How many on-screen badass women can you name?
(I’ll update the list periodically.)
Badass On-Screen Women
- Landlady (Kung Fu Hustle)
- Ellen Ripley (Alien, Aliens, Alien3, Alien: Resurrection)
- Sarah Connor (The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Terminator: Dark Fate)
- Zoë Washburne (Firefly, Serenity)
- Kaylee Frye (Firefly, Serenity)
- Inara (Firefly, Serenity)
- Private Vasquez (Aliens)
- Xena (Xena: Warrior Princess)
- Chrisjen Avasarala (The Expanse)
- Naomi Nagata (The Expanse)
- Roberta ‘Bobbie’ W. Draper (The Expanse)
- Camina Drummer (The Expanse)
- Yu Shu Lien (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
- Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- The Bride (Kill Bill, Kill Bill: Vol. 2)
- Trinity (The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions)
- PrinceessLeia (Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens, Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi)
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This meme forgot that Katniss Everdeen was the first female lead in an action movie.
Literally every example OP gave predates the hunger games.
Not according to Jennifer Lawrence, “I remember when I was doing ‘Hunger Games,’ nobody had ever put a woman in the lead of an action movie because it wouldn’t work — we were told girls and boys can both identify with a male lead, but boys cannot identify with a female lead.”
She said that but she was wrong lol Off the top of my head both the Terminator and Alien series had lead female action hero’s that predate the Hunger Games
Also I don’t mean to be pedantic, I can’t tell if this is a stealth /s discussion or not
Tomb Raider movie
I believe Artyom was being sarcastic, and making fun of Jennifer Lawrence for making such a blatantly incorrect statement
Thank you for defending my honor random internet stranger, I salute you.
The Long Kiss Goodnight is a pretty straightforward action movie from 1996 starring Geena Davis in the lead. Samuel L. Jackson co-stars.
Working backward from there:
La Femme Nikita (1990) and the American remake Point of No Return (1994)
Foxy Brown (1974) and Coffy (1973) are offerings from the blaxploitation angle.
Who is this and what’s it from?
I think it’s Mandy, played by Diane Morgan.
She did knock off her arch enemy using voodoo, marry a russian hitman and be the first woman on Mars, pretty badass that!
AKA Philomena Cunk
not in this series but yeah, same actress.
Ellen Ripley and Sarah Connor
Take your pick.
Who is that on the right?
Inara
Aah same actress as Deadpool’s significant other. Morena Baccarin I think? Absolute smokeshow.
She was also in the last few seasons of Stargate SG1.
Joss Whedon: Believe me, I did.
Oh nooooooooooo
Can I unresearch this - dang you J Wheed
I’m going to pretend I didn’t read this
Milla Jovovich, Resident Evil
Han So-hee, My Name-
princess Leia, padme amidala (star wars)
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Elisabeth Swann (potc)
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eowyn of Rohan (lotr)
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katara, toph (atla) + azula, mai, tai Lee of we’re counting villains
Add on Korra, Asami, and Kuvira from LoK!
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Jaime Sommers
Crystal, played by Betty Gilpin in the movie The Hunt (2020)
Every female character in The Expanse. There simply were no non-badasses in that show🙃
Camina Drummer, Bobbie Draper, Chrisjen Avasarala. Top tier character writing.
Rewatching this again right now for basically this exact reason
Naomi rescued herself by jumping unprotected across an entire expanse of vacuum and then rigged a signal to communicate with her friends, not even from scraps, but from literally nothing.
Fucking genius badass. Hence my username.
Those wrinkled stockings!
When she passed, the heart and soul that was shown as all the characters gave her a send off - no need for acting that episode.
- Tank Girl
- Wynonna Earp
- Tokyo Gore Police
- Buffy and Xena are classic
- Ghost in the Shell if counting anime
Gal Gadot 🤮 Zionist pos
When Mrs. Doyle offers you a cup of tea it is not a request!
Dorothy aka Dot from season 5 of fargo was fantastic imo!
Ellen (and I guess some would argue Jo) from supernatural is imo. WIthout going into spoilers but the reason I pick her out of a series full of “badass women” is she is the typical tough lady superficial stuff but also extremely compassionate, a supportive and devoted mother.
Does Leslie Knope parks and rec count? She’s a badass to me.
Margie Gunderson from the Fargo movie also counts even if ACAB includes her too, lol.
Willow Rosenberg
