Can be from any kind of media.
For me it’s Margot from The Magicians (which is interesting because in the books she is anything but) and Jesse Faden from Control.
Adding my vote for Ellen Ripley.
There are others that come to mind from more obscure movies I’ve watched more recently, like the women in Grandma (2015), Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020), and even Men (2022), also non-fictional women like those in Kokomo City (2023). There are so many more I can picture in my mind but can’t put my finger on the movie and or am just shit with names so I can’t think of them right now, but might come back to update.
Literally the first name that popped into my head when I saw the question. There are plenty of other good choices, but she has to be near the top of any list.
Incidentally… am I having federation issues? This is the only comment I see mentioning Ripley. I see 11 comments currently…
Incidentally… am I having federation issues? This is the only comment I see mentioning Ripley. I see 11 comments currently…
I see 36 comments, mine and 3 others mention Ripley, so yeah, probably a federation issue.
Linda Hamilton - Terminator
I had to say something different, because I would have said Ripley first.
+1 for each of those, and i’ll add clarice starling, uhura, michael burnham, Evelyn Quan Wang (everything everywhere all at once), helen lyle (candyman)
Captain Janeway from Voyager ❤️
I was a young child in a Trekkie house when that show aired. I think that helped me think of women in authority as just a normal thing.
She’s strong, but is anybody who loves coffee that much truly independent?
I’m addicted to coffee so I understand her very much.
Samantha Carter from Stargate SG1
I rewatch that series every few years, it’s awesome, in no small part thanks to Sam.
Ellen Ripley from the Alien series.
Lieutenant Ellen Ripley.
Captain/Admiral Kathryn Janeway
Trillian from hitchhikers guide to the galaxy. People see the book as satire but she really knew where her towel was.
Kim Wexler from Better Call Saul 😍
I came here to mention her. She should be a case study on how to write believable, badass and strong characters
Totally agree. She feels like a Dostoevsky character. Not a character, at all, just…a person. Totally believable.
Ripley
Couldn’t tell you why, but my mind went straight to Wonder Woman.
Conditioning.
Ripley
First: Diana Prince
Best: Leslie Knope
My first thought: “Princess Diana was a real person.”
Derp
Aloy from the Horizon games was my first thought.
Major Matoko Kusanagi from the Ghost in the Shell series.