Fantastic Femmes--Danica McKellar

The cute next-door neighbor girl on Wonder Years has grown up into an amazing woman!
Besides a steady stream of tv movies and several ongoing roles in series including The West Wing and her own series, Inspector Mom, Danica's written two books; Math Doesn't Suck: How to Survive Middle School Math Without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail and Kiss My Math: Showing Pre-Algebra Who's Boss to promote interest in mathematics among teen girls.
She's truly a Fantastic Femme!

Genre appearances include...
Inspector Mom (Maddie Monroe also Writer / Producer)
HeatStroke (Caroline)
Hack! (Emily)
Shin Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams [VG] (Various Voices)
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance [VG] (Susan Storm Richards aka Invisible Woman)
X-Men Legends [VG] (Jubilee aka Jubilation Lee)
EverQuest II [VG] (Lolla Cotgrove / Pona)
Path of Destruction (Katherine Stern)
CyberChase "Designing Mr Perfect"
Quiet Kill / Nightmare Boulevard (Pet Shop Girl)
Static Shock (Freida Goren)
Century City "Without a Tracer"
Game Over (Elsa / Renee)
Justice League (Sapphire Stagg)
Babylon 5 "The War Prayer"
Captain Planet & the Planeteers "A Formula for Hate"
SideKicks (Lauren)
Twilight Zone [1985-87]
"Her Pilgrim Soul" (Teen Nola), "Shelter Skelter" (Deidre Dobbs)

Check out..
Danica's Official WebSite
Official WebSite for her book Math Doesn't Suck...
Official WebSite for her book Kiss My Math

Other actresses to play Invisible Woman / Invisible Girl aka Susan Storm-Richards...
Fantastic Four / Fantastic Four the Video Game / Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Jessica Alba
Fantastic 4 [1967] Jo Ann Pflug
The Fantastic Four [1978] Ginny Tyler
The Fantastic Four [1994] Rebecca Staab (adult) Mercedes McNabb (child) [live-action film, never officially released]
Marvel Action Hour: Fantastic Four [1996-97] Silver Surfer [1998] Lori Alan
Spider-Man [1996] Gail Matthius
Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes [2007] Lara Gilchrist
Video Games: Erin Matthews, Grey DeLisele

Other actresses to play Jubilee aka Jubilation Lee include...
X2: X-Men United / X-Men: the Last Stand Kea Wong
X-Men [2000] Katrina Florece
X-Men: Evolution Chiarra Zanni
Generation X Heather McComb
X-Men / Spider-Man [1992] / Marvel vs. Capcom [VG] Alyson Court

Fantastic Femmes--Pam Grier

Note: this page has been updated with NEW info HERE!

From her first featured role in The Big Doll House, Pam Grier was THE female action star of the 1970s, dominating the blaxplotation genre along with appearances in several horror flix.
Honing her acting skills, she moved to drama and comedy film & tv work, including multi-episode arcs on Crime Story and Miami Vice and as a regular on Linc's.
She's a cancer survivor, and a regular on The L Word.
And one of my favorite actresses of all time! ;-)

Genre credits include...
Smallville (Amanda Waller)
Back in the Day (Mrs. Cooper)
Justice League "A Knight of Shadows" (My'ria'h)
Night Visions "Switch"
The Adventures of Pluto Nash (Flura Nash aka Mom)
Feast of All Saints (Suzette Lermontant)
Bones (Pearl)
Strange Frequency
Ghosts of Mars (Commander Helena Braddock)
Pinky & the Brain "Inherit the Wheeze"
Escape from LA (Hershe Las Palmas)
Bill & Ted"s Bogus Journey (Ms Wardroe)
Class of 1999 (Ms Connors)
Mars Attacks! (Louise Williams)
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Dust Witch)
Monsters "Hostile Takeover"
Friday Foster (Friday Foster)
Scream, Blacula, Scream! (Lisa)
Twilight People (Ayesa, the Panther Woman)

Other actresses to play Amanda Waller include...
Angela Bassett in Green Lantern.
CCH Pounder in Justice League Unlimited / Batman Beyond and Superman-Batman: Public Enemies

Fantastic Femmes--Gina Torres

Note: this page has been updated with NEW info HERE!

Superb, convincing, action actress.
Talented singer (mezzo-soprano) with opera & jazz training.
Her rendition of "All Night Long" is on the soundtrack of the film I Think Love My Wife, which she also stars in.

Genre Appearances
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (SuperWoman)
[Not in the same continuity / universe as Justice League / Justice League Unlimited]
Vampire Diaries (Bree)
FlashForward (Felicia Wedeck)
Pushing Daisies "Water & Power" (Lila Robinson)
Angel (Jasmine)
Firefly / Serenity (Zoë Alleyne Washburne)
Matrix Reloaded / Matrix Revolutions (Cas)
Matrix Online [Video Game] (Niobe)
Alias (Anna Espinosa)
24 (Julia Milliken)
Justice League / Justice League Unlimited (Vixen aka Mari Jiwe McCabe)
La Femme Nikita (Jenna Vogler)
Hercules the Legendary Journeys (Nebula / Casting Director Beth Hymson)
Xena: Warrior Princess "King of Assassins" (Cleopatra)
Cleopatra 2525 (Hel aka Helen Carter)

M.A.N.T.I.S. (Dr. Amy Ellis)

Check out
her Official WebSite
Goddess (fan site)

Other actresses to play Niobe include...
Jada Pinkett-Smith in Matrix Reloaded / Matrix Revolutions
Other actresses to play Cleopatra include...
There are 87 different listings here for various movie / tv Cleopatras based on the historical figure.