List of female action heroes and villains
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The following is a list of fictional female action heroes.
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Characters
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Animation
- Atomic Betty
- Cutie Honey
- Lana Kane from Archer
- Okoi, Akeginu from Basilisk
- Kagero from Ninja Scroll
- Katara, Toph, Suki, and Avatar Kyoshi of Avatar: The Last Airbender, Korra from The Legend of Korra
- Mireille Bouquet and Kirika Yuumura from Noir
- Abba from Asterix and the Vikings
- Motoko Kusanagi of Ghost in the Shell
- Princess in Battle of the Planets (equivalent to Jun in Gatchaman)
- Revy from Black Lagoon
- Marlene Angel from Blue Gender
- Modesty Blaise
- Lucy Wilde from Despicable Me 2
- Ororo Munroe (Storm) from the X-Men: The Animated Series
- Princess Knight from Choppy and the Princess
- Cybersix from Cybersix
- Lady Jaye from G.I. Joe
- Scarlett from G.I. Joe
- Sawa from Kite and Kite Liberator
- Mikura Suzuki from Mezzo Forte and Mezzo DSA
- Pandy from Dead Leaves
- Nya from Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu
- Natilie Breez from the Lego TV series Hero Factory
- Faye Valentine from Cowboy Bebop
- Yoko from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
- The Powerpuff Girls: Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup
- Makina Hoshimura from Corpse Princess
- San from Princess Mononoke
- Excel and Hyatt from Excel Saga
- Poemi from Puni Puni Poemy
- Sailor Moon (and several other Sailor Soldiers) from Sailor Moon
- Casca from Berserk (anime)
- Sam, Clover and Alex from Totally Spies!
- Teela from He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
- She-Ra (and companions) from She-Ra: Princess of Power
- Raven and Starfire from Teen Titans
- Cheetara in ThunderCats
- Princess Allura from Voltron
- Kim Possible
- Saber from Fate/stay night
- Juniper Lee
- Shana from Shakugan no Shana
- Kallen Stadtfeld from Code Geass
- Sakura Kinomoto from Cardcaptor Sakura
- Fa Mulan From Mulan
- Mai Tokiha, Natsuki Kuga, Mikoto Minagi from Mai-HiME / Mai Otome
- Gwen Tennyson from Ben 10 series.
- The Knight Sabers from Bubblegum Crisis & Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040
- Kagome, Kikyo, Sango, and Kagura from Inuyasha
- Miss Martian and Artemis Crock from Young Justice
- Wonder Woman
- Jayna of the Wonder Twins.
- Utena Tenjou from Revolutionary Girl Utena
- Sally Acorn, Bunnie Rabbot, and Dulcy the Dragon from Sonic the Hedgehog (TV Series)
- Princess Nausicaa from Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
- Balsa in Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
- Fujiko Mine in Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
- Mukuro of Yu Yu Hakusho
- Android 18 of Dragon Ball Z
- Lucy in Elfen Lied
- The Claymores from Claymore
- Panty & Stocking from Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
- Turanga Leela from Futurama
- Arcee from Transformers: Prime
- Tsunade from Naruto
- Deunan Knute from Appleseed
- Jenny Wakeman/ XJ-9 from My Life as a Teenage Robot
- Maka Albarn,Tsubaki Nakatsukasa,Liz and Patty Thompson from Soul Eater
- WordGirl/Becky Botsford from WordGirl
- Ahsoka Tano from Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)
- Wyldstyle/Lucy from The LEGO Movie
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Film
- Nyoka the Jungle Girl in serials Jungle Girl (1941) and Perils of Nyoka (1942)
- Mikaela Banes in Transformers and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
- Black Widow (Natalia Romanova) in The Avengers and Iron Man 2.
