Bionic Woman surrounds a woman who was saved from death after receiving experimental medical implants. She gains bionic powers and agrees to work with a quasi-governmental private organization who also carried out her surgery. The Bionic Woman was a spin off series from the 'Six Million Dollar Man'.
2. Private Practice (2007-present) Medical Drama starring Kate Walsh, centred on a woman doctor (Dr. Addison Montgomery). From this advert, the main female character stands in the foreground proving the importance of her role within the cast. While the other cast sit and lounge in the background, Montgomery stands in a confident body position with her arm firmly on her hip proving her dominance.
3. Cashmere Mafia (2008)
An American drama series set in New York focusing on four successful female executives who have been friends since college turn to each other for guidance as they juggle their careers with their families.
3. Cashmere Mafia (2008)4. Ugly Betty (2006- 2010)
The series surrounds around the character 'Betty Suarez', who is a Mexican American working as a personal assistant to the editor -in-chief of high fashion magazine, 'Mode'. 'Ugly' Betty is a unfashionable, curvy woman who sports bushy eyebrows and braces. This image of a woman is put in a (fashion) workplace surrounded with highly fashionable, flamboyant 'pretty' people. In the end of the series, Betty wins the heart of her boss Daniel who is known to be a womaniser.
Films:
6. Resident Evil
The horror/action film, based on the same titled video games, follows an amnesiac heroine Anne (Milla Jovovich) and a band of commandos as they attempt to contain the outbreak of the T-Virus at a secert underground facility. The film stars Milla Jovovich and Michelle Rodriguez, both known for their action roles in various other films including 'The Fifth Element' and 'Machete'. Jovovich has been dubbed the title by VH1 the "reigning queen of kick-butt". According to the blogger of bestactionheroines.com Jovovoic "appears in more action films than probably any other actress or character on my list at this blog. Whether you like any of them or not is beside the point. Jovovich consistently performs as an action heroine, in fact, you could easily call it her specialty".
Uma Thurman plays The Bride who is a mother and former member of an assassination group. Being a killer and being a woman is an extreme opposite to a mother stereotype. The film shows that there can be a 'vicious' side to motherhood, which may derive from the feeling of having your child taken away from you. bestactionheroines.com claims on the movie; "Mothers are often relegated to certain roles, even in today’s far more diverse films and television shows. They are typically secondary characters or women with stereotypical emotional problems who are clingy and unbalanced."
8. Salt (2010)
Angelina Jolie's role in Salt was originally a man's role. The role was offered to Tom Cruise who turned it down as he felt the role was too similar to his Mission Impossible role. Jolie has been a female heroine in her first action role in 'Tomb Raider', at a time "when sexy absolutely had to be a part of the equation in order to make bank at the box office". Though in Salt, Jolie's character "never seduced anyone for secrets. She never used her appearance or looks to get anything done and she also never had to take on any maternal roles over the course of the movie. She was just a spy. Not a sexy spy, not a Bond girl, just a spy."
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