Lynda Carter
The women in this list have long left their mark in Hollywood and as shining examples for women worldwide. Apart from their looks, they have gone on to become unsung heroes in many verticals.
Take a look at the list we’ve compiled praising not just their beauty but their many achievements over the years.
I have yet to meet anyone who doesn’t adore and admire Lynda Carter. The reason is simple, her portrayal as Wonder Woman has long been a symbol of true feminism, shattering glass ceilings and misconceptions worldwide.
Jessica Lange
Apart from acting, our girl can also sing and write, and before her acting stint, she was actually crowned Miss World America 1972. You can catch her on the hit television series, Supergirl, starring as none other than the President of the United States.
Jessica Lange has done it all, it seems like. Far more than just dishing out makeup tips and playing her current role on the television show American Horror Story.
Sophia Loren
She is an actress (and a multiple award winning one at that), a producer, and a brilliant photographer. Lange used to a foster parent and is currently a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF.
Sophia Loren entered a beauty pageant at just the age of 15 and was immediately encouraged to act. All of her hard work earned her an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, five special Golden Globes, a BAFTA Award, a Laurel Award, the Honorary Academy Award in 1991, and countless more. Back in 1995, she also received the Cecil B.
Lucy Lawless
DeMille Award for lifetime achievements. If she launched her own line of makeup tips, I’m sure it would be an instant success.
This New Zealand native will always be remembered for her role as the heroic warrior Xena Warrior Princess. Lawless went on to appear in her first ever musical at just the age of 10 and by 21, she was crowned Miss New Zealand. She has appeared on Broadway due to her background in musical theatre.
Michelle Pfeiffer
She has starred in numerous guest television roles and is currently playing the role of Ruby in Ash vs. Evil Dead.
Michelle Pfeiffer began her acting career back in 1978 with her first starring film role in Grease 2, before she went on to receive huge attention for her breakout performance in the film Scarface.
Goldie Hawn
Since then, she’s starred in countless brilliant films, racking up the awards.
Goldie Hawn is the beloved actress, director, producer, and occasional singer; a woman of many talents! Hawn’s career shot off during her role on television show, Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In. She has won plenty of awards and is also the mother of current actors Oliver Hudson, Kate Hudson and Wyatt Russell.
Jane Fonda
Goldie has been in a relationship with actor Kurt Russell since 1983! She is currently set to star in her first film in over 15 years, Snatched.
How do we even count the ways?! Jane Fonda is incredible in absolutely everything she does, she is a wonderful human being that we simply adore wholly. She’s of course an actress but did you know she’s also a fitness guru and a writer and a former fashion model and a political activist.
Sissy Spacek
A long list for someone as fantastic as she is! Since the 60s, she’s dominated the big screen and we simply can’t get enough.
Thank you Stephen King for the ridiculously scary novel Carrie which was then turned into the equally scary film, starring, that’s right – Sissy Spacek.
Diane Keaton
Spacek has a few Academy Awards to her name and is now starring in the Netflix thriller series Bloodline, which is in its third and final season.
Diane Keaton’s name is synonymous with greatness. For decades, she has taken on roles that defined the era and time after time, proved that Keaton was true Hollywood royalty.
Audrey Hepburn
Apart from acting though, she has become an accomplished author, photographer, director, producer, sometimes is a singer and a real estate developer. Keaton proves she can do anything she sets her mind to and we love her for it.
Was there anyone more iconic than this gorgeous actress? Audrey Hepburn oozed style and class, and not just on the big screen.
Katey Sagal
Hepburn was THE film and fashion icon adored by many, in fact, she was ranked as the third greatest screen legend. On top of all her acting work, Hepburn was a massive humanitarian, proving she was beautiful inside and out.
Since the 70s, we have watched Katey Sagal on the big screen, whether it was on film or television, and recently she’s also tried her hand as a singer-songwriter.
Dame Diana Rigg
Some of her most iconic roles include Married…with Children, 8 Simple Rules, and Sons of Anarchy.
While most millennials will recognize Dame Diana Rigg as Olenna Tyrell from Game of Thrones, she’s much more than that. Rigg had a rather extensive career in film and theatre, including her title role in Medea, both in London and New York, for which she went on ti win the 1994 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.
Jane Seymour
She was then made CBE in 1988 and a Dame in 1994.
Up next is the British-American actress known for her brilliant role in the Bond film: Live and Let Die. This Bond film helped fuel a lot of weightloss programs for women all over.
