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List of female movie actors (A-K)
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
- 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)
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