This week we are asking you to Rank the Best Lead Actresses Currently on TV.
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Best Lead Actresses Currently on TV
I like how nobody disliked Tatiana Maslany but who would? She's an amazing actress.
ReplyDeleteseriously where is Kerry Washington?
ReplyDeleterecheck the list, ten people disliked her
ReplyDeleteshe's on there you must have missed her
ReplyDeleteHow is Jessica Lange #23 and Emily Deschanel #8?
ReplyDeleteJulianna Margulies, Claire Danes, Vera Farmiga, Jessica Lange and Mariska Hargitay <3
ReplyDeleteThey did? Well, not before I made the comment lol
ReplyDeleteWhy so many dislikes by a lot of great actresses? I don't understand that.
ReplyDeleteJessica Lange, Vera Farmiga, Claire Danes, Nicole Beharie, Lisa Kudrow, Keri Russell, Kerry Washington!!!!!!!! So many great choices!
ReplyDeleteI guess rabid fans of a particular actress simply downvote everyone else, which is a little sad.
ReplyDeleteLana Parrilla, Julianna Margulies and Tatiana Maslany!
ReplyDeleteWow lots of talent here..
ReplyDeleteClaire Danes, Tatiana Maslany, Lucy Liu, Stana Katic, Lana Parilla, Nina Dobrev, Kerry Washington, Emilia Clarke, Cobie Smulders, Sara Ramirez, Sofia Vergara, Julie Bowen, Olivia Munn..they're all so great.
I'd like to add Michelle Fairley, Patricia Heaton, Bellamy Young, Taraji Henson ( :(..), Lena Dunham too..
Feel free to click the Add button at the bottom of the Widget to add your own choices if you feel they warrant it :)
ReplyDeleteIt is pretty sad. I think I only handed out 1 or 2 down votes and that's only because they were above a lot of people I personally thought were a lot better actresses.
ReplyDeleteYep, I very rarely downvote either.
ReplyDeleteI love alot of the actresses on tv today, but im going to base it on their performance as that character, and not including their other work.
ReplyDeleteFor example, i would Toni Collette is one of the best actresses going around in whatever she does - film, tv, stage, music. However, i believe the best leading actresses on tv is Sara Ramirez. Her connection with her character Callie is phenominal.
For me it would have to be Stana Katic first, Tatiana Maslany second, Julianna Margulies third, I'm most impressed by them at the moment but there are some really good mentions through out the list and some really bad actresses (in my opinion). Other favourites I wish were a bit higher just because of current and previous work would include Lauren Graham, Missy Peregrym, Emily Rose, Connie Britton and Keri Russell just to name a few.
ReplyDeleteMy top picks for drama: Tatiana Maslany, Claire Danes, Emilia Clarke, Keri Russell
ReplyDeleteMy top picks for comedy: Amy Poehler, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Courtney Cox
when will this end?
ReplyDeleteStana Katic, Lana Parrilla and Tatiana Maslany are my three top favourite actresses. Love them!
ReplyDeleteA lot of these women aren't 'lead' actresses by any stretch of the imagination and are clearly supporting.
ReplyDeleteGrace Park is listed as a lead actress? Anyway,i voted for Claire Danes, Lana Parrilla,Tatina Maslany and Emilia Clarke. Oh and Stana.
ReplyDeleteIt's doesn't
ReplyDeleteDid that a while ago, waiting for them to be added :)
ReplyDeleteAh cool. I've noticed that sometimes they don't add very well or quickly
ReplyDeleteThere are so many are great actresses: Kerry Washington, Lana Parilla, Stana Katic, Tatiana Maslani, Emília Clarke, Connie Britton, Julia Louis Dreyfus, Jessica Lange, Claire Danes, Vera Farmiga, ...
ReplyDeleteIt is just silly that people downvote good actresses in order for their own favorite to win....
