- Julianne Moore loves playing mommy to dead / imaginary / missing / abandoned children. (Boogie Nights, World Traveller, The Hours, The Forgotten, Freedomland, The Children of Men)
- Sarah Michelle Gellar is remaking J Horror films (The Return, The Grudge)
- Jodie Foster keeps finding thrills in confined spaces (Panic Room, Flight Plan, Inside Man)
- Nicole Kidman has an affinity for doomed creative-types (Moulin Rouge!, The Hours, Fur) and she's also bad bad news for the men in her (onscreen) life. Ever noticed how many dead or doomed husbands/lovers she's piling up in that filmography? (My Life, To Die For, The Others, Dogville, Cold Mountain, Birth, etcetera.)
Can you think of any other actors beating a peculiar and particular dead horse? Bitch about it in the comments.