Favorite strong leading ladies in movies/TV?

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12 Jan 2020, 11:36 am

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Scully of the X-Files

Definitely! Also, I'd say Stella Gibson from The Fall (also played by Gillian Anderson

) and I really love the Thirteenth Doctor on Doctor Who (Jodie Whittaker).

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12 Jan 2020, 11:41 am

Ruth Fisher, Claire Fisher, and Brenda Chenowith (Six Feet Under)

Sarah O'Connor (Ruth's sister), Six Feet Under

Rabbi Ari (Six Feet Under) :heart:

Bettina (Six Feet Under)

Melissa (sex worker), and Maggie Sibley (Six Feet Under)

Cristina Yang (Grey's Anatomy)

Amber Holt and Camille Braverman (Parenthood)

Carol Hathaway (ER)

Abby Lockhart (ER)

Melanie Wilkes and Ellen O'Hara (Gone with the Wind)

Josephine March and Marmee March (Little Women)

Laura Ingalls and Caroline Ingalls (Little House on the Prairie)

Mary Hatch Bailey (It's a Wonderful Life)

Scout (To Kill a Mockingbird)

Allison Reynolds (The Breakfast Club)

Carin Fisher (Patch Adams)

Harriet the Spy and Miss Golly (Harriet the Spy)

Jane Chapman (Big Little Lies)

Allison McBeal and Renee Raddick (Ally McBeal)

Brittany S Pierce and Emma Pillsbury (Glee)

Phoebe Buffay (Friends)

Alice Kramden (The Honeymooners) / Wilma Flintstone (Flintstones)

Edith Bunker (All in the Family)

Here's a tribute to my favourite leading ladies of Six Feet Under, the greatest show in television history:

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13 Jan 2020, 3:38 am

Mulan from Mulan

Belle from Beauty and the Beast

Anastasia from Anastasia

Katara from Avatar the Last Airbender

Toph from Avatar the Last Airbender

I'm an animated movie/show guy, so yeah this is my list.

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17 Jan 2020, 11:24 pm

I forgot one of my favourites!

I was absolutely besotted with Bailey Quarters from WKRP in Cincinnati. :heart:

She actually shaped my childhood because I respected her so much, and I wanted to be like her!

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18 Jan 2020, 3:47 am

Captain Olivia Benson - Law and Order SVU
Special Agent Maggie Bell - FBI
Julie Barnes - The Mod Squad
Marg Helgenberg, Jorja Fox - Crime Scene Investigation

Margaret - Liquid Sky
Ellen Ripley - Alien
Wendy - Please Stand By

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19 Jan 2020, 11:15 am

No idea in what ways she is considered strong (?) but Villanelle from Killing Eve.

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08 Feb 2020, 6:33 am

Nurse Jackie (both strong and weak).

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11 Feb 2020, 7:49 pm

Casey Gardner (Sam's sister), Atypical :heart:

Emma Thompson's character in Love Actually :heart:

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11 Feb 2020, 8:44 pm

It's an Urdu show but I like her character .. Sana in Ankahi ..
Super funny but becomes deep n mature over time.. The whole show becomes nuanced n beautiful as she matures..
Love the actress.
Also her character in Tanhaiyan.
Imo she was amazing the way she achieved her goals and stuck at it despite her stupid sister and friend and fought to walk etc
Mt fave part was when she had a nervous breakdown it was exactly like a real autistic meltdownfollowed by shutdown

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03 Mar 2020, 10:27 pm

Olivia Dunham - Fringe
Ripley - Alien
Maude - Maude
Katharine Hepburn (everything she did)
Captain Janeway - Voyager
Jess - New Girl
The Bride - Kill Bill

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03 Mar 2020, 10:34 pm

Dixie Leonard - For the Boys
Claire Randall - Outlander
Sarah - Orphan Black

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06 Mar 2020, 12:00 pm

Ripley in Alien, Erza from Fairy tail
I like Emma Thompson, Maggie Smith, Monica Bellucci or Helen Mirren in anything.

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06 Mar 2020, 8:49 pm

"tank girl" :heart: :bounce:

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11 Mar 2020, 2:26 pm

Anne Shirley from Anne with an e
Sara crewe from a little princess

I prefer mental/spiritual strength to physical.