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