Pam Grier
When Quentin Tarantino calls you “cinema’s first female action star”, you’re a pretty big deal. Grier starred in Foxy Brown, Sheba, Baby, Jackie Brown , The L Word, and Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child to name a few. In 2010, her memoir was published, Foxy: My Life in Three Acts.
Sigourney Weaver
Once Sigourney Weaver debuted in the Annie Hall in 1977 as a minor character, it didn’t take long for her career to sky rocket. Especially when she landed her fist lead role as Ellen Ripley in Alien in 1979. From there, she reprised her role in Alien in three sequels. Moreover Weaver has starred in Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters II, and Avatar. Weaver is also a Broadway star.