Top 20 Screen Actresses

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• 1 - Rayne

  Jul 13, 2005 at 1:25 pm

  Oh my God....Angela Bassett does NOT get the credit she deserves. She should have been the first black woman to win a lead oscar....NOT crappy Halle Berry.

• 2 - Aaman

  Jul 13, 2005 at 1:28 pm

  This would be a more exciting post with pictures of the actresses under discussion, IMHO, as well as some reasoning behind the selection - why one actress and not another.
  
  Rayne, Sidney Poitier won Best Actor way back when. Also, Hattie Mcdaniel won for Best Supporting Actress for "Gone With The Wind" in 1940

• 3 - Bryan McKay

  Jul 13, 2005 at 1:35 pm

  Aaman, Sidney Poitier is not a black woman, nor is Best Supporting Actress a lead Oscar. I think you just misread her comment. ;-)

• 4 - Aaman

  Jul 13, 2005 at 1:40 pm

  In toto though, I did address her point I think. :)
  
  Coming to this list, where is Angelina Jolie?

• 5 - Eric Olsen

  Jul 13, 2005 at 1:42 pm

  thanks, very interesting - more of these movies (up to 19) linked would make for really great art work, he hinted

• 6 - Rayne

  Jul 13, 2005 at 2:23 pm

  Uh...If you look...I said first black WOMAN to win for a LEADING role. Thanks.

• 7 - Bryan McKay

  Jul 13, 2005 at 2:26 pm

  Already cleared that up, Rayne. It was a harmless mistake - one of the side effects of reading and commenting on dozens of posts per day - no need to get snippy.

• 8 - Nancy

  Jul 13, 2005 at 2:26 pm

  Is this just recent actresses, or all of them? If the latter, where's Audrey Hepburn, B. Davis, & a few others?

• 9 - Chris Evans

  Jul 13, 2005 at 2:28 pm

  Oh, maybe I should clear that up. The person who asked, they asked for actresses from the past 15 years.

• 10 - Nancy

  Jul 13, 2005 at 2:34 pm

  Emma Thompson. She's not all T&A & pouty lips like a lot on your list, but she's a far better actress.

• 11 - Omni Temporal

  Jul 13, 2005 at 2:38 pm

  The list is favorite actresses, not best actresses.

• 12 - Chris Evans

  Jul 13, 2005 at 2:40 pm

  I do like Emma Thompson (her performance in Love, Actually <3 <3), but I haven't seen enough of her performances to list her as a favorite.

• 13 - Chris Evans

  Jul 13, 2005 at 2:41 pm

  And who's pouty lips??

• 14 - Nancy

  Jul 13, 2005 at 2:48 pm

  3, 4, 6, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17. IMO these young ladies are popular less for their talent than their looks, but that's just my opinion. Pls note I exempt the rest, who while quite a few are also 'babes' visually, also seem to be able to act, w/the exception of Ms. Streisand, who I don't think of as T&A, but I don't think can act, either. Follow any of that, lol? Just my opinion.

• 15 - Nancy

  Jul 13, 2005 at 2:50 pm

  I was thinking of Emma in more classic stuff like that Shakespeare thing (mind went blank at last moment, as usual) & Sense & Sensibility.

• 16 - Chris Evans

  Jul 13, 2005 at 2:51 pm

  .....Angela Bassett......You've GOT to be kidding me. Have you ever even SEEN What's Love Got To Do With It?
  
  And you don't think Barbra can act? You MUST have been sleeping through Funny Girl

• 17 - Chris Evans

  Jul 13, 2005 at 2:51 pm

  Never seen Sense & Sensibility. Really want to, though. God, there's so much I need to see.

• 18 - Nancy

  Jul 13, 2005 at 2:56 pm

  I saw Funny Girl. Several times. My ex-roomie's fave flick. Babs gets VERY wearing after a very short while. S&S was very good; Thompson, Winslet, all did a wonderful job altho I have to admit I love it for Alan Rickman ;)

• 19 - Chris Evans

  Jul 13, 2005 at 2:59 pm

  ...Yet you just described Winslet as a pouty lips actress.

• 20 - Nancy

  Jul 13, 2005 at 3:00 pm

  I was surprised at how good Q.Latifah was in 'Chicago'. She was tremendous - equally as good as Z-J, IMO, which I hadn't expected from a rapper (? I'm not into modern music, so I'm not sure if that's the right category?), as well as a great voice & great looks; very glam. Haven't seen her in anything else yet, but I look forward to her having a long future in the films. Meryl & Whoopi I've always loved in just about anything. I was so gratified when Meryl showed a turn for comedy in Death Becomes Her. For that matter, I like Goldie Hawn & Bette Midler, too, altho Bette is another ethnic NY scene-chewer like Babs.

• 21 - Chris Evans

  Jul 13, 2005 at 3:03 pm

  Okay...seriously...if you want to know the full talent of Queen Latifah, watch Set It Off. Her performance in that movie--I'm talking Academy Award worthy. But of course, those nominations go to less capable but more skinny, beautiful, and half-white actresses like Halle Berry.

• 22 - Natalie Davis

  Jul 13, 2005 at 3:03 pm

  Again, some explanation for the choices would have given this post something of actual interest.

• 23 - gypsyman

  Jul 13, 2005 at 3:05 pm

  O.K.
  I guess I'll have to write one of my own, which will be fun. Favourite 20 female actors of the last fifteen years huh.(actress: less then actor, ess being a dimunative, pendantic word comment for the day)
  
  gypsyman
  p.s. maybe I'll even get the link information right to this post, I'll do my darndest. HTML and I are having a bad spot in our relationship right now.

• 24 - Natalie Davis

  Jul 13, 2005 at 3:08 pm

  Mr. Gypsyman, if you were within reach I would kiss you right on the mouth! THANK YOU for calling out the use of that hideous term "actress"; wussy me just seethed silently.
  
  Your list is one I look forward to seeing.

• 25 - Chris Evans

  Jul 13, 2005 at 3:11 pm

  Just a note, the reason I didn't feel the need to explain my choices, is because I put the movies next to their names that justified my choices. I thought maybe the performances in those movies would speak for themselves. Oh well, guess I was wrong. Haha...Well, I'm working on a favorite actor list now, and I'm explaining on that one.