Some of my favorite actresses.
by rjfc1955a | created - 08 Apr 2011 | updated - 11 months ago | Public
1. Olivia d'Abo
Actress | Conan the Destroyer
Olivia d'Abo is an English actress and singer from London. She debuted as a teenager in 1984, and has remained active over the following decades. Her most famous role was playing the free-spirited Karen Arnold in the historical television series "The Wonder Years" (1988 -1993). The series lasted ...
2. Cecily Adams
Actress | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
American actress, casting director, teacher, and theatrical director. The daughter of nightclub singer Adelaide Adams and Get Smart (1965) star Don Adams, she was born in Queens, New York, several months after her parents' divorce. Raised in peripatetic fashion by her mother, she survived a ...
3. Tetchie Agbayani
Actress | Yanggaw
Tetchie Agbayani was born on July 2, 1961 in the Philippines. She is an actress, known for Yanggaw (2008), Gymkata (1985) and The Money Pit (1986).
4. Pamela Adlon
Actress | Better Things
Pamela Adlon comes from an acting family and began her career in television in 1983. She has appeared in many popular TV shows, including as a voice actress in a number of animated TV series including, most famously, King of the Hill (1997) for which she won an Emmy for her role as Bobby Hill.
5. Shuko Akune
Actress | E/R
Shuko Akune was born on April 17, 1959 in Wahoo, Nebraska, USA. She is an actress, known for E/R (1984), G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987) and Alien Nation (1988).
6. Khandi Alexander
Actress | CSI: Miami
Khandi Alexander was born on September 4, 1957 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. She is an actress, known for CSI: Miami (2002), Patriots Day (2016) and Scandal (2012).
7. Krista Allen
Actress | The Bold and the Beautiful
Krista Allen hails from Texas and made her mark on Hollywood after just landing in LA with a excellent timing as she starred alongside comedy legend Jim Carrey in the hit film Liar Liar, portraying the unforgettable Elevator Girl. This iconic scene became an instant classic, showcasing Krista's ...
8. Kirstie Alley
Actress | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Kirstie Louise Alley was an American actress. Her breakout role was as Rebecca Howe in the NBC sitcom Cheers (1987-1993), receiving an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe in 1991 for the role. From 1997 to 2000, she starred in the sitcom Veronica's Closet, earning additional Emmy and Golden Globe ...
9. Gillian Anderson
Actress | The X Files
Gillian Anderson was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Rosemary Alyce (Lane), a computer analyst, and Homer Edward Anderson III, who owned a film post-production company. Gillian started her career as a member of an amateur actor group while at high school. In 1987, her love of the theatre took her to ...
10. Angela Alvarado
Actress | Showtime
Angela Alvarado was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico. She was raised in Villalba, Puerto Rico until her parents moved the family to the South Bronx. She attended Arts High School in Newark NJ majoring in Visual Arts. She majored in Economics with a minor in Film at Hunter College. She began her career as...
11. Bess Armstrong
Actress | Jaws 3-D
Bess Armstrong was born on December 11, 1953 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. She is an actress, known for Jaws 3-D (1983), My So-Called Life (1994) and The Four Seasons (1981). She has been married to John Fiedler since April 12, 1986. They have three children. She was previously married to Chris ...
12. Jeannetta Arnette
Actress | Boys Don't Cry
Jeannetta Arnette was born in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. She is an actress, known for Boys Don't Cry (1999), Pineapple Express (2008) and Pay It Forward (2000).
13. Jean Arthur
Actress | You Can't Take It with You
This marvelous screen comedienne's best asset was only muffled during her seven years' stint in silent films. That asset? It was, of course, her squeaky, frog-like voice, which silent-era cinema audiences had simply no way of perceiving, much less appreciating. Jean Arthur, born Gladys Georgianna ...
14. Karen Austin
Actress | Summer Rental
Karen Austin has worked continually on film, television and stage in a wide variety of roles. She received an MA in Theatre and Philosophy from Northwestern University. She won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award and a Dramalogue Award for Lead Performance for the play NUTS. Known for her ...
15. Morena Baccarin
Actress | Deadpool
Morena Baccarin was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to actress Vera Setta and journalist Fernando Baccarin. Her uncle was actor Ivan Setta. She is of Italian as well as Lebanese and Portuguese/Brazilian descent. She moved to New York at the age of ten, when her father was transferred there. She ...
