Because you like Anya Forger in Spy x Family
Stella Grant is an organized, orderly optimist living with a dangerous disease. See them in Five Feet Apart.
Michelle Richardson's world revolves around her boyfriend. Alas, his world doesn't revolve around her. See them in Skins.
A cursed pirate captain, Barbossa is greedy, vengeful, and surprisingly cheeky. See them in Pirates of the Caribbean: the Curse of the Black Pearl.
Born and raised in the darkness, Bane is determined to have the city totally under his control so that he can demolish it. See them in DC Extended Universe.
If anyone can stay optimistic and friendly under harsh alien rule, it's Alyx Vance. See them in Half-Life 2.
Driven and straightforward with high-technology parts, EVE was sent to Earth to see if it is habitable. See them in WALL-E.
Rose Tyler may have not done too well in school, but she's certainly holding her own in space. See them in Doctor Who.
This barber doesn't cut hair. Sweeney Todd sends his clients down a chute to be baked into his partner-in-crime's pies. See them in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
An undercover DEA agent, Max Payne is too focused on avenging the past to plan for the future. See them in Max Payne.
Although Thomas Sharpe is an English baronet, he doesn't have a Shilling to his name. He's in America to sell his invention and marry rich. See them in Crimson Peak.
Franklin "Mouse" Finbar is a jock paying the price for his mistake. See them in Jumanji.