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List of female movie actors (L-Z)
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 .
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)
- Barbara La Marr (1896-1926)
- Dorothy Lamour (1914-1996)
- Elsa Lanchester (1902-1986)
- Diane Lane (born 1965)
- Hope Lange (1931-2003)
- Jessica Lange (born 1949)
- Lillie Langtry (1853-1929)
- Angela Lansbury (born 1925)
- Piper Laurie (born 1932)
- Lucy Lawless (born 1968)
- Carol Lawrence (born 1934)
- Florence Lawrence (1886-1938)
- Gertrude Lawrence (1898-1952)
- Cloris Leachman (born 1926)
- Zarah Leander (1907-1981)
- Peggy Lee (1920-2002)
- Andrea Leeds (1914-1984)
- Vivien Leigh (1913-1967)
- Janet Leigh (1927-2004)
- Laura Leighton (born 1968)
- Margaret Leighton (1922-1976)
- Lotte Lenya (1898-1981)
- Ruth Leuwerik (born 1926)
- Juliette Lewis (born 1973)
- Beatrice Lillie (1894-1989)
- Audra Lindley (1918-1997)
- Laura Linney (born 1964)
- Peggy Lipton (born 1947)
- Virna Lisi (born 1937))
- Lucy Liu (born 1968)
- Margaret Livingston (1900-1984)
- Sondra Locke (born 1947)
- June Lockhart (born 1925)
- Heather Locklear (born 1961)
- Margaret Lockwood (1916-1990)
- Barbara Loden (born 1932)
- Lindsay Lohan (born 1986)
- Gina Lollobrigida (born 1927)
- Carole Lombard (1908-1942)
- Julie London (born 1926)
- Shelley Long (born 1949)
- Adamari Lopez (born 1973)
- Jennifer Lopez (born 1970)
- Sylvia Lopez (1931-1959)
- Traci Lords (born 1968)
- Sophia Loren (born 1934)
- Trinity Loren (1964-1998)
- Dorothy Loudon (1933-2003)
- Bessie Love (1898-1986)
- Linda Lovelace (1949-2002)
- Myrna Loy (1905-1993)
- Susan Lucci (born 1946)
- Daniela Lujan (born 1988)
- Joanna Lumley (born 1946)
- Ida Lupino (1914-1995)
M
- Jeanette MacDonald (1903-1965)
- Andie MacDowell (born 1958)
- Ali MacGraw (born 1938)
- Dorothy Mackaye (1899-1940)
- Shirley MacLaine (born 1934)
- Norma Macmillan (1921-2001)
- Sheila MacRae (born 1924)
- Madhubala
- Madonna (born 1958)
- Anna Magnani (1908-1973)
- Jacqueline Maillan (born 1923)
- Marjorie Main (1890-1975)
- Hema Malini (born 1948)
- Dorothy Malone (born 1925)
- Jena Malone (born 1984)
- Barbara Mandrell (born 1948)
- Silvana Mangano (1930-1989)
- Jayne Mansfield (1933-1967)
- Sophie Marceau (born 1966)
- Nancy Marchand (1928-2000)
- June Marlowe (1903-1984)
- Andrea Marcovicci (born 1948)
- Miriam Margolyes (born 1941)
- Ann-Margret (born 1941)
- Julianna Margulies (born 1966)
- Rose Marie (born 1923)
- Penny Marshall (born 1942)
- Jean Marsh (born 1934)
- Mary Martin (1913-1990)
- Elsa Martinelli (born 1932)
- Millicent Martin (born 1934)
- Marsha Mason (born 1942)
- Lea Massari (born 1933)
- Heather Matarazzo (born 1982)
- Marlee Matlin (born 1965)
- Virginia Mayo (born 1920)
- Rachel McAdams (born 1986)
- Mercedes McCambridge (born 1918)
- Jenny McCarthy (born 1972)
- Maureen McCormick (born 1956)
