The Best of 2018 The Best Actresses Working Today  

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List Rules Working actresses who have starred in major films or TV series in the last ~5 years

1

4,077 2,088

Cate Blanchett age 46

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)

2

4,708 3,100

Meryl Streep age 68

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)

3

2,735 1,796

marajanerogers added Julianne Moore age 55

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)

4

2,763 1,556

Helen Mirren age 72

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)

5

3,414 1,848

Kate Winslet age 42

Wonder Wheel (2017)
The Mountain Between Us (2017)
Collateral Beauty (2016)
The Dressmaker (2015)
Steve Jobs (2015)
The Divergent Series (2014-15)

6

2,688 1,411

Maggie Smith age 83

The Lady in the Van (2015)
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)
Downton Abbey (2010-15)

7

2,786 1,370

Judi Dench age 83

Red Joan  (2018)
Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
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)

8

2,528 1,758

Nicole Kidman age 48

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)

9

2,854 2,505

Charlize Theron age 42

Tully (2018)
Gringo (2018)
Atomic Blonde (2017)
The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016)
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Dark Places (2015)
A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)

10

3,112 1,390

Amy Adams age 41

Backseat (2018)
Sharp Objects (2018)
Justice League (2017)
Nocturnal Animals (2016)
Arrival (2016)
Big Eyes (2014)

11

2,625 1,437

Emma Thompson age 56

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)

12

2,491 1,701

Jodie Foster age 55

Hotel Artemis (2018)

13

1,931 1,298

Rachel Weisz age 48

The Favourite (2018)
The Mercy (2018)
My Cousin Rachel (2017)
Disobedience (2017)
Denial (2017)
The Light Between Oceans (2016)
Youth (2015)
The Lobster (2015)

14

1,834 1,429

marajanerogers added Susan Sarandon age 71

Going Places (2018)
Viper Club (2018)
The Death and Life of John F. Donovan (2018)
Feud: Bette and Joan (2017)
Ray Donovan (2017)
A Bad Moms Christmas (2017)
Mothers and Daughters (2016)
The Meddler (2015)
Tammy (2014)

15

2,255 1,116

MarySSpiegel added Kathy Bates age 69

On the Basis of Sex (2018)
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)

16

3,166 2,532

Natalie Portman age 34

The Death and Life of John F. Donovan (2018)
Vox Lux (2018)
Annihilation (2018)
Song to Song (2017)
Planetarium (2016)
Jackie (2016)
A Tale of Love and Darkness (2016)
Jane Got a Gun (2016)

17

1,647 1,370

Glenn Close age 71

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)

18

2,468 1,382

Helena Bonham Carter age 51

The Crown (2019)
Ocean's 8 (2018)
55 Steps (2017)
Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
Love, Nina (2016)
Suffragette (2015)
Cinderella (2015)

19

2,067 1,403

Julia Roberts age 50

Ben Is Back (2018)
Homecoming (2018)
Wonder (2017)
Money Master (2016)
Mother's Day (2016)
Secret in Their Eyes (2015)
The Normal Heart (2014)

20

2,697 1,220

rom0618 added Sandra Bullock age 51

Bird Box (2018)
Ocean's 8 (2018)
Our Brand is Crisis (2015)

21

2,269 1,083

Rachel McAdams age 37

Game Night (2018)
Disobedience (2017)
Doctor Strange (2016)
Spotlight (2015)
Southpaw (2015)
Aloha (2015)
A Most Wanted Man (2014)

22

3,762 3,142

Jennifer Lawrence age 25

Red Sparrow (2018)
mother! (2017)
Passengers (2017)
X-Men series (2011-16)
Joy (2015)
The Hunger Games series (2012-15)
Serena (2015)

23

2,153 864

Emily Blunt age 32

Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
A Quiet Place (2018)
The Girl on the Train (2016)
The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016)
Sicario (2015)
Into the Woods (2014)
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

24

2,669 2,318

Anne Hathaway age 33

Serenity (2018)
Ocean's 8 (2018)
Colossal (2017)
Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
The Intern (2015)
Interstellar (2014)

25

1,403 1,011

unintentionalwit added Frances McDormand age 60

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
Hail, Caesar! (2016)
Olive Kitteridge (2014)

26

1,771 1,135

Julie Andrews age 82

27

1,470 1,021

Naomi Watts age 47

Ophelia (2018)
Twin Peaks (2017)
Gypsy (2017)
The Glass Castle (2017)
The Book of Henry (2017)
While We're Young (2015)
The Divergent series (2015-16)
St. Vincent (2014)
Birdman (2014)

28

1,277 791

maguilar added Sigourney Weaver age 68

The Meyerowitz Stories (2017)
The Defenders (2017)
Ghostbusters (2016)
Chappie (2015)
Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)

29

1,918 1,244

Mweihn added Reese Witherspoon age 42

A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
Home Again (2017)
Big Little Lies (2017-present)
Hot Pursuit (2015)
Inherent Vice (2015)
Wild (2014)
Gone Girl (2014)

