100 female characters that I love.
gacked from notexotic:
1. Mary Russell (Laurie R. King)
2. Kima Greggs (The Wire)
3. Snoop Pearson (The Wire)
4. Joanie Stubbs (Deadwood)
5. Alma Garret Deadwood
6. Trixie (Deadwood)
7. Calamity Jane (Deadwood)
8. Miss Isringhausen (Deadwood)
9. Nikita (La Femme Nikita)
10. Madeline (La Femme Nikita)
11. Irene Adler (The Club Dumas)
12. Irulan (Dune)
13. Ghanima (Children of Dune)
14. Irene of Attolia (Megan Whalen Turner)
15. Marisa Coulter (His Dark Materials)
16. Jehane bet Ishak (The Lions of Al-Rassan)
17. Atia of the Julii (Rome)
18. Servilia of the Junii (Rome)
19. Angua von Überwald (Discworld)
20. Granny Weatherwax (Discworld)
21. Tiffany Aching (Discworld)
22. Susan Sto Helit (Discworld)
23. Veralidaine Sarrasri (The Immortals)
24. Lucita y Aragon (World of Darkness)
25. Hani (Arabesk Trilogy)
26. River Tam (Firefly)
27. Inara Serra (Firefly)*
28. Sarah Connor (Terminator, Sarah Connor Chronicles)
29. Cameron (Sarah Connor Chronicles)
30. Christine Dale (Spooks)
31. Ruth Evershed (Spooks)
32. Fiona Carter (Spooks)
33. Jo Portman (Spooks)
34. Ros Myers (Spooks)
35. Kara Thrace (BSG)
36. Caprica Six (BSG)
37. D'Anna (BSG)
38. Veronica (Better Off Ted)
39. Sita aka Alisa Perne (The Last Vampire)
40. Mazikeen (Lucifer)
41. Elaine Belloc (Lucifer)
42. Thessaly (Sandman)
43. Irina Derevko (Alias)
44. Tara Knowles (Sons of Anarchy)
45. Gemma Teller Morrow (Sons of Anarchy)
46. Sloan McQuewick (Entourage)
47. Lilah Morgan (Angel)
48. Darla (Angel)
49. Willow (Buffy)
50. Mai (Avatar)
51. George Blake (The State Within)
52. Peggy Olson (Mad Men)
53. Joan Holloway (Mad Men)
54. Betty Draper (Mad Men)
55. Cutthroat Bitch aka Amber (House)
56. Fiona Gallagher (Shameless)
57. Nancy Botwin (Weeds)
58. Isabelle Hodes (Weeds)
59. Raule (The Etched City)
60. Anne (The Good Thief)
61. Josephine March (Little Women)
62. Jiao-Long (Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon)
63. Shu-Lien (Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon)
64. Neela (Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift)
65. Marie Helena Kreutz (Bourne Identity)
67. Elizabeth Swann (Pirates of the Caribbean)
68. Tia Dalma aka Calypso (Pirates of the Caribbean)
69. Alice (Resident Evil)
70. Flora Post (Cold Comfort Farm)
71. Trinity (The Matrix)
72. Vree (The Fifth Quarter)
73. Phryne Fisher (Kerry Greenwood)
74. Veronica Mars (Veronica Mars)
75. Eli (Let the Right One In)
76. Viola (Twelfth Night)
77. Portia (The Merchant of Venice)
78. Maria (Stage Beauty)
79. Thelma Bates (Hex)
80. Cassie Hughes (Hex)
81. Sam Stewart (Foyle's War)
82. Xena (Xena: Warrior Princess)
83. Dana Scully (The X-Files)
84. Maria Theotoky (The Rebel Angels)
85. Pella Marsh (Girl in Landscape)
86. Carla Arduini (Aurelio Zen novels)
87. Purslane Hominy Will (A Love Song for Bobby Long)
88. Isabella (Miami Vice)
89. WPC Falls (A White Arrest)
90. Claire Saunders aka Whiskey (Dollhouse)
91. Sierra aka Priya Tsetsang (Dollhouse)
92. Miss Lupescu (The Graveyard Book)
93. Sophie Hatter (Howl's Moving Castle)
94. Lucia (The Claim)
95. Constance Miller (McCabe & Mrs. Miller)
96. Clarice Starling (The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal)
97. Briony Tallis (Atonement)
98. Tuppence Beresford (Agatha Christie)
99. Harriet Vane (Dorothy L. Sayers)
100. Smilla Qaaviqaaq Jaspersen (Smilla's Sense of Snow)
*BTW, I read the unfilmed Firefly script "Dead or Alive" a couple of weeks ago, and was floored by all the Simon/Inara subtext. I wish that Joss could have had the time to explore that, instead of re-setting the Simon/Kaylee and Inara/Mal relationships for the movie audience.
