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Aishwarya Rai
Indian actress and former Miss World, one of the most internationally recognized stars of Hindi cinema, with a career spanning Bollywood and Hollywood productions.
Below are actresses that contain the letter R anywhere in the name. Each of the 96 actresses below opens to a full profile.
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List of Actresses That Contain R
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Alicia Vikander
Swedish actress who won an Academy Award for "The Danish Girl" and starred in the rebooted "Tomb Raider" franchise.
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Amanda Seyfried
American actress who moved from teen comedies to acclaimed dramatic roles, earning an Academy Award nomination for "Mank".
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Anya Taylor-Joy
American-born actress raised in Argentina and the United Kingdom, known for "The Queen's Gambit" and "The Witch", with a Golden Globe for best actress in a limited series.
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Audrey Hepburn
British actress and humanitarian, an icon of classic Hollywood, who won an Academy Award for her first major role and later served as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
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Barbra Streisand
American singer, actress, and filmmaker who is one of the few performers to win Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards (EGOT).
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Bridget Fonda
American actress from the Fonda acting family, recognized for "Single White Female", "Point of No Return", and "Jackie Brown".
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Brie Larson
American actress who won an Academy Award for "Room" and went on to lead Marvel Studios' "Captain Marvel" films.
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Brigitte Bardot
French actress and singer, a global sex symbol of 1950s and 60s cinema who later became a prominent animal-rights advocate.
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Bryce Dallas Howard
American actress and filmmaker known for "Jurassic World" and director M. Night Shyamalan's films, and for directing episodes of "The Mandalorian".
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Cameron Diaz
American actress and former model, one of the highest-grossing female stars of the 2000s, known for "There's Something About Mary" and the "Shrek" series.
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Carey Mulligan
British actress known for "An Education" and "Promising Young Woman", with three Academy Award nominations and major stage credits.
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Catherine Zeta-Jones
Welsh actress who won an Academy Award for "Chicago" and a Tony Award for "A Little Night Music".
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Charlize Theron
South African and American actress who won an Academy Award for "Monster" and produced and starred in action features including "Mad Max - Fury Road" and "Atomic Blonde".
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Cher
American singer and actress who won an Academy Award for "Moonstruck", one of few performers to win Oscar, Grammy, and Emmy Awards.
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Christina Ricci
American actress who began as a child star in "The Addams Family" and became a leading independent-film performer in the 1990s and 2000s.
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Claudia Cardinale
Tunisian-born Italian actress, a defining presence of 1960s European cinema in "The Leopard" and "Once Upon a Time in the West".
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Daisy Ridley
British actress best known as Rey in the sequel trilogy of "Star Wars", with later work in independent dramas and adventure films.
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Demi Moore
American actress, one of the top-paid women in 1990s Hollywood, known for "Ghost", "A Few Good Men", and "G.I. Jane".
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Drew Barrymore
American actress, producer, and talk-show host from a legendary acting family, known for "E.T.", "Charlie's Angels", and her production company Flower Films.
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Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress and humanitarian, a defining star of mid-century Hollywood, with two Academy Awards and lifelong AIDS-research advocacy.
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Emilia Clarke
British actress best known as Daenerys Targaryen in HBO's "Game of Thrones", with later roles in the Star Wars universe and West End productions.
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Eva Green
French actress recognized for darkly atmospheric performances in "Casino Royale", "The Dreamers", and Tim Burton's films.
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Farrah Fawcett
American actress whose role in "Charlie's Angels" and famous swimsuit poster made her a 1970s pop-culture icon.
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Frances McDormand
American actress with three Academy Awards for Best Actress, one of only three actors to achieve the feat, recognized for indie dramas and Coen brothers' films.
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Freida Pinto
Indian actress and producer who broke through internationally with "Slumdog Millionaire" and continued in crossover features like "Rise of the Planet of the Apes".
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Grace Kelly
American actress and later Princess of Monaco, an Academy Award-winning leading lady of 1950s Hollywood famous for her work with Alfred Hitchcock.
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Greta Garbo
Swedish actress considered one of the greatest stars of Hollywood's silent and early sound eras, famous for her enigmatic screen presence and 1941 retirement at age 35.
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Gwyneth Paltrow
American actress who won an Academy Award for "Shakespeare in Love" and starred in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Pepper Potts.
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Halle Berry
American actress and producer, the first and so far only Black woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress, for "Monster's Ball".
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Helen Mirren
British actress with the Triple Crown of Acting (Oscar, Emmy, Tony) and a Cannes Best Actress prize, recognized for "The Queen" and Shakespeare on stage.
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Helena Bonham Carter
British actress known for period dramas with Merchant Ivory, the wife in Tim Burton's films, and Bellatrix Lestrange in the "Harry Potter" series.
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Hilary Swank
American actress with two Academy Awards for Best Actress, for "Boys Don't Cry" and "Million Dollar Baby", with a career marked by physical transformation roles.
