Leading Ladies

[bczoom]

Is it just me or is there a lack of "top notch" actresses as compared to the number of actors.

For actors, I can think of many but I'm coming up very short on actresses. Who are some I'm missing?

BTW, I'm going with stars of relatively current movies.

Actors
Robert De Niro
Al Pacino
Jack Nicholson
Paul Newman
Robert Duvall
Gene Hackman
Harrison Ford
Johnny Depp
Tom Hanks
Kevin Spacey
Morgan Freeman
Billy Bob Thornton
Anthony Hopkins
Samuel L. Jackson
Denzel Washington

Actresses
Meryl Streep
Cate Blanchett
Julianne Moore
Diane Keaton

 

[DaveNay]

I actually think Uma Thurman is a good actress.

 

[cowgirl]

I like Julia Roberts and Will Smith

 

[pirate_girl]

Two of my all time favourites aren't on the lists.
One has gone to the great beyond.
Her name is Colleen Dewhurst.

I always loved watching Hal Holbrook in any film he was in.
GREAT actor IMO.

 

[American Woman]

Jody Foster
Angelina Jolie (even though I have never seen any of her movies she is a leading actress)
Kate Winslet
Halle Berry
Nicole Kidman
Ren'ee Zellweger
Sissy Spaceck

 

[pirate_girl]

Doris Day
Lauren Bacall
Bette Davis

Gregory Peck
Jimmy Stewart
.. oh wait.. these are has beens.. we're talking about current Hollywood actors.
Sorry, none of them trip my trigger much- unless they are GOOD, which is why I don't get all jiggety about whatever is going on in film these days.
Zzzzzzz..

 

[Bobcat]

Diane Lane
Michele Pfeifer
Kate Hudson
Natalie Portman