* Laurence Olivier
* Kenneth Branagh
* Ian McKellen
* Vanessa Redgrave
* Judi Dench
Other Playwrights
* Marlon Brando (A Streetcar Named Desire, Julius Caesar)
* Vivien Leigh (A Streetcar Named Desire)
* Katharine Hepburn (The Philadelphia Story)
* Paul Scofield (A Man for All Seasons)
* Meryl Streep (Sophie's Choice, Angels in America)
* Daniel Day-Lewis (In the Name of the Father, There Will Be Blood)