- Frances McDormand (born 1957)
- Elizabeth McGovern (born 1961)
- Dorothy McGuire (1919-2001)
- Crystal McKellar (born 1976)
- Danica McKellar (born 1975)
- Julia McKenzie (born 1941)
- Maggie McNamara (1928-1978)
- Kristy McNichol (born 1962)
- Butterfly McQueen (1911-1995)
- Jayne Meadows (born 1920)
- Anne Meara (born 1929)
- Eva Mendes (born 1974)
- Lucia Mendez (born 1955)
- Vivien Merchant (1929-1983)
- Melina Mercouri (1920-1994)
- Una Merkel (1903-1986)
- Dina Meyer (born 1968)
- Inge Meysel (born 1910)
- Karla Michelle (born 1985)
- Bette Midler (born 1945)
- Alyssa Milano (born 1972)
- Sarah Miles (born 1941)
- Vera Miles (born 1929)
- Hayley Mills (born 1946)
- Juliet Mills (born 1941)
- Ming-Na (born 1963)
- Liza Minnelli (born 1946)
- Carmen Miranda (1914-1955)
- Lalaine Miranda (born 1987)
- Helen Mirren (born 1945)
- Yvonne Mitchell (1925-1979)
- Alfonsina Molinary
- Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962)
- Meredith Monroe (born 1976 or 1977)
- Pilar Montenegro
- Maria Montez (1912-1951)
- Elizabeth Montgomery (1933-1995)
- Demi Moore (born 1962)
- Grace Moore (1898-1947)
- Julianne Moore (born 1960)
- Mary Tyler Moore (born 1936)
- Melba Moore (born 1945)
- Terry Moore (born 1929)
- Agnes Moorehead (1900-1974)
- Jeanne Moreau (born 1928)
- Rebecca De Mornay (born 1962)
- Rita Moreno (born 1931)
- Helen Morgan (1900-1941)
- Cathy Moriarty (born 1960)
- Ali Morse (born 1986)
- Carrie-Anne Moss (born 1967)
- Tia and Tamera Mowry (born 1978)
- Bridget Moynahan (born 1972)
- Rani Mukherjee (born 1978)
- Diana Muldaur (born 1938)
- Kate Mulgrew (born 1955)
- Liliana Mumy (born 1995)
- Brittany Murphy (born 1977)
- Ornella Muti (born 1955)
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 (born 1964)
- Evelyn Nesbit (1884-1967)
- Friederike Caroline Neuber (1697-1760)
- Julie Newmar (born 1933)
- Thandie Newton (born 1972)
- Olivia Newton-John (born 1948)
- Anna Q. Nilsson (died 1974)
- Jeanette Nolan (1911-1998)
- Gena Lee Nolin (born 1971)
- Kim Novak (born 1933)
- Nutan (1936-1991)
- France Nuyen (born 1939)
O
- Merle Oberon (1911-1979)
- Maureen O'Hara (born 1920)
- Maureen O'Sullivan (1911-1998)
- Renée O'Connor (born 1971)
- Rosie O'Donnell (born 1962)
- Jennifer O'Neill (born 1948)
- Annette O'Toole (born 1954)
- Lena Olin (born 1956)
- Susan Olsen (born 1961)
- Julia Ormond (born 1965)
- Heather O'Rourke (1975-1988)
- Marie Osmond (born 1959)
- Miranda Otto (born 1967)
- Maria Ouspenskaya (1876-1949)
- Kati Outinen (born 1961)
P
- Geraldine Page (1924-1987)
- Betsy Palmer (born 1929)
- Lilli Palmer (1914-1986)
- Gwyneth Paltrow (born 1972)
- Silvana Pampanini (born 1925)
- Irene Papas (born 1929)
- Anna Paquin (born 1982)
- Suzy Parker (1932-2003)
- Eleanor Parker (born 1922)
- Julie Parrish (1940-2003)
- Leslie Parrish (born 1935)
- Estelle Parsons (born 1927)
- Christine Pascale (1953-1996)
- Virginia Pearson (1886-1958)
