Best Female Fantasy Flick Actresses

Emma Watson was born in 1990 and is one of the most well known English female actresses at the current time. After becoming a child star in the Harry Potter films, the actress proclaimed that she would continue her education through college. She attended both Brown University and Oxford University, finally earning a Bachelor's degree in English Literature after five years of hard work and interruptions because of her hectic acting career. Watson is not only a well-known actress, but she does some modelling and is an women's activist as well. She is a big advocate for women's education and has traveled around the world in order to help improve education for females.

These movies are based on the books by J.K Rowling. As a child actress, Watson became well-known for her role in these films where she is a young witch at Hogwarts, Hermione Granger. Throughout the eight movies, viewers watch Watson, Radcliffe and Grint, as well as the other actors and actresses grow up at Hogwarts and mature. With romance, magical duels, evil wizards, Quidditch matches, and much more, this movie series is packed full of fantastical action. Hermione is best friends with the main character, Harry Potter, as they fight to defeat the evil Lord Voldemort.

This coming-of-age comedy-drama is based on the epistolary novel by Stephen Chbosky. In this film, it focuses on the hardships and awkwardness of life as a high school student. As Watson's character, Sam, befriends the new freshman Charlie, they both learn valuable things about life together.

In this drastically altered version of the Noah's Ark story from the Old Testament, Emma Watson plays the role of Ila who is the wife of Noah's son Shem. In this intense remake of an ancient story there are dramatic battle scenes, the building of the ark and the flood. Did I forget to mention that Watson's character Ila is carrying Shem's twins and Noah wants to murder them? Many people dislike the film because of its variation from the Bible. However, if you look at the movie as a separate thing then it is actually a really well done action film. Watson's acting abilities shine in this more mature film.

Neta-Lee Hershlag is the name she was born with in 1981 in Jerusalem. She now has dual citizenship in both Israel and The United States. She is married to Benjamin Millepied and has one child. Known as not only an actress but also a producer and director, Natalie Portman has many devoted fans who absolutely adore her. She's beautiful, talented and a symbol of female strength.She has won countless awards and is recognized throughout the world as one of the most successful actresses today. She attended both Harvard University and Hebrew University of Jerusalem and earned a degree in psychology. She is quoted as having said at one point that she would rather be educated than a movie star which is why she has always put education before her acting career.

In this sci-fi fantasy prequel trilogy, Portman plays the character Padme Amidala. In Star Wars The Phantom Menace she is the Queen of Naboo and is the object of kidnapping by the enemy. She shows her strength through battle and her willingness to stand up for what she believes in. By the end of her Star Wars career Portman finds herself playing the helpless, lovestruck and heartbroken lover of Anakin Skywalker. While some criticize her character because of this weakness, it is a part of her character development. She falls in love. This forbidden love is what eventually brings her downfall.

Portman portrays the character Evey in this action/thriller film. In the film, Evey gets caught up with the "terrorist" and masked stranger who calls himself V. He fights against the oppressive government. While V tricks her into thinking she has been captured by the goverment in order to toughen her up and make her stronger, Evey is angry (with good reasons) and runs away from V, but of course finds herself drawn to him again and again. Portman's raw emotion and acting talent shines through as she journeys with V through hardship.

As the intelligent scientist Jane Foster, Portman plays the role of the lover of the all famous super hero, Thor. As he gets exiled to Earth and meets Jane, Thor works to gain his powers and hammer back at all cost and return to Asgard. He fights against his evil brother Loki, who wants the throne for himself. The second Thor film has Jane actually going to Asgard with Thor as they fight enemies together. Again and again Thor proves his strength, bravery and valor in this action-packed film.

Born in New York City in 1984, Johansson is one of the most well-known beautiful actresses in the world. She started her acting as a child and eventually transitioned to the adult roles that we know her for today. Known as the sexiest woman alive by Esquire, Johansson has found herself many different roles. She is married to Romain Dauriac and they have one daughter.

In this action-thriller film, Scarlett Johansson plays the part of a clone named Jordan Two Delta who lives with other such clones in a secret facility. They are told that the Earth is inhabitable and given false memories of their past. Johansson co-stars with Ewan McGregor as they escape this facility and find out who they really are.

She plays the role of the Black Widow in these super hero based films. She is an expert spy working for S.H.I.E.L.D. Johansson stated in an interview that her training for these films was extremely intense. She was constantly being trained with the stunt team and other actors to learn how to fight on the big screen. I think it's safe to say that all that training definitely paid off in the end.

She was born in 1985 in London. She is married to James Righton and has one child. Though she was diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD at a young age, she still managed to begin a successful acting career. Though her biggest success has probably been from the Pirates of the Caribbean films, she is also involved in Broadway and other stage activities.

Playing the role of Elizabeth Bennet, Knightley is an English Victorian woman in the film adaptation of Jane Austen's novel. As Elizabeth and her four sisters learn about morality and marriage, her parents are worried about marrying them off.

Elizabeth Swann goes from proper British woman to feminist pirate in just three films. Knightley is the perfect actress for Swann's character. Bringing a daring and brave edge to this otherwise stuck up woman, Swann never backs down from what she believes in.

She was born in 1978 in New Jersey and is married to Marco Perego with two children. She is not only an actress but a producer and dancer as well. Star Trek and Avatar were her two huge breaks that make her well-known. She has a mixed ethnicity of Lebanese, Haitian and Domincan Republic. She is also bilingual, speaking both English and Spanish fluently.

Neytiri is strong, brave and yet she falls in love with a mere human. Saldana plays this character to perfection. It's easy to forget that the Naavi are just human actors and actresses in front of a green screen. This film did an awesome job at picking actors who could play the part of this foreign race. Saldana brings an odd, savage like feeling to Neytiri's character while still making her likable.

Uhura is played by Zoe Saldana. She's strong and intelligent enough to be lovers with the half Vulcan, Spock. Showing raw emotion and stubbornness, Saldana perfectly embodies who Uhura is in this newer film version of the beloved Star Trek universe.

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