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Top Ten Living British Film Actresses

posted 16 years ago by cranly
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Vanessa Redgrave - Wetherby
Maggie Smith - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Miranda Richardson - Dance with a Stranger
Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
Helen Mirren - Cal
Glenda Jackson - Women in Love
Kristin Scott Thomas - I've Loved You So Long
Charlotte Rampling - Under the Sand
Tilda Swinton - Julia
Samantha Morton - Morvern Callar

Honorable mentions include: Emma Thompson, Angela Lansbury, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie, Billie Whitelaw, Joan Plowright, Emily Watson, Janet McTeer, Eileen Atkins and Carey Mulligan.

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[–] TheEtiquette 16 years ago

1)Maggie Smith
2)Judi Dench
3)Helen Mirren
4)Joan Plowright
5)Imelda Staunton
6)Kate Winslet
7)Barbara Flynn
8)Eileen Atkins
9)Carey Mulligan
10)Romola Garai

Thanking people does no good

[–] divineart 16 years ago

1) Dame Judi Dench

1) Emma Thompson

3) Dame Maggie Smith

4) Vanessa Redgrave

5) Imelda Staunton

6) Julie Christie

7) Lynn Redgrave

8) Helen Mirren

9) Helena Bonham Carter

10) Joan Plowright

Honorable mentions: Tilda Swinton, Miranda Richardson, Samantha Morton

[–] Arctic_Wizard 16 years ago

1) Judi Dench

2) Angela Lansbury

3) Helena Bonham Carter

4) Emma Thompson

5) Brenda Blethyn

6) Keira Knightley

7) Kate Winslet

8) Helen Mirren

9) Julie Christie

10) Miranda Richardson

Honourable mentions: Joan Plowright, Vanessa Redgrave, Julie Walters, Samantha Morton, Eileen Atkins and Maggie Smith

'She's the one I've waited for' - Judi Dench.

[–] mikel3363 16 years ago

JUDI DENCH
MAGGIE SMITH
VANESSA REDGRAVE
KATE WINSLET
JOAN PLOWRIGHT
HELEN MIRREN
EMMA THOMPSON
JULIE CHRISTIE
MIRANDA RICHARDSON
BRENDA BLETHYN

Also:
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY
SAMANTHA MORTON
JENNIFER EHLE

[–] bjwt1 16 years ago

Don't forget Miriam Margolyes (Ladies In Lavender, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Being Julia)

[–] ManWithoutFriends 16 years ago

i wont rank them, because they are all so different, but:

judi dench
hellen mirren
miranda richardson
emily watson
maggie smith
kristen scott thomas
kate winslet
brenda blethyn
vanessa redgrave
julie walters

"they should give nicole kidman an oscar for being able to show any emotion after THAT much botox".

[–] Deloristelescope 16 years ago

I don't know that I'd put Kate i that catagory. Maggie Smith, Judy, Helen Mirrren, vanessa redgrave..not completely sold on the rest.

On Nicole Kidman, (not english, austrailian, but who's keeping track,)
What I'd really like to see is Gweneth Paltro and Nicole Kidman standing next to one another. Similar bodies, no lips, slight, pointy noses, fair skin, same hight and same hair now that Nicole has straitened and dyed hers. She appears to be going for the Gwenteth Paltrow look in general.