List of female movie actors (A-K)

This is an alphabetical list of notable female movie actors.

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.

Note: In current English usage, the word actress has been labelled by some as pejorative. Actor or female actor is often used in its place.

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - Z

A

Aa-Ai - Al - Am - An - Ar-Az

Aa-Ai

Aaliyah (1979-2001)
Amy Acker (born 1976)
Sharon Acker (born 1935)
Brooke Adams (born 1949)
Edie Adams (born 1929)
Julie Adams (born 1926)
Maude Adams (born 1945)
Mary Kay Adams (born 1962)
Dawn Addams (1930-1985)
Isabelle Adjani (born 1955)
Renée Adorée (1898-1933)
Iris Adrian (1912-1994)
Shohreh Aghdashloo (born 1953)
Jenny Agutter (born 1952)
Anouk Aimée (born 1932)

Al

Jessica Marie Alba (born 1981)
Anna Maria Alberghetti (born 1936)
Lola Albright (born 1925)
Mari Aldon (born 1927)
Jane Alexander (born 1939)
Katherine Alexander (1901-1981)
Khandi Alexander (born 1957)
Sasha Alexander (born 1975)
Tatyana Ali (born 1979)
Dorothy Alison (1925-1992)
Elizabeth Allan (1908-1990)
Beth Allen (born 1984)
Louise Allbritton (1920-1979)
Debbie Allen (born 1950)
Ginger Lynn Allen (born 1962)
Gracie Allen (1902-1964)
Joan Allen (born 1956)
Karen Allen (born 1951)
Nancy Allen (born 1950)
Kirstie Alley (born 1951)
Sara Allgood (1883-1950)
Fran Allison (died 1989)
June Allyson (born 1917)
Maria Conchita Alonso (born 1957)

Am

Adrienne Ames (1907-1947)
Suzy Amis (born 1961)

An

Susan Anbeh (born 1970)
Merry Anders (born 1932)
Barbara Anderson (born 1945)
Gillian Anderson (born 1968)
Judith Anderson (1898-1992)
Laurie Anderson (born 1947)
Loni Anderson (born 1946)
Pamela Anderson (born 1967)
Rona Anderson (born 1926)
Bibi Andersson (born 1935)
Harriet Andersson (born 1932)
Gwili Andre (1908-1959)
Lona Andre (1915-1992)
Ursula Andress (born 1936)
Julie Andrews (born 1935)
Heather Angel (1909-1986)
Pier Angeli (1932-1971)
Evelyn Ankers (1918-1985)
Jennifer Aniston (born 1969)
Annabella (1909-1996)
Francesca Annis (born 1944)
Ann-Margret (born 1941)
Susan Anspach (born 1939)
Lysette Anthony (born 1963)
Laura Antonelli (born 1941)
Gabrielle Anwar (born 1970)

Ar-Az

Anne Archer (born 1947)
Fanny Ardant (born 1949)
Eve Arden (1908-1990)
Asia Argento (born 1975)
Arletty (1898-1992)
Lee Armstrong (born 1970)
Yvonne Arnaud (born 1890)
Patricia Arquette (born 1968)
Rosanna Arquette (born 1959)
Bea Arthur (born 1923)
Jean Arthur (1900-1991)
Linda Arvidsson
Dame Peggy Ashcroft (1907-1991)
Jane Asher (born 1946)
Elizabeth Ashley (born 1939)
Junie Astor (1912-1967)
Mary Astor (1906-1987)
Jeanne Aubert (1906-1988)
Stéphane Audran (born 1932)
Pernilla August (born 1958)
Nicki Lynn Aycox (born 1975)
Agnes Ayres (1896-1940)
Shabana Azmi (born 1952)

B

Ba

Bac-Ban

Lauren Bacall (born 1924)
Barbara Bach (born 1947)
Olga Baclanova (1899-1974)
Hermione Baddeley (1906-1986)
Pearl Bailey (1918-1990)
Barbara Bain (born 1931)
Fay Bainter (1891-1968)
Carroll Baker (born 1931)
Diane Baker (born 1938)
Kathy Baker (born 1947)
Fairuza Balk (born 1974)
Betty Balfour (1903-1978)
Lucille Ball (1911-1989)
Anne Bancroft (born 1931)
Tallulah Bankhead (1902-1968)
Vilma Banky (1898-1992)
Josette Banzet

