Zac Efron — Ted Bundy (Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, 2019)
Olivia Colman — Anne, Queen of Great Britain (The Favourite, 2018)
Elle Fanning — Mary Shelley (Mary Shelley, 2017)
Pierre Niney — Yves Saint Laurent (Yves Saint Laurent, 2014)
Margot Robbie — Sharon Tate (Once Upon A Time...In Hollywood, 2019)
Nicholas Hoult — J. R. R. Tolkien (Tolkien, 2019)
Joaquin Phoenix — Johnny Cash (Walk the Line, 2005)
Holliday Grainger — Lucrezia Borgia (The Borgias, 2011–2013)
Taron Egerton — Elton John (Rocketman, 2019)
Emily Watson — Jacqueline du Pré (Hilary and Jackie, 1998)
Amanda Seyfried — Linda Lovelace (Lovelace, 2013)
Stephanie Sokolinski — Loie Fuller (The Dancer, 2016)
Éric Elmosnino — Serge Gainsbourg (Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life, 2010)
Jonathan Rhys Meyers — Elvis Presley (Elvis, 2005)
Keira Knightley — Colette (Colette, 2018)
Adrien Brody — Harry Houdini (Houdini, 2014)
Timothée Chalamet — Henry V of England (The King, 2019)
Diane Kruger — Marie Antoinette (Farewell, My Queen, 2012)
Octavia Spencer — Madam C. J. Walker (Self Made, 2020)
Gwilym Lee — Brian May (Bohemian Rhapsody, 2018)
Christian Bale — Ken Miles (Ford v Ferrari, 2019)
Christopher Plummer — Leo Tolstoy (The Last Station, 2009)
Ralph Fiennes — Charles Dickens (The Invisible Woman, 2013)