Who are the most beautiful American actresses who can act? - Jennifer Love Hewitt Website - polala.com

Just to let you know, the answer to this will be necessarily subjective. One person's gorgeous thespian ia another's ugly hack. (I agree with pinkfreud, I do like Juilianne Moore. Though I haven't seen much of her work, I have enjoyed what I have seen. And she has great hair!)

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Yet another subjective list.... American film actresses (beauty and acting chops) in particular order: Robin Wright Penn Jessica Lange Diane Lane Hollie Hunter Angelina Jolie Virginia Madsen Lorraine Bracco Joanna Cassidy Sharon Stone Tuesday Weld Julianne Moore Gena Rowlands This list of foreign actresses was much easier to compile: Catherine Deneuve Sophia Loren Isabelle Adjani Famke Janssen Juliette Binoche Monica Bellucci Sophie Marceau Victoria Abril Julia Ormand Emmanuelle B art Lena Olin Connie Nielsen Helena Bonham Carter Mia Kirshner Polly Walker Julie Delpy Nastassia Kinski Emmanuelle Seigner Joanne Whalley Great actresses in my book but not classic beauties: Meryl Streep Susan Sarandon Jodie Foster Diane Keaton Jennifer Jason Leigh Annette Bening Mary Louise Parker Joan Allen Liv Ullmann Beautiful woman who've had some memorable roles: Gwenth Paltrow Julie Roberts Michelle Pfeiffer Halle Berry Catherine Zeta-Jones Kim Basinger Melanie Griffith Jennifer Connelly Elizabeth Shue Jacqueline Bissett Julie Christie Penelope Cruz Liv Tyler Nicole Kidman Patricia Arquette Annabella Sciorra Milla Jovovich Ashley Judd Angela Bassett Kate Winslet Salma Hayek Lynn Whitfield Sela Ward Genevi ve Bujold Charlize Theron Kristin Scott Thomas Natasha Henstridge Vivian Wu Joan Chen Beauty and talent but junior league: Kate Beckinsale Keira Knightley Ellen Pompeo Audrey Tautou Reese Witherspoon Hillary Swank Maria Bello Rachel Lee Cook Shannyn Sossamon

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International? Isabela Roselini....i adore her...

Hey, This is supposed to be for contemporary beauties ... with emphasis on high acting skills. Zmaster

Is Lassie still alive? She's the one and only for my money.

Hi, Livioflores Halle Berry has an English mum. Or so I believe but yes she is gorgeous. And I thought (perhaps wrongly) that Jennifer Anniston is English. Or maybe I'm confusing her with sombody else. I'm really hopeless on movie stars. PB

Oh, Cybernest, What a GREAT LIST! (The British gals, I mean.) Now, these gals really are gorgeous and YES They Can Act! Much prefer it to the list of Americanos you submitted: Bette Davis Lillian Gish Barbara Stanwyck Elizabeth Taylor Jack Lemmon Dustin Hoffman Barbra Streisand Incidentally, I believe that Dustin Hoffman and Jack Lemon were only pretending to be women and that Elizabeth Taylor actually is British. Suggest you make up the ten with: Ruby Keeler Joan Crawford Ethel Barrymore Tell you what ... I bet it was much easier for you finding ten Brits, What Ho and Jolly Hockeysticks. Bryan the True Brit

Since Cybernest has opened it up internationally, are there other countries to be heard from? Italy, France, Germany, Scandinavian, even Asian. Also, I think USA needs more work. I don?t think we have a definitive USA great beauty/great actress list. Zmaster.

It's subjective but here's ten from me... Holly Hunter Meryl Streep Frances McDormand Jody Foster Jessica Lange Julia Roberts Gwyneth Paltrow Julianne Moore Rene Russo Rene Zellweger Best regards, journalist-ga

I think that the question is intended for "TODAY" 10 most beautiful American actresses: Uma Thurman Halle Berry Julia Roberts Jeniffer Anniston And if she was American Milla Jovovich at the top of both list - beaty and act -!!!!

