The Best Actresses Working Today
List Rules Working actresses who have starred in major films or TV series in the last ~5 years
List of the best actresses working today, ranked. This list includes many of the greatest actresses in film history, but more importantly, focuses on modern female movie stars and TV actresses. Today, Hollywood features a new crop of popular and respected young actresses who command strong female roles that hold their own on the big and small screens. Current actresses are more talented than ever before.
While many of the talented women on this list are among familiar favorites (Meryl, Tilda, Glenn...), others are not quite yet household names, even if they have been nominated for - or even won! - Oscars for their performances. This list includes the top female actors who have had starring roles in the last few years, both in film and TV (like Homeland star / Emmy award winner Claire Danes) and should give you a good idea of the top 100 actresses who are in the business these days.
The recent performances of these women have been widely acclaimed, even if their individual films or works were otherwise ignored. Vote up those actresses who you believe have contributed the most to the presence of strong female characters in film and TV, and be sure to add any who we missed...
The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)
Ocean's 8 (2018)
Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Manifesto (2015)
Carol (2015)
The Hobbit series
The Monuments Men (2014)
Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018)
The Post (2017)
Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
Suffragette (2015)
Ricki and the Flash (2015)
Into the Woods (2014)
The Giver (2014)
Anna (2018)
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)
Winchester (2018)
The Leisure Seeker (2017)
Collateral Beauty (2016)
Trumbo (2015)
Eye in the Sky (2015)
Woman in Gold (2015)
The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014)
Aquaman (2018)
Boy Erased (2018)
Destroyer (2018)
Big Little Lies (2017-present)
Top of the Lake (2017)
The Beguiled (2017)
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
Top of the Lake (2017)
Lion (2016)
The Family Fang (2015)
Queen of the Desert (2015)
Paddington (2014)
Before I Go to Sleep (2014)
Grace of Monaco (2014)
Red Joan (2018)
Victoria & Abdul (2017)
The Hollow Crown (2016)
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
Spectre (2015)
The Vote (2015)
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot (2014)
Gloria Bell (2018)
Bel Canto (2018)
Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)
Suburbicon (2017)
Wonderstruck (2017)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay (2014-15)
Still Alice (2014)
Maps to the Stars (2014)
Non-Stop (2014)
King Lear (2018)
Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)
Upstart Crow (2017)
The Children Act (2017)
The Meyerowitz Stories (2017)
Beauty and the Beast (2017)
Alone in Berlin (2016)
The Lady in the Van (2015)
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)
Downton Abbey (2010-15)
Krystal (2017)
Disjointed (2017-18)
Feud: Bette and Joan (2017)
Complete Unknown (2016)
American Horror Story (2013-2016, 2018)
The Boss (2016)
The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015)
Tammy (2014)
The Wife (2018)
Father Figures (2017)
Crooked House (2017)
The Girl with All the Gifts (2017)
What Happened to Monday (2017)
The Great Gilly Hopkins (2016)
Anesthesia (2016)
The Wife (2016)
5 to 7 (2015)
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Going Places (2018)
Viper Club (2018)
Feud: Bette and Joan (2017)
Ray Donovan (2017)
A Bad Moms Christmas (2017)
Mothers and Daughters (2016)
The Meddler (2015)
Tammy (2014)
The Meyerowitz Stories (2017)
The Defenders (2017)
Ghostbusters (2016)
Chappie (2015)
Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)
The Favourite (2018)
The Mercy (2018)
My Cousin Rachel (2017)
Disobedience (2017)
Denial (2017)
The Light Between Oceans (2016)
Youth (2015)
The Lobster (2015)
Vice (2018)
Sharp Objects (2018)
Justice League (2017)
Nocturnal Animals (2016)
Arrival (2016)
Big Eyes (2014)
Ben Is Back (2018)
Homecoming (2018)
Wonder (2017)
Money Master (2016)
Mother's Day (2016)
Secret in Their Eyes (2015)
The Normal Heart (2014)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
Hail, Caesar! (2016)
Olive Kitteridge (2014)
Wonder Wheel (2017)
The Mountain Between Us (2017)
Collateral Beauty (2016)
The Dressmaker (2015)
Steve Jobs (2015)
The Divergent Series (2014-15)
Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
A Quiet Place (2018)
The Girl on the Train (2016)
Sicario (2015)
Into the Woods (2014)
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
The Crown (2019)
Ocean's 8 (2018)
55 Steps (2017)
Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
Love, Nina (2016)
Suffragette (2015)
Cinderella (2015)
Suspiria (2018)
Okja (2017)
Letters from Baghdad (2017)
Doctor Strange (2016)
Hail, Caesar! (2016)
Trainwreck (2015)
Snowpiercer (2014)
Only Lovers Left Alive (2014)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Tully (2018)
Gringo (2018)
Atomic Blonde (2017)
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Dark Places (2015)
Game Night (2018)
Disobedience (2017)
Doctor Strange (2016)
Spotlight (2015)
Southpaw (2015)
Aloha (2015)
A Most Wanted Man (2014)
Red Sparrow (2018)
mother! (2017)
Passengers (2017)
X-Men series (2011-16)
Joy (2015)
The Hunger Games series (2012-15)
Serena (2015)