16. Lauren Bacall
Actress | To Have and Have Not
Lauren Bacall was born Betty Joan Perske on September 16, 1924, in New York City. She was the daughter of Natalie Weinstein-Bacal, a Romanian Jewish immigrant, and William Perske, who was born in New Jersey, to Polish Jewish parents. Her family was middle-class, with her father working as a ...
17. Jane Badler
Actress | Virtual Revolution
Jane Badler, the American and Australian actress best known for her role as the evil reptilian Visitor leader "Diana" in the NBC mini-series V (1983), its sequel V: The Final Battle (1984), the subsequent TV series V (1984), and the last season of the latest series V (2009), was born on the last ...
18. Lucille Ball
Actress | I Love Lucy
The woman who will always be remembered as the crazy, accident-prone, lovable Lucy Ricardo was born Lucille Desiree Ball on August 6, 1911 in Jamestown, New York, the daughter of Desiree Evelyn "DeDe" (Hunt) and Henry Durrell "Had" Ball. Her father died before she was four, and her mother worked ...
19. Christine Baranski
Actress | Mamma Mia!
Christine Baranski is an American actress from Buffalo, New York. She has had a relatively lengthy career in both film and television. She has been nominated for 15 Emmy Awards, winning once. One of her most popular roles was that of neuroscientist Dr. Beverly Hofstadter in the sitcom " The Big ...
20. Drew Barrymore
Producer | Charlie's Angels
Since melting audiences' hearts at the tender age of six - in Steven Spielberg's beloved sci-fi blockbuster, E.T. (1982) - Drew Barrymore has emerged as one of the most endearing and talented actresses of her generation. Born in Culver City, California to actors John Drew Barrymore and Jaid ...
21. Kathy Bates
Actress | Misery
Multi-talented, multi-award-winning actress Kathleen (Doyle) Bates was born on June 28, 1948, and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. She is the youngest of three girls born to Bertye Kathleen (Talbot), a homemaker, and Langdon Doyle Bates, a mechanical engineer. Her grandfather was author Finis L. Bates...
22. Ellen Bry
Actress | St. Elsewhere
Ellen Bry was born on February 13, 1951 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for St. Elsewhere (1982), Deep Impact (1998) and Mission: Impossible III (2006). She was previously married to John Masius.
23. Stephanie Beacham
Actress | Dynasty
Stephanie Beacham is without a doubt one of Britain's most talented, beautiful and well-known actresses. Despite becoming world famous and an icon of the 1980s due to her role as Sable Colby in the American soap operas Dynasty (1981) and The Colbys (1985) and going on to have starring roles in ...
24. Patricia Belcher
Actress | Jeepers Creepers
Patricia Belcher was born on April 7, 1954 in Helena, Montana, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Jeepers Creepers (2001), Flatliners (1990) and 500 Days of Summer (2009).
25. Anna Belknap
Actress | CSI: NY
Anna Belknap was born on May 22, 1972 in Damariscotta, Maine, USA. She is an actress, known for CSI: NY (2004), Deadline (2000) and Medical Investigation (2004). She has been married to Eric Siegel since August 31, 2003. They have two children.
26. Candice Bergen
Actress | Miss Congeniality
One cool, eternally classy lady, Candice Bergen was elegantly poised for trendy "ice princess" stardom when she first arrived on the '60s screen, but she gradually reshaped that débutante image in the '70s, both on- and off-camera. A staunch, outspoken feminist with a decisive edge, she went on to ...
27. Ingrid Bergman
Actress | Casablanca
Ingrid Bergman was one of the greatest actresses from Hollywood's lamented Golden Era. Her natural and unpretentious beauty and her immense acting talent made her one of the most celebrated figures in the history of American cinema. Bergman is also one of the most Oscar-awarded actresses, tied with ...
28. Elizabeth Berkley
Actress | Showgirls
Elizabeth Berkley was born in Farmington Hills, Michigan, to Jere, a gift basket business owner and Fred Berkley, a lawyer. She has an older brother, Jason (b. 1969). Her family is Jewish. By five, she was taking tap and jazz classes with Barbara Fink and ballet classes at Detroit Dance Company. ...
