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With handsome movie star looks and a charismatic smile, within 5 years Tom Cruise was starring in some of the top-grossing films of the 1980s including Top Gun (1986); The Color of Money (1986), Rain Man (1988) and Born on the Fourth of July (1989).
The best and most popular actors & actresses that starred great movies of the 80s (they must be both: critically acclaimed and successful in the box office)
In December 2009 Weaver starred as Dr. Grace Augustine in Jim Cameron's groundbreaking film Avatar, which went on to be the highest grossing film of all time. The film won a Golden Globe for Best Picture and an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture.
- 15 Joan Chen
- 14 Oprah Winfrey
- 13 Jamie Lee Curtis
- 12 Maggie Cheung
- 11 Alfre Woodard
- 10 Sigourney Weaver
- 9 Carrie Fisher
- 8 Jennifer Beals
- 7 Whoopi Goldberg
- 6 Jessica Lange
Chen Starred In The Last Emperor
Joan Chen began her career in China during the late 1970s. She rose to international prominence with her performance in Bernardo Bertolucci's 1987 epic The Last Emperor, a massive critical success that won all of its nine nominations at the 60th Academy Awards. That movie followed the child Emperor Puyi and his forced rise to power and subsequent fall. Chen played his bride, Wanrong. While The Last Emperor received universal praise, it didn't receive any acting nominations, but Chen went on t...
Winfrey Earned An Oscar Nomination For The Color Purple
Looking at her career, Oprah Winfrey remains best known for her role as a major television star and one of the most powerful women in Hollywood. Indeed, she's one of the longest-running television hosts, with her talk show lasting 25 years, from 1986 to 2011. However, Winfrey rose to prominence during the mid-80s, earning an Oscar nomination for her supporting turn in The Color Purple. This was an important role in her career as she played Sofia and later produced a remake in 2023, with Danie...
The 1980s Iconic Scream Queen
Jamie Lee Curtis made her film debut as the ultimate final girl, Laurie Strode, in John Carpenter's seminal slasher Halloween in 1978. Establishing herself as a scream queen, Curtis later played leading roles in several other slasher movies in the 1980s, including Prom Night, Terror Train, and Halloween II. It ran in the family, as her mother Janet Leigh starred in what many consider the first slasher movie in Psychoin 1960. However, she wasn't just a horror icon and went on to have a varied...
Cheung Appeared In 34 Movies In The 1980s
Maggie Cheung was one of Hong Kong's most famous '80s actresses. After placing second at the 1983 Miss Hong Kong Pageant, she began her acting career, moving on to movies shortly after. Cheung achieved critical acclaim in the late 1980s with the films Full Moon in New York and Red Dust, two movies for which she won the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress Golden Horse Awards, respectively. This was just part of her 80s movie career, as she appeared in 34 movies from 1984 to 1989. Cheung w...
Woodward Was An Oscar Nominee For Cross Creek
Despite critics considering her one of the most versatile and accomplished '80s actresses, Alfre Woodard remains unjustly underrated. Woodard earned an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for 1983's Cross Creek and won the Primetime Emmy for her role in Hill Street Blues. Part of what makes many critics overlook her is that Woodard spent most of the decade as a highly acclaimed television actress and had notable smaller roles in films like 1988's Scrooged and 1989's Miss Firecracker....
From Aliens To Ghostbusters
After her breakthrough role in 1979's Alien, Sigourney Weaver dominated the '80s. The first half of the decade saw her play leading roles in critically acclaimed films like The Year of Living Dangerously and blockbusters like Ghostbusters. She would climb to the peak of her success in the decade's second half, receiving Academy Award nominations for three of her most successful films: 1986's Aliens (Best Actress) and 1988's Gorillas in the Mist (Best Actress) and Working Girl(Best Supporting...
A Star Wars Icon
Carrie Fisher became an instant star thanks toher role in George Lucas' 1977 space opera Star Wars. As Leia Organa, Fisher redefined the role of the female lead in action-adventure movies. She quickly became an '80s icon, thanks to her instantly memorable fashion and hairstyle, active role in the story, and influence on other female characters. Fisher's career post-StarWarsconsisted of supporting roles in numerous films. Other than Star Wars, her biggest roles in the '80s came in Hannah and h...
Beals Is Best Known For Flashdance
Although she didn't act in many major movies, Jennifer Beals remains one of the most well-known '80s actresses. Beals debuted in My Bodyguard (1980) before achieving international fame with 1983's Flashdance. The film received negative reviews from critics but was a surprising box office success, earning Beals a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress - Musical or Comedy. The movie has since become one of the most beloved 80s musical movies and Beals remains known to this day for that role....
Goldberg Picked Up An Oscar Nomination For The Color Purple
In 1985, Whoopi Goldberg received her breakthrough thanks to her performance as Celie in Steven Spielberg's period drama The Color Purple. Goldberg's work earned her an Oscar nomination, making her the only Black woman to earn a Lead Actress nomination during the '80s. While Goldberg lost to Geraldine Page for her role in The Trip to Bountiful, Goldberg picked up a second Oscar nomination five years later and won this time for her supporting turn in the supernatural romantic drama Ghost. Betw...
Lange Won The Oscar For Tootsie
One of the most lauded 80s actresses, Jessica Lange had her breakthrough in the 1976 King Kong remake. However, her most successful year would be 1983, thanks to her roles in Tootsie and Frances. She received Oscar nominations for both and won Best Supporting Actress for Tootsie. Lange would receive another two nominations during the '80s for Country and Sweet Dreams. While her filmography during the second half of the decade included mostly low-budget films, her performances were always high...
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4. Feb. 2023 · Kathleen Turner garnered popularity during the 1980s with roles in Body Heat, The Man with Two Brains, Crimes of Passion, Romancing the Stone, Prizzi's Honor, and more. She received Golden Globe...
