Red Ajah’s International Women’s Week – Movies and TV for, by, or about women

[poetstorm]

Women have long been portrayed in different ways through television and movies, depicted in fictional characters as well as factual documentaries. What are some of your favorites?

 

Feel free to share anything that stars women, is about women, directed by a woman etc… I’d love to hear your choices! Please try to post a link to more info if you think people might not be familiar with your choice. Thanks. ^^

 

 

There are so many to choose from .Personally I love strong women in movies and TV.

 

One of my current favorites is Alice from Resident Evil:

 

Following that would be Lara Croft:

 

 

Now I’ll move on to TV.

 

We can’t forget the old Bionic Woman spinoff of the Six Million Dollar Man. It’s a geek’s dream. ^-^

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bionic_Woman

 

And for those Trekkies out there I just have to include Captain Janeway. What a wonderfully strong, smart, and brave woman.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn_Janeway

[Nyanna al'Meara]

Wow, fav's are hard to choose.....but I've seen alot more films than usual lately, from a wider range (dad brought a whole pile back from Aussie), I also find strong women the most inspiring usually.

 

 

Cara from the TV series Legend Of The Seeker:

 

 

 

 

Awesomely bad-ass.

 

Eowyn from LOTR:

 

 

 

Elizabeth from Pirates Of The Caribbean:

[hotpocket2006]

My favorite female characters from Movies or tv are:

 

 

Buffy Summers from Buffy the Vampire Slayer

 

 

Evey Hammond from V for Vendetta

 

 

Sarah Walker from Chuck

 

[Panchi]

Here is an actress from a serial i like. The serial is Pyaar ke ye ek kahani.

 

I don't see movies much so I don't have much favorites there.

[Sakaea]

Some of my favorites have already been mentioned (Eowyn, Elizabeth, Lara Croft), but 2 of my other favorite female characters are Susan Ivanova, from Babylon 5

 

 

 

And Delenn, also from Babylon 5.

 

[Tynaal Consen]

JULIE ANDREWS!!! From a SOund of Music

 

 

Oh and Barbara Streisand in Yentil.

 

 

Yentl as a movie is also great. I absolutely LOVE it. Quite an old movie, but if you haven't watch ditto you totally should.

 

Another one is "The Secret Life of Bees", loved it too and is so a must watch!!

 

 

Only two more, I promise >.>

 

The Bridge to Terabithia, AnnaSophia Robb as Leslie . I cry so much when watching that movie.

 

 

And lastly "Wild Hearts cant be broken" Gabrielle Anwar as Sonora was everything I wanted to be when I was younger.

[poetstorm]

JULIE ANDREWS!!! From a SOund of Music

 

 

 

Haha, you beat me to it. I actually sang a solo from that movie in fifth grade. :D I found the trailer for the movie. <3 <3 <3

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuWsQSntFf0

 

And we mustn't forget Mary Poppins too! I used to jump around on the furniture in my living room to the chimney sweep song. LOL

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu23HHmOG48

 

You have to love a woman who can have fun wherever she is...even covered in chimney soot. LOL