Known for: The X Files, The Fall, Bleak House, The Last King of Scotland
Awards for acting: 2 Golden Globes, 2 Emmy Awards
Known for: Blue Valentine, Manchester by the Sea, Brokeback Mountain
Awards for acting: 2 Golden Globes, multiple Academy Award nominations
Known for: Promising Young Woman, An Education, Drive, The Great Gatsby
Awards for acting: 1 BAFTA, 1 Golden Globe
Known for: Rent, Sin City, Seven Pounds, The Mandalorian
Awards for acting: Multiple international award nominations
Known for: Akeelah and the Bee, Hustlers, Nope, Scream Queens
Awards for acting: 1 Emmy Award, 1 SAG Award
Known for: Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Volver, Vanilla Sky, Pain and Glory
Awards for acting: 1 Academy Award, 1 BAFTA
Known for: Coquette, Sparrows, Little Annie Rooney, Tess of the Storm Country
Awards for acting: 2 Academy Awards
Known for: Gone with the Wind, Show Boat, The Little Colonel, Since You Went Away
Awards for acting: 1 Academy Award (first African-American winner)
Known for: Malèna, The Matrix Reloaded, Spectre, The Passion of the Christ
Awards for acting: Multiple international award nominations
Known for: Monster, Mad Max: Fury Road, Bombshell, Atomic Blonde
Awards for acting: 1 Academy Award, 1 Golden Globe
Known for: Knives Out, Blonde, No Time to Die, Blade Runner 2049
Awards for acting: 2 Golden Globe nominations
Known for: Killing Eve, Grey’s Anatomy, Sideways, The Chair
Awards for acting: 2 Golden Globes, 2 SAG Awards
Known for: Silver Linings Playbook, The Hunger Games, American Hustle, Winter’s Bone
Awards for acting: 1 Academy Award, 3 Golden Globes
Known for: Rosemary’s Baby, The Great Gatsby, Hannah and Her Sisters, The Purple Rose of Cairo
Awards for acting: 1 Golden Globe
Known for: To Have and Have Not, The Big Sleep, Key Largo, How to Marry a Millionaire
Awards for acting: 1 Golden Globe, 1 honorary Academy Award
Known for: Mildred Pierce, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, Possessed, The Women
Awards for acting: 1 Academy Award
Known for: Euphoria, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Dune, Malcolm & Marie
Awards for acting: 2 Emmy Awards, 1 Golden Globe
Known for: Rear Window, To Catch a Thief, The Country Girl, High Noon
Awards for acting: 1 Academy Award, 3 Golden Globe
Known for: A Quiet Place, The Devil Wears Prada, Mary Poppins Returns, Sicario
Awards for acting: 1 Golden Globe, 2 SAG Awards
Known for: Room, Captain Marvel, Short Term 12, The Glass Castle
Awards for acting: 1 Academy Award, 1 Golden Globe
Known for: Scandal, Ray, Django Unchained, Little Fires Everywhere
Awards for acting: 1 Emmy Award
Known for: The Night of the Iguana, Mogambo, Show Boat, On the Beach
Awards for acting: 1 Golden Globe, 1 Academy Award nomination
Known for: Arrival, American Hustle, Enchanted, Vice
Awards for acting: 2 Golden Globes, multiple Academy Award nominations
Known for: Jackie Brown, Coffy, Foxy Brown, The L Word
Awards for acting: 1 SAG Award nomination
Known for: The Help, Hidden Figures, Ma, Snowpiercer
Awards for acting: 1 Academy Award, 1 Golden Globe
Known for: Gone Girl, A Private War, I Care a Lot, Die Another Day
Awards for acting: 1 Golden Globe, 1 BAFTA
Known for: Les Misérables, The Devil Wears Prada, The Dark Knight Rises, Interstellar
Awards for acting: 1 Academy Award, 1 Golden Globe
Known for: Still Alice, Boogie Nights, Far from Heaven, Magnolia
Awards for acting: 1 Academy Award, 2 Golden Globes
Known for: Frida, Desperado, House of Gucci, The Eternals
Awards for acting: 1 Golden Globe nomination, 1 Emmy nomination
Known for: Lara Croft, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Wanted, Salt, Maleficent
Awards for acting: 2 Academy Award, 3 Golden Globes
Known for: La La Land, The Favourite, Easy A, Birdman
Awards for acting: 1 Academy Award, 1 Golden Globe, 1 BAFTA
Known for: Everything Everywhere All at Once, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Crazy Rich Asians
Awards for acting: 1 Academy Award, 1 Golden Globe
Known for: Michael Clayton, The Chronicles of Narnia, Doctor Strange, A Bigger Splash
Awards for acting: 1 Academy Award, 1 BAFTA
Known for: The Silence of the Lambs, Taxi Driver, Contact, Panic Room
Awards for acting: 2 Academy Awards, 3 Golden Globes
Known for: Black Swan, V for Vendetta, Jackie, Star Wars
Awards for acting: 1 Academy Award, 2 Golden Globes
Known for: Marriage Story, Lost in Translation, Black Widow, Jojo Rabbit
Awards for acting: 1 BAFTA, multiple Golden Globe nominations
Known for: What’s Love Got to Do With It, Black Panther, Malcolm X, Waiting to Exhale
Awards for acting: 1 Golden Globe, 1 SAG Award
Known for: Heavenly Creatures, Sense and Sensibility, Titanic
Awards for acting: 1 Academy Award, 5 Golden Globes
Known for: Fences, The Help, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, How to Get Away with Murder
Awards for acting: 1 Academy Award, 1 Emmy, 1 Tony (Triple Crown)
Known for: Two Women, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Marriage Italian Style, Houseboat
Awards for acting: 1 Academy Award, 1 Golden Globe
Known for: Some Like It Hot, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The Seven Year Itch, Niagara
Awards for acting: 1 Golden Globe
Known for: Casablanca, Anastasia, Gaslight, Notorious
Awards for acting: 3 Academy Awards, 4 Golden Globes
Known for: The Color Purple, Ghost, Sister Act, The View
Awards for acting: 1 Academy Award, 1 Emmy, 1 Golden Globe (EGOT winner)
Known for: The Hours, Moulin Rouge!, Big Little Lies, Eyes Wide Shut
Awards for acting: 1 Academy Award, 6 Golden Globes
Known for: Cleopatra, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, A Place in the Sun, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Awards for acting: 2 Academy Awards, 1 Golden Globe
Known for: Monster’s Ball, Die Another Day, X-Men, Cloud Atlas
Awards for acting: 1 Academy Award, 1 Emmy, 1 Golden Globe
Known for: Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Roman Holiday, My Fair Lady, Sabrina
Awards for acting: 1 Academy Award, 1 Golden Globe
Known for: Blue Jasmine, Carol, Elizabeth, The Aviator
Awards for acting: 2 Academy Awards, 3 Golden Globes
Known for: The African Queen, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, The Lion in Winter, On Golden Pond
Awards for acting: 4 Academy Awards
Known for: Sophie’s Choice, The Devil Wears Prada, Kramer vs. Kramer, The Iron Lady
Awards for acting: 3 Academy Awards, 9 Golden Globes
Behold the talented women who have been gracing our screens for years. These are our favorite actresses of all time! Who do you think deserves a spot on the list? Share your favorites in the comments!
