- Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie (born June 4, 1975) is an American film actress, a former fashion model, and a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency. She is often cited by popular media as the world's sexiest person and her off-screen life is widely reported. She has received three Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and an Academy Award. After appearing as a child alongside her father Jon Voight in the 1982 film "Lookin' to Get Out", …
- Meryl Streep
Born on June 22, 1949 in Summit, New Jersey Meryl Streep is said to be the greatest living actress in Hollywood today by the film fraternity and the viewers. Her birth name was Mary Louise Streep . Her father Harry Streep was an executive at a pharmaceutical company and mother Mary was a commercial artist. Her parents were unique while his father loved playing piano her mother was good at singing and she loved singing.
- Jennifer Hudson
Jennifer Kate Hudson (born September 12, 1981) is an Academy Award-winning American actress and singer. She first gained notice as one of the finalists on the third season of the FOX television series "American Idol". She went on to star as Effie White in the 2006 musical film "Dreamgirls", for which she won an Oscar, a Golden Globe, a BAFTA, and a SAG Award, as well as two BET Awards.
- Rachel Weisz
Rachel Weisz (born March 7, 1971) is an Academy Award-winning English film and television actress. She became known after her roles in the Hollywood films "The Mummy" and "The Mummy Returns", and has since continued appearing in major film roles.
- Julia Roberts
Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28 1967) is an Academy Award-winning American film actress and former fashion model. She shot to fame during the early 1990s after starring in the romantic comedy, "Pretty Woman", opposite Richard Gere. Since then, Roberts has become the highest-paid actress in the world, topping the "Hollywood Reporter's" annual power list of top-earning female stars for four consecutive years (2002-2005).
- Natalie Portman
Natalie Portman, born Natalie Hershlag on June 9, 1981, in Jerusalem, Israel is a Golden Globe-winning, Academy Award-nominated Israeli-American actress.
- Winona Ryder
Winona Ryder (born October 29 1971) is a two-time Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning American actress. She has received a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and two Academy Award nominations in 1993 and 1994, respectively. Ryder made her screen debut in "Lucas" (1986) playing a teenage girl with a crush on the film's title character, Lucas.
- Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson, November 13, 1955) is an American actress, comedian and radio DJ. Goldberg is one of only ten individuals who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award, counting Daytime Emmy Awards. She is the second African American female performer to win an Academy Award for acting (the first being Hattie McDaniel); she has also won two Golden Globe Awards.
- Renée Zellweger
Renée Kathleen Zellweger is an Academy Award-winning American film actress.
- Kate Hudson
Kate Garry Hudson (born April 19, 1979) is an American film actress. She came to fame in 2000, after an Oscar-nominated role in the drama "Almost Famous", and has since established herself as a Hollywood lead actress, starring in several successful films, including "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days", "The Skeleton Key", and "You, Me, and Dupree".
- Jennifer Connelly
Jennifer Lynn Connelly (born December 12 1970) is an American film actress and former child model. Although she has been working in the film industry since she was a teenager and catapulted to fame on the basis of her appearances in films like "Labyrinth" and "Career Opportunities", she did not receive wide exposure for her work until the 2000 drama "Requiem for a Dream", and the 2001 biopic "A Beautiful Mind", …
- Dianne Wiest
Dianne Wiest (born March 28, 1948) is a double Academy Award-winning, Golden Globe Award-winning, Emmy Award-winning and BAFTA-nominated American actress. She has enjoyed a successful career on stage, television, and film, and has received several awards in her career.
- Kim Basinger
Kimila Ann Basinger (born December 8, 1953) is an Academy Award-winning American film actress and former fashion model.
- Jessica Lange
Jessica Phyllis Lange (born April 20, 1949) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress.
- Maureen Stapleton
Lois Maureen Stapleton (June 21 1925 - March 13 2006) was an Academy Award-winning American actress in film, theater and television. She also won an Emmy Award, two Tony Awards and was elected to the American Theatre Hall of Fame.
- Vanessa Redgrave
Vanessa Redgrave, CBE (born 30 January, 1937) is an Academy Award-winning English actress and member of the Redgrave family, one of the enduring theatrical dynasties. She is also a social activist for human rights.
- Maggie Smith
Dame Margaret Natalie Smith, DBE (born 28 December 1934), better known as Dame Maggie Smith, is a two-time Academy Award, and Emmy-winning British film, stage, and television actress.
- Anjelica Huston
Anjelica Huston (born July 8, 1951) is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning American actress and former fashion model. Huston won an Oscar for her performance in 1985's "Prizzi's Honor". She later was nominated in 1990 and 1991 for her acting in "Enemies, a Love Story" and "The Grifters" respectively. Among her roles, she starred as Morticia Addams in "The Addams Family" (1991) and "Addams Family Values" (1993), …
- Mira Sorvino
Mira Katherine Sorvino (born September 28, 1967 in Tenafly, New Jersey) is an Academy Award-winning American actress.
- Rachel Griffiths
Rachel Anne Griffiths (born on December 18, 1968) is a Golden Globe-winning, Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-nominated Australian film and television actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles as Brenda Chenowith in Six Feet Under, Sarah Whedon in Brothers and Sisters, and her role in the film Hilary and Jackie.