Emily Deschanel is my favorite, but Ginny Goodwin and Stana are a close 2nd. :)
ReplyDeleteTatiana Maslany
ReplyDeleteLana Parrilla and Julianna Margulies are in a league of their own. Both are exceptionally talented and versatile and can shine in every scene and any genre, any character. They're without a shadow of a doubt the two most brilliant TV leading ladies in current shows. But if I was forced to choose who's the very best, I'd say Lana deserves the crown more. ;)
ReplyDeleteYeah but they're added now, so yeah. :D
ReplyDeleteThis is a fun concept, but it kinda makes us all catty, lol. "Mine are losing. Down vote! Down vote!"
ReplyDeleteha lol
ReplyDeleteThis poll and the behavior that comes with it brings a quote to mind.....
ReplyDelete"Some men just like to watch the world burn"
I voted for too many to list them all... one thing I have to note, though: how on earth do my Nikita gals Maggie Q and Lyndsy Fonseca have more downvotes than upvotes? These ladies kick ass both literally and figuratively. This is so wrong.
ReplyDeleteHow is this any different from USDP except weekly
ReplyDeleteYou know something's wrong when Jessica Lange, Claire Daines, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Vera Farmiga, Julie Bowen are not in the Top 10.
ReplyDeleteSomehow, none of the actresses I really like - Bree Turner, Marsha
ReplyDeleteThomason, Ashley Judd, Beth
Riesgraf, Louise
Brealey, Gina
Torres, Katheryn Winnick, Katie McGrath, Diane Carrol - made the list. To be fair, none of them have currently a lead role, but neither have most of the actresses who are on the list.
It's a totally different widget/format.
ReplyDeleteUsers can add their own if they find any missing. Up and Down vote on unlimited entries.
USDP is simply a poll selected at random from our readers.
Emily VanCamp, Claire Danes, Madeline Stowe, Amy Poheler, Lana Parrilla, and that's just to start. There are so many talented actresses in televsion right now!
ReplyDeleteTechnically we shouldn't have Taraji P Henson on there..
ReplyDeletenumber one is Stana Katic than Robin Tunney, Mariska Hargitay and Julianna Margulies
ReplyDeleteI tried to add Elizabeth Mitchell, Rachel from Revolution to the list but if i refresh the page she disappears.
ReplyDeleteI added her a few hours ago, but she's not on the list now. :(
ReplyDeleteI'm seeing her there.
ReplyDeletelana :)
ReplyDeleteJessica Lange and Michelle Fairley for me!
ReplyDeleteI voted Lana Parilla, Jennifer Morrison, Jessica Lange, and Claire Danes. I'm surprised Claire isn't higher up, she's an amazing actress. It's okay though, she gets the Emmy's, it gives others their time to shine.
ReplyDeleteLana and Stana!!! I love them both so much, and they're both at the top. But Lana Parrilla has just absolutely charmed me so much and basically changed everything I thought I knew about acting. She's brilliant! =)
ReplyDeleteThat only makes the poll pointless tbh.
ReplyDeleteInteresting... Only two of the actresses on this list have a positive vote differential. Anyone have any idea why that may be?
ReplyDeleteI loved Lana in Boomtown all those years ago but didn't keep up with any of her other work. She has definitely won me over again with this role. I'm still all for Stana though, cause I love an actress who can combine the emotions of drama with a bit of humour,
ReplyDeleteShe's not on the list not a leading actress at the moment but Amy Acker has been my favourite actress since Angel and i still think she is the most under rated actress on tv
ReplyDeleteAnd Mary McDonnell too! ;)
ReplyDeleteIt's sad. Very sad
ReplyDeleteThey're both wonderful actresses who deserve far more recognition than they get. And that's so cool you remember Lana from back then! That was a decade ago. Not many people know her from before OUAT. It's a shame Boomtown didn't stay on, though. I only just watched the series last year, and it had a lot of potential.