- Elizabeth Pena (born 1959)
- Piper Perabo
- Rosie Pérez (born 1964)
- Elizabeth Perkins (born 1960)
- Valerie Perrine (born 1943)
- Bernadette Peters (born 1948)
- Jean Peters (born 1926)
- Amanda Peterson (born 1971)
- Cassandra Peterson (born 1951)
- Olga Petrova (1884-1977)
- Michelle Pfeiffer (born 1957)
- Michelle Phillips (born 1944)
- Peg Phillips (born 1918)
- Sian Phillips (born 1934)
- 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)
- Joan Plowright (born 1929)
- Erika Pluhar (born 1939)
- Dusa Pockaj (1924-1982)
- Sarah Polley (born 1979)
- Henny Porten (1890-1960)
- Natalie Portman (born 1981)
- Parker Posey (born 1968)
- Majda Potokar (1930-2001)
- Eleanor Powell (1912-1982)
- Jane Powell (born 1928)
- Stefanie Powers (born 1942)
- Pérette Pradier (born 1938)
- Kyla Pratt (born 1986)
- Priscilla Presley (born 1945)
- Jaime Pressly (born 1977)
- Kelly Preston (born 1962)
- Marie Prevost (1898-1937)
- Alice Prin (1901-1953)
- Victoria Principal (born 1945)
- Yvonne Printemps (1895-1977)
- Juliet Prowse (1936-1996)
- Edna Purviance (1895-1958)
Q
- Mae Questel (1908-1998)
R
- Aishwarya Rai (born 1973)
- Luise Rainer (born 1910)
- Charlotte Rampling (born 1945)
- Anne Ramsey (1929-1988)
- 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)
- Florence Rice (1911-1974)
- Beah Richards (1920-2000)
- Denise Richards (born 1972)
- Joely Richardson (born 1965)
- Miranda Richardson (born 1958)
- Natasha Richardson (born 1963)
- Irene Rich (1891-1988)
- Cathy Rigby (born 1952)
- Diana Rigg (born 1938)
- Ita Rina (1907-1979)
- Molly Ringwald (born 1968)
- Kelly Ripa (born 1970)
- Fay Ripley (born 1968)
- Ilse Ritter (born 1941)
- Thelma Ritter (1905-1969)
- Chita Rivera (born 1933)
- Lyda Roberti (1906-1938)
- Doris Roberts (born 1929)
- Julia Roberts (born 1967)
- Kathleen Robertson (born 1973)
- Rachel Roberts (1927-1980)
- Eva Robins
- Holly Robinson (born 1964)
- Flora Robson (1902-1984)
- May Robson (1858-1942)
- Gladys Rodriguez
- Michelle Rodriguez (born 1978)
- Ginger Rogers (1911-1995)
- Mimi Rogers (born 1956)
- Esther Rolle (1920-1998)
- Ruth Roman (1922-1999)
- Christy Romano (born 1984)
- Johanna Rosaly (born 1948)
- Rebecca Romijn-Stamos (born 1972)
- Jamie Rose (born 1959)
- Diana Ross (born 1944)
- Isabella Rossellini (born 1952)
- 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 (born 1970)
- Winona Ryder (born 1971)
S
- Sabrina (born 1936)
- Roselyn Sanchez (born 1970)
- Laura Sadler (1980-2003)
- Eva Marie Saint (born 1924)
- Susan Saint James (born 1946)
- Emma Samms (born 1960)
- Laura San Giacomo (born 1962)
- Dominique Sanda (born 1948)
- Stefania Sandrelli (born 1946)
- Cristina Saralegui (born 1948)
- Susan Sarandon (born 1946)
- Savannah (1970-1994)
- Greta Scacchi (born 1960)
- Prunella Scales (born 1932)
- Maria Schell (born 1926)
- Romy Schneider (1938-1982)
- Carly Schroeder (born 1990)