- Emily Blunt
Emily Blunt (born February 23, 1983) is a Golden Globe Award-winning English actress best known for her work in the films "My Summer of Love" and her appearance as Emily Charlton in "The Devil Wears Prada".
- Mary Steenburgen
Mary Steenburgen (born February 8, 1953) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. Steenburgen was born in Newport, Arkansas; her last name is of Dutch origin.Steenburgen moved to New York City in 1972 to study acting. Steenburgen was married to Malcolm McDowell from 1980 to 1990, and has been married to actor Ted Danson since 1995. She won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the 1980 film "Melvin and Howard".
- Peggy Ashcroft
Dame Peggy Ashcroft DBE (22 December 1907 - 14 June 1991) was an acclaimed Academy Award-winning English actress.
- Sandra Oh
Sandra Oh (born July 20, 1971) is a Golden Globe Award-winning and a two-time Emmy Award-nominated Canadian actress. She is known to American audiences for her role as Dr. Cristina Yang in the ABC series "Grey's Anatomy" and her roles in the feature films, "Under the Tuscan Sun" and "Sideways". In 2005, Oh made "People" magazine's list of the 50 Most Beautiful People. Oh has also won the Screen Actors Guild's award and Genie Award twice each.
- Mary-Louise Parker
Mary-Louise Parker (born August 2 1964 in Fort Jackson, South Carolina) is an American actress whose work in theatre and film has won her international acclaim. She has been the recipient of the prestigious Tony, Emmy and Golden Globe awards. Her best-known works include "Fried Green Tomatoes", "Boys on the Side", "Proof", "The West Wing", "Angels in America", and her current role on Showtime's "Weeds".
- Faye Dunaway
Faye Dunaway (born January 14, 1941) is an Academy Award-winning American actress.
- Shelley Winters
Shelley Winters (August 18 1920 - January 14 2006) was a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress.
- Rita Moreno
Rita Moreno (born December 11, 1931 in Humacao, Puerto Rico) is a singer, dancer and an Academy Award-winning actress and the first and only Puerto Rican actress in history (as well as one of only nine people) to have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award.
- Lauren Bacall
Betty Joan Perske (born on September 16, 1924), better known as Lauren Bacall, is a Golden Globe- and Tony Award-winning, as well as Academy Award-nominated, American film and stage actress. Known for her husky voice and sultry looks, she became a fashion icon and role model for women in the late 1940s. Today, she is considered a legendary actress, partly due to the longevity of her career.
- Sigourney Weaver
Sigourney Weaver (born Susan Alexandra Weaver on October 8, 1949 in New York City) is an Oscar-nominated American actress.
- Kathy Bates
Kathleen Doyle Bates (born June 28, 1948) is an Academy Award-winning American theatrical, film, and television actress, and a stage and television director.
- Kim Cattrall
Kim Victoria Cattrall (born August 21, 1956, in Widnes, Lancashire) is an English-born Canadian actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Samantha Jones in the HBO comedy/romance series "Sex and the City". The role earned her an Emmy Award nomination and a Golden Globe Award.
- Lynn Redgrave
Lynn Rachel Redgrave, OBE (born 8 March, 1943 in London) is two-time Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning English actress born into the famous Redgrave acting family. Her parents were Sir Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson, Lady Redgrave, her brother is Corin Redgrave and her sister is Vanessa Redgrave. She is the aunt of Natasha Richardson, Joely Richardson and Jemma Redgrave.
- Claudette Colbert
Claudette Colbert (September 13, 1903 - July 30, 1996) was an Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning American actress of film, theater and television. She was acclaimed for her performances in screwball comedies as well as dramatic roles. She received Academy Award nominations in both film genres.
- Ruth Gordon
Ruth Gordon Jones, better known as Ruth Gordon, was an Academy Award-winning American actress and writer. She was perhaps best known for her films roles such as the oversolicitous neighbor in "Rosemary's Baby" and the eccentric life-loving Maude in "Harold and Maude". In addition to her acting career, Gordon wrote numerous well known plays, film scripts and books.
- Margaret Rutherford
Dame Margaret Rutherford DBE (11 May 1892-22 May 1972) was an English Academy Award-winning character actress who first came to prominence following World War II in the film adaptations of Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit", and Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest".
- Grace Kelly
Grace, Princess of Monaco "née" Grace Patricia Kelly was an Academy Award-winning American film and stage actress who, upon marriage to Rainier III, Prince of Monaco in 1956, became Her Serene Highness The Princess of Monaco, but was generally known as Princess Grace of Monaco. Princess Grace maintained dual American and Monegasque citizenship after her marriage.
- Olivia de Havilland
Olivia Mary de Havilland (born July 1, 1916) is a two-time Academy Award winning actress and is the last surviving principal cast member from "Gone with the Wind". She is the sister of Academy Award winning actress Joan Fontaine.
- Miranda Richardson
Miranda Jane Richardson (born 3 March 1958) is an Academy Award nominated English actress.
- Joan Plowright
Joan Ann Olivier, Baroness Olivier DBE, "née" Dame Joan Plowright (born October 28 1929), is a British actress and widow of Laurence Olivier. She was made a Dame (DBE) in the New Year's Honours for 2004.