In no particular order: Ellen Burstyn, Sissy Spacek, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Charlize Theron, Jessica Lange, Annette Bening, Julianne Moore HM: Glenn Close, Catherine Keener, Toni Collette, Kathy Bates, Holly Hunter, Naomi Watts, Nicole Kidman, Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard

Dame Edith Evans
Shirley Booth
Cicely Tyson
Vanessa Redgrave
Geraldine Page
Gena Rowlands
Dame Maggie Smith
Meryl Streep
Liv Ullmann
Kim Stanley

In no particular order:
Joan Fontaine
Diana Rigg
Vivien Leigh
Jeanne Moreau
Liv Ullmann
Bibi Andersson
Monica Vitti
Greer Garson
Meryl Streep
Bette Davis
Honorable mentions: Vanessa Redgrave (just have not seen enough of her films) and Kim Novak (imo one of the best single performances, for Vertigo, maybe the best, although imo tied for first with Joan Fontaine in Rebecca and Bibi Andersson in Persona). Another is Kate Winslett, who is probably my favorite current actress.
Others are Myrna Loy, Jessica Lange, Joan Crawford, Maureen OHara, Deborah Kerr, Ingrid Thulin, Sylva Koscina, Catherine Deneuve, Anouk Aimee (for La Dolce Vita and 8&1/2), Emily Watson, Sissy Spacek, Olivia de Havilland, Ingrid Bergman, Eva Marie Saint, Jill Clayburgh, Faye Dunaway, Frances McDormand, Julie Christie, Carole Lombard, Gene Tierney and more recently I am becoming a fan of Jessica Chastain.

1. Isabelle Huppert
2. Meryl Streep
3. Bette Davis
4. Liv Ullmann
5. Elizabeth Tayloe
6. Kathy Bates
7. Judi Dench
8. Juliette Binoche
9. Patricia Clarkson
10. Julianne Moore
    Who Killed Laura Palmer?

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no one mention nicole kidman she is the best Actresses i have ever seen

Vera Farmiga (
Nothing But the Truth, Never Forever, Down to the Bone, Up in the Air
)
Meryl Streep (
Sophie's Choice, The Deer Hunter, The Bridges of Madison County, Adapta5b4tion.
)
Liv Ullmann (
Scenes from a Marriage, Persona, Autumn Sonata, Cries and Whispers
)
Jane Fonda (
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, Klute, The China Syndrome, Coming Home
)
Michelle Williams (
Blue Valentine, Brokeback Mountain, Wendy and Lucy, Incediary
)
Penlope Cruz (
Volver , Elegy, Broken Embraces, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
)
Marilyn Monroe (
The Prince and the Showgirl, Some Like It Hot, Bus Stop, Clash by Night
)
Lee Remick (
Wild River, Days of Wine and Roses, Baby The Rain Must Fall, The Long, Hot Summer
)
Greta Garbo (
Flesh and the Devil, Camille, The Mysterious Lady, Wild Orchids
)
Ingrid Bergman (
Casablanca, Notorious, Autumn Sonata, Viaggio in Italia
)
Bonus: Carole Lombard (
Twentieth Century, Nothing Sacred, My Man Godfrey, To Be Or Not To Be
)
Meet me in Montauk

Audrey Hepburn
Katharine Hepburn
Vivien Leigh
Ingrid Bergman
China Zorrilla
Norma Aleandro
Bette Davis
Meryl Streep
Simone Signoret
Jodie Foster

Cate Blanchett
Emma Thompson
Meryl Streep
Liv Ullmann
Judi Dench
Vanessa Redgrave
Judy Davis
Kate Winslet
Glenda Jackson
Miranda Richardson
Others I can't leave out: Helen Mirren, Imelda Staunton, Helena Bonham Carter, Eileen Atkins
Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence-R. Fripp

1. Cate Blanchett
2. Greta Garbo
3. Liv Ullmann
4. Bette Davis
5. Meryl Streep
6. Katherine Hepburn
7. Fernanda Montenegro
8. Judi Dench
9. Vivien Leigh
   10.Ingrid Bergman

