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This is a list of action heroines; female characters who play the leading or key roles in SF [[action adventure genre|action adventure stories]] — usually film, TV, games, and comics. | This is a list of action heroines; female characters who play the leading or key roles in SF [[action adventure genre|action adventure stories]] — usually film, TV, games, and comics. Action heroines are distinguished from [[superheroines]]: action heroines do not necessarily have superpowers, and superheroines are not necessarily action-oriented (although more often than not they are). | ||
== The List == | |||
* [[Wonder Woman]] | * [[Wonder Woman]] | ||
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* [[Faith Lehane]] in "[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]" | * [[Faith Lehane]] in "[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]" | ||
* [[Kendra (slayer)|Kendra]] in "[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]" | * [[Kendra (slayer)|Kendra]] in "[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]" | ||
* [[Jaime Sommers]] in "[[The Bionic Woman]]" | * [[Jaime Sommers]] in various incarnations of "[[Bionic Woman|The Bionic Woman]]" | ||
* [[Sydney Bristow]] in "[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]" | * [[Sydney Bristow]] in "[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]" | ||
* [[Wu Yen]] in "[[Wu Yen]]" (aka "Chung Mo Yim") | * [[Wu Yen]] in "[[Wu Yen]]" (aka "Chung Mo Yim") | ||
* [[Catwoman]] | * [[Catwoman]] | ||
* [[Elektra]] | * [[Elektra (Marvel)|Elektra]] - Marvel Comics' Elektra, from "[[Elektra (film)|Elektra]]" and "[[Daredevil (film)|Daredevil]]" | ||
* [[River Tam]] in "[[Serenity (film)|Serenity]]" | * [[River Tam]] in "[[Serenity (film)|Serenity]]" | ||
* [[Zoe Alleyne]] in "[[Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]" and "[[Serenity (film)|Serenity]]" | * [[Zoe Alleyne]] in "[[Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]" and "[[Serenity (film)|Serenity]]" | ||
* [[Selene (vampire)|Selene]] in "[[Underworld (film)|Underworld]]" and "[[Underworld: Evolution]]" | * [[Selene (vampire)|Selene]] in "[[Underworld (film)|Underworld]]" and "[[Underworld: Evolution]]" | ||
* [[Violet (Ultraviolet)|Violet]] in "[[Ultraviolet (film)|Ultraviolet]]" | |||
* [[Alice (Resident Evil)|Alice]] in the "[[Resident Evil]]" films | |||
* [[Sara Pezzini]] in ''[[Witchblade]]'' | |||
* [[Lian Nichang]] in [[The Bride with White Hair]] | |||
* [[Tank Girl]] | |||
... many many more | ... many many more | ||
==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||
* [http://filmexperience.blogspot.com/2007/06/action-heroine-hq.html Action Heroine Blog-a-Thon], June 12, 2007, at "[http://filmexperience.blogspot.com/ Film Experience Blog]" | * [http://filmexperience.blogspot.com/2007/06/action-heroine-hq.html Action Heroine Blog-a-Thon], June 12, 2007, at "[http://filmexperience.blogspot.com/ Film Experience Blog]" ([http://filmexperience.blogspot.com/2007/04/action-hero-heroine-new-blog-thon.html announcement]) | ||
* [[List of female superheroes]] | |||
* ''The Action Heroine's Handbook'' by Jennifer Worick and Joe Borgenicht (2003) ISBN 1931686688, ISBN 978-1931686686 | |||
* Angela Waldrop, [http://pages.emerson.edu/organizations/fas/latent_image/issues/2001-05/heroine.htm The Portrayal of the High Kicking Action Heroine: Across Space, Format, and Theories], ''Latent Image: A Student Journal of Film Criticism'' (Summer 2001) | |||
* [[Yvonne Tasker]]. ''Spectacular Bodies: Gender, Genre, and the Action Cinema''. Routledge Press, London, NY. 1993. | |||
* [http://www.girlswithguns.org/ GirlsWithGuns.org] | |||
[[Category:Lists]] | [[Category:Lists of female characters]] | ||
[[Category:Action-adventure genre]] | [[Category:Action-adventure genre]] | ||
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This is a list of action heroines; female characters who play the leading or key roles in SF action adventure stories — usually film, TV, games, and comics. Action heroines are distinguished from superheroines: action heroines do not necessarily have superpowers, and superheroines are not necessarily action-oriented (although more often than not they are).
The List
- Wonder Woman
- Buffy Summers (aka "Buffy the Vampire Slayer")
- Ellen Ripley in the Alien series
- Sarah Connor in the Terminator series
- Elizabeth Swann in the Pirates of the Caribbean series
- Lara Croft
- Xena in Xena: Warrior Princess
- Gabrielle in Xena: Warrior Princess
- Trinity in the Matrix series
- Storm (Ororo Munro in The X-Men
- Yu Shu-lien in the Crane-Iron series (including the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
- Jen Yu in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
- Emma Peel (in The Avengers")
- Max Guevara in "Dark Angel"
- Mace Mason in "Strange Days"
- Faith Lehane in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
- Kendra in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
- Jaime Sommers in various incarnations of "The Bionic Woman"
- Sydney Bristow in "Alias"
- Wu Yen in "Wu Yen" (aka "Chung Mo Yim")
- Catwoman
- Elektra - Marvel Comics' Elektra, from "Elektra" and "Daredevil"
- River Tam in "Serenity"
- Zoe Alleyne in "Firefly" and "Serenity"
- Selene in "Underworld" and "Underworld: Evolution"
- Violet in "Ultraviolet"
- Alice in the "Resident Evil" films
- Sara Pezzini in Witchblade
- Lian Nichang in The Bride with White Hair
- Tank Girl
... many many more
Further reading
- Action Heroine Blog-a-Thon, June 12, 2007, at "Film Experience Blog" (announcement)
- List of female superheroes
- The Action Heroine's Handbook by Jennifer Worick and Joe Borgenicht (2003) ISBN 1931686688, ISBN 978-1931686686
- Angela Waldrop, The Portrayal of the High Kicking Action Heroine: Across Space, Format, and Theories, Latent Image: A Student Journal of Film Criticism (Summer 2001)
- Yvonne Tasker. Spectacular Bodies: Gender, Genre, and the Action Cinema. Routledge Press, London, NY. 1993.
- GirlsWithGuns.org