A look back at some of our favorite actresses in their break-through roles.
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Salma Hayek — Roadracers (1994) and The Roads Not Taken (2020)
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Meryl Streep — Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) and Little Women (2019)
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Michelle Pfeiffer — Scarface (1983) and French Exit (2020)
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Uma Thurman — Pulp Fiction (1994) and The War with Grandpa (2020)
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Nicole Kidman — Bangkok Hilton (1989) and The Undoing (2020)
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Helen Mirren — Age of Consent (1968) and Catherine the Great (2019)
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Emily Watson — Breaking the Waves (1996) and Chernobyl (2019)
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Reese Witherspoon — The Man in the Moon (1991) and Little Fires Everywhere (2020)
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Linda Hamilton — The Terminator (1984) and Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
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Vivien Leigh — Gone with the Wind (1939) and Ship of Fools (1965)
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Sophie Marceau — The Party (1980) and Mrs Mills (2018)
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Charlotte Gainsbourg — An Impudent Girl (1985) and My Dog Stupid (2019)
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Juliette Binoche — Bad Blood (1986) and How to Be a Good Wife (2020)
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Elizabeth Taylor — National Velvet (1944) and These Old Broads (2001)
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Robin Wright — Santa Barbara (1984–1993) and Land (2021)
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Sophia Loren — Aida (1953) and The Life Ahead (2020)
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Monica Bellucci — Vita coi figli (1990) and The Man Who Sold His Skin (2020)
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Renée Zellweger — Jerry Maguire (1996) and Judy (2019)
