Female characters with Asperger's Syndrome?

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Shurelia from Cross Edge she tends to wander off alot and has almost no emotion and thinks in logic and is very robot like.Always curious! Heres a scene where she wanders off and another where she wanders off yet again!![youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsAbebe_b2s[/youtube][youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWDv9M0HgpY[/youtube]

I forgot: Remedios the Beauty from 100 Years of Solitude.

Lily from soap opera ALL My Children

This might be a bit of a stretch, but I've always had a bit of a connection with Cristina Yang from Grey's Anatomy (especially in the earlier seasons). I see a lot of myself in her, obsession, perfectionism, inability to become involved in plots that break rules, calm demeanour in stressful situations when other people are freaking out, her refusal to connect with some people, but a human element. I'd personally say that she is on the spectrum, though she may not have full blown Asperger's.

Oh and obviously there was Dr. Virginia Dixon from the 6th season after Hahn left.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oKen1cWCx4[/youtube]Yuki Nagato definately!

Taylor from Wild Orchid
Isabelle from Mozart and the Whale

Saga Noren from the Swedish/Danish crime drama called The Bridge/Bron/Broen (depending on the language). She's the most accurate aspie (including the boys) I've ever seen. I was very lucky to be an extra on season 2 of The Bridge a couple of weeks ago and was in scenes with her. I was to shy to talk to her myself, but luckily somebody told her that I had Aspergers (since I wrote it in my application) and she came up and talked to me! Asked me about my school, special interest etc. It was so amazing and I think I personally taught her a thing or 2 about AS, since she's very different from her character IRL.

But I recommend The Bridge to EVERYONE. The series is not about her autism but it adds a new level to it's whole. And don't worry you can find it with English subtitles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83FcxzlXbKs (she's the blonde)

Dina from It's Walky! and Dumbing of Age. :D

Also, I've been working on this story where one of the main characters is a 13 year old female aspie. I wasn't planning on bringing it up, necessarily, but her stepsister bullies her for being "weird".

EDIT: Oh, looks like today's update (DOA) has Dina in it, special interest (dinosaurs) on display for all to see. ;B

I just realized that Martha M. Masters from House is more than likely on the spectrum.

Elizabeth Bennett, Pride and Prejudice.

Tiffany from the film - The Silver Linings Playbook.

Kim Jung-yeon from the film- Castaway on the Moon.

Sue from the tv show - The Middle.

Fluttershy from the cartoon- My Little Pony.

Toph from the cartoon - Avatar, the Last Air Bender.

Both Amelie and Daria I associated with completely, and this was long before I suspected my Aspie "orientation". Isabelle in Mozart and the Whale I felt akin to as well. My mom watched the film with me -- and yes, it's awesome -- and said Isabelle reminded her of me. Interesting side note -- in one scene, Isabelle is stressed out and is rocking back and forth on a child's rocking horse. Not a week before we watched the film, I told Mom that I thought having my own rocking horse would be cool -- that way I could rock all I wanted without looking "crazy." A quick reminder -- I'm 52 years old, and I STILL rock back and forth when I'm in a negative mindset.

One that hasn't been mentioned -- L.V. from the film "Little Voice" -- excellent film BTW. HIGHLY recommended.
L.V.'s Character traits:
1. Painfully, horribly shy around people
2. Introverted and spends a great deal of time alone
3. Speaks very quietly, hence the nickname "Little Voice".
4. Is a grown woman, but appears much younger -- almost child-like
5. Uncomfortable with telephones
6. Obsessive narrow interests, i.e. her record collection
7. Shuts down when under severe stress
8. Has a meltdown when she's had enough verbal abuse from her mother

I had my mother watch this film because I thought she would enjoy it. Again, I first saw it before I knew anything about AS. After it was over, I asked Mom how she liked it. She said it was good, and the girl in the movie was just like me. I told her "Surely I'm not THAT bad!" She said "You used to be." I was a mess from adolescence until way after high school. But I never had any clue I was that dysfunctional. There was no such diagnosis as AS back in the 70s, so I was just diagnosed with low self-esteem.

Lisbeth Salander from the Millennium Trilogy. (Girl with a dragon tattoo, girl who played with fire and girl who kicked the hornets nest) can be added to the characters with AS list.
The books are worth a read. They have been made into movies (they are in swedish but with subtitles).

Read the manga "It not my Fault that I'm not Popular" t

The main character is basically a legitimate loser with no social skills whatsoever and the whole plot is her trying to get a boyfriend and make more friends (since she only has one that she had since middle school and even then, she finds the two of them growing apart a little), but failing miserably.

The book 'the language of others' is all about a female with AS, and made a lot of sense to me!