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About This Quiz
Ever since women found their voices, obtained the right to vote and began to do all the things that men had been "allowed" to do for decades or even centuries, they have taken the world by storm. What was that Beyonce line again? "Who run the world? Girls!" Women have been throwing themselves at the tasks and challenges put before them and we must say that they've been doing a pretty damn great job.Â
Many of the actresses you see today would not be here if it wasn't for the women who paved the way for them to be in the acting business. And although it is still quite difficult for women in Hollywood, it was ridiculous how difficult it was for the heroines in our quiz to make marks for themselves. So, based on how strong these women have been, both in their everyday lives and on-screen, we want to see if you can identify these actresses in their most iconic roles as movie heroines.Â
Now we won't give you Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen or Emma Watson as Hermione Granger. We're going waaaaay back to Marilyn Monroe as Sugar Kane Kowalczyk and Julia Roberts as Vivian Ward. Do you have what it takes to correctly name the actress from a picture of her as a heroine?Â
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Which actress played this character?
Rachel Weisz
Maggie Cheung
Carrie Fisher
This late great funny girl was shot straight into our nerdy hearts as the Alderaanian Prrincess Leia in the Star Wars trilogy with her iconic hairstyle.
Judi Dench
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Which actress played this character?
Sigourney Weaver
The role of Ellen Ripley in the highly acclaimed film "Alien" (and its sequels) paved the way for female leads in the male-dominated world of action movies.
Jessica Chastain
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Nicole Kidman
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Which actress played this character?
Jennifer Lawrence
Kristen Stewart
Amy Adams
Julie Andrews
Our childhood was made magical by this high spirited nanny, Mary Poppins. Julie Andrews got an Academy Award in 1965 for Best Actress.
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Which actress played this character?
Charlize Theron
Audrey Hepburn
In 1961 we met Holly Golightly, a "woman of the night" with a rough past in search of a more glitzy future. Though hesitant to take the role at first, Audrey Hepburn played this complicated role seamlessly.
Viola Davis
Naomi Watts
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Which actress played this character?
Geena Davis
Davis made a pretty good transition into action films in "The Long Kiss Goodnight." She played an average mom with amnesia who was, unknowingly, a former CIA agent.
Penelope Cruz
Scarlett Johansson
Juliette Binoche
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Which actress played this character?
Tilda Swinton
Marion Cotillard
Kate Winslet
Faye Dunaway
"Network" introduced us to this cutthroat, unfeeling character, Diana Christensen. She stops at nothing for the next big television hit.
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Which actress played this character?
Judi Dench
Olivia Newton-John
As Sandy in "Grease," Olivia Newton-John portrays one of the most beloved glow ups. Initially a "square," she switches up her style and attitude to recapture the affections of the leader of the Greaser gang.
Maggie Cheung
Rooney Mara
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Which actress played this character?
Kathleen Turner
Kathleen Turner's feature film debut was her role as Matty Walker in "Body Heat." "Empire" magaziine soon named her one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in Film History.
Rachel Weisz
Michelle Williams
Cate Blanchett
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Which actress played this character?
Emma Watson
Isabelle Huppert
Julianne Moore
Molly Ringwald
in "Sixteen Candles," America's sweetheart is a sullen sophomore whose birthday is forgotten by her busy family. Her birthday wish for her boy crush is granted after hilarious mishaps.
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Which actress played this character?
Kristen Stewart
Nicole Kidman
Jennifer Lawrence
Kate Winslet
Also known as Rose Dawson, this red-haired beauty boarded the Titanic and began an illicit affair with the cheeky Jack Dawson.
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Which actress played this character?
Penelope Cruz
Julia Roberts
The ending of "My Best Friend's Wedding" had to be changed because this role made test audiences hate Robert's character. Some even wanted the character to wind up dead.
Charlize Theron
Amy Adams
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Which actress played this character?
Naomi Watts
Viola Davis
Susan Sarandon
"Dead Man Walking" is based on a true story. Sarandon plays a woman who becomes a spiritual advisor to a man on death row and, later on, an advocate against the death penalty.
Tilda Swinton
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Which actress played this character?
Juliette Binoche
Maggie Cheung
Jodie Foster
This brilliant brunette was sent to interview the infamous cannibal, Dr. Hannibal Lecter, to gain intel on another homicidal maniac. "The Silence of the Lambs" was released in 1991.
Judi Dench
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Which actress played this character?
Judy Garland
This talented but troubled beauty starred in the acclaimed "Wizard of Oz" as the heroine Dorothy. She was swooped up into the whimsical land of Oz.
Rachel Weisz
Jessica Chastain
Charlotte Gainsbourg
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Which actress played this character?
Cate Blanchett
Marion Cotillard
Jennifer Lawrence
Vivien Leigh
Vanity and petulance make her the very definition of an atypical protagonist. Scarlett is the very beautiful leading lady in the classic film, "Gone With the Wind."
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Which actress played this character?
Ingrid Bergman
Caught in the love triangle in "Casablanca," this lovely lass Ilsa fell for a man while thinking her husband was dead. Heartbreak ensues when she hears the news that he lives.
Rooney Mara
Scarlett Johansson
Kate Winslet
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Which actress played this character?
Julianne Moore
Winona Ryder
This "Little Women" protagonist, Jo March, was tempestuous and desired to be a boy. She was an atypical female in a society that viewed women as dainty.
Charlize Theron
Penelope Cruz
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Which actress played this character?
Michelle Williams
Kristen Stewart
Amy Adams
Alicia Silverstone
In 1995 we met the glam teenager, Cher, in the cult classic "Clueless." The role is loosely based on Jane Austen's Emma and shot Alicia Silverstone to fame.
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Which actress played this character?
