Top Ten Most Underrated Actresses

The Top Ten
1 Robin Tunney Robin Tunney is an American actress. She is known for her role as Teresa Lisbon on the television series The Mentalist, and her portrayal of Veronica Donovan on the first two seasons of Prison Break.

Robin Tunney is without question one of the best actresses on T.V.. I have not seen her movies, but I gather they did not do well at the box office. She deserves someone to write a script for her as the star of a great film. I'm amazed that some of the indie film directors haven't cast her in a really good film. Not only does she act beautifully and created the character of Lisbon on The Mentalist, she also loves the camera and it loves her back. The most beautiful and ageless actress on T.V. with subdued sexuality, who doesn't have to dress sexy to be the sexiest woman in the room.

Whenever I really, really like the character of a series (like Lisbon from The Mentalist) I start checking if the character is so amazing because of the actor or if the actor only seems good because of the role and in most of the cases, it's the latter (I guess you all know some examples). Robin Tunney was the very first case in which the actress was even ten times better than the T.V. character. She's great in every movie she made, like Niagara, Niagara, Montana, Open Window and my favorite movie, The Craft. She deserves a really big role and sometimes I'd even like to write a bestseller just to give her such a role. I really hope that this is gonna happen the next time!

2 Naomi Watts Naomi Ellen Watts is a British actress. She made her screen debut in the Australian drama film For Love Alone and then appeared in the Australian television series Hey Dad..!

I can't understand that a proven talented actress like Naomi Watts who is one of the most hard working woman in the movie industry don't get more credit. It's like all the people who are involved in the decisions to give awards are blind. This actress deserve more than one oscar if you ask me. I can only hope for her that one day she's gonna get a winning oscar for all her talented work she has given in all this years.
We surely wish you luck,Naomi.

Naomi Watts don't need to prove her talent anymore. She prove it enough in every movie she makes.
She's very beautiful, amazingly gifted for her acting skills and yet she stays underrated. This woman deserves to be on top of the best actresses of all time.
P.S : The one who wrote that she looks like a rabbit, I say, you're an idiot, grow up!

Naomi Watts has proved herself as a great actress many times from "Mulholland Drive" to "21 Grams", "Eastern Promises", "King Kong" and now "The Impossible". She's a regular nominee during awards season but hardly gets the credit for it.

3 Alicia Silverstone Alicia Silverstone is an American actress, producer, author, and activist. She made her film debut in the erotic thriller The Crush, earning the 1994 MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance, and gained further prominence at the age of 16 as a teen idol when she appeared in the music video for Aerosmith's "Cryin'".

Alicia is beautiful, talented and very hot actress. What else do you need?
The New World, Hideaway, The Babysitter, Batman & Robin, Excess Baggage, Blast from the Past, Beauty Shop, Miss Match...

I'm cryin'. Glad to see her in the top 5. She is such a hot and amazing actress, but so underrated. It's crazy too

"Batman and Robin" ruined her career

4 Rachel McAdams Rachel Anne McAdams is a Canadian actress. After graduating from a four-year theatre program at York University in 2001, she initially worked in Canadian television and film productions such as the drama film Perfect Pie, the comedy film My Name Is Tanino, and the comedy miniseries Slings and Arrows.

Everybody knows ( or almost ) her and yet it annoys me that Rachel McAdams isn't as popular as less talented and overrated actresses.
Rachel McAdams made her fame and fortune by herself because she has done a lot of good work what can't be said about seeking publicity overrated actresses like Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Lawrence and many others.
She lives a semi-anonymous life so she don't have to put up with all kind of gossip mags and sites and I admire her for that.
I hope she makes a comeback soon with a oscar - worthy role and film because after all this years this lovely actress really deserves to win.

Rachel McAdams has been the only good thing about so many terrible movies, and is tragically underused in so many films. When given a good character, like in Mean Girls or Passion she always shows everyone just how great an actor she is, and in a lot of films (for example Red Pill, where her character actively describes herself as a selfless person) she makes what could be extremely annoying characters really appealing. Bonus points for being one of the view celebrities to actually come across as a real human being.

