heroine
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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
Fourth Wing introduces heroine Violet Sorrengail, a 20-year-old woman who is thrust into brutal training to become an elite dragon rider.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
Accompanied by her brazen friend Baba, the adult Caithleen leaves for Dublin, where a new life awaits a heroine who proves to be as fearless as the writer who created her.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026
If they had only known how frail was their iron-wili heroine.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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