List of female movie actors 2

This is an alphabetical list of notable female movie actors from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland. The list includes also female actors from other countries who have played leading or co-leading roles in North-American, British or Irish movies.

A certain number of actors of this list are also well-known because of their roles in television films and series, and are therefore included in both, this list and the list of television actors.

A - K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

L

Florence La Badie (1888-1917)
Diane Ladd (born 1932)
Christine Lahti (born 1950)
Ricki Lake (born 1968)
Veronica Lake (1919-1973)
Hedy Lamarr (1913-2000)
Dorothy Lamour (1914-1996)
Elsa Lanchester (1902-1986)
Diane Lane (born 1965)
Hope Lange (born 1931)
Jessica Lange (born 1949)
Lillie Langtry (born 1853)
Lily Langtry (died 1929)
Angela Lansbury (born 1925)
Piper Laurie (born 1932)
Lucy Lawless (born 1968)
Carol Lawrence (born 1934)
Florence Lawrence (1886-1938)
Gertrude Lawrence (1898-1952)
Cloris Leachman (born 1926)
Zarah Leander (1907-1981)
Peggy Lee (1920-2002)
Vivien Leigh (1913-1967)
Janet Leigh (born 1927)
Laura Leighton (born 1968)
Margaret Leighton
Lotte Lenya (1898-1981)
Ruth Leuwerik (born 1926)
Juliette Lewis (born 1973)
Beatrice Lillie (1894-1989)
Laura Linney (born 1964)
Peggy Lipton (born 1947)
Virna Lisi (1937-1963)
Lucy Liu (born 1968)
Margaret Livingston (1900-1984)
Sondra Locke (born 1947)
June Lockhart (born 1925)
Heather Locklear (born 1961)
Margaret Lockwood
Barbara Loden (born 1932)
Lindsay Lohan (born 1986)
Gina Lollobrigida (born 1927)
Carole Lombard (1908-1942)
Julie London (born 1926)
Shelley Long (born 1949)
Adamari Lopez (born 1973)
Jennifer Lopez (born 1970)
Traci Lords (born 1968)
Sophia Loren (born 1934)
Bessie Love (1898-1986)
Linda Lovelace (1949-2002)
Myrna Loy (1905-1993)
Susan Lucci (born 1946)
Daniela Lujan (born 1988)
Joanna Lumley (born 1946)
Ida Lupino (1914-1995)

M

Jeanette MacDonald (1903-1965)
Andie MacDowell (born 1958)
Ali MacGraw (born 1938)
Shirley MacLaine (born 1934)
Norma Macmillan (1921-2001)
Sheila MacRae (born 1924)
Madonna (born 1958)
Anna Magnani (1908-1973)
Jacqueline Maillan (born 1923)
Marjorie Main (1890-1975)
Dorothy Malone (born 1925)
Barbara Mandrell (born 1948)
Silvana Mangano (1930-1989)
Jayne Mansfield (1933-1967)
Sophie Marceau (born 1966)
Nancy Marchand (died 2000)
Andrea Marcovicci (born 1948)
Miriam Margolyes (born 1941)
Ann Margret (born 1941)
Julianna Margulies (born 1966)
Rose Marie (born 1923)
Penny Marshall (born 1942)
Jean Marsh (born 1934)
Mary Martin (1913-1990)
Elsa Martinelli (born 1932)
Millicent Martin (born 1934)
Marsha Mason (born 1942)
Lea Massari
Marlee Matlin (born 1965)
Virginia Mayo (born 1920)
Rachel McAdams
Mercedes McCambridge (born 1918)
MaurEen McCormick (born 1956)
Frances McDormand (born 1957)
Elizabeth McGovern (born 1961)
Dorothy McGuire (1919-2001)
Crystal McKellar (born 1976)
Danica McKellar (born 1975)
Julia McKenzie (born 1941)
Maggie McNamara (1928-1978)
Kristy McNichol (born 1962)
Butterfly McQueen (1911-1995)
Jayne Meadows (born 1920)
Anne Meara (born 1929)
Lucia Mendez (born 1955)
Vivien Merchant (1929-1983)
Melina Mercouri (1920-1994)
Una Merkel (1903-1986)
Inge Meysel (born 1910)
Karla Michelle (born 1985)
Bette Midler (born 1945)
Sarah Miles (born 1941)
Vera Miles (born 1929)
Hayley Mills (born 1946)
Juliet Mills (born 1941)
Ming-Na (born 1963)
Liza Minnelli (born 1946)
Carmen Miranda (1914-1955)
Lalaine Miranda (born 1987)
Helen Mirren (born 1945)
Alfonsina Molinary
Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962)
Meredith Monroe (born 1976)
Pilar Montenegro
Maria Montez (died 1951)
Elizabeth Montgomery (1933-1995)
Demi Moore (born 1962)
Grace Moore (1898-1947)
Julianne Moore (born 1960)
Mary Tyler Moore (born 1936)
Melba Moore (born 1945)
Agnes Moorehead (1900-1974)
Jeanne Moreau (born 1928)
Rebecca De Mornay (born 1962)
Rita Moreno (born 1931)
Helen Morgan (1900-1941)
Cathy Moriarty (born 1960)
Tia and Tamara Mowry (born 1978)
Bridget Moynahan
Diana Muldaur (born 1938)
Kate Mulgrew (born 1955)
Brittany Murphy (born 1977)
Ornella Muti

