26 Badass Female Characters We Can’t Get Enough Of
6. Octavia Blake, The 100
Octavia has gone through a lot, and yet she’s emerged from her tragedies an even stronger, more committed woman and warrior. She knows right from wrong – and she’s never been afraid to state her opinion.
5. Kate Beckett, Castle
The damaged and yet courageous NYPD Detective who fought other people’s battle’s as well as her own, fixed herself and finally got her happy ending should be at the top of everyone’s list of badasses.
4. Sansa Stark, Game of Thrones
Sansa was a silly little girl, and then she was a victim, and then she became a warrior. Not one who wields a sword, but one who uses her brain, one who is capable of putting common sense above honor. One who survives.
3. Felicity Smoak, Arrow
She doesn’t kick literal butt like Thea does, but Felicity Smoak is nonetheless, a badass. She just has a different way of saving the day. And that’s perfect. We can’t all be the literal superheroes. We don’t want to. And every girl needs a role-model.
2. Emma Swan, Once Upon A Time
There’s nothing Emma wouldn’t do for the people she loves – even if that means facing her own demons. And facing literal monsters is one thing, facing your fears? That’s a way harder.
1. Dana Scully, The X-Files
When she first appeared on my TV screen, in 1993, Dana Scully was already a badass. She seems to have gotten even smarter, stronger and less prone to BS with age. And we still want to be like her.
Agree? Disagree? Have your own picks for badass women? Let us know in the comments below!
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz
Lawyer. Writer. Columnist. Geek. Falls in madly in love with fictional characters. Hates the color yellow, misogyny, and people who are late. Can always be found with a book. Watches an absurd amount of TV every week, often, while eating coffee ice cream. She has no regrets. You can check out her blog here: Absurday. Lissete is a senior writer for Tell-Tale TV. Follow @lizziethat
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Great list, is great to see so many badass females on today’s TV shows!
Where is Meredith Grey? She is one of the women more badass with everything that has happened to her!
impressive list
I agree with you at all
powerful women are wonderful and my favorite
Danna scully especially Emma Swan
and my dear Felicity Smoak my favorite
Scully was and always will be the best !! Which opened the way for other beautiful, intelligent, professional women with personality. Gillian is the best !!!
stana katic”s Beckett is by far the best. She has it all,strength,beauty,integrity honour loyalty and still retains her femininity !
Felicity, Octavia, just all of them love it!
Michonne of the walking dead should be on this list.
Emma Swan hasn’t been badass since Season 2. She’s the anti-Jessica Jones who willingly turned herself into a pathetic doormat for an emotionally abusive man she continually endangers her family to protect and has covered up his murder of an innocent man for which he was never brought to justice but called a hero?? Either you ship C$ or you don’t watch OUAT, because the two links you posted to episode reviews with this article are two of the main episodes last season that defined Emma and her happiness by her inability to live without a douchebag boyfriend, that questioned if she was good enough for a man who has murdered and assaulted women, a man she’d had dated for all of like a month and had just tried to kill her entire family. Shame on you. Jessica Jones, Dana Scully, and many of the women on this list would kick Emma Swan’s butt out of the “badass ladies” club for being a regressive insult to the headway they have made!
I love Felicity <3
No Katherine Pierce or Lexa?
well complied.wow!!! Felicity. Its tru u don’t hav 2 kick butt 2 be Badass. She’s toooooooo good.
Have you not watched the last 3 seasons of OUAT? Emma is no badass. Also Octavia? Ew. Clarke Griffin! Star of The 100 and a total bad ass! O? you’re drunk.
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