| 100% | JULY | 4 | Dance instructor Cassandra from "Glee", played by Kate Hudson |
| 36% | COCO | 4 | Designer played by Kate |
| 35% | IRIS | 4 | Murdoch played by Kate Winslet |
| 33% | ZOE | 3 | "House of Cards" reporter played by Kate Mara |
| 33% | AVA | 3 | Gardner played by Kate Beckinsale in "The Aviator" |
| 32% | SUESTORM | 8 | "Invisible Woman" played by Kate Mara in 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 31% | IRIS | 4 | Role played by both Kate and Judi |
| 31% | DIDO | 4 | Singer played by Kate McKinnon in an SNL spoof of Eminem's "Stan" |
| 30% | HOUSE | 5 | Physician played by Hugh Laurie from 2004 to 2012 |
| 30% | COLUMBO | 7 | Television detective played by Peter Falk from 1968-2003 |
| 30% | PRACTICE | 8 | "Private ___," medical series following the life of Dr. Addison Montgomery played by Kate Walsh |
| 30% | ULEE | 4 | Titular character played by Peter Fonda from a 1997 movie |
| 30% | ARTIE | 5 | Glee character played by Kevin McHale |
| 29% | IRIS | 4 | Novelist Murdoch who was played by Kate Winslet and Judi Dench in a 2001 biopic |
| 29% | MAY | 3 | Aunt played by Marisa Tomei in "Spider-Man: Far from Home" |
| 29% | DOROTHYGALE | 11 | Girl from Kansas played by Judy Garland (2 wds.) |
| 29% | ROXIEHART | 9 | Main character from Chicago played by Zellweger |
| 29% | NEO | 3 | Role played by Keanu Reeves in three movies from 1999 to 2003 |
| 28% | DONCARLOS | 9 | Verdi opera from a play by Friedrich Schiller |
| 28% | FDR | 3 | Initials of the president played by Bill Murray in "Hyde Park on Hudson" |
| 28% | SUPERGIRL | 9 | Heroine from Krypton played by Melissa Benoist on a CW series |
| 28% | BORAT | 5 | Fictional journalist from Kazakhstan played by Sacha Baron Cohen |
| 27% | CORYMONTEITH | 12 | Actor who played Finn Hudson in US television series Glee |
| 27% | ARETHAFRANKLIN | 14 | Singer played by Jennifer Hudson in the 2021 musical biopic "Respect" (2 wds.) |
| 27% | NOYESFLUDDE | 11 | 1958 opera by Benjamin Britten adapted from the Chester miracle play |
| 26% | ALIST | 5 | Play by Gertrude Stein from 1923 with seven characters, all of whose names begin with the letter M |
| 26% | NAPOLEONSOLO | 12 | Spy played by Robert Vaughn on "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.": 2 wds. |
| 26% | RICHARDCASTLE | 13 | Title TV novelist/sleuth played by 51-Across on ABC from 2009 to 2016 (2 wds.) |
| 26% | WHITNEYHOUSTON | 14 | Singer played by Naomi Ackie in the 2022 musical biopic "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" (2 wds.) |
| 26% | ARTIE | 5 | "Glee" character played by Kevin McHale |