Can You Match These Actresses to Their Iconic Roles?

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By: Kennita Leon

6 Min Quiz

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About This Quiz

Ever since women found their voices, obtained the right to vote and began to do all the things that men had been "allowed" to do for decades or even centuries, they have taken the world by storm. What was that Beyonce line again? "Who run the world? Girls!" Women have been throwing themselves at the tasks and challenges put before them and we must say that they've been doing a pretty damn great job. 

Many of the actresses you see today would not be here if it wasn't for the women who paved the way for them to be in the acting business. And although it is still quite difficult for women in Hollywood, it was ridiculous how difficult it was for the heroines in our quiz to make marks for themselves. So, based on how strong these women have been, both in their everyday lives and on-screen, we want to see if you can identify these actresses in their most iconic roles as movie heroines. 

Now we won't give you Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen or Emma Watson as Hermione Granger. We're going waaaaay back to Marilyn Monroe as Sugar Kane Kowalczyk and Julia Roberts as Vivian Ward. Do you have what it takes to correctly name the actress from a picture of her as a heroine? 

Which actress played this character?

This late great funny girl was shot straight into our nerdy hearts as the Alderaanian Prrincess Leia in the Star Wars trilogy with her iconic hairstyle.

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Which actress played this character?

The role of Ellen Ripley in the highly acclaimed film "Alien" (and its sequels) paved the way for female leads in the male-dominated world of action movies.

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Which actress played this character?

Our childhood was made magical by this high spirited nanny, Mary Poppins. Julie Andrews got an Academy Award in 1965 for Best Actress.

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Which actress played this character?

In 1961 we met Holly Golightly, a "woman of the night" with a rough past in search of a more glitzy future. Though hesitant to take the role at first, Audrey Hepburn played this complicated role seamlessly.

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Which actress played this character?

Davis made a pretty good transition into action films in "The Long Kiss Goodnight." She played an average mom with amnesia who was, unknowingly, a former CIA agent.

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Which actress played this character?

"Network" introduced us to this cutthroat, unfeeling character, Diana Christensen. She stops at nothing for the next big television hit.

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As Sandy in "Grease," Olivia Newton-John portrays one of the most beloved glow ups. Initially a "square," she switches up her style and attitude to recapture the affections of the leader of the Greaser gang.

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Kathleen Turner's feature film debut was her role as Matty Walker in "Body Heat." "Empire" magaziine soon named her one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in Film History.

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in "Sixteen Candles," America's sweetheart is a sullen sophomore whose birthday is forgotten by her busy family. Her birthday wish for her boy crush is granted after hilarious mishaps.

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Also known as Rose Dawson, this red-haired beauty boarded the Titanic and began an illicit affair with the cheeky Jack Dawson.

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The ending of "My Best Friend's Wedding" had to be changed because this role made test audiences hate Robert's character. Some even wanted the character to wind up dead.

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Which actress played this character?

"Dead Man Walking" is based on a true story. Sarandon plays a woman who becomes a spiritual advisor to a man on death row and, later on, an advocate against the death penalty.

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This brilliant brunette was sent to interview the infamous cannibal, Dr. Hannibal Lecter, to gain intel on another homicidal maniac. "The Silence of the Lambs" was released in 1991.

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This talented but troubled beauty starred in the acclaimed "Wizard of Oz" as the heroine Dorothy. She was swooped up into the whimsical land of Oz.

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Vanity and petulance make her the very definition of an atypical protagonist. Scarlett is the very beautiful leading lady in the classic film, "Gone With the Wind."

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Caught in the love triangle in "Casablanca," this lovely lass Ilsa fell for a man while thinking her husband was dead. Heartbreak ensues when she hears the news that he lives.

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This "Little Women" protagonist, Jo March, was tempestuous and desired to be a boy. She was an atypical female in a society that viewed women as dainty.

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In 1995 we met the glam teenager, Cher, in the cult classic "Clueless." The role is loosely based on Jane Austen's Emma and shot Alicia Silverstone to fame.

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The leading lady in "The Piano" is a mute woman who, for reasons unknown to anyone (including her), has not spoken since age six. She has been sold to a husband by her father, along with her child and beloved piano.

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"The Fifth Element" is a sci-fi film about a woman who is, essentially, the missing element in a race to save the world. She is a clone who is not clear on her purpose but is determined to fulfill it.

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This beautiful blonde packed quite the punch in the Terminator franchise as the future mother of the leader of the resistance against corrupted tech company, Skynet. Hamilton's character is Sarah Connor.

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After being awakened from the deception of the Matrix, Trinity became part of the resistance against the alien species that forced humans into an altered reality.

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A true heroine, Michelle Yeoh brought some strong female power to this hidden bodyguard role.

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"What's Love Got to Do With It"? When we think of how Angela effortlessly embodied Mama Tina, she should've gotten many, many awards for the role; she even had the legs and body to match.

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Though uncredited for voicing the seductively sultry animation in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," Kathleen sizzles, even offscreen.

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Julie Andrews taught us how to sing as easy as "do re mi" in the eternally revered "The Sound of Music," as the honey sweet nun turned governess, Maria.

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Greer skillfully and boldly portrayed Jane Austen's most beloved heroine in the 1940's version of "Pride and Prejudice."

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Which actress played this character?

The movie "Annie Hall," named after the lead female character Diane Keaton depicts, explores the relationship between a pensive divorcé and a sexually liberated, free-spirited woman.

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A truly "Pretty Woman," this girl made us fall in love with her as a working girl who showed that she was strong and valued more than money. Julia Roberts won a Golden Globe.

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The cold-blooded main character of the Basic Instinct franchise was made most memorable by the interrogation scene where she is dressed in a white mini, re-crossing her legs to reveal her commando status.

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This well-off Danish woman recounts the tumultuous tale of a marriage of convenience gone awry and all the surrounding highs and lows in the movie "Out of Africa." Meryl Streep played the role of Karen Blixen.

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This story is definitely “Some Kind Of Wonderful,” as Watts, a teenage girl viciously rumored to be a lesbian helps her secret love interest get his dream girl. The movie came out in 1987.

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This ‘Fatal Attraction” epitomized crazy and embodied all the rage that lies deep within a scorned lover. This thriller came out in 1987.

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Which actress played this character?

This widow leaves us absolutely “Moonstruck” after she ends up engaged to the prosthetic hand-having brother of her fiance. Cher played Loretta Castorini.

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Which actress played this character?

This lead character of “Misery” is a former nurse. She comes across the author of her favorite book series and tortures him into rewriting his latest book when it does not fit her taste.

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Which actress played this character?

At the heart of "Bull Durham" is Annie, who mentors young minor league baseballers by very... intimate means. She becomes caught in a love triangle between her mentee and his coach.

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Yes, this image is from the TV show, but there was also a 1953 movie. This funny gal was the wife of Ricky Ricardo in "I Love Lucy." She made us laugh with her ridiculous antics and that infamous "oops face."

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This always tranquil and highly analytical forensic pathologist is a lead character in Fox's sci-fi series and movie franchise, "The X-Files."

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Which actress played this character?

This lead singer's search for a glasses-wearing millionaire to call her own is halted by a saxophonist who (unknown to her) doubles as a member of her all-female band in "Some Like it Hot."

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Which actress played this character?

Lara is Dr. Zhivago's lover, and possible mistress mother of Tonya, the queried love child of the doctor, who is vilified for his anti-communism poetry. Julie Christie played the role.

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