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Actress of the "Aughts" 2000-2005

Ah, the fun of polling. To make the "readers choice" possible I had to restrict you to my groupings of 25 with some bizarre rules for folks with no votes or a huge amount of votes. But here is how our lists differ within --it's not a perfect system but interesting nonetheless...

Nathaniel's List	Readers Rankings
film experience rankings *read the detailed countdown* this is for 2000-2005 only. It will change by decades end	readers rank from 1340 votes
01 Nicole Kidman 02 Patricia Clarkson 03 Kate Winslet 04 Kirsten Dunst 05 Samantha Morton 06 Julianne Moore 07 Cate Blanchett 08 Michelle Pfeiffer 09 Scarlett Johansson 10 Toni Collette 11 Joan Allen 12 Catherine Deneuve 13 Isabelle Huppert 14 Frances McDormand 15 Uma Thurman 16 Maggie Cheung 17 Holly Hunter 18 Laura Linney 19 Angelina Jolie 20 Tilda Swinton 21 Ziyi Zhang 22 Renée Zellweger 23 Meryl Streep 24 Natalie Portman 25 Franka Potente 26 Catherine Keener 27 Maggie Gyllenhaal 28 Evan Rachel Wood 29 Lindsay Lohan 30 Helen Mirren 31 Parker Posey 32 Catherine Zeta-Jones 33 Reese Witherspoon 34 Celia Weston 35 Daryl Hannah 36 Drew Barrymore 37 Chloe Sevigny 38 Marcia Gay Harden 39 Susan Sarandon 40 Ludivine Sagnier 41 Catherine O'Hara 42 Jane Lynch 43 Jennifer Coolidge 44 Julia Roberts 45 Viola Davis 46 Miranda Richardson 47 Brittany Murphy 48 Marisa Tomei 49 Charlotte Rampling 50 Naomi Watts 51 Rachel McAdams 52 Cara Seymour 53 Taryn Manning 54 Mary Lynn Rajskub 55 Miranda Otto 56 Cameron Diaz 57 Connie Nielsen 58 Isabella Rossellini 59 Emily Watson 60 Emmanuelle Béart 61 Annette Bening 62 Kerry Washington 63 Angelica Huston 64 Gwyneth Paltrow 65 Jodie Foster 66 Diane Keaton 67 Claire Danes 68 Diane Lane 69 Charlize Theron 70 Julie Delpy 71 Sarah Polley 72 Ellen Burstyn 73 Lucy Liu 74 Hope Davis 75 Molly Parker 76 Maggie Smith 77 Imelda Staunton 78 Virginia Madsen 79 Monica Bellucci 80 Laura Dern 81 Jane Adams 82 Nathalie Baye 83 Elizabeth Banks 84 Lynn Redgrave 85 Liv Tyler 86 Deborah Kara Unger 87 Zooey Deschanel 88 Sharon Stone 89 Donna Murphy 90 Susan Lynch 91 Brooke Smith 92 Jamie Lee Curtis 93 Alicia Witt 94 Sissy Spacek 95 Marylouise Burke 96 Mary Louise Parker 97 Angela Bassett 98 Carla Gugino 99 Juliette Lewis 00 Juliet Stevenson	01 Nicole Kidman 02 Kate Winslet 03 Meryl Streep 04 Catherine Zeta-Jones 05 Cate Blanchett 06 Naomi Watts 07 Scarlett Johansson 08 Julianne Moore 09 Joan Allen 10 Natalie Portman 11 Michelle Pfeiffer 12 Patricia Clarkson 13 Laura Linney 14 Isabelle Huppert 15 Uma Thurman 16 Rachel McAdams 17 Toni Collette 18 Renée Zellweger 19 Maggie Gyllenhaal 20 Maggie Cheung -- (tie) Helen Mirren 22 Frances McDormand -- (tie) Ziyi Zhang -- (tie) Evan Rachel Wood 25 Tilda Swinton -- (tie) Catherine Keener 27 Reese Witherspoon 28 Kirsten Dunst -- (tie) Samantha Morton 30 Maggie Smith 31 Julia Roberts 32 Holly Hunter -- (tie) Angelina Jolie -- (tie) Lindsay Lohan -- (tie) Parker Posey 36 Emily Watson 37 Charlize Theron 38 Diane Keaton 39 Annette Bening -- (tie) Marcia Gay Harden 41 Catherine Deneuve -- (tie) Franka Potente 43 Drew Barrymore 44 Charlotte Rampling -- (tie) Miranda Richardson -- (tie) Chloe Sevigny 47 Daryl Hannah -- (tie) Catherine O'Hara -- (tie) Gwyneth Paltrow 50 Anjelica Huston -- (tie) Ludivine Sagnier 52 Jodie Foster 53 Connie Nielsen -- (tie) Jennifer Coolidge 55 Ellen Burstyn 56 Julie Delpy 57 Diane Lane 58 Hope Davis 59 Cameron Diaz -- (tie) Marisa Tomei -- (tie) Jane Lynch -- (tie) Brittany Murphy -- (tie) Mary Lynn Rajskub -- (tie) Susan Sarandon -- (tie) Cara Seymour -- (tie) Emmanuelle Béart 67 Mary Louise Parker --(tie) Sissy Spacek 69 Viola Davis --(tie) Taryn Manning --(tie) Miranda Otto --(tie) Isabella Rossellini --(tie) Kerry Washington 74 Claire Danes -- (tie) Zooey Deschanel -- (tie) Imelda Staunton -- (tie) Sarah Polley -- (tie) Lucy Liu -- (tie) Virginia Madsen 80 Celia Weston 81 Monica Bellucci 82 Jamie Lee Curtis 83 Laura Dern -- (tie) Liv Tyler -- (tie) Jane Adams -- (tie) Angela Bassett 87 Elizabeth Banks 88 Lynn Redgrave -- (tie) Brooke Smith 90 Molly Parker -- (tie) Sharon Stone -- (tie) Juliette Lewis -- (tie) Juliet Stevenson 94 Nathalie Baye -- (tie) Deborah Kara Unger -- (tie) Donna Murphy -- (tie) Susan Lynch -- (tie) Alicia Witt -- (tie) Marylouise Burke -- (tie) Carla Gugino

 

And now ... my rough overview of the 100 women who made 1000 of my hours this decade extra enjoyable.

The List In Detail (February 2006)
100 -91 / 90-81 / 80-71/ 70-61 / 60-51 /
50-41 / 40-31 / 30-21 / 20-11 / 10-6 / 5-1

 

 

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