Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American theater, film, and television actress. Hepburn's career as a leading lady in Hollywood stretched more than 60 years. She was recognized for her headstrong independence, energetic attitude, and outspokenness, and she cultivated a movie character that mirrored this public image, frequently playing strong-willed, smart women. Her work ranged from screwball humor to literary drama, and she was nominated for four Academy Awards for Best Actress, a record for any actress. The American Film Institute voted Hepburn the finest female star of classic Hollywood cinema in 1999.

There has perhaps been no celebrity in Hollywood history who has the same dramatic weight as Katharine Hepburn, regardless of gender. The shadow she projected from the 1930s through the 1960s and beyond was just unparalleled.

During her career, she won a record of four Oscars and received 12 nominations, all of which were for best leading actress. She demonstrated her versatility by excelling in everything from a comedy like "The Philadelphia Story" to sorrowful tragedies like "Long Day's Journey Into Night" and even action films like 1951's "The African Queen".

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Lived: May 12, 1907 - Jun 29, 2003 (age 96)

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• Academy Awards, Wins: 4
  
• Grammy Awards, Wins: 2
  
• Primetime Emmy Award, Wins: 2

Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an actress from the United States. Streep is frequently referred to as "the finest actress of her generation", and she is particularly well-known for her flexibility and accent adaptation. Throughout her four-decade career, she has received several honors, including a record 21 Academy Award nominations, three of which she has won, and a record 32 Golden Globe Award nominations, eight of which she has won. She has also won two British Academy Film Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and has been nominated for a Tony Award and six Grammy Awards.

Nobody comes close to Meryl Streep when it comes to acting skill as measured by critical acclaim and award consideration. Her 21 career Oscar nominations are by far the most for any actress, and her three victories place her among the top. She's already received a lifetime achievement award from the AFI, despite the fact that she still has a lot of work to do on the big screen.

Streep has not only captured audiences in deadly serious dramas such as 1988's "A Cry in the Dark" and 1982's "Sophie's Choice", but she has also proven to be a master of lighter fare such as 1992's "Death Becomes Her" and 2008's "Mamma Mia!" Few performers of Streep's prominence have taken as many chances with their character choices.

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Born: Jun 22, 1949 (age 72)

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• Academy Awards, Wins: 3
  
• Golden Globe Awards, Wins: 8
  
• Grammy Awards, Wins: 1

Frances Louise McDormand (born Cynthia Ann Smith on June 23, 1957) is a producer and actor from the United States. She has received various honors during her career, including a Tony Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and four Academy Awards (including one for Best Picture), making her one of the few artists to accomplish the "Triple Crown of Acting". She has also won two Golden Globes, three British Academy Film Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Frances McDormand has established herself to be one of the finest performers of all time, with passion and range rarely matched in Hollywood history. She's built a reputation for doing exceptional work outside of the large studio system, having won two Independent Spirit Awards for her work in indie films, which is a record for any actor.

She has already won two Oscars, both for best supporting actress, for characters as disparate as a mild-mannered police officer in 1996's "Fargo" and a tough-as-nails mother seeking vengeance for her daughter's death in 2017's Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri". She is one of just handful of performers who have won the acting triple crown.

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Born: Jun 23, 1957 (age 64)

Awards:

• Academy Awards, Wins: 4
  
• Golden Globe Awards, Wins: 1
  
• Primetime Emmy Award, Wins: 1

Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress who had a 50-year career with over 100 acting credits. She was known for playing groundbreaking unsympathetic, sardonic characters, as well as for pioneering female villainy in motion pictures. She was well-known for her performances in a variety of film genres, ranging from contemporary crime melodramas to historical dramas, suspense horror, and the occasional comedy, though her greatest successes were in romantic dramas. She was the first thespian to receive ten nominations and win two Academy Awards.

Bette Davis, who was born with the most expressive eyes in movie history, became one of the most dependable stars of classic Hollywood because to her practically unrivaled onscreen presence.

Davis was nominated for ten Oscars, all in the category of the best leading actress, and won two of them. She was a top-billed actress for more than 40 years, receiving an Oscar nomination in each decade from the 1930s through the 1960s for a variety of roles ranging from romance to film noir to psychological drama.

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Lived: Apr 05, 1908 - Oct 06, 1989 (age 81)

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• Academy Awards: Wins: 2
  
• Golden Globe Awards: Wins: 1
  
• Primetime Emmy Award: Wins: 1

Shirley MacLaine (born Shirley MacLean Beaty on April 24, 1934) is an actress, singer, author, activist, and former dancer from the United States. MacLaine is most known for her depictions of quirky, headstrong, and eccentric women, and she has garnered several awards over the course of her seven-decade career, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, and six Golden Globe Awards.

Shirley MacLaine was such a diverse performer that the Golden Globes developed a special award in 1959 honoring her as the most versatile actress. She was one of those rare performers who could actually do anything, earning six Oscar nominations in her long career until ultimately winning one for 1983's "Terms of Endearment". Whether it was tragedies like "Some Came Running" in 1958, comedies like "The Apartment" in 1960, or romantic pictures like "Irma la Douce" in 1963, MacLaine was up for any role. She finally received lifetime achievement awards from the Golden Globes and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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Born: Apr 24, 1934 (age 87)

Awards:

• Academy Awards, Wins: 1
  
• Golden Globe Awards, Wins: 7
  
• Primetime Emmy Award, Wins: 1

Jessica Phyllis Lange (born April 20, 1949[1]) is an actress from the United States. She is the 13th actress to win the Triple Crown of Acting, having received two Academy Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and five Golden Globe Awards. She is also the second actress to win the Academy Award for Best Actress after receiving the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the third actress and first performer since 1943 to receive two Oscar nominations in the same year, the fifth actress and ninth performer to win Oscars in both the lead and supporting acting categories, and tied for the sixth most Oscar-nominated actress.

