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Any positive female role models characters on tv, comic books or movies?

The role model does not have to be from this generation, but she has to be smart, independent, not relaying on men, brave, etc.

I already know about:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, CatWoman, Batgirl,BatWoman,Charlie's Angels, Wonder Woman, GoGirl, Nancy Drew, Nikita, Veronica Mars and Xena: Warrior Princess.

Therefore i need new names. Thanks, in advance

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    TV:

    don't forget the other strong women in Buffy-- like Willow

    and those on Angel-- Cordelia, Fred, Illyria

    Huntress, Oracle and Black Canary from Birds of Prey.

    Brennan from Bones

    Captain Janeway, Seven of Nine, and Kes from Star Trek Voyager

    Deanna Troi and the doctors from Star Trek Next Generation

    Max from Dark Angel

    The "angels" in Charlie's Angels

    Liz, Isabelle, and Tess from Roswell

    Daisy from the Dukes of Hazzard

    The Halliwell sisters from Charmed

    Sam from Stargate SG-1

    Jaime from Bionic Woman

    Morticia and Wednesday from Addams Family

    Sam from Bewitched

    Jeannie from I Dream of Jeannie

    Olivia from Law and Order SVU

    Wonder Woman

    Sydney from Alias

    Marge and Lisa from the Simpsons

    Scully from X-Files

    River and the rest from Firefly

    The women of Farscape

    the women of Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda, especially Trance Gemini

    The women of

    Movies:

    Mulan

    The "angels" in Charlie's Angels

    Lara Croft from Tombraider

    All the women in Coyote Ugly

    Mina from League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

    Hermoine from Harry Potter

    Charlie in Firestarter

    Hit Girl in Kick-A$$

    Lisbeth Salander (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo)

    The Bride, GoGo, and the rest in Kill Bill

    The women in Underworld

    Trinity from Matrix

    Alice from Alice in Wonderland

    Alice from Resident Evil

    The women of Buffalo Girls

    V. I, Warshowski

    Pippi from Pippi Longstocking

    Mary from Mary Poppins

    The women in X-Men

    Jessie in Toy Story

    Ofelia from Pan's Labryinth

    Sarah from Labryinth

    The women of the Chronicles of Narnia movies

    Kiki from Kiki's Delivery Service

    Clarice from Silence of the Lambs

    Carrie from Carrie

    Catwoman

    Elektra

    Matilda

    Jackie Brown

    Coffy

    Foxy

    Christine Love from Get Christine Love

    the ladies of the Star Wars movies

    Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz

    Ripley from the Alien movies

    Erin Brockovich

    Cassie in Murder by Numbers

    the ladies in Sucker Punch

    Tinker Bell and her friends

    Rapunzel from Tangled

    Comics:

    Catwoman

    Supergirl

    Batgirl

    the women in X-Men

    the women in Fables

    Wonder Woman

    Death in Sandman

    Emily the Strange

    Courtney Crumrin

    There are plenty more, but these are some of my favorites.

  • Rose D
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    TV:

    Sarah Connor (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles)

    Starbuck and President Roslin (Battlestar Galactica)

    Olivia Dunham (Fringe)

    Snow White, Ruby, Emma, Regina (Once Upon A Time)

    Sydney Bristow (Alias)

    Dana Scully (The X-Files)

    Comic Books:

    She-Hulk

    Ms Marvel

    Black Widow

    Oracle

    Black Bat (Cassandra Cain)

    Spoiler (Stephanie Brown)

    Power Girl

    Huntress

    Sue Storm Richards

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    Echo - Dollhouse (After the first season when she actually she becomes a person and the mind-wiping no longer works on her. You gotta love sci-fi) Ororo aka Storm - The X-Men Leslie Knope - Parks and Recreation - Even though she's a little goofy, she's a very strong woman Natalia Romanoff aka The Black Widow Amy Pond - Doctor Who Kate Bishop - The female Hawkeye Not just Buffy but pretty much any female in that cast, Willow, Joyce (Buffy's mom), Faith (After she's reformed), and even Cordelia Chase becomes incredibly strong and intelligent by the time her character completely develops in seasons 3 and 4 of Angel. Kara Thrace aka Starbuck - Battlestar Glactica (2004) Dana Scully - The X-Files Kaylee Frye - Firefly Zoe Washburne - Firefly Inara Serra - Firefly River Tam - Firefly Trinity - The Matrix Sarah Jane Smith - Doctor Who and The Sarah Jane Adventures Emma Swan - Once Upon a Time Mary Margaret Blanchard/Snow White - Once Upon a Time River Song - Dr. Who I'm sure there's more I'm missing. Pretty much any women created by Joss Whedon or Steven Moffat is going to fit into this category. I can already tell the new companion Moffat's going to introduce to Dr. Who is going to the fit the category by the little bit we got to know her in the first episode of season 7.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Charlie from Revolution

    Nancy Drew

    Katniss Everdeen from the Hunger Games

    Elizabeth Proctor from the Crucible

    Tris from Divergent

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Haruhi Fujioka from Ouran Highschool Hostclub (Japanese comic book/cartoon) is a very strong, very independent female character. Warning: She looks like a boy most of the time, due to the plot. The plot makes it seem like a romance, but that's mostly for fans; it's got a lot of morals in the comics and show,

  • 9 years ago

    Sarah Connor - Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Captain Janeway from Star Trek Voyager

    Edit (thought of more):

    Timoney from U.S. version of Prime Suspect (I haven't seen the U.K. version so I don't know if the name of the character is the same)

    Brennan from Bones

    Mulan from Mulan

  • 9 years ago

    Audrey hepburn

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    She-ra (He-man's sister), Miss Kitty (Gunsmoke)

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