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Who's your favorite badass girl actress?

posted 7 years ago by actionkamen (23176)
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1. Sigourney Weaver (Alien, Galaxy Quest)
2. Linda Hamilton (Terminator 2)
3. Michelle Rodriguez (Fast & Furious, Girl Fight)
4. Michelle Yeoh (Crouching Tiger, Tomorrow Never Dies)
5. Milla Jovovich (Resident Evil, Ultraviolet)
6. Scarlett Johansson (The Avengers, Ghost in the Shell)
7. Zoe Saldana (Colombiana, Guardian of the Galaxy)
8. Ronda Rousey (Furious 7, The Expendables 3)
9. Gina Carano (Haywire, In The Blood)
10. Lucy Liu (Charlie's Angels, Ballistic: Ecks vs Sever)
11. Angelina Jolie (Tomb Raider, Salt)
12. Emily Blunt (Edge of Tomorrow, Sicario)
13. Charlize Theron (Aeon Flux, Atomic Blonde)
14. Gwendoline Christie (Game of Thrones, Star Wars)
15. Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman, Fast & Furious)
16. Margot Robbie (Suicide Squad)
17. Kate Beckinsale (Underworld)
18. Sandra Bullock (Speed, Demolution Man)
19. Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix)
20. Chloë Grace Moretz (Kick-Ass, The 5th Wave)
21. Geena Davis (The Long Kiss Goodnight)
22. Brigitte Nielsen (Red Sonja, Galaxis)
23. Zi-Yi Zhang (Crouching Tiger, Rush Hour)
24. Maggie Cheung (Hero, Dragon Gate Inn)
25. Kristanna Loken (Terminator 3, Bloodrayne)
26. Hilary Swank (Million Dollar Baby, Boys Don't Cry)
27. Lucy Lawless (Xena, Spartacus)
28. Uma Thurman (Kill Bill, My Super Ex-Girlfriend)
29. Peta Wilson (La Femme Nikita, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen)
etc.

[–] Popcorn Kernel (2368) 7 years ago

Diana Rigg as the original Emma Peel
Tura Satana in Faster Pussycat, Kill, Kill
Jane Fonda as Barbarella
Raquel Welch in like a million B movies
All them Bond girls, esp during the 70's
Ruth Negga in Preacher
Michonne in The Walking Dead
Deborah Ann Woll as Jessica in True Blood

[–] actionkamen (23176) 7 years ago

Wow.. never heard all of them except for Jane Fonda.

[–] Popcorn Kernel (2368) 7 years ago

WHAT
You've never heard of Raquel Welch?
You've never seen a James Bond movie?
And if you say 'those were before my time", then what about The Walking Dead, that is current.

I always have to roll my eyes when someone says "that was before my time" about film or books or music because these mediums survive. That's the purpose- it lasts more than a lifetime so you can watch/read/listen to things that happened before. Most of the movies I watched (on TV) growing up were made before I was born.

You need to immediately go watch the Russ Meyer CLASSIC 'Faster Pussycat, Kill, Kill'.
It's your homework assignment. There will be a quiz.
Google the poster.
You'll thank me later.

[–] actionkamen (23176) 7 years ago

Unfortunately I have never seen The Walking Dead. Zombie movies does not interest me at all. I also haven't seen True Blood either.

Old James Bond movies I did see some of them. Maybe I just don't really care about the Bond girls. Most of them are typically not a badass girl type (which I enjoy in movies). More recent Bond films specifically the Brosnan era I hold dearly, Michelle Yeoh and Eva Green are my favorite Bond girls.

[–] MinaVladimir (4077) 7 years ago

I was too young when I used to watch The Avengers, but I do remember thinking Emma Peel (Diana Rigg) was awesome! And I was so /pleasantly/ surprised when I finally made the connection that she plays Olenna Tyrell on GoT.

[–] kaleidoscope0_0 (479) 7 years ago

No particular order:

Sharni Vinson (You're Next)
Sigourney Weaver (Alien Series)
Gina Carano (Haywire)
Cynthia Rothrock (Numerous cheesy 80s and 90s movies)
Michelle Yeoh (Police Story 3 and many more)
Pam Grier (I concur with everything she did)
Noomi Rapace (The Millennium Trilogy)
Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix Trilogy)
Summer Glau (Serenity)
Saoirse Ronan (Hanna)
Zhang Ziyi (House of Flying Daggers)
Meiko Kaji (Lady Snowblood)
Linda Hamilton (Terminator 2)

[–] Barclays (960) 7 years ago

Props to Saoirse Ronan

[–] MinaVladimir (4077) 7 years ago

Great list!