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Indira Varma
British actress known for "Game of Thrones", "Rome", and "Obi-Wan Kenobi", with extensive stage work at the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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Ingrid Bergman
Swedish actress with three Academy Awards and a Tony Award, an international leading lady remembered for "Casablanca", "Notorious", and "Anastasia".
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Isabelle Huppert
French actress with two Best Actress prizes at Cannes and a Volpi Cup at Venice, one of the most prolific and acclaimed leads in European cinema.
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Isla Fisher
Australian actress and author known for comedies including "Wedding Crashers", "Confessions of a Shopaholic", and "Now You See Me".
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Jennifer Lawrence
American actress, an Academy Award winner for "Silver Linings Playbook" and the lead of "The Hunger Games" franchise.
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Joan Crawford
American actress with an Academy Award for "Mildred Pierce", one of the most successful and longest-lasting stars of the studio era.
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Jodie Foster
American actress and director with two Academy Awards for "The Accused" and "The Silence of the Lambs", with a career beginning at age three.
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Julia Roberts
American actress and producer, an Academy Award winner for "Erin Brockovich" and one of the highest-grossing female stars in Hollywood history.
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Julianne Moore
American actress with an Academy Award for "Still Alice", recognized for her work with Robert Altman, Paul Thomas Anderson, and Todd Haynes.
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Katharine Hepburn
American actress with four Academy Awards for Best Actress, more than any other performer, with a career spanning six decades.
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Katherine Heigl
American actress and producer known for "Grey's Anatomy", "Knocked Up", and "27 Dresses", with a Primetime Emmy Award for "Grey's Anatomy".
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Keira Knightley
British actress recognized for period dramas including "Pride & Prejudice", "Atonement", and "The Imitation Game", with two Academy Award nominations.
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Kerry Washington
American actress and producer best known as Olivia Pope on ABC's "Scandal", with film roles in "Ray" and "Django Unchained".
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Kim Basinger
American actress and former model with an Academy Award for "L.A. Confidential", a leading star of 1980s and 90s Hollywood thrillers and dramas.
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Kristen Stewart
American actress recognized for "Twilight", "Personal Shopper", and the Academy Award-nominated lead in "Spencer" as Princess Diana.
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Lana Turner
American actress and one of MGM's biggest stars of the 1940s and 50s, an Academy Award nominee for "Peyton Place".
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Laura Dern
American actress with an Academy Award for "Marriage Story", recognized for her work with David Lynch, Steven Spielberg, and Greta Gerwig.
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Lauren Bacall
American actress and Honorary Oscar recipient, a defining film-noir presence opposite Humphrey Bogart in the 1940s and a Tony Award-winning stage performer.
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Liv Tyler
American actress recognized for "Armageddon", "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy as Arwen, and a long career in romance and drama.
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Madhuri Dixit
Indian actress and one of the most successful stars of Hindi cinema, recognized for "Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!", "Devdas", and her dance performances.
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Margot Robbie
Australian actress and producer known for "I, Tonya", "Bombshell", and the title role and lead production credit on "Barbie".
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Marilyn Monroe
American actress, model, and singer, one of the most enduring icons of 20th-century cinema, known for "Some Like It Hot" and "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes".
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Marion Cotillard
French actress with an Academy Award for "La Vie en Rose", the first French-language performance to win Best Actress since 1961.
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Meg Ryan
American actress, one of the leading romantic comedy stars of the 1990s, known for "When Harry Met Sally...", "Sleepless in Seattle", and "You've Got Mail".
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Meryl Streep
American actress widely regarded as one of the greatest of her generation, with a record 21 Academy Award nominations and 3 wins.
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Michelle Pfeiffer
American actress with three Academy Award nominations, recognized for "The Fabulous Baker Boys", "Dangerous Liaisons", and as Catwoman in "Batman Returns".
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Naomie Harris
British actress with an Academy Award nomination for "Moonlight", recognized for "28 Days Later", the James Bond films as Eve Moneypenny, and "Pirates of the Caribbean".
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Nargis Dutt
Indian actress and Member of Parliament, the first recipient of the Padma Shri in cinema, best remembered for "Mother India".
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Natalie Portman
American-Israeli actress with an Academy Award for "Black Swan", a Harvard graduate, recognized for "Leon - The Professional", "V for Vendetta", and the "Star Wars" prequel trilogy.
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Octavia Spencer
American actress with an Academy Award for "The Help" and three Oscar nominations, recognized for "Hidden Figures" and "The Shape of Water".
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Olga Kurylenko
Ukrainian-French actress recognized for the Bond film "Quantum of Solace" as Camille Montes, Terrence Malick's "To the Wonder", and "Oblivion".
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Pam Grier
American actress who pioneered female action leads in 1970s blaxploitation cinema, recognized for "Coffy", "Foxy Brown", and Quentin Tarantino's "Jackie Brown".
