Best written female characters of the last 10 years.

[wallflower Joined: Aug 20th, 2022 Topics: 1 Posts: 108 View Predictions]

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Hi! I’m currently studying screenwriting at National cinematographic school here in Italy and I noticed that us men (not everyone) has a problem with female characters. Lemme explain myself better: it is like every time we try to write a woman we always end with a stereotyped character that has only one dimension. So I’m wondering, since I want to be a better writer and also avoid to be an asshole lol, what are the best written female characters of the last 10 years? I’m taking about round characters that are realistic, could be both Tv and movie and from any part of the world. Thanks 🙏🏻

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[String Cheese Theory Joined: Aug 16th, 2020 Topics: 8 Posts: 2107 View Predictions]

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Leda Caruso in The Lost Daughter

Both older and younger incarnations were honest and vulnerable and also at their wits end. It was extremely relatable and honest look at motherhood from a perspective rarely discussed, let alone depicted in the culture.

Here for the comedies

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[FilmRoyalty Joined: Oct 5th, 2011 Topics: 63 Posts: 2900 View Predictions]

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* Amy Dunne (Gone Girl) – played by Rosamund Pike
* Ryan Stone (Gravity) – played by Sandra Bullock
* Maya (Zero Dark Thirty) – played by Jessica Chastain

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[ReginaIsKing Joined: Jul 3rd, 2020 Topics: 6 Posts: 841 View Predictions]

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Angela Abar, Watchmen
Carol Aird, Carol
Queen Anne and the girls, The Favourite
Amy Dunne, Gone Girl
Ava, Ex Machina
Katniss Everdeen, The Hunger Games
Janis, Parallel Mothers
Cersei Lannister, Game of Thrones
Christine McPherson, Lady Bird
Camille Preaker, Sharp Objects
Lydia Tár, TÁR
Vitalina Varela, Vitalina Varela (this is more due to the performance as the writing is minimal but still a good suggestion of one against type as one of the best female performances in recent years!)

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[juniperberry Joined: Sep 24th, 2022 Topics: 0 Posts: 195 View Predictions]

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In no particular order, more recent ones,

Queen Anne (The Favourite)- played by Olivia Colman, written by Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara (tragic, veering on parody without teetering over)

Evelyn Wang (Everything Everywhere All At Once)- played by Michelle Yeoh, written by Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert (I don’t know whether to credit the writers here because it was originally for a man. somehow, it encapsulated the complexities of Asian immigrant women experiences)

Billi Wang (The Farewell)-played by Awkwafina, written by Lulu Wang

Cassie Thomas (Promising Young Woman) played by Carrie Mulligan, written by Emerald Fennell

Alike (Pariah)-played by Adepero Oduye, written by Dee Rees

 

 

 

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[Barbra Please Joined: Oct 21st, 2018 Topics: 47 Posts: 2124 View Predictions]

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Darling,

(In random order)

Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Taylor Russell, Waves
Toni Collette, Hereditary
Arawinda Kirana, Yuni
Krisha Fairchild, Krisha
Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Marion Cotillard, Two Days One Nigh
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
Adele Exarchopoulos, Blue Is The Warmest Color
Ponco Sutiyem, Ziarah
Sally Field, Hello My Name Is Doris
Jessica Rothe, Happy Death Day 1 & 2
Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Tilda Swinton, We Need To Talk About Ezra
Leila Hatami and Sareh Bayat, A Separation
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
Hailee Steinfield, The Edge of Seventeen
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine
Aubrey Plaza, Ingrid Goes West
Brooklynn Prince, The Florida Project

this is just some my personal picks darling. Feel free to check any of them.

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[Vicki Leekx Joined: Aug 3rd, 2019 Topics: 3 Posts: 1794 View Predictions]

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Vitalina Varela in Vitalina Varela (should have won the Oscar that year…)

Esther Shapiro in Unorthodox 

Kirsty in I Am Kirsty 

Arezoo Rahimi in Holy Spider 

Gloria Cumplido in Gloria 

Ronit Krushka and Esti Kuperman in Disobedience

FYC:

Zar Amir Ebrahimi - Holy Spider (Best Actress)
Ana de Armas, Julianne Nicholson - Blonde (Best Actress, Supporting Actress)
Samantha Morton - She Said (Best Supporting Actress)
Kerry Condon - The Banshees of Inisherin (Best Supporting Actress)

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[wallflower Joined: Aug 20th, 2022 Topics: 1 Posts: 108 View Predictions]

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Thank y’all so much for answering