Helen Mirren
She was also in season five of Dancing with the Stars, where she finished in sixth place. One of Seymour’s most notable features is the fact that her left eye is green while her right eye is brown (known as heterochromia).
We have so much respect and admiration for Dame Helen Mirren, and so does the rest of the acting community for her massive influence and unwavering contributions that will never be forgotten.
Maggie Smith
Mirren is just one of very few actresses to have won (and we don’t just mean one, but many) Tony award, Emmy award, and Academy Awards, thus cementing her memory as a historic figure.
That’s right we are talking about Professor McGonagall from the wizarding world of the Harry Potter series. For over 60 years, Dame Smith’s extensive career has long stretched in stage, film and television.
Faye Dunaway
She’s a winner of Academy Awards, a record four BAFTA awards, three Golden Globe Awards, is a six-time Oscar nominee, and so many more.
Dunway is a winner of an Academy Award, three Golden Globes, a BAFTA, an Emmy, and was also the first-ever recipient of a Leopard Club Award which honors those film professionals whose work has left an extraordinary mark on the collective imagination.
Angharad Rees
Many directors and actors have long said that Faye is a brilliant actress with a long and prosperous career ahead of her – they weren’t wrong.
Angharad Rees was a Welsh actress and a jewelry designer. Many know her from her time on British television during the 1970s.
Kelly Le Brock
After Rees had her children, she retired. Then tragically in 2012, Rees passed away from pancreatic cancer.
Kelly Le Brock is an actress and model who became a household name in the film The Woman in Red. Le Brock was also in the film Hard to Kill alongside her now ex-husband, Steven Seagal.
Martha Stewart
We haven’t seen much of her as of yet, but she’s done a handful of films now and again.
When we see the name Martha Stewart, we think of her cooking and lifestyle skills but long before this, Martha Stewart was actually a very successful model. She attended Barnard College and graduated with a double major in History and Architectural History – impressive to say the least.
Olivia Newton-John
Additionally, when we see the name Martha Stewart, our thoughts shift to her stock trading conviction, but she’s come a long way since then and is said to more profitable now than ever before.
Olivia Newton-John will always be Sandy to us, you know, from the epic musical film Grease? But she’s more than just an actress and singer, she’s also a songwriter who has won four Grammy awards.
Catherine Bach
We should probably also mention she’s an environmentalist, animal rights activist, and a massive health advocate for various causes.
Miss Daisy Duke, ladies and gents. And yes, Bach did insure her legs for $1,000,000 while filming The Dukes of Hazzard.
Raquel Welch
Since 2012, she’s starred on The Young and the Restless as Anita Lawson.
Raquel Welch is a beautiful woman, there’s no denying that but she is so much more than just a pretty face. Welch’s rather unique persona on film turned her into an icon of the 60s and 70s.
Sally Field
She broke the mold in movie history by portraying strong female characters and overcame the idea that she was just a submissive sex symbol.
No doubt about it, Sally Field is royalty when it comes to film and television, and also as a director.
Brigitte Bardot
She has been nominated for and won countless Academy awards, Golden Globes, Primetime Emmy awards, and so on.
French actress Brigitte Bardot was also a model and singer who would later become an animal rights activist.
Molly Ringwald
During the 1950s and 1960s, she was regarded as a huge sex symbol.
Molly Ringwald is of course part of the classic John Hughes “Brat Pack”, turning her into a massive teen icon due to her roles in Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, and The Breakfast Club.
Heather Locklear
Ringwald is also a singer, dancer, and author but chooses to stay out of the limelight.
Heather Locklear was everyone’s favorite on-screen girl during the 90s, she will always be remembered for her role in Melrose Place and the four consecutive Golden Globe nominations that followed.
Ursula Andress
While Locklear hasn’t had a “big break” since, she is still acting, mostly in television roles.
That’s right, the first ever Bond girl makes the list! It was this first James Bond film, Dr.
Jenny Agutter
No, that launched her career into stardom. Andress also posed nude for ‘Playboy’ magazine a grand total of seven times because “she’s beautiful.”
In the 60s, Jenny Agutter was a child actor whose big hit came in the film East Of Sudan.
Ingrid Bergman
She won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama for her role in the 1971 TV film The Snow Goose, and she also won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her role as Jill Mason in the 1977 film Equus.
Ingrid Bergman’s career won her three Academy Awards, four Golden Globes, two Emmy awards, and one Tony. She will always be remembered for her roles in Casablanca and Notorious.
Dawn French
In fact, in 2007, the American Film Institute ranked Ingrid Bergman as the fourth-greatest female screen legend of classic American cinema.
