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| Check out the Results pages to find out who you voted as the 100 greatest movie stars of all time. Click on any star's name to be taken to in-depth information about their work. |
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| 25- Susan Sarandon |
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Born in New York in 1946, Sarandon was PC from an early age and was arrested while still at high school for protesting against Vietnam. After university she was a model before her husband, Chris Sarandon, took her along to one of his auditions. He lost out but she won a role in 1970's Joe. TV, stage and movie work followed, notably The Rocky Horror Picture Show. In 1979 she chucked Sarandon for Louis Malle and was Oscar-nominated for her role as a croupier in his 1980 film Atlantic City. She met Tim Robbins on the set of Bull Durham and was Oscar-nominated four times in the 90s, winning for Dead Man Walking in 1995, opposite ex-squeeze Sean Penn.
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| 24- Dustin Hoffman |
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Dustin Hoffman was born in LA in 1937 to a furniture salesman and amateur actress, but not before asking what his motivation was for leaving the womb. His first acting role was Tiny Tim at junior school and he joined the Pasadena Playhouse after college. He made his Broadway debut in 1961 and continued to act on the stage until he landed a small part in The Tiger Makes Out in 1967. His big break came when he persuaded Mike Nichols to back him over Robert Redford for the role of Benjamin Braddock in The Graduate. Oscar-nominated, as he was for his next performance as Ratso Rizzo in Midnight Cowboy, Hoffman has become synonymous with method and attention to detail.
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| 23- Jodie Foster |
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Jodie Foster was born in L.A in 1962 and was appearing in commercials by the age of three. She had already appeared in numerous films before her role as Iris in Taxi Driver won her an Oscar nomination. She graduated from Yale despite having to deal with John Hinkley's intention to impress her by assassinating Ronnie Reagan in 1981. She was the first actress to win two Oscars before she was 30 (helped by Michelle Pfeiffer turning down Silence of the Lambs) and directed her first film, Little Man Tate, in 1991. She has set up her own production company, Egg Pictures, and is widely rumoured to wear sensible shoes.
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| 22- Johnny Depp |
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Johnny Depp was born in Kentucky in 1963 and after dropping out of school his band, The Kids, supported Iggy Pop. After moving to LA his then wife, make-up artist Lori Allison, introduced him to Nicolas Cage. Cage, liking the cut of his jib, helped Depp debut in Nightmare on Elm Street. After acting classes he won a small role in Platoon before appearing in the TV show 21 Jump Streetfor three years. He parodied himself in his first film role after it, Cry Baby, and has gone on to eschew roles in blockbusters like Speed for left-field films such as Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood and Donnie Brasco.
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| 21- Nicole Kidman |
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Born in Honolulu in 1967 Kidman's first love was ballet but she turned to acting and received praise as a kid from the then film student Jane Campion. Dropping out of school she made her first film at 16 (Bush Christmas) before a series of critically acclaimed performances led to her Hollywood debut in Dead Calm (1989). After a run of forgettable films where she was a foil to the leading man, she won praise for her first starring role proper in To Die For. Before appearing alongside soon-to-be ex-hubby Tom Cruise in Eyes Wide Shut, she had male critics covering their laps with their programmes when she appeared nude on stage in the Blue Room in 1998. Since then she has starred in Moulin Rouge.
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