29. Crystal Bernard
Actress | Wings
Crystal Bernard was born on September 30, 1961 in Garland, Texas, USA. She is an actress, known for Wings (1990), Slumber Party Massacre II (1987) and It's a Living (1980).
30. Halle Berry
Actress | Catwoman
Halle Maria Berry was born Maria Halle Berry on August 14, 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio and raised in Oakwood, Ohio to Judith Ann Berry (née Hawkins), a psychiatric nurse & Jerome Jesse Berry, a hospital attendant. Her father was African-American and her mother is of mostly English and German descent. ...
31. Mayim Bialik
Actress | Beaches
Mayim Bialik grew up in San Diego and got her first acting job (Pumpkinhead (1988)) when she was just 12 years old. A number of TV roles followed until in 1990 she was cast in Blossom (1990), the role which made her famous.
By 1993, while Blossom was still airing, she had already won a deferred ...
32. Claudia Black
Actress | Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
Claudia Lee Black was born and raised in Sydney, Australia. Her parents Jules and Judy Black are both Australian Medical Academics Doctors. She has lived in Australia, New Zealand, England and the US. Throughout her career Black has played in many Australian and New Zealand films and guested on ...
33. Jolene Blalock
Actress | Enterprise
Jolene Blalock was born and raised in San Diego, California. At age 16, she left home to pursue a modeling career in Europe and Asia. It was on a 1998 trip back to the United States that Blalock was compelled to flex her untested acting skills, and after a few commercial appearances and some ...
34. Alexis Bledel
Actress | Gilmore Girls
Kimberly Alexis Bledel was born in Houston, Texas, to Nanette (Dozier) and Martin Bledel. Her parents are both Spanish-speakers (her mother was born in Arizona and raised in Mexico, and her father was born in Argentina), and Alexis's ancestry includes Danish, Welsh, English, Scottish, Irish, and ...
35. Corinne Bohrer
Actress | Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
Corinne Bohrer was born on October 18, 1958 in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, USA. She is an actress, known for Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987), The Flash (1990) and Big Eden (2000).
36. Jan Gan Boyd
Actress | Assassination
Jan Gan Boyd is known for Assassination (1987), A Chorus Line (1985) and Steele Justice (1987).
37. Brigid Brannagh
Actress | Army Wives
Brigid Brannagh was born on August 3, 1972 in San Francisco, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Army Wives (2007), Runaways (2017) and Over There (2005). She is married to Justin Lyons.
38. Paget Brewster
Actress | Criminal Minds
Paget Brewster was born on March 10, 1969 in Concord, Massachusetts, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Criminal Minds (2005), How I Met Your Father (2022) and Hollywood (2020). She has been married to Steve Damstra II since November 28, 2014.
39. Sandra Bullock
Producer | The Proposal
Sandra Annette Bullock was born in Arlington, a Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C. Her mother, Helga Bullock (née Helga Mathilde Meyer), was a German opera singer. Her father, John W. Bullock, was an American voice teacher, who was born in Alabama, of German descent. Sandra grew up on the road ...
40. Carol Burnett
Soundtrack | The Carol Burnett Show
The entertainment world has enjoyed a six-decade love affair with comedienne/singer Carol Burnett. A peerless sketch performer and delightful, self-effacing personality who rightfully succeeded Lucille Ball as the carrot-topped "Queen of Television Comedy," it was Burnett's traumatic childhood that...
41. Saffron Burrows
Actress | You
Saffron Burrows, known for her work in critically acclaimed films, this fall reprises her role in the hit Netflix show YOU, season 3. Burrows previously starred in the Golden Globe winning Amazon series Mozart in the Jungle. In 2019 Burrows directed the short films: Michael & Indigo, starring Jason...
42. Claudia Cardinale
Actress | C'era una volta il West
Like many other female Italian film stars, Claudia Cardinale's entry into the business was by way of a beauty pageant. She was 17 years old and studying at the Centro Sperimentale in Rome when she entered a beauty contest, which resulted in her getting a succession of small film roles. Her earthy ...
43. Tia Carrere
Actress | Wayne's World
Tia Carrere, born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, was discovered in a grocery store and landed the female lead in the film Aloha Summer. She then moved to Los Angeles and continued her ascent in the acting world as a series regular on General Hospital as well as a string of guest starring roles on ...