- Katja Schuurman (born 1975)
- Hanna Schygulla (born 1943)
- Martha Scott (1912-2003)
- Jean Seberg (1938-1979)
- Edie Sedgwick (1943-1971)
- Kyra Sedgwick (born 1965)
- Emmanuelle Seigner (born 1966)
- Chloë Sevigny (born 1974)
- Jane Seymour (born 1951)
- Delphine Seyrig (1932-1990)
- Fiona Shaw (born 1958)
- Alia Shawkat (born 1989)
- Athole Shearer (1900-1985)
- Moira Shearer (born 1926)
- Norma Shearer (1902-1983)
- Ally Sheedy (born 1962)
- Deborah Shelton (born 1952)
- Cybill Shepherd (born 1950)
- Brooke Shields (born 1965)
- Nell Shipman (1892-1970)
- Talia Shire (born 1946)
- Anne Shirley (1918-1993)
- Elisabeth Shue (born 1963)
- Jane Sibbett (born 1961)
- Sarah Siddons (1755-1831)
- Sylvia Sidney (1910-1999)
- Simone Signoret (1921-1985)
- Alicia Silverstone (born 1976)
- Jean Simmons (born 1929)
- Simone Simon (born 1910)
- Joan Sims (died 2001)
- Penny Singleton (1908-2003)
- Lilia Skala (1896-1994)
- Erika Slezak (born 1946)
- Alexis Smith (1921-1993)
- Jaclyn Smith (born 1947)
- Jada Pinkett Smith (born 1971)
- Maggie Smith (born 1934)
- Samantha Smith (1972-1985)
- Jan Smithers (born 1955)
- Sonya Smith (born 1971)
- Carrie Snodgress (born 1946)
- Leelee Sobieski (born 1982)
- Suzanne Somers (born 1946)
- Elke Sommer (born 1940)
- Gale Sondergaard (1899-1985)
- Mira Sorvino (born 1967)
- Ann Sothern (1909-2001)
- Soundarya (died 2004)
- Catherine Spaak (born 1945)
- Sissy Spacek (born 1949)
- Tori Spelling (born 1973)
- Georgina Spelvin (born 1936)
- Kim Stanley (born 1925)
- 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)
- Stella Stevens (born 1936)
- Juliet Stevenson (born 1956)
- Beatrice Straight (1914-2001)
- Jill St. John (born 1940)
- Sharon Stone (born 1958)
- Gale Storm (born 1922)
- Kirsten Storm (born 1984)
- Madeleine Stowe (born 1958)
- Susan Strasberg (1938-1999)
- Marcia Strassman (born 1948)
- Dorothy Stratten (1960-1980)
- Meryl Streep (born 1949)
- Barbra Streisand (born 1942)
- Elaine Stritch (born 1925)
- Gloria Stuart (born 1910)
- Imogen Stubbs (born 1961)
- Barbara Sukowa (born 1950)
- Margaret Sullavan (1911-1960)
- Susan Sullivan (born 1944)
- Suraiya (1929-2004)
- Valeska Suratt (1882-1962)
- Mena Suvari (born 1979)
- Janet Suzman (born 1939)
- Hilary Swank (born 1974)
- Gloria Swanson (1897-1983)
- Jodie Sweetin (born 1982)
- Loretta Swit (born 1937)
- Jennifer Syme (1972-2001)
T
- Constance Talmadge (1897-1973)
- Norma Talmadge (1893-1957)
- Jessica Tandy (1909-1994)
- Sharon Tate (1943-1969)
- Audrey Tautou (born 1978)
- Elizabeth Taylor (born 1932)
- Estelle Taylor (1894-1958)
- Jeannine Taylor
- Lili Taylor (born 1967)
- Lyle Tayo (1889-1971)
- Shirley Temple (born 1928)
- Fay Templeton (1865-1939)
- Ellen Terry (1848-1928)
- Charlize Theron (born 1975)
- Tiffani-Amber Thiessen (born 1974)
- Marlo Thomas (born 1938)
- Olive Thomas (1894-1920)
- Emma Thompson (born 1959)
- Lea Thompson (born 1961)
