Category
page 2American women screenwriters

Issa Rae
American actress, writer and producer
Alla Nazimova
Russian-American actress, screenwriter and producer (1879–1945)

Ellen Corby
American actress (1911-1999)

Nancy Meyers
American film director, producer and screenwriter

Gale Anne Hurd
American film producer and screenwriter

Lois Weber
American actor/film director (1879-1939)

Connie Stevens
American actress and singer

Alma Reville
English film editor and screenwriter (1899–1982)

Dorothy Arzner
American film director and film editor (1897–1979)

Julie Taymor
American film and theatre director (born 1952)

Nia DaCosta
American director and screenwriter

Mary Kay Place
American actress

Adrienne Shelly
American actress (1966–2006)

Siobhan Fallon Hogan
American actress
Bebe Daniels
American entertainer (1901–1971)

Kimberly Williams-Paisley
American actor and film director

Rachel Sennott
Rachel Anne Sennott is an American actress, screenwriter and comedian. After training at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts and the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, she began her career on the New York City open mic scene, performing regularly on It's a Guy Thing.
Lauren Faust
American animator, writer, voice director, and storyboard artist
Lois Wilson
American actress (1894-1988)
Susan Seidelman
American film director, producer, and writer (born 1952)
Rachel Bloom
American actress, singer, and producer
Olive Thomas
American silent film actress, model (1894–1920)
Dorothy Gibson
American silent film actress, singer, model (1889–1946)
Rachel Dratch
American actress and comedian
Casey Wilson
American actress and comedian
Marta Kauffman
American TV producer

Amy Jo Johnson
American actress
Melissa Mathison
American film and television screenwriter (1950–2015)
Siân Héder
American writer and filmmaker (born 1977)
Melissa Rosenberg
American screenwriter
Brea Grant
American actress
Kelly Reichardt
American film director and screenwriter (born 1964)
Renée Taylor
American actress and writer
Louella Parsons
American gossip columnist (1881-1972)
Mary Harron
Canadian film director
Barbara Loden
American actress and director (1932–1980)
Brenda Chapman
American animator, storyboard artist, and director
Anna Todd
American author and screenwriter.
Bess Meredyth
Film actress, Film writer (1890-1969)
Barbara La Marr
American actress and screenwriter (1896-1926)
D. C. Fontana
American screenwriter (1939–2019)
Gertrude Berg
American actress, screenwriter (1899-1966)
Mae Murray
American actress, dancer, film producer, screenwriter (1885–1965)
Lisa Cholodenko
American screenwriter and director (born 1964)
Abbi Jacobson
American comedian and actress
Eleanor Coppola
American documentary filmmaker (1936–2024)
Gia Coppola
American film director and screenwriter
Rita Rudner
American comedian

Lynn Shelton
American filmmaker (1965–2020)
Kasi Lemmons
American actress and director
Zoë Akins
Playwright, poet, author (1886–1958)
Hannah Marks
American actress
Natacha Rambova
American film personality and fashion designer (1897-1966)
Nandana Sen
American actress
Callie Khouri
American screenwriter, producer and director
Jennifer Westfeldt
American actress
Mika Boorem
American actress
Elsie Janis
American actress (1889-1956)
Rebecca Miller
American filmmaker and novelist (born 1962)
June Diane Raphael
American actress, comedian, and screenwriter