These women are some of the tallest stars in the world of celebrities and though their talents far exceed their heights, their impressive stature likely hasn’t hurt their careers!
Some of the inclusions on this list of tall female celebrities might seem a little obvious. Of course, when it comes to figuring out which of your favoritecelebrities would tower over you in real life, there’s one big clue — if they spend their time strutting down the runway or posing for swimwear ads, chances are they’re clocking in at 5 feet, 11 inches or higher — like models Jourdan Dunn and Claudia Schiffer.
But some of these other long-legged A-listers just might surprise you. While the acting profession is dominated by many not-so-tall men, there are several long-legged ladies who are boosting the average height in Hollywood — and some super tall male stars too, but this one is for the ladies.
We can’t deny it. We’re ever-so-slightly jealous of these women who can reach any shelf they want and command attention just by walking in. But at the same time, tall women in Hollywoodhave had to deal with ridiculous bias, like 6-foot-tall Sigourney Weaver admitting she was never considered for romantic roles because of her height.
“I’m a weird duck because I was never a ‘girlfriend’. I was always too tall to be the girlfriend,” Weaver told The Guardianin 2016.
Questionable casting aside, if you belong to the worldwide community of tall ladies and are wondering which stars can say the same, we have you covered. Here are 37 fierce female celebs who are at or over 5 feet, 11 inches tall — and proud of it.
A version of this article was previously published in April 2020.
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift’s Height: 5′ 11″ or 180cm
As one of the most successful and richest singers in the world, Taylor Swift is the type of celebrity everyone knows, no matter what. She got her career started back in 2006 and quickly rose in the country music rinks. By her fourth and fifth albums, Red and 1989, she had become a bonified pop singer too.
Over the years, she’s released 11 studio albums and four re-recorded albums due to copyright issues.
By October 2023, Swift was declared a billionaire by Forbes for her ultra-successful music tour, The Eras Tour.
Gwendoline Christie
Gwendoline Christie’s height: 6′ 2″ or 188 cm
With an impressive height of 6′ 2″, British actress Gwendoline Christie is one of the most commanding actresses to grace our screens.
Christie got her big break in the industry when she starred as Brienne of Tarth in Game of Thrones, a role that granted her first Emmy nomination for 2019. Other notable roles of hers since were as the First Order stormtrooper Captain Phasma in the films Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Wars: The Last Jedi and as Principal Larissa Weems in Netflix’s Wednesday.
Ireland Baldwin
Alec Baldwin’s height: 6′ 1″ or 185 cm
As the only child of Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger, Ireland Baldwin is what Hollywood likes to call a “nepobaby.” In her career, Ireland became a successful fashion model, as well as dabbling in acting in movies like Grudge Match.
In May 2023, welcomed her daughter, Lou, with her partner and musician RAC.
Karen Gillan
Karen Gillan’s height: 5′ 11″ or 180cm
Karen Gillan is a Scottish who’s truly made a name for herself in Hollywood. Among some of her most famous roles are as Amy Pond in Doctor Who and as Nebula in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including films like Guardians of the Galaxy and Avengers: Endgame.
Alongside acting, Gillan has ventured into directing, making her directorial debut with The Party’s Just Beginning in 2018, in which she also stars.
Naomi Osaka
Naomi Osaka’s height: 5′ 11″ or 180cm
Born in Osaka, Japan, Naomi Osaka is a professional tennis player who’s made history on the international tennis scene. She rose to fame in 2018 when she defeated Serena Williams and won her first Grand Slam at the US Open.
Since then, Osaka, who’s been open about her mental health struggles throughout her career, has secured multiple Grand Slam titles including another US Open title and two Australian Opens.
In July 2023, she also became a mom as she welcomed her first daughter Shai with her boyfriend Cordae.
By January 2024, she made her return to the tennis courts.
Leslie Jones
Leslie Jones’ height: 6′ 0″ or 183 cm
If you’ve seen Leslie Jones in action, whether in a comedy special or even an interview, you know just how funny she is.
She rose to fame when she was a member of Saturday Night Live from 2014 to 2019, where her hilarious acting earned her three Emmy nominations.
Beyond SNL, Jones has appeared in several films, including the 2016 reboot of Ghostbusters, Masterminds and Coming 2 America. In 2020, she released her first-ever special, Leslie Jones: Time Machine. In 2023, she also released her memoir, titled Leslie F*cking Jones.
Elizabeth Debicki
Elizabeth Debicki’s height: 6′ 3″ or 191 cm
Australian actress Elizabeth Debicki is one of Hollywood’s biggest rising stars.
She first got her big break in 2013’s The Great Gatsby as Jordan Baker. After that, she starred in many other titles like The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and Tenet before being cast as the incredible Princess Diana in the last two seasons of The Crown. For her magnificent portrayal, she won a Critics Choice Award, an Emmy Award, a Screen Actors’ Guild Award and a Golden Globe. Nothing’s stopping her now!
