List of American film actresses

This is an alphabetical list of notable American film actresses. It contains both actresses born American and those who acquired American nationality later.

A certain number of actors of this list are also well-known because of their roles in television films and series, and are therefore included in both this list and the list of American television actresses.

Key to entries:

born in Nation: this person was born abroad but was American by birth Nationality-born: this person acquired American citizenship later in life a single year after the name is the year of birth, full date for anyone 80 years or older a range is birth–death years if year of death only is known, that is stated explicitly