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[Brayfers Joined: Oct 19th, 2018 Topics: 16 Posts: 1499 View Predictions]

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FILM:

• Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson – Lady Bird
• Josephine “Jo” March – Little Women
• Evelyn Wang – Everything Everywhere All At Once
• Nicole Barber – Marriage Story
• Clementine Kruczynski – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Julie – The Worst Person in the World
• Mildred Hayes – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
• Alma Elson – Phantom Thread
• Leda Caruso – The Lost Daughter

TELEVISION:

• Rue Bennett – Euphoria
• Wendy Byrde – Ozark
• Alex Russell – Maid
• Celeste Wright – Big Little Lies
• Villanelle – Killing Eve
• Eve Polastri – Killing Eve
• June Osborne – The Handmaid’s Tale
• Daenerys Targaryen – Game of Thrones
• Fleabag – Fleabag

Letterboxd: Brayfers

FYC (Film):
- Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, and Stephanie Hsu - Everything Everywhere All At Once
- Colin Farrell, Kerry Condon, and Barry Keoghan - The Banshees of Inisherin
- Angela Bassett - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Danielle Deadwyler - Till

FYC (TV):
- Severance
- Euphoria
- Abbott Elementary
- House of the Dragon
- The White Lotus

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[jamon__serrano Joined: Sep 7th, 2021 Topics: 0 Posts: 535 View Predictions]

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Marina, Una Mujer Fantástica
Gloria, Gloria
Jasmine, Blue Jasmine
Olivia, Boyhood
Queen Anne, The Favourite
Furiosa, Mad Max
Justine, Melancholia
Nikki, The Bling Ring
Amy, Gone Girl
Simin, A Separation
Evelyn, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Helen and Annie, Bridesmaids
Sandra, Deux jours, une nuit

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[jjjmoss Joined: Jun 2nd, 2016 Topics: 2 Posts: 1813 View Predictions]

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Brayfers wrote:

TELEVISION:

• Rue Bennett – Euphoria
• Villanelle – Killing Eve
• Eve Polastri – Killing Eve
• Daenerys Targaryen – Game of Thrones

what…interesting choices.

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[Rachel615 Joined: Sep 20th, 2018 Topics: 6 Posts: 2168 View Predictions]

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Jeanette Brinson- Wildlife
Nessa Stein- The Honorable Woman
Jane Tennison- Prime Suspect
Deborah Lipstadt- Denial
Lou- Sound if Metal (good example of a well written “girlfriend” role)

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[RIDLEY SCOTT Joined: Dec 12th, 2020 Topics: 94 Posts: 2605 View Predictions]

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wallflower wrote:

Hi! I’m currently studying screenwriting at National cinematographic school here in Italy and I noticed that us men (not everyone) has a problem with female characters. Lemme explain myself better: it is like every time we try to write a woman we always end with a stereotyped character that has only one dimension. So I’m wondering, since I want to be a better writer and also avoid to be an asshole lol, what are the best written female characters of the last 10 years? I’m taking about round characters that are realistic, could be both Tv and movie and from any part of the world. Thanks

TAR. I really liked TAR. At the beginning, TAR was written for a man. Usually, Women don’t play charming assholes or charismatic, dark and very complicated humans. TAR is a first for women. By the way, I think a great actor(Johnny Depp or Joaquin Phoenix or Michael Fassbender or Adam Driver) could have worked great as TAR too

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[Uta Tran Joined: Dec 8th, 2022 Topics: 0 Posts: 1 View Predictions]

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For me:

• Sister Jude – American Horror Story: Asylum

• Marcia Clark – The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story

• Queen Elizabeth II – The Crown (first two seasons)

• Mare – Mare of Easttown

• Deborah Vance – Hacks

• Queen Anne – The Favourite

• Clare Bellew – Passing

 

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[RIDLEY SCOTT Joined: Dec 12th, 2020 Topics: 94 Posts: 2605 View Predictions]

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RIDLEY SCOTT wrote:

TAR. I really liked TAR. At the beginning, TAR was written for a man. Usually, Women don’t play charming assholes or charismatic, dark and very complicated humans. TAR is a first for women. By the way, I think a great actor(Johnny Depp or Joaquin Phoenix or Michael Fassbender or Adam Driver) could have worked great as TAR too

I changed my mind a bit. I love TAR but it’s more about the perfect performance of Cate Blanchett. And it would have been the same with a great actor(Johnny Depp or Joaquin Phoenix or Michael Fassbender or Adam Driver). But the writing was off in some specific scenes

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