N

Kathy Najimy (born 1957)
Mildred Natwick (1905-1994)
Anna Neagle (1904-1986)
Patricia Neal (born 1926)
Pola Negri (1897-1987)
Tracy Nelson (born 1963)
Francesca Neri
Evelyn Nesbit (1884-1967)
Friederike Caroline Neuber (1697-1760)
Thandie Newton (born 1972)
Olivia Newton-John
Anna Q. Nilsson (died 1974)
Jeanette Nolan (1911-1998)
Kim Novak (born 1933)
France Nuyen (born 1939)

O

Merle Oberon (1911-1979)
Maureen O'Hara (born 1920)
Maureen O'Sullivan (1911-1998)
Ren�e O'Connor (born 1971)
Rosie O'Donnell (born 1962)
Jennifer O'Neill (born 1948)
Lena Olin (born 1956)
Susan Olsen (born 1961)
Julia Ormond
Heather O'Rourke (1975-1988)
Marie Osmond (born 1959)
Miranda Otto (born 1967)
Maria Ouspenskaya (1876-1949)
Kati Outinen

P

Geraldine Page (1924-1987)
Betsy Palmer (born 1929)
Lilli Palmer (1914-1986)
Gwyneth Paltrow (born 1972)
Silvana Pampanini
Irene Papas (born 1929)
Anna Paquin (born 1982)
Suzy Parker (1932-2003)
Eleanor Parker (born 1922)
Estelle Parsons (born 1927)
Christine Pascale (1953-1996)
Elizabeth Pena (born 1959)
Rosie P�rez (born 1964)
Elizabeth Perkins (born 1960)
Valerie Perrine (born 1943)
Bernadette Peters (born 1948)
Jean Peters (born 1926)
Cassandra Peterson (born 1951)
Michelle Pfeiffer (born 1957)
Michelle Phillips (born 1944)
Peg Phillips (born 1918)
Sian Phillips (born 1934)
Mary Pickford (1892-1979)
Molly Picon (1898-1992)
Rebecca Pidgeon (born 1963)
Rosamund Pike (born 1979)
Zazu Pitts (1894-1963)
Dana Plato (1964-1999)
Suzanne Pleshette (born 1937)
Joan Plowright (born 1929)
Erika Pluhar (born 1939)
Dusa Pockaj (1924-1982)
Sarah Polley (born 1979)
Henny Porten (1890-1960)
Natalie Portman (born 1981)
Parker Posey (born 1968)
Majda Potokar (1930-2001)
Eleanor Powell (1912-1982)
Jane Powell (born 1928)
Stefanie Powers, (born 1942)
Kyla Pratt (born 1986)
Priscilla Presley (born 1945)
Kelly Preston (born 1962)
Marie Prevost (1898-1937)
Alice Prin (1901-1953)
Victoria Principal, (born 1945)
Juliet Prowse (1936-1996)
Edna Purviance (1895-1958)

Q

Mae Questel (died 1998)

