| 100% | OLIVIACOOKE | 11 | "Ready Player One" actress who plays the pregnant girlfriend of a murdered man in 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 53% | JULIANNEMOORE | 13 | Actress who plays an activist aiding a pregnant woman in a dystopian retelling of the nativity story in "Children of Men" (2 wds.) |
| 48% | KEELEYHAWES | 11 | "The Missing" actress who plays Dr. Kira Manning in the "Echoes" spin-off of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | KARYNPARSONS | 12 | Actress who played the snobbish cousin of 17-Across in "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," which is rumored to be getting a reunion: 2 wds. |
| 47% | BRIELARSON | 10 | Actress who plays the character of Carol Danvers, a former U.S. Air Force pilot in "Captain Marvel": 2 wds. |
| 47% | AMYPOEHLER | 10 | Actress who played the role of Leslie Knope in "Parks and Recreation", a role she is best-known for: 2 wds. |
| 46% | MARLEEMATLIN | 12 | "CODA" actress who played a deaf employee at the school in "Children of a Lesser God": 2 wds. |
| 46% | SUTTONFOSTER | 12 | "Younger" actress who played Princess Winnifred in the 2024 Broadway revival of "Once Upon a Mattress": 2 wds. |
| 46% | ZOESALDANA | 10 | "Avatar" actress who played a pirate in the first "Pirates of the Caribbean" film: 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% | DIANELANE | 9 | "Unfaithful" actress who plays Penny Chenery, the owner of 33-Across, in a 2010 film (2 wds.) |
| 46% | MIAWASIKOWSKA | 13 | Actress who played the daughter of 14- and 32-Across in "The Kids Are All Right": 2 wds. |
| 45% | LETITIAWRIGHT | 13 | "Ready Player One" actress who plays Shuri in 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 45% | DIANEKEATON | 11 | Actress who plays a mother in "Father of the Bride" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | LIVTYLER | 8 | "Armageddon" actress who played the lead singer's girlfriend Faye in 34-Across: 2 wds. |
| 45% | TIFFANYHADDISH | 14 | "Keanu" actress who adopted one of the cats that played Keanu in the film: 2 wds. |
| 45% | JESSICATANDY | 12 | "Driving Miss Daisy" actress who played 15-Across in the original 1940s stage production of "A Streetcar Named Desire": 2 wds. |
| 45% | ROXIEROKER | 10 | Actress who played Helen Willis, the friendly neighbor in the '70s sitcom "The Jeffersons" which is one of the longest-running sitcoms: 2 wds. |
| 44% | JULIECHRISTIE | 13 | "Shampoo" actress who played Lara in the 1965 film version of 19-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | INGRIDBERGMAN | 13 | "Casablanca" actress who played a Swedish missionary in "Murder on the Orient Express": 2 wds. |
| 44% | KRYSTENRITTER | 13 | "Jessica Jones" actress who plays Lucy in the "Echoes" spin-off of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | RACHELMCADAMS | 13 | "Spotlight" actress who plays a surgeon in "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | PIPERLAURIE | 11 | "Carrie" actress who played 27-Across's mother in "Children of a Lesser God": 2 wds. |
| 43% | EZRAMILLER | 10 | "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" actor, who plays The Flash in 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ANGELABASSETT | 13 | Actress who plays the queen mother of Wakanda in "Black Panther": 2 wds. |
| 43% | JULIEANDREWS | 12 | Actress who plays the protagonist, Maria, in the 1965 musical drama film, "The Sound of Music": 2 wds. |
| 43% | FRANKIEADAMS | 12 | Actress who plays the role of Bobbie Draper in the science fiction TV series "The Expanse": 2 wds. |
| 43% | HILARYSWANK | 11 | "Million Dollar Baby" actress who plays a journalist whose son was murdered in 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 43% | HELENMIRREN | 11 | "The Queen" actress who plays a retired intelligence agent in "The Thursday Murder Club": 2 wds. |
| 43% | FELICITYJONES | 13 | "Rogue One" actress who plays Ruth Bader Ginsburg in "On the Basis of Sex" (2 wds.) |