Because you like Grace Adler in Will & Grace
Ellen Ripley defines the word "badass." When she's not leading her crew on an interstellar voyage, she's slaying terrifying creatures. See them in Alien.
It's certainly easier to get great footage of crimes when you can guarantee they'll happen. See them in Nightcrawler.
This thrill-seeking driver lives by a very particular moral code. He stands by his word and he's loyal to a fault. See them in Drive.
Though Ray Holt is a man of few words and even fewer smiles, he cares deeply about his precinct and detectives. See them in Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
Taking down villains, standing up to sexism, and pulling off a bright-red lipstick are all in a day's work for Agent Peggy Carter. See them in Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Effortlessly sexy, calm, and collected, Eric Northman is equally at home ripping off heads and flirting with waitresses. See them in True Blood.
Though raised to think of himself as a monster, Quasimodo has a heart that holds nothing but compassion. See them in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
The self-proclaimed "only guilty man in Shawshank prison" has wisdom to share, such as the best way to smuggle a Rita Hayworth poster into a Maine prison. See them in The Shawshank Redemption.
Miles Morales was bitten by a radioactive spider, put on the webbed spandex, and beat up his first bad guy before his voice changed. See them in Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Bella Swan thinks of it as her job to help her parents and protect her friends, even though it often ends up the other way around. See them in Twilight.
Foul mouthed and disturbingly comfortable with violence, Hit-Girl is a precocious assassin who doesn't need anyone's protection. See them in Kick-Ass.