Sophia Loren
Maggie Cheung
Diane Keaton
Claudia Cardinale
Audrey Hepburn
Cate Blanchett

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Liv Ullmann-Face To Face/Scenes From A Marriage/Shame/The Emigrants/Persona/Passion of Anna
Ellen Burstyn-Requiem For A Dream/Resurrection/Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore/Spitfire Grill
Geraldine Page-Trip To Bountiful/Interiors/Summer and Smoke/
Irene Dunne-I Remember Mama/White Cliffs of Dover/The Awful Truth/Back Street/The Silver Cord
Jane Fonda-Klute/They Shoot Horses Don't They/Agnes of God/Julia/The Dollmaker
Julianne Moore-The Hours/Magnolia/Safe/The Myth of Fingerprints
Judy Dench-Mrs. Brown/Notes On a Scandal/
Meryl Streep-Sophie's Choice/Ironweed/Cry In the Dark/Out of Africa/Holocaust
Emma Thompson-Sense and Sensibility/Fortunes of War/Carrington/Wit
Liv Ullmann-The Rose Garden/The New Land/Hour of the Wolf/Cries and Whispers/The Night Visitor/Richard's Things/Saraband
I was reading their bio's and noticed that 7 of these 9 women have something in common. Has to do with their births. Interesting. Wonder if there is something to astrology after all?

Simone Signoret
Liv Ullmann
Julie Christie
Claudia Cardinale
Jean Seberg
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Madeline Kahn
Ingrid Bergman
Gloria Swanson
Barbara Stanwyck
Monica Bellucci
Meryl Streep
Ellen Page
Faye Dunaway
Audrey Hepburn
I know that you are looking for a top 10 listpick from the list above and rank however you wantI think these are the best.
Hell, I can get you a toe by 3 o'clock this afternoon with nail polish.

Kinuyo Tanaka
Katharine Hepburn
Anna Magnani
Simone Signoret
Bette Davis
Liv Ullmann
Gong Li
Romy Schneider
Meryl Streep
Setsuko Hara

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Kind of weird actually, allot of people have ranked Liv Ullman as one of their favorite actress but not as many have putted Bibi Andersson on their list. In my opinion they are of equal talent. In Persona for example they are both extraordinary and on the same level of acting, none of them outshines the other.
Here is my list anyway:

1. Isabelle Huppert
2. Bibi Andersson and Liv Ullmand (Yes, they are going to share this place because of Persona and the other Bergmans movies they are in. As I wrote, I think they are of equal talent)
3. Isabelle Adjani
4. Ingrid Thulin
5. Meryl Streep
6. Helen Mirren
7. Gong Li
8. Fanny Ardant
9. Ellen Burstyn
10. Maggie Smith

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1. Jodie Foster (Silence of the Lambs/Taxi Driver/The Accused)
2. Liv Ulmann (Persona/Autumn Sonata/Face to Face)
3. Sissy Spacek (Carrie/Coal Miners Daughter/Badlands)
4. Meryl Streep (Sophie's Choice/Silkwood/Kramer vs Kramer)
   5, Emma Thompson (Remains of the Day/Howard's End/Love, Actually)
5. Faye Dunaway (Chinatown/Network/Bonnie and Clyde)
6. Ingrid Bergman (Autumn Sonata/Casablanca/Gaslight)
7. Charlize Theron (Monster/North Country/In the Valley of Elah)
8. Diane Keaton (Reds/Annie Hall/Love And Death/5b4Manhattan)
9. Kate Winslet (Eternal Sunshine/Heavenly Creatures/Sense and Sensibility)
   hm: Maggie Smith, Toni Collette, Vivien Leigh, Vanessa Redgrave Miranda Richardson, Frances McDormand
   Mama:They're all gonna laugh at you!
   Carrie:For reals?Then I'll f*k them UP!

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