Several Actresses

Actresses come and go in terms of their worth. Sometimes Scarlett Johansson is making wonderful films, and then next she'll be making Iron Man 2. Yet, that does not mean that the presence of a good actresses who just happens to be in a so-so film isn't enjoyable. Profiling ten actresses:

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Scarlett Johansson: An actress whose raspy voice and matter-of-fact tone is sometimes taken as bad acting, Johansson is an extremely talented actress. She's so contrary to the idea of a pretty, but dull, face in a film just to be there, instead, Johansson is an actress who elevates material with characters that are real, and not contrived trophies or furnishing. Only 26, she's made six great films, and a number of good ones.
Match Point
Lost in Translation
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Ghost World
The Man Who Wasn't There
The Prestige

Naomi Watts: Naomi Watts is what Scarlett Johansson might turn into, or is slowly becoming: a great actress who has gone unrecognized for many years, and is not within the public realm of ideas. Watts is best at playing sad-sack, but also worthwhile as a woman who's trying to be tough. From CHILDREN OF THE CORN to J. EDGAR she's been solid.
Mullholand Dr.
21 Grams
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
King Kong
The Painted Veil
Eastern Promises

Kristen Stewart: An actress who will forever be remember for her worst work, TWILIGHT, is one of the best young actresses working. She is a movie star in every sense. She's rude, knows it, and doesn't care. She wears certain objects in different films to tell her audience who she is, and works in mainstream films halfheartedly. Stewart is 21 and shaping up to be one of the better actresses around.
Panic Room
Undertow
Into the Wild
What Just Happened
The Yellow Handkerchief
Welcome to the Riley's

Natalie Portman: Catapulted to fame since BLACK SWAN and her ubiquity in films since. Much better prior to that film than anyone ever acknowledged. A complete profile exists elsewhere.
The Professional
Heat
Star Wars
Garden State
Closer
V for Vendetta
Brothers
Black Swan

Greta Gerwig: The indie-actress of the 00's, whose talents behind and in front of the camera were first exhibited in mumblecore films by Joe Swanberg. Another case of mistaking original characters for bad acting.
Hannah Takes the Stairs
Nights and Weekends
Greenberg

Uma Thurman: Pretty much absent in recent years except for the occasional indie failure, Thurman was so good in the 90's, and so forgotten about now.
Dangerous Liasons
Mad Dog and Glory
Pulp Fiction
Gattaca
Sweet and Lowdown
Tape
Kill Bill, V.1
Kill Bill, V.2