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any roles where she isn't "the tough bitch who can beat up everybody"?


every role i've seen her in she is acting that part. i've only seen her in 3 roles:lost, resident evil and girlfight. she pretty much played the same character in all of these roles.

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She always plays badasses because, well, she's a badass in real life, thus she's really convincing at it, thus whenever a script has a character like you're describing they usually call her. It's called typecasting, it's how the business works, don't knock her for it. One role where she sort of played against type was her character on Lost. I mean, for the most part her character was the usual tough-as-nails b*tch, but she was allowed to suggest some masked vulnerability, and she even had a scene where she broke down and cried. That was actually the first thing I saw her in, and it was that role that made me like her and convinced me she was a good actress. It's too bad she doesn't get offered more roles like that, though.

EDIT: D'oh! You mentioned Lost! Sorry I didn't read more carefully. While I agree that her role on Lost was pretty much the same as those other ones, it wasn't exactly the same for the reasons above.

Must dash. I forgot to feed my wombat.

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how is she a badass in real life? what did she do?

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she can kick really high

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lolz

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So you’re saying that she’s a 1-note bitch who can’t act. I agree.

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In one of the Resident Evil movies, she's back and is a regular person. She's a teacher in Milton's Secret and, while I haven't seen it, I doubt she kills anyone.

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That's what she said.

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She always plays badasses because, well, she's a badass in real life,

Citations please. That just make her the one-note actress she has always been since she started.

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She plays an average boring teacher in Milton's problem

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Blue Crush she was there as a friend because she wasn't as good a surfer as the blond girl.

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Crisis (2021). She has a small role as DEA Supervisor. She plays the bureaucratic boss who wants to shutdown the big bust before it happens, but not in a tough way.

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