Australia's most admired women

Nominees’ List

Kerry Armstrong, actor.
Cate Blanchett, actor.
Jennifer Byrne, journalist and TV presenter
Betty Churcher, former Director of the National Gallery of Australia
Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton, author.
Ruth Cracknell, actor/author.
Judy Davis, actor/director.
Collette Dinnigan, fashion designer.
Portia de Rossi, actor.
Helen Dalley, television reporter.
Dawn Fraser, Olympic Gold Medallist swimmer.
Kate Fischer, actor, television presenter.
Cathy Freeman, Olympic Gold Medallist sprinter.
Cornelia Frances, actress/game-show host.
Sara-Marie Fedele, Big Brother contestant.
Tracy Grimshaw, television host.
Libbi Gorr, television presenter.
Johanna Griggs, television host.
Tatiana Grigorieva, pole vaulter.
Shane Gould, swimmer.
Pru Goward, Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner.
Rebecca Gibney, actor.
Dr Germaine Greer, feminist.
Liz Hayes, journalist.
Deborah Hutton, television presenter.
Tracey Holmes, television presenter.
Janette Howard, wife of Prime Minister John Howard.
Pauline Hanson, One Nation Party.
Sara Henderson, author.
Rose Hancock Porteous, businesswoman.
Marcia Hines, singer.
Wendy Harmer, media personality.
Hazel Hawke, author/Chairperson Heritage Council of NSW.
Caroline Jones, specialist television presenter
Gina Jeffreys, country music singer
Ros Kelly, business advisor/environmentalist
Claudia Karvan, actor
Jean Kittson, comedian
Cheryl Kernot, Shadow Minister for Employment and Training
Nicole Kidman, actor
Kerri-Anne Kennerley, television presenter
Jennifer Keyte, television presenter
Jackie Kelly, Minister for Sport and Tourism.
Jane Kennedy, producer/writer/director
Gretel Killeen, author/television presenter
Elle Macpherson, supermodel/actor
Kylie Minogue, actor/singer
Maxine McKew, television presenter
Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, philanthropist
Lisa McCune, actor.
Olivia Newton-John, singer.
Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue, former chairperson Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC).
Sarah O’Hare, model
Dr Pat O’Shane, magistrate.
Susie O’Neill, swimmer
Georgie Parker, actor.
Dr Kerryn Phelps, President of the AMA.
Nova Peris, runner.
Jessica Rowe, television news reader .
Catriona Rowntree, television presenter.
Sandra Sully, television news presenter.
Natasha Stott Despoja, leader Australian Democrats.
Dame Joan Sutherland, opera diva.
Sigrid Thornton, actor
Maggie Tabberer, businesswoman/television presenter.
Amanda Vanstone, Minister for Family and Community Services and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women.
Jana Wendt, television presenter.
Rachel Ward, actor/writer.
Margaret Whitlam, wife of former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam.
Suzie Wilks, television presenter.
Carla Zampatti, fashion designer.