| LEIGH | Surname of the female lead actress in Gone with the Wind (5) |
| OLA | ___ Ray (female lead actress in the "Thriller" video) |
| AISHWARYA | Female lead actress in Taal.(first name) (9) |
| PARKER | Surname of the female half of Bonnie and Clyde. (6) |
| EMIN | Surname of the female English artist made a CBE in 2013 (4) |
| AMYRYAN | Actress in Gone Baby Gone (3,4) |
| PIKE | Actress in Gone Girl and Pride & Prejudice (4) |
| WAAFS | Abbreviation of the titles of the members of the female auxiliary of the RAF during the Second World War (5) |
| NIXON | Who (Marni ___) provided the singing voice for the female leads in the films The King and I, My Fair Lady and West Side Story? (5) |
| JENNA | and 15ac, Actress who played the female lead in US television sitcom Dharma & Greg (5,6) |
| ELLIE | Bella Ramsey was nominated for the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series yesterday for her portrayal of this character in "The Last of Us" |
| PRIMA | The female lead opera singer is the ___ donna (5) |
| NOVAK | Who played the female lead in Vertigo (1958)? (5) |
| EIDER | Sea duck of the northern hemisphere valued for the soft fine down of the female (5) |
| KSTEW | Lead actress in the "Twilight" movies, in tabloids |
| OVARY | Either of the pair of the female reproductive glands producing eggs |
| CURVE | One of the female attractions may appear on the graph (5) |
| FALCO | Edie ___, 2010 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Emmy winner for Nurse Jackie (5) |
| GREER | Author of The Female Eunuch, b.1939 (5) |
| MULVA | Name Jerry accidentally calls a girlfriend whose name rhymes with part of the female anatomy, on "Se |