Bar-Bax

Theda Bara (1890-1955)
Brigitte Bardot (born 1934)
Lynn Bari (1913-1989)
Ellen Barkin (born 1954)
Binnie Barnes (1903-1998)
Marie-Christine Barrault, (born 1944)
Majel Barrett (born 1936)
Mona Barrie (1909-1964)
Wendy Barrie (1912-1978)
Drew Barrymore (born 1975)
Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959)
Eva Bartok (1927-1998)
Kim Basinger (born 1953)
Angela Bassett (born 1958)
Florence Bates (1888-1954)
Kathy Bates (born 1948)
Frances Bavier (1902-1989)
Anne Baxter (1923-1985)
Jane Baxter (1909-1986)

Be

Bl

Claudia Black (born 1972)
Karen Black (born 1942)
Honor Blackman (born 1927)
Vivian Blaine (1921-1995)
Betsy Blair (born 1923)
Janet Blair (born 1921)
Linda Blair (born 1959)
Amanda Blake (1929-1989)
Susan Blakely (born 1952)
Jolene Blalock (born 1975)
Mari Blanchard (1927-1970)
Cate Blanchett (born 1969)
Clara Blandick (1880-1962)
Sally Blane (1910-1997)
Tempestt Bledsoe (born 1973)
Yasmine Bleeth (born 1968)
Joan Blondell (1906-1979)
Giselle Blondet (born 1966)
Claire Bloom (born 1931)
Ann Blyth (born 1928)

Bo

Eleanor Boardman (1898-1991)
Mary Boland (1880-1965)
Beulah Bondi (1888-1981)
Lisa Bonet (born 1967)
Helena Bonham Carter (born 1966)
Sandrine Bonnaire (born 1967)
Shirley Booth (1898-1992)
Olive Borden (1908-1947)
Veda Ann Borg (1915-1973)
Chili Bouchier (1909-1999)
Carole Bouquet (born 1957)
Clara Bow (1905-1965)
Lara Flynn Boyle (born 1970)

Br

Lorraine Bracco (born 1955)
Alice Brady (1892-1939)
Sonia Braga (born 1950)
Eileen Brennan (born 1935)
Evelyn Brent (1899-1975)
Mary Brian (1906-2002)
Fanny Brice (1891-1951)
Ashley Brillault (born 1987)
May Britt (born 1933)
Barbara Britton (1919-1980)
Gladys Brockwell (1893-1929)
Lesley Brook (born 1916)
Hillary Brooke (1914-1999)
Geraldine Brooks (1925-1977)
Leslie Brooks (born 1922)
Louise Brooks (1906-1985)
Mary Brough (1863-1934)
Vanessa Brown (1928-1999)
Emily Browning (born 1988)
Brenda Bruce (1918-1996)
Virginia Bruce (1910-1982)
Dora Bryan (born 1924)

Bu-By

Metka Bucar (born 1903)
Betty Buckley (born 1947)
Genevieve Bujold (born 1942)
Sandra Bullock (born 1964)
Billie Burke (1885-1970)
Delta Burke (born 1956)
Kathy Burke (born 1964)
Carol Burnett (born 1933)
Hedy Burress (born 1973)
Ellen Burstyn (born 1932)
Mae Busch (1897-1946)
Spring Byington (1884-1971)
Amanda Bynes (born 1986)
Kathleen Byron (born 1923)

C

Ca

Cab-Cap

Susan Cabot (1927-1986)
Jean Cadell (1884-1967)
Zoe Caldwell (born 1933)
Kay Callard (born 1923)
Rebecca Callard (born 1975)
Phyllis Calvert (1915-2002)
Corinne Calvet (1925-2001)
Mrs. Patrick Campbell (1865-1940)
Naomi Campbell (born 1970)
Neve Campbell (born 1973)
Colleen Camp (born 1953)
Dyan Cannon (born 1937)
Esma Cannon (1896-1972)
Judy Canova (1913-1983)
Kate Capshaw (born 1953)
Capucine (1931-1990)
Kelly Campbell (born May 1970)

