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Famous Movie Heroines

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Mar 18, 2014 7:30 PM
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Shailene Woodley, Divergent
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Divergent

In a society divided into four factions representing different virtues, Tris—the Divergent character played by Shailene Woodley—finds out that she doesn't fit into any of them. After learning about a plot to destroy all divergent peoples, she goes on a mission to save the ones she loves and find out why her kind pose such a threat.


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The Hunger Games

Katniss Everdeen, played by Jennifer Lawrence, is a brave older sister who takes the place of her younger sibling in the deadly Hunger Games competition. Though she's a skilled archer, she must also learn to charm viewers if she wants to survive.


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Miramax

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

Uma Thurman is not someone you want to betray! In teh second installment of the movie franchise, the Bride seeks vengeance against her ex-boss, Bill.


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Salt

In the 2010 thriller, Angelina Jolie plays a C.I.A. agent accused of being a Russian spy.


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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Pt. 2

In the fifth and final film, Bella Swan (played by Kirsten Stewart) is finally a vampire. The stubborn and gifted new mom protects her family from the Volturi after being falsely accused of a crime.


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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

In the last movie of the Harry Potter series, Emma Watson's Hermione Granger faces the biggest battle of them all when she goes on a mission with Harry and Ron to vanquish Lord Voldemort once and for all.


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Catwoman

The foxy feline couldn't have been played by a sexier woman in Hollywood. Halle Berry's 2004 portrayal of a hero with catlike reflexes is purr-fect!


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Resident Evil

Milla Jovovich's character Alice has been fighting off zombies, monsters, flesh-eating creatures, and anything evil you can think of since 2002! There have been five movies to the Resident Evil film series, which another one coming in 2015.


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TRON: Legacy

Olvia Wilde's character Quorra helps to save the world in the 2010 movie as her digital peers, created in a cyber-universe, plot an invasion.  


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Charlie's Angels

Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu and Cameron Diaz are hot detectives that serve major ass-kickings in the 2002 comedy.


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Colombiana

Zoë Saldana masters the role of Cataleya in the 2011 movie, which tells the story of a young girl who witnesses the brutal murder of her parents in Colombia. As a result, she grows up to become a stone-cold assassin.


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Marvel

The Avengers

Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow steps in when global security is threatened in the 2012 film. Her character works for an international peacekeeping agency.


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Universal Studios

Kick-Ass 2

Hit Girl, played by Chloë Moretz, puts the kick in Kick-Ass! The high-schooler joins forces with a group of normal citizens dressed up in costumes and ready to fight crime in the 2013 sequel Kick-Ass 2.


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Elektra

In 2005, Jennifer Garner's titular character becomes an assassin and fights off the supernatural after surviving a near-death experience.


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