Male:

Robert De Niro
Johnny Depp
Sean Penn
Tim Robbins
Tom Hanks
Robert Duvall
Al Pacino
Russell Crowe
Kevin Spacey
Jack Nicholson
Christian Bale
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Edward Norton
Kevin Spacey
Robert Downey Jr.
Benicio Del Toro

Female:

Katharine Hepburn
Meryl Streep
Naomi Watts
Jodie Foster
Betty Davis
Judi Dench
Cate Blanchett
Jessica Lange
Hilary Swank
Jennifer Connelly
Catherine Keener
Sigourney Weaver
Kate Winslet
Julianne Moore
Kathy Bates
Laura Linney
Tilda Swinton – Probably one of the more underrated and overlooked

Favorite directors in no particular order:

Male:

David Fincher
Clint Eastwood
Stanley Kubrick
Steven Spielberg
Ron Howard
Robert Zemeckis
Sydney Pollack
Roman Polanski
Peter Jackson
Guillermo del Toro
Tim Burton
James Cameron
David Cronenberg
Coen Brothers
Terry Gilliam
Peter Jackson
Sidney Lumet
Martin Scorsese
Ridley Scott
Michael Mann
Quentin Tarantino
David Lynch
Werner Herzog
Steven Soderbergh
Francis Ford Coppola
Oliver Stone
Darren Aronofsky
Christopher Nolan
Woody Allen

Female:

Jodie Foster – Home for the Holidays, Little Man Tate
Sophia Copppola – The Virgin Suicides, Lost in Translation
Penny Marshall – Big, Awakenings, A League of Their Own
Jane Campion – The Piano
Lina Wertmuller – Swept Away, Seven Beauties
Barbara Striesand – Yentl
Julie Taymor – Frida
Patty Jenkins – Monster
Kimberly Pierce – Boy’s Don’t Cry
Mary Harron – American Psycho
Kasi Lemmons – Eve’s Bayou
Martha Coolidge – Valley Girl
Nora Ephron – Sleepless in Seattle, You’ve Got Mail
Amy Heckerling – Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Clueless
Mira Nair – Salam Bombay, Monsoon Wedding
Mimi Leder – Deep Impact
Katherine Bigalow – Strange Days, Near Dark