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ShaniClinton Aug 5th, 2010 01:20 AM

Your Favorite Actress
 
Which actress you like the most?
I like the Angelina Jolie most.

Shani.

PeaceOut Aug 5th, 2010 10:16 AM

Right now, I like Penelope Cruz the best. I think her range will develop further, and she seems like an intelligent and genuine person. (Based only on her media work).

zelphiacat Aug 5th, 2010 10:19 AM

I've always loved Meryl Streep.

(AND Elizabeth Taylor, especially in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?")

muskoka Aug 5th, 2010 10:21 AM

You beat me to it, z'cat!

suze Aug 5th, 2010 10:33 AM

PeaceOut~ Did you see Penelope Cruz in Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona? If not, you want to.

semiramis Aug 5th, 2010 10:46 AM

Helen Mirren (I look just like her - in my dreams anyway).

elsiemoo Aug 5th, 2010 10:51 AM

Helen Mirren ... I'll see a movie just because she's in it.

(Close behind her: Vanessa Redgrave, Meryl Streep, Jane Fonda)

christabir Aug 5th, 2010 10:58 AM

Hillary Swank, Sandra Bullock and Angelina. Merryl Streep lost me when she tried to play the role in Mamma Mia...

RM67 Aug 5th, 2010 11:01 AM

Cate Blanchette.

Emma Thompson.

iamq Aug 5th, 2010 11:06 AM

Living: Three way tie between Cate Blanchette, Julianne Moore, and Sigourney Weaver.

Dead: Audrey Hepburn

PeaceOut Aug 5th, 2010 11:10 AM

Suze, yes, she was brilliant in VCB. I have not seen Volver, though, and wish I could understand the Spanish in the film (because I abhor subtitles!).

sicilyan Aug 5th, 2010 11:13 AM

Did you see Penelope Cruz in ,, Volver ,,???
I tell you true, up until I saw this, I did not know that Penelope Cruz could act. She can, and she is amazing in this.

suze Aug 5th, 2010 11:18 AM

She can. And she does.

krgystn Aug 5th, 2010 11:25 AM

for talent, Meryl Streep
for hotness, Halle Berry

avalon Aug 5th, 2010 11:28 AM

Heln Mirren, Meryl Street, Zoe Wanamaker

janiekins Aug 5th, 2010 11:30 AM

Meryl Streep

LittleWing Aug 5th, 2010 11:30 AM

I'm her number one fan!

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321go Aug 5th, 2010 11:31 AM

Meryl Streep. Close runners-up: Annette Bening, Helen Mirren, Kate Winslet, Dianne Wiest, Emma Thompson

Barbara Aug 5th, 2010 12:03 PM

Meryl Streep, Helen Mirren.

I can't stand Angelina Jolie. I won't even watch a movie she's in, never mind pay to see it.

janiekins Aug 5th, 2010 12:06 PM

Barbara, you are too funny! Even if I were bored to tears I would not watch an Angelina Jolie movie.

Christina Aug 5th, 2010 12:33 PM

I can't stand Angelina Jolie, either, and I don't think she is a very good actress.

My favorite is probably Laura Linney. I also really like Helen Mirren, Meryl Streep, Susan Sarandon, Annette Bening and Nathalie Baye. For younger actresses I really like, but wouldn't put in those top categories yet: Nathalie Portman, Anne Hathaway. I like Renee Zellweger a lot, she is sort of in the middle, but doesn't seem to have done much lately--at least nothing I remember.

I always thought Elizabeth Taylor was a horrible actress, I'm surprised someone named her. Her voice was like nails on a chalkboard, for one thing.

Cimbrone Aug 5th, 2010 12:50 PM

Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore.

KTtravel Aug 5th, 2010 01:24 PM

Meryl Streep, Helen Mirren, Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Renee Zellweger, Judy Dench, Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman are some of my favorites.

Suzie Aug 5th, 2010 01:27 PM

Just for who I see on Letterman, not for her movies, I like Julia Roberts. She is so funny.

I do enjoy Sandra Bullock movies.

I think Rachel Weiss can really morph and be different in her movies.

kureiff Aug 5th, 2010 01:41 PM

Reese Witherspoon

Birdie Aug 5th, 2010 01:48 PM

I also thought Penelope Cruz was excellent in VCB, suze. I like most of the actresses named here except for Angelina. She just bugs me for some reason.

LittleWing Aug 5th, 2010 01:49 PM

That little Half Pint from Little House on the Prarie

starrs Aug 5th, 2010 01:49 PM

Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson and Helen Mirren - pretty much in that order.

For escape/just laugh movies, Sandra Bullock and Julia Roberts.

It was a thrill to see Vanessa Redgrave act again. I'd love to see her on stage. I love Katharine Hepburn movies too.

I'm not a fan of Angelina Jolie either, though I heard Salt is good so I'll probably go see it. LOVED Scarlett Johansson as a child actress, especially in Manny and Lo.

cafegoddess Aug 5th, 2010 01:59 PM

I like Cate Blanchette,everything she is in is good and Penelope Cruz (I was lucky enough to meet her last week, I hope you guy don't mind if I mentioned that, but it was exciting) She was beautiful and sweet even without makeup.

elsiemoo Aug 5th, 2010 02:07 PM

Forgot to add to my post above that I cannot stand Angelina Jolie, and will not pay for a magazine with her face on the front, much less a movie! :D

rncheryl Aug 5th, 2010 02:10 PM

Merrill Streep, Cate Blanchette (she is amazing) and Laura Linney,

chepar Aug 5th, 2010 02:11 PM

Penelope Cruz came into your place, cafegoddess? I thought they were filming in Maui - make sure to let us know if you meet Johnny Depp!

I like Cate Blanchett and Kate Winslet.

cafegoddess Aug 5th, 2010 02:18 PM

Yes she did, I was told they were filming in Kaneohe. Unfortunately, Johnny Depp's assistant called in his order for take out. :(

iamq Aug 5th, 2010 03:58 PM

Thought of another one:

Glenn Close in Dangerous Liasons. Ouch!

PeaceOut Aug 5th, 2010 04:02 PM

Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz together? Wow. Can't wait. What is the movie?

cat111719 Aug 5th, 2010 04:02 PM

I love Angelina Jolie! Also Helen Mirren, Cate Blanchette, Penelope Cruz. And, as mentioned, Sandra Bullock in comedies.

Funny but Laura Linney bugs the crap out of me. Maybe I haven't seen the right role but she almost ruins Love Actually for me.

LittleWing Aug 5th, 2010 04:06 PM

I've never been a big fan of Laura's either.

Although she was smart enough to get involved in the Laramie Project

iamq Aug 5th, 2010 04:06 PM

I think they are filming another Pirates of the Caribbean movie.

The only movie I liked Sandra Bullock in was Speed.

Leely2 Aug 5th, 2010 04:10 PM

I think Love Actually stinks so Laura Linney couldn't ruin it for me. I really like her in some roles although she's beginning to get a little same-y for me.

Tilda Swinton is an amazing actress. And I think these were all named above, but I admire the work of: Julianne Moore, Penelope Cruz, Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench. Meryl is great in even the worst junk.

I am posting on every thread. Could someone please stage an intervention. I have work to do and a house to clean.

Placename Aug 5th, 2010 04:21 PM

I've been watching a lot of TCM lateley (too hot to go outside), and I've become fascinated with Barbara Stanwyck. I also am intrigued by Gloria Graehme.

But my favorite actess of all time has to be Bette Davis.


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