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)
Lt. Riza Hawkeye (Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
Major Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell - the 80’s movie and the anime series. Live action one needs to die in a fire)
Jo Lupo (Eureka)
Domino (Deadpool 2)
Go-go Tamago (Big Hero 6)
Mako Mori (Pacific Rim)
Golden Sparrow (Forbidden Kingdom)
Gamora and Nebula (Guardians of the Galaxy)
Evie (V for Vendetta)
Hela (Thor: Ragnarok)
Valkyrie (Thor: Ragnarok)
Molotov Girl/Millie (Free Guy)
Vaggie (Hazbin Hotel)
Cherri Bomb (Hazbin Hotel)
Carmilla Carmine (Hazbin Hotel)
Sypha Belnades (Castlevania)
Lisa Tepes (Castlevania)
Princess Mononoke
Sophie (Howl’s Moving Castle)
Kitty Pryde, Rogue, Storm, Jean Grey (X-men)
I could keep going all day. These are just the ones that come to mind without having to dig around my watched media for ideas.