Emily Blunt I love in anything.

I really dug Red Sonja as a kid, not many sword wielding ladies in the past (that I saw).

Charlize Theron for Furiosa! Awesome character!

Also, I see PK has mentioned Jane Fonda. I haven't seen Barbarella, but I loved her in Cat Ballou.

There are probably others, but I can't think of them right now.

[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

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[–] croft_alice (12180) 7 years ago

No Milla...what a shock...I.quess i'm the only one who likes her😀

[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

👻

[–] croft_alice (12180) 7 years ago

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[–] croft_alice (12180) 7 years ago

Ohh,well Godewey..."it's not a party until something gets broken."😉

[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

👻

[–] croft_alice (12180) 7 years ago

Wait...actionkamen,I just saw your list again...angelina jolie as Lara Croft...really!?

[–] actionkamen (23176) 7 years ago

She will still be the Lara Croft I know and love. Tall, smart and sexy Lara. I don't care about the moaning and groaning tiny Lara (the reboot version).

[–] croft_alice (12180) 7 years ago

Well,actionkamen...in the reboot she's still a kid,but in the second part she's more experienced...by the way,in the games,she's 162cm😉

[–] actionkamen (23176) 7 years ago

The original Lara Croft is 180cm tall.

[–] croft_alice (12180) 7 years ago

You didn't played the old ones,didn't you,Actionkamen?😉

[–] actionkamen (23176) 7 years ago

I played the original Tomb Raider in PlayStation 1.

[–] croft_alice (12180) 7 years ago

Well,Actionkamen...I.didn't had the chance to play the old ones😉

[–] Daisy (3022) 7 years ago

Angelina Jolie (Tomb Raider, Salt)
But I loved her as Lisa in Girl Interrupted, not sure if that's the type of bad ass you are looking for though...

[–] croft_alice (12180) 7 years ago

Wait,Daisy...you just compared jolie with Lara!?...you just pissed of the wrong girl,my friend😎

[–] Daisy (3022) 7 years ago

Just copy and paste my dear .. haha..

[–] croft_alice (12180) 7 years ago

Of course you did,Daisy....I think you did that deliberatly😉

[–] Daisy (3022) 7 years ago

hehe ;)

[–] croft_alice (12180) 7 years ago

Hahahha,you did Daisy...and you're not the only one...Lara is so angry😂😂😂

[–] actionkamen (23176) 7 years ago

I haven't seen Girl Interupted so I don't know.

[–] Daisy (3022) 7 years ago

I so very loved it. I should actually give it a re watch one of these days.

[–] Information-Police (4240) 7 years ago

Can't leave out Diana Rigg (Emma Peel, "The Avengers" TV show)
Katee Sachoff (Starbuck, Battlestar Galactica)

[–] Barclays (960) 7 years ago

Jennifer Lawrence as well.

[–] R_Kane (15828) 7 years ago

While Emma Peel is a cultural icon, the reality is that the fight choreography in The Avengers was lame. Diana made it look good with her acting. Her martial arts chops were very girl-of-the-60s, like those of Stephanie Powers/April Dancer's on The Girl From UNCLE.

I've no doubts that, with proper training, Diana WOULD have been badass, but badass is not what she in fact executed on The Avengers.

What she executed was world-class desirability and class.

[–] lovemovies (89) 7 years ago

Sigourney Weaver (Alien, Galaxy Quest)
Linda Hamilton (Terminator 2)
Angelina Jolie (Tomb Raider, Salt)
Emily Blunt (Edge of Tomorrow, Sicario)
Kate Beckinsale (Underworld)
Geena Davis (The Long Kiss Goodnight)
Zi-Yi Zhang (Crouching Tiger, Rush Hour, The Grandmaster)
Uma Thurman (Kill Bill, My Super Ex-Girlfriend)

[–] actionkamen (23176) 7 years ago

Good picks!