| 100% | MOLLY | 5 | Actress Ringwald of "Pretty in Pink" and "The Breakfast Club" |
| 62% | RINGWALD | 8 | The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, Molly __ |
| 53% | CLAUDIA | 7 | Actress ___ Cardinale of "Once Upon a Time in the West" and "The Pink Panther" |
| 46% | NORA | 4 | Actress Arnezeder of "Zoo" and "Mozart in the Jungle" |
| 46% | TANIA | 5 | Actress Raymonde of Lost and Malcolm in the Middle |
| 46% | EMILIO | 6 | "The Breakfast Club" actor and filmmaker who is also the son of actor Martin Sheen |
| 45% | KENDRICK | 8 | Actress Anna of "Pitch Perfect" and "Up in the Air" |
| 45% | RAVENSYMONE | 11 | Actress in "The Cheetah Girls" and "Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century" |
| 45% | HEDYLAMARR | 10 | Actress and co-inventor of the spread-spectrum technology used in Bluetooth |
| 45% | RINGWALD | 8 | Star of the film Pretty in Pink: Molly __ |
| 44% | KATIELEUNG | 10 | "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" actress who plays Fan in "The Foreigner": 2 wds. |
| 43% | ALLY | 4 | Actress Sheedy of "The Breakfast Club" |
| 43% | ISABELAMERCED | 13 | "Dora and the Lost City of Gold" actress who plays Anya Corazon in "Madame Web": 2 wds. |
| 43% | KRISTINDAVIS | 12 | "Sex and the City" actress who plays the former lover of the thief in "Cash Out" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | KEIRA | 5 | ___ Knightley, actress who played Elizabeth Bennet in the 2005 adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice" |
| 43% | EHLE | 4 | Jennifer ___, actress who played Elizabeth Bennet in the 1995 adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice" |
| 42% | REIDS | 5 | Actress Tara who plays April in "Sharknado" films and Andy, head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs |
| 42% | RUBYDEE | 7 | Actress and activist who was awarded the National Medal of Arts, along with her husband, in 1995 |
| 42% | SELENATORS | 10 | Fan base of the singer and actress who stars in “Only Murders in the Building” |
| 42% | MCKEE | 5 | Actress Lonette of "The Cotton Club" and "Malcolm X" |
| 42% | MIAWASIKOWSKA | 13 | Actress who played the daughter of 14- and 32-Across in "The Kids Are All Right": 2 wds. |
| 42% | PAULINEYATES | 12 | Actress who played Elizabeth Perrin in 1970s BBC TV comedy series The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin |
| 42% | VANOUTEN | 8 | Denise —, television presenter and actress whose credits include The Big Breakfast and Babes in the Wood |
| 42% | DAWNFRENCH | 10 | Comedienne and actress who played the title role in BBC TV sitcom The Vicar of Dibley |
| 42% | MANN | 4 | Leslie ___, an actress known for her roles in "This is 40" and "George of the Jungle" |
| 41% | HUGHES | 6 | John —, director of films The Breakfast Club and Weird Science |
| 41% | LOISMAXWELL | 11 | Actress who played Miss Moneypenny in 1962 action film Dr No and thirteen others of the James Bond series |
| 41% | HALEYBENNETT | 12 | "The Girl on the Train" actress and co-star of Denzel Washington in "The Magnificent Seven" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | MADONNA | 7 | Singer, songwriter, and actress in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame known as the "Queen of Pop" |
| 41% | SECRETHANDSHAKE | 15 | Greeting between members of an exclusive club, and what's hiding in the answer to the starred clues? |