5 Minnie Driver
6 Diane Kruger

Come on! She's not that good as an actress. Nothing exeptional. She also lacks some charisma on screen for some reason.

7 Marisa Tomei Marisa Tomei (born December 4, 1964) is an American actress. Her early appearances were in the soap opera As the World Turns (1983–1985) and the first season of the sitcom A Different World (1987). She gained prominence for her comedic performance in My Cousin Vinny (1992), which earned her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She received additional Oscar nominations for In the Bedroom... read more

Never saw a movie with bad acting of her. She's beautiful, talented and yet she never gets the credits for all her work before and certainly after her movie " My cousin vinnie ". Underrated and needs more recogntion.

8 Emily Blunt Emily Olivia Leah Blunt is an English actress who holds both British and American citizenship, she is best known for her roles in The Young Victoria and The Devil Wears Prada.
9 Christina Ricci Christina Ricci is an American actress. She is known for playing unconventional characters with a dark edge.
10 Amy Adams Amy Lou Adams is an American actress and singer. She is the recipient of two Golden Globe Awards, and has received five nominations each from the Academy Award and BAFTA Award ceremonies.

I can't believe that she didn't get a nomination at the Oscars 2017 for her acting in the movie " Arrival ". The movie itself did get nominations but she ( once again ) wasn't even nominated for best leading actress. The overrated Meryl Streep did get ( as usual ) a nomination ( undeserved ) for best leading actress. It should have been the other way ' round. Why, Hollywood? Amy Adams deserve an oscar!

Like Naomi Watts this very talented and beautiful actress stays underrated. Every movie she's in is a Delight to see. I really don't know what goes in the head of this Hollywood executives. They seem to focus on less talented actresses and nobody really knows why. They should at least let her win an oscar because she really deserves it.

This is still true, although I think things are picking up for Amy. She's never had a problem getting work but until this past couple years or so has had trouble getting female leads. I do think that is starting to change after getting big roles in the Master, American Hustle, Trouble With the Curve...

The Contenders
11 Sherilyn Fenn Sherilyn Fenn is an American actress. She came to attention for her performance as Audrey Horne on the TV series Twin Peaks for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award. She is also known for her roles in Wild at Heart, Of Mice and Men, Boxing Helena and the television sitcom Rude Awakening.

Probably one of the most underrated actress of her generation... David Lynch used to describe her as a "broken doll" and that's what she is in one of the most moving and devastating scene in the cinema, th car crash scene in "Wild at Heart"... she was wonderful in "Twin Peaks" but I think that she does bad carreer choices after her big break...perhaps one day, she will have a good part where she will show us how much she is talented. Now, I'm happy to see her again in Twin Peaks's new season

I agree. This beautiful woman is too underrated as an actress. Loved her acting in the movie " Diary of a hitman " and she was so sensual in her acting in the B-movie " Meridian ". Despite her few roles in descent movies and the twin peaks series she's remaining one of my favorite actresses.

Just one thing - Audrey Horne in Twin Peaks.
Sherilyn deserved more interesting roles than she had

12 Angela Bassett Angela Evelyn Bassett is an American actress and activist. She is best known for her biographical film roles, most notably her performance as Tina Turner in the biopic What's Love Got to Do with It, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won a corresponding Golden Globe ...read more.
13 Peta Wilson

Peta Wilson is in a stratosphere of her own. She is THE Goddess among actresses. No actress in the World has ever matched her talent, charisma, screen presence and beauty. Look at her eyes, they can totally burn thru and melt anything and send a message like laser beams, and they are so full of goodness, compassion, honesty, sense of justice, ethics, intelligence and raw beauty that she totally owns the silver screen by just being there. Hollywood is scared of her. Her raw talent and charisma is in a class of her own, unmatched by any other actress and in the size of Mount Ayers. Her Charisma and screen presence is so great that it's probably difficult for any other Hollywood actresses to keep their popularity in comparison. The acting in LFN was a masterpiece. that's why LFN is the best Nikita ever, the extraordinary acting from the cast is the best with LFN. In every scene Peta totally owns the screen. that's maybe why Hollywood has never given her the chance of star roles her exceptional talent, charisma and beauty deserves. She is too good and to talented. The other established actresses in Hollywood would probably have felt too challenged. They are probably scared of her. They felt the need to protect their space. Peta would steal the show. They can not match her level in any way. It's a powerplay and they haven too much power and a lot to say not to let anyone in that would overshine them with light years of greater talent, charisma and beauty than they have. Peta Wilson is in a unchallenged class of her own as the queen of all actresses and will always be.