Claudia Schiffer
Claudia Schiffer’s height: 5′ 11″ or 180 cm
If you know anything about fashion, then you know how iconic Claudia Schiffer is. Back in the 90s, she became one of the era’s biggest supermodels alongside Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, and more.
Over the years, Schiffer’s also ventured into acting, appearing in films such as Love Actually and Zoolander, and has developed her own fashion and beauty collections.
As for her personal life, she shares two kids, Clementine and Caspar, with British director Matthew Vaughn.
Geena Davis
Geena Davis’ height: 6′ 0″ or 183 cm
Geena Davis is an actress who defies generations.
She gained fame back in the late ’80s and ’90s for her roles in several iconic films like Thelma & Louise, Beetlejuice, A League of Their Own, and The Accidental Tourist, for which she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Beyond her acting career, Davis is a proud advocate for gender equality in media and founded the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media in 2004, which works to improve the representation of women in media content.
Melania Trump
Melania Trump’s height: 5′ 11″ or 180 cm
Melania Trump, born in Novo Mesto, Slovenia, is a former model and the third wife of Donald J. Trump, the 45th President of the United States. Before becoming the First Lady of the United States from 2017 to 2021, she built a successful modeling career and worked with some of the top agencies in Paris and New York.
In 2024, she announced the release of her upcoming memoir about her life, titled Melania.
Laverne Cox
Laverne Cox’s height: 5′ 11″ or 180cm
Laverne Cox is a trailblazer through and through.
She rose to fame in 2013 with her groundbreaking role as Sophia Burset on Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black, for which she became the first transgender person to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in an acting category.
Since then, in addition to being an LGBTQ+ advocate and activist, Cox has starred in many other movies and shows including Promising Young Women, Inventing Anna and Uglies.
Janet McTeer
Janet McTeer’s height: 6′ 1″ or 185 cm
Janet McTeer is a British actress known for her work on the screen and on stage. In 1997, she earned her Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her role in A Doll’s House.
As for her onscreen success, she’s been nominated for an Academy Award two times for her roles in Tumbleweeds and Albert Nobbs. Over the years, she’s starred in many critically acclaimed projects like Ozark, The Menu, Jessica Jones and Me Before You.
Ivanka Trump
Ivanka Trump’s height: 5′ 11″ or 180cm
Ivanka Trump is a businesswoman, fashion designer, author, and former senior advisor to her father, Donald J. Trump, during his presidency from 2017 to 2021. Before entering the political arena, she had released her own fashion line and was the executive vice president at the Trump Organization.
She’s also a mom to her three kids Arabella Rose, Joseph Frederick and Theodore James, with her husband Jared Kushner.
Famke Janssen
Famke Janssen’s height: 6′ 0″ or 183 cm
Dutch actress and former model Famke Janssen first rose to fame for her role as Xenia Onatopp in the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye. By 2000, she also became known for her portrayal of Jean Grey/Phoenix in the X-Men film series.
In addition to her film roles, Janssen has appeared in various television series, including a starring role in Nip/Tuck and a recurring role in How to Get Away with Murder.
Aisha Tyler
Aisha Tyler’s height: 6′ 0″ or 183cm
Aisha Tyler is an actress, comedian, TV host, voice actor, advocate (and the list goes on!).
Tyler is mostly well known for co-hosting The Talk, voicing Lana Kane in the animated series Archer and for her roles on popular TV shows like Criminal Minds and Friends.
Tyler is also an accomplished director and author, having directed episodes of Criminal Minds and published a few books, including her 2013 title, Self-Inflicted Wounds: Heartwarming Tales of Epic Humiliation.
Jourdan Dunn
Jourdan Dunn’s height: 6′ 0″ or 183 cm
After being discovered in the local Primark at age 16, model Jourdan Dunn soon became one of fashion’s most recognizable faces.
In February 2008, Dunn made history as she became the first Black model to walk in a Prada fashion show during the 21st Century. In November 2008, Dunn was named “Model of the Year” at the British Fashion Awards. She’s been walking for the world’s biggest brands ever since!
Elle MacPherson
Elle MacPherson’s height: 6′ 0″ or 183 cm
Elle MacPherson is a model, actress and impressive businesswoman.
At the height of her modeling career in the ’80s and ’90s, she became known as “The Body,” a nickname she earned for her record five cover appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
In addition to modeling, MacPherson also dipped her toes into acting in movies like The Edge, Batman & Robin and Sirens as well as shows like Friends.
In 2014, she also founded WelleCo, her beauty and wellness brand that sells clean, plant-based elixirs & boosters.
