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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). | ||
* [[Wonder Woman]] | * [[Wonder Woman]] | ||
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==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]" | ||
* [[List of female superheroes]] | |||
[[Category:Lists]] | [[Category:Lists]] | ||
[[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).
- 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 "The Bionic Woman"
- Sydney Bristow in "Alias"
- Wu Yen in "Wu Yen" (aka "Chung Mo Yim")
- Catwoman
- Elektra
- 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
... many many more
Further reading
- Action Heroine Blog-a-Thon, June 12, 2007, at "Film Experience Blog"
- List of female superheroes