Anne Jackson (born 1926)
• Glenda Jackson (born 1936)
• Kate Jackson (born 1948)
• Irene Jacob (born 1966)
• Claude Jade (born 1948)
• Madhur Jaffrey (born 1933)
• Allison Janney (born 1960)
• Anne Jeffreys (born 1923)
• Marlène Jobert (born 19xx)
• Glynis Johns (born 1923)
• Celia Johnson (1908-1982)
• Angelina Jolie (born 1975)
• Carolyn Jones (1929-1983)
• Grace Jones (born 1948)
• Jennifer Jones (born 1919)
• Shirley Jones (born 1934)
• Dorothy Jordan (born 1761)
• Milla Jovovich (born 1975)
• Alice Joyce , (1890-1955)
• Ashley Judd (born 1968)
• Katy Jurado (1924-2002)

K

• Olga Kacjan (born 1952)
• Madeline Kahn (1942-1999)
• Kajol (born 1975), Indian films
• Kavya Madhavan (born 1984), Indian films
• Ida Kaminska (1899-1980)
• Carol Kane (born 1952)
• Diane Keaton (born 1946)
• Ruby Keeler (1910-1993)
• Penelope Keith (born 1930)
• Marthe Keller (born 1945)
• Grace Kelly (1929-1982)
• Nancy Kelly (1921-1995)
• Fanny Kemble (born 1809)
• Felicity Kendal (born 1946)
• Jayne Kennedy (born 1951)
• Patsy Kensit (born 1968)
• Brooke Kerr (born 1973)
• Deborah Kerr (born 1921)
• Evelyn Keyes (born 1919)
• Leleti Khumalo (born 1970
• Margot Kidder (born 1948)
• Nicole Kidman (born 1967)
• Nastassja Kinski (born 1960)
• Sally Kirkland (born 1944)
• Mia Kirshner (born 1976)
• Eartha Kitt (born 1928)
• Hildegard Knef (1925-2002)
• Keira Knightley (born 1985)
• Manisha Koirala (born 1970), Indian films
• Véra Korène (1901-1996)
• Koyuki (born 1976)
• Hilde Krahl (1917-1999)
• Kristin Kreuk (born 1982)
• Sylvia Kristel (born 1952)
• Lisa Kudrow (born 1963)
• Meena Kumari (1933-1972), Hindi films
• Karyn Kupcinet (1941-1963)
• Swoosie Kurtz (born 1944)
• Nancy Kwan (born 1939)