Some of my favorite actresses in horror films

by group_spike | created - 10 Oct 2014 | updated - 10 Oct 2014 | Public

Here is some of my favorites in no particular order. If you have any suggestions let me know.

1. Danielle Harris

Actress | Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

Danielle Harris is an American actress and film director from Plainview, New York. She is regarded as a scream queen for her many roles in horror films. Her better known roles include protagonist Jamie Lloyd in "Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers" (1988) and "Halloween 5: The Revenge of ...

2. Tiffany Shepis

Actress | Victor Crowley

Tiffany Julia Shepis born and raised in NYC. She got her start in James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy)Tromeo and Juliet when she was just 16 years old. Since then Tiffany has made over 100 independent films. Most notably the SYFY hit Abominable, the late night fan favorite The Hazing, After dark ...

3. Devanny Pinn

Actress | The Black Mass

Devanny Pinn is an award winning actress and producer hailing from Los Angeles, California who is best known for her work in independent horror cinema. A performer since the age of 3, Devanny grew up in New Jersey appearing in ballets and musicals. Starring as Clara in South Jersey Ballet Theaters ...

4. Ashley Laurence

Actress | Hellraiser

California native Ashley Laurence is an artist who has never been contained by any one medium or genre: As an actress, she has worked in both comedy and drama on screens both large and small while, as a painter, the startling power of her hallucinatory canvases is winning her a growing reputation ...

5. Erin Marie Hogan

Actress | House of Manson

Best known for her roles as Ellie in Dwelling (2016), and her portrayal of Linda Kasabian in House of Manson (2014), Erin is no stranger to horror. She made a name for herself after moving to Los Angeles to pursue acting further. Erin's career took off when she immediately landed her first leading ...

6. Katrina Bowden

Actress | Tucker and Dale vs Evil

Katrina Bowden (born September 19, 1988) was raised in Wyckoff, New Jersey. She attended the now-defunct Saint Thomas More School in Midland Park, New Jersey, for her grammar and middle school education. She later attended Immaculate Heart Academy in Washington Township, New Jersey.

In 2006, Bowden ...

7. Brittany Snow

Actress | Pitch Perfect

Brittany Anne Snow (born March 9, 1986) is an American actress and singer. She began her career as Susan "Daisy" Lemay on the CBS series Guiding Light (1952) for which she won a Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress and was nominated for two other Young Artist Awards and a Soap Opera Digest ...

8. Sasha Grey

Actress | The Girlfriend Experience

Sasha Grey first made her name as one of the most notorious adult film stars in recent history; but with a no regrets attitude, she moved on from her former career, in 2009 at age 21. She has gone on to star in HBO's Entourage, published NEÜ SEX a book of photographs, and she DJ's internationally. ...

9. Neve Campbell

Actress | Scream

Neve Campbell was born and raised in Guelph, Ontario, to Marnie (Neve), a Dutch-born psychologist and yoga instructor (from Amsterdam), and Gerry Campbell, a Scottish-born teacher (from Glasgow). Campbell first came to our TV screens in the hit Drama series Party of Five (1994). Described as TV's ...

10. Fabianne Therese

Actress | John Dies at the End

Fabianne Therese was born in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. She is known for John Dies at the End (2012), Endless Love (2014) and Playing It Cool (2014).

11. Sharni Vinson

Actress | You're Next

Born in NSW, Australia, Sharni Vinson grew up in Sydney's southern beach suburb of Cronulla. As a teenager, she competed at a National Level in swimming, holding 4 State records throughout high school. Sharni began singing, dancing and acting at a young age, becoming the 3rd generation of ...

12. Chloë Grace Moretz

Actress | Kick-Ass

Moretz is best known for her work in the sci-fi thriller series The Peripheral, created by Scott B. Smith; the Mattson Tomlin-directed sci-fi thriller Mother/Android; Neil Jordan's thriller Greta; Roseanne Liang's Shadow in the Cloud, which claimed the Midnight Madness People's Choice Award at the ...

13. Julianne Moore

Actress | Far from Heaven

Julianne Moore was born Julie Anne Smith in Fort Bragg, North Carolina on December 3, 1960, the daughter of Anne (Love), a social worker, and Peter Moore Smith, a paratrooper, colonel, and later military judge. Her mother moved to the U.S. in 1951, from Greenock, Scotland. Her father, from ...

14. Rose Byrne

Actress | Spy

Rose Byrne was born in Balmain, Sydney, Australia. She is the daughter of Jane, a primary school administrator, and Robin Byrne, a semi-retired statistician and market researcher.

She landed her first role in a movie, Dallas Doll (1994), when she was 15 years old.

Since then, Rose has appeared in a ...

15. Renae Geerlings

Actress | Halloween II

Renae Geerlings was born on November 4, 1974 in Michigan, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Halloween II (2009), Penance Lane (2020) and Compound Fracture (2014). She has been married to Tyler Mane since September 3, 2007.

16. Allie MacDonald

Actress | Under the Silver Lake

Allie MacDonald was born on September 17, 1988 in Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia, Canada. She is an actress and producer, known for Under the Silver Lake (2018), House at the End of the Street (2012) and Cardinal (2017).

17. Angela Goethals

Actress | Home Alone

Angela Goethals was born on May 20, 1977 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Home Alone (1990), Jerry Maguire (1996) and Spanglish (2004). She has been married to Russell Soder since 2005. They have two children.

18. Katie Cassidy

Actress | A Nightmare on Elm Street

Katie Cassidy was born Katherine Evelyn Anita Cassidy on November 25, 1986, in Los Angeles, California. Her father, David Cassidy, was a pop star in the 1970s. Her famous relatives include uncles Shaun Cassidy, Patrick Cassidy and Ryan Cassidy, the sons by her grandfather Jack Cassidy's marriage to ...

19. Heather Langenkamp

Actress | A Nightmare on Elm Street

Heather Langenkamp was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. She got her start in acting when she was cast as an extra in the Francis Ford Coppola films The Outsiders (1983) and Rumble Fish (1983), which were both filmed in Tulsa. Her scenes were deleted from the final cut of both films. While studying at ...

20. Briana Evigan

Actress | Step Up 2: The Streets

Briana was born on October 23rd, in Los Angeles, California. Her nationality is American and ethnicity is mixed (Polish and Italian). Born to actor Greg Evigan, and Dancer Pam Evigan, raised with her two siblings, music producer Jason Evigan, and actress Vanessa Evigan. This Husky-Voiced Evigan ...

21. Asta Paredes

Actress | Blackout

Asta Paredes is an award winning actress and filmmaker who is best known for starring as 'Chrissy' in Troma Entertainment's subversive horror comedy Return to Nuke 'Em High Volume 1 (2013) . She can next be seen as part of Larry Fessenden's Monsterverse in the visceral werewolf horror drama Blackout...

22. Carolina Bang

Actress | Balada triste de trompeta

Carolina Bang was born on September 21, 1985 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. She is an actress and producer, known for The Last Circus (2010), Witching and Bitching (2013) and The Bar (2017). She has been married to Álex de la Iglesia since June 28, 2014. ...

23. Rochelle Vallese

Actress | Lost Time

Rochelle Vallese is known for Lost Time (2014), Humanity's End (2008) and Alien Armageddon (2011).



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