Car

Irene Cara (born 1964)
Claudia Cardinale (born 1938)
Joyce Carey (1898-1993)
Mary Carlisle (born 1912)
Sue Carol (1908-1982)
Martine Carol (1921-1967)
Leslie Caron (born 1931)
Charisma Carpenter (born 1970)
Barbara Carrera (born 1951)
Tia Carrere (born 1967)
Martine Carol (1922-1967)
Diahann Carroll (born 1935)
Madeleine Carroll (1906-1987)
Nancy Carroll (1903-1965)
Jeannie Carson (born 1928)
Lina Carstens (1892-1978)
Janis Carter (1917-1994)
Lynda Carter (born 1951)
Nell Carter (1948-2003)
Katrin Cartlidge (1961-2002)
Nancy Cartwright (born 1957)
Veronica Cartwright (born 1949)

Cas-Cau

Maria Casares (1922-1996)
Joanna Cassidy (born 1944)
Peggy Cass (1924-1999)
Kate del Castillo (born 1972)
Peggie Castle (1926-1973)
Keisha Castle-Hughes (born 1990)
Veronica Castro (born 1952)
Phoebe Cates (born 1963)
Kim Cattrall (born 1956)
Joan Caulfield (1922-1991)

Ce-Ci

Kate Ceberano (born 1966)
Marge Champion (born 1921)
Helen Chandler (1906-1965)
Carol Channing (born 1921)
Stockard Channing (born 1944)
Geraldine Chaplin (born 1944)
Marguerite Chapman (1918-1999)
Cyd Charisse (born 1921)
Daveigh Chase (born 1990)
Ilke Chase (1905-1978)
Ruth Chatterton, (1893-1961)
Joan Chen (born 1960)
Lynette Chico
Cher (born 1946)
Virginia Cherrill (1908-1996)
Rae Dawn Chong (born 1960)
Mady Christians (1900-1951)
Julie Christie (born 1941)
Virginia Christine (1920-1996)
Diana Churchill (1913-1994)
Marguerite Churchill (1909-2000)
Diane Cilento (born 1933)

Cl

Petula Clark (born 1932)
Susan Clark (born 1940)
Caitlin Clarke (born 1952)

)

Patricia Clarkson (born 1959)
Jill Clayburgh (born 1944)
Aurore Clément (born 1945)
Glenn Close (born 1947)

Co

Imogene Coca (1908-2001)
Claudette Colbert (1903-1996)
Nancy Coleman (1912-2000)
Toni Collette (born 1972)
Constance Collier (1875-1955)
Joan Collins (born 1933)
Margaret Colin (born 1957)
Holly Marie Combs (born 1973)
Dorothy Comingore (1913-1971)
Betty Compson, (1897-1974)
Fay Compton (1894-1978)
Joyce Compton (1907-1997)
Jennifer Connelly (born 1970)
A.J. Cook (born 1978)
Barbara Cook (born 1927)
Rachael Leigh Cook (born 1979)
Gladys Cooper (1888-1971)
Ellen Corby (1911-1999)
Mara Corday (born 1932)
Adrienne Corri (born 1933)
Valentina Cortese (born 1924)
Dolores Costello (1905-1979)
Marisa Coughlan
Hazel Court (born 1926)
Cicely Courtneidge (1893-1980)
Christina Cox
Courteney Cox (born 1964)

Cr-Cu

Jeanne Crain (1925-2003)
Anne Crawford (1920-1956)
Joan Crawford (c. 1904-1977)
Laura Hope Crews (1880-1942)
Valérie Crunchant (born 1972)
Rosalie Crutchley (1920-1997)
Penelope Cruz (born 1974)
Constance Cummings (born 1910)
Peggy Cummins (born 1925)
Jamie Lee Curtis (born 1958)
Melinda Culea (born 1955)
Cecil Cunningham (1888-1959)
Joan Cusack (born 1962)
Sinéad Cusack (born 1948)

