You know, I was thinking of this exact same thing when I watched The Avengers because the way everyone was talking about Black Widow, I thought she was going to be one (of the working towards redemption kind at least). And I was really excited about that, because borderline-sociopath-formerly-evil-heroes are my thing! But no, she vaguely talked about the horrible things that she'd done, but not once was there even a slightest suggestion that she might be anything less than a straight-up hero now.
I'd say Jackie in Nurse Jackie definitely counts as an antihero, since she's basically the female equivalent of House, maybe also Kerry Weaver on ER (she started off as an antagonists but was definitely one of Our Heroes by the end). Bad Girls, which is a British show about a women's prison also had several characters that I think would count.
But those are all in drama. It's harder to think of examples from 'manlier' genres. Sarah Connor in T2, maybe? I think scifi and action movies are so geared towards the male gaze that women still aren't generally allowed any other roles than the victim/lover or the (Sexy) Spinny Killbot - the moral scale on a female characters seems to be usually determined on simply how willingly they use their sexuality and 'feminine wiles' to get what they want...
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Date: Jun. 26th, 2012 08:30 am (UTC)I'd say Jackie in Nurse Jackie definitely counts as an antihero, since she's basically the female equivalent of House, maybe also Kerry Weaver on ER (she started off as an antagonists but was definitely one of Our Heroes by the end). Bad Girls, which is a British show about a women's prison also had several characters that I think would count.
But those are all in drama. It's harder to think of examples from 'manlier' genres. Sarah Connor in T2, maybe? I think scifi and action movies are so geared towards the male gaze that women still aren't generally allowed any other roles than the victim/lover or the (Sexy) Spinny Killbot - the moral scale on a female characters seems to be usually determined on simply how willingly they use their sexuality and 'feminine wiles' to get what they want...