Curls build character.

Merida (voiced by Kelly Macdonald) from Brave

This girl takes shit from no one. Do you know how hard it is to be good with a bow and arrow? It's harder than you think. You don't just get a movie about you named "Brave" for nothing.

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Vernita Green (Vivica A. Fox) from Kill Bill Vol. 1

Name one other woman in film who could have a legit knife fight while her daughter's coming home from kindergarten. Sure, she's one of the bad guys, but you can't deny the badassery here.

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Nancy Botwin (Mary-Louise Parker) from Weeds

She became one of the most powerful women on the drug circuit so she could support her kids after her husband passed away. The woman couldn't be stopped.

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Miss Frizzle (voiced by Lily Tomlin) from The Magic School Bus

Remember when she drove an entire school bus full of wily children into the BODY OF A HUMAN FOR A SCIENCE CLASS? The woman was a pioneer.

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