D

Da

Dag-Dau

Lil Dagover (1897-1980)
Arlene Dahl (born 1924)
Elizabeth Daily (born 1962)
Patricia Dainton (born 1930)
Amy Dalby (1888-1969)
Esther Dale (1885-1961)
Tyne Daly (born 1946)
Lili Damita (1901-1994)
Viola Dana (1897-1987)
Dorothy Dandridge (1922-1965)
Claire Danes (born 1979)
Beverly D'Angelo (born 1953)
Bebe Daniels (1901-1971)
Avgusta Danilova (1869-1958)
Blythe Danner (born 1943)
Sybil Danning (born 1950)
Jacqueline Danno (born 1936)
Linda Darnell (1923-1965)
Danielle Darrieux (born 1917)
Bella Darvi (1927-1971)
Jane Darwell (1879-1967)
Sophie Daumier (born 1936)

Dav-Day

Elyssa Davalos
Lolita Davidovich (born 1961)
Betty Ann Davies (1909-1955)
Marion Davies (1897-1961)
Ann B. Davis (born 1926)
Bette Davis (1908-1989)
Gail Davis (1925-1997)
Geena Davis (born 1956)
Joan Davis (1907-1961)
Judy Davis (born 1955)
Rosario Dawson (born 1979)
Doris Day (born 1924)
Frances Day (1907-1984)
Laraine Day (born 1917)

De

Brenda De Banzie (1915-1981)
Rosemary DeCamp (1910-2001)
Yvonne De Carlo (born 1922)
Jeanne De Casalis (1896-1966)
Ellen DeGeneres (born 1958)
Frances Dee (1907-2004)
Ruby Dee (born 1924)
Sandra Dee (born 1942)
Gloria De Haven (born 1924)
Olivia de Havilland (born 1916)
Kim Delaney (born 1961)
Dana Delany (born 1956)
Dorothy Dell (1915-1934)
Danièle Delorme (born 1926)
Julie Delpy (born 1969)
Evelyn Del Rio (1931-1998)
Dolores Del Rio (1905-1983)
Rebecca De Mornay (born 1962)
Catherine Deneuve (born 1943)
Judi Dench (born 1934)
Sandy Dennis (1937-1992)
Lya De Putti (1899-1931)
Bo Derek (born 1956)
Laura Dern (born 1967)
Colleen Dewhurst (1924-1991)
Susan Dey (born 1952)

Dh-Di

Amita Dhiri (born 1968)
Cameron Diaz (born 1972)
Angie Dickinson (born 1931)
Marlene Dietrich (1901-1992)
Phyllis Diller (born 1917)
Melinda Dillon (born 1939)
Madhuri Dixit (born 1967), Hindi films

Do

Claire Dodd (1908-1973)
Shannen Doherty (born 1971)
Lexa Doig (born 1973)
Fifi D'Orsay (1904-1983)
Arielle Dombasle (born 1958)
Carmen Dominicci (born 1966)
Faith Domergue (1924-1999)
Elinor Donahue (born 1937)
Yolanda Donlan (born 1920)
Jeff Donnell (1921-1988)
Ruth Donnelly (1896-1982)
Amanda Donohoe (born 1965)
Ann Doran (1911-2000)
Françoise Dorléac (1942-1967)
Sandra Dorne (1925-1992)
Diana Dors (1931-1984)
Kathe Dorsch (1890-1957)
Gabrielle Dorziat (1889-1970)
Donna Douglas (born 1933)
Billie Dove (1903-1997)
Peggy Dow (born 1928)
Joan Dowling (1928-1954)
Lesley Ann Down (born 1954)
Cathy Downs (1924-1976)

Dr

Frances Drake (1908-2000)
Fran Drescher (born 1957)
Sonia Dresdel (1909-1976)
Louise Dresser (1878-1965)
Marie Dressler (1868-1934)
Ellen Drew (1915-2003)
Minnie Driver (born 1970)
Stefka Drolc (born 1923)
Joanne Dru (1922-1996)

Du-Dw

Penelope Dudley-Ward (1914-1982)
Haylie Duff (born 1985)
Hilary Duff (born 1987)
Olympia Dukakis (born 1931)
Patty Duke (born 1946)
Margaret Dumont (1889-1965)
Steffi Duna (1910-1992)
Faye Dunaway (born 1941)
Josephine Dunn (1906-1983)
Irene Dunne (1898-1990)
Mildred Dunnock (1900-1991)
Kirsten Dunst (born 1982)
June Duprez (1918-1984)
Deanna Durbin (born 1921)
Shevonne Durkin
Eliza Dushku (born 1980)
Shelley Duvall (born 1949)
Ann Dvorak (1911-1979)
Karyn Dwyer