This English actress, writer and comedian, will always be remembered for writing and starring in the show French and Saunders.
Erin Moran
She has also been nominated for seven British Academy Television Awards.
Erin Moran will always be remembered as the iconic Joanie Cunningham from Happy Days and the spin-off Joanie Loves Chachi.
Cybill Shepherd
Moran has gone on to star in a few TV shows.
As a teenager in the 60s, Cybill Shepherd was a fashion star who modeled through high school and after. She starred in numerous successful films and won a few Emmys and Academy Awards.
Brooke Shields
However it is Shepherd’s contributions as an advocate for gay rights and abortion rights that make her a true star.
Brooke Shields was initially a child model who at the age of 12 got her first leading role in Louis Malle’s rather controversial film Pretty Baby. It was this role that garnered Shields widespread notoriety; she continued to model into her late teenage years, even starring in several dramas.
Lauren Bacall
In 1983, however, Shields stopped her modeling and acting career in order to attend Princeton University, where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Romance Languages. When she returned to the limelight in the 90s, she was rather successful and has had plenty of television guest appearances.
Initially Lauren Bacall was a model but she went on to shape her film and Broadway career into the success we all know and love. In fact, the American Film Institute named Bacall the 20th greatest female star of classic Hollywood.
Lisa Whelchel
However just before her 90th birthday, Bacall suffered a stroke and passed away.
Lisa Whelchel is well known for her television career in show The Facts Of Life. Apart from acting, Lisa is also a musician, in fact, in 1984 she was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Inspirational Performance for her work on her own Christian music album.
Erika Eleniak
Whelchel is also a regular inspirational speaker. She is also an incredibly talented author, with so far 10 published books to her name.
Erika Eleniak was a Playboy Playmate, a former model and is the actress best known for her role in Baywatch as Shauni McClain.
Olivia De Havilland
Eleniak has gone on to star in a few films but she will always be remembered for her Baywatch days.
This British-American actress’s career spanned from 1935 to 1990. She appeared in 49 feature films (!), and was one of the leading movie stars during the golden age of Classical Hollywood.
Judi Dench
Not bad. You probably recognize her from for her earlier screen performances in The Adventures of Robin Hood and Gone with the Wind.
In 1957, Dench made her debut in theater and carried on with theater work for many years, she did also star in films.
Julie Andrews
Most may probably recognize her for her role as M in GoldenEye, a role that she continued to play in the James Bond films until Skyfall in 2012.
Queen Julie Andrews hardly needs an introduction! Her contributions as an actress, singer, author, theatre director and dancer are top notch.
Kate Winslet
After killing it on Broadway, Andrews landed the lead role in the feature film Mary Poppins back in 1964 and the rest is history. You, Julie Andrews, are a Queen!
Chaka Khan
Kate Winslet’s list of accomplishments as an actress are a mile long and all we will say is that film critic David Edelstein described Winslet as “the best English-speaking film actress of her generation.” Everyone knows that’s true!
For five decades, Chaka Khan has been gracing us with her incredible voice and we love her for it.
Lola Falana
She’s known as the Queen of Funk for a reason as she has won ten Grammys and has sold an estimated 70 million records worldwide.
Lola Falana is an actress, singer, and a dancer, a huge triple threat.
Mia Farrow
When she was still performing, Falana was in fact the highest paid female performer in Las Vegas!
Farrow is an actress, an activist and a former fashion model, but you probably already knew that! We will gloss over her marriages because what’s important here is that Farrow has appeared in more than 50 films and has won numerous awards.
Barbara Bach
Farrow is well known for her extensive work as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador that in 2008, Time magazine named her one of the most influential people in the world. Girl power!
This actress and model is well known for her role as the Bond girl Anya Amasova in the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me, as well as her role as the spy Maritza Petrović in Force 10 from Navarone.
Ally Sheedy
She also is married to Ringo Starr, a former member of The Beatles.
Ally Sheedy is the film and stage actress who captured all our hearts as one of the Brat Pack group of actors in the classic and lovable films The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo’s Fire.
Pam Grier
Since those roles, she has gone on to star in countless films and shows and has also penned two novels.
Grier became a household name back in the early 1970s for starring in a string of films portraying women in prison and blaxploitation films. She then starred in Quentin Tarantino’s film Jackie Brown and received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress.
Jodie Foster
She also starred in a few television roles and Rotten Tomatoes even has ranked her as the second greatest female action heroine in film history.
Jodie Foster has often been cited as one of the best actresses of her generation and we’re really not surprised.
