Are you a good witch or a bad witch? Both, in some actresses’ case!
In the late 1930s, onscreen witches made their mark on popular culture when Snow White and the Seven Dwarves and The Wizard of Oz premiered in 1937 and 1939, respectively. What led to tons of iconic celebrity costumes (remember Ellen DeGeneres and Drew Barrymore’s Glinda the Good Witch Halloween looks?) also sparked a craze that hasn’t slowed down yet — onscreen witches, from The Wicked Witch of the West to Wanda Maximoff.
While witch content had a big moment in the ‘90s (think Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Charmed and Practical Magic), the 2000s have shown us that modern fans are just as game for a little bit of magic. In recent years, movies and shows including American Horror Story: Coven, WandaVision and The Witches have put spellbinding stars front and center.
Scroll to see a list of actresses who have played witches in movies and TV through the years:
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Sally and Gillian Owens
Actresses: Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman
Movie: Practical Magic
Year: 1998
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Dr. Rowan Fielding
Actress: Alexandra Daddario
Show: Mayfair Witches
Year: 2023
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Sabrina Spellman
Actress: Kiernan Shipka
Show: The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
Year: 2018-2020
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Frankie, Tabby, Lourdes and Lily
Actresses: Cailee Spaeny, Gideon Adlon, Lovie Simone and Zoey Luna
Movie: The Craft: Legacy
Year: 2020
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Wanda Maximoff
Actress: Elizabeth Olsen
Show: WandaVision
Year: 2021
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The Witch of the Wood
Actress: Anya Taylor-Joy
Movie: The Witch
Year: 2015
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The Grand High Witch
Actress: Anne Hathaway
Movie: The Witches
Year: 2020
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The Grand High Witch
Actress: Anjelica Huston
Movie: The Witches
Year: 1990
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Maleficent
Actress: Angelina Jolie
Movie: Maleficent
Year: 2014
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Fiona Goode and the Coven
Actresses: Jessica Lange, Emma Roberts, Jamie Brewer, Taissa Farmiga, Gabourey Sidibe
Show: American Horror Story: Coven
Year: 2013-2014
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The Witch
Actress: Meryl Streep
Movie: Into the Woods
Year: 2014
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Winifred Sanderson
Actress: Bette Midler
Movie: Hocus Pocus
Year: 1993
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Wendy, Ingrid, Joanna, and Freya Beauchamp
Actresses: Madchen Amick, Rachel Boston, Julia Ormond, Jenna Dewan Tatum
Show: Witches of East End
Year: 2013
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Glinda the Good Witch
Actress: Michelle Williams
Movie: Oz the Great and Powerful
Year: 2013
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Hermione Granger
Actress: Emma Watson
Movies: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and its seven sequels
Years: 2001-2011
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The Evil Queen
Actress: Lana Parrilla
Show: Once Upon a Time
Year: 2011-2018
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Sally and Gillian Owens
Actresses: Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman
Movie: Practical Magic
Year: 1998
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Hilda, Sabrina and Zelda Spellman
Actresses: Caroline Rhea, Melissa Joan Hart and Beth Broderick
Show: Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Year: 1996-2003
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Alexandra Medford, Jane Spofford, and Sukie Ridgemont
Actresses: Cher, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer
Movie: The Witches of Eastwick
Year: 1987
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Bonnie Bennett
Actress: Kat Graham
Show: The Vampire Diaries
Year: 2009-2017
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Queen Narissa
Actress: Susan Sarandon
Movie: Enchanted
Year: 2007
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Phoebe, Prue and Piper Halliwell
Actress: Alyssa Milano, Shannen Doherty and Holly Marie Combs
Show: Charmed
Years: 1998-2006 (Milano and Combs); 1998-2011 (Doherty)
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Evanora
Actress: Rachel Weisz
Movie: Oz the Great and Powerful
Year: 2013
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Joanna Frankel, Roxie Torcoletti and Kat Gardener
Actresses: Lindsay Price, Rebecca Romijn and Jaime Ray Newman
Show: Eastwick
Year: 2009
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Alex Russo
Actress: Selena Gomez
Show: Wizards of Waverly Place
Year: 2007-2012
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Cassie Blake
Actress: Britt Robertson
Show: The Secret Circle
Year: 2011-2012
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Ridley Duchannes
Actress: Emmy Rossum
Movie: Beautiful Creatures
Year: 2013
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Samantha Stephens
Actress: Elizabeth Montgomery
Show: Bewitched
Year: 1964-1972
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Bonnie Hyper
Actress: Neve Campbell
Movie: The Craft
Year: 1996
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The Wicked Witch of the West
Actress: Margaret Hamilton
Movie: The Wizard of Oz
Year: 1939
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Willow Rosenberg
Actress: Alyson Hannigan
Show: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Year: 1997-2003
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Louise Miller
Actress: Robyn Lively
Show: Teen Witch
Year: 1989
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Miss Cackle, Miss Hardbroom, and Mildred Hubble
Actresses: Charlotte Rae, Diana Rigg, Fairuza Balk
Movie: The Worst Witch
Year: 1986