Fantastic Femmes--Jennifer Beals

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Her first major role (Alex in FlashDance) made Jennifer Beals a star!
After more than 50 roles in films and tv, she's again become a household name due to her performance as Bette in The L Word!
In between, Jennifer's done everything from low-budget indies to big-budget studio projects, including lots of genre work.
Trivia:
Turned down the role of Dana Scully in X-Files. after being recommended by fellow Yale classmate David Duchovny!
Turned down the role of Apollonia in Purple Rain.

Genre appearances include...
Book of Eli (Claudia)
Troubled Waters (Jennifer Beck)
Law & Order "Charity Case"
Grudge 2 [2006] (Trish Kimble)
Out of Line (Jenny Capitanas)
Big House aka Being Brewster (Lorraine Brewster)
Turbulence II: Fear of Flying (Jessica)
The Hunger [1999] "...and She Laughed"
Spree (Xinia Kelly)
Prophecy II (Valerie Rosales)
Devil in a Blue Dress (Daphne Monet)
Outer Limits [1997] "Bodies of Evidence"
Dead on Sight (Rebecca Darcy)
Terror Stalks the Class Reunion (Virginia)
Dr M aka Club Extinction (Sonja Vogler)
Gamble (Lady Olivia Candioni)
Vampire's Kiss (Rachel)
Shelly Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre "Cinderella"
The Bride (Eva)

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Jennifer-Beals.us (FanSite)Other actresses to play Eva aka Bride of the Frankenstein Monster aka Prima aka Monster's Mate include...
Helena Bonham Carter in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Jane Seymour in Frankenstein: the True Story
Dalila de Lazzaro in Andy Warhol's Flesh for Frankenstein
Susan Denberg in Frankenstein Created Woman
Elsa Lanchester in Bride of Frankenstein
Other actresses to play Cinderella include...
There are over 50 listed. If you wanna know, Google 'em.

Fantastic Femmes--Whitney Houston

An extremely-talented performer (both as songstress and actress), Whitney's personal problems have, until recently, forced her career onto the back-burner.
However, she seems to have overcome these obstacles, and her career is on an upswing once more!

Genre appearances include...
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (Fairy Godmother / performer: "Prologue", "Impossible", "It's Possible", "Finale Ultimo", "There's Music in You")
The Preacher's Wife (Julia Biggs)
The BodyGuard (Rachel Marron / performer: "Queen of the Night")
Note: The BodyGuard is not really genre, but it's use of footage from the classic 1926 film Metropolis as well as the Maria-Robotrix-influenced costume prominently featured in the video for "Queen of the Night" and the film itself make it worthy, IMHO, of inclusion.

Check out...
Whitney's Official WebSite
A cool FanSite

Other actresses to play Fairy Godmother in Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella include Celeste Holm [1965] and Edie Adams [1957]
Other actresses to play Julia Biggs include...
Actually, in the previous version of this film, The Bishop's Wife [1947], the character was named Julia Brougham and played by Loretta Young.

Fantastic Femmes--Whoopi Goldberg

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Fantastic Femmes--Brandy Norwood

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