Which female actress do you think will dominate the 2020s???

Michelle Wiliams (not on the list) for me .......I think I could make a case that she's the best actress - period - on this list even though this is multiple generations - yeah, I know Colman and Davis are on the list - and I have always argued her as the best American of her generation (she's 40)

..........and once she gets past Venom 2.......I think she's going to go on quite a run.....

Otherwise, actually on the list - Anya Taylor-Joy because she be the witch of the wood and time is on her side......

Michelle Williams currently has leading roles lined up for Spielberg, Todd Haynes, and Kelly Reichardt, a more impressive looking upcoming slate than anyone on this list, so...her.

I don't think Michelle Williams has a lot of popular appeal or star quality. Getting prestige project opportunities doesn't neccesarily mean "dominate" in the larger sense of popular culture interest. It just means the industry thinks you are a good actress. Few young actresses get more prestige opportunities than Sairose Ronan, but I never quite see her as having the starpower or audience appeal of people like Emma Stone or Margot Robbie. Williams is in that category (except Ronan, for all her limited star quality, still has more of it than Williams). A solid prestige actress, but low in star quality. People like Zendaya and Anya-Taylor Joy have a much higher ceiling than Williams as they can combine star quality/popular appeal with prestige.

Problem with Olsen is, she was supposed to be a huge breakthrough ten years ago after Martha Marcy May Marlene, but she faded hard into the background after that. The MCU revived her somewhat and obviously she showed immense promise in WandaVision, but she really needs to capitalize on it hard, and I feel like Florence Pugh is usurping a lot of roles that Olsen probably would excel in. I'd love to see it, though.

It's hard to say, really, but I'm gonna talk about three names in particular. Emma Stone really is making a hard play at being the predominant actress of her generation, and she certainly is racking up auteurs and industry giants quite impressively. Cruella will be a sign of her bankability, but it's pretty much foolproof to do a Disney film and have it make money. She's also been dipping her toes into the stage and has done television to acclaim as well, so I can really see her being the force to be reckoned with this decade. It just depends on whether or not she gets burned out or takes hiatuses.

Margot Robbie's really making a strong play at being a force for behind-the-scenes production as well and she obviously has been racking up cred left and right, and she's got several likely Oscar plays on the docket already. Bet on her to finally be an Oscar winner by decade's end. I can definitely see her taking a leaf from Reese Witherspoon's playbook and being someone who brings projects to life, even if she isn't necessarily in them.

Olivia Colman's got strong momentum and she's showing up all over the place, and for an actress in her forties, that is very impressive. Colman doesn't have the downside that a lot of actresses do in that they hit early and have a hard time holding fast, whether it be due to having a family or just by the vicissitudes of an industry that is always looking for the next new thing. But she headlined a massive Netflix juggernaut for two years, got all sorts of nominations, and she's back to the Oscars a scant two years after her win. And her upcoming roster looks promising as hell. Colman's here to stay now that the rest of the world has cottoned onto her, and while she will always have had a strong career as a character actress, now she's got leading clout and I think she's gonna make the most of it.

I wouldn't say either of these three will "dominate" the decade, because anything can happen and the field is so wide that any number of actresses, listed or otherwise, will have dominance in certain arenas. But I think these three have strong claims to being major forces in the years to come.

I can't really say. Guessing many of them will dominate the decade. Taylor-Joy, Pugh, Ronan, De Armas...

Honestly I don't think Colman, Mara, ScarJo, Robbie and Davis belong to the list. All of them have proved their abilities, have won Oscars (or nominations) and have been considered stars and b.o. draws for quite some time now. Imo some younger actresses will be the stand-outs of the decade.

All of you are wrong! Just by voting on the list, you fail! YOU KNOW NOTHING, MA!



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I'll explain what I mean: with the rise of both the franchise model and streaming services, couple with the pandemic shutting down cinemas (a large part of them permanently), vaccination going very slowly in most of the world, and social media creating "superstars" who don't really do anything but saying stupid shit and/or looking hot, the days of one or a couple of actors dominating the industry, the media and the conversation, like, for example, J-Law in the first half of the 2010's, are almost certainly over.

Not that we won't have actresses that get a lot of media coverage, win awards and make successful movies, but things will be a lot more disperse than they are now (and that is already way more than it was 10 years ago, which was more than 20 years before), without someone that is well-known and popular worldwide. I also think even the biggest stars will alternate between movies and streaming series/minis/movies even more frequently, so the line between TV and movie star will cease to exist for the most part.

Also, streaming changes the game because there's no need to lure people to go to the movies or watch TV at a certain time, it's already there at any time. In 2020, the biggest "star" in the world, in terms of getting people to watch and dominate the conversation and attention, was...Joe Exotic. That tells you all you need to know.

From this list, I'm going to go with Zendaya who comes with a ready-made Disney fan base and momentum from her Emmy win combined with her ambition in starring in prestige projects. Be curious to see if she can get to work with auteurs like Jenkins, Coogler, Peele, etc. who are establishing themselves as cornerstones for the next decade or two as African-American filmmakers. If she can get in with them in prestige projects, the sky's the limit for her.

One who's not on this list that I could see making a run is Jodie Comer. She won the Best Actress in Drama Emmy for Killing Eve and the show is ending pretty soon. She's got The Last Duel coming up with Ridley Scott, so the potential for her is there. She has alot of competition though in her age group with actresses like Taylor-Joy, Ronan, and Pugh..so its going to be competitive bloodbath for roles for these actresses in the next decade for sure.

One who probably won't be afforded the chance but I want to have a great decade is Carrie Coon. She's been great for awhile now on TV with stuff like The Leftovers, Fargo, etc. and she had a really great acclaimed performance in The Nest. She won't have the career/opportunities as your Emma Stone, Margot Robbie, etc. but I'm hoping she has a Regina King like run through this decade where she gets multiple Oscar nominations. Terrific actress

If she can nab a prominent role in one of the August Wilson film adaptations that would be awesome. 

Coon unfortunately broke-out way too late for her to probably have a lot of strong actress roles from major "big filmmakers", I could see her getting a nomination down the road, however. She kills it in TV Shows and smaller movies, I loved her in The Nest 

This is true..she was already 33 I believe when The Leftovers debuted so she's in the Scarlett Johannsen/Emily Blunt generation. I'm still hopeful..hell Olivia Colman broke out late as well and she's poppin right now. Perhaps it can happen for Coon as well.