| 100% | DIANELANE | 9 | "Unfaithful" actress who plays Penny Chenery, the owner of 33-Across, in a 2010 film (2 wds.) |
| 58% | JOHNMALKOVICH | 13 | "Empire of the Sun" actor who plays Lucien Laurin, the trainer of 33-Across, in a 2010 film (2 wds.) |
| 56% | ZOESALDANA | 10 | "Avatar" actress who played a pirate in the first "Pirates of the Caribbean" film: 2 wds. |
| 54% | JULIECHRISTIE | 13 | "Shampoo" actress who played Lara in the 1965 film version of 19-Across: 2 wds. |
| 52% | KATHYBATES | 10 | Actress who plays a marijuana dispensary owner in the new Netflix comedy "Disjointed": 2 wds. |
| 51% | FELICITYJONES | 13 | Actress who played Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the film "On the Basis of Sex": 2 wds. |
| 51% | ANNEHATHAWAY | 12 | "Ocean's 8" actress who plays Fantine in the 2012 film adaptation of 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 51% | 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. |
| 51% | NANCYTRAVIS | 11 | "The Kominsky Method" actress who plays the grandmother of a critically ill girl in the 2024 film "Ordinary Angels" (2 wds.) |
| 51% | JULIEANDREWS | 12 | Actress who plays the protagonist, Maria, in the 1965 musical drama film, "The Sound of Music": 2 wds. |
| 50% | WHOOPIGOLDBERG | 14 | "Sister Act" actress who played God in the films "A Little Bit of Heaven" and "It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie" (2 wds.) |
| 50% | NORMAVARDEN | 11 | Actress who plays the housekeeper, Frau Schmidt, in the 1965 musical drama film, "The Sound of Music": 2 wds. |
| 50% | MEGANCAVANAGH | 13 | Actress who sang "It Had to Be You" in a memorable bar scene in the 1992 film "A League of Their Own" (2 wds.) |
| 50% | SANDRABULLOCK | 13 | "The Blind Side" actress who played a crossword constructor in 33-Across: 2 wds. |
| 50% | BRIELARSON | 10 | Actress who plays the character of Carol Danvers, a former U.S. Air Force pilot in "Captain Marvel": 2 wds. |
| 50% | OLIVIACOOKE | 11 | "Ready Player One" actress who plays the pregnant girlfriend of a murdered man in 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 50% | MARLEEMATLIN | 12 | "CODA" actress who played a deaf employee at the school in "Children of a Lesser God": 2 wds. |
| 50% | SUTTONFOSTER | 12 | "Younger" actress who played Princess Winnifred in the 2024 Broadway revival of "Once Upon a Mattress": 2 wds. |
| 50% | DIANEKEATON | 11 | Actress who plays a mother in "Father of the Bride" (2 wds.) |
| 50% | AMYPOEHLER | 10 | Actress who played the role of Leslie Knope in "Parks and Recreation", a role she is best-known for: 2 wds. |
| 49% | KRISTENSTEWART | 14 | Actress who plays Norah Price in the film "Underwater" and also played the role of Bella Swan in "The Twilight" series: 2 wds. |
| 49% | TANYAROBERTS | 12 | American actress who played Bond girl Stacey Sutton in the 1985 James Bond film "A View to a Kill": 2 wds. |
| 49% | JESSICATANDY | 12 | "Driving Miss Daisy" actress who played 15-Across in the original 1940s stage production of "A Streetcar Named Desire": 2 wds. |
| 48% | ANYATAYLORJOY | 13 | "Glass" actress who played 19-Across in a 2020 film: 2 wds., hyph. |
| 48% | EMMASTONE | 9 | Actress who plays tennis great Billie Jean King in the 2017 film "Battle of the Sexes" (2 wds.) |
| 48% | MIAWASIKOWSKA | 13 | Actress who played the daughter of 14- and 32-Across in "The Kids Are All Right": 2 wds. |
| 48% | RACHELMCADAMS | 13 | "Doctor Strange" actress who plays the title character's mom in 33-/49-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | PHILLIPASOO | 11 | Tony Award-nominated actress who plays Eliza Hamilton in the film version of "Hamilton" (2 wds.) |
| 48% | KRYSTENRITTER | 13 | "Jessica Jones" actress who plays Lucy in the "Echoes" spin-off of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | RACHELMCADAMS | 13 | "Spotlight" actress who plays a surgeon in "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" (2 wds.) |