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There's way more than these two (i.imgur.com)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

My Latino parents saw me watching Kung Fu hustle and wanted to know if I was watching El Chavo del Ocho, Asian version cause of the neighborhood scenes

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Resident evil movies had quite a few.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Mulan (1998)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Allright, this is becoming my list of movies to go see (if I haven't already)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Support your Badass Women of Cinema!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Mrs Thatcher.

(JK)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Valeria (Conan The Barbarian), Zula (Conan The Destroyer)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Crystal, played by Betty Gilpin in the movie The Hunt (2020)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Rita Vrataski aka Full Metal Bitch from Edge of Tomorrow.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Alice (Resident Evil I, II, III, IV, V), Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace (Battlestar Galactica 2004-2009)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Misu from the blue eye samurai .

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Sofia Boutella, in any role she's had - Atomic Blonde, The Mummy Tom Cruise Upstages, Kingsman, etc.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

How could I forget about Lesley?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Any number of the female hunters from Supernatural.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Diana Rigg from The Avengers. Also from the best Bond movie of all time. Also from Game of Thrones, I suppose, although I've never watched that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I remember in the 90th Lady Dragon, Cynthia Rothrock, black belt in seven martial arts https://tube.kuylar.dev/watch?v=5FaU1XyyA6k

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Kanamori from "keep your hands off eizouken"

Maomao from "Aphotecary diaries"

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