Film Junk Poll: Who is the Best Current Female Action Star?
Last year we put up a poll to determine the currently reigning king of action movies. With the recently released trailer for Salt, however, I started thinking about the other side of the coin… who might be the currently reigning “queen”, as it were. Coming up with some choices was not hard, although narrowing it down to just ten was a bit trickier. I’m sure I had to leave out a few favourites, but keep in mind, we’re only talking about actresses who have recently starred in action roles (Sigourney Weaver and Linda Hamilton don’t count). So what do you think… which female action star kicks the most ass? Cast your vote and then discuss further in the comments below.
Comments (12)
i guess out of all of the stars listed i guess Jolie has a good number of decent action/thriller movies, so I’m voting for her.
Posted by Napalm on November 13th, 2009Would’ve liked to vote Zoe Bell, but Bitch Slap was not good. Had to go with Miss Rhona.
Posted by Andrew James on November 13th, 2009I had to go with Milla Jovovich on this simply due to the fact that all she does is star in action films. Most of the other actresses have a bit more range and are noted for other types of films. Milla FTW!
Posted by Marc on November 13th, 2009Is that Eminem’s face in the side view mirror?
Posted by Tyson on November 13th, 2009Back in the day Michelle Yeoh did much of her own stuntwork, but she has shown some range out of the action/martial arts flicks.
I think Zoe Bell has done all here stunts and a majority of what she does on film is action orientated. I’m sure they have battle scars than all the other women on the list combined.
Every other girl on this list aren’t action stars, I’m sorry. Looks like the bar has been lowered to make the list though.
Just because Rhona was in awesome in Doomsday doesn’t make her an action star, does it? Like most people, I haven’t seen Underworld 3 though. So I may eat my words there.
Lucy Liu and Uma has Kill Bill, but nothing else worth noting. Not even the Charlie’s Angels shit films.
Yanin could be the next big asian chick action star though. Only 1 film to based that on.
Posted by Primal on November 13th, 2009From this list Michelle Yeoh easily.
Angelina Jolie and Uma Thurman? They’re about as believable as action stars as Stephen Fry is as a straight man or Clive Owen as a nice guy.
Posted by finaljoe on November 13th, 2009Gotta give it to Jovovich. She’s done action movies pretty much exclusively over the last 10 years. Michele Yeoh would probably win if it was a cumulative thing, but she hasn’t done much that I can remember in the last few years.
Posted by bullet3 on November 13th, 2009Anyone who doesn’t give Michelle Yeoh their marks is a fucking idiot.
Posted by swarez on November 13th, 2009There I said it.
@ Sean,Great list but your missing a few!
@ Andrew James, Bitch Slap not good? WHAY THE FUCK? I’m sorry what’s the name of you movie? O’Right your a Hack with no talent! Go find Building & jump of it!
Posted by jaime on November 13th, 2009its ironic that half of these comments don’t praise Jolie and she’s leading the poll haha.
Posted by Napalm on November 14th, 2009Summer Glau easily.. just cause of what she does on Serenity
Posted by pcch7 on November 14th, 2009This was tough…I had to give it to Uma Thurman because of the Kill Bill’s. Certainly not for “The truth about cats and dogs” I really love the Kill Bill films although I don’t know what sort of career she will have without QT? Angelina’s action films are mostly shite! I didn’t think that Zoe Bell’s acting really worked in “Death Proof” but I give her credit for being a stuntwoman.
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