Fictional female characters who.. err.. on the dark side often have three things in common: a killer wardrobe, a dramatic beauty look, and an arsenal of memorable one-liners that help to ensure the spotlight remains firmly on them.
From the comic book bad girls, like Hela in Thor: Ragnarok to pretty girl high school bullies like Regina George in Mean Girls, here are some of our favourite female villains that we can’t help but scream ‘’YASSS QUEEN WE STAN’’
1. Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada
Was there ever a stare so withering as the one Miranda Priestly directed at her assistant Andy Sachs when she dared to roll her eyes at belts? As Anne Hathaway’s character put it: “I thought the flesh was going to melt off her face!” The ultimate horrible boss, Meryl excelled herself as the ice queen editrix whose acerbic put-downs were as sharp as her heels.
2. Cate Blanchett in Thor: Ragnarok
Blanchett took on the role of the fearsome Hela in Thor: Ragnarok and became Marvel’s first on-screen female villain.
3. Angelina Jolie in Maleficent
Disney’s Maleficent tells the untold story of Sleeping Beauty’s evil queen, with Jolie in one of her most menacing incarnations to date.
4. Lena Headey in Game Of Thrones
Femme fatales come no fiercer, more corrupt or downright deceitful than Game of Thrones’s Cersei Lannister.
5. Dakota Fanning in The Twilight Saga
Dakota Fanning, as Jane in Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight saga, was far from a friendly vampire with her red eyes and deathly pallor.
6. Helena Bonham Carter in Harry Potter
It’s hard to imagine anyone but Helena Bonham Carter in the role of Harry Potter’s ultimate female nemesis: Bellatrix Lestrange.
7. Cate Blanchett in Cinderella
Oozing glamour, Cate Blanchett as the Evil Stepmother in Disney’s 2015 reimagining of the classic tale was never without a scarlet pout, pristine updo, and an elaborate wardrobe of corseted dresses and oversized hats.
8. Rachel McAdams in Mean Girls
Is there a more terrifying prospect in the life of any teen than inadvertently crossing the popular gang? Rachel McAdams is the ultimate high school mean girl as Regina George (queen of the Plastics) in this 2004 cult comedy.
9. Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct
A little white dress, stiletto heels and, famously, nothing else made Sharon Stone’s Catherine Tramell go down in history as one of cinema’s most seductive femme fatales.
10. Rosamund Pike in Gone Girl
Rosamund Pike was an icy-cool Amy Dunne in the 2014 film adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s best-selling thriller.
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