| 100% | OLGAKURYLENKO | 13 | "Oblivion" actress who co-stars with 15-Across as an agent who befuddles 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 53% | ROBRIGGLE | 9 | Former "Daily Show" correspondent who co-stars with 15-Across in 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 50% | MIRASORVINO | 11 | "Mighty Aphrodite" actress who graduated with honors from Harvard as an East Asian Studies major: 2 wds. |
| 47% | TARAJIPHENSON | 13 | "Empire" actress who co-stars with 18-Across in 39-Across (3 wds.) |
| 46% | JULIANNEMOORE | 13 | Oscar-winning actress who co-stars with Matt Damon in "Suburbicon" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | SANIYYASIDNEY | 13 | "Hidden Figures" actress who co-starred with Denzel Washington in "Fences" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | ANYATAYLORJOY | 13 | "The Menu" actress who co-starred with Bill Nighy in "Emma" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | SOFIABOUTELLA | 13 | "Star Trek Beyond" actress who co-starred with Tom Cruise in 2017's "The Mummy" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | MERYLSTREEP | 11 | Oscar-winning actress who starred with 29-Across in "Out of Africa" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | WINONARYDER | 11 | "Stranger Things" actress who co-stars with Mila Kunis in "Black Swan" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | KRISTENBELL | 11 | "The Good Place" actress who co-stars with Mila Kunis in the "Bad Moms" films (2 wds.) |
| 45% | CATEBLANCHETT | 13 | "Tár" actress who co-starred with Bill Nighy in "Notes on a Scandal" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | KATEMCKINNON | 12 | "Saturday Night Live" actress who co-stars with Mila Kunis in "The Spy Who Dumped Me" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | HALEYBENNETT | 12 | "The Girl on the Train" actress who co-starred with Denzel Washington in "The Magnificent Seven" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | SISSYSPACEK | 11 | Oscar-winning actress who starred with 29-Across in "The Old Man & the Gun" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | TRACYMORGAN | 11 | "30 Rock" actor who co-stars with 29-Across in 39-Across (2 wds.) |
| 44% | SOFIABOUTELLA | 13 | "Star Trek Beyond" actress who co-starred with Tom Cruise in the adventure film "The Mummy" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | MARGARETAVERY | 13 | Actress who plays Shug in "The Color Purple" who reunites with co-star Danny Glover in 28-Across (2 wds.) |
| 44% | ANTONIATHOMAS | 13 | Actress who stars in 49-Across as Claire Browne and in "Lovesick" as Evie (2 wds.) |
| 44% | WANDASYKES | 10 | Comic actress who stars on 18-Across as Regina's sister Lucretia: 2 wds. |
| 44% | CHARLIZETHERON | 14 | 15-Across and 29-Across star who won a Best Actress Oscar for "Monster" and who turns 45 today (2 wds.) |
| 44% | UMATHURMAN | 10 | "Pulp Fiction" actress who stars in 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 43% | JANELLEMONAE | 12 | "Hidden Figures" actress who co-stars in 39-Across (2 wds.) |
| 43% | THEWITCHES | 10 | With 40-Across, 1987 movie starring 15-Across as a coven member: 2 wds. |
| 43% | JENAMALONE | 10 | "The Hunger Games" actress who co-stars in 39-Across (2 wds.) |
| 43% | SANDRABULLOCK | 13 | "The Blind Side" Best Actress Oscar winner who starred in 15-Across, 24-Across, 31-Across, and 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 43% | COBIESMULDERS | 13 | "Avengers: Age of Ultron" actress who co-starred with Tom Cruise in 2016's "Jack Reacher: Never Go Back" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | SIDNEYPOITIER | 13 | Star of 15- and 34-Across who won an Oscar for "Lilies of the Field": 2 wds. |
| 42% | GINARODRIGUEZ | 13 | "Miss Bala" actress who stars in 15-Across and 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 42% | ALIASHAWKAT | 11 | "Arrested Development" actress who stars as Dory Sief in 13-Across: 2 wds. |