30

1,387 1,231

unintentionalwit added Hilary Swank age 43

I Am Mother (2018)
What They Had (2018)
Trust (2018)
55 Steps (2017)
Logan Lucky (2017)
The Homesman (2014)
You're Not You (2014)

31

1,109 950

unintentionalwit added Tilda Swinton age 57

Suspiria (2018)
War Machine (2017)
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)

32

1,418 941

Jessica Chastain age 41

Woman Walks Ahead (2017)
Molly's Game (2017)
The Zookeeper's Wife (2017)
Miss Sloane (2017)
The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016)
Crimson Peak (2015)
The Martian (2015)
A Most Violent Year (2015)
Miss Julie (2014)
Interstellar (2014)
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby (2014)

33

1,474 812

unintentionalwit added Viola Davis age 50

Widows (2018)
Fences (2016)
Suicide Squad (2016)
Custody (2016)
Lila & Eve (2015)
Blackhat (2015)
Get On Up (2014)
How to Get Away with Murder (2014-present)

34

1,087 991

Annette Bening age 57

Georgetown (2018)
Life Itself (2018)
The Seagull (2018)
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017)
20th Century Women (2017)
Rules Don't Apply (2016)
Danny Collins (2015)

35

2,340 2,098

Scarlett Johansson age 31

Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Rough Night (2017)
Ghost in the Shell (2017)
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Hail, Caesar! (2016)
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Lucy (2014)
Chef (2014)

36

1,499 1,333

Michelle Pfeiffer age 59

Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
The Wizard of Lies (2017)
Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
mother! (2017)
Where Is Kyra? (2017)

37

1,178 828

Marion Cotillard age 42

Angel Face (2018)
Ismael's  Ghosts (2017)
Rock'n Roll (2017)
Assassin's Creed (2016)
Macbeth (2015)
Dior and I (2014)
Two Days, One Night (2014)
The Immigrant (2014)
 

38

1,043 906

Michelle Williams age 35

Venom (2018)
I Feel Pretty (2018)
All the Money in the World (2017)
The Greatest Showman (2017)
Wonderstruck (2017)
Certain Women (2016)
Manchester by the Sea (2016)
Suite Française (2016)

39

1,031 695

Robin Wright age 51

Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Wonder Woman (2017)
Everest (2015)
A Most Wanted Man (2014)
House of Cards (2013-present)

40

1,861 1,896

jware added Keira Knightley age 33

Berlin, I Love You (2018)
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)
Colette (2018)
Collateral Beauty (2016)
Everest (2015)
The Imitation Game (2014)
Laggies (2014)
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)

41

1,037 650

rom0618 added Sally Field age 71

Maniac (2018)
Little Evil (2017)
Hello, My Name Is Doris (2015)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

42

1,809 1,268

Elise Hennigan added Emma Stone age 27

The Favourite (2018)
Maniac (2018)
Battle of the Sexes (2017)
La La Land (2016)
Irrational Man (2015)
Aloha (2015)
Birdman (2014)
Magic in the Moonlight (2014)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

43

1,744 1,033

ImanBehb added Jessica Biel age 33

Shock and Awe (2017)
The Sinner (2017)
A Kind of Murder (2016)
Bleeding Heart (2015)
Accidental Love (2015)

44

2,394 2,189

averagej123 added Emma Watson age 25

The Circle (2017)
Beauty and the Beast (2017)
Regression (2015)
Colonia (2015)
Noah (2014)

45

1,052 1,061

Claire Danes age 38

A Kid Like Jake (2018)
Brigsby Bear (2017)
Homeland (2011-present)

46

816 406

Jessica Lange age 68

Wild Oats (2016)
The Gambler (2014)
Feud: Bette and Joan (2017)
American Horror Story (2011-15, 2018)

47

759 518

Diane Keaton age 72

Book Club (2018)
Hampstead (2017)
The Young Pope (2016)
Love the Coopers (2015)
5 Flights Up (2014)
And So It Goes (2014)

48

901 737

MadisonJeannineWallace added Kristen Bell age 35

Like Father (2018)
How to Be a Latin Lover (2017)
The Good Place (2016-present)
Bad Moms (2016)
The Boss (2016)
Frozen franchise (2013-present)

49

1,051 768

Marisa Tomei age 53

Behold My Heart (2018)
The First Purge (2018)
After Everything (2018)
Spider-Man franchise (2016-present)
The Big Short (2015)
Love the Coopers (2015)
Trainwreck (2015)
Spare Parts (2015)
Empire (2015)
Loitering with Intent (2014)
The Rewrite (2014)
Love Is Strange (2014)

50

1,022 637

rom0618 added Elizabeth Banks age 41

The Happytime Murders (2018)
Pitch Perfect series (2012-2017)
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later (2017)
Power Rangers (2017)
Magic Mike XXL (2015)
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp (2015)
The Hunger Games series (2012-2015)
Love & Mercy (2014)
Every Secret Thing (2014)
Walk of Shame (2014)
Little Accidents (2014)