Kick ass Females

Pretty much all the time, whether in real life or a movie, but here are some examples.

As Mai in Live Free or Die Hard


As Nikita


As Zhen Lei in MI3

As River Tam in Firefly/Serenity:



And Cameron in Terminator

As Selene in the Underworld movies:

As Faith in Buffy/Angel



And as Echo/Caroline in Dollhouse

As Sarah Walker in Chuck:

As Elle in Heroes



As Veronica Mars

As Rocket in Sucker Punch:


As Johanna Mason in The Hunger Games series:

As Aisha in The Losers:


As Cataleya Restrepo in Columbiana:

As Phoenix in X3

As Sydney Bristow in Alias

As Baby Doll in Sucker Punch:

As Lindsey Farris in MI3

As Helena Kyle/Huntress in Birds of Prey

As Natalie Rushman / Natasha Romanoff / The Black Widow in Ironman 2:

As Xena in Xena: Warrior Princess

As Leeloo in The Fifth Element


By popular demand
As Alice in Resident Evil

As Aeon Flux in movie of the same name:

As Zoe Washburne in Firelfy/Serenity:

As Buffy Summers in Buffy The Vampire Slayer

As Illyria in Angel:

As Sweet Pea in Sucker Punch:

As Sierra in Dollhouse

As Sonja in Underworld: Rise of the Lycans:

As Lady Deathstrike in X-men:

As Temperence Brennan in Bones

As Blondie in Sucker Punch:

As Number 6 in I Am Number Four

As Hit Girl in Kick-Ass:

As Calisto in Xena: Warrior Princess

As Abigail Whistler in Blade: Trinity:

As Lady Sif in Thor

As Sarah Conner in Terminator

As Amber in Sucker Punch

As Fox in Wanted:

Due to popular demand
As Lt. Ellen Ripley in Alien

As Silk Spectre II in Watchmen


Suggested by Rylvan

As Ziva David on NCIS




Suggested by Moonlight

As Letty in The Fast and the Furious


As Trudy Chacon in Avatar


As Chris Sanchez in S.W.A.T.

As Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games

In Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

As Alex in Nikita