ALL the women of The Hours.

Charlize and Christina in Monster

Kathy Bates - Dolores Claiborne

Carroll Baker - Baby Doll

Michelle Williams - Brokeback Mountain

Julia Roberts - Erin Brokovich

Nicole Kidman - To Die For

Sharon Stone - Casino

Bette Davis and Joan Crawford - Baby Jane

Elizabeth Taylor - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

I cant do it in order, but some of my all time favorites are:

Audrey Hepburn - Breakfast at Tiffanys
Vivien Leigh - Gone with the Wind
Bette Midler - Beaches
Uma Thurman - Kill Bill
Bette Davis - Whatever Happened to Baby Jane
Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line
Cher - Moonstruck
Goldie Hawn - Private Benjamin
Nicole Kidman - To Die For
Winona Ryder - Mermaids/Heathers/Reality Bites (cant decide which shes best in!

I liked many actresses in many roles, but ten random performances that take my fancy (not a definitive list):

Kate Winslet in Sense and Sensibility
Julianne Moore in Boogie Nights
Rosanna Arquette in Desperately Seeking Susan (not necessarily "good", but I love it anyway)
Geena Davis in The Long Kiss Goodnight
Anne Bancroft in The Graduate
Mira Sorvino in Mighty Aphrodite
Diane Keaton in Sleeper
Natalie Wood in Rebel Without a Cause
Sophia Loren in Arabesque
Faye Dunaway in Chinatown

Sigourney Weaver in Alien & Aliens
Jodie Foster in Silence Of The Lambs & Contact
Barbara Stanwyck in Christmas in Connecticut
Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind
Uma Thurman in Kill Bill
Goldie Hawn in Private Benjamin
Winona Ryder in Mermaids
Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra
Nicole Kidman in To Die For
Kathy Bates in Misery

meryl in bridges of madison county. OMFG. of course shes always flawless, but maaaaaaan

anna magnani in anything. shes so underrated, lots of americans dont know who she is, but she seriously was JUST AS GOOD as meryl. theres no topping her.

liz taylor in butterfeild 8. i think the movie wasnt as good as virgina wolf, thats why people forget about it. but it was awesome.

cate blanchet... elizabeth, the aviator, the gift

hilary swank in boys dont cry

julianne moore - the hours, the end of the affair

pam grier - jackie brown.