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Thursday
Apr282016

If Actresses Were Superheroes... 

I know what you're saying. "If???"

Obviously actresses are superheroes, so after going the traditional route today (National Superhero Day apparently, yes it's news to me too) by celebrating superheroes I loved to draw as a kid and those that made me quiver under my bodice, I couldn't stop tweeting. It was time to celebrate the greatest superhero team of them all: The Legion of Best Actresses.

We'll start with Tilda but there are more super-actresses after the jump...

 

 

Which actress is your favorite superhero and what are her powers?

 

 

 

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Reader Comments (19)

The list feels incomplete. Hathaway and Streep are the weak tea of the lineup.

April 28, 2016 | Unregistered Commenter/3rtful

No Scar-Jo 3:16 w/ her power of awesomeness and the Scar-Jo Stunna or Cactus Jena with her batshit crazy barb-wired baseball bat and DDT of death? Those are my superheroes!!!

April 28, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterSteven

2 live-action for profiles: Saorise Ronan, Kate Winslet.
2 voice-actresses for profiles: Grey DeLisle, Tara Strong.
(Next year, of course, but something to think about.)

April 28, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterVolvagia

Whr's Queen Cate?? She can b the ICE goddess piercing us mortals with her all-knowing cool gaze, but sometimes known to unleash her deep buried madness ala Blue Jasmine!!

April 28, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterClaran

Brie Larson:
Powers: Able to interact with children and elevate their performances
Alias: Best Actress (recently held alias and one that will only be held for one year)

April 28, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterTom

Jennifer Lawrence:
Powers: Able to carry franchises on her shoulders, age manipulation
Alias: Katniss
Archenemy: the internet (certain corners of it anyway)

April 28, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterTom

Name: Melanie Lynskey
Alias: The Normalizer
Powers: Able to make other people look and behave like rational human beings in her presence.

April 28, 2016 | Unregistered Commenteradri

With the exception of Hathaway, great list!!!

April 29, 2016 | Unregistered Commenterrick

Name: Nicole Kidman
Alias: The Fearless
Powers: Mesmerizing beauty,bucket loads of courage

Name: Kirsten Dunst
Alias: The Spectrum
Powers: Does comedy, drama, depression, action, damsel or any other emotion/mood with aplomb.
Arch Enemy: AMPAS. (lol)

April 29, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterRizz

Name: Keira Knightley
Alias: Pout
Powers: Killer bone structure, elevates clothing and recently acquired "The Binoche'

April 29, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterGrey

Rizzz -- hopefully Kiki will finally defeat her arch-enemy soon.

April 29, 2016 | Registered CommenterNATHANIEL R

I was seeing "A Bigger Splash" last week and couldn't help thinking that Tilda must be the coolest person on earth. :-)

April 29, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterCCA

CCA -- uff. i cannot wait to see that.

April 29, 2016 | Registered CommenterNATHANIEL R

That Tilda post is honestly so perfect. ScarJo seems ready-made for this list with Lucy, Black Widow, maybe Under the Skin? Her 2014 filmography is tailor-made for this list.

@ Grey - I think inability to age could qualify for Knightly too. And a lot of these women, but still. Has she really aged?

@ Rizz - Yes yes yes to them both.

April 29, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterNick T

I know I said next year, but confused no one rose to my challenge. Was my inclusion of two voice actresses alienating?

April 29, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterVolvagia

YES to everything Rizz said. I can't wait to see how those two work together in The Beguiled.

April 29, 2016 | Unregistered Commenterthefilmjunkie

Name: Marion Cotillard
Alias: La Chic
Origin: the latest in the lineage of the Supérheroïnes
Powers: Possesses all forms of sadness, Converts them to personal triumphs
Arch-Enemy: The Jury of Cannes

Name: Jessica Chastain
Alias: Strawberry Blonde
Origin: The house next door
Powers: Omnipresence, Infinite Cuteness, Personal Magnetism

April 29, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterEvan

@Evan: I love your superheroines.

May 1, 2016 | Unregistered Commenteradri

Yes, Evan, well done.

May 1, 2016 | Registered CommenterNATHANIEL R
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