| Actress | Top 3 Performances of the Last Decade |
| 1. Emma Stone | 1. Poor Things (2023) 2. The Favourite (2018) 3. Bugonia (2025) |
| 2. Cate Blanchett | 1. Tár (2022) 2. Disclaimer (2024) 3. Nightmare Alley (2021) |
| 3. Margot Robbie | 1. Babylon (2022) 2. I, Tonya (2017) 3. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) |
| 4. Scarlett Johansson | 1. Marriage Story (2019) 2. Asteroid City (2023) 3. Jojo Rabbit (2019) |
| 5. Florence Pugh | 1. Midsommar (2019) 2. Little Women (2019) 3. Oppenheimer (2023) |
| 6. Jessie Buckley | 1. I’m Thinking of Ending Things (2020) 2. Hamnet (2025) 3. Men (2022) |
| 7. Saoirse Ronan | 1. Little Women (2019) 2. Lady Bird (2017) 3. The Outrun (2024) |
| 8. Frances McDormand | 1. Nomadland (2020) 2. The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) 3. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) |
| 9. Olivia Colman | 1. The Favourite (2018) 2. The Lost Daughter (2021) 3. Empire of Light (2022) |
| 10. Toni Collette | 1. Hereditary (2018) 2. I’m Thinking of Endings Things (2020) 3. Nightmare Alley (2021) |
| 11. Tilda Swinton | 1. Suspiria (2018) 2. Ballad of a Small Player (2025) 3. The Souvenir (2019) |
| 12. Carey Mulligan | 1. Promising Young Woman (2020) 2. Saltburn (2023) 3. She Said (2022) |
| 13. Margaret Qualley | 1. The Substance (2024) 2. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) 3. Poor Things (2023) |
| 14. Mia Goth | 1. Pearl (2022) 2. X (2022) 3. Infinity Pool (2023) |
| 15. Ana de Armas | 1. Blonde (2022) 2. Ballerina (2025) 3. Knives Out (2019) |
| 16. Anya Taylor-Joy | 1. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) 2. The Queen’s Gambit (2020) 3. The Menu (2022) |
| 17. Sally Hawkins | 1. The Shape of Water (2018) 2. Bring Her Back (2025) 3. Paddington 2 (2017) |
| 18. Rebecca Ferguson | 1. Dune (2021, 2024) 2. Dune: Part Two (2024) 3. Doctor Sleep (2019) |
| 19. Kristen Stewart | 1. Spencer (2021) 2. Love Lies Bleeding (2024) 3. Crimes of the Future (2022) |
| 20. Tang Wei | 1. Decision to Leave (2022) 2. Long Day’s Journey Into Night (2018) |
| 21. Jennifer Lawrence | 1. Die My Love (2025) 2. Mother! (2017) 3. Don’t Look Up (2021) |
| 22. Laura Dern | 1. Marriage Story (2019) 2. Little Women (2019) 3. Twin Peaks: The Return (2017) |
| 23. Sandra Hüller | 1. The Zone of Interest (2023) 2. Anatomy of a Fall (2023) 3. Project Hail Mary (2026) |
| 24. Tessa Thompson | 1. Passing (2021) 2. Sorry to Bother You (2018) 3. Annihilation (2018) |
| 25. Emily Blunt | 1. Oppenheimer (2023) 2. A Quiet Place (2018) 3. A Quiet Place Part II (2020) |
Added since last update
- Mia Goth
- Tang Wei
- Jennifer Lawrence
- Emily Blunt
Removed since last update
- Natalie Portman
- Elle Fanning
- Viola Davis
- Michelle Yeoh
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.