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Greatest Screen Performances
per Film Actresses - J-L


Criteria: These screen performances are ranked according to their acclaim, influence as well as popularity.

Actresses are displayed in alphabetical order by last name.

 Edited By: Tim, Dubrow, ManPerson, Sherick
Last Updated: 2026-05-29

Glenda Jackson

(1936 - 2023)
  1. Women in Love (1969)
  2. A Touch of Class (1973)
  3. Hedda (1975)
  4. Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
  5. Elizabeth R (1971)
  6. Stevie (1978)
  7. Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)
  8. Elizabeth Is Missing (2019)
  9. The Music Lovers (1970)
  10. Sakharov (1984)

Scarlett Johansson

(1984 - )
  1. Marriage Story (2019)
  2. Under the Skin (2013)
  3. Lost in Translation (2003)
  4. Ghost World (2001)
  5. Her (2013)
  6. Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)
  7. Match Point (2005)
  8. Lucy (2014)
  9. Jojo Rabbit (2019)
  10. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

Angelina Jolie

(1984 - )
  1. Girl, Interrupted (1999)
  2. Changeling (2008)
  3. A Mighty Heart (2007)
  4. Gia (1998)
  5. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
  6. Maria (2024)
  7. George Wallace (1997)
  8. Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
  9. Maleficent (2014)
  10. Salt (2010)

Jennifer Jones

(1919 - 2009)
  1. The Song of Bernadette (1943)
  2. A Duel in the Sun (1946)
  3. Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
  4. Love Letters (1945)
  5. Since You Went Away (1944)
  6. Cluny Brown (1946)
  7. Portrait of Jennie (1948)
  8. Madame Bovary (1949)
  9. The Towering Inferno (1974)
  10. Gone to Earth (1950)

Katy Jurado

(1924 - 2002)
  1. High Noon (1952)
  2. Broken Lance (1954)
  3. Fe, Esperanza y Caridad (1973)
  4. El Bruto (1953)
  5. Seduction (1981)
  6. El evangelio de las maravillas (1998)
  7. Trial (1955)
  8. Un secreto de Esperanza (2002)
  9. Arrowhead (1953)
  10. One-Eyed Jacks (1961)

Anna Karina

(1940 - 2019)
  1. A Woman Is a Woman (1961)
  2. Vivre sa vie (1962)
  3. Pierrot le Fou (1965)
  4. Bande à part (1964)
  5. Alphaville (1965)
  6. The Nun (1966)
  7. The Stranger (1967)
  8. Chinese Roulette (1976)
  9. Bread and Chocolate (1974)
  10. Le petit soldat (1960)

Diane Keaton

(1946 - 2025)
  1. Annie Hall (1977)
  2. Reds (1981)
  3. Shoot the Moon (1982)
  4. Looking For Mr. Goodbar (1977)
  5. Something's Gotta Give (2003)
  6. Manhattan (1979)
  7. Marvin's Room (1996)
  8. The First Wives Club (1996)
  9. Baby Boom (1987)
  10. Interiors (1978)

Grace Kelly

(1929 - 1982)
  1. The Country Girl (1954)
  2. Rear Window (1954)
  3. Mogambo (1953)
  4. Dial M for Murder (1954)
  5. To Catch a Thief (1955)
  6. High Noon (1952)
  7. High Society (1956)
  8. The Swan (1956)
  9. The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
  10. Green Fire (1954)

Deborah Kerr

(1921 - 2007)
  1. The King and I (1956)
  2. Black Narcissus (1947)
  3. The Life & Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
  4. From Here to Eternity (1953)
  5. The Sundowners (1960)
  6. Separate Tables (1958)
  7. Edward, My Son (1949)
  8. Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957)
  9. An Affair to Remember (1957)
  10. The Chalk Garden (1964)

Nicole Kidman

(1967 - )
  1. To Die For (1996)
  2. Birth (2004)
  3. The Hours (2002)
  4. Dogville (2003)
  5. The Others (2001)
  6. Moulin Rouge! (2001)
  7. Babygirl (2024)
  8. Rabbit Hole (2010)
  9. Big Little Lies (2017 - 2019)
  10. Being the Ricardos (2021)