- Alice from the Resident Evil films
- Batgirl from Batman and Robin
- Catwoman from Catwoman, Batman Returns, The Dark Knight Rises
- Ellen Ripley from the Alien series
- Trinity from The Matrix series
- Coffy from Coffy
- Foxy Brown from Foxy Brown
- Roma from Don (film series)
- Selene from Underworld
- Sheba Shayne from Sheba Baby
- Friday Foster from Friday Foster
- Thana in Ms. 45
- Inspector Jessica Yang in Supercop
- Barbara Meredith from Zorro's Black Whip
- Rita Arnold from The Tiger Woman
- Elektra from Daredevil and its spin-off
- Nikita from La Femme Nikita
- Modesty Blaise
- Beatrix Kiddo from Kill Bill
- Alex Munday, Natalie Cook and Dylan Sanders from Charlie's Angels
- Mathilda from The Professional
- Æon and Sithandra from Æon Flux
- Pauline in the movie serial The Perils of Pauline
- Hanna Heller from Hanna
- Sarah Connor from the Terminator franchise
- Princess Leia Organa and Padme Amidala from Star Wars
- Evelyn Salt from Salt
- Violet Song jat Shariff from Ultraviolet
- Flying Snow and Moon from Hero
- Yu Shu Lien and Jen Yu from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- Yau Mo-yan from New Dragon Gate Inn
- Ching, Tun and Chat from The Heroic Trio
- Lulu Wong, also known as Silver Hawk, from Silver Hawk
- Zen from Chocolate
- Yim Wing Chun from Wing Chun
- Golden Swallow from Come Drink With Me and Golden Swallow
- China O'Brien from China O'Brien and China O'Brien II
- Cataleya Restrepo from Colombiana
- Slim Hiller from Enough
- Diana Guzman from Girlfight
- Luz from Machete
- Rei from the Zero Woman series
- Etain from Centurion
- Yuki Kashima from Lady Snowblood 1 and 2
- Elizabeth Swann from Pirates of the Caribbean film series
- Madeleine in Thriller: A Cruel Picture
- Supergirl from Supergirl (film)
- Quorra from Tron: Legacy
- Babydoll from Sucker Punch
- Storm from X-Men
- Leeloo from The Fifth Element
- Abigail Whistler from Blade: Trinity
- Lisbeth Salander from The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
- Elizabeth Shaw from Prometheus
- Hit-Girl from Kick-Ass
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Literature
- Aeron Aoibhell of The Keltiad series novels The Silver Branch, The Copper Crown and The Throne of Scone by Patricia Kennaely
- Esther of Book of Esther Holy Bible, various translations
- Éowyn of The Lord of The Rings series
- Anita Blake in Guilty Pleasures
- Hit-Girl in the comic Kick-Ass
- Molly Millions in Neuromancer and "Johnny Mnemonic"
- Daenerys Targaryen of A Song Of Ice And Fire series
- V.I. Warshawski in a series of novels and short stories
- Mara Jade Skywalker
- Annabeth Chase of the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series.
- Brienne of Tarth of A Song Of Ice And Fire series
- Katniss Everdeen and Johanna Mason of The Hunger Games series.
- Alanna of Trebond of The Song of the Lioness series.
- Tris Prior of the "Divergent" trilogy.
- Lisbeth Salander of Millennium series
- Kate Daniels of Kate Daniels series
- Asha Greyjoy of A Song Of Ice And Fire series
- Hermione Granger of Harry Potter series
- Lucy Pevensie of Chronicles of Narnia series
- Alyss Heart of The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor
- Silk Spectre of Watchmen
- Victoria Brennan of the Virals series
- Arya Stark of A Song Of Ice And Fire series
- Sara Pezzini in the Witchblade comic books and TV series
- Piper McLean and Hazel Levesque in the The Heroes of Olympus series.
- Lauren Olamina in Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents
- Danica Shardae from Hawksong
- Michonne and Andrea from The Walking Dead
- Paksenarrion of The Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon
- Power Girl, of various DC Comics titles.
- Thalia Grace and Annabeth Chase of Percy Jackson & The Olympians series
- Huang Rong of The Legend of the Condor Heroes and The Return of the Condor Heroes
- Xiaolongnü (literally "Little Dragon Maiden") of The Return of the Condor Heroes
- Ren YingYing of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer
- Maximum Ride of the Maximum Ride series
- Modesty Blaise
- Althea Vestrit from the Liveship Traders Trilogy
- Vin in the Mistborn series
- Multiple characters in The Wheel of Time
- Viridiana Sovari from the Night Angel trilogy
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Television
- Honey West from Honey West (1965 TV series)
- Buffy Summers and Faith Lehane from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Christy Love from Get Christy Love!
