| 100% | GWYNETHPALTROW | 14 | "Shakespeare in Love" actress who played 19-Across in a 1996 film: 2 wds. |
| 87% | GWYNETHPALTROW | 14 | "Shakespeare in Love" actress who plays 43-Across in a 1996 film (2 wds.) |
| 78% | ANYATAYLORJOY | 13 | "Glass" actress who played 19-Across in a 2020 film: 2 wds., hyph. |
| 63% | JULIECHRISTIE | 13 | "Shampoo" actress who played Lara in the 1965 film version of 19-Across: 2 wds. |
| 62% | ANNAPAQUIN | 10 | Canadian actress who plays a young Jane Eyre in a 1996 Franco Zeffirelli film (2 wds.) |
| 62% | KATEWINSLET | 11 | "Titanic" actress who played Ophelia in the 1996 film "Hamlet": 2 wds. |
| 60% | ERICBANA | 8 | Actor who played 32-Across in a 2003 film: 2 wds. |
| 60% | EDWARDNORTON | 12 | Actor who played 32-Across in a 2008 film: 2 wds. |
| 60% | ZOESALDANA | 10 | "Avatar" actress who played a pirate in the first "Pirates of the Caribbean" film: 2 wds. |
| 60% | ANYATAYLORJOY | 13 | "Split" and "Glass" actress who plays 43-Across in a 2020 film (3 wds.) |
| 60% | RUTHWILSON | 10 | English actress who plays Jane Eyre in a 2006 Susanna White film (2 wds.) |
| 60% | CLAIREDANES | 11 | "Homeland" actress who played Juliet in the 1996 film "Romeo + Juliet": 2 wds. |
| 60% | JUDIDENCH | 9 | "Shakespeare in Love" actress who plays Old Deuteronomy in "Cats": 2 wds. |
| 59% | JULIANNEMOORE | 13 | "Still Alice" actress who plays 19-Across later in life: 2 wds. |
| 59% | ELIZABETHOLSEN | 14 | Actress who plays a powerful witch in Marvel's "Avengers" films and on 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 59% | MIAWASIKOWSKA | 13 | Australian actress who plays Jane Eyre in a 2011 Cary Joji Fukunaga film (2 wds.) |
| 58% | GWYNETHPALTROW | 14 | "The Avengers" actress who played Shakespeare's love interest, Viola, in "Shakespeare in Love": 2 wds. |
| 58% | ELLENBARKIN | 11 | "Sea of Love" actress who plays Janine "Smurf" Cody in 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 58% | REXHARRISON | 11 | "My Fair Lady" actor who played Doctor Dolittle in a 1967 film: 2 wds. |
| 58% | GWYNETHPALTROW | 14 | "Shakespeare in Love" actress who played young Wendy Darling in "Hook": 2 wds. |
| 58% | JOSEPHFIENNES | 13 | "Shakespeare in Love" actor who plays a villain in "The Mother": 2 wds. |
| 58% | EMMATHOMPSON | 12 | "Cruella" actress who played Nanny McPhee in the 2005 film: 2 wds. |
| 58% | DIANELANE | 9 | "Unfaithful" actress who plays Penny Chenery, the owner of 33-Across, in a 2010 film (2 wds.) |
| 58% | CAREYMULLIGAN | 13 | "The Great Gatsby" actress who plays a feminist in 42-Across: 2 wds. |
| 58% | MERYLSTREEP | 11 | "Into the Woods" actress who plays a feminist in 42-Across: 2 wds. |
| 57% | SANDRABULLOCK | 13 | "The Blind Side" actress who played a crossword constructor in 33-Across: 2 wds. |
| 57% | ANGELABASSETT | 13 | Actress who played rock star Tina Turner in the 1993 film "What's Love Got to Do With It": 2 wds. |
| 57% | WHOOPIGOLDBERG | 14 | Actress who won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for playing 19-Across in 62-Across (2 wds.) |
| 57% | TESSATHOMPSON | 13 | "Thor: Ragnarok" actress who plays a surveyor in "Annihilation": 2 wds. |
| 57% | NATALIEPORTMAN | 14 | "Black Swan" actress who plays a biologist in "Annihilation": 2 wds. |