She established herself as one of Hollywood's top stars in the 1980s, earning five of her six lifetimes Oscar nominations from 1982 to 1989. She received the coveted awards for her performances in 1982's "Tootsie" and 1994's "Blue Sky". Since 1996, she has had eight Emmy nominations for her work in television, winning three of them while acting in critically praised blockbuster programs such as "American Horror Story" and "Feud". Lange is also one of the select handful who has won the acting triple crown.

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Born: Apr 20, 1949 (age 72)

Awards:

• Academy Awards, Wins: 2
  
• Golden Globe Awards, Wins: 5
  
• Primetime Emmy Award, Wins: 3

Jane Seymour Fonda (born December 21, 1937) is an American actress, political activist, environmentalist, and former fashion model. She is the recipient of various accolades including two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, seven Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, the AFI Life Achievement Award, the Golden Lion Honorary Award, the Honorary Palme d'Or, and the Cecil B. DeMille Award.

Jane Fonda was perhaps the biggest celebrity of the 1970s due to her fiery attitude, amazing features, and enormous screen presence. She was nominated for seven Oscars, six of which she won for a best leading actress between 1969 and 1981. Fonda was almost always cast in dramatic parts, and she was equally effective at portraying sci-fi heroes like the one in 1968's "Barbarella" as she was at playing a depressed working woman intent on vengeance in 1980's "9 to 5".

Fonda has risen to prominence as a television star in recent years, winning Emmy nods for her roles in HBO's "The Newsroom" and Netflix's "Grace and Frankie".

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Born: Dec 21, 1937 (age 84)

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• Academy Awards, Wins: 2
  
• Golden Globe Awards, Wins: 7
  
• Grammy Awards, Wins: 1

Scarlett Johansson Elizabeth Louis-Dreyfus (born January 13, 1961) is an actress, comedian, and producer from the United States. She is best recognized for her roles in the sitcoms Saturday Night Live (1982–1985), Seinfeld (1989–1998), The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006–2010), and Veep (2012–2019). She is one of the most award-winning actresses in American television history, having garnered more Primetime Emmy Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards than any other performer, tying Cloris Leachman for the most acting victories (eight).

She's dabbled in films throughout the years, but Julia Louis-Dreyfus' work on television has earned her the title of possibly the most celebrated actress in television history. Her 11 Emmy nominations, including eight for acting, are unarguable. She's won Emmys for her parts in three different great shows: "Seinfeld", "The New Adventures of Old Christine", and "Veep", demonstrating that she can master whatever role she walks into. Simply told, she has earned the title of "most skilled comedy actress ever".

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Born: Jan 13, 1961 (age 61)

Awards:

• Golden Globe Awards, Wins: 1
• Primetime Emmy Award, Wins: 20
• Screen Actors Guild Award, Wins: 6

Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an actress from the United States. Close has received several honors throughout the course of her four-decade career, including two Screen Actors Guild Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and three Tony Awards. She has also been nominated for an Academy Award eight times, setting a record for the most nominations in an acting category without winning. She became one of the five most-nominated actresses in Academy history with her seventh nomination in 2021.

It's a travesty that Glenn Close has never won an Oscar, despite seven nominations, but it doesn't diminish her standing as one of Hollywood's best performers. She was a juggernaut in the 1980s, getting five Oscar nods for memorable parts in adult dramas like 1987's "Fatal Attraction" and 1988's "Dangerous Liaisons". She hasn't slowed down since, building her profile with excellent performances in TV dramas like "The Shield" and "Damages", earning three Emmys and 12 nominations along the way.

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Born: Mar 19, 1947 (age 74)

Awards:

• Golden Globe Awards, Wins: 3
  
• Grammy Awards, Wins: 1
  
• Primetime Emmy Award, Wins: 3

Julianne Moore (born Julie Anne Smith on December 3, 1960) is an American actor and novelist. She has been a prolific film actress since the early 1990s, and she is most recognized for her depictions of emotionally damaged women in both indie and blockbuster films. She has won multiple awards, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Golden Globes, and two Emmys.

Since the late 1990s, Julianne Moore has been one of Hollywood's most consistent leads. She has five Oscar nominations and has demonstrated her talent in serious dramas such as 1997's "Boogie Nights", character studies such as 2002's "The Hours", and out-there comedies such as 1998's "The Big Lebowski".

In recent years, she's delivered a succession of critically lauded performances in films such as 2010's "The Kids Are All Right", 2018's "Gloria Bell", and her Oscar-winning performance in 2014's "Still Alice", in which she played a bright professor suffering from early-onset Alzheimer's disease.

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Born: Dec 03, 1960 (age 61)

Awards:

• Academy Awards, Wins: 1
  
• Golden Globe Awards, Wins: 2
  
• Primetime Emmy Award, Wins: 1