Sunday, January 22, 2012

Ten Best Female "Action Star"


10#Carrie-Anne Moss

Carrie-Anne Moss first appeared in television drama series Dark Justice (1991). She got breakthrough when she got the role of Trinity in the movie The Matrix (1999), The Matrix: Reloaded (2000), and The Matrix: Revolutions (2003).


1994             The soft Kill Flashfire
1995             Terrified
1996             Sabotage, Lethal Tender
1997             The Secret Life of Algernon
1999             The Matrix, New Blo0d, Chocolat, Red Planet
2000            Memento, The Crew, The Matrix Reloaded
2003            The Matrix Revolutions
2004             Suspect Zero, The Chumscrubber
2005             Sledge: The Untold Story, Fido
2006             Snow Cake, Mini’s First Time
2007             Disturbia, Normal
2008             Fireflies in the Garden
2009             Love Hunts
2010             Unthinkable

9#Hilary Swank



Hilary Swank made her movie debut in 1992 with a small part in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Her first leading film role was in The Next Karate Kid (1994), the fourth movies in the Karate Kid series. She has known for her role as Brandon Teena in movie Boys Don’t Cry (1999), also for Maggie Fitgerald in movie Million Dollar Baby (2004). She won Oscar for Best Actress in both roles.

1992            Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1994            The Next Karate Kid
1996            Sometimes They Come Back…Again, Kounterfeit
1997            Quiet Days in Hollywood
1998            Heartwood
1999            Boys Don’t Cry
2000            The Gift, The Audition
2001            The Affair of the Necklace
2002            The Space Between, Insomnia
2003            The Core
2004            Million Dollar Baby, Red Dust
2006            The Black Dahlia
2007            Freedom Writers, The Reaping, P.S.I Love You
2008            Birds of America
2009            Amelia
2010            Conviction
2011            The Resident, New Year’s Eve 

8#Linda Hamilton

Linda Hamilton best known for the role she played of Sarah Connor in The Terminator and its sequel Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Her role of Sarah Connor gave her the reputation of an action star.

1982          Tag: The Assassination Game, Children of the Corn
1984          The Terminator
1985          Secret Weapons, King Kong Lives
1986          Black Moon Rising
1988          Go Toward The light
1990          Mr. Destiny
1991          Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1994          Silent Fall
1995          Separate Lives
1996          Dante’s Peak
1997          Shadow Conspiracy
1999          The Secret Life of Girls, Skeletons in the Closet
2004          A girl Thing, Smile
2005          Missing in America, The Kid & I
2007          Broken, Holy Water
2009          Weeds, Terminator Salvation (voice role)
2010          Chuck

7#Michelle Rodriguez

Michelle Rodriguez got breakthrough in 2000 as a role of a troubled teen who decides to channel her aggression by training to become a boxer, in film: Girl fight. Known for the Hollywood blockbusters such as The fast and the furious, Resident Evil, S.W.A.T., Avatar, Machete and Battle: Los Angeles, as well as for her role in the television series Lost

2000            Girl fight
 2001           The fast and the furious, 3 A.M
2002            Blue Crush, Resident Evil
2003            S.W.A.T
2005            Blood Rayne
2006            The Breed
2007            Battle in Seattle
2008            Garden of the Night, Fast and Furious
2009            Tropico de sangre, Avatar
2010            Machete, Battle: Los Angeles
2011            Fast Five
2012            Resident Evil: Retribution


6#Uma Thurman

Uma Thurman makes her movie debut in 1988, appearing in four films that year. Her role in the Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003) and Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004) make her action star. For the Kill Bill series, she spent three months training in martial art and swordsmanship.


1988         Johnny Be Good, Dangerous Liaisons, Kiss Daddy Goodnight, The Adventures of Baron
1990         Heny & June, Where the Heart Is
1991         Robin Hood
1992         Final Analysis, Jennifer 8
1993         Mad Dog and Glory, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
1994         Pulp Fiction
1995         A Month by the Lake
1996         The truth About Cats & Dogs, Beautiful Girls,
1997         Gattaca
1997         Batman & Robin
1998         Les Miserables, The Avengers
1999         Sweet and Lowdown
2000         Vatel, The Golden Bowl
2001         Tape, Chelsea Walls
2002         Hysterical Blindness
2003         Paycheck, Kill Bill Vol. 1
2004         Kill Bill Vol. 2
2005         Be Cool, Prime, The Producers
2006         My Super Ex-Girlfriend
2007         The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie
2008          The Life Before Her Eyes, The Accidental Husband, My Zinc Bed
2009          Motherhood
2010          Ceremony
2012           Playing Field, Movie 43, Savage



5#Lucy Liu

Lucy Liu came into notice for playing the role of the vicious and ill-mannered Ling Woo in the television series Ally McBeal (1998-2002). Lucy Lie got reputation to play bad girl from her role of Peal in movie Payback (1999) and O-Ren Ishii one of the major villains in Kill Bill (2003). She has known for the role of Alex Munday in the movies Charlie’s Angels (2000) and Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle (2003). In which she team up Drew Barrymore and Cameron Diaz.
 
