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Cheng Pei-Pei, heroine of King Hu’s “Come Drink with Me” and Hong Kong’s first real female action star, is another key figure in the evolution of the genre. But the action heroine as we know her today ...

Jeffrey is a freelance features writer at Collider. He is an MPA-accredited entertainment journalist and a Tomatometer-approved critic based in the LA area. He graduated from the University of Texas ...

Connie Nielsen is speaking out about how much has changed for women in action movies. While doing press for her new film Nobody 2, the actress reflected on both the history of the genre and the place ...

With Women Of Action, Caroline Siede digs into the history of women-driven action movies to explore what these stories say about gender and how depictions of female action heroes have evolved over ...

Action movies test their protagonists both physically and mentally, and there are just as many great action movies with female leads as there are with male leads. One of the long-standing perceptions ...

As Dhurandhar continues to dominate conversations after emerging as one of 2025’s biggest hits, actor Chitrangada Singh has weighed in on why war dramas and action thrillers are usually led by men, ...

"Guys will get a free ride," the "Old Guard 2" actress said. “Yeah, it’s harder. That’s known,” Theron said as to why there are fewer women-driven action movies. “Action films with female leads don’t ...

'70s Week: The '70s saw women kicking ass like never before — two of them cut an especially spectacular trail that bleeds a clear path through the last 50 years of action movies. Women have been ...