Brooke Shields
Brooke Shields’ height: 6′ 0″ or 183 cm
With decades in the business, Brooke Shields is one of the most established tall women in Hollywood.
She began her career as a child model and gained widespread fame at age 12 with her controversial role in the film Pretty Baby, followed by a successful modeling career in the late 1970s and early 1980s, including iconic Calvin Klein jeans commercials.
Shields then soon transitioned into television in roles like The Blue Lagoon and her sitcom series Suddenly Susan, for which she received several award nominations.
In 2023, she opened up about her struggles in the industry in her documentary, Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields.
Sigourney Weaver
Sigourney Weaver’s height: 6′ 0″ or 183 cm
Sigourney Weaver is a successful actress with a series of impressive franchises under her belt.
She first rose to fame with her portrayal of Ellen Ripley in Ridley Scott’s Alien in 1979, a role which she then reprised in its many sequels.
Then, in 2009, she starred in another box-office hit franchise: Avatar. She has since reprised her role as Dr. Grace Augustine in the sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water.
Other notable films of Weaver include Gorillas in the Mist, Working Girl, Galaxy Quest and The Ice Storm. She’s been nominated for three Academy Awards over the years.
Uma Thurman
Uma Thurman’s height: 5′ 11″ or 180 cm
American actress Uma Thurman first rose to fame for her role in Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction in 1994, which earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Thurman then continued her partnership with Tarantino in the Kill Bill film series, where her portrayal of the vengeful Bride solidified her as a major action film star.
Tarantino aside, Thurman’s also starred in Batman & Robin, My Super Ex-Girlfriend and The Kill Room. In the latter, she starred alongside her and ex Ethan Hawke’s daughter, Maya.
Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama’s height: 5′ 11″ or 180 cm
Who knew this list would have not one but two First Ladies? Michelle Obama is tall at 5 feet, eleven inches, just a few inches shorter than her husband, former president Barack Obama.
After graduating from Princeton University and Harvard Law School, Obama became a lawyer and married her husband in 1992.
A few years later, when Barack became the 44th President of the United States, Obama served beside him from 2009 to 2017 and launched several initiatives focused on health, education, and military families, including the “Let’s Move!” campaign to combat childhood obesity, and the “Reach Higher” initiative to encourage young people to seek higher education.
In 2018, she opened up about her personal life and her life in the White House in her best-selling memoir, Becoming.
Nicole Kidman
Nicole Kidman’s height: 5′ 11″ or 180 cm
Nicole Kidman is so established in the industry, that she’s perhaps one of the world’s most beloved actresses of all time.
She first gained international recognition with her roles in blockbuster hits including Moulin Rouge! and The Hours, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress.
She’s since continued to star in critically acclaimed movies and TV shows like Being the Ricardos, Lion, Australia, Big Little Lies, and, most recently, The Perfect Couple. Also in 2024, she won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival for her role in Babygirl.
Karlie Kloss
Karlie Kloss’ height: 6′ 2″ or 188 cm
Karlie Kloss is one of the world’s top-producing models in the 2010 and 2020s, walking from major runways from Marc Jacobs to Victoria’s Secret. In 2019, she also put her hosting chops on display as she hosted one season of Project Runway.
Beyond modeling and hosting, Kloss is the founder of “Kode With Klossy,” a camp that teaches young girls how to code, reflecting her passion for technology and advocacy for women in STEM fields.
Tilda Swinton
Tilda Swinton’s height: 5′ 11″ or 180 cm
Known for her utterly cool and androgynous appearance, Tilda Swinton is one of the most unique actresses of her time.
Among her most famous movies are We Need to Talk About Kevin, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Snowpiercer and Suspiria. In 2008, she won her first Oscar for her role as Karen Crowder in Michael Clayton.
Brittney Griner
Brittney Griner’s height: 6′ 9″ or 206 cm
Brittney Griner’s height of 6 feet and nine inches makes her the tallest on this list by far and likely helped her reach the success in the WNBA that she’s known for.
Griner got her start playing basketball for the Baylor Lady Bears in Waco, Texas. In 2013, Griner was drafted by the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA Draft and quickly became a standout player in the league, earning multiple All-Star and Defensive Player of the Year honors, while also advocating for LGBTQ+ rights and using her platform to address issues of gender and sexuality in sports.
In February 2022, Griner was arrested in February 2022 at a Moscow airport on drug-related charges and detained for nearly 10 months before her return to the United States.
Gisele Bündchen
Gisele Bündchen’s height: 5′ 11″ or 180 cm
Born in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Gisele Bündchen is one of the most successful fashion models of all time.
After getting her start in the late ’90s, Bündchen’s signature golden locks and powerful walk soon took over the fashion world. From 2000 to 2007, she also became a Victoria’s Secret angel, reaching the top status of any model at the time.
In 2015, Bündchen retired from the runways and has been wowing in ad campaigns ever since.
