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)
Okoye (Danai Guria) from the Black Panther movies. Went with my husband to see this movie and when we were walking back to the car he said “Damn, Okoye was hot, she reminds me of you.” ❤️ He also has a thing for Grace Mallory from the show The Boys. I think I created a monster.
Beatrice Kiddo from Kill Bill
The cigarette makes me hate her. I totally despise smoking.
As long as you acknowledge her being a supreme badass, it´s perfectly fine that you hate smoking. Smoking stinks!
I wonder why there are so many people who defend smoking?
Everytime (in the last several years) I say how disgusting it is, I get down-voted all to hell.
That is probably because they don´t want to reflect on their addiction and don´t like to be reminded that they do something disgusting.
No doubt
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
Milla Jovovich, Resident Evil
Han So-hee, My NameCrystal, played by Betty Gilpin in the movie The Hunt (2020)
When Mrs. Doyle offers you a cup of tea it is not a request!
Willow Rosenberg
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
Not a single person mentioned Lucy Lawless? Where my 90s kids at?
Renee O’Conner also
Jaime Sommers
Then WM2 happened and it doesn’t even look like the same character
Ellen Ripley, no contest.
No superpowers, no special training, no special technology. Simply the wisdom to see a job that needs done and the bravery and determination to do it.
Her first interactions with newt were so soft too. Really amazing character played by the perfect actress for the role.
Aliens is my favourite movie of all time.
Newt was badass too.
Hudson: Seventeen DAYS!? Hey man, I don’t wanna rain on your parade, but we’re not gonna last seventeen HOURS!!! Those things are gonna come in here just like they did before! And they’re gonna come in here AND THEY’RE GONNA GET US!!!
Ripley: Hudson! This little girl survived longer than that with no weapons and no training!
Newt: [salutes]
I can hear his voice so clearly reading that. :D
Might want to add River Tam from Serenity as well.
Buffy
Joss Whedon does love writing strong women (no comment about anything off screen )
Agreed on both counts.
Let’s not forget Echo, November and Whiskey from Dollhouse.
