| 100% | CRYSTALREED | 11 | Actress who plays Abby Arcane, a CDC doctor, in the show mentioned in 18a |
| 56% | JERYLPRESCOTT | 13 | Actress who plays Madame Xanadu, a blind fortune teller, in the show in 18a: 2 wds. |
| 46% | JEANHAGEN | 9 | "The Danny Thomas Show" costar who played a vain actress in "Singin' in the Rain": 2 wds. |
| 46% | RACHELMCADAMS | 13 | "Spotlight" actress who plays a surgeon in "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | ELISABETHMOSS | 13 | American actress who plays the lead role of Offred in the series in 18a: 2 wds. |
| 42% | XOCHITLGOMEZ | 12 | "The Baby-Sitters Club" actress who plays a time-traveling teenager in "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | DIANEKEATON | 11 | Actress who plays a mother in "Father of the Bride" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | ELLEN | 5 | ___ Pompeo, actress who plays Meredith Grey in the medical drama television show "Grey's Anatomy" |
| 42% | HEIGL | 5 | Katherine ___, actress who played Izzie Stevens in the medical drama television show "Grey's Anatomy" |
| 42% | INGRIDBERGMAN | 13 | "Casablanca" actress who played a Swedish missionary in "Murder on the Orient Express": 2 wds. |
| 41% | LAURAPREPON | 11 | Actress who played Donna Pinciotti in the Fox sitcom "That '70s Show": 2 wds. |
| 41% | XOCHITLGOMEZ | 12 | Actress who plays America Chavez in "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness": 2 wds. |
| 41% | KATHYBATES | 10 | Actress who plays a marijuana dispensary owner in the new Netflix comedy "Disjointed": 2 wds. |
| 41% | EVA | 3 | ___ Longoria, actress who plays Dora's mother in the movie mentioned in 33a |
| 41% | LANGFORD | 8 | Katherine ___, actress who plays Hannah Baker in the Netflix show "13 Reasons Why" |
| 41% | MERYLSTREEP | 11 | "Into the Woods" actress who plays a feminist in 42-Across: 2 wds. |
| 40% | JENNIFER | 8 | With 34-Across, "Alita: Battle Angel" actress who plays the owner of a bar in "Top Gun: Maverick" |
| 40% | SIMMONS | 7 | Actress Lili who plays a "Jennifer Lawrence-type" celebrity in the new season of "Ray Donovan" |
| 40% | EDIE | 4 | Actress Falco who plays a general in "Avatar: The Way of Water" |
| 40% | AMYPOEHLER | 10 | Actress who played the role of Leslie Knope in "Parks and Recreation", a role she is best-known for: 2 wds. |
| 40% | DEBRAMESSING | 12 | Actress who played 17a in the series for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award: 2 wds. |
| 40% | LAURAPREPON | 11 | "Orange Is the New Black" actress who played Donna in "That '70s Show": 2 wds. |
| 40% | JILLIANBELL | 11 | "Brittany Runs a Marathon" actress who plays Pepper the Elf in 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 40% | LEO | 3 | Actress Melissa who plays a Reverend Mother in the Vatican II drama "Novitiate" |
| 40% | ROSIE | 5 | & 12A Actress and talk show hostess who played Betty Rubble in 1994 film comedy The Flintstones |
| 40% | ZOESALDANA | 10 | "Avatar" actress who played a pirate in the first "Pirates of the Caribbean" film: 2 wds. |
| 39% | OLGA | 4 | Actress Kurylenko who played a Bond girl in the 2008 film "Quantum of Solace" |
| 39% | AUBREYPLAZA | 11 | Actress who plays a profane 14th-century nun in "The Little Hours": 2 wds. |
| 39% | MERYLSTREEP | 11 | "The Devil Wears Prada" actress who plays a struggling actress on "Only Murders in the Building" (2 wds.) |