100 Top Performances Female

01. Sophie's Choice - Meryl Streep - 1982
02. Sunset Boulevard - Gloria Swanson - 1950
03. The African Queen - Katharine Hepburn - 1951
04. Misery - Kathy Bates - 1990
05. The Lion in Winter - Katharine Hepburn - 1968
06. Erin Brocovich - Julia Roberts - 2000
07. Gaslight - Ingrid Bergman - 1944
08. Gone With the Wind - Vivien Leigh - 1939
09. The Piano - Holly Hunter - 1993
10. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Elizabeth Taylor - 1958
11. A Streetcar Named Desire - Vivien Leigh - 1951
12. Fargo - Frances McDormand - 1996
13. The Divorcee - Norma Shearer - 1929
14. To Each His Own - Olivia De Havilland - 1946
15. Annie Hall - Diane Keaton - 1977
16. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner - Katharine Hepburn - 1967
17. Two Women - Sophie Loren - 1961
18. The Heiress - Olivia De Havilland - 1949
19. Terms of Endearment - Shirley MacLaine - 1983
20. Casablanca - Ingrid Bergman - 1942
21. Boys Don't Cry - Hillary Swank - 2000
22. The Country Girl - Grace Kelly - 1954
23. Coal Miner's Daughter - Sissy Spacek - 1980
24. The Philadelphia Story - Katharine Hepburn -1940
25. Howard's End - Emma Thompson - 1992
26. The Silence of the Lambs - Jodie Foster - 1991
27. Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf - Elizabeth Taylor - 1966
28. Monster - Charlize Theron - 2003
29. The Song Of Bernadette - Jennifer Jones - 1943
30. Suspicion - Joan Fontaine - 1941
31. The Accused - Jodie Foster - 1988
32. Coming Home - Jane Fonda - 1978
33. On Golden Pond - Katharine Hepburn - 1981
34. Roman Holiday - Audrey Hepburn - 1953
35. Network - Faye Dunaway - 1976
36. The Postman Always Rings Twice - Lana Turner- 1946
37. Places in the Heart - Sally Field - 1984
38. It Happened One Night - Claudette Colbert -1934
39. Jezebel - Bette Davis - 1938
40. The Nun's Story - Audrey Hepburn - 1959
41. Fried Green Tomatoes - Kathy Bates - 1991
42. French Lieutenants Woman - Meryl Streep -1981
43. Monster's Ball - Halle Berry - 2001
44. Pillow Talk - Doris Day - 1959
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