The Character: Dirty Dancing’s Jewish princess learns to thrust ‘n’ grind with Swayze’s Johnny Castle. Nobody’s gonna put her in a corner now.
The Actress: Though familiar as Ferris Bueller’s sister, Jennifer Grey was also the daughter of Oscar-winning dancer Joel Grey, so had the heritage to pull off those moves. (And still has, judging from her recent Dancing With The Stars win.)
The Performance: The Bible for how to become a woman, for girls of a certain age.
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Bandit1
Mar 14th 2011, 10:03
Even more known from the TV-Series (but there were the two movies), I would have added "Dana Scully" in this list.
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deedeedragons
Mar 14th 2011, 10:56
Clementime is way too high on the list & where is Mrs. Carmody from The Mist? One of the best female villains ever.
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deedeedragons
Mar 14th 2011, 10:57
Clementine is way too high on the list & where is Mrs. Carmody from The Mist? One of the best female villains ever.
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glegs
Mar 14th 2011, 11:05
Princess Mononoke, Marla Singer and Marietta Fortune should all definitely be there.
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Hadouken76
Mar 14th 2011, 11:10
I would replaced a few with Ree Dolly (Winters Bone), Wednesday Addams, Connie Corleone and Aughra (The Dark Crystal) and Anna (Predator).
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Ichi1
Mar 14th 2011, 19:36
WAR RIPLEY, WAR!!!!!!!!! Great list. I got more excited as it went on. Yeah, there are some I would delete and some I would add. But the only true mistep is Hitgirl. I mean really? Have a child utter the c-word and create a cult icon? Hardly. In 10 years time people will see Moretz differently. What comes off as an actress with wisdom beyond her age will eventually be revealed to the most affect young actress Hollywood has ever produced. She doesn't come off as being wise beyonf her age, for that see Portman in Leon or Beautiful Girls. She comes off as acting like she thinks a super smart teen would. Her first minutes in (500) Days renders the whole film completely unwatchable.
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Ichi1
Mar 14th 2011, 19:39
....er most affected young actress....
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mrblonde
Mar 15th 2011, 1:00
Definitely agree with Ellen Ripley being no.1. Even though a good character, I don't think Hermione Granger deserved such a high placement on the list, especially when you look at the rest of the top 10. I would have also liked to see Nina Sayers ranked slightly higher as well. Nice to see Clementine make the top 10. Overall, a really good list though.
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MikeyRix
Mar 15th 2011, 22:17
Whoa, wait!! Knock down Hermione, Eli, Nina and Summer down a LOT and raise Lisbeth. Why is Hermione higher than The Bride?! Otherwise, yes for Ripley. Definitely. But "Eternal Sunshine..." wasn't as great as everyone's saying...so why's Clementine so high?
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Shrutikaz2y5
Mar 18th 2011, 11:20
Seconded for Dana Scully!
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Loley73
Mar 18th 2011, 12:33
Charlie Baltimore from The Long Kiss Goodnight?
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pbeargrz
Mar 19th 2011, 7:10
I third for Dana Scully... Definitely.
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Annon
Mar 21st 2011, 15:05
WTH! Eli isn't even female! >.
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Frankie88
Mar 25th 2011, 11:42
LeeLoo Dallas gets a multi pass! Eh, TF, TF... Also, I would've added them all, but thats not good, so if I had to choose between River, Zoe and Kaylee I would go with Zoe.
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RoseBouquet
May 28th 2011, 13:22
You left out Hayley Stark from the 2005 Hard Candy.
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FBJBrewster
Nov 23rd 2011, 12:16
I can't believe Ingrid Bergman's Ilsa Lund didn't make the list.
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super8
Nov 30th 2011, 15:48
Seriously? Seriously!?! '100 best female characters', are we gonna have a '100 best male characters' list??? Don't think so! What an incredibly narrow minded, boring, predictably clueless article. Ever thought maybe it should just be '100 best characters' ARGH
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FBTEvans21
May 2nd 2012, 16:50
You misspelled Ridley Scott. His character was Ripley. His name is Ridley. How dare you.
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