obviously aren’t familiar with her work. This is a woman who has proved her talent time and time again—particularly over the last decade. As always, Lopez’s contributions to the 2010s spanned medium and genre, from her 2011 dance-club smash “On the Floor” to her critically praised return to televisionHustlers
Oscars buzz, and a 2020 Super Bowl halftime performance, and you have one of the decade’s most diverse catalogs. It’s hard to say what Lopez’s specific imprint on the 2010s is. Maybe hers is purposefully, beautifully-specific—a display in glittering, awe-inspiring showmanship. Whatever the case, Lopez demonstrated, yet again, what an unprecedented, unmatched talent she is. Maybe she’ll finally win an Academy Award for it.
has been on our screens for so long that Ellen Pompeo—who stars as the titular character Meredith Grey—could have deserved an inclusion on this list for that reason alone. The show airs in more than 220 countries worldwide and, even 16 seasons in, still commands television audiences. But it was her fight to be equally compensated and her unrelenting calling out of lack of diversity and inequality that’s marked her as one of the most influential, genuinely change-making actors of her generation.
while she was filming the show. She’s since started a charity to help those suffering after a brain injury or stroke.