Female action heroes are having a moment. Once the exclusive big-screen domain of he-men like Arnold Schwarzenegger and ...

The Top 20 Female Action Heroes. Lt. Ellen Ripley - The Aliens Series It was a miracle that Ellen Ripley even survived the first Alien movie.In James Cameron's sequel, she finally fought back ...

With Women Of Action, Caroline Siede digs into the history of women-driven action movies to explore what these stories say about gender and how depictions of female action heroes have evolved over ...

The Female Action Hero is much more rare. Like Eve, she was born out of her relationship to her male counterparts, and held to such narrow expectations that we have few successful examples.

Robert Rodriguez has signed  to direct Universal's "Barbarella," but have other female-led action pics like "Elektra," "Aeon Flux" and "Catwoman" that sunk at the boxoffice shown that the ...

Katniss Everdeen’s triumphs extend beyond the Quarter Quell and the global box office: she has guaranteed the future of the female action hero. Not that this was in much doubt, even before The ...

With Women Of Action, Caroline Siede digs into the history of women-driven action movies to explore what these stories say about gender and how depictions of female action heroes have evolved over ...

Jennifer Lawrence shared her thoughts on the history of female-led action movies in a new interview, but the “Hunger Games” star is getting some flack for not quite getting it right.

Spider-Man could use any one of these 5 female Marvel characters as a live-action ally. By Victoria Male. May 22, 2025, 2:00pm. Comments. Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X; ...