44. Luciana Carro
Actress | Blades of Glory
Luciana Carro is a Toronto-born actress known for her dramatic and comedic roles on American television and feature films.
Carro began studying acting as a child and showcased her talent in a number of local productions. Her high school drama teacher Gerry Campbell, father of actress Neve Campbell, ...
45. Lynda Carter
Actress | Wonder Woman
Lynda Jean Cordova Carter is an American actress, singer, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World USA 1972 and finished in the top 15 at the Miss World 1972 pageant. Carter is best known as the star of the live-action television series Wonder Woman, in the role of Diana Prince / ...
46. Erin Carufel
Actress | The Lincoln Lawyer
ELEGANT ERIN CARUFEL, KNOWN FOR HER CHAMELEON-LIKE CHARACTER PORTRAYAL, GRADUATED FROM USC'S SCHOOL OF DRAMATIC ARTS. SHE ALSO EARNED A DEGREE IN DRAMA FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF KENT, IN CANTERBURY, ENGLAND. AFTER UNIVERSITY, CARUFEL CONTINUED STUDYING ACTING AT THE BEVERLY HILLS PLAYHOUSE UNDER THE ...
47. Kim Cattrall
Actress | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Kim Victoria Cattrall was born on August 21, 1956 in Mossley Hill, Liverpool, England to Gladys Shane (Baugh), a secretary, and Dennis Cattrall, a construction engineer. At the age of three months, her family immigrated to Canada, where a large number of her films have been made. At age 11, she ...
48. Stockard Channing
Actress | Practical Magic
One of Broadway and Hollywood's perennial and cleverer talents who tends to shine a smart, cynical light on her surroundings, Stockard Channing was born Susan Williams Antonia Stockard on February 13, 1944 in New York City to a Protestant father and a Catholic mother of Irish descent. Her parents ...
49. Rosalind Chao
Actress | 3 Body Problem
Rosalind Chao is best known for M*A*S*H, The Joy Luck Club (1993), Star Trek, What Dreams May Come, and most recently The Laundromat (2019), and Plus One (2019). She was born and raised in Orange County, California where her parents ran a Chinese restaurant and pancake house. Rosalind first began ...
50. Claudia Christian
Actress | Babylon 5
Claudia Christian began her career on stage as a child in Connecticut. She booked her first television job as a teenager in the hugely popular series "Dallas" and never stopped working. She has been in dozens of films and hundreds of hours of TV. She became a sci-fi icon with her portrayal of "...
52. Jessica Clark
Actress | Pocket Listing
Jessica Clark was born in 1985 in London, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Pocket Listing (2015), True Blood (2008) and Chemistry (2011). She was previously married to Lacey Stone.
53. Melinda Clarke
Actress | Spawn
Melinda Clarke was born on April 24, 1969 in Dana Point, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Spawn (1997), The O.C. (2003) and Nikita (2010). She has been married to Adam Farmer since September 12, 2015. She was previously married to Ernie Mirich.
54. Nicki Clyne
Actress | Battlestar Galactica
Nicki Clyne was born on February 11, 1983 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is an actress, known for Battlestar Galactica (2004), John Tucker Must Die (2006) and Saved! (2004). She has been married to Allison Mack since February 2017.
55. Claudette Colbert
Actress | It Happened One Night
One of the brightest film stars to grace the screen was born Emilie Claudette Chauchoin on September 13, 1903, in Saint Mandé, France where her father owned a bakery at 57, rue de la République (now Avenue Général de Gaulle). The family moved to the United States when she was three. As Claudette ...
56. Scout Taylor-Compton
Actress | Halloween
Scout Taylor-Compton began acting with a featured role in the A.F.I. film A.W.O.L (2006) starring David Morse. Since then, her performances in seven independent films, over fifteen student films, and three music videos formed a firm foundation that led to her leading role in MGM's Sleepover (2004). ...
57. Michaela Conlin
Actress | Bad Trip
Michaela Conlin is an American actress best known for her role as Angela Montenegro on the Fox crime procedural comedy-drama Bones. Conlin was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania on June 9, 1978 to a Chinese mother, an accountant, and an Irish father, a contractor. She performed in her first play at ...
58. Jennifer Connelly
Actress | A Beautiful Mind
Jennifer Connelly was born in the Catskill Mountains, New York, to Ilene (Schuman), a dealer of antiques, and Gerard Connelly, a clothing manufacturer. Her father had Irish and Norwegian ancestry, and her mother was from a Jewish immigrant family. Jennifer grew up in Brooklyn Heights, just across ...
