List of actors who played the president of the United States
Actresses who played fictional presidents -- Films
Table:
Actress

President

Film

Year

Christina Applegate
President Diane Steen
Mafia!
1998

Ernestine Barrier
Madame President
Project Moonbase
1953

Polly Bergen
President Leslie McCloud
Kisses for My President
1964

Sally Champlin
The President
The Woman Every Man Wants
2001

Caroline Goodall
President Ilene Dover
Hunter Killer
2018

Penny Johnson Jerald
President Amanda Waller
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
2015

Stephanie Paul
The President
Iron Sky
2012

Joan Rivers
President Rivers
Les Patterson Saves the World
1987

Loretta Swit
President Barbara Adams
Whoops Apocalypse
1986

Charlize Theron
President Charlotte Field
Long Shot
2019

Sela Ward
President Elizabeth Lanford
Independence Day: Resurgence
2016

Drawing on the accompanying table plus the context snippets provided.

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Christina Applegate ( born November 25 , 1971 ) is an American actress and dancer . As an adolescent actress , she started playing the role of Kelly Bundy on the Fox sitcom Married . with Children ( 1987-1997 ) . In her adult years , Applegate established a film and television career , winning an Emmy Award ( for her guest role in the sitcom Friends ) and earning Tony and Golden Globe nominations . Applegate has had major roles in several films , including Do n't Tell Mom the Babysitter 's Dead ( 1991 ) , The Big Hit ( 1998 ) , The Sweetest Thing ( 2002 ) , Grand Theft Parsons ( 2003 ) , Anchorman : The Legend of Ron Burgundy ( 2004 ) and its sequel Anchorman 2 : The Legend Continues ( 2013 ) , Hall Pass ( 2011 ) , Vacation ( 2015 ) , and Bad Moms ( 2016 ) . She has also starred in the 2005 Broadway revival of the musical Sweet Charity , for which she received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical . Applegate has played the lead role in the television sitcoms Jesse ( 1998-2000 ) , Samantha Who ? ( 2007-2009 ) and Up All Night ( 2011-12 ) , and in the Netflix dark tragicomedy series Dead to Me ( 2019 ) .
Mafia ! , also known as Jane Austen 's Mafia ! , is a 1998 comedy film directed by Jim Abrahams and starring Jay Mohr , Lloyd Bridges ( in one of his final films ) , Olympia Dukakis and Christina Applegate . The film spoofs Francis Ford Coppola 's Godfather series and various other mafia films , notably Martin Scorsese 's Casino . It also parodies films in other genres , ranging from Forrest Gump to Il Postino and The English Patient .
Ernestine Barrier ( March 19 , 1908 - February 13 , 1989 ) was an American actress of stage , film and television . Her birth name was Ernestine Spratt , but she used the stage name of Ernestine De Becker ( after her mother 's maiden name ) . She is noted for playing a female president in the film Project Moonbase ( 1953 ) . Descended from an acting family , Barrier made her first stage appearance at the age of roughly six months when she was carried onstage by her mother Ernestine ( Nesta ) De Becker ( sister of Marie De Becker ) , also an actress . Barrier acted into her eighties appearing on such television shows as Charlie 's Angels , CHiPs , and The Waltons and the television film A Family Upside Down ( 1978 ) with Helen Hayes and Fred Astaire . Her feature film appearances include Lust for Life ( 1956 ) with Kirk Douglas , and The Bottom of the Bottle ( also 1956 ) with Van Johnson and Joseph Cotten . She is also remembered for her work in the 1930s on Broadway where she appeared under the name Ernestine De Becker in Anton Chekhov 's The Seagull , Jean Giraudoux 's Amphitryon 38 , Robert E. Sherwood 's Idiot 's Delight , Shakespeare 's The Taming of the Shrew , and Late One Evening by Audrey Carten and Waveney Carten . In 1946 , she returned to Broadway ( using her married name of Ernestine Barrier ) appearing with her husband Edgar Barrier in On Whitman Avenue . She was survived by her son , the former actor Michael Barrier , and her granddaughter Maerian Morris .
Project Moonbase ( a.k.a . Project Moon Base ) is a 1953 independently made black-and-white science fiction film , produced by Jack Seaman , directed by Richard Talmadge , and starring Ross Ford , Donna Martell , Hayden Rorke . It co-stars Larry Johns , Herb Jacobs , Barbara Morrison , and Ernestine Barrier . The film was distributed by Lippert Pictures and is based on a story by Robert A. Heinlein , who shares the screenwriting credit with producer Jack Seaman . Project Moonbase is unusual for its time in both attempting to portray space travel in a realistic manner and for depicting a future in which women hold positions of authority and responsibility equal to men ; as an example , the President of the United States is a woman . Mystery Science Theater 3000 featured the film in January 1990 as an episode during its first season on The Comedy Channel . It had been originally broadcast in 1986 as a syndicated television episode of the Canned Film Festival .
