MyAnna Buring “Swedish but making a fine career out of her links to British horror, in the last few years Buring has appeared in the Descent, Doomsday, Lesbian Vampire Killers, Devil’s Playground, Kill List and Ripper Street.”.Jaime Murray “Hammersmith-born Murray has had plenty of film and TV roles, with her most notable horror genre appearances in TV series Dexter and British-American indie co-production The Deaths of Ian Stone.”.Jenny Agutter “Not primarily known as a horror film actress, but she was great as the nurse/love interest in An American Werewolf in London.”.Kate Beckinsale “Star of the immensely-silly Underworld series, Londoner Beckinsale has also been in 2004 CGI-fiasco Van Helsing and an underrated 1995 adaptation of James Herbert’s Haunted.”.Shauna MacDonald “The gore-soaked survivor girl of The Descent, she goes back underground to kick more cavern-dwelling-mutant arse in the sequel.”.Ashley Laurence “The American actress earns her place on my list for her starring roles as Kirsty Cotton (her first film roles) in the first two Hellraiser films.”.Amanda Donohoe “London-born Donohoe makes my list purely (or impurely) for her portrayal of Lady Sylvia Marsh, the serpentine sex fiend from Ken Russell’s pervy and bloodsoaked Lair of the White Worm.”.

Aside from Jenny Agutter, everyone on here is from the late 1980s onwards.” Here is Andrew’s list:

I feel she is one of Britain’s best and most underrated actresses.” Stephen’s list went like this:Īndrew Garvey, our associate editor, went for something completely different. He said: “I’m expecting most people will go for a list that includes more of the actresses from classic British horror (especially the 1960s and 70s) so my list is a bit more modern-focused. Writer and actor Stephen Mosley, of, said: “ Barbara Shelley takes the top spot, especially for her performance in Dracula, Prince of Darkness, in which she perfectly captures the transformation from repressed Victorian to snarling, uninhibited vampire.

Actresses who played those spooky twins