List of female action heroes

A montage of actresses that have played female action heroes.
From top left: Michelle Yeoh, Uma Thurman, Tia Carrere, Linda Hamilton, Angelina Jolie, Halle Berry, Sigourney Weaver, and Lucy Liu.

The following is a list of female action heroes that exist in various forms of media, including animation, comics, film, literature, television and video games.

Female action heroes

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Film

Animated Film

Literature

Comic books

Television series

Animated television series

Video games

See also

References

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