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Tuesday, 22 January 2013

Uma v Nicole v Sigourney


No, this isn’t one of the more bizarre episodes of Celebrity Death Match! This is the fight to be the tallest actress in the movies right now.

I’ve surfed Google and drawn up this less-than comprehensive though nevertheless interesting list of the major actresses in movie land ranked in order of their heights. I’ve taken the metric heights from Google and converted them, and then rounded them up to the nearest inch. Any errors rest with the internet J

As suggested by the title, the title of tallest actress is fought out among Sigourney Weaver, Nicole Kidman and Uma Thurman: and that’s the order in which they finish. Sigourney clocks ever so slightly shy of 6ft.

Other notably tall actresses include Tilda Swinton and Charlize Theron, at 5ft 10 a piece.

There are 80 or so actresses on this list, and two-thirds are above the average height for a woman of 5ft4½.

Among the notably short are Judi Dench, Ellen Page and (shortest of all) Anna Kendrick, who according to Google is a whisker shy of 5ft.

A strange coincidence: the two actresses that have played Clarice Starling – Jodie Foster and Julianne Moore – and the one who didn’t get the chance to play her – Gillian Anderson – are all the same height. Great work by the casting directors!

Also of note: Emily Blunt, originally slated to play the Black Widow in the Marvel movies, is four inches taller than Scarlett Johansson who eventually secured the role and made it her own in The Avengers.

Soon, I’ll list the heights of the actors.

6ft
Sigourney Weaver

5ft 11
Nicole Kidman
Uma Thurman

5ft 10
Tilda Swinton
Charlize Theron

5ft 9
Rebecca Hall
Jennifer Lawrence
Gwyneth Paltrow
Julia Roberts

5ft 8
Cate Blanchett           
Heather Graham
Anne Hathaway
Bryce Dallas Howard
Helen Hunt           
Angelina Jolie           
Mary Louise Parker

5ft 7
Jessica Alba
Gemma Arterton
Kate Beckinsale
Monica Bellucci
Emily Blunt           
Jennifer Connelly           
Hayley Attwell
Sandra Bullock
Salma Hayek
Diane Lane
Laura Linney           
Keira Knightley           
Carey Mulligan           
Michelle Pfeiffer           
Andrea Riseborough           
Rachel Weisz           

5ft 6
Halle Berry
Juliette Binoche
Marion Cotillard           
Penelope Cruz           
Kirsten Dunst
Eva Green           
Kristen Stewart                       
Emma Stone           
Meryl Streep
Hilary Swank
Kristin Scott Thomas
Paz Vega
Kate Winslet           
Evan Rachel Wood           
Shailene Woodley

5ft 5           
Jennifer Aniston
Emmanuelle Beart
Claire Danes
Vera Farmiga           
Tina Fey
Rachel McAdams
Marisa Tomei           
Emma Watson           
Naomi Watts           

5ft 4
Amy Adams
Jessica Chastain           
Kat Dennings           
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Mila Kunis           
Helen Mirren
Noomi Rapace
Mia Wasikowska
Michelle Williams           
Zhang Ziyi

5ft 3
Gillian Anderson
Helena Bonham Carter
Sally Field
Isla Fisher
Jodie Foster
Scarlett Johansson
Julianne Moore
Natalie Portman
Ludivine Sagnier

5ft 1
Judi Dench
Ellen Page           

5ft
Anna Kendrick

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