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Elizabeth Taylor
Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor was a British and American actress. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 1950s. She then became the world's highest-paid movie star in the 1960s, remaining a well-known public figure for the rest of her life. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked her seventh on its list of the greatest female screen legends.
Demi Moore
Demi Gene Moore is an American actress and producer. After rising to prominence in the 1980s, she became the world's highest-paid actress by 1995. Her accolades include a Golden Globe, a Critics' Choice Award, and an Actor Award, and nominations for an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. In 2025, she appeared on Time's 100 most influential people in the world list, and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame that year.
Julianne Moore
British-American actress and author
Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Dee Lohan is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. She was signed to Ford Models at the age of three, and gained early recognition as a child actress on the soap operas Guiding Light (1993) and Another World (1996–1997). Her breakthrough role came with the dual role of reunited identical twins in the Walt Disney comedy The Parent Trap (1998); its success led to subsequent roles in Life-Size (2000), Get a Clue (2002), Freaky Friday (2003) and Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004). Her portrayal of Cady Heron in the teen comedy Mean Girls (2004) affirmed her status as a teen idol and established her as a prominent leading lady; The New Yorker later ranked it as the eleventh-best film performance of the 21st century.
Joan Rivers
American comedian, actress, and television host (1933–2014)
Kathy Bates
American film actress and director
Eva Longoria
Eva Jacqueline Longoria Bastón is an American actress, producer, director, and businesswoman. After several guest roles on television, she gained popularity for her portrayal of Isabella Braña on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless (2001–2003). Her breakthrough role as Gabrielle Solis on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives (2004–2012) earned her two Screen Actors Guild Awards and a Golden Globe nomination. She has appeared in the films The Sentinel (2006), Over Her Dead Body (2008), For Greater Glory (2012), Frontera (2014), Lowriders (2016), and Overboard (2018), winning an Imagen Award for the latter. She guest-starred on the Hulu mystery comedy-drama series Only Murders in the Building (2024), earning her a third Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.
Amanda Seyfried
Amanda Michelle Seyfried is an American actress. Her accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as a nomination for an Academy Award. Named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time in 2022, her films as a leading actress have grossed over $2.4 billion worldwide.
Betty White
American actress and comedian (1922–2021)
Meg Ryan
American actress (born 1961)
Brooke Shields
American actress
Alexandra Daddario
American actress (born 1986)
Jane Wyman
American actress (1917–2007)
Robin Wright
Robin Gayle Wright is an American actress, producer and director. She has received accolades including a Golden Globe Award, and nominations for eight Primetime Emmy Awards.
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Sarah Michelle Prinze is an American actress. She is known for portraying strong female characters in film and television, and is regarded as a scream queen for her work in the horror genre.
Kathleen Turner
American actress (born 1954)
Marisa Tomei
American actress (born 1964)
Shannen Doherty
American actress (1971–2024)
Dixie Carter
American actress (1939–2010)
Allison Janney
American actress (born 1959)
Hayden Panettiere
American actress and singer
Marcia Cross
American actress
Evan Rachel Wood
American actress
Michelle Trachtenberg
Michelle Christine Trachtenberg was an American actress. After beginning her career in commercials at age three, she made her television debut in her first credited role on the Nickelodeon series The Adventures of Pete & Pete (1994–1996) and her feature film debut in the 1996 comedy Harriet the Spy. As a child actress, Trachtenberg starred in several Nickelodeon productions. In 1997, she won a Young Artist Award for her performance in CBS's sitcom Meego. She also played Penny Brown in Disney's 1999 superhero comedy film Inspector Gadget.
Denise Richards
Denise Lee Richards is an American actress, model and television personality. She rose to prominence with roles in the science fiction film Starship Troopers (1997), the erotic thriller film Wild Things (1998), and the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough (1999). Her performance as the Bond girl Christmas Jones, gave Richards her mainstream breakthrough.
Priscilla Presley
Priscilla Ann Presley is an American businesswoman and actress. She was married to singer Elvis Presley from 1967 to 1973. Presley later co-founded and chaired Elvis Presley Enterprises (EPE), which oversaw the public opening of Graceland as a museum. As an actress, she portrayed Jane Spencer in the Naked Gun film series (1988–1994) and Jenna Wade on the television series Dallas (1983–1988).
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
American actress (born 1984)
Jordana Brewster
American actress
Mary-Louise Parker
Mary-Louise Parker is an American actress. After making her Broadway debut as Rita in Craig Lucas's Prelude to a Kiss in 1990, Parker came to prominence for film roles in Grand Canyon (1991), Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), The Client (1994), Bullets Over Broadway (1994), A Place for Annie (1994), Boys on the Side (1995), The Portrait of a Lady (1996), and The Maker (1997). Among stage and independent film appearances thereafter, Parker received the 2001 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her portrayal of Catherine Llewellyn in David Auburn's Proof, among other accolades. Between 2001 and 2006, she recurred as Amy Gardner in the NBC television series The West Wing, for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2002. She received both a Golden Globe and a Primetime Emmy Award for her portrayal of Harper Pitt in the acclaimed HBO television miniseries Angels in America in 2003.
Lauryn Hill
American singer, songwriter, rapper, and record producer (born 1975)
Anne Heche
Anne Celeste Heche was an American actress, known for her roles across a variety of genres in film, television, and theater. She was the recipient of Daytime Emmy, National Board of Review, and GLAAD Media Awards, in addition to nominations for a Tony Award and a Primetime Emmy.
Ashley Benson
American actress
Elizabeth Mitchell
American actress
Lee Grant
American actress
Calista Flockhart
Calista Kay Flockhart is an American actress best known as the title character on Ally McBeal (1997–2002), for which she won a Golden Globe Award in 1998 and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series three times. She is also known for portraying Kitty Walker on Brothers & Sisters (2006–2011), and Cat Grant on Supergirl (2015–2021). In film, she is known for her performances in The Birdcage (1996), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999), and Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000). Flockhart has been married to actor Harrison Ford since 2010.
Dana Delany
American actress
Heather Locklear
American actress (born 1961)
Téa Leoni
American actress and film producer
Shirley Jones
American singer and actress
Mischa Barton
British-American actress and model
Ming-Na Wen
American actress and model
Holly Marie Combs
American actress
Jamie Chung
American actress
Kristanna Loken
American actress
Kim Hunter
American actress (1922-2002)
Barbara Bel Geddes
American actress (1922–2005)
Lauren Holly
American actress
Kathryn Newton
American actress
Kate Capshaw
American actress who converted to Judaism
Amber Valletta
American model and actress
Nicollette Sheridan
English-born American actress
Hilarie Burton
American actress
Dyan Cannon
American film and television actress, director, screenwriter, editor, and producer (born 1937)
Kelly Hu
American actress
Lacey Chabert
American actress
Jane Krakowski
American actress and singer, comedian
Brittany Snow
Brittany Anne Snow is an American actress and singer. She gained recognition for her role in the CBS soap opera Guiding Light (1998–2001), 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 Award. She then starred in the NBC drama series American Dreams (2002–2005), for which she was nominated for a Young Artist Award and three Teen Choice Awards.
Kate Mulgrew
American actress
Marcia Wallace Peams
American actress and comedian (1942-2013)
Danielle Harris
American actress