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Poll: Actresses in Male Parts

A poll by cartman_1337
Which of these actresses did the most convincing job at enacting a male character or a female character pretending to be a man in the movie/show?

Discuss the list here.

Results of 2,242 votes:

  1. 1.

    Hilary Swank in Boys Don't Cry (1999)

     
    Hilary Swank as Brandon Teena in Boys Don't Cry
  2. 2.

    Mel Gibson, Linda Hunt, and Peter Weir in The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)

     
    Linda Hunt as Billy Kwan in The Year of Living Dangerously
  3. 3.

    Miranda Otto in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

     
    Miranda Otto as Eowyn in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
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