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Pamela Anderson
Canadian-American actress and model recognized for "Baywatch", "V.I.P.", and a late-career Broadway turn in "Chicago" and the acclaimed drama "The Last Showgirl".
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Patricia Arquette
American actress with an Academy Award for "Boyhood" and Emmy Awards for "Medium" and "Escape at Dannemora".
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Penelope Cruz
Spanish actress with an Academy Award for "Vicky Cristina Barcelona", the first Spaniard to win an acting Oscar, working with Pedro Almodovar across seven films.
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Priyanka Chopra
Indian actress, singer, and producer, one of the highest-paid actresses in India, with US television and film roles in "Quantico" and "The Matrix Resurrections".
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Rachel McAdams
Canadian actress known for "Mean Girls", "The Notebook", and an Academy Award-nominated performance in "Spotlight".
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Rachel Weisz
British actress with an Academy Award for "The Constant Gardener", with roles in "The Mummy", "About a Boy", and the BBC's "Dead Ringers".
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Reese Witherspoon
American actress and producer with an Academy Award for "Walk the Line", who built Hello Sunshine into a major prestige-television production company.
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Renee Zellweger
American actress with two Academy Awards -- Best Supporting Actress for "Cold Mountain" and Best Actress for "Judy".
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Rita Hayworth
American actress and dancer, one of the top film stars and pin-ups of the 1940s, defined by the title role in "Gilda".
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Rooney Mara
American actress known for "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" and "Carol", with two Academy Award nominations and a Best Actress prize at Cannes.
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Rosario Dawson
American actress and producer known for "Sin City", "Rent", and her recurring role as Ahsoka Tano in the "Star Wars" Disney+ series.
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Sandra Bullock
American actress and producer with an Academy Award for "The Blind Side", one of the most consistently bankable stars of the 1990s and 2000s.
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Saoirse Ronan
Irish actress with four Academy Award nominations before age 26, recognized for "Atonement", "Brooklyn", "Lady Bird", and "Little Women".
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Sarah Jessica Parker
American actress, producer, and fashion entrepreneur best known as Carrie Bradshaw in "Sex and the City" and its sequels.
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Scarlett Johansson
American actress, one of the highest-grossing stars in box-office history, recognized for her work with Sofia Coppola, Woody Allen, and as Black Widow in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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Shirley MacLaine
American actress, dancer, and author with an Academy Award for "Terms of Endearment", one of the few stars whose career bridges 1950s Hollywood to today.
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Sigourney Weaver
American actress whose role as Ellen Ripley in the "Alien" franchise reshaped action cinema, with three Academy Award nominations and a career spanning drama and comedy.
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Sophie Marceau
French actress who became a star at 14 with "La Boum" and continued through major French films and the James Bond entry "The World Is Not Enough".
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Susan Sarandon
American actress and activist with an Academy Award for "Dead Man Walking", recognized for "Thelma & Louise", "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", and decades of political advocacy.
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Tippi Hedren
American actress and animal-rights activist who starred in Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" and "Marnie", later founding the Shambala Preserve big-cat sanctuary.
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Uma Thurman
American actress and producer with an Academy Award nomination for "Pulp Fiction", recognized for her collaborations with Quentin Tarantino.
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Ursula Andress
Swiss actress whose role as Honey Ryder in "Dr. No" (1962) -- the first official "Bond girl" -- became one of cinema's most iconic images.
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Vanessa Redgrave
British actress with the Triple Crown of Acting, including an Academy Award for "Julia" and Olivier, Tony, and Emmy Awards across stage and screen.
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Vera Farmiga
American actress with an Academy Award nomination for "Up in the Air", recognized for "The Departed", "Bates Motel", and "The Conjuring" series.
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Whoopi Goldberg
American actress, comedian, and television host, one of few EGOT winners, recognized for "Ghost", "The Color Purple", and her two decades on "The View".
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Winona Ryder
American actress with two Academy Award nominations for "Little Women" and "The Age of Innocence", recognized for her work with Tim Burton and Netflix's "Stranger Things".
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Ximena Navarrete
Mexican actress and former Miss Universe (2010) who transitioned to leading roles in Televisa's telenovelas including "La Tempestad".
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Yalitza Aparicio
Mexican actress who received an Academy Award nomination for her debut role as Cleo in Alfonso Cuaron's "Roma".
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Yvonne De Carlo
Canadian-American actress known for "The Ten Commandments", "Salome, Where She Danced", and as Lily Munster on the sitcom "The Munsters".
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Yvonne Strahovski
Australian actress recognized for "Chuck", "Dexter", and "The Handmaid's Tale", with three Primetime Emmy Award nominations.
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Zoe Kravitz
American actress and director, known for "Big Little Lies", "The Batman" as Catwoman, and her directorial debut "Blink Twice".
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