List of female movie actors by name: W–Z
This is an alphabetical list of notable female movie actors with a last name that begins with the letter W, X, Y, or Z.
Some actors on this list are also well known because of their roles in films and television series, and are therefore included both in this list and the list of television actors.
Note: In some forms of current English usage, the terms actor or female actor are often used in place of the more widespread actress.
W[edit]
Wa-We[edit]
- Caitlin Wachs (born 1989)
- Lillian Walker (1887–1975)
- Nancy Walker (1922–1992)
- Dee Wallace (born 1948)
- Jean Wallace (1923–1990)
- Kay Walsh (1911–2005)
- Jessica Walter (1941–2021)
- Julie Walters (born 1950)
- Zoë Wanamaker (born 1949)
- Rachel Ward (born 1957)
- Lesley Ann Warren (born 1946)
- Ruth Warrick (1915–2005)
- Mona Washbourne (1903–1988)
- Ethel Waters (1896–1977)
- Alberta Watson (1955–2015)
- Emily Watson (born 1967)
- Emma Watson (born 1990)
- Lucile Watson (1879–1962)
- Naomi Watts (born 1968)
- Marjorie Weaver (1913–1994)
- Sigourney Weaver (born 1949)
- Virginia Weidler (1926–1968)
- Helene Weigel (1900–1971)
- Grethe Weiser (1903–1970)
- Rachel Weisz (born 1970)
- Dorrit Weixler (1892–1916)
- Raquel Welch (born 1940)
- Tuesday Weld (born 1943)
- Ilse Werner (1921–2005)
- Mae West (1893–1980)
- Nydia Westman (1902–1970)
- Winifred Westover (1899–1978)
Wh-Wi[edit]
- Joanne Whalley (born 1961)
- Arleen Whelan (1914–1993)
- Alice White (1904–1983)
- Betty White (1922–2021)
- Carol White (1941–1991)
- Chrissie White (1894–1989)
- Pearl White (1889–1938)
- Billie Whitelaw (1932–2014)
- Mae Whitman (born 1988)
- May Whitty (1865–1948)
- Mary Wickes (1910–1995)
- Dianne Wiest (born 1948)
- Olivia Wilde (born 1984)
- Violet Wilkey (1903–1976)
- Cara Williams (1925–2021)
- Cindy Williams (born 1947)
- Cynda Williams (born 1966)
- Esther Williams (1921–2013)
- JoBeth Williams (born 1948)
- Kimberly Williams (born 1971)
- Stacey Williams (born 1968)
- Lois Wilson (1894–1988)
- Marie Wilson (1916–1972)
- Nancy Wilson (1937–2018)
- Peta Wilson (born 1970)
- Rita Wilson (born 1956)
- Barbara Windsor (1937–2020)
- Claire Windsor (1892–1972)
- Marie Windsor (1919–2000)
- Oprah Winfrey (born 1954)
- Debra Winger (born 1955)
- Mare Winningham (born 1959)
- Anna Winslet (born 1972)
- Beth Winslet (born 1978)
- Kate Winslet (born 1975)
- Shelley Winters (1920–2006)
- Estelle Winwood (1882–1984)
- Googie Withers (1917-2011)
- Isabel Withers (1896–1968)
- Jane Withers (1926–2021)
- Cora Witherspoon (1890–1957)
- Reese Witherspoon (born 1976)
- Alicia Witt (born 1975)
Wo-Wy[edit]
- Anna May Wong (1905–1961)
- Natalie Wood (1938–1981)
- Victoria Wood (born 1953)
- Alfre Woodard (born 1952)
- Joanne Woodward (born 1930)
- Irene Worth (1916–2002)
- Fay Wray (1907–2004)
- Amy Wright (born 1950)
- Bonnie Wright (born 1991)
- Teresa Wright (1918–2005)
- Robin Wright (born 1966)
- Kari Wührer (born 1967)
- Ida Wüst (1884–1958)
- Jane Wyatt (1910–2006)
- Margaret Wycherly (1881–1956)
- Jane Wyman (1917-2007)
- Dana Wynter (1931-2011)
- Diana Wynyard (1906–1964)
Y-Z[edit]
- Michelle Yeoh (born 1962)
- Madison Nicole Ziegler (2002-)
- Francine York (1938–2017)
- Susannah York (1939-2011)
- Clara Kimball Young (1890–1960)
- Karen Young (born 1958)
- Loretta Young (1913–2000)
- Sean Young (born 1959)
- Yu So Chow (1930–2017)
- Blanche Yurka (1887–1974)
- Pia Zadora (born 1953)
- Mackenzie Frances Ziegler (2004-)
- Moon Unit Zappa (born 1967)
- Renée Zellweger (born 1969)
- Catherine Zeta-Jones (born 1969)
- Mai Zetterling (1925–1994)
- Sonja Ziemann (1926–2020)
- Preity Zinta (born 1974)
- Zhang Ziyi (born 1979)
- Vera Zorina (1917–2003)
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