20 Favorite Actresses

Criterion 1: I must have seen a significant amount of the actress' oeuvre.
Criterion 2: The actress should demonstrate some range by having acted in more than just one genre. (Sorry, Tina.)
Criterion 3: I have watched films that I'm embarrassed to admit just to see the actress.

In alphabetical order:

Julie Andrews
(The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins, Victor Victoria, Princess Diaries)



Juliette Binoche
(Bleu, Caché, Bee Season)



Cate Blanchett
(The Missing, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Heaven, Notes on a Scandal)



Holly Marie Combs
(Charmed, Picket Fences)



Holly Hunter
(Living Out Loud, Thirteen, The Piano)



Diane Keaton
(Annie Hall, Manhattan, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Something's Gotta Give)



Frances McDormand
(Fargo, Friends With Money, Laurel Canyon, Wonder Boys)



Julianne Moore
(Children of Men, Far From Heaven, An Ideal Husband, The Hours)



Mary Tyler Moore
(The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Ordinary People)



Catherine O'Hara
(Beetlejuice, A Nightmare Before Christmas, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, For Your Consideration)



Natalie Portman
(V for Vendetta, Closer, The Other Boleyn Girl, Star Wars: Episodes I-III)



Vanessa Redgrave
(Isadora, Julia, Atonement, Mrs Dalloway)



Susan Sarandon
(Igby Goes Down, Little Women, Thelma & Louise)



Barbra Streisand
(On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, What's Up, Doc?, Nuts, The Way We Were)



Tilda Swinton
(Stephanie Daley, The Deep End, Constantine, Thumbsucker)



Amber Tamblyn
(Joan of Arcadia, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Stephanie Daley)



Audrey Tautou
(Amèlie, Dirty Pretty Things, He Loves Me He Loves Me Not, Venus Beauty Institute)



Sigourney Weaver
(Aliens, The Ice Storm, Dave, The Village)



Kate Winslet
(Heavenly Creatures, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Finding Neverland)



Evan Rachel Wood
(Once and Again, Thirteen, The Missing)

Edited 1/19/09 to include Frances McDormand and Julianne Moore, who were grossly overlooked during the composition of the first list.