In 1976, 16-year-old model Babi Christina Engelhardt embarked on a hidden eight-year affair with the 41–year-old filmmaker that mirrors one of his most famous movies. Now, amid the #MeToo reckoning and Allen’s personal scandals, she looks back with mixed emotions on their relationship and its unequal dynamic.

Exciting newcomers, scenery chewers going subtle and a wide range of brilliant work by actresses both famous and little known — here, in alphabetical order, are the most indelible turns of 2018.