Best movie heroine ever?

[grey_whiskers]

Perfect. :D

Yes, Dahling, I know.

[Kartographer]

You are both right!

Ripley
Sarah Connors

[deputytess]

Marion from RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK.

[petitfour]

Scarlett O’Hara

[snarkpup]

Yuki (from The Princess Blade) and Izuko (from Sky High), both played by Yumiko Shaku.

youtube.com/watch?v=-HztSLAZW1c

[Kartographer]

Eowyn

[Political Junkie Too]

Do I get bonus points for pairing them together two days ago in one of the The Last Jedi threads? :-D

I'm guessing that those Rey threads were the inspiration for this one?

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almost every action movie has the lead played by a woman...

Ellen Ripley and Sarah Connor were good, but those movies were from another time.

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-PJ

[Political Junkie Too]

Sandahl Bergman

She was very popular in the late 1970s.

She was a favorite of choreographer Bob Fosse, and was a featured dancer in the "Air-otica" scene in his movie All That Jazz. I'd post a link, but the scene is not safe for work.

-PJ

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Sharon Stone killing Gene Hackman.
“Jackie Brown” - Pam Grier and also in “Ghosts of Mars”.
Natasha Henstrich in “Ghosts of Mars”.
Jacqueline Bisset in anything.
Signourney Weaver - “Alien and Aliens”
Marjorie Mayne with a shotgun.
Cybil Shepard in “Moonlighting”. Hell, Cybil Shepard in anything.
Dale Rogers.
Marlena Dietrick in “Witness for the Prosecution”.
Grandma in “The Searchers”

[Paul R.]

Well... She was more a TV than movie character, but I would add Delenn from Babylon 5. She’s not the “warrior princess” type, but, I would not want to go up against her:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYloWBP79ro

“If you value your lives, be somewhere else.”

For my money, the compassionate / inner beauty side of her character is just as impressive. (I can’t find a You Tube link, but, for me, the “Don’t look away, captain” scene is simply as good as it gets”.)

[SirLurkedalot]

Blue Magic

[trebb]

Don’t forget Grace Jones in “A View to Kill” - she was tough!

[KC Burke]

In my youth, I had a “thing” for red heads.

[relictele]

Tiffany basically slept and stumbled her way through the film - she wasn’t very helpful on the oil rig - but looked mighty fine doing it.

[JLAGRAYFOX]

“Helena Bonham Carter”...”The Kings Speech”!!!

[lyby]

First one I thought of, too.
Marisa Tomei, My Cousin Vinny.
Also,
Holly Hunter, The Piano;
Meryl Streep, Sophie’s Choice;
Jamie Lee Curtis, A Fish Called Wanda;
Geraldine Page, The Trip to Bountiful;
Angelina Jolie, Girl Interrupted;
Olive (Abigail Breslin), Little Miss Sunshine;
...

Thank you for reminding me!!

[klgator]

Jessica Rabbit.