If Actresses Were Superheroes...
Thursday, April 28, 2016 at 6:00PM 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...
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— Nathaniel Rogers (@nathanielr) April 28, 2016
Name: Tilda Swinton
Alias: Tilda Swinton
First Appearance: ∞
Gender: Mutable
Powers: All pic.twitter.com/eztByMjc2j
Name: Streep (aka The Chameleon)
— Nathaniel Rogers (@nathanielr) April 28, 2016
Origin: Bitten by Acting Bug at Vassar
Powers: Shapeshifting, Gold Magnetism pic.twitter.com/E95bThRraT
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— Nathaniel Rogers (@nathanielr) April 28, 2016
Alias: Princess Anne
Powers: Causes Exhaustion/Rage; also: Singing
Arch-Enemy: The Hathahater pic.twitter.com/8wsgLSXDjh
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— Nathaniel Rogers (@nathanielr) April 28, 2016
Name: Julianne Moore
Alias: Amber Waves
Powers: Psychotic Breaks, Tear Deluges, Mass Hypnosis pic.twitter.com/BFf3ffUnho
*finale*
— Nathaniel Rogers (@nathanielr) April 28, 2016
Name: Glenn Close
Alias: Gorgon
1st Appearance: Garp #1 (1982)
Powers: Death Gaze, Cannot Be Ignored. pic.twitter.com/VfhbE1eUHI
Which actress is your favorite superhero and what are her powers?
Reader Comments (19)
The list feels incomplete. Hathaway and Streep are the weak tea of the lineup.
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!!!
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.)
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!!
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)
Jennifer Lawrence:
Powers: Able to carry franchises on her shoulders, age manipulation
Alias: Katniss
Archenemy: the internet (certain corners of it anyway)
Name: Melanie Lynskey
Alias: The Normalizer
Powers: Able to make other people look and behave like rational human beings in her presence.
With the exception of Hathaway, great list!!!
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)
Name: Keira Knightley
Alias: Pout
Powers: Killer bone structure, elevates clothing and recently acquired "The Binoche'
Rizzz -- hopefully Kiki will finally defeat her arch-enemy soon.
I was seeing "A Bigger Splash" last week and couldn't help thinking that Tilda must be the coolest person on earth. :-)
CCA -- uff. i cannot wait to see that.
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.
I know I said next year, but confused no one rose to my challenge. Was my inclusion of two voice actresses alienating?
YES to everything Rizz said. I can't wait to see how those two work together in The Beguiled.
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
@Evan: I love your superheroines.
Yes, Evan, well done.