- Starbuck from the reimagined Battlestar Galactica series
- Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King from The Avengers
- Purdey from The New Avengers
- Hu San-Niang from The Water Margin
- Piper Halliwell, Phoebe Halliwell, Prudence_Halliwell, and Paige Matthews from CharmedTemplate:Citation needed
- Amelia Pond, Zoe, Leela, Romana, Ace, Rose Tyler, River Song, Donna Noble, Martha Jones and others from Doctor Who
- Gwen Cooper from Torchwood
- Mia, Yuko, and other elves from Mia and Me
- Max Guevera from the Dark Angel TV series
- Doña María Teresa (Tessa) Alvarado from Queen of Swords
- Sydney Bristow from Alias (TV series, 2001–2006)Template:Citation needed
- Xena and Gabrielle from Xena: Warrior Princess and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
- Susan Ivanova, Delenn and Elizabeth Lochley from Babylon 5
- Kathryn Janeway, Seven of Nine and B'Elanna Torres from Star Trek: Voyager
- Kira Nerys and Jadzia Dax from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- Fiona Glenanne from Burn Notice
- Abby Maitland from Primeval
- Caitlin ToddTemplate:Citation needed and Ziva David from NCIS
- Kensi Marie Blye from NCIS: Los Angeles
- Cameron from Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
- River Tam and Zoe Washburne from Firefly and Serenity
- Choi Seung-hee and Kim Sun-hwa from IRIS
- Yoon Hye-in and Han Jae-hui from Athena: Goddess of War
- Ji Soo-yeon and Kim Yeon-hwa from IRIS 2
- Sarah Walker (Chuck) from Chuck
- Helena Kyle/Huntress, Barbara Gordon/Oracle, Dinah Redmond (née Dinah Lance) from Birds of Prey
- Samantha Carter, astrophysicist from Stargate SG-1
- Teyla Emmagan from Stargate Atlantis
- Olivia Dunham, FBI special agent with Fringe Division in Fringe
- Dana Scully, FBI special agent in The X-Files
- Jaime Sommers from 1970s TV series The Bionic Woman
- Andrea Thomas/Isis from the 1970s TV series The Secrets of Isis
- Wilma Deering from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
- Kimberly and Trini from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
- Allison Argent from Teen Wolf
- Elena Gilbert, Bonnie Bennett, Katherine Pierce, Caroline Forbes and Rebekah Mikaelson from The Vampire Diaries
- Jo Harvelle, Ellen Harvelle, Ruby, Bela Talbot and others from Supernatural
- Nikita and Alexandra Udinov and others from the 1997–2001 series and the 2010–2013 series Nikita (the former was also titled La Femme Nikita)
- Kahlan Amnell and Cara Mason from Legend of the Seeker
- Cordelia Chase and Winifred Burkle from Angel
- Aeryn Sun from Farscape
- Felicity Smoak, Laurel Lance, Sara Lance and Shado from Arrow
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Video games
- Sylvanas Windrunner and Jaina Proudmoore from World of Warcraft series
- Chun-Li from Street Fighter series
- Lara Croft from Tomb Raider series
- Samus Aran from the Metroid series
- Chell from the Portal series
- Jade from Beyond Good & Evil
- Lightning from Final Fantasy XIII and its sequels XIII-2 and Lightning Returns
- Cate Archer from The Operative: No One Lives Forever
- Faith from Mirror's Edge
- Ellie Langford from Dead Space 2
- Female Hawke from Dragon Age II
- Female Commander Shepard, Ashley Williams, Liara T'Soni, Tali'Zorah Nar Rayya, Miranda Lawson, Jack, Kasumi Goto, Samara and Morinth from the Mass Effect series
- Nariko and Kai from Heavenly Sword
- Bayonetta from the video game of the same name.
- Zoey from Left 4 Dead
- Rochelle from Left 4 Dead 2
- Alyx Vance from Half Life 2
- Hibana from Nightshade
- Carmelita Fox from Sly Cooper
- Giana and Maria from Giana Sisters
- Delphine from Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Jill from Jill of the Jungle
- The Vinyl Goddess from Mars from Vinyl Goddess from Mars
- Tyris Flare from the Golden Axe series
- The Valkyrie from Gauntlet
- Jill Valentine, Claire Redfield, Ada Wong, Rebecca Chambers, Sheva Alomar from the Resident Evil series
- Bastila Shan from Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and her descendant Satele Shan from Star Wars: The Old Republic
- Elena Fisher and Chloe Frazer from the Uncharted series
- April Ryan from The Longest Journey and (with counterparts) in Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
- Nina Kalenkov from the Secret Files: Tunguska series
- Rayne from BloodRayne
- Juliet Starling from Lollipop Chainsaw
- The Scythian from Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
- Joanna Dark from Perfect Dark
- Lara Croft from Tomb Raider
- Konoko from Oni
- Maki Genryusai from Final Fight 2
- Lucia from Final Fight 3
- Ellie from The Last of Us
- Alicia Claus from Bullet Witch
- Manon Batiste from Medal of Honor: Underground
- Blaze Fielding from the Streets of Rage series
- Aya Brea from Parasite Eve
- Rubi Malone from Wet
- Violette Summer from Velvet Assassin
- Heather Mason from Silent Hill 3
- Regina from Dino Crisis 1 and 2
- Momohime from Muramasa: The Demon Blade
- Mace Daniels and Alana McKendricks from Fighting Force
- Hana Tsu-Vachel from Fear Effect 1 and 2
- Vanessa Z. Schneider from P.N.03
- Vela from Jet Force Gemini
- Danielle Fireseed from Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion
- Kate Wilson from Hydrophobia
- Kat and Raven from Gravity Rush
- Nilin from Remember Me
- Elizabeth Comstock, a.k.a. Anna DeWitt, from BioShock Infinite
- Milla Maxwell from Tales of Xillia
- Alicia Melchiott, Brigette "Rosie" Stark, and Isara Gunther from Valkyria Chronicles
- Reimi Saionji, Myuria Tionysus, Sarah Jerand, Lymle, and Meracle from Star Ocean: The Last Hope
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See also
- Buffy studies
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer in popular culture
- Joan of Arc in film
- List of superheroines
- List of female supervillains
- Woman warrior
- Xena: Warrior Princess in popular culture
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