Holly Hunter
The leading lady in "The Piano" is a mute woman who, for reasons unknown to anyone (including her), has not spoken since age six. She has been sold to a husband by her father, along with her child and beloved piano.
Judi Dench
Maggie Cheung
Juliette Binoche
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Which actress played this character?
Milla Jovovich
"The Fifth Element" is a sci-fi film about a woman who is, essentially, the missing element in a race to save the world. She is a clone who is not clear on her purpose but is determined to fulfill it.
Jennifer Lawrence
Viola Davis
Nicole Kidman
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Which actress played this character?
Naomi Watts
Rachel Weisz
Linda Hamilton
This beautiful blonde packed quite the punch in the Terminator franchise as the future mother of the leader of the resistance against corrupted tech company, Skynet. Hamilton's character is Sarah Connor.
Tilda Swinton
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Which actress played this character?
Carrie-Anne Moss
After being awakened from the deception of the Matrix, Trinity became part of the resistance against the alien species that forced humans into an altered reality.
Penelope Cruz
Isabelle Huppert
Emma Watson
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Which actress played this character?
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Cate Blanchett
Maggie Cheung
Michelle Yeoh
A true heroine, Michelle Yeoh brought some strong female power to this hidden bodyguard role.
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Which actress played this character?
Kristen Stewart
Judi Dench
Angela Bassett
"What's Love Got to Do With It"? When we think of how Angela effortlessly embodied Mama Tina, she should've gotten many, many awards for the role; she even had the legs and body to match.
Julianne Moore
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Which actress played this character?
Charlize Theron
Kathleen Turner
Though uncredited for voicing the seductively sultry animation in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," Kathleen sizzles, even offscreen.
Kate Winslet
Jessica Chastain
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Which actress played this character?
Julie Andrews
Julie Andrews taught us how to sing as easy as "do re mi" in the eternally revered "The Sound of Music," as the honey sweet nun turned governess, Maria.
Jennifer Lawrence
Scarlett Johansson
Michelle Williams
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Which actress played this character?
Rooney Mara
Greer Garson
Greer skillfully and boldly portrayed Jane Austen's most beloved heroine in the 1940's version of "Pride and Prejudice."
Rachel Weisz
Penelope Cruz
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Which actress played this character?
Kristen Stewart
Maggie Cheung
Judi Dench
Diane Keaton
The movie "Annie Hall," named after the lead female character Diane Keaton depicts, explores the relationship between a pensive divorcé and a sexually liberated, free-spirited woman.
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Which actress played this character?
Julia Roberts
A truly "Pretty Woman," this girl made us fall in love with her as a working girl who showed that she was strong and valued more than money. Julia Roberts won a Golden Globe.
Juliette Binoche
Amy Adams
Naomi Watts
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Which actress played this character?
Sharon Stone
The cold-blooded main character of the Basic Instinct franchise was made most memorable by the interrogation scene where she is dressed in a white mini, re-crossing her legs to reveal her commando status.
Tilda Swinton
Viola Davis
Marion Cotillard
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Which actress played this character?
Emma Watson
Nicole Kidman
Meryl Streep
This well-off Danish woman recounts the tumultuous tale of a marriage of convenience gone awry and all the surrounding highs and lows in the movie "Out of Africa." Meryl Streep played the role of Karen Blixen.
Amy Schumer
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Which actress played this character?
Kiera Knightley
Isabelle Huppert
Mary Stuart Masterson
This story is definitely “Some Kind Of Wonderful,†as Watts, a teenage girl viciously rumored to be a lesbian helps her secret love interest get his dream girl. The movie came out in 1987.
Cate Blanchett
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Which actress played this character?
Rachel Weisz
Jennifer Lawrence
Glenn Close
This ‘Fatal Attraction†epitomized crazy and embodied all the rage that lies deep within a scorned lover. This thriller came out in 1987.
Penelope Cruz
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Which actress played this character?
Kristen Stewart
Cher
This widow leaves us absolutely “Moonstruck†after she ends up engaged to the prosthetic hand-having brother of her fiance. Cher played Loretta Castorini.
Naomi Watts
Julianne Moore
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Which actress played this character?
Kathy Bates
This lead character of “Misery†is a former nurse. She comes across the author of her favorite book series and tortures him into rewriting his latest book when it does not fit her taste.
Maggie Cheung
Jessica Chastain
Kate Winslet
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Which actress played this character?
Scarlett Johansson
Susan Sarandon
At the heart of "Bull Durham" is Annie, who mentors young minor league baseballers by very... intimate means. She becomes caught in a love triangle between her mentee and his coach.
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Natalie Portman
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Which actress played this character?
Amy Adams
Nicole Kidman
Lucille Ball
Yes, this image is from the TV show, but there was also a 1953 movie. This funny gal was the wife of Ricky Ricardo in "I Love Lucy." She made us laugh with her ridiculous antics and that infamous "oops face."
Juliette Binoche
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Which actress played this character?
Charlize Theron
Viola Davis
Michelle Williams
Gillian Anderson
This always tranquil and highly analytical forensic pathologist is a lead character in Fox's sci-fi series and movie franchise, "The X-Files."
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Which actress played this character?
Judi Dench
Rachel Weisz
Marilyn Monroe
This lead singer's search for a glasses-wearing millionaire to call her own is halted by a saxophonist who (unknown to her) doubles as a member of her all-female band in "Some Like it Hot."
Rooney Mara
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Which actress played this character?
Penelope Cruz
Kristen Stewart
Julie Christie
Lara is Dr. Zhivago's lover, and possible mistress mother of Tonya, the queried love child of the doctor, who is vilified for his anti-communism poetry. Julie Christie played the role.
Jennifer Lawrence
You Got:
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