1. Mary Russell (Laurie R. King)
2. Kima Greggs (The Wire)
3. Snoop Pearson (The Wire)
4. Joanie Stubbs (Deadwood)
5. Alma Garret Deadwood
6. Trixie (Deadwood)
7. Calamity Jane (Deadwood)
8. Miss Isringhausen (Deadwood)
9. Nikita (La Femme Nikita)
10. Madeline (La Femme Nikita)
11. Irene Adler (The Club Dumas)
12. Irulan (Dune)
13. Ghanima (Children of Dune)
14. Irene of Attolia (Megan Whalen Turner)
15. Marisa Coulter (His Dark Materials)
16. Jehane bet Ishak (The Lions of Al-Rassan)
17. Atia of the Julii (Rome)
18. Servilia of the Junii (Rome)
19. Angua von Überwald (Discworld)
20. Granny Weatherwax (Discworld)
21. Tiffany Aching (Discworld)
22. Susan Sto Helit (Discworld)
23. Veralidaine Sarrasri (The Immortals)
24. Lucita y Aragon (World of Darkness)
25. Hani (Arabesk Trilogy)
26. River Tam (Firefly)
27. Inara Serra (Firefly)*
28. Sarah Connor (Terminator, Sarah Connor Chronicles)
29. Cameron (Sarah Connor Chronicles)
30. Christine Dale (Spooks)
31. Ruth Evershed (Spooks)
32. Fiona Carter (Spooks)
33. Jo Portman (Spooks)
34. Ros Myers (Spooks)
35. Kara Thrace (BSG)
36. Caprica Six (BSG)
37. D'Anna (BSG)
38. Veronica (Better Off Ted)
39. Sita aka Alisa Perne (The Last Vampire)
40. Mazikeen (Lucifer)
41. Elaine Belloc (Lucifer)
42. Thessaly (Sandman)
43. Irina Derevko (Alias)
44. Tara Knowles (Sons of Anarchy)
45. Gemma Teller Morrow (Sons of Anarchy)
46. Sloan McQuewick (Entourage)
47. Lilah Morgan (Angel)
48. Darla (Angel)
49. Willow (Buffy)
50. Mai (Avatar)
51. George Blake (The State Within)
52. Peggy Olson (Mad Men)
53. Joan Holloway (Mad Men)
54. Betty Draper (Mad Men)
55. Cutthroat Bitch aka Amber (House)
56. Fiona Gallagher (Shameless)
57. Nancy Botwin (Weeds)
58. Isabelle Hodes (Weeds)
59. Raule (The Etched City)
60. Anne (The Good Thief)
61. Josephine March (Little Women)
62. Jiao-Long (Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon)
63. Shu-Lien (Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon)
64. Neela (Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift)
65. Marie Helena Kreutz (Bourne Identity)
67. Elizabeth Swann (Pirates of the Caribbean)
68. Tia Dalma aka Calypso (Pirates of the Caribbean)
69. Alice (Resident Evil)
70. Flora Post (Cold Comfort Farm)
71. Trinity (The Matrix)
72. Vree (The Fifth Quarter)
73. Phryne Fisher (Kerry Greenwood)
74. Veronica Mars (Veronica Mars)
75. Eli (Let the Right One In)
76. Viola (Twelfth Night)
77. Portia (The Merchant of Venice)
78. Maria (Stage Beauty)
79. Thelma Bates (Hex)
80. Cassie Hughes (Hex)
81. Sam Stewart (Foyle's War)
82. Xena (Xena: Warrior Princess)
83. Dana Scully (The X-Files)
84. Maria Theotoky (The Rebel Angels)
85. Pella Marsh (Girl in Landscape)
86. Carla Arduini (Aurelio Zen novels)
87. Purslane Hominy Will (A Love Song for Bobby Long)
88. Isabella (Miami Vice)
89. WPC Falls (A White Arrest)
90. Claire Saunders aka Whiskey (Dollhouse)
91. Sierra aka Priya Tsetsang (Dollhouse)
92. Miss Lupescu (The Graveyard Book)
93. Sophie Hatter (Howl's Moving Castle)
94. Lucia (The Claim)
95. Constance Miller (McCabe & Mrs. Miller)
96. Clarice Starling (The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal)
97. Briony Tallis (Atonement)
98. Tuppence Beresford (Agatha Christie)
99. Harriet Vane (Dorothy L. Sayers)
100. Smilla Qaaviqaaq Jaspersen (Smilla's Sense of Snow)
*BTW, I read the unfilmed Firefly script "Dead or Alive" a couple of weeks ago, and was floored by all the Simon/Inara subtext. I wish that Joss could have had the time to explore that, instead of re-setting the Simon/Kaylee and Inara/Mal relationships for the movie audience.