Who was the top actress in the 2000s?

Hi people,

I was born in 2001 and recently started watching movies from that period, especially from the early 2000s. I didn’t get much time as a kid back then to focus on rankings and BO collections since I was busy playing with “Dhoom machale” toy phone and whatnot. 🥲

So I just had a simple question. Please try to be unbiased in your opinions since I want to know the world’s favourite, not specifically an individual’s.

Who ruled the early 2000s era?

I wanna know who was ✨THE DIVA✨ actress of that time that everyone was intimidated by, you know? The one who got lots of offers, banged the interviews, and was always no. 1. Under another Reddit post everyone’s saying Rani or Preity but I never imagined or expected that they’d be the ones. Aish was another choice, which I can see why but I thought she was in the game much before than other actresses? Where do PC, and Kareena fit in?

I’d love to know your views, and if anyone who could clear up the timeline for me, that’d be greatly appreciated.🌸