| OKONEDO | Sophie, Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for Hotel Rwanda (7) |
| RYLANCE | Mark ---, 2018 Tony Award Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play nominee for Farinelli and the King (7) |
| DONCHEADLE | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Hotel Rwanda (3,7) |
| CHEADLE | Don ___, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Hotel Rwanda (7) |
| SARA | 1991 Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Supporting Role Olivier Award-winner for Private Liv |
| CROWE | Sara ___, 1991 Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Supporting Role Olivier Award-winner for P |
| ROLE | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting ___ in a Motion Picture (Golden Globes category) |
| RANCHER | Owner of a stock farm managed by an actress? (7) |
| CHERISH | Love sort of like an actress in Moonstruck? (7) |
| AIDEM | "Prayer for the French Republic" actress Betsy, who was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play, as announced yesterday |
| DALY | Tyne ___, 1990 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical winner for Gypsy (4 |
| DEMOREEL | Best performances by an actor in a short film? |
| TRACKRECORD | The best performance by an athlete, given her past achievements (5,6) |
| RECORDS | Registers the best performance (7) |
| AUDITION | A trial performance by an applicant for an acting or musical part (8) |
| DON | Cheadle who was nominated for an Oscar for Hotel Rwanda |
| HODGE | A rustic or countryman; an actress in Rumpole of the Bailey and a television adaptation of Rosamunde Pilcher's The Shell Seekers; or, Samuel Johnson's most famous cat (5) |
| MASSIFCENTRAL | Making new film, an actress in French region (6,7) |
| ISLAND | Fantasy ___ drama TV series where Michelle Pfeiffer debuted as an actress in 1978 |
| HARPO | "The Color Purple" character whose name spelled backward is an actress in the same movie |