14 Zoe Saldana Zoë Yadira Saldaña Nazario (born June 19, 1978) is an American actress and dancer. Following her performances with the theater group Faces, Saldana made her screen debut in a 1999 episode of Law & Order.
15 Frances Conroy

Without a doubt!

16 Mary Elizabeth Winstead
17 Keira Knightley Keira Christina Knightley is an English actress. She began acting as a child on television and made her film debut in 1995. She had a supporting role as Sabé in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace and her first significant role came in the psychological horror film The Hole.

Very sad how underrated she is after a string of great performances. She is a very subtle and effective actress who can emote just through her eyes. She showed that ability in Atonement. The Duchess showed a new level of maturity in her acting.

Last I looked, she was in the top twenty for best actresses, ahead of Elizabeth Taylor, Vivian Leigh, Ingrid Bergman, Lucille Ball, Judy Garland, both Hepburns, Jessica Lange, and many others. This is not to disrespect Keira, she's very good. But underrated? Sorry, no.

Keira is very beautiful and a good actress, but I don't see her as underrated. She's listed among the top 20 in the Top Tens best actresses, which I think is high.

18 Dakota Fanning Hannah Dakota Fanning is an American actress and model. At age seven, her performance in the 2001 film I Am Sam earned her a nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award at age eight in 2002, making her the youngest nominee in history.

She was cute in War of the Worlds

19 Danielle Panabaker Danielle Nicole Panabaker is an American actress. She began acting as a teenager and first came to prominence for her roles in the Disney films Stuck in the Suburbs, Sky High and Read It and Weep, the latter alongside her younger sister Kay Panabaker, and in the HBO miniseries Empire Falls.

I loved her in Sky High

20 Lindsay Lohan Lindsay Dee Lohan is an American actress. She is also a model, singer, songwriter, director, and producer.

She was talented but she threw that all away for a decadent life. As a result she isn't that talented anymore.
And for that matter I believe you can't consider her for a underrated actress. Who plays with fire get burned.

21 Vera Farmiga Vera Ann Farmiga is an American actress and producer. She began her career on the stage, making her Broadway debut in the play Taking Sides.

Would definitely tap that caboose

22 Brie Larson Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers, known professionally as Brie Larson, is an American actress and filmmaker.

She was badass in Hoot

23 Debra Messing Debra Lynn Messing is an American actress. After graduating from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Messing received short-lived roles on television series such as Ned and Stacey on Fox and Prey on ABC.

She is equally great at drama as in comedy. Often in Will&Grace she displayed dramatic intensity in her funniest moments. In the Starter Wife, she shows her incredible acting range in her character Molly Kagan's dream sequences: spoofs of Dirty Harry, Hello Dolly, Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct, etc. Debra has a great singing voice, even when kidding around in Will&Grace. I loved her in movie roles: The Wedding Date, Along Came Polly, A Walk in The Clouds, etc. (even if the movies weren't always great. She's beautiful, as well. I think she's extremely underrated.

I see her compared to other actresses active today and she stands out. There's a lot of nuance and subtlety to her performances. I think Debra is closer to Meryl Streep in talent.

She is so versatile as an actress. Loved all her films and T.V. shows. Totally underrated!

24 Joan Allen
25 Jasmine Guy

She should be starring in TV or movies. I understand she may be reprising her role in a big screen version of Dead Like Me. I loved her as Whitley Gilbert in a Different World...she was a magnetic presence. Also, she guested briefly as Caitlin on Melrose Place..giving Amanda (Heather Locklear) trouble in the corporate world. Other roles I've seen her in: as a fallen angel Kathleen in Touched By An Angel, in the miniseries Queen, etc. She is multitalented: great in comedy and drama, musically: singing and dancing. She and Debra Messing are two of my favorites. I'd love to see them work together someday.

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