Well, Angelina Jolie has been the go-to gal for action movies...;)
Always with the typecasting. It's called acting. The last actress to do the role credit (in a mid 80s TV miniseries) was a childrens TV presenter.
Noni Hazelhurst was a few inches shorter, but in appearance, she and Nancy could have been mother and daughter
Angelina may have the height right, but for the role today, I'd have Gigi Edgley (Nancy's exact 1944 age height 32 5'7") dye her hair.