The Best Actresses

I feel "The Devil Wears Prada" really brought her career back up to pace. She also won her third Oscar nearly 30 years after her second win. She can do anything!

"Long Days Journey Into Night" really shows off her true talent. Not only that, she has 4 Oscars for Best Actress, I mean c'mon! She's a true definition of an actress

"Dark Victory" is my all-time favorite Bette Davis film. It always pleases me when I see it. To my personal belief, she should have won the Oscar for "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" but Anne Bancroft did have a beautiful performance.

She is a true Queen of the Silver Screen and has three Oscars to prove it! Simply one of the greats. "Murder on the Orient Express" is one of my favorite films of her.

Her best film? "The Graduate" hands down. But of course, "The Miracle Worker" won her the Oscar for Best Actress! She had great acting skills as well as a great husband, funnyman Mel Brooks.

Her acting skills always appealed to me. Her performance in "The Good Earth" was so delicate and beautiful. She was also the first actor to win back-to-back Oscars for acting, winning two Best Actress awards.

Ms. Blanchett gave one of he career bests in "Blue Jasmine." She had the most riveting performance that year and she still looks so young! "Elizabeth: the Golden Age" is my personal favorite of her films.

She is a great versatile actress who knows a good role when she sees one. In "Corpse Bride" she showed off her singing talents as well as in "Les Miserables." "The King's Speech" won her a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress as well as landed her an Oscar nomination. Her husband, Tim Burton, is also a film genius.

My personal favorite from Amy Adams is her role in "Doubt." She is also a five-time Oscar nominee as well as a two-time Golden Globe winner for 2013's "American Hustle" and 2014's "Big Eyes." Both films are expertly composed.

My all-time favorite film overall is "Atonement." It also stars Ms. Knightley. I think she did a brilliant job in one of the most beautifully constructed films I can think of.

"Breakfast at Tiffany's" is a role of happiness, love, sorrow, and anger for Ms. Hepburn. "Roman Holiday" of course won her the Oscar for Best Actress but the former film, to me, was her career best. She was not only a good actress but a good humanitarian.

"Hud" was a great film for Ms. Neal, who lived a great life and had a great life. She won the Best Actress Oscar for that film. She was also with Ms. Audrey Hepburn in "Breakfast at Tiffany's." Her voice was just as recognizable as that of Katharine Hepburn.

"La Vie en Rose" to Americans, "La Mome" to the French, is a gorgeous film about my favorite French singer: Edith Piaf. She portrayed her so well that it literally made me have tears of joy and sadness at the same time. She won the Oscar for Best Actress and had Edith Piaf be alive then, she would have been so proud and personally handed her that Oscar.

Ms. Moore won an Oscar in 2015 for her performance in "Still Alice." I think she did a fantastic job and really deserved everything. She also won the Cannes Film Festival's Best Actress Prize for "Maps to the Stars," a film from David Cronenberg; A beautiful and riveting film.

There has not been an actress who has achieved so much at such a young age! Taylor Swift is a year older than her still complains about her ex-boyfriends, meanwhile, Lawrence has three Oscar nominations with a Best Actress win, stars in one of the biggest film franchises, and is a superb actress!

I grew up watching Hathaway in "The Princess Diaries." When I saw her in "Les Miserables," she blew my mind on how well she sang and how realistic her acting was throughout the film. Her performance seriously brought me to tears.

Dame Julie Andrews is simply one of the Queens of the Silver Screen! "Mary Poppins" gave her a career that led to classics like "The Sound of Music" and "Victor/Victoria." When Lady Gaga introduced her at this year's (2015) Oscars, I was so pleased and glad she was there.

Dressler is my all-time favorite actress! "Min and Bill" is great film, which won her a Best Actress Oscar. But my personal favorite of her's is "Dinner at Eight." I wish she hadn't passed away at the height of her career but the good thing about that is we didn't see her fall, she died the highest paid actress at MGM of her time.

Ms. Harlow was one of the first Blonde Bombshells of Hollywood! She was gorgeous and had a unique personality with her distinct voice.

Vivien Leigh won two Best Actress Oscars for 2 very important movies. She won her first for "Gone With the Wind" and her second for "A Streetcar Named Desire." She was beautiful with elegance and one of the most influential actresses of our time. Her most memorable role is Scarlett O'Hara and will always be most remembered for that beautiful role.

She's literally played Queen after Queen. She portrayed Queen Elizabeth II in "The Queen" and won the Best Actress Oscar for her spot-on role. She's also played Queen Elizabeth I for her Mini-Series where she also won an Emmy. She even portrayed Queen Elizabeth II again on Broadway and could be up for a Tony? Hopefully another award to add to her list!

Ms. Roberts is really one of my favorite actresses of her time. "August: Osage County" really brought out the monster in her that I feel is one of her career highs although others might not think so. "Erin Brockovich" was a great film that won her an Oscar for Best Actress. She endured herself into a new character that was a big change for her. She deserved it all.

Emily Blunt was first seen by me in "The Devil Wears Prada" and her character was actually appealing to me. Her work in "Into the Woods" should have landed her an Oscar nomination but that is okay. She has plenty more years to garner a few, maybe a win between those future nods.

Glenn Close is a very versatile actress. She landed five Oscar nominations in the '80s and one in 2012 for her performance as a man in "Albert Nobbs." She brought her career back and was spectacular. She even starred in the 2004 mini-series "The Lion in Winter." It won Katharine Hepburn an Oscar in 1968 and won Close a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award for her role. Hopefully, she can grasp that Oscar gold soon!