59. A.J. Cook
Actress | Criminal Minds
Canadian born actress/director, AJ is best known for her role as "Special Agent Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau" in the CBS long running series CRIMINAL MINDS. She can currently be seen reprising her role on CRIMINAL MINDS: EVOLUTION for Paramount+, which will be going into a second season later this year. AJ...
60. Gretchen Corbett
Actress | The Rockford Files
Gretchen Corbett was born on August 13, 1945 in Portland, Oregon, USA. She is an actress, known for The Rockford Files (1974), Pig (2021) and Otherworld (1985).
61. Christina Cox
Actress | The Chronicles of Riddick
The youngest of three girls, Christina was born just outside Toronto. She carried a double major of theater and dance at the prestigious Arts York at Unionville High School. She went on to further her training at the Ryerson Theatre School of Toronto, among such alumni as Eric McCormack and David ...
62. Nikki Cox
Actress | Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Born in Los Angeles on June 2, 1978, Cox expressed an interest in show business at age four. She was discovered by a prominent dance agent while taking dance classes, which led to her professional debut in the comedy film Mac and Me (1988). Dancing temporarily held center stage with appearances in ...
63. Kaley Cuoco
Actress | The Big Bang Theory
Kaley Christine Cuoco was born in Camarillo, California, to Layne Ann (Wingate) and Gary Carmine Cuoco, a realtor. She is of Italian (father) and German and English (mother) descent. A model and commercial actress from the age of 6, Cuoco's first major role was in the TV movie Quicksand: No Escape ...
64. Joan Cusack
Actress | In & Out
Actress Joan Cusack was born on October 11, 1962 in New York City and is the daughter of Nancy (née Carolan) and Dick Cusack. Her father was an advertising executive, writer and actor, and her mother was a mathematics teacher. Her siblings - Susie Cusack, John Cusack, Ann Cusack and Bill Cusack are...
65. Dana Delany
Actress | China Beach
Dana Welles Delany was born on March 13, 1956, in New York City and raised in Stamford, Connecticut. Dana knew early in life that she wanted to be an actress. Following graduation from Wesleyan University, this tall (5'6") beauty moved to New York and developed her skills working in daytime ...
66. Cameron Diaz
Actress | Vanilla Sky
Cameron Diaz, an American actress, was born in 1972 in San Diego, the daughter of a Cuban-American father and a German mother. Self described as "adventurous, independent and a tough kid," Cameron left home at 16 and for the next 5 years lived in such varied locales as Japan, Australia, Mexico, ...
67. Fran Drescher
Writer | The Nanny
Francine Joy "Fran" Drescher was born on September 30, 1957 in Queens, New York City, New York to Sylvia Drescher, a bridal consultant & Mort Drescher, a naval systems analyst. Fran attended Hillcrest High School in New York with another now-famous name, Ray Romano. She was a studious girl and was ...
68. Emily Deschanel
Actress | Bones
Emily Erin Deschanel (born October 11, 1976) is an American actress and producer. She is best known for starring in the Fox crime procedural comedy-drama series Bones as Dr. Temperance Brennan since 2005.
Deschanel was born in Los Angeles, California, to cinematographer and director Caleb Deschanel ...
69. Mary Jo Deschanel
Actress | The Right Stuff
Mary Jo Deschanel was born on November 25, 1945 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for The Right Stuff (1983), 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984) and The Patriot (2000). She has been married to Caleb Deschanel since July 8, 1972. They have two children.
70. Zooey Deschanel
Actress | New Girl
Zooey Deschanel was born in 1980 into a showbiz family. Her father, Caleb Deschanel, is an Academy Award-nominated cinematographer (perhaps most notably for The Passion of the Christ (2004)) and her mother, Mary Jo Deschanel (née Weir), is an actress who appeared in Twin Peaks (1990). Her paternal ...
71. Elinor Donahue
Actress | Pretty Woman
Tap dancing at the age of 16 months, pert and pretty Elinor Donahue has been entertaining audiences for six decades. Born Mary Eleanor Donahue in Tacoma, Washington, on April 19, 1937, she appeared as a radio singer and vaudeville dancer while a mere toddler, then was picked up by Universal Studios...
