Classic Female Monologues

Vertigo, Judy Barton

Film Vertigo
Author Samuel A.  Taylor
Role Judy  Barton
Actor Kim  Novak

Wuthering Heights, Catherine Earnshaw Linton

Film Wuthering Heights
Author Charles  MacArthur
Role Catherine Earnshaw Linton
Actor Merle  Oberon

Uncle Vanya, Sonya

Film Uncle Vanya
Play Uncle Vanya
Author Anton Chekhov
Role Sonya 
Actor Joan  Plowright

The First Man, Martha

Play The First Man
Author Eugene  O'Neill
Role Martha 

Hamlet, Ophelia

Film Hamlet
Play Hamlet
Author William Shakespeare
Role Ophelia 
Actor Kate Winslet

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Titania

Film A Midsummer Night's Dream
Play A Midsummer Night's Dream
Author William Shakespeare
Role Titania 
Actor Michelle  Pfeiffer

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Maggie Pollitt

Film Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Author Tennessee Williams
Role Margaret "Maggie the Cat"  Pollitt
Actor Elizabeth Taylor

Othello, Desdemona

Film Othello
Play Othello
Author William  Shakespeare
Role Desdemona 
Actor Irène  Jacob

The Taming of the Shrew, Kate

Film The Taming of the Shrew
Play The Taming of the Shrew
Author William Shakespeare
Role Kate 
Actor Elizabeth Taylor

Love's Labour's Lost, Princess of France

Film Love's Labour's Lost
Play Love's Labour's Lost
Author William Shakespeare
Role Princess of France 
Actor Alicia Silverstone

Much Ado About Nothing, Beatrice

Film Much Ado About Nothing
Play Much Ado About Nothing
Author William  Shakespeare
Role Beatrice 
Actor Emma Thompson

Phaedra, Phaedra

Play Phaedra
Author Jean  Racine
Role Phaedra 
Actor Helen Mirren