R

Luise Rainer (born 1910)
Charlotte Rampling (born 1945)
Anne Ramsey (1929-1988)
Raven-Symone (born 1985)
Martha Raye (1916-1994)
Vanessa Redgrave (born 1937)
Lynn Redgrave (born 1943)
Donna Reed (1921-1986)
Maricarmen Regueiro (born 1965)
Ann Reinking (born 1949)
Lee Remick (1935-1991)
Debbie Reynolds (born 1932)
Christina Ricci (born 1980)
Beah Richards (1920-2000)
Denise Richards (born 1972)
Joely Richardson (born 1965)
Miranda Richardson (born 1958)
Natasha Richardson (born 1963)
Irene Rich (died 1988)
Cathy Rigby (born 1952)
Diana Rigg (born 1938)
Ita Rina (1907-1979)
Molly Ringwald (born 1968)
Kelly Ripa (born 1970)
Fay Ripley (born 1968)
Ilse Ritter (born 1941)
Thelma Ritter (1905-1969)
Chita Rivera (born 1933)
Doris Roberts (born 1929)
Julia Roberts (born 1967)
Kathleen Robertson
Rachel Roberts (1927-1980)
Holly Robinson (born 1964)
Flora Robson (1902-1984)
May Robson (1858-1942)
Gladys Rodriguez
Michelle Rodriguez
Ginger Rogers (1911-1995)
Mimi Rogers (born 1956)
Esther Rolle (1920-1998)
Ruth Roman (1922-1999)
Christy Romano (born 1984)
Ruth Roman (1922-1999)
Johanna Rosaly
Rebecca Romijn-Stamos (born 1972)
Jamie Rose (born 1959)
Diana Ross (born 1944)
Isabella Rossellini, (1979-1983 ??)
Marion Ross (born 1928)
Patricia Routledge (born 1929)
Gena Rowlands (born 1930)
Jane Russell (born 1921)
Lillian Russell (1860-1922)
Rosalind Russell (1907-1976)
Margaret Rutherford (1892-1972)
Irene Ryan (1902-1973)
Meg Ryan (born 1961)
Lisa Ryder
Winona Ryder (born 1971)

S

Sabrina (born 1936)
Rosalyn Sanchez (born 1970)
Laura Sadler
Eva Marie Saint (born 1924)
Susan Saint James (born 1946)
Emma Samms (born 1960)
Laura San Giacomo
Dominique Sanda (born 1948)
Stefania Sandrelli
Cristina Saralegui (born 1948)
Susan Sarandon (born 1946)
Savannah (1970-1994)
Prunella Scales (born 1932)
Maria Schell (born 1926)
Romy Schneider (1938-1982)
Katja Schuurman
Hanna Schygulla (born 1943)
Martha Scott (1912-2003)
Jean Seberg (1938-1979)
Edie Sedgwick (1943-1971)
Kyra Sedgwick (born 1965)
Emmanuelle Seigner (born 1966)
Chlo� Sevigny (born 1974)
Jane Seymour (born 1951)
Fiona Shaw (born 1958)
Alia Shawkat (born 1989)
Athole Shearer
Moira Shearer (born 1926)
Norma Shearer (1902-1983)
Ally Sheedy (born 1962)
Deborah Shelton (born 1952)
Cybill Shepherd (born 1950)
Brooke Shields (born 1965)
Talia Shire (born 1946)
Anne Shirley (1918-1993)
Elizabeth Shue (born 1963)
Jane Sibbett (born 1961)
Sarah Siddons (1755-1831)
Simone Signoret (1921-1985)
Alicia Silverstone (born 1976)
Jean Simmons (born 1929)
Joan Sims (died 2001)
Lilia Skala (1896-1994)
Erika Slezak (born 1946)
Alexis Smith (1921-1993)
Jaclyn Smith (born 1947)
Jada Pinkett Smith (born 1971)
Maggie Smith (born 1934)
Samantha Smith (1972-1985)
Sonya Smith (born 1971)
Carrie Snodgress (born 1946)
Leelee Sobieski (born 1982)
Suzanne Somers (born 1946)
Elke Sommer (born 1940)
Gale Sondergaard (1899-1985)
Mira Sorvino (born 1967)
Ann Sothern (1909-2001)
Catherine Spaak (born 1945)
Sissy Spacek (born 1949)
Tori Spelling (born 1973)
Georgina Spelvin (born 1936)
Kim Stanley (born 1925)
Barbara Stanwyck (1907-1990)
Jean Stapleton (born 1923)
Maureen Stapleton (born 1925)
Koo Stark (born 1956)
Barbara Steele (born 1937)
Mary Steenburgen (born 1953)
Frances Sternhagen (born 1930)
Connie Stevens (born 1938)
Inger Stevens (1934-1970)
Stella Stevens (born 1936)
Juliet Stevenson (born 1956)
Beatrice Stgraight (1914-2001)
Jill St. John (born 1940)
Sharon Stone (born 1958)
Gale Storm (born 1922)
Kirsten Storm (born 1984)
Madeleine Stowe (born 1958)
Susan Strasberg (died 1999)
Dorothy Stratten (1960-1980)
Meryl Streep (born 1949)
Barbra Streisand (born 1942)
Elaine Stritch (born 1925)
Gloria Stuart (born 1910)
Imogen Stubbs (born 1961)
Barbara Sukowa (born 1950)
Margaret Sullavan (1911-1960)
Susan Sullivan (born 1944)
Mena Suvari (born 1979)
Janet Suzman (born 1939)
Hilary Swank (born 1974)
Gloria Swanson (1897-1983)
Jodie Sweetin (born 1982)
Loretta Swit (born 1937)