- Sada Thompson (born 1929)
- Sybil Thorndike (1882-1976)
- Courtney Thorne-Smith (born 1967)
- Uma Thurman (born 1970)
- Gene Tierney (1920-1991)
- Nadja Tiller (born 1929)
- Jennifer Tilly (born 1958)
- Thelma Todd (1905-1935)
- Marisa Tomei (born 1964)
- Lily Tomlin (born 1939)
- Michelle Trachtenberg (born 1985)
- Nancy Travis (born 1961)
- Gloria Trevi (born 1970)
- Claire Trevor (1908-2000)
- Marie Trintignant (1962-2003)
- Jeanne Tripplehorn (born 1963)
- Rachel True (born 1966)
- Olga Tschechowa (1897-1980)
- Robin Tunney (born 1972)
- Florence Turner (1885-1946)
- Guinevere Turner (born 1968)
- Janine Turner (born 1962)
- Kathleen Turner (born 1954)
- Lana Turner (1920-1995)
- Helen Twelvetrees (1908-1958)
- Judy Tyler (1933-1957)
- Liv Tyler (born 1977)
- Cicely Tyson (born 1933)
U
- Liv Ullmann (born 1938)
V
- Brenda Vaccaro (born 1939)
- Caterina Valente (born 1931)
- Vampira (born 1921)
- Vivian Vance (1909-1979)
- Mamie Van Doren (born 1931)
- Nia Vardalos (born 1962)
- Isidra Vega (born 1979)
- Jaci Velazquez (born 1979)
- Patricia Velazquez (born 1971)
- Vera-Ellen (1921-1981)
- Gwen Verdon (1925-2000)
- Christina Vidal (born 1984)
- Louise Leveque de Vilmorin (1902-1969)
- Monica Vitti (born 1931)
- Thea von Harbou (1888-1954)
- Lark Voorhies (born 1974)
W
- Caitlin Wachs (born 1989)
- Julie Wagner
- Julie Walters (born 1950)
- Amy Walz
- Zoe Wanamaker (born 1949)
- Rachel Ward (born 1957)
- Lesley Ann Warren (born 1946)
- Ruth Warrick (born 1915)
- Mona Washbourne (1903-1988)
- Ethel Waters (1896-1977)
- Emily Watson (born 1967)
- Emma Watson (born 1990)
- Naomi Watts (born 1968)
- Sigourney Weaver (born 1949)
- Fay Webb (1907-1936)
- Helene Weigel (1900-1971)
- Grethe Weiser (1903-1970)
- Rachel Weisz (born 1971)
- Raquel Welch (born 1940)
- Ilse Werner (born 1921)
- Mae West (1893-1980)
- Betty White (born 1922)
- Pearl White (1889-1938)
- June Whitfield (born 1925)
- Mae Whitman (born 1988)
- Dianne Wiest (born 1948)
- Cindy Williams (born 1947)
- Cynda Williams (born 1966)
- Esther Williams (born 1921)
- JoBeth Williams (born 1948)
- Kimberly Williams (born 1971)
- Stacey Williams (born 1969)
- Marie Wilson (1916-1972)
- Nancy Wilson (born 1937)
- Peta Wilson (born 1970)
- Rita Wilson (born 1958)
- Marie Windsor (1919-2000)
- Debra Winger (born 1955)
- Oprah Winfrey (born 1954)
- Debra Winger (born 1955)
- Kate Winslet (born 1975)
- Shelley Winters (born 1922)
- Reese Witherspoon (born 1976)
- Alicia Witt (born 1975)
- 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)
- Diana Wynyard (1906-1964)
X
Y
- Michelle Yeoh (born 1962)
- Susannah York (born 1941)
- Loretta Young (1913-2000)
- Sean Young (born 1959)
Z
- Pia Zadora (born 1954)
- Moon Unit Zappa (born 1967)
- Renée Zellweger (born 1969)
- Catherine Zeta-Jones (born 1969)
- Preity Zinta (born 1974)
- Zhang Ziyi (born 1980)
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