So what makes you think I rather like this subject? :) Actually, I had a thought... "Standing shoulder to shoulder" with our cousins across the pond... as always, :) I thought I would contribute my Top 10 British... and Beautiful Actresses! Kate Beckinsale http://img.actressarchives.com/beckinsale/kate4.jpg http://img.actressarchives.com/beckinsale/kate76.jpg Keira Knightley http://www.keira-knightley.org/multimedia/pictures/Miscellaneous/Various/13.jpg http://www.kkwavefront.org/media/albums/photoshoots/green/large8.jpg Helena Bonham Carter http://img.actressarchives.com/helena/hbc021.jpg http://img.actressarchives.com/helena/hbc823.jpg Kate Winslet http://img.actressarchives.com/kate/104.jpg http://img.actressarchives.com/kate/023.jpg Catherine Zeta-Jones http://img.actressarchives.com/catherine/good_stockings.jpg http://img.actressarchives.com/catherine/czjones27.jpg Liz Hurley http://img.actressarchives.com/elizabeth/liz025.jpg http://img.actressarchives.com/elizabeth/liz128.jpg Kristen Scott Thomas http://img.actressarchives.com/kristin/kristin73.jpg http://img.actressarchives.com/kristin/kristin104.jpg Joely Richardson http://web.ukonline.co.uk/david.dell/joely/14jr1.jpg http://web.ukonline.co.uk/david.dell/joely/jrx4.jpg Anna Friel http://www.celebritysearchengine.co.uk/fantasy/british/friel/friel3.jpg http://www.annafriel.fsnet.co.uk/afimages/109.jpg Rachel Weisz http://img.actressarchives.com/rachel/rachel33.jpg http://img.actressarchives.com/rachel/rachel23.jpg Hope you enjoy as much as I did in putting them together here! Cybernest

An American beauty who's an excellent actress (as well as an expert archer and a member of Mensa) is Geena Davis. If deceased actresses are acceptable, I'd like to nominate the breathtaking Ava Gardner.

The most beautiful American actress who can act? Jennifer Garner [Star of 13 going on 30 and Alias, Garner is luminous and versitile as well as topping many "worlds most beautiful woman" polls for years now] Other beautiful women who can act + Julia Roberts + Julianne Moore + Halle Berry [shaky] + Kate Winlset + Michelle Pfieffer

Mikepepsi ... Kate Winslet is a Brit by birth ... And Halle Berry has a British mother ... It's a devil when folk try to steal our British actresses. Stop It!

Adding an Aussie: Cate Blanchett! A.

Hi Well... this Topic seems to have struck a chord! :) No wonder celebrity "babe" sites is one of the more prolific niches on the net! ZMaster... I am pleased you didn't mind my expanding your topic to a more international perspective. My understanding of your question was also that you were looking for contemporary actresses. I must admit I was concerned to go off topic, as your question did ask for American Beauties! Just couldn't help "flying" our beauties for your delight and delectation! :) Probonopublico... (Interesting and very apt nick! he he!) Hey Bryan, I was pleased you enjoyed my Brit list if not so much my American list! I was particularly interested to learn Elizabeth Taylor is indeed British. I did not know that! Actually, dual US / British Nationality. "Born in Hampstead, London, England, UK. Her parents, father an art dealer and mother a former stage actress, were American. Her father had gone to London to set up a gallery. Her mother had been an actress on the stage, but gave up that vocation when she married. Elizabeth lived in London for the first seven years of her life before the family left when the dark clouds of war began brewing in 1939." Source: http://www.worldhistory.com/wiki/E/Elizabeth-Taylor.htm So far as Jennifer Aniston is concerned, I do believe you are confusing her with somebody else. Jennifer is definitely not British. Born in Sherman Oaks, California, USA - Parents were Greek. She'll be cheering them on tonight! (European Football Championship - Euro '04 Final - Portugal v Greece in Lisbon) Source: http://www.absolutely.net/aniston/bio.htm Moving onto the stunning Halle Berry, I cannot find any mention of her Mum's Nationality, thought there are quite a few Halle Berry Bios quoting her Mother. For instance "was raised (Halle) by her mother Judith Ann Hawkins, a psychiatric ward nurse, with her older sister Heidi. Judith's husband, Halle's father, walked out on her family when she was only four years old." Source: http://supermodel.freewebpage.org/HalleBerry/ (Great Pic btw!) Voila... Many of your selections would definitely be on my list of International "All Time" Beautiful Actresses, especially Catherine Deneuve who even in her sixties manages to still do it for me! :) You also mentioned Julia Ormond. Now... How could I have possibly forgotten her and left her out of my British Top 10 posted earlier! I fell in love with Julia Ormond's "Sabrina" (or was it with Sabrina herself!) in the remake of this lovely classic with Harrison Ford & Greg Kinnear. This was a remake of the 1959 Billy Wilder classic romance starring Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart and William Holden - http://www.bfi.org.uk/gallery/audrey/sabrina.html Source: http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0114319/Ss/0114319/1-4.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Ormond,%20Julia You gotta just love them all! :) Cybernest