T

Constance Talmadge (1897-1973)
Norma Talmadge (1893-1957)
Jessica Tandy (1909-1994)
Sharon Tate (1943-1969)
Audrey Tautou (born 1978)
Elizabeth Taylor (born 1932)
Estelle Taylor
Jeannine Taylor
Lili Taylor
Shirley Temple (born 1928)
Ellen Terry (1848-1928)
Charlize Theron (born 1975)
Tiffani-Amber Thiessen (born 1974)
Marlo Thomas (born 1938)
Emma Thompson (born 1959)
Lea Thompson (born 1961)
Sada Thompson (born 1929)
Sybil Thorndike
Uma Thurman (born 1970)
Gene Tierney (1920-1991)
Nadja Tiller (born 1929)
Jennifer Tilly (born 1958)
Thelma Todd (1905-1935)
Marisa Tomei (born 1964)
Lily Tomlin (born 1939)
Michelle Trachtenberg (born 1985)
Nancy Travis (born 1961)
Gloria Trevi (born 1970)
Claire Trevor (1908-2000)
Marie Trintignant (1962-2003)
Jeanne Tripplehorn (born 1963)
Rachel True (born 1966)
Olga Tschechowa (1897-1980)
Robin Tunney (born 1972)
Janine Turner (born 1962)
Kathleen Turner (born 1954)
Lana Turner (1920-1995)
Helen Twelvetrees (1908-1958)
Liv Tyler (born 1977)
Cicely Tyson (born 1933)

U

Liv Ullmann (born 1938)

V

Brenda Vaccaro (born 1939)
Caterina Valente (born 1931)
Vampira (born 1921)
Vivian Vance (1909-1979)
Nia Vardalos (born 1962)
Isidra Vega (born 1979)
Jaci Velazquez (born 1979)
Patricia Velazquez (born 1971)
Vera-Ellen (died 1981)
Gwen Verdon (1925-2000)
Christina Vidal (born 1984)
Louise Leveque de Vilmorin (1902-1969)
Monica Vitti (born 1931)
Thea von Harbou (1888-1954)
Lark Voorhies (born 1974)

W

Caitlin Wachs (born 1989)
Julie Walters (born 1950)
Amy Walz
Zoe Wanamaker (born 1949)
Rachel Ward (born 1957)
Lesley Ann Warren (born 1946)
Ruth Warrick (born 1915)
Mona Washbourne (1903-1988)
Ethel Waters (1896-1977)
Emily Watson (born 1967)
Emma Watson (born 1990)
Naomi Watts (born 1968)
Sigourney Weaver (born 1949)
Helene Weigel (1900-1971)
Grethe Weiser (1903-1970)
Rachel Weisz (born 1971)
Raquel Welch (born 1940)
Ilse Werner (born 1921)
Mae West (1893-1980)
Betty White (born 1922)
Pearl White (died 1938)
June Whitfield (born 1925)
Mae Whitman (born 1988)
Dianne Wiest (born 1948)
Cindy Williams (born 1947)
Cynda Williams
Esther Williams (born 1921)
JoBeth Williams, (born 1948)
Kimberly Williams (born 1971)
Marie Wilson (1916-1972)
Nancy Wilson (born 1954)
Peta Wilson (born 1970)
Rita Wilson (born 1958)
Marie Windsor (1919-2000)
Oprah Winfrey (born 1954)
Debra Winger (born 1955)
Kate Winslet (born 1975)
Shelley Winters (born 1922)
Reese Witherspoon (born 1976)
Ewelyne Wohlfeiler (born 1951)
Alfre Woodard (born 1953)
Natalie Wood (1938-1981)
Victoria Wood (born 1953)
Joanne Woodward (born 1930)
Irene Worth (born 1916)
Fay Wray (born 1907)
Amy Wright (born 1950)
Robin Wright-Penn (born 1966)
Teresa Wright (born 1918)
Kari Wuhrer (born 1967)
Jane Wyatt (born 1911)
Jane Wyman (born 1914)
Diana Wynyard (1906-1964)

X

Y

Michelle Yeoh (born 1962)
Susannah York (born 1941)
Loretta Young (1913-2000)
Sean Young (born 1959)

Z

Pia Zadora (born 1954)
Moon Unit Zappa (born 1967)
Ren�e Zellweger (born 1969)
Catherine Zeta-Jones (born 1969)
Zhang Ziyi (born 1980)