ReplyDeleteYes! All three of them are amazing. Love Castle, OUAT, and Orphan Black. :)
ReplyDeleteI like Emily Deshanel, Zooet Deschanel and Mariska Hargitay
ReplyDeleteI agree about Julianna Marguilies being terrific. But I can think of a lot of actresses on TV that are better than Lana Parrilla
ReplyDeleteA lot of great actresses on this list. My top ones would be:
ReplyDeleteTatiana Maslany
Claire Danes
Kerry Washington
Kerry Russell
Sofia Vergara
Juliana Marguiles
Vera Farmighia
Melissa McCarthy
Elizabeth MItchell
Wow. Can we just kill this poll? Too many trolls have down voted on it.
ReplyDeleteHorrible picture of Madeleine Stowe, Victoria from Revenge. I didn't even recognize her the first time
ReplyDeleteFor me and i'm pretty sure for most people, unless they hack the poll, it only lets you vote once. Just because you don't like the results doesn't mean they are wrong. Lana has a huge following and this site has a huge castle fanbase.Personally I wouldn't put them as my top 2 but it makes sense why they are up there.
ReplyDeleteOh I'm not talking about the top. I'm talking about how every actress has an awful lot of negative votes. That's trolling it. They don't have to hack, they can find a way around it.
ReplyDeleteJennifer Morrison
ReplyDeleteTatiana Maslany
Lucy Liu
Lana Parrilla!!, Jessica Lange, Vera Farmiga and Tatiana Maslany
ReplyDeleteI thought Boomtown was really good, but the format was a bit strange.
ReplyDeleteYey! Lana and Stana are on top of the list! And Jennifer Morrison is the 5th :)
ReplyDeleteWell, that's simple - take away the down vote option. Fans would only vote for the ones they truly like that problem solved :)
ReplyDeleteThe format was strange, but I kind of liked it that way. It made the show unique and made for better reveals. :)
ReplyDeleteThat was my thought, but unfortunately the greater audience didn't agree. What network was it on back then? I watched it when I still lived in South Africa and didn't have access to websites like this.
ReplyDeleteNBC, I believe. At least that's what was on my season 1 DVD set.
ReplyDeleteOh come on! Angela Bassett and Jessica Lange are godesses! Not to mention Claire Danes - to see that woman ranked so low is insulting. I like OUAT, but ranking Jennifer Morrison in the top 10 is ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteis it me or are there just too many downvotes for each actress?
ReplyDeleteSandra Oh is particularly outstanding! Good call with Lana Parilla too.
ReplyDeleteNot sure how Jennifer Morrison is up there, she is one of the most wooden actresses I've ever watched.
Just added Bree Turner, Claire Coffee and Bitsie Tulloch to the list for Grimm fans :)
ReplyDeleteI like Lana Parrilla (I Love Regina Mills )
ReplyDeletedoes anyone know how this silly thing works.. people with less votes are ranked higher
ReplyDeleteSandra Oh, Emily VanCamp, Madeleine Stowe, Claire Danes, Julianna Margulies, Vera Farmiga are currently the best actresses (no specific order)
ReplyDeleteI don't get this so someone that has 150 votes can beat someone that has 2000. And if you enter a name it goes in the top of list, so if you add someone like on last day, they will win. And why aren't the numbers changing? I voted for some like 50 times in an hour but the number is still the same. This is useless.
ReplyDelete1) You can only vote once per person
ReplyDelete2) The number position is calculated by both the number of Up votes and Down Votes.
tried to add Wendy Moniz to the list but didnt work ;(
ReplyDeleteShe's showing for me, trying pressing refresh again
ReplyDeleteAny way we can add Sarah Rafferty?
ReplyDeleteJust click the Add Item button at the bottom of the list.
ReplyDeletePerhaps it would've been better for this ranking to be based on positive opinion only, rather than the positive/negative ratio, because the results are quite arbitrary. Could the next poll have up votes only?
ReplyDeleteWe don't control the widget, it's run by a company called Ranker.
