heroine
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The Game of Thrones star plays heroine Lara Croft - a globe-trotting archaeologist - in the upcoming video game adaptation.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
Its second season begins with Anna Sawai’s heroine Cate Randa refusing to leave Russell’s retired U.S.
From Salon • Mar. 20, 2026
As Ellen Ripley, Sigourney Weaver meets the threat with grit and nerve in a situation where there is nowhere to go and no help coming, a performance that helped define the modern action heroine.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
The story itself is relatively easy to follow: a heroine travels through different realms in an effort to restore balance, all while audiences are treated to impressive choreography, elaborate costumes and inventive stage effects.
From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026
This fact is now generally accepted; and we do not have to try to find in every mythological heroine the moon or the dawn and in every hero’s life a sun myth.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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