Strong Female Characters

Abigail Baker

Blue Bloods

"I've gone from being a detective to Miss Moneypenny"

Dana Scott

Suits

"Harvey, I'm not a 14-year-old girl. I don't get my ideas from movies."

Lucy Preston

Timeless

"Nobody decides our future but us."

Megan Hunt

Grey's Anatomy

"Life happens. People are imperfect. We fail and we fall, and some of us get kidnapped for a decade, and when we get a second chance at life and happiness, we seize it, regardless of who cheated! Because now we know what matters. Because now we know what's precious. Because now we know that any tiny little moment of happiness that we can grab onto in this lifetime is a moment worth having, regardless of what anyone else thinks."

Bobbi Morse

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

"The lives of the many outweigh the life of one."

Jaye Burnett/Lady Jaye

G.I. Joe: Retaliation

"He didn't believe in female soldiers. I finally asked him why. He said he didn't want to put his life in the hands of a woman. I enlisted the next day. Spent the next seven years trying to outrank him so he'd have to salute me."

Ms. Perkins

John Wick

"You were always a pussy."

Toni Walsh

Red Dawn

"Yes, we've heard of them. Are you here to help them out?"

Annabeth Chase

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief & Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

"Did you really think it would be that easy? My mother is goddess of wisdom and battle strategy. Do you know what that means? I always win."

Blake Gaines

San Andreas

"We have to get that out of there. This is gonna hurt. Are you ready?"

Carol Marcus

Star Trek Into Darkness

"I am ashamed to be your daughter!"

Mary Walker

Iron Fist

"They kept me in a concrete box, Joy. And took me out to question me. More often rape me. Torture me. Make me watch while they killed the rest of my squad. And then, after 22 months, I was freed. I always thought Mary convinced someone to get her out. And she thought I fought my way out. Well, we were both wrong."

Alice Deane

Seventh Son

"To be no good at something bad is good."

Ava

Ex Machina

"Isn't it strange, to create something that hates you?"

Gabby Teller

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

"We may be engaged, but I'm my own woman!"

Heather Lee

Jason Bourne

"Then... he'll have to been put down"

Lara Croft

Tomb Raider

"You messed with the wrong family."

Cassandra Railly

12 Monkeys

"I don't have time for your crazy bullshit. There's too much at stake and my patience is gone."

Katrina Bennett

Suits

"Rapist, murderer; these are the kinds of people I'm used to dealing with. And you know where they are? Spending the rest of their lives realizing that I wasn't just a pretty face."

Lois Lane

DC Extended Universe

"There are heroes among us. Not to make us feel smaller, but to remind us of what makes us great."

Elise Clifton-Ward

The Tourist

"Women don't like questions."

Evelyn Salt

Salt

"Like me? None. Like him? More than you or I can handle alone."

Fox

Wanted

"We don't know how far the ripples of our decisions go. We kill one, and maybe save a thousand"

Jane Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

"Who's your Daddy now?"

Lara Croft

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider & Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life

"I'm not leaving you because I couldn't kill you. I'm leaving you because I could."

Maleficent

Maleficent & Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

"This curse will last till the end of time! No power on Earth can change it!"

Sara 'Sway' Wayland

Gone in 60 Seconds

"What do you think is more exciting... having sex or stealing cars?"

Agent 99

Get Smart

"Inside there's a pill, if captured it will cause death in nine seconds."

Daphne Kluger

Ocean's Eight

"Uh, just, you know... smoother. Just a little bit of space, please. It was perfect. I just need it faster and more damaged. All right? Great."

Ella

Ella Enchanted

"I don't need your chivalry, thanks. And I have no intention of curtsying either, so you can forget it."

Grand High Witch

The Witches

"Oh, no? Who's gonna stop me? A feeble, stupid, sick woman like you?"

Mia Thermopolis

The Princess Diaries & The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

"I ask the members of Parliament to think about your daughters, your nieces, and sisters, and granddaughters, and ask yourselves: would you force them to do what you're trying to make me do? I believe I will be a great queen. I understand Genovia to be a land that combines the beauty of the past with all the best hope of the future. I feel in my heart and soul that I can rule Genovia. I... I love Genovia. Do you think that I would be up here in a wedding dress if I didn't? I stand here ready to take my place as your queen. Without a husband."

Mirana Marmoreal/The White Queen

Alice in Wonderland & Alice Through the Looking Glass

"It goes against my vows to harm any living creature."

Selina Kyle/Catwoman

The Dark Knight Rises

"I take what I need from those who have more than enough. I don't stand on the shoulders of those with less."

Nas Kamal

Blindspot

"I lost a battle so you could win the war."

Anna Kolcheck

NCIS: Los Angeles

"No one kills a guy that gives her multiple orgasms."

Sévérine

Skyfall

"Be careful what you wish for..."

Adaline Bowman

The Age of Adaline

"There you go again, putting your hand in places it doesn't belong."

Carol Ferris

The Green Lantern

"I see it. I always have. The ring didn't see that you were fearless. It saw that you had the ability to overcome fear. It saw that you're courageous. Which you are. Just like your dad"

Glenda

Hick

"Church is for brunettes."

Nancy

The Shallows

"Fuck you."

Serena van der Woodsen

Gossip Girl

"I'd ask you how you are, but I really don't care."

Erin Reagan

Blue Bloods

"It’s our responsibility to seek out justice, not just more convictions."

Susan Calvin

I, Robot

"We have to destroy it. I'll do it myself."

Claire Dearing

Jurassic Park Franchise

"Welcome to Jurassic World"

Victoria

Twilight Saga

"We'd play hide and seek sometimes. No one can hide like me. But no one can seek like James. Some games lasted for months, but we'd always get hungry for each other, so I'd let him find me… We never could get sick of each other. We would've had forever to try"

Natalie Cook

Charlie's Angels & Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

"Bring it on, bitch!"

Enchantress

Suicide Squad

"Why are you all here? Because the soldier led you? And all for Waller. Why do you serve those who cage you? I am your ally. And I know what you want. Exactly what you want."

Laureline

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

"Clearly you've never met a woman."

Vignette Stonemoss

Carnival Row

"I’ve cut down tougher things than you in the past five minutes."

Melisandre

Game of Thrones

"Death by fire is the purest death."

Emma Gaines

San Andreas

"You left my daughter alone? If you're not already dead, I'm going to fucking kill you."

Ingrid Cortez

Spy Kids, Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams & Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

"None that I can say in front of my children."

Karen Sisco

Karen Sisco

"Play the game, play the rules."

Sally Jupiter/Silk Spectre

Watchmen

"Things are tough all over, cupcake. It rains on the just and unjust alike."

Vera Gorski

Sucker Punch

"If you do not dance you have no purpose. And we don't keep things here that have no purpose. You see, your fight for survival starts right now. You don't want to be judged? You won't be. You don't think you're strong enough? You are. You're afraid. Don't be. You have all the weapons you need. Now fight."