Female Action Star Mount Rushmore

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Mrs. Cups is playing a game with her co-workers where they’re making a female action star Mount Rushmore. The most interesting suggestion was Angelina Jolie because of the Tomb Raider movies. I piped in “That shouldn’t count because that was the only real action movie she was in!” but then I thought “I dunno though because my first two thoughts were Linda Hamilton and Sigourney Weaver…but they were really only in one action franchise, too.” Kate Beckinsale was mentioned too for her Underworld movies, but even that was a stretch to me.

Regardless, here are my 4…

Linda Hamilton
Sigourney Weaver – Even though they were in only a handful of their own movies (Terminator and 3 Alien movies), these two ladies are on my list just because of how iconic they were
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Michelle Rodriguez** – She never really headlined anything, but almost literally every movie she’s in is some kind of action or war movie. As the go-to lady for modern action, and her depth of resume, shes on my list.

**Milla Jovovich **-- A controversial pick, but I’m sticking with it. She’s headlines (all?) the Resident Evil movies, was a star in The Fifth Element, and has been in movies such as the new Hellboy and [del]Dodgeball[/del]. Again, this is a depth of resume kind of thing.

What say everyone?

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Zoe Saldana is an interesting choice.

Would Lucy Lawless count?

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Angelina Jolie was also in Wanted, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Gone in 60 Seconds and Salt.

And I’m pretty sure I’m forgetting one or two more.

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Cynthia Rothrock

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Not that I’m a huge Jolie fan, but she’s starred in a number of other films that might qualify as “action movies”:

  • Gone in 60 Seconds
  • Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
  • Mr. and Mrs. Smith
  • Salt
  • Wanted

Edit: ninja’d by planetcory! :slight_smile:

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First one up there should be Michelle Yeoh.

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Scarlett Johansson, surely.

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Any list of female action stars that doesn’t include Cynthia Rothrock is invalid.

For Mt Rushmore I’d include Pam Grier, Sigourney Weaver, and probably Linda Hamilton.

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There’s a film called Yes, Madam which they were both in. Good action. It’s a Hong Kong movie, but there’s a subbed version on the Youtube.

Apart from those two, JeeJa Yanin, star of the all time action classic, Chocolate, and a couple of other things.

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Even though she’s not actually been a star in any movie Zoe Bell belongs in there. Jennifer Lawrence has starred in multiple action movie franchises.

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I was very impressed with Emily Blunt in Sicario and Edge of Tomorrow. She’s a much better actress than just an “action star.”

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First name I thought of. Only name I really thought of, actually.

I’d probably say, if I thought about it:

Cynthia Rothrock

Michelle Yeoh
???

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Charlize Theron (Mad Max: Fury Road, Atomic Blonde, Hancock, Aeon Flux, The Italian Job) deserves some sort of mention in this thread, particularly for the first two.

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Jeez, I’ve never even HEARD of Cynthia Rothrock, but her resume definitely still fits.

Michelle Yeoh is a good one too that I never thought of

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Imagine if Chuck Norris was female, and talented.

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Michelle Yeoh, Cynthia Rothrock, Linda Hamilton and Sigourney Weaver.

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Chang Pei Pei
Angela Mao
Kaji Meiko
Milla Jovovich

Possible faces of the future:
Jeeja Vanin
Zhang Ziyi

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Michelle Yeoh, Cynthia Rothrock, Linda Hamilton and Milla Jovovich.

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Oh my God, yes, Pam Grier! Even middle-aged Pam Grier playing a middle-aged action hero is still a better action hero than at least half the other women named here.

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I’d change my name to Rushmore if some of these women would… well, never mind.