| 100% | VIOLADAVIS | 10 | "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" actress who plays General Nanisca in 26-Across (2 wds.) |
| 49% | VIOLA | 5 | Actress Davis who plays the title role in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" |
| 48% | HAYLEYATWELL | 12 | "Agent Carter" actress who plays 18-Across's wife Evelyn in "Christopher Robin": 2 wds. |
| 47% | JOHNNYDEPP | 10 | Actor who plays 26-/37-Across in "Black Mass": 2 wds. |
| 47% | MARGOTROBBIE | 12 | Actress who played 14-Across, 26-Across, and Queen Elizabeth I in "Mary Queen of Scots" (2 wds.) |
| 47% | LAURAPREPON | 11 | Actress who played Alex Vause, an inmate in the TV series "Orange Is the New Black": 2 wds. |
| 47% | NATASHALYONNE | 13 | Actress who played Nicky Nichols, an inmate in the TV series "Orange Is the New Black": 2 wds. |
| 47% | RACHELMCADAMS | 13 | "Doctor Strange" actress who plays the title character's mom in 33-/49-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | PIPERLAURIE | 11 | "Carrie" actress who played 27-Across's mother in "Children of a Lesser God": 2 wds. |
| 46% | THUSOMBEDU | 10 | The Underground Railroad' actress who plays Nawi in 26-Across (2 wds.) |
| 46% | KATEMULGREW | 11 | Actress who played Galina "Red" Reznikov, an inmate in the TV series "Orange Is the New Black": 2 wds. |
| 46% | SUSANSARANDON | 13 | Actress who played Louise, one of the title characters on the run in 1991's "Thelma & Louise": 2 wds. |
| 46% | TATIANAMASLANY | 14 | "Orphan Black" actress who plays an evangelical preacher in "Perry Mason": 2 wds. |
| 46% | JUNESQUIBB | 10 | Actress who plays Woody's wife Kate in "Nebraska": 2 wds. |
| 46% | LUPITANYONGO | 12 | "Black Panther" actress who plays Adelaide in "Us": 2 wds. |
| 46% | MAUDEAPATOW | 11 | "This Is 40" actress who plays 30-Across's sister in "The King of Staten Island": 2 wds. |
| 46% | MARISATOMEI | 11 | "My Cousin Vinny" actress who plays 30-Across's mother in "The King of Staten Island": 2 wds. |
| 46% | ELLIEKEMPER | 11 | Actress who plays the lead role in 12-/24-Across: 2 wds. |
| 46% | HOLLYHUNTER | 11 | "The Piano" actress who played "Ed" McDunnough in 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 46% | JANELLEMONAE | 12 | Actress who played Chiron's maternal figure Teresa in "Moonlight": 2 wds. |
| 46% | NAOMIEHARRIS | 12 | Actress who played Chiron's biological mother Paula in "Moonlight": 2 wds. |
| 45% | ANGELABASSETT | 13 | Actress who played Amanda Waller in DC's "Green Lantern" and Ramonda in Marvel's "Black Panther": 2 wds. |
| 45% | ROBINTUNNEY | 11 | Actress who plays Veronica Donovan and becomes Lincoln's lawyer in "Prison Break": 2 wds. |
| 45% | ANGELABASSETT | 13 | Actress who plays the queen mother of Wakanda in "Black Panther": 2 wds. |
| 45% | AMBERHEARD | 10 | Actress who plays Arthur Curry's love interest Mera in "Aquaman": 2 wds. |
| 45% | GRACEKELLY | 10 | Actress who played sheriff Will Kane's wife in "High Noon": 2 wds. |
| 45% | JESSICAALBA | 11 | Actress who played an exotic dancer in 2005's "Sin City": 2 wds. |
| 45% | MARISATOMEI | 11 | Actress who played an exotic dancer in 2008's "The Wrestler": 2 wds. |
| 45% | EVERANDERSON | 12 | "Black Widow" actress who plays Wendy in "Peter Pan & Wendy" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | ANNEHATHAWAY | 12 | "Interstellar" actress who plays Daphne in "Ocean's 8": 2 wds. |