1992           Rhythm of Destiny
1993           Protozoa
1995           Bang
1996           Jerry Maguire
1997           Flypaper, Riot, Gridlock’d, City of Industry
1998           Love kills
1999           Payback, True Crime, Molly, The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human, Play it to the Bone
2000           Shanghai Noon, Charlie’s Angels
2001           Hotel
2002           Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, Cypher, Chicago
2003          Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle, Kill Bill: Vol. 1
2005          3 Needles, Domino
2006           Lucky Number Slevin
2007           Rise: Blood Hunter, Watching the Detectives
2008           The Year of Getting to know Us
2010           Nomads
2011           Detachment
2012           The Man with the Iron Fists

4#Kate Beckinsale

Kate Beckinsale made her film debut in Much Ado About Nothing in 1993. She got a reputation as an action star from films Underworld (2003), Van Helsing (2004) and Underworld: Evolution (2006).

1993          Much Ado About Nothing
1994          Uncovered, Prince of Jutland
1995          Prince of Jutland, Cold Comfort Farm, Haunted
1997          Shooting Fish
1998          The Last Days of Disco, Alice Through the Looking Glass
1999          Brokedown Palace
2001          Pearl Harbor, Serendipity, The Golden Bowl
2002          Laurel Canyon
2003          Underworld, Tiptoes
2004          The Aviator, Van Helsing
2006          Click, Underworld: Evolution
2007          Vacancy, Snow Angels
2008          Fragments
2009           Whiteout, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, Everybody’s Fine
2012           Underworld: Awakening, Contraband, Total Recall

 3#Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie was 7 year old when she played a small part in movie, Lookin’ to Get Out (1982) as child artist. Her professional film career began in 1993 with Cyborg 2. However, Lara Croft Tomb Raider (2001) and Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003) made her international superstar and gave her reputation as female action star. She reinforce her reputation as leading action star with Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), Wanted (2008), and Salt (2010)

1982            Lookin’ to Get Out
1993            Cyborg 2
1995            Without Evidence, Hackers
1996            Love Is All There Is, Mojave Moon, Foxfire
1997           True women, George Wallace, Playing God
1998           Gia, Hell’s Kitchen, Playing by Heart
1999           Pushing Tin, The Bone Collector, Girl Interrupted
2000           Gone in 60 Seconds
2001           Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Original Sin
2002           Life or Something Like It
2003           Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, Beyond Borders
2004           Taking Lives, Sky Captain and the world of Tomorrow, Alexander
2005           Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2006           The Good Shepherd
2007           A Mighty Heart, Beowulf
2008           Wanted, Changeling
2010           Salt, The Tourist

2#Milla Jovovich

Milla Jovovich is model, actor, singer, and fashion designer. In 1988, she got her first acting role in the television film, The Night Train to Kathmandu, latter she got a small role in the movie, Two Moon Junction. In 1991, Millia Jovovich got a lead role in the sequel of The Blue Lagoon (1980)---- Return to the Blue Lagoon. She was in controversy for appearing nude at a young age. She did few movies Kuffs, Chaplin and Dazed and Confused. She was feature as the promotional material for the film. She was upset to find that her role was considerably trim from the original script. Therefore, she took a break from acting career, during which she moved to Europe and began focusing on a music career.
                                                                        Milla Jovovich returned to acting career in 1997, with lead role in science fiction action film The Fifth Element. She got nominate for “Best Fight” at the MTV Movie Awards. She has appeared in number of science fiction and action themed films such as, Resident Evil (series), Ultraviolet etc and earned the reputation as an action star. Music Channel VH1 referred her as the “Reigning queen of kick butt”

1988                    Two Moon Junction
1991                    Return to the Blue Lagoon
1992                    Kuffs, Chaplin
1993                    Dazed and Confused
1997                    The Fifth Element
1998                    He Got Game
1999                    The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
2000                    The Claim
2001                    The Million Dollar Hotel, Zoolander
2002                    You Stupid Man, Resident Evil
2003                    No Good Deed, Dummy                                        
2004                    Resident Evil: Apocalypse
2005                    Gore Vidal’s Caligula
2006                    Ultraviolet
2007                    .45, Resident Evil: Extinction
2008                    Palermo Shooting
2009                    A Perfect Getaway, The fourth Kind
2010                    Stone, Resident Evil: Afterlife
2010                    Dirty Girl
2011                    Vykrutary (Russian Movie), The Three Musketeers, Faces in the Crowd
2012                    Resident Evil: Retribution

1#Sigourney Weaver

Sigourney Weaver played the role of Lieutenant Ellen Ripley, in a science fiction-horror movie: Alien (1979). The movie is credit as being the first action movie to have female in lead role. There were three sequels to this movie: Aliens (1986), Alien 3 (1992,) and Alien: Resurrection (1997). Sigourney Weaver has known for the role of Dian Fossey in the movie Gorillas in the Mist and Dana Barrett in the movies Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II.

1977    Annie Hall
1978    Madman
1979    Alien
1981    Eyewitness
1982    The Year of Living Dangerously
1983    Deal of the Century
1984    Ghostbusters, Terror in the Aisles
1985     Une Femme ou Deux
1986     Half Moon Street, Aliens
1988     Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey, Working Girl
1989     Ghostbusters II
1992     Alien 3, 1492: Conquest of Paradise
1993     Dave
1994     Death and the Maiden
1995     Copycat, Jeffrey
1997     The Ice Storm, Snow White: A Tale of Terror
1999     A Map of the World, Galaxy Quest
2000     Company Man
2001     Heartbreakers
2002     Tadpole, The Guys
2003     Holes
2004     Imaginary Heroes, The village
2006     Snow Cake, The TV Set, Infamous
2007     Happily N’Ever After, The Girl in the Park
2008     Vantage Point, Be Kind Rewind, Baby Mama
2009     Avatar
2010      Paul








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