E

Jeanne Eagels (1894-1929)
Shirley Eaton (born 1937)
Lydia Echevarria
Lee Eddy (born 1978)
Barbara Eden (born 1934)
Paddi Edwards (born 1931)
Penny Edwards (1928-1998)
Susan Egan (born 1970)
Julie Ege (born 1943)
Samantha Eggar (born 1933)
Ida Ehre (1900-1989)
Sally Eilers (1908-1978)
Hallie Kate Eisenberg (born 1992)
Anita Ekberg (born 1931)
Britt Ekland (born 1942)
Florence Eldridge (1901-1988)
Carmen Electra (born 1972)
Shannon Elizabeth (born 1976)
Isobel Elsom (1893-1981)
Faye Emerson (1917-1983)
Hope Emerson (1898-1960)
Peg Entwistle (1908-1932)
Jill Esmond (1908-1990)
Dale Evans (1912-2001)
Edith Evans (1888-1976)
Linda Evans (born 1942)
Madge Evans (1909-1981)
Peggy Evans (born 1925)
Barbara Everest (1890-1968)
Angie Everhart (born 1969)

F

Fa-Fe

Shelley Fabares (born 1944)
Sydney Fairbrother (1872-1941)
Morgan Fairchild (born 1950)
Edie Falco (born 1963)
Rose Falcon (born 1983)
Jinx Falkenburg (1919-2003)
Dakota Fanning (born 1994)
Frances Farmer (1913-1970)
Felicia Farr (born 1932)
Bita Farrahi
Glenda Farrell (1904-1971)
Mia Farrow (born 1945)
Farrah Fawcet (born 1947)
Alice Faye (1915-1998)
Louise Fazenda (1895-1962)
Andrea Feldman (1948-1972)
Maria Felix (1914-2002)
Edwige Fenech (born 1948)
Hilda Fenemore (1919-2004)
Elsie Ferguson (1883-1961)
Edwige Feuillère (1907-1998)
Elsie Ferguson (1883-1961)

Fi-Fl

Betty Field (1918-1973)
Sally Field (born 1946)
Shirley Anne Field (born 1936)
Virginia Field (1917-1992)
Fenella Fielding (born 1930)
Gracie Fields (1898-1979)
Linda Fiorentino (born 1960)
Danielle Fischel (born 1981)
Carrie Fisher (born 1956)
Geraldine Fitzgerald (born 1913)
Fannie Flagg (born 1944)
Rhonda Fleming (born 1923)
Louise Fletcher (born 1934)
Elisabeth Flickenschildt (1905-1977)
Calista Flockhart (born 1964)
Ann Flood (born 1930)
Sheila Florance (1916-1991)
Lola Flores (1923-1995)

Fo

Nina Foch (born 1924)
Bridget Fonda (born 1974)
Jane Fonda (born 1937)
Joan Fontaine (born 1917)
Lynn Fontanne (1887-1983)
June Foray (born 1917)
Claire Forlani (born 1972)
Sally Forrest (born 1928)
Rosemary Forsyth (born 1944)
Brigitte Fossey (born 1946)
Dianne Foster (born 1928)
Jodie Foster (born 1962)
Julia Foster (born 1941)
Meg Foster (born 1948)
Susanna Foster (born 1924)
Sidney Fox (1910-1942)

Fr-Fu

Mary Frances (born 1959)
Anne Francis (born 1930)
Kay Francis (1903-1968)
Bonnie Franklin (born 1944)
Pamela Franklin (born 1949)
Mary Frann (1943-1998)
Liz Fraser (born 1933
Jane Frazee (1918-1985)
Pauline Frederick (1883-1938)
Kathleen Freeman (1920-2001)
Mona Freeman (born 1926)
Fréhel (1891-1951)
Brenda Fricker (born 1947)
Lindsay Frost (born 1962)
Soleil Moon Frye (born 1976)
Annette Funicello (born 1952)
Yvonne Furneaux (born 1928)
Betty Furness (1916-1994)
Judith Furse (1912-1974)