Ms. Smith has won an Oscar twice, starred in the biggest film franchise: "Harry Potter," stars in one of the biggest British dramas: "Downton Abbey," and everything else in between. She is one of the members of a very elite list of the greatest actresses to come out of Great Britain.

Judi Dench. The name itself is quite a memorable one. She won an Oscar in 1999 for "Shakespeare in Love" and has received five further nominations since then. With a total of seven Oscar nods since 1998, she has been an Oscar-usual. "Philomena" is a personal-favorite of mine as well as "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel."

Ms. Fletcher starred in the great film "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." She played a cold-hearted woman who you very much wanted to see suffer. She angers me every time I see that film. Very few actors have made me personally resent them because of their performance. Philip Seymour-Hoffman did the same thing to me in "Doubt." But, as a movie fan, I must remember, that's acting, that's SUPERB acting. Good work Fletcher!

I first saw Bullock in "Mrs. Congeniality" when I was growing up. That film never stops amusing me. I know mostly every line to it. When I saw her in "Gravity," I was blown-away. She did a fantastic job! If she only waited a a few more years for that role, she would've truly won a second Best Actress Oscar. She won her first in 2010 for "The Blind Side."

"Funny Girl" is a film a great matter. You don't expect drama in a film of that title. That film won her an Oscar and it is truly deserved. "The Way We Were" is my personal favorite film of hers. I adore the song so much and listen to it ALL THE TIME. Babs is a splendid actress.

Ms. Shearer was married to film legend Irving G. Thalberg. Her performance in "The Divorcee" won her an Oscar but one I feel should have won her one is her performance in "The Women." She made the line "JUNGLE RED!" popular and is one of my favorite movies from it's dramatic scenes to its laughable comedy.

Ms. Fontaine was one of two of the de Havilland sisters. She was also the first for practically everything in their family. She married first, she had children first, won an Oscar first, died first, and was even in this list first. Her role in "Suspicion" is the only acting win for an Alfred Hitchcock film. She was a great actress who lived a lengthy life and career.

Ms. De Havilland was a beautiful actress who's career shined in three films, "Gone With the Wind," "To Each His Own," and "The Heiress." She won Oscars for the latter two and received a nomination for the former of the three. She is currently the oldest-living Oscar winner as of this year. She now resides in Paris, France.

Mrs. Newman-Woodward had one of the best careers to my eyes. She was married to actor Paul Newman, won an Oscar, three Golden Globes, three Emmys, one SAG, and one BAFTA. Her performance in 1968's "Rachel, Rachel" is a brilliant one. When Ingrid Bergman announced the Best Actress in 1968, she had said it was tie. Everyone probably thought it went to Streisand and Woodward. Unfortunately, Woodward lost to Hollywood Royalty, Katharine Hepburn. Although, that single performance is regarded as her finest.

Ms. Foster is great in everything she does and never fails. When she starred in "The Silence of the Lambs," I was really mesmerized with the film as a whole but mostly with Foster and Hopkins. Their chemistry throughout the film was spot-on and very impressive. They did not fail at all during that film.

Shirley MacLaine is an actress who never ceases to amuse us. When she was in "Sweet Chairty," my personal favorite of hers, she showed off her beautiful voice and her wonderful dancing skills. I loved her in "The Apartment" and even better in "Postcards from the Edge." She finally won her Best Actress Oscar for "Terms of Endearment" in 1983.

Ms. Bates has been in film for awhile now and has shownus all she's got, and more! Her role in "Misery" won her an Oscar for Best Actress. Her most recent roles include "Tammy" and the mini-series epic, "American Horror Story" which most prominently won her an Emmy award.

Ms. McDormand was in "Fargo" which was a perfectly composed Coen Brothers film that won McDormand an Oscar for Best Actress. She has a brilliant technique for acting it she is astonishing on the silver screen. The mini-series "Olive Kitteridge" came out in 2014 and won her a SAG. She was amazing in it with a rustic voice and character.

The movie of all movies to me is Baz Luhrmann's "Moulin Rouge!." That film also happens to star Nicole Kidman! She is a great actress who is one of my favorites. She was also in "The Hours" opposite Julianne Moore and Meryl Streep. Although the three never share a scene together, Kidman really keeps the film together. She won the Oscar for Best Actress for that role.

Growing up watching Witherspoon in "Legally Blonde" was pretty fun and she really skyrocketed in "Walk the Line." She won the Best Actress Oscar for the portrayal of June Carter-Cash. She was then in "Wild" which she received another Oscar nomination for Best Actress.

"Doubt" was a fantastic job well-done by Viola Davis. She even blew us away in the primetime series "How to Get Away With Murder." In "The Help," she showed us a very emotional yet gentle and strong person. Her scenes always made me cry with tears of joy. She is the modern-day Hattie McDaniel. Which brings us to...

The first black actor to win an Oscar. She even beat out Olivia de Havilland for Best Supporting Actress. She was a great performer in the 1939 epic that showed us a nice side to that era that "GWTW" is set in. She is a beacon of hope that inspired many balck actors to do what they want to do. She inspired those like Sidney Poitier, Denzel Washington, Whoppi Goldberg, and the next one on this list.

Ms. Nyong'o channeled her inner Hattie McDaniel in "12 Years a Slave." She also won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress beating Jennifer Lawrence in one of the most anticipated Oscar races that year.