Keira Knightley

(1985 - )
  1. Pride & Prejudice (2005)
  2. Atonement (2007)
  3. The Imitation Game (2014)
  4. Black Doves (2024 - )
  5. Anna Karenina (2012)
  6. Never Let Me Go (2010)
  7. A Dangerous Method (2011)
  8. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
  9. Begin Again (2013)
  10. Bend It Like Beckham (2002)

Meena Kumari

(1933 - 1972)
  1. Pakeeza (1972)
  2. Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962)
  3. Parineeta (1953)
  4. Baiju Bawra (1952)
  5. Dil apna or pareet parai (1960)
  6. Kaajal (1965)
  7. Gazal (1964)
  8. Foot path (1953)
  9. Kohinoor (1960)
  10. Azaad (1955)

Jessica Lange

(1949 - )
  1. Blue Sky (1994)
  2. Frances (1982)
  3. Music Box (1989)
  4. Sweet Dreams (1985)
  5. Tootsie (1982)
  6. American Horror Story (2011 - )
  7. Country (1984)
  8. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
  9. Feud (2017)
  10. Grey Garden (2009)

Angela Lansbury

(1925 - 2022)
  1. Murder, She Wrote (1984 - 1996)
  2. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
  3. The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
  4. Gaslight (1944)
  5. Something for Everyone (1970)
  6. Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
  7. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
  8. Death on the Nile (1978)
  9. All Fall Down (1962)
  10. National Velvet (1944)

Jennifer Lawrence

(1990 - )
  1. Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
  2. Winter's Bone (2010)
  3. Die My Love (2025)
  4. American Hustle (2013)
  5. Joy (2015)
  6. The Hunger Games (2012)
  7. Don't Look Up (2021)
  8. No Hard Feelings (2023)
  9. X-Men: First Class (2011)
  10. Causeway (2022)

Jennifer Jason Leigh

(1962 - )
  1. Georgia (1995)
  2. The Hateful Eight (2015)
  3. Single White Female (1992)
  4. Anomalisa (2015)
  5. Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)
  6. Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)
  7. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
  8. Short Cuts (1993)
  9. Margot at the Wedding (2007)
  10. Dolores Claiborne (1995)

Vivien Leigh

(1913 - 1967)
  1. Gone with the Wind (1939)
  2. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
  3. Waterloo Bridge (1940)
  4. Ship of Fools (1965)
  5. That Hamilton Woman (1941)
  6. Fire Over England (1937)
  7. St. Martin's Lane (1938)
  8. Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
  9. Anna Karenina (1948)
  10. The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961)

Laura Linney

(1954 - )
  1. You Can Count on Me (2000)
  2. The Squid and the Whale (2005)
  3. John Adams (2008)
  4. Ozark (2017 - 2022)
  5. Wild Iris (2001)
  6. The Big C (2010 - 2013)
  7. Kinsey (2004)
  8. The Savages (2007)
  9. Mystic River (2003)
  10. The Truman Show (1996)

Carole Lombard

(1908 - 1942)
  1. To Be or Not to Be (1942)
  2. My Man Godfrey (1936)
  3. Twentieth Century (1934)
  4. Hands Across the Table (1935)
  5. Nothing Sacred (1937)
  6. In Name Only (1939)
  7. Vigil in the Night (1940)
  8. Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
  9. Made for Each Other (1939)
  10. Swing High, Swing Low (1936)

Sophia Loren

(1934 - )
  1. Two Women (1960)
  2. Marriage Italian Style (1964)
  3. Yesterday, Today and Tommorrow (1963)
  4. The Voyage (1974)
  5. A Special Day (1977)
  6. Sunflower (1970)
  7. The Black Orchid (1958)
  8. It Started in Naples (1960)
  9. Arabesque (1966)
  10. El Cid (1961)
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