Who are today's elegant leading ladies?

[Iconographer]

Originally Posted by gentlearts

Helen Mirren is elegant and so is Caitriona Balfe (Outlander).

Many actresses appear elegant on a runway, but in real life they don’t really seem so.

I love Helen Mirren's combination of elegance and earthiness; she could swear like a longshoreman and make it sound like she's reading Shakepeare's Sonnets.
Kathleen Turner has this quality as well IMO.

[Mark S.]

Depends on what you're asking.

Do you mean do they display elegance and class in their personal lives? That's hard for me to judge, since I really don't pay much attention to stars' personal lives.

Or do you mean roles in movies that display elegance and class? Sadly, there aren't many such roles these days. Angela Bassett still gets a few. Maybe in British costume dramas?

[Iconographer]

Originally Posted by Mark S.

Depends on what you're asking.

Do you mean do they display elegance and class in their personal lives? That's hard for me to judge, since I really don't pay much attention to stars' personal lives.

Or do you mean roles in movies that display elegance and class? Sadly, there aren't many such roles these days. Angela Bassett still gets a few. Maybe in British costume dramas?

My takeaway is that the OP is referring to how they present themselves to the public as well as the roles they play, how they are photographed and so on. It's a multilayered criteria.

[BajanYankee]

Originally Posted by Iconographer

My takeaway is that the OP is referring to how they present themselves to the public as well as the roles they play, how they are photographed and so on. It's a multilayered criteria.

Correct.

Megan Fox once said during an interview that she doesn't flush. Putting her terrible roles aside, that's a ridiculous thing to say in public and it automatically disqualifies her in this conversation.