What? No contemporary Italian or French beauties who can act? Z

And how about: Jean Simmons Audrey Hepburn Vivien Leigh Shirley Eaton Hattie Jacques Cyd Charisse Julie Andrews Barbara Windsor Gracie Fields Tessie O'Shea None of them could act but they sure could light up the screen.

Just to reinforce what I said above: http://www.tonystuff.co.uk/extras2/julianne17.jpg

10? Would you settle for 1? Of course, if you were to widen the net to include British and Australian actresses then you would really have a list to choose from.

for Voila: I know you put Pomeo in the "junior league" of your list, but after you've seen Art Heist I think you may change your mind about the talent aspect. She works very hard but Yikes! Even with poor direction a pro should have managed that stuff better. http://www.filmjudge.ca/a/artheist.htm As for probonopublico, as a Canadian, I sympathize with your comment about the American tendancy to claim actors and actresses from other nations as their own... now there's a cool thread for someone to start!

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Up at the very top of the list must be Meryl Streep! Her acting... quite simply unsurpassed IMHO! Up there with "THE Greats"! Perhaps not a classic beauty but nevertheless, beautiful! As for her acting abilities... "The trustees of the American Film Institute have selected Meryl Streep to receive AFI's 32nd Life Achievement Award in 2004. Meryl Streep is like no other. She's authentic yet ethereal. Self-possessed yet vulnerable. Intellectual yet instinctive. And she deftly combines these disparate qualities onscreen in a way that has made her a cinematic icon. Meryl Streep has presence, resonating with both audiences and critics for the past 26 years. Beginning with THE DEER HUNTER in 1978-just her second film-Streep has been nominated for 13 Academy Awards, more than any other actor in history. She was named Best Supporting Actress for KRAMER VS. KRAMER in 1980 and Best Actress for SOPHIE'S CHOICE in 1983. AFI Life Achievement Recipients Meryl Streep joins an esteemed group of individuals who have been chosen for this distinguished honor since its inception in 1973." 1973 John Ford 1974 James Cagney 1975 Orson Welles 1976 William Wyler 1977 Bette Davis 1978 Henry Fonda 1979 Alfred Hitchcock 1980 James Stewart 1981 Fred Astaire 1982 Frank Capra 1983 John Huston 1984 Lillian Gish 1985 Gene Kelley 1986 Billy Wilder 1987 Barbara Stanwyck 1988 Jack Lemmon 1989 Gregory Peck 1990 Sir David Lean 1991 Kirk Douglas 1992 Sidney Poitier 1993 Elizabeth Taylor 1994 Jack Nicholson 1995 Steven Spielberg 1996 Clint Eastwood 1997 Martin Scorsese 1998 Robert Wise 1999 Dustin Hoffman 2000 Harrison Ford 2001 Barbra Streisand 2002 Tom Hanks 2003 Robert De Niro http://www.afi.com/tvevents/laa/laa04.aspx There are a number of others I could include of course and I agree with previous comments about this subject being somewhat subjective. I also quite admire Julianne Moore but my list would not be comprehensive without the inclusion of Diane Lane - http://www.dianelane.com Scrummy and talented! Great question... or should one say topic! Cybernest