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The following is a list of female action heroes and villains who appear in action films, television shows, comic books, and video games and who are "thrust into a series of challenges requiring physical feats, extended fights, extensive stunts and frenetic chases."[1]

A montage of actresses who 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.
Are female action heroes truly empowering? - Dan Hassler-Forest (Utrecht University)

Elizabeth Abele suggests that "the key agency of female action protagonists is their ability to draw on the full range of masculine and feminine qualities in ever-evolving combinations."[2]

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Animated theatrical films

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Live-action theatrical films

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Films based on comic books

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See also: Superhero comics, List of superheroines, and List of female supervillains
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Films based on novels

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Films based on video games

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Literature

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Literary villains

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Television

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Animated television series

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See also: female action heroes and villains in the section for anime.

Anime

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Commercials

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Video games

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See also

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