| TYLERMOORE | Actress who starred in her own sitcom, Mary ___ |
| HART | UK comedian who starred in her own sitcom, Miranda - (pictured) (4) |
| NANETTE | Forename of a "face" of Fairy Liquid with velvet-brown hair who starred in her husband Bryan Forbes's films and penned children's stories and volumes about animals, cookery and fine fare (7) |
| MINDY | Ocean's 8 actress with her own sitcom, ___ Kaling |
| ROSEANNEBOAR | Porcine comic who once had her own sitcom? |
| ELLEN | US former chat show host who had her own sitcom, _ DeGeneres (5) |
| LORELEI | _ Linklater, starred in her dad Richard's film Boyhood (7) |
| ETHELWATERS | Harlem Renaissance singer and actress who was the first African American to star in her own TV show: 2 wds. |
| GOTHIKA | Halle B. was a shrink who awoke as a patient in her own asylum in this 2003 thriller. |
| HASBRO | Toy maker who gave "Chewbacca Mom" Candace Payne an action figure in her own likeness in 2016 |
| EMPRESS | A woman who holds the rank of emperor in her own right (7) |
| LYNNE | _ McGranger, starred in her final scenes as Summer Bay lady Irene Roberts this year (5) |
| JOAQUINPHOENIX | He starred in "Her" |
| DREWCAREY | Stand-up guy with his own sitcom, 1995-2004 |
| CHER | One-time wife of singer Sonny Bono and later an actress in her own right, this lady was born on May |
| MARYI | With a cocktail named after her, the first queen to rule England in her own right (4,1) |
| ELLAGRASSO | Our first woman guv elected in her own right |
| INDIRA | Mrs Gandhi is foreigner ultimately in her own country (6) |
| REGNANT | (Queen) in her own right (7) |
| IVY | Is she in her own league? (3) |
