Weekly Feminist Film Question: Who Are Your Favorite Amazing Female Characters in Film and TV?

‬Hey film lovers! It's time for this week's feminist film question. Who are your favorite amazing women in film and television? Here's what you said:

Sidney Prescott (Jennifer Garner) in Alias

Lt. Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) in Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, Alien: Resurrection

Margo Channing (Bette Davis) in All About Eve

Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone) in The Amazing Spider-Man

Kara "Starbuck" Thrace (Katee Sackhoff) in Battlestar Galactica 

Violet (Jennifer Tilly) in Bound

Jane Craig (Holly Hunter) in Broadcast News

Detective Kate Beckett (Stana Katic), Dr. Lanie Parish (Tamala Jones), Alexis Castle (Molly Quinn), Martha Rodgers (Susan Sullivan) in Castle

Britta Perry (Gillian Jacobs) in Community

Olive Penderghast (Emma Stone) in Easy A

Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan (Virginia Hey) in Farscape

Zoe Washburne (Gina Torres) in Firefly and Serenity

Annie MacDuggan Paradis (Diane Keaton), Brenda Morelli Cushman (Bette Midler) and Elise Elliot Atchison (Goldie Hawn) in The First Wives Club

Mia Williams (Katie Jarvis) in Fish Tank

Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace / Rooney Mara) in Girl with the Dragon Tattoo / The Millennium Trilogy

Dorothy Zbornak (Bea Arthur) in The Golden Girls

Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh) in Gone with the Wind

Kalinda Sharma (Archie Panjabi) in The Good Wife

Dr. Christina Yang (Sandra Oh) and Dr. Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson) in Grey's Anatomy

Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) in Harry Potter

Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) in Homeland

Peggy Olson (Elisabeth Moss) and Joan Harris (Christina Hendricks) in Mad Men

Alike (Adepero Oduye) in Pariah

Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) in Parks and Recreation

Lizzie Bennett (Keira Knightley / Greer Garson) in Pride and Prejudice

San (Yuriko Ishida / Claire Danes) in Princess Mononoke

Alice (Milla Jovovich) in Resident Evil

Sailor Uranus (Megumi Ogata / Sarah Lafleur) in Sailor Moon

Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) in Scandal

Ruth Fisher (Frances Conroy) in Six Feet Under

Chihiro Ogino (Daveigh Chase) in Spirited Away

Uhura (Nichelle Nichols / Zoe Saldana) in Star Trek

Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton / Lena Headey) in The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles

Tara Thornton (Rutina Wesley) and Pam (Kristen Bauer van Straten) in True Blood

Evey Hammond (Natalie Portman) in V for Vendetta

Nancy Botwin (Mary Louise-Parker) in Weeds

C.J. Cregg (Allison Janney) in The West Wing

Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland) in The Wizard of Oz

Xena (Lucy Lawless) in Xena: Warrior Princess

Agent Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) in The X-Files

Who are your fave female film and TV characters? Tell us in the comments!

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