Polly Bergen ( born Nellie Paulina Burgin ; July 14 , 1930 - September 20 , 2014 ) was an American actress , singer , television host , writer and entrepreneur . She won an Emmy Award in 1958 for her performance as Helen Morgan in The Helen Morgan Story . For her stage work , she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance as Carlotta Campion in Follies in 2001 . Her film work included Cape Fear ( 1962 ) and The Caretakers ( 1963 ) , for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama . She hosted her own weekly variety show for one season ( The Polly Bergen Show ) , was a regular panelist on the TV game show To Tell The Truth and later in life had recurring roles in The Sopranos and Desperate Housewives . She wrote three books on beauty , fashion and charm .
Kisses for My President is a 1964 comedy film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Fred MacMurray and Polly Bergen . Leslie McCloud ( Bergen ) makes history when she is elected the first female President of the United States . However , her husband Thad McCloud ( MacMurray ) is less enthusiastic . The picture 's supporting cast features Eli Wallach , Arlene Dahl , Edward Andrews , and Donald May . Kisses for My President was the last theatrical film directed by Bernhardt , whose career stretched back to the silent era .
Sally Champlin is an American character actress of film and television and singer/recording artist . Champlin attended Tamalpais High School , in Mill Valley , California . After joining choir , she began professional voice training and performed in several productions before graduating in 1962 . After high school , she attended San Francisco State College . Champlin is known for appearing in such films as Die Watching , An Element of Truth , In the Light of the Moon and Family Secrets . She also had a minor recurring role on the series Heroes as Lynette , featuring most prominently in the episodes Shadowboxing and Once Upon a Time In Texas . Other television shows she has appeared in include Dallas , Murphy Brown ( in 3 episodes as Maureen ) , Frasier and Mike & Molly . She appeared in 10 episodes of The Young and the Restless as Judge Pat Stewart . Champlin also portrayed the President of the United States in Perfect Lover . She also appears in the 2000 film Ed Gein , as the quick-witted , ( dirty-talker ) barmaid , and one of Ed 's unfortunate victims , Mary Hogan .
Caroline Cruice Goodall ( born 13 November 1959 ) is an English actress and screenwriter . She was nominated for AFI Awards for her roles in the 1989 miniseries Cassidy , and the 1995 film Hotel Sorrento . Her other film appearances include Hook ( 1991 ) , Cliffhanger ( 1993 ) , Schindler 's List ( 1993 ) , Disclosure ( 1994 ) , White Squall ( 1996 ) , The Princess Diaries ( 2001 ) and The Best of Me ( 2014 ) .
Hunter Killer is a 2018 American action thriller film directed by Donovan Marsh , written by Arne Schmidt and Jamie Moss , and based on the 2012 novel Firing Point by Don Keith and George Wallace . The film stars Gerard Butler , Gary Oldman , Michael Nyqvist ( in one of his final film roles ) , Common , Linda Cardellini and Toby Stephens , and follows a submarine crew and a group of Navy SEALS who rescue the captured Russian President from a coup . Hunter Killer was released in the United States on October 26 , 2018 , by Summit Entertainment . A box-office flop , the film received mixed reviews from critics , who saw it as an undemanding , by-the-numbers actioner .
Penny Johnson Jerald ( born March 14 , 1961 ) is an American actress . She played Beverly Barnes on the HBO comedy series The Larry Sanders Show , Kasidy Yates on the syndicated science fiction series Star Trek : Deep Space Nine , Sherry Palmer on the Fox action/drama series 24 , Captain Victoria Iron Gates on the ABC comedy-drama series Castle , and currently plays Dr. Claire Finn on the Fox network 's series The Orville .
Amanda Blake Waller is a fictional main character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics . The character first appeared in Legends # 1 in 1986 , and was created by John Ostrander , Len Wein , and John Byrne . Amanda Waller is an antagonist and occasional ally to the superheroes of the DC Universe . Amanda Waller is an ambivalent character in the DC Universe . She is the director for the deadly missions of the Suicide Squad and a specialist who oversees research into people with powers . Although she lacks superpowers herself , the character is a ruthless , high-ranking government official who uses guile , political connections , and sheer intimidation to achieve her goals , often in the name of national security . Waller is commonly associated with the fictional government agencies Checkmate and A.R.G.U.S . In recent years , the character has been substantially adapted into animated and live action media . Several actresses have voiced or portrayed the character : CCH Pounder for various animated projects ; Pam Grier on the live-action series Smallville ; Angela Bassett in the live-action film Green Lantern ; Sheryl Lee Ralph in the animated series Young Justice ; Cynthia Addai-Robinson in the live-action series Arrow ; Yvette Nicole Brown in the animated series DC Super Hero Girls ; and Viola Davis in the live-action DC Extended Universe film Suicide Squad . Davis will return to portray the role in the sequel .