72. Roma Downey
Actress | Touched by an Angel
Roma Downey is an Emmy-nominated actress and producer who has been creating inspirational content for 25 years. Born in Northern Ireland, she was classically trained in London. She has performed on stage with the famed Abbey Theater and has appeared both on and off Broadway. For almost a decade, ...
73. Amanda Donohoe
Actress | The Lair of the White Worm
Award-winning actor Amanda Donohoe trained at the Royal Central school of Speech and Drama. In a career spanning more than 30 years, she has appeared in a variety of productions on stage, screen and television in the UK and USA. She won a Golden Globe for her role in the multi-award-winning TV ...
74. Marta DuBois
Actress | Star Trek: The Next Generation
Marta DuBois was born on December 15, 1952 in David, Panama. She was an actress, known for Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), Tales of the Gold Monkey (1982) and Magnum, P.I. (1980). She was married to Salvatore Jack Giordano. She died on May 8, 2018 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
75. Margaret Dumont
Actress | A Night at the Opera
Margaret Dumont would not consider it a tragedy that she is best-known for her performances as the ultimate straight woman in seven of the Marx Brothers' films (including most of their best). It is a popular myth that she never understood their jokes (offscreen and on); restored footage of ...
76. Faye Dunaway
Actress | Bonnie and Clyde
An icy, elegant blonde with a knack for playing complex and strong-willed female leads, enormously popular actress Faye Dunaway starred in several films which defined what many would come to call Hollywood's "second Golden Age." During her tenure at the top of the box office, she was a more than ...
77. Lindsay Duncan
Actress | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Lindsay Duncan was born on November 7, 1950 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. She is an actress, known for Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014), About Time (2013) and Under the Tuscan Sun (2003). She is married to Hilton McRae. They have one child.
78. Meredith Eaton
Actress | Paranormal Activity 3
Meredith Eaton is well known for her breakout recurring role as feisty attorney Bethany Horowitz, on the ABC hit series Boston Legal (2004). Meredith has also guest starred on several critically acclaimed prime time shows, such as House M.D. (2004), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), and ...
79. Gail Edwards
Actress | Get Crazy
Gail Edwards was born and raised in Coral Gables, Florida. In 1975, after graduating from the University of Miami cum laude, Gail Edwards wrote, produced, and starred in the off-Broadway musical 'Becoming'. It won the Miami Herald Critics' Choice award three times before debuting in New York. While...
80. Jenna Elfman
Actress | Dharma & Greg
Jenna Elfman began her career as a professional dancer, appearing in music videos by Depeche Mode and Anthrax, and danced on the 1991 Academy Awards live broadcast, choreographed by Debbie Allen.
She ultimately transitioned to acting, best known for her role as Dharma in the hit television series "...
81. Lena Endre
Actress | Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Lena Endre was born on July 8, 1955 in Härnösand, Västernorrlands län, Sweden. She is an actress and writer, known for Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), The Master (2012) and The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009). She was previously married to Richard Hobert, Thomas Hanzon, Vjeko Benzon and Malte ...
82. Alice Eve
Actress | Before We Go
Alice Sophia Eve was born in London, England. Her father is Trevor Eve and her mother is Sharon Maughan, both fellow actors. She is the eldest of three children. Eve has English, Irish and Welsh ancestry. Her family moved to Los Angeles, California when she was young as her father tried to crack ...
83. Terry Farrell
Actress | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Terry Farrell was born on November 19, 1963 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. At age 15, she became a foreign exchange student to Mexico, and, from that experience, she decided she would like to live a more adventurous life in the big city. She sent several photos to a modeling agency and then, at age 17, ...
84. Barbara Feldon
Actress | Get Smart
Barbara Feldon was born on March 12, 1933 in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress, known for Get Smart (1965), Fitzwilly (1967) and Smile (1975). She was previously married to Lucien Verdoux-Feldon.
85. Sally Field
Actress | Forrest Gump
Sally Margaret Field was born November 6, 1946 in Pasadena, California, to actress Margaret Field (née Morlan) and salesman Richard Dryden Field. Her parents divorced in 1950 and her mother then married stuntman Jock Mahoney, and they had a daughter, Princess O'Mahoney. She also has a brother, ...
