Top 20 Best Female Performances In Movies
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You know who the best female actresses are, but do you remember any of their best performance s. This is my list of what I thought were the best performances.
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1.
Mia Wasikowska in Alice in Wonderland (2010)
108 points - added 8 years ago by Jezza0 - 1 comment
Comments:
Mia Wasikowska inadvertedly started the new trend of live action fantasies based on classic fairytales.
Added 8 years ago by Jezza0, 1 point
2.
Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs
100 points - added 10 years ago by thelma0210 -
3.
Lily James in Cinderella (2015)
91 points - added 8 years ago by Jezza0 - 1 comment
Comments:
It's funny to think that Lily James actually auditioned for the role of stepsister Anastasia originally.
Added 8 years ago by Jezza0, 0 points
4.
Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games
64 points - added 8 years ago by Jezza0 -
5.
Gwyneth Paltrow in Iron Man
59 points - added 8 years ago by guest -
6.
Dakota Blue Richards in The Golden Compass
51 points - added 5 years ago by guest -
7.
Sissy Spacek in Carrie
51 points - added 10 years ago by thelma0210 -
8.
Sandra Bullock in Speed
51 points - added 10 years ago by thelma0210 -
9.
Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music
50 points - added 10 years ago by thelma0210 - 1 comment
Comments:
Boring
Added 8 years ago by Jezza0, -3 points
10.
Sandra Bullock in While You Were Sleeping
Nobody can really blame her for falling in love with the man, and then the family, and then while the man was in a coma falling in love with his brother.
48 points - added 10 years ago by thelma0210 -
11.
Vivien Leigh in Gone With the Wind
47 points - added 10 years ago by thelma0210 -
12.
Glen Close in Fatal Attraction
46 points - added 10 years ago by thelma0210 -
13.
Faye Dunaway in Bonnie and Clyde
34 points - added 10 years ago by thelma0210 -
14.
Julie Christie in Doctor Zhivago
20 points - added 4 years ago by guest -
15.
Brie Larson in Captain Marvel
10 points - added 2 years ago by guest -
16.
Halle Berry in Losing Isaih
10 points - added 10 years ago by thelma0210 -
17.
Julia Roberts In Pretty Woman
It's got to be easy to play a hooker, but Julia Roberts did the impossible by playing a likeable hooker.
10 points - added 10 years ago by thelma0210 -
18.
Julia Roberts in Erin Brockovich
Another powerful Julia Roberts role as a struggling single mother battling a big California power company accused of pollution.
8 points - added 10 years ago by thelma0210 -
19.
Kate Winslet in Revolutionary Road
4 points - added 10 years ago by thelma0210 -
20.
Michelle Phieffer in Dangerous Minds
2 points - added 10 years ago by thelma0210 -
21.
Lisa Raye for Players Club
Good girl turned stripper turned college graduate in the hood, go Lisa!
0 points - added 10 years ago by thelma0210 -
22.
Jennifer Hudson in Dreamgirls
-5 points - added 10 years ago by thelma0210 -
23.
Monique in Precious
Hated her character and she played it well.
-9 points - added 10 years ago by thelma0210 -
24.
Susan Sarandon in The Client
-11 points - added 10 years ago by thelma0210 -
25.
Whitney Houston In the Bodygaurd
Whitney Houston took this role and made it her own. She and her co star made a really believable sort of couple.
-26 points - added 10 years ago by thelma0210 -
26.
Whoopi Goldberg as Celie in The Color Purple
Battered wife, loner, low self-esteem and rise to learning to love herself..
-28 points - added 10 years ago by thelma0210 -
27.
Oprah Winfrey as Sophia in the Color Purple
Wow, we all remember Mrs Sophia.
-43 points - added 10 years ago by thelma0210 - 1 comment
Comments:
I don't
Added 5 years ago by guest, 4 points
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