Daryl Hannah
Not only has she racked up serious accolades as an actress but she’s also leaving her mark as a brilliant filmmaker.
Let’s see, Hannah made her big screen debut in Brian De Palma’s supernatural horror film The Fury back in 1978 and since then, she’s starred in some pretty incredible films.
Susan Sarandon
But what we love most about Daryl is that she is an environmental campaigner who has even been arrested during direct action protests.
Ugh, where do we even begin? Susan Sarandon is a legend, through and through!
Farrah Fawcett
Not just because she’s an Academy Award and BAFTA Award winner but also because of her social and political activism for a variety of causes.
Farrah Fawcett rose to international fame after posing for her iconic red swimsuit poster – which then became the best selling pin-up poster in history.
Morgan Fairchild
She also starred as the private investigator Jill Munroe in the first season of the television series Charlie’s Angels.
Meryl Streep
Fairchild rose to prominence during the late 1970s and early 1980s with her continuing roles in several television shows, in which she usually conveyed a rather glamorous image.
All hail the great and wonderful Meryl Streep! She is often regarded as the best actresses of her generation, something she always disregards as she’s a perfect and humble human being.
Bo Derek
Streep is well known for her versatility in her roles, transformation into the characters she plays, and her accent adaptation. She’s gone on to win so many awards and has such high standing with her peers that all we can say is, we love and admire Meryl Streep with a never ending flame.
Bo Derek is a film and television actress, movie producer, and model. She is best known for her breakthrough role in the 1979 film 10.
Demi Moore
This film also helped launch a bestselling poster for Derek in a swimsuit, and subsequently she then became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1980s.
Julia Roberts
When Demi was 16 years old, she dropped out of high school and started her acting career, many called her foolish but it’s safe to say, she’s done pretty well for herself.
This pretty woman, also known for her role in the infamous Pretty Woman, charms audiences worldwide with that big beautiful smile, always showing off those pearly whites. Julia, an Academy Award winner, was once one of the highest-paid actresses in the world, wow! Her fame started back in the early 80’s, starring in Steel Magnolias, earning an Academy Award nomination for her performance. Even back then Julia knew what to do in front of the camera.
Jennifer Aniston
Her charisma, beautiful presence, kindness, and devotion to her family is one-of-a-kind. What’s she up to today? Well she has just revealed she practices Hinduism. We love you Julia!
Can you believe that it’s more then 10 years since the final episode of NBC’s hit series Friends aired? However, the charming, flirty, fun (audience favorite) character, Rachel Green, will forever be in our hearts. In fact, people all over the world were so in love with Rachel Green that they even copied her 90’s hairstyle, calling it “The Rachel” haircut.
Halle Berry
In addition to her role on Friends, Jennifer Aniston has starred in numerous successful Hollywood hits including The Break Up with Vince Vaughn, We’re The Millers with Jason Sudeikis, and the list continues. As brilliant of an actress Ms.Aniston is, she’ll always be Rachel Green in my eyes.
Halle Berry, the first black woman to win an Oscar, has stolen audiences hearts with her flawless beauty and charm. Let’s quickly take a glance through some milestones in the actresses life, milestones that correlate with her good looks: she was voted prom queen, won multiple beauty contests in community college, won Miss Teen All America in 1985, 1986 she was named Miss Ohio USA, and then the first runner-up in the Miss USA pageant, where her score was ranked the highest.
Cindy Crawford
This beaut as well took on many modeling roles. To sum it up, she was gorgeous back then and she’s even more gorgeous now; the never-aging Halle Berry.
As Forbes 1995 highest-paid model in the world, Cindy Crawford was known for her banging bod and that trademark mole above her lip. As you can see in the photo her beauty is ever-lasting, and her overall presence makes her even more beautiful. It’s funny how a small mole, which many people would probably have removed, has become part of her. I mean if she removed it, would she even be famous?
Jennifer Lopez
I’m just joking, yes of course she would. This gem is beautiful in every which way. Cindy is happily married to restaurateur Rande Gerber, has 2 beautiful kids, and has become a businesswoman with her very own collection of skincare products.
Okay so besides her super cute curly hair, what else has changed about Jennifer Lopez (besides her age and career). She’s beautiful on the left and she’s beautiful on the right. Oh yea also her skin continues to appear flawless.
Okay so yes, we all can agree that she’s never not been pretty. From her top hit songs, to #1 box-office films, and her modeling days she truly is a triple threat. There is not much Ms.Lopez can’t do.