Sword-wielding Female Characters

Uma Thurman in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

Lucy Lawless in Xena: Warrior Princess (1995)

Keira Knightley in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

Gal Gadot in Wonder Woman (2017)

Penélope Cruz in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)

Miranda Otto in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Zoe Saldaña in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

Gwendoline Christie in Game of Thrones (2011)

Maisie Williams in Game of Thrones (2011)

Eva Green in 300: Rise of an Empire (2014)

Daisy Ridley in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)

Milla Jovovich

Catherine Zeta-Jones in The Legend of Zorro (2005)

Kate Beckinsale in Van Helsing (2004)

Tessa Thompson in Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

Olga Kurylenko in Centurion (2010)

Olivia Munn in X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

Jai Courtney, Margot Robbie, and Karen Fukuhara in Suicide Squad (2016)

Cate Blanchett in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

Emily Browning in Sucker Punch (2011)

Lucy Liu in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

Rhona Mitra in Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)

Jay Huguley, Danai Gurira, Beth Keener, Kenric Green, and Corey Hawkins in The Walking Dead (2010)

Rosamund Pike in Wrath of the Titans (2012)

Rhona Mitra in Doomsday (2008)

Summer Glau in Serenity (2005)

Ziyi Zhang in House of Flying Daggers (2004)

Amy Allen in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)

Keira Knightley in King Arthur (2004)

Yifei Liu in The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)

Maggie Cheung in Hero (2002)

Sarah Bolger and Jamie Chung in Once Upon a Time (2011)

Alex Kingston in Warrior Queen (2003)

Katheryn Winnick in Vikings (2013)

Angel Coulby in Merlin (2008)