Favorite Steven Spielberg Female Character

Drew Barrymore in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

Karen Allen in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Laura Dern in Jurassic Park (1993)

Whoopi Goldberg in The Color Purple (1985)

Rachel Zegler in West Side Story (2021)

Olivia Cooke in Ready Player One (2018)

Alison Doody in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

Catherine Zeta-Jones in The Terminal (2004)

Ariana Richards in Jurassic Park (1993)

Meryl Streep in The Post (2017)

Kate Capshaw in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

Ruby Barnhill in The BFG (2016)

Amy Ryan in Bridge of Spies (2015)

Sally Field in Lincoln (2012)

Celine Buckens in War Horse (2011)

Embeth Davidtz in Schindler's List (1993)

Cate Blanchett in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

Eric Bana and Ayelet Zurer in Munich (2005)

Miranda Otto in War of the Worlds (2005)

Dakota Fanning in War of the Worlds (2005)

Béatrice Macola in Schindler's List (1993)

Zoe Saldaña in The Terminal (2004)

David Alvarez, Ariana DeBose, and Mike Iveson in West Side Story (2021)

Nathalie Baye in Catch Me If You Can (2002)

Amy Adams in Catch Me If You Can (2002)

Samantha Morton in Minority Report (2002)

Frances O'Connor in A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

Julianne Moore in The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)

Julia Roberts in Hook (1991)

Holly Hunter in Always (1989)

Audrey Hepburn in Always (1989)

Miranda Richardson in Empire of the Sun (1987)

Oprah Winfrey in The Color Purple (1985)

Goldie Hawn in The Sugarland Express (1974)

Michelle Williams in The Fabelmans (2022)