Fantastic Femmes--Nancy Giles

One of the high-points of my weekend is sitting back and watching CBS Sunday Morning while having brunch.
And, one of the too-infrequent joys of that are commentary segments with Nancy Giles.
(While I like Ben Stein, I loathe Mo Rocca, one of the most annoying people to ever appear on-screen. Why CBS doesn't just rotate Nancy and Ben 50-50 is beyond me...)
Though she started out as an actress, with ongoing roles on China Beach and Delta, Nancy seems to have found her niche as a television journalist and commentator, while still doing the occasional supporting tv or film role.
She's also appeared on Broadway and currently writes and performs a one-woman stage show both off-Broadway and regionally.
IMHO, truly a Fantastic Femme!

Genre appearances include...
Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles [VG] (Adi Gallia)
Law & Order "Gov Love"
Dream On (Carolyn)
Jury "Mail Order Mystery"
L.A. Law "BadFellas"
Smuggler's Run II: Hostile Territory [VG] (Robot)
Grand Theft Auto 3 [VG] (Pedestrian)
Joshua (Betsy Polsheck)
SuperHeroes (Barbara Finch)
DollHouse Murders (Librarian)
True Crime (Leesha Mitchell)

Check out...
Nancy's Official WebSite
Nancy on Twitter

Other actresses to play Adi Gallia include...
Gin Clarke in Star Wars Episode I: the Phantom Menace and Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones.

Fantastic Femmes--Salma Hayek

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Another "serious" actress who has no problems starring in "popcorn" films, and doing her own stunts when a director like Robert Rodriguez is crazy enough to let her do them!
The multi-talented Salma is also a successful movie / tv producer (Frida, Ugly Betty) as well as a songstress who's performed in several films she's appeared in including Frida, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, and Desperado.

Genre credits include
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant aka Circus of the Freaks (Madame Truska)
Banditas (Sara Sandoval)
Across the Universe (Singing Nurse)
Desperado / Once Upon a Time in Mexico (Carolina)
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (Cesca Giggles)
Wild, Wild West (Rita Escobar)
Dogma (Serendipity)
The Faculty (Rosa Harper)
From Dusk till Dawn (Santanico Pandemonium)
RoadRacers (Donna)
Dream On "Domestic Bliss" (Carmela)

Check out...
two sites who claim to be "the online source for everything Salma"...
Salma HayekNet and SalmaHayekWeb
or a Salma Hayek FanBlog

Fantastic Femmes--Helen Slater

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It's not often an actress can play a character, then play the character's aunt 24 years later.
Helen was the first actress to play Supergirl / Kara Zor-El in any medium in Supergirl: the Movie (1984)!
In 2008, she played Kara's aunt, Lara Jor-El (birth mother of Kal-El / Clark Kent), in several episodes of Smallville! (She also appears in a documentary on the Season 7 Smallville DVD set entitled "Supergirl: Last Daughter of Krypton")
And she still looks...well...SUPER!

Over three dozen film & tv credits...
Other genre appearances:
Dream On
Batman: the Animated Series (4 episodes as Talia, daughter of Ra's al Ghul)
ABC AfterSchool Specials "Amy & the Angel"
12:01
Check out...
Helen Slater's Official Page
Tribute to Helen Slater

Other actresses to play Supergirl / Kara Zor-El since Helen include
Nicolle Tom (Superman: the Animated Series, New Batman Adventures, Justice League Unlimited)
Laura Vandervoort (Smallville)
Tara Strong (Justice League Heroes video game)

Other actresses to play Lara Jor-El before Helen include...
Agnes Moorehead (Adventures of Superman [radio] "The Baby from Krypton" [1940], "Superman Comes to Earth" [1942])
Luana Walters (Superman [1948 movie serial] "Chapter 1: Superman Comes to Earth")
Aline Towne (Adventures of Superman "Superman on Earth")
Susannah York (Superman the Movie, Superman II, Superman IV: the Quest for Peace)
Britt Ekland (Superboy "Escape to Earth" & "Abandon Earth")
Eliza Roberts (Lois & Clark: the New Adventures of Superman "Foundling")
Finola Hughes (Superman: the Animated Series "The Last Son of Krypton")
and, Kendall Cross on an earlier episode of Smallville ("Memoria")