An European list here
Actresses:
Isabelle Huppert (From
Die Klavierspielerin, to
Madame Bovary, to
Merci Pour Le chocolat...)
Tilda Swinton (Loving his films with Derek Jarman,
The Last Of England,
Caravaggio... and one of my all-times fave,
Orlando, film by Sally Potter bassed on Virginia Wolf's novel.)
Juliette Binoche (Loving her films with Haneke,
Code: Inconnu and
Caché, also
The Unbearable Lightness of Being, and her well known films
The English Patient and
Chocolat)
Björk (She's also a great actress. I cried like a girl while watching
Dancer in the dark...)
Audrey Tautou (
Amélie,
Un Long Dimanche de fiançailles...)
Actors:
Benoît Magimel (French actor, handsome, and a great performer. Loved him in
La Damoiselle d'honneur,
La Fleur du Mal,
Le Roi Dance,
Selon Matthieu... and of course in
Die Klavierspielerin.)
Romain Duris (Another French actor... loved his performings in
L'Auberge espagnole,
Les poupées russes,
Arsène Lupin,
De Battre mon coeur s'est arrêté...)
Hilmir Snær Gúðnasson (Icelandic actor... he's great in
101 Reykjavík,
Hafið,
Blueprint...)
Daniel Auteuil (French actor, great in
La Reine Margot,
Jean de Florette,
Caché...)
Also:
Camryn Manheim (Her role in "The Practice" was the best; se has great also in
Happiness)
Julianne Moore (The argument with the farmacist in
Magnolia is simply amazing. She deserves an Oscar!)