86. Gail Fisher
Actress | Mannix
A classy, smart-looking African-American actress who broke racial barriers in 1970s Hollywood but suffered greatly in her private life years after her TV glory days, award-winning actress Gail Fisher was born on August 18, 1935, in Orange, New Jersey, the youngest of five children. Her father, a ...
87. Louise Fletcher
Actress | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Born in Birmingham, Alabama, to Episcopal minister Robert Fletcher and his wife Estelle, both of whom were deaf, Louise Fletcher was introduced to performing at a young age by the aunt who taught her to speak. After graduating from the University of North Carolina, she took a trip out west with her...
88. Jane Fonda
Actress | Klute
Born in New York City to legendary screen star Henry Fonda and Ontario-born New York socialite Frances Seymour Brokaw, Jane Seymour Fonda was destined early to an uncommon and influential life in the limelight. Although she initially showed little inclination to follow her father's trade, she was ...
89. Michelle Forbes
Actress | Kalifornia
Michelle Renee Forbes Guajardo is an American actress who has appeared on television and in independent films. Forbes first gained attention for her dual role in daytime soap opera Guiding Light (1952), for which she received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination. She is also a Saturn Award winner with ...
90. Jodie Foster
Actress | The Silence of the Lambs
Jodie Foster started her career at the age of two. For four years she made commercials and finally gave her debut as an actress in the TV series Mayberry R.F.D. (1968). In 1975 Jodie was offered the role of prostitute Iris Steensma in the movie Taxi Driver (1976). This role, for which she received ...
91. Jorja Fox
Actress | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Jorja Fox has become a familiar face by playing major roles in three of the most successful television dramas in history: ER (1994), The West Wing (1999) and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000).
As a teenager, Fox had a career as a fashion model. She then turned to formal study of the acting craft...
92. Anne Francis
Actress | Forbidden Planet
Anne Francis got into show business quite early in life. She was born on September 16, 1930 in Ossining, New York (which is near Sing Sing prison), the only child of Phillip Ward Francis, a businessman/salesman, and the former Edith Albertson. A natural little beauty, she became a John Robert Powers...
93. Megan Gallagher
Actress | National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Megan Gallagher wanted to act from the time she was five years old. She later took drama lessons when she was in high school. She moved to New York to attend the Juilliard and appeared in the Broadway cast of "A Few Good Men" where she won two theater awards (Theatre World and Outer Critics Circle ...
94. Carla Gallo
Actress | Neighbors
Carla Gallo is an American actress from Brooklyn, New York City. Her ancestry includes primarily Germans and Italians. She has had several recurring roles in television series. Her most notable role so far was that of supporting character Daisy Wick in the police procedural "Bones". Her character ...
95. Teri Garr
Actress | Tootsie
Teri Garr can claim a career in show business by birthright. She was the daughter of Eddie Garr, a Broadway stage and film actor, and Phyllis Garr, a dancer. While she was still an infant, her family moved from Hollywood to New Jersey but, after the death of her father when she was 11, the family ...
96. Jennifer Gatti
Actress | Star Trek: The Next Generation
Jennifer Gatti was born in Manhattan, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), The Young and the Restless (1973) and Vice Principals (2016).
97. Ellen Geer
Actress | Harold and Maude
Ellen Geer, the daughter of actors Will Geer and Herta Ware, has worked continuously for 40 years in television and motion pictures since making her debut in Richard Lester's "Petulia (1968)" (1968) in support of Julie Christie and George C. Scott. Probably best remembered for her turn as the ...
98. Judy Geeson
Actress | To Sir, with Love
Born in Arundel, Sussex, in 1948, Judy's father moved the family to London when she was 10 years old and enrolled her and sister Sally Geeson into the Corona Academy, Chiswick. Judy initially wanted to be a ballet dancer but had to change course when she suffered from terrible headaches as a result...
99. Jami Gertz
Actress | Twister
Jami Gertz was born on October 28, 1965 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Twister (1996), The Lost Boys (1987) and Still Standing (2002). She has been married to Antony Ressler since June 16, 1989. They have three children.
100. Susan Gibney
Actress | Crossing Jordan
Born in Manhattan Beach, California, Gibney moved to Webster, New York at a young age. She graduated from Buffalo State College in New York with a major in theater and earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Yale School of Drama. Living in New York after school, she appeared in several ...
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