BY: Amanda Jane Stern

Last week we treated you to the hottest actors of 2020, so of course, we’re giving you the most alluring actresses this week. This time, we decided to throw our one rule out the window because 2020 has been a bizarre year. So, while most of these women did have a film come out in 2020, that wasn’t a requirement to make it onto this list. Instead, we just looked at actresses we love. 

Ana de Armas

This star had two films come out this year: Sergio and The Night Clerk. We can’t wait to see her in the next James Bond movie: No Time to Die.

Scarlett Johansson

Due to the pandemic, Johansson did not have any films released in 2020. However she has Black Widow coming out next year, along with some other great projects.

 

Janelle Monáe

Monáe starred in two new films this year, Antebellum and The Glorias. She also took over as the lead in Amazon’s anthology series Homecoming.

 

Elisabeth Moss

Moss starred in not one but two scary movies this year. The first was a new take on The Invisible Man, and the second, Shirley, a thriller about horror novelist Shirley Jackson.

 

Lupita Nyong’ o

Nyong’ o did not have any films in 2020, but she did take part in Beyoncé’s Black is King visual album. We’re excited to see Nyong’ o in The 355 expected in January.

 

Florence Pugh

While Pugh did not have any feature films this year, she has an exciting slate ahead. She will star in Black Widow and Olivia Wilde’s newest film, Don’t Worry Darling.

 

Margaret Qualley

Qualley starred in the drama My Salinger Year, which has yet to be released in the U.S., though it came out elsewhere. Up next, she has The Stars at Noon and A Head Full of Ghosts.

 

Margot Robbie

Robbie started 2020 off strong with the release of Birds of Prey. While she had nothing else released in 2020, she has a whole host of projects in the works.

 

Saoirse Ronan

Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch’s release was pushed to 2021. But Ammonite, where Ronan stars with Kate Winslet, was just released.

 

Eliza Scanlen

Scanlen, whose breakout performance came in the 2018 miniseries Sharp Objects, had two films this year: Babyteeth and The Devil All the Time.

 

Kristen Stewart

Stewart had one movie this year: Underwater. Even more exciting, she will star as Princess Diana in the upcoming biopic Spencer.

 

Charlize Theron 

We got a kickass new Theron movie this year, The Old Guard, on Netflix. The star has some great projects in the works, including an Atomic Blonde sequel.

 

Zendaya

Zendaya may not have had any projects come out this year, but she made headlines shooting Malcolm & Marie entirely during the quarantine.