A number of famous actresses and some actors have portrayed the role of Juliet:
Mary Saunderson was the first woman to play Juliet professionally.
Previous actors had all been males.

Eliza O'Neill won her fame with Juliet at Covent Garden, 1814.

Katharine Cornell had a notable Broadway success as Juliet opposite the Romeo of Basil Rathbone in 1934, and revived the production with Maurice Evans as Romeo and Ralph Richardson as Mercutio the following year.

Peggy Ashcroft was one of the great Juliets in history, most famously in the 1935 London production directed by John Gielgud, in which Gielgud and Laurence Olivier alternated the roles of Romeo and Mercutio.

Norma Shearer in George Cukor's Romeo and Juliet (1936).
Leslie Howard was her Romeo.

Dame Judi Dench had great success as Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's 1960 London production at the Old Vic theatre.

Olivia Hussey portrayed Juliet in Zeffirelli's 1968 film, Romeo and Juliet,; Leonard Whiting was her Romeo.

Niamh Cusack portrayed Juliet in 1986 with The Royal Shakespeare Company.
 Sean Bean was her Romeo.

Claire Danes was Juliet in Baz Luhrmann's modernised 1996 version, Romeo + Juliet, alongside Leonardo DiCaprio as Romeo.

Gugu Mbatha-Raw portrayed Juliet at the Royal Exchange Theatre's 2005 production.

James Patrick Davis portrayed Juliet in an all-male 2008 production with Shakespeare Theatre Company, opposite actor Finn Wittrock as Romeo.

Hailee Steinfeld portrayed Juliet in Carlo Carlei's film adaptation, opposite actor Douglas Booth as Romeo.

Deepika Padukone portrayed Juliet in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 2013 Hindi adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela (translated as "A Play of Bullets: Ram-Leela"), opposite actor Ranveer Singh.

Teresa Palmer portrayed Julie Grigio, Juliet's analogue in the 2013 zombie movie adaptation Warm Bodies, opposite Nicholas Hoult as R, the film's zombiefied Romeo analogue
In the 2019 West End musical& Juliet.
Juliet is played by critically acclaimed actress Miriam Teak-Lee.
A number of famous actresses and some actors have portrayed the role of Juliet:
Mary Saunderson was the first woman to play Juliet professionally. Previous actors had all been males.
Eliza O'Neill won her fame with Juliet at Covent Garden, 1814.
Katharine Cornell had a notable Broadway success as Juliet opposite the Romeo of Basil Rathbone in 1934, and revived the production with Maurice Evans as Romeo and Ralph Richardson as Mercutio the following year.
Peggy Ashcroft was one of the great Juliets in history, most famously in the 1935 London production directed by John Gielgud, in which Gielgud and Laurence Olivier alternated the roles of Romeo and Mercutio.
Norma Shearer in George Cukor's Romeo and Juliet (1936). Leslie Howard was her Romeo.
Dame Judi Dench had great success as Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's 1960 London production at the Old Vic theatre.
Olivia Hussey portrayed Juliet in Zeffirelli's 1968 film, Romeo and Juliet,; Leonard Whiting was her Romeo.
Niamh Cusack portrayed Juliet in 1986 with The Royal Shakespeare Company.  Sean Bean was her Romeo.
Claire Danes was Juliet in Baz Luhrmann's modernised 1996 version, Romeo + Juliet, alongside Leonardo DiCaprio as Romeo.
Gugu Mbatha-Raw portrayed Juliet at the Royal Exchange Theatre's 2005 production.
James Patrick Davis portrayed Juliet in an all-male 2008 production with Shakespeare Theatre Company, opposite actor Finn Wittrock as Romeo.
Hailee Steinfeld portrayed Juliet in Carlo Carlei's film adaptation, opposite actor Douglas Booth as Romeo.
Deepika Padukone portrayed Juliet in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 2013 Hindi adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela (translated as "A Play of Bullets: Ram-Leela"), opposite actor Ranveer Singh.
Teresa Palmer portrayed Julie Grigio, Juliet's analogue in the 2013 zombie movie adaptation Warm Bodies, opposite Nicholas Hoult as R, the film's zombiefied Romeo analogue
In the 2019 West End musical& Juliet. Juliet is played by critically acclaimed actress Miriam Teak-Lee.
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