| Actress | Top 3 Performances of the Last Decade |
| 1. Emma Stone | 1. Poor Things (2023) 2. La La Land (2016) 3. The Favourite (2018) |
| 2. Cate Blanchett | 1. Tár (2022) 2. Nightmare Alley (2021) 3. Disclaimer (2024) |
| 3. Scarlett Johansson | 1. Marriage Story (2019) 2. Asteroid City (2023) 3. Jojo Rabbit (2019) |
| 4. Florence Pugh | 1. Midsommar (2019) 2. Little Women (2019) 3. Oppenheimer (2023) |
| 5. Margot Robbie | 1. Babylon (2022) 2. I, Tonya (2017) 3. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) |
| 6. Frances McDormand | 1. Nomadland (2020) 2. The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) 3. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) |
| 7. Olivia Colman | 1. The Favourite (2018) 2. The Lost Daughter (2021) 3. Empire of Light (2022) |
| 8. Saoirse Ronan | 1. Little Women (2019) 2. Lady Bird (2017) 3. The Outrun (2024) |
| 9. Anya Taylor-Joy | 1. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) 2. The Queen’s Gambit (2020) 3. The Menu (2022) |
| 10. Tilda Swinton | 1. Suspiria (2018) 2. The Souvenir (2019) 3. Hail, Caesar! (2016) |
| 11. Jessie Buckley | 1. I’m Thinking of Ending Things (2020) 2. Men (2022) 3. The Lost Daughter (2021) |
| 12. Toni Collette | 1. Hereditary (2018) 2. I’m Thinking of Endings Things (2020) 3. Nightmare Alley (2021) |
| 13. Natalie Portman | 1. Jackie (2016) 2. May December (2023) 3. Annihilation (2018) |
| 14. Carey Mulligan | 1. Promising Young Woman (2020) 2. Saltburn (2023) 3. She Said (2022) |
| 15. Margaret Qualley | 1. The Substance (2024) 2. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) 3. Poor Things (2023) |
| 16. Kristen Stewart | 1. Spencer (2021) 2. Love Lies Bleeding (2024) 3. Personal Shopper (2016) |
| 17. Ana de Armas | 1. Blonde (2022) 2. Knives Out (2019) 3. Blade Runner 2049 (2017) |
| 18. Sandra Hüller | 1. The Zone of Interest (2023) 2. Anatomy of a Fall (2023) 3. Toni Erdmann (2016) |
| 19. Tessa Thompson | 1. Passing (2021) 2. Sorry to Bother You (2018) 3. Annihilation (2018) |
| 20. Rebecca Ferguson | 1. Dune: Part I and II (2021, 2024) 2. Doctor Sleep (2019) 3. Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018) |
| 21. Laura Dern | 1. Marriage Story (2019) 2. Little Women (2019) 3. Twin Peaks: The Return (2017) |
| 22. Elle Fanning | 1. The Neon Demon (2016) 2. 20th Century Women (2016) 3. A Complete Unknown (2024) |
| 23. Sally Hawkins | 1. The Shape of Water (2018) 2. Bring Her Back (2025) 3. Paddington 2 (2017) |
| 24. Viola Davis | 1. Widows (2018) 2. The Woman King (2022) 3. The Suicide Squad (2021) |
| 25. Michelle Yeoh | 1. Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) 2. A Haunting in Venice (2022) 3. Wicked (2024) |
Where is Sandra Huller?
Probably 26 to be honest. Pretty interchangeable with those around the bottom based off the strength of The Zone of Interest, Anatomy of a Fall, and Toni Erdmann.
I think your suggestion is pretty spot-on actually, I believe I miscalculated her value in my points system. I’ll be updating this list shortly with a couple of other omissions.
I’d say Elle Fanning is more impressive in 20th Century Women than she is either A Complete Unknown(weakest among the main cast clearly) and The Beguiled.
I’ve not seen that yet, so you may be right.
I’d say Elle Fanning is more impressive in 20th Century Women than she is in either A Complete Unknown(weakest among the main cast clearly) and The Beguiled.
Should be noted Sally Hawkins is getting raves for her performance in Bring Her Back released in theatres before this list was published.
Very much looking forward to that and seeing her flex into horror.
Not a great a film. But it’s tough to say Hawkins is better in things like Spencer, Paddington 2, or Wonka for that matter over her performance in the recent Stephen Frears film The Lost King.
Is it still worth a watch for her performance at least?
Yes of course. The Lost King is worth watching. Frears has done interesting films for years now even though this was not one of his better works. The lack of award buzz was surprising given this is Stephen Frears.
No Lea Seydoux?
She’s been very solid recently, but I’m not sure she has really stood out above the others listed here. What do you think has been her best performance in recent years?
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun, The Beast, Crimes of the Future? Steals her scenes in Dune: Part Two. One of the best actresses of her generation.
I still think her best performance is Blue is the Warmest Colour, which just falls outside the timeframe. Without having seen The Beast, I recognise she’s solid in those others, but none really stand among their respective year’s best performances. Her strength is more that she shines in modest parts.