Poll: Favorite Female Teacher

Results of 286 votes:

1. 1.
   

   Maggie Smith in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)

    

   Minerva McGonagall
2. 2.
   

   Michelle Pfeiffer in Dangerous Minds (1995)

    

   Louanne Johnson
3. 3.
   

   Embeth Davidtz in Matilda (1996)

    

   Miss Honey
4. 4.
   

   Hilary Swank in Freedom Writers (2007)

    

   Erin Gruwell
5. 5.
   

   Cameron Diaz, Jason Segel, and Kaitlyn Dever in Bad Teacher (2011)

    

   Elizabeth Halsey
6. 6.
   

   Tina Fey in Mean Girls (2004)

    

   Ms. Norbury
7. 7.
   

   Isabelle Huppert in The Piano Teacher (2001)

    

   Erika Kohut
8. 8.
   

   Drew Barrymore in Donnie Darko (2001)

    

   Karen
9. 9.
   

   Nicole Kidman in To Die For (1995)

    

   Suzanne Stone
10. 10.
    

    Famke Janssen in The Faculty (1998)

     

    Elizabeth Burke
11. 11.
    

    Cate Blanchett in Notes on a Scandal (2006)

     

    Sheba Hart
12. 12.
    

    Sandy Dennis in Up the Down Staircase (1967)

     

    Sylvia Barrett
13. 13.
    

    Lucy Punch in Bad Teacher (2011)

     

    Amy Squirrel
14. 14.
    

    Kate Mara in A Teacher (2020)

     

    Claire Wilson
15. 15.
    

    Lupita Nyong'o in Little Monsters (2019)

     

    Miss Caroline
16. 16.
    

    Helen Mirren in Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999)

     

    Mrs. Tingle
17. 17.
    

    Tiffany Haddish in Night School (2018)

     

    Carrie
18. 18.
    

    Marika Lagercrantz in All Things Fair (1995)

     

    Viola
19. 19.
    

    Aleksandra Nikiforova in Sultan of My Heart (2018)

     

    Anna
20. 20.
    

    Judi Dench in Notes on a Scandal (2006)

     

    Barbara Covett
21. 21.
    

    Mille Dinesen in Rita (2012)

     

    Rita
22. 22.
    

    Maggie Gyllenhaal in The Kindergarten Teacher (2018)

     

    Lisa
23. 23.
    

    Andrea Bræin Hovig in An Affair (2018)

     

    Anita
24. 24.
    

    Julianne Moore and Michael Angarano in The English Teacher (2013)

     

    Linda Sinclair
25. 25.
    

    Erin Krakow in Into the Woods (2020)

     

    Elizabeth
26. 26.
    

    Karin Viard in Jealous (2017)

     

    Nathalie
27. 27.
    

    Dolores Fonzi in Paulina (2015)

     

    Paulina
28. 28.
    

    Joanne Froggatt in Liar (2017)

     

    Laura Nielson
29. 29.
    

    Stella Baker in The Republic of Sarah (2021)

     

    Sarah Cooper
30. 30.
    

    Jes Macallan

     

    Elizabeth May
31. 31.
    

    Denise Gough in Paula (2017)

     

    Paula