# Somewhere there must be a worst actress **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 11, 2008, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhere-there-must-be-a-worst-actress/476773 "2008-12-11T21:49:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhere-there-must-be-a-worst-actress/476773/101 "2008-12-12T20:08:55Z")
> [@Cuckoorex](#): > > Have we all forgotten about Katie Holmes? And Tara Reid?? Believe me, I’M trying to [shudder]. ---
**Author:** ![unwashed\_brain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a9adbd/32.png) [@unwashed\_brain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unwashed_brain)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhere-there-must-be-a-worst-actress/476773/102 "2008-12-12T20:19:31Z")
Jennifer Tilly. Elizabeth Berkley. Tori Spelling. Wanda Sykes. Reba McEntire. Denise Richards. Tara Reid. Somewhere in the above list lies your answer. ---
**Author:** ![gravitycrash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@gravitycrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gravitycrash)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhere-there-must-be-a-worst-actress/476773/103 "2008-12-12T20:20:38Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > I watched Vfor Vendetta recently. I can honestly say that I’ve never seen a more wooden performance than Natalie Portman gave. Really? are you sure your not confusing her in V for Vendetta versus Star Wars 1-3? I thought she was outstanding in V. What did you find wooden? ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhere-there-must-be-a-worst-actress/476773/104 "2008-12-12T20:44:08Z")
> [@choie](#): > > Also, just FYI, the OP should be using _worse_, not _worst_. For example: “Rebecca Pidgeon is the _worst_ actress ever, since she’s even _worse_ than Michael Michele.” I noticed, an hour too late, but I noticed. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhere-there-must-be-a-worst-actress/476773/105 "2008-12-12T20:54:13Z")
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**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhere-there-must-be-a-worst-actress/476773/106 "2008-12-12T21:15:58Z")
> [@Busy\_Scissors](#): > > Agree with **Lissener** that The Pidgeon’s performance in The Shield was absolutely fine. Fine in a way that someone like Andie MacDowell would never manage. I do find her appalling in stuff like Heist or The Spanish Prisoner, though. Mamet’s style just weighs heavy on her it seems. I mean the Heist in particular was a giganitc ham-fest really, but everyone else in it managed to pull it off OK. I (and my girlfriend) thought she was godawful on _The Shield_ (which Mamet was also involved in at the time). She reads lines like someone in a regional car insurance commercial. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhere-there-must-be-a-worst-actress/476773/107 "2008-12-12T21:40:04Z")
> [@Minnie\_Luna](#): > > **foolsguinea** > > Denise Richards and Jessica (tight inappropriate smile tic) Lange ---
**Author:** ![Jolly\_Roger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/91b2a8/32.png) [@Jolly\_Roger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jolly_Roger)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhere-there-must-be-a-worst-actress/476773/108 "2008-12-12T21:54:07Z")
I don’t know if Michelle Rodriguez is a bad actress as much as she seems to be the “the tough chick” in everything I’ve seen her in. I don’t like any of her characters, but it may be because they seem to the same character. But Juliette Lewis? I can’t stand her. She’s wooden and she’s always the dumbass chick or at seems mildly autistic when on screen. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhere-there-must-be-a-worst-actress/476773.md?page=5)