ReplyDeleteMonica Raymund and Lauren German from Chicago Fire
ReplyDeleteLoooove Kristin Kreuk, Claire Danes, Emilia Clarke, and Zooey Deschanel.
ReplyDeleteSofia Vergara is pretty funny as well...
Amy Acker trumps the lot then i would vote Kristen Bell
ReplyDeleteAlso because some it these people on your list a mostly supporting players
ReplyDeleteA good portion of these actresses (as good as they may be) aren't lead actresses currently on TV, unless there are a bunch of shows out there that I've never heard of.
ReplyDeleteHate how people down-vote good actresses just so their favorite can get to the top..
ReplyDeleteI take it your being sarcastic? ;)
ReplyDeleteIt lets you vote once PER ACTRESS, you mean?
ReplyDeleteActresses with more up-votes than down-votes are ranked higher :)
ReplyDeleteRobin Tunney
ReplyDeleteROBIN TUNNEY <3
ReplyDeleteWhen does voting for this end?
ReplyDeleteAt the top it says it was posted yesterday but there are comments on on it from 4 days ago haha. :)
Voting never ends.
ReplyDeleteThe queen who possessed every soul of every character.
ReplyDeleteOne and only:
ROBIN TUNNEY. Forever and ever, and ever, and ever. <3
Somebody added Emily Mortimer twice
ReplyDeleteThanks, I've removed the duplicate.
ReplyDeleteI tried. It wouldn't let me add.
ReplyDeleteLOL i think they dislike her after you post ur comment :D
ReplyDeleteLana Parrilla hands down is the best.
ReplyDeleteI've added her for you.
ReplyDeleteI know technically they are tv shows but i don't think soap opera actresses should be on her. This list is getting ridiculous
ReplyDeleteI think it didn't work because I can't see them. You added them 2 days ago, so this thing must have worked wrong...
ReplyDeleteOk who downvoted me reveal yourselves this list is clear for people under the age of 20
ReplyDeleteWhat show is she from?
ReplyDeleteThank you :DD
ReplyDeleteonce upon a time.
ReplyDeleteChoose the wonderful Sasha Alexander not only is she a talented actress she's a great to support to a lot of charities and is kind and generous to her friends
ReplyDeleteSo many people hate Alison Brie for some reason. Probably related to why there seems to be so much opposition to the Jeff/Annie pairing on community.
ReplyDeleteStana Katic without issue.
ReplyDeleteMegan Boone should be a lot higher than #115
ReplyDeleteDelightful Robin Tunney! :D
ReplyDeleteI voted for Robin Tunney. She is great. I think I've misunderstood the voting system. That you could only vote once I haven't voted ant thumbs down don't want to. I'm sure in different peoples opinions all these ladies are great.
ReplyDeleteIf you think Robin Tunney ain't phenomenal you should watch her independent films.
ReplyDeleteI promise you jaw dropping performances with not a hint of Lisbon, it will surprise you.
Now THAT is how you define an excellent artist.
For the umpteenth times, Robin Tunney all the way. YOU GO GIRL.
Lana my bæ <3
ReplyDeleteHavent heard of over 1/2 of these people
ReplyDeleteHow are Mayim Bialik, Melissa Rauch, Maggie Lawson or Rachel Nichols not on the list?
No one's added them yet. It's a user curated list, if you see something missing then you add it yourself
ReplyDeleteI tried to do that, then it asked me to "log into ranker via facebook, twitter or G+" & I have no interest in connecting any of those accounts to Ranker. Oh well.
ReplyDeleteExactly! I watched around 30 movies/shows with her and she's just always so different. It's amazing! She's incredibly talanted!!!
ReplyDeleteReally can not down vote anyone here. they are all amazing actresses.
ReplyDeleteTo me, Lucy Liu has been an amazing surprise in Elementary. I never knew she was so nuanced as an actor. Maybe part of it is her chemistry with Jonny Lee Miller, but I completely buy them in their roles.
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