Pick an Actress

I’m not going to be IGNORED OP.

Emma Thompson is fairly diverse in what she can play. She has magnificent bone structure and a voice I could listen to all day. Her politics are a bit loony but overall, I dig Emma Thompson. Winslet was my second runner up.

Baranksi? In this list? Why not throw in Penny Marshall or Doris Day?

OP, you're a terrible person!

Kate Winslet…no contest.

Julianne Moore, seriously.

I love her.

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Julianne Moore, seriously.

I love her.

Julianne Moore, seriously.

I love her.

But do you love her, r5/r7/r8?

Sorry -- that's my computer burping.

Why isn't Pamelyn Ferdin on the list?

Why?

Christine Baranski - everyone knows the other women's merits, but Christine is hilarious and not given as much publicity as she deserves.

Why not?

Laura Linney for no reason other than she did the intro for Downton Abbey on PBS.

Laura Linney...a great actress, and because I'm sick of Meryl dominating every category!

R11 and Pam Anderson??

Tilda Swinton. I just like her but I like others on the list, too.

I do not like Emma Thompson because when she was 36 she made the vainly foolish decision to play 19 year old Elinor Dashwood in the 1995 version of Sense and Sensibility. Completely unbelievable and ridiculous in that role. Kate Winslet was superb as Marianne. The movie overall was great but Emma T was miscast.

Laura Linney, because I like her best.

And yet you chose not to include not one woman of color. Your exclusion is offensive. It is a problem.

Laura Linney because I love her more than R19 does

My favorite Black actress is Queen Latifah. I adore Awkafina and Michelle Yeoh.

Lisa Gerritsen

Lisa Gerritsen is in another category altogether, r23. She belongs with Julia Marlowe, Ellen Terry and Yvonne Craig.

R20 I actually lost count. In fact, I was thinking which Black, Latina, or Asian actress to add and then the slots just got full.

But, I would add have put Alfre Woodward, Penelope Cruz, and/or Michelle Yeoh.

R25, Penelope Cruz is not a woman of color you stupid cunt.

Pick an actress - what is this an audition? You know I’m gonna get it.

Christine Baranski, because she's a second rate Maggie Smith in a second rate Downton Abbey

Annette Bening, she seems like a nice person; someone you'd probably enjoy being around.

Patricia Clarkson should be on this list. She’s my choice.

Brooke Shields

Why?

None of your damn business!

I hope this thread is redline for its offensive exclusion of any persons of color. Get real. It’s 2023.

R32 Nice to see you again, Viola

R16, I agree with you about Meryl Streep.

I know it’s already been said but OP’s list is lily white. And then R22 chimes in with Queen Latifah? Of all the talented Black actresses out there you’re choosing Queen Latifah?

Is Domino’s your favorite pizza?

Christine Baranski? What a bunch of fags.

R35 😂 😂. Right.

Gong Li.

Juliette Binoche

Glenn Close, her performance in "Dangerous Liaisons" is mesmerizing, the fact that she hasn't won an Oscar is a crime against humanity.

R40 I agree!

Glenn. I love the fact that she has played unsympathetic characters without trying to give a sense that they are redeemable. She is a great actress, and her lack of Oscar recognition should be more embarrassing to the Academy than to her. Her loss to Olivia Colman was a travesty. Colman is wonderful, but she had probably the third-largest female role in The Favourite.

I do hope the Academy offer Glenn an honorary award, and I hope she tell them to stick it up their ass.

Rosamund Pike because she's a good fucking actress.

And Glenn never sucked Wenstein’s dick either literally it figuratively.

Pick an actress:

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Jo Van Fleet

Colleen Moore

Mary Woronov

Elke Sommer

Mercedes McCambridge

Una Merkel

Pamela Austin

Maria Ouspenskaya

Mimi Kennedy

Doro Merande

Amy Ryan. She's an excellent actress and, even though you didn't offer her on your list, I choose her.

Annette Bening. I like her versatility and lack of vanity. Judging from her performances, she seems to have a high intelligence and a great sense of humor.

I picked Tilda, because she works with the most interesting list of filmmakers.

(Derek Jarman, Luca Guadagnino, Lynne Ramsay, Spike Jonze, Jim Jarmusch, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, George Miller, Bong Joon-ho, Joanna Hogg, Wes Anderson, the Coen brothers, Tony Gilroy)

The only person in the poll who comes even close to matching her in this regard is Blanchett.

Cate Blanchett - to me always looks like someone with bad breath

Althought you didnt put her on the lost. She is a fine actress. I select Reneee Zellweger because Bridget Jones Diary, the first movie in the sequel, is my favorite movie. RZ was just gold in that film

Nobody Black

Julianne Moore.

R45. Jo Van Fleet. Allegedly, she was a very unhappy person but a brilliant actress. She brought out the best in Helen Lawson in I'll Cry Tomorrow and they both deserved Oscars.

Ann Dowd.

Barbara Harris

Polly Bergen.

Happy to see Jo Van Fleet being recognized here. I thought her performance in East of Eden was heartbreaking.