| 100% | SANDRABULLOCK | 13 | "The Blind Side" Best Actress Oscar winner who starred in 15-Across, 24-Across, 31-Across, and 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 52% | SANDRABULLOCK | 13 | Best Actress Oscar winner for "The Blind Side" who was a Worst Actress Razzie winner for "All About Steve": 2 wds. |
| 52% | GINARODRIGUEZ | 13 | "Miss Bala" actress who stars in 15-Across and 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 50% | WILLIAMHURT | 11 | "Kiss of the Spider Woman" Oscar winner and star of 15-Across and 43-Across who turns 70 tomorrow (2 wds.) |
| 49% | SANDRABULLOCK | 13 | Best Actress Oscar winner over Meryl Streep (for 2009's "The Blind Side"): 2 wds. |
| 49% | SANDRABULLOCK | 13 | Actress who won an Oscar for Best Actress for "The Blind Side" and a Worst Actress Razzie Award for "All About Steve": 2 wds. |
| 48% | OLYMPIADUKAKIS | 14 | "Moonstruck" Oscar winner who starred in 16-Across and 34-Across (2 wds.) |
| 47% | CHARLIZETHERON | 14 | 15-Across and 29-Across star who won a Best Actress Oscar for "Monster" and who turns 45 today (2 wds.) |
| 46% | HOLLYHUNTER | 11 | "Broadcast News" star who won a Best Actress Oscar for her role in "The Piano": 2 wds. |
| 46% | ARIANADEBOSE | 12 | "West Side Story" Oscar winner who hosted the Tony Awards in 2022, 2023, and 2024 (2 wds.) |
| 46% | HILARYSWANK | 11 | Two-time Best Actress Oscar winner who plays Bridget in 46-Across (2 wds.) |
| 46% | MARLONBRANDO | 12 | Two-time Oscar winner who portrayed the rogue colonel in 31-Across: 2 wds |
| 46% | ANTHONYHOPKINS | 14 | "The Silence of the Lambs" and "The Father" Best Actor Oscar winner who plays Odin in the MCU (2 wds.) |
| 46% | TILDASWINTON | 12 | "Michael Clayton" Best Supporting Actress Oscar winner who plays The Ancient One in Marvel's "Doctor Strange" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | NICOLEKIDMAN | 12 | "Moulin Rouge!" and "The Hours" star who was the first Australian to win an Oscar for Best Actress and the first to be nominated in consecutive years (2 wds.) |
| 45% | JODIEFOSTER | 11 | Two-time Best Actress Oscar winner who plays Liz Danvers in season 4 of 43-Across (2 wds.) |
| 45% | SANDRABULLOCK | 13 | Actress who won a Golden Globe, SAG Award, and Oscar for "The Blind Side": 2 wds. |
| 45% | BRIELARSON | 10 | Oscar-winning actress who stars in the 2017 movie "Kong: Skull Island": 2 wds. |
| 45% | SIDNEYPOITIER | 13 | Star of 15- and 34-Across who won an Oscar for "Lilies of the Field": 2 wds. |
| 45% | SANDRABULLOCK | 13 | "The Blind Side" actress who played a crossword constructor in 33-Across: 2 wds. |
| 45% | CATEBLANCHETT | 13 | "Blue Jasmine" Oscar winner who stars in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 45% | INGRIDBERGMAN | 13 | Swedish-born actress who starred in the 1940s movies "Gaslight" and "Casablanca": 2 wds. |
| 44% | RACHELMCADAMS | 13 | "Spotlight" Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominee who co-stars in 14-Across, 25-Across, and 35-Across (2 wds.) |
| 44% | KEVINKLINE | 10 | "A Fish Called Wanda" Oscar winner who stars in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | RICHARDGERE | 11 | "Chicago" actor who starred in the 1980 film titled 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | NICOLASCAGE | 11 | Oscar winner who stars in the 1998 film "City of Angels" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | ANNEHECHE | 9 | Actress who starred in the 1998 remake of 49-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | UMATHURMAN | 10 | "Pulp Fiction" actress who stars in 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | CARRIEPRESTON | 13 | "The Good Wife" actress who stars in the spin-off "Elsbeth" as a lawyer catching criminals: 2 wds. |
| 44% | MARLONBRANDO | 12 | "On the Waterfront" Oscar winner who won (and declined) a Best Actor Oscar for playing Vito Corleone in 47-Across (2 wds.) |