Beyond her modeling career, Bündchen is a vocal advocate for environmental causes and holistic health and has engaged in numerous philanthropic endeavors, including her work with the United Nations Environment Program.
Allison Janney
Allison Janney’s height: 6′ 0″ or 183 cm
Allison Janney’s had so much success over the years, that it’s hard to remember which one of her projects we most know her from.
Janney first rose to fame as C.J. Gregg in The West Wing, a role that awarded her four Primetime Emmy Awards.
She’s also starred in critically acclaimed movies too, including Juno, The Hours and I, Tonya, which she won an Oscar for in 2018.
Jane Lynch
Jane Lynch’s height: 6′ 0″ or 180cm
Gleeks out there know that it’s hard to think of Jane Lynch without thinking of Sue Sylvester, the ruthless and equally hilarious character Lynch played in the musical series Glee.
But Lynch has starred in many other projects since like The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, Criminal Minds and Only Murders in the Building.
Acting aside, Lynch has also dabbled in hosting, including in Hollywood Game Night and The Weakest Link.
Hannah Waddingham
Hannah Waddingham’s height: 5′ 11″ or 180 cm
While the world got to know British actress Hannah Waddingham for her Emmy-winning role as Rebecca Welton in Ted Lasso, Waddingham’s career started long before it.
She initially gained prominence in the world of theater, starring in notable West End productions such as Spamalot, The Wizard of Oz, and Into the Woods.
Then, in 2023, Waddingham joined her Ted Lasso cast and her love for musical theater in her Christmas special, Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas.
Venus Williams
Venus Williams’s height: 6′ 1″ or 185 cm
Alongside her 4-inches-shorter sister Serena Williams, Venus Williams is one of the most recognized tennis players of her generation.
Throughout her career, she’s won seven solo Grand Slam titles in addition to 14 titles in women’s doubles with her sister.
Off the court, Venus has been an advocate for gender equality in sports and has expanded her career into business, founding her own fashion line and interior design firm.
Maria Sharapova
Maria Sharapova’s height: 6′ 2″ or 188 cm
Speaking of tennis players, Russian tennis legend Maria Sharapova is even taller at 6 feet, two inches. Throughout her career, Sharapova won five Grand Slam Titles.
After moving off the courts, Sharapova successfully transitioned into a businesswoman with her candy brand, Sugarpova, alongside various endorsements and philanthropic efforts.
Karolina Kurkova
Karolina Kurkova’s height: 5′ 11″ or 180 cm
Much like Gisele Bündchen, Czech model Karolina Kurkova was one of the most recognizable faces of fashion in the 2000s. From haute couture runways to Victoria’s Secret Fashion Shows, Kurkova graced them all.
In 2013, she hosted the modeling competition series, The Face.
Rebecca Romijn
Rebecca Romijn’s height: 5′ 11″ or 180 cm
Rebecca Romijn is both a successful model and actress.
She began her career as a model in the 1990s, gracing the covers of major fashion magazines like Sports Illustrated and runways like Victoria’s Secret. With time, she then transitioned into acting, starring in roles like Mystique in the X-Men film series and as Alexis Meade on the TV show Ugly Betty.
Brigitte Nielsen
Brigitte Nielson’s height: 6′ 1″ or 185 inches.
The Danish actress Brigitte Nielson is taller than she might look at 6 foot, one inch.
Nielson first rose to fame in the ’80s with roles in blockbuster films such as Rocky IV and Cobra. Beyond her acting career, Nielsen has also released music albums and participated in reality television like The Surreal Life and Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew.
Gabrielle Reece
Gabrielle Reece’s height: 6′ 3″ or 191 cm
At 6 feet, three inches, Gabrielle Reece dominated the sport of beach volleyball in the 1990s, securing several championships and becoming an iconic figure in women’s sports.
Outside of her athletic achievements, Reece has also made a name for herself as a fitness advocate, sports announcer, author, and lifestyle guru, promoting health and wellness through books, fitness programs, and television appearances.
Katherine Waterston
Katherine Waterston’s height: 5′ 11″ or 180 cm
Daughter of Grace and Frankie star Sam Waterstone, Katherine is a star in her own right thanks to acting credits in movies like Steve Jobs, Fantastic Beasts and Mid90s.
Kimora Lee Simmons
Kimora Lee Simmons’ height: 6′ 0″ or 183 cm
Kimore Lee Simmons rose to stardom as a model for Chanel and other high-profile brands in the ’90s. By 1999, she released her fashion line, Baby Phat, and its urban, glamorous aesthetic became a staple in early 2000s fashion.
Beyond fashion, Simmons has expanded her entrepreneurial efforts into cosmetics, jewelry, and media, while also actively engaging in philanthropy through various charitable activities and organizations.
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