75. Lisbeth Salander

Appearance: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo trilogy (2009), The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo remake (2011)

Creator: Stieg Larsson

Performer: Noomi Rapace, Rooney Mara

Defining moment: Her savage revenge on the sexually abusive probation worker, which includes tattooing, "I am a rapist pig" on his chest.

Fascinating fact: Larsson claimed that Salander was what he imagined Swedish children's book character Pippi Longstocking would be like as an adult.

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