| 100% | HALLEBAILEY | 11 | Actress who plays a mermaid named Ariel in "The Little Mermaid" (2 wds.) |
| 74% | MARTAKRISTEN | 12 | Actress who plays a mermaid named Lorelei in "Beach Blanket Bingo" (2 wds.) |
| 73% | HALLEBAILEY | 11 | "Grown-ish" actress who plays Ariel in the live-action remake of "The Little Mermaid": 2 wds. |
| 73% | DARYLHANNAH | 11 | Actress who plays a mermaid named Madison in "Splash" (2 wds.) |
| 68% | JODIBENSON | 10 | American actress who voiced Princess Ariel in Disney's "The Little Mermaid": 2 wds. |
| 67% | MARLEEMATLIN | 12 | "CODA" actress who played a deaf employee at the school in "Children of a Lesser God": 2 wds. |
| 66% | AUBREYPLAZA | 11 | Actress who plays a profane 14th-century nun in "The Little Hours": 2 wds. |
| 65% | ARIELWINTER | 11 | "Modern Family" actress who shares her first name with the mermaid in "The Little Mermaid": 2 wds. |
| 65% | KATHYBATES | 10 | Actress who plays a marijuana dispensary owner in the new Netflix comedy "Disjointed": 2 wds. |
| 65% | URSULAANDRESS | 13 | "Dr. No" actress who shares her first name with the sea witch in "The Little Mermaid": 2 wds. |
| 64% | CAMERONDIAZ | 11 | "The Mask" actress who played a private investigator named Natalie in "Charlie's Angels": 2 wds. |
| 64% | MERYLSTREEP | 11 | "Into the Woods" actress who plays a feminist in 42-Across: 2 wds. |
| 62% | DIANEKEATON | 11 | Actress who plays a mother in "Father of the Bride" (2 wds.) |
| 62% | JESSICATANDY | 12 | "Driving Miss Daisy" actress who played 15-Across in the original 1940s stage production of "A Streetcar Named Desire": 2 wds. |
| 62% | KIRSTENDUNST | 12 | "The Power of the Dog" actress who plays a journalist in the new movie "Civil War": 2 wds. |
| 61% | FARRAHFAWCETT | 13 | "Charlie's Angels" actress who played a photographer nicknamed Beauty in "The Cannonball Run": 2 wds. |
| 61% | CAREYMULLIGAN | 13 | "The Great Gatsby" actress who plays a feminist in 42-Across: 2 wds. |
| 61% | INGRIDBERGMAN | 13 | "Casablanca" actress who played a Swedish missionary in "Murder on the Orient Express": 2 wds. |
| 60% | JEANHAGEN | 9 | "The Danny Thomas Show" costar who played a vain actress in "Singin' in the Rain": 2 wds. |
| 60% | ZOESALDANA | 10 | "Avatar" actress who played a pirate in the first "Pirates of the Caribbean" film: 2 wds. |
| 60% | TANYAROBERTS | 12 | American actress who played Bond girl Stacey Sutton in the 1985 James Bond film "A View to a Kill": 2 wds. |
| 60% | DREWBARRYMORE | 13 | "50 First Dates" actress who played a private investigator named Dylan in "Charlie's Angels": 2 wds. |
| 60% | HELENMIRREN | 11 | "The Queen" actress who plays a retired intelligence agent in "The Thursday Murder Club": 2 wds. |
| 60% | ALICEBRAGA | 10 | "The New Mutants" actress who plays a revolutionary in "The Suicide Squad": 2 wds. |
| 60% | MARGOTROBBIE | 12 | Actress who plays a fictional associate producer in "Bombshell": 2 wds. |
| 59% | SANDRABULLOCK | 13 | "Ocean's 8" actress who plays a novelist kidnapped in the jungle in "The Lost City": 2 wds. |
| 59% | MERYLSTREEP | 11 | Actress who plays Mary Wright, in the Emmy-winning drama series "Big Little Lies": 2 wds. |
| 59% | JERYLPRESCOTT | 13 | Actress who plays Madame Xanadu, a blind fortune teller, in the show in 18a: 2 wds. |
| 59% | PIPERLAURIE | 11 | "Carrie" actress who played 27-Across's mother in "Children of a Lesser God": 2 wds. |
| 59% | UZOADUBA | 8 | "In Treatment" actress who plays a detective on the Netflix series "The Residence": 2 wds. |