| 100% | LYNDACARTER | 11 | Actress who portrayed 17- and 25-Across on TV from 1975 to 1979: 2 wds. |
| 42% | REBECCAROMIJN | 13 | "X-Men" actress who portrays a "Guardian" on 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 41% | MELISSAGILBERT | 14 | TV actress who wrote "My Prairie Cookbook: Memories and Frontier Food From My Little House to Yours": 2 wds. |
| 40% | ZOOEYDESCHANEL | 14 | Actress who portrays Jess on "New Girl": 2 wds. |
| 40% | SNAPPERFOSTER | 13 | Role played by David Hasselhoff from 1975 to 1982 in the TV soap opera "The Young and the Restless," which helped him gain recognition: 2 wds. |
| 40% | KELLYREILLY | 11 | "True Detective" actress who plays financier Beth Dutton on 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 40% | SAOIRSERONAN | 12 | Irish-American actress who starred in "Lady Bird" and 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 40% | LEAMICHELE | 10 | Actress who plays 17-Across' girlfriend and was 29-Across' girlfriend in real life: 2 wds. |
| 40% | LAURENHOLLY | 11 | Actress who played NCIS Director Jenny Shepard on "NCIS" from 2005 to 2008 (2 wds.) |
| 40% | PAULEYPERRETTE | 14 | Actress who played forensic scientist Abby Sciuto on "NCIS" from 2003 to 2018 (2 wds.) |
| 39% | PAIGEDAVIS | 10 | TV personality and actress who hosts 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 38% | CYNTHIANIXON | 12 | "Sex and the City" actress who plays struggling socialite Ada Brook on 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 38% | RASHIDAJONES | 12 | Actress who played Ann Perkins on "Parks and Recreation": 2 wds. |
| 38% | ALISONPILL | 10 | The actress who portrays Ivy Mayfair-Richards on "American Horror Story: Cult": 2 wds. |
| 38% | BRITTLOWER | 10 | "Unforgettable" actress who plays memory-blocked worker Helly on 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 37% | REGINAKING | 10 | Actress who played Aliyah Shadeed and Terri LaCroix on "American Crime": 2 wds. |
| 37% | LILITAYLOR | 10 | Actress who played Nancy Straumberg and Anne Blaine on "American Crime": 2 wds. |
| 37% | ISABELSANFORD | 13 | Actress who played Louise on "All in the Family" and 45-Across (2 wds.) |
| 37% | ANGELABASSETT | 13 | "Black Panther" actress who portrayed Coretta Scott King in the 2013 TV movie "Betty & Coretta": 2 wds. |
| 37% | ANDREAMCARDLE | 13 | Tony-nominated actress who was the first to play 40-Across on Broadway (2 wds.) |
| 37% | EVALONGORIA | 11 | Texas-born former soap actress who went on to star in "Desperate Housewives": 2 wds. |
| 37% | AMYPOEHLER | 10 | "Inside Out" actress who played Leslie Knope on "Parks and Recreation": 2 wds. |
| 37% | ETHELWATERS | 11 | Harlem Renaissance singer and actress who was the first African American to star in her own TV show: 2 wds. |
| 36% | JODIESWEETIN | 12 | Actress who played Stephanie Tanner on "Full House" and has returned on "Fuller House": 2 wds. |
| 36% | ANDREABARBER | 12 | Actress who played Kimmy Gibbler on "Full House" and has returned on "Fuller House": 2 wds. |
| 36% | EILEENBRENNAN | 13 | Actress who played Doreen Lewis in both the movie and TV series "Private Benjamin": 2 wds. |
| 36% | SARAHHYLAND | 11 | Actress who plays Haley Dunphy, Phil and Claire's elder daughter, on "Modern Family": 2 wds. |
| 36% | ARIELWINTER | 11 | Actress who plays Alex Dunphy, Phil and Claire's younger daughter, on "Modern Family": 2 wds |
| 36% | HILARYDUFF | 10 | "Lizzie McGuire" actress who plays Kelsey Peters on TV Land's "Younger": 2 wds. |
| 36% | NATALIEDORMER | 13 | Actress who portrayed Margaery Tyrell on "Game of Thrones," who also plays Irene Adler, Holmes' former lover on "Elementary": 2 wds. |