G

Ga

Eva Gabor, (1919-1995)
Zsa Zsa Gabor (born 1917)
Metka Gabrijelcic, (born 1934)
Helen Gahagan (1900-1980)
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Rita Gam (born 1928)
Greta Garbo (1905-1990)
Ava Gardner (1922-1990)
Beverly Garland (born 1926)
Judy Garland (1922-1969)
Jennifer Garner (born 1972)
Peggy Ann Garner (1932-1984)
Teri Garr (born 1949)
Betty Garrett (born 1919)
Greer Garson (1904-1996)
Anita Garvin (1906-1994)
Lisa Gastoni (born 1935)
Nancy Gates (born 1926)
Marjorie Gateson (1900-1977)
Rebecca Gayheart (born 1972)
Janet Gaynor (1906-1984)
Mitzi Gaynor (born 1930)

Ge

Judy Geeson (born 1948)
Sarah Michelle Gellar (born 1977)
Gladys George (1900-1954)
Linda Day George (born 1944)
Muriel George (1883-1965)
Susan George (born 1950)
Gina Gershon (born 1962)
Jamie Gertz (born 1965)
Estelle Getty (born 1923)

Gi-Gl

Marla Gibbs (born 1931)
Wynne Gibson (1899-1987)
Therese Giehse (1898-1975)
Frances Gifford (1920-1994)
Melissa Gilbert (born 1964)
Connie Gilchrist (1901-1985)
Virginia Gilmore (1919-1986)
Susana Gimenez (born 1945)
Hermione Gingold (1897-1987)
Annie Girardot (born 1931)
Dorothy Gish (1898-1968)
Lillian Gish (1893-1993)
Robin Givens (born 1964)
Louise Glaum (1894-1970)
Sharon Gless (born 1943)

Go

Paulette Goddard (1910-1990)
Judith Godrèche (born 1972)
Marina Golbahari (born 1989)
Whoopi Goldberg (born 1949)
Valeria Golino (born 1966)
Minna Gombell (1892-1973)
Laurel Goodwin (born 1942)
Googoosh (born 1951)
Mary Gordon (1882-1963)
Nora Gordon (1894-1970)
Ruth Gordon (1896-1985)
Helen Goss (born 1903)
Jetta Goudal (1898-1985)

Gr

Gra

Betty Grable (1916-1973)
Elizabeth Gracen (born 1960)
Heather Graham (born 1970)
Gloria Grahame (1923-1981)
Margot Grahame (1911-1982)
Kathryn Grant (born 1933)
Lee Grant (born 1927)
Bonita Granville (1923-1988)
Coleen Gray (born 1922)
Dulcie Gray (born 1919)
Eve Gray (1900-1983)
Nadia Gray (1923-1994)
Sally Gray (born 1916)
Kathryn Grayson (born 1922)

Gre-Gri

Juliette Greco (born 1926)
Eva Green (born 1980)
Mitzi Green (1920-1969)
Charlotte Greenwood (1890-1978)
Joan Greenwood (1921-1987)
Jane Greer (1924-2001)
Everley Gregg (1888-1959)
Joyce Grenfell (1910-1979)
Anne Grey (born 1907)
Jennifer Grey (born 1960)
Nan Grey (1918-1993)
Virginia Grey (1917-2004)
Zena Grey (born 1988)
Ethel Griffies (1878-1975)
Corinne Griffith (1894-1979)
Melanie Griffith (born 1957)

Gu-Gy

Texas Guinan (1884-1933)
Anne Gwynne (1918-2003)
Nell Gwynne (1650-1687)
Greta Gynt (1916-2000)

H

Ha

Hac-Han

Joan Hackett (1934-1983)
Sara Haden (1897-1981)
Jean Hagen (1923-1977)
Uta Hagen (1919-2004)
Julie Hagerty (born 1955)
Liane Haid (1895-2000)
Barbara Hale (born 1921)
Georgia Hale (1905-1985)
Louise Closser Hale (1872-1933)
Deidre Hall (born 1947)
Jerry Hall (born 1956)
Linda Hamilton (born 1956)
Lois Hamilton, (1943-1999)
Margaret Hamilton (1902-1985)
Kay Hammond (1909-1980)
Susan Hampshire (born 1938)
Irene Handl (1901-1987)
Daryl Hannah (born 1960)
Alyson Hannigan (born 1974)