Justice League : Gods and Monsters is a 2015 direct-to-video animated superhero film , part of the DC Universe Animated Original Movies series . It features an alternate universe version of the DC Comics superhero team the Justice League . It was released as a download on July 21 , 2015 , and released on DVD and Blu-ray on July 28 , 2015 .
Stephanie Paul is a New Zealand actress and comedian . She starred as a Sarah Palin-esque United States president in the 2012 film Iron Sky .
Iron Sky is a 2012 Finnish-German-Australian comic-science-fiction action film directed by Timo Vuorensola and written by Johanna Sinisalo and Michael Kalesniko . It tells the story of a group of Nazi Germans who , having been defeated in 1945 , fled to the Moon , where they built a space fleet to return in 2018 and conquer Earth . Iron Sky comes from the creators of Star Wreck : In the Pirkinning and was produced by Tero Kaukomaa of Blind Spot Pictures and Energia Productions , co-produced by New Holland Pictures and 27 Films , and co-financed by numerous individual supporters ; Samuli Torssonen was responsible for the computer-generated imagery . It was theatrically released throughout Europe in April 2012 . A director 's cut of the film with 20 additional minutes was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 11 March 2014 . A video-game adaptation titled Iron Sky : Invasion was released in October 2012 . A sequel , titled Iron Sky : The Coming Race , was crowdfunded through Indiegogo and released in January 2019 .
Joan Alexandra Molinsky ( June 8 , 1933 - September 4 , 2014 ) , known professionally as Joan Rivers , was an American comedian , actress , writer , producer , and television host . She was noted for her often controversial comedic persona - heavily self-deprecating and sharply acerbic , especially towards celebrities and politicians . Rivers rose to prominence in 1965 as a guest on The Tonight Show . Hosted by her mentor , Johnny Carson , the show established Rivers ' comedic style . In 1986 , with her own rival program , The Late Show with Joan Rivers , Rivers became the first woman to host a late night network television talk show . She subsequently hosted The Joan Rivers Show ( 1989-1993 ) , winning a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Talk Show Host . From the mid-1990s , she became known for her comedic red carpet awards show celebrity interviews , and in 2009 , she was the Celebrity Apprentice Winner . Rivers co-hosted the E ! celebrity fashion show Fashion Police from 2010 to 2014 and starred in the reality series Joan & Melissa : Joan Knows Best ? ( 2011-2014 ) with daughter Melissa Rivers . She was the subject of the documentary Joan Rivers : A Piece of Work ( 2010 ) . In addition to marketing a line of jewelry and apparel on the QVC shopping channel , Rivers authored 12 best-selling books and three LP comedy albums under her own name : Mr. Phyllis And Other Funny Stories ( Warner Bros 1965 ) , The Next To Last Joan Rivers Album ( Buddah 1969 ) , and What Becomes A Semi-Legend Most ?
Les Patterson Saves the World is a 1987 Australian comedy film starring Barry Humphries as his stage creations Sir Les Patterson and Dame Edna Everage .
Loretta Jane Swit ( born November 4 , 1937 ) is an American stage and television actress known for her character roles . Swit is best known for her portrayal of Major Margaret Hot Lips Houlihan on M*A*S*H , for which she won two Emmy Awards .
Whoops Apocalypse is a six-part 1982 television sitcom by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick , made by London Weekend Television for ITV . Marshall and Renwick later reworked the concept as a 1986 film of the same name from ITC Entertainment , with almost completely different characters and plot , although one or two of the original actors returned in different roles . The British budget label Channel 5 Video released a compilation cassette of all six episodes edited together into one 137-minute chunk in 1987 . In 2010 Network DVD released both the complete , unedited series and the movie on a 2-DVD set ( Region 2 ) entitled Whoops Apocalypse : The Complete Apocalypse . ( Rights issues were simplified by the fact that both LWT and ITC Entertainment productions were by this time owned by Granada ) . In 1992 Fox Television produced a short-lived sitcom , Woops ! , which may have been loosely inspired by Whoops Apocalypse , though the American series was set after the apocalypse rather than before it .
