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Greatest Screen Performances
per Film Actresses - M-O


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

Shirley MacLaine

(1934 - )
  1. The Apartment (1960)
  2. Terms of Endearment (1983)
  3. Irma la Douce (1963)
  4. The Turning Point (1977)
  5. Madame Sousatzka (1988)
  6. The Children's Hour (1961)
  7. Some Came Running (1958)
  8. Ask Any Girl (1959)
  9. Trouble with Harry (1955)
  10. Being There (1979)

Madhubala

(1933 - 1969)
  1. Mughal-e-Azam (1960)
  2. Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (1958)
  3. Mr and Mrs 55 (1955)
  4. Barsaat Ki Raat (1960)
  5. Howrah Bridge (1958)
  6. Kalapani (1958)
  7. Half Ticket (1962)
  8. Amar (1954)
  9. Tarana (1951)
  10. Mahal (1949)

Anna Magnani

(1908 - 1973)
  1. Rome, Open City (1945)
  2. The Rose Tattoo (1955)
  3. Wild Is the Wind (1957)
  4. L'amore (1948)
  5. Mamma Roma (1962)
  6. The Fugitive Kind (1960)
  7. Bellissima (1951)
  8. The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969)
  9. Volcano (1950)
  10. The Golden Coach (1952)

Giulietta Masina

(1921 - 1994)
  1. Nights of Cabiria (1957)
  2. La Strada (1954)
  3. Juliet of the Spirits (1965)
  4. Ginger & Fred (1986)
  5. Variety Lights (1950)
  6. Without Pity (1948)
  7. The Swindler (1955)
  8. The Feather Fairy (1985)
  9. ...And the Wild Wild Women (1959)
  10. Fortunella (1958)

Frances McDormand

(1957 - )
  1. Fargo (1996)
  2. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
  3. Nomadland (2020)
  4. Almost Famous (2000)
  5. Mississippi Burning (1988)
  6. Blood Simple (1984)
  7. Raising Arizona (1987)
  8. North Country (2005)
  9. The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
  10. Wonder Boys (2001)

Liza Minnelli

(1942 - )
  1. Cabaret (1972)
  2. The Sterile Cuckoo (1969)
  3. New York, New York (1977)
  4. Arthur (1981)
  5. Lucky Lady (1975)
  6. Rent-a-Cop (1988)
  7. Stepping Out (1991)
  8. Arrested Development (2003 - 2013)
  9. A Time to Live (1985)
  10. Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970)

Helen Mirren

(1945 - )
  1. The Queen (2006)
  2. The Last Station (2009)
  3. Gosford Park (2001)
  4. The Madness of King George (1995)
  5. Prime Suspect (1991)
  6. Hitchcock (2012)
  7. Trumbo (2015)
  8. Cal (1984)
  9. Prime Suspect 2 (1992)
  10. Prime Suspect 3 (1993)

Marilyn Monroe

(1926 - 1962)
  1. Some Like It Hot (1959)
  2. Bus Stop (1956)
  3. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
  4. The Seven Year Itch (1955)
  5. The Misfits (1961)
  6. The Prince and the Showgirl(1957)
  7. Don't Bother to Knock (1952)
  8. Niagara (1953)
  9. How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
  10. Monkey Business (1952)

Julianne Moore

(1960 - )
  1. Far from Heaven (2002)
  2. Boogie Nights (1997)
  3. Still Alice (2014)
  4. Safe (1995)
  5. The End of the Affair (1999)
  6. The Kids Are All Right (2010)
  7. The Hours (2002)
  8. Maps to the Stars (2014)
  9. Magnolia (1999)
  10. A Single Man (2009)

Jeanne Moreau

(1928 - 2017)
  1. Jules et Jim (1962)
  2. Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
  3. Seven Days... Seven Nights (1960)
  4. The Lovers (1959)
  5. The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea (1992)
  6. Viva Maria! (1965)
  7. Diary of a Chambermaid (1964)
  8. La Notte (1961)
  9. Mademoiselle (1966)
  10. The Bride Wore Black (1968)

Michèle Morgan

(1920 - 2016)
  1. Pastoral Symphony (1946)
  2. Port of Shadows (1938)
  3. Joan of Paris (1942)
  4. Stormy Waters (1941)
  5. The Fallen Idol (1948)
  6. Gribouille (1937)
  7. The Proud and the Beautiful (1953)
  8. Les Grandes Manœuvres (1955)
  9. Fabiola (1949)
  10. The Mirror Has Two Faces (1958)

Carey Mulligan

(1985 - )
  1. An Education (2009)
  2. Promising Young Woman (2020)
  3. Maestro (2023)
  4. Never Let Me Go (2010)
  5. Shame (2011)
  6. Drive (2011)
  7. She Said (2022)
  8. Wildlife (2018)
  9. The Great Gatsby (2013)
  10. Suffragette (2015)

Pola Negri

(1897 - 1987)
  1. Madame Dubarry (1919)
  2. The Wildcat (1921)
  3. Forbidden Paradise (1924)
  4. Hotel Imperial (1927)
  5. Mazurka (1935)
  6. The Spanish Dancer (1923)
  7. A Woman Commands (1931)
  8. Sumurun (1920)
  9. Die Augen der Mumie Ma (1918)
  10. Carmen (1918)

Asta Nielsen

(1881 - 1972)
  1. Hamlet (1921)
  2. The Abyss (1910)
  3. Vanina (1922)
  4. Joyless Street (1925)
  5. Tragedy of the Street (1927)
  6. Poor Jenny (1912)
  7. Little Angel (1914)
  8. The ABC of Love(1916)
  9. I.N.R.I. (1923)
  10. Wandering Souls (1921)

Lupita Nyong'o

(1983 - )
  1. 12 Years a Slave (2013)
  2. Us (2019)
  3. Queen of Katwe (2016)
  4. A Quiet Place: Day One (2024)
  5. The Wild Robot (2024)
  6. Black Panther (2018)
  7. Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
  8. Shuga (2009 - 2012)
  9. Little Monsters (2019)
  10. The Jungle Book (2016)
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