Har-Haw

Marcia Gay Harden (born 1959)
Ann Harding (1901-1981)
Jean Harlow (1911-1937)
Angie Harmon (born 1972)
Valerie Harper (born 1940)
Barbara Harris (born 1935)
Danielle Harris (born 1978)
Julie Harris (born 1925)
Kathleen Harrison (1892-1995)
Dolores Hart (born 1938)
Elizabeth Hartman (1943-1987)
Melissa Joan Hart (born 1976)
Lillian Harvey (1907-1968)
Reika Hashimoto (born 1980)
Signe Hasso (1910-2002)
Teri Hatcher (born 1964)
Anne Hathaway (born 1982)
June Haver (born 1925)
Phyllis Haver (1899-1960)
June Havoc (born 1916)
Goldie Hawn (born 1945)

Hay-Haz

Salma Hayek (born 1966)
Allison Hayes (1930-1977)
Helen Hayes (1900-1993)
Patricia Hayes (1909-1998)
Susan Hayward (1917-1975)
Rita Hayworth (1918-1987)
Hy Hazell (1920-1970)

He-Hi

Eileen Heckart (1919-2001)
Tippi Hedren (born 1931)
Tricia Helfer (born 1974)
Anne Helm (born 1938)
Brigitte Helm (1908-1996)
Mariel Hemingway (born 1961)
Florence Henderson (born 1934)
Wanda Hendrix (1928-1981)
Sonja Henie (1910-1969)
Linda Henning (born 1944)
Gladys Henson (1897-1983)
Natasha Henstridge (born 1974)
Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993)
Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003)
Eileen Herlie (born 1920)
Barbara Hershey (born 1947)
Jennifer Love Hewitt (born 1979)
Virginia Hewitt (1925-1986)
Anne Heywood (born 1930)
Joan Hickson (1906-1998)
Rumi Hiiragi (born 1987)
Hildegarde (born 1906)
Wendy Hiller (1912-2003)
Daisy and Violet Hilton (1908-1969)
Thora Hird (1911-2003)

Ho

Rose Hobart (1906-2000)
Valerie Hobson (1917-1998)
Jutta Hoffmann (born 1941)
Fay Holden (1895-1973)
Gloria Holden (1908-1991)
Judy Holliday (1921-1965)
Lauren Holly (born 1963)
Celeste Holm (born 1919)
Katie Holmes (born 1978)
Jennifer Holt (1920-1997)
Darla Hood (1931-1979)
Vida Hope (1918-1962)
Miriam Hopkins (1902-1972)
Marianne Hoppe (born 1911)
Hedda Hopper (1890-1966)
Lena Horne (born 1917)
Brigitte Horney (1911-1988)
Jane Horrocks (born 1964)
Whitney Houston (born 1963)
Sally Ann Howes (born 1930)

Hu

Kelly Hu (born 1968)
Kate Hudson (born 1979)
Rochelle Hudson (1914-1972)
Felicity Huffman (born 1962)
Mary Beth Hughes (1919-1995)
Josephine Hull (1884-1957)
Benita Hume (1906-1967)
Gayle Hunnicut (born 1942)
Helen Hunt (born 1963)
Linda Hunt (born 1945)
Marsha Hunt (born 1917)
Martita Hunt (1900-1969)
Holly Hunter (born 1958)
Kim Hunter (1922-2002)
Isabelle Huppert (born 1955)
Elizabeth Hurley (born 1965)
Veronica Hurst (1931-1994)
Olivia Hussey (born 1951)
Ruth Hussey (born 1914)
Anjelica Huston (born 1951)
Betty Hutton (born 1921)
Lauren Hutton (born 1943)

Hy

Leila Hyams (1905-1977)
Martha Hyer (born 1924)
Jane Hylton (1927-1979)

I

Frieda Inescort (1900-1976)
May Irwin (1862-1938)
Jill Ireland (1936-1990)
Amy Irving (born 1953)
Rosalind Ivan (1881-1959)

J

This is an alphabetical list of notable female movie actors.

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.

Note: In current English usage, the word actress has been labelled by some as pejorative. Actor or female actor is often used in its place.