Charlize Theron ( /ʃɑːrˈliːz ˈθɛrən/ shar-LEEZ THERR-ən ; Afrikaans : [ ʃarˈlis ˈtrɔn ] ; born 7 August 1975 ) is a South African and American actress and producer . She is the recipient of several accolades , including an Academy Award , a Golden Globe Award , an American Cinematheque Award , and the Silver Bear for Best Actress . Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2016 , and she is one of the world 's highest-paid actresses , as of 2019 . Theron came to international prominence in the 1990s by playing the leading lady in the Hollywood films The Devil 's Advocate ( 1997 ) , Mighty Joe Young ( 1998 ) , and The Cider House Rules ( 1999 ) . In 2003 , she received critical acclaim for her portrayal of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster , for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress , becoming the first South African to win an Oscar in an acting category . She received another Academy Award nomination for playing a sexually abused woman seeking justice in the drama North Country ( 2005 ) . Theron has since starred in several top-grossing action films , including Hancock ( 2008 ) , Snow White and the Huntsman ( 2012 ) , Prometheus ( 2012 ) , Mad Max : Fury Road ( 2015 ) , The Fate of the Furious ( 2017 ) , and Atomic Blonde ( 2017 ) . She also received praise for playing troubled women in Jason Reitman 's comedy-dramas Young Adult ( 2011 ) and Tully ( 2018 ) , and for portraying Megyn Kelly in the drama Bombshell ( 2019 ) , receiving a third Academy Award nomination for Best Actress . Since the early 2000s , Theron has ventured into film production with her company Denver and Delilah Productions . She has produced numerous films , in many of which she had a starring role , including The Burning Plain ( 2008 ) , Dark Places ( 2015 ) , and Long Shot ( 2019 ) . Theron became an American citizen in 2007 , while retaining her South African citizenship .
Long Shot is a 2019 American romantic comedy film directed by Jonathan Levine and written by Dan Sterling and Liz Hannah . The plot follows a journalist ( Seth Rogen ) who reunites with his former babysitter ( Charlize Theron ) , now the United States Secretary of State . O'Shea Jackson Jr. , Andy Serkis , June Diane Raphael , Bob Odenkirk , and Alexander Skarsgård also star . The film had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 9 , 2019 , and was theatrically released in the United States on May 3 , 2019 , by Lionsgate . It received generally positive reviews from critics and praise for the chemistry between Rogen and Theron , but underperformed at the box office .
Sela Ann Ward ( born July 11 , 1956 ) is an American actress , author , and producer , best known for her roles on television beginning in the early 1980s . [ citation needed ] Her breakthrough TV role was as Teddy Reed in the NBC drama series Sisters ( 1991-96 ) , for which she received her first Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1994 . She received her second Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Television Series Drama for the leading role of Lily Manning in the ABC drama series Once and Again ( 1999-2002 ) . Ward later had the recurring role of Stacy Warner in the Fox medical drama House , also starred as Jo Danville in the CBS police procedural CSI : NY ( 2010-2013 ) and starred as Dana Mosier in the CBS police procedural series FBI ( 2018-2019 ) . She also played supporting roles in films , including The Man Who Loved Women ( 1983 ) , Rustlers ' Rhapsody ( 1985 ) , Nothing in Common ( 1986 ) , Hello Again ( 1987 ) , The Fugitive ( 1993 ) , My Fellow Americans ( 1996 ) , The Day After Tomorrow ( 2004 ) , The Guardian ( 2006 ) , The Stepfather ( 2009 ) , and Gone Girl ( 2014 ) .
Independence Day : Resurgence is a 2016 American epic science fiction disaster film directed by Roland Emmerich and written by Emmerich , Dean Devlin , Nicolas Wright , James A . Woods , and James Vanderbilt . A sequel to the 1996 film Independence Day , it stars an ensemble cast featuring Liam Hemsworth , Jeff Goldblum , Bill Pullman , Maika Monroe , Jessie Usher , Travis Tope , William Fichtner , Charlotte Gainsbourg , Judd Hirsch , Brent Spiner , Angelababy and Sela Ward . The film takes place twenty years after the events of the first film , during which the United Nations has collaborated to form Earth Space Defense , an international military defense and research organization . Through reverse engineering , the world has fused the power of alien technology with humanity 's and laid the groundwork to resist a second invasion . Plans for a sequel to Independence Day began as early as 2001 , with 20th Century Fox eventually green-lighting the project in 2014 . Principal photography began in April 2015 at locations primarily in New Mexico but also in the Bonneville Salt Flats of Utah , which were featured in the original . Independence Day : Resurgence was released in the United States on June 24 , 2016 , twenty years after the release of Independence Day , in 2D , 3D , and IMAX 3D , grossing $ 389.7 million worldwide at the box office . It received negative reactions from critics and audiences and was considered a box office disappointment .