Pam Grier

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Badassery, thy name is Pamela Grier.

Born May 26, 1949, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Pam Grier is more than just a woman, she's an icon. Any time you see a woman kicking ass in movies, you can thank her.

Notable Films:

• Beyond the Valley of The Dolls
• The Big Doll House
• Women In Cages
• Black Mama White Mama
• Coffy
• Scream, Blacula, Scream
• Foxy Brown
• Sheba Baby
• Friday Foster
• Something Wicked This Way Comes
• Above the Law
• Escape From LA
• Mars Attacks (Film)
• Jackie Brown
• Ghosts of Mars

Notable TV series:

• The L Word

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Tropes associated with this actress:

• Action Girl: Before Ellen Ripley and Sarah Connor codified this trope in movies, she pretty much defined it.
• Badass
• Blaxploitation: She and Tamara Dobson became the genre's leading actresses.
• Hot Chick in a Badass Suit: Two Words: Jackie Brown.
• Ms. Fanservice: Her boobs were an important part of a whole generation of men's puberties.
• One of Us: a self-described bookish nerd in real life. The Mars Attacks (Film) role appealed to her because of the comics she grew up reading.
  • Or the sketch on Mad TV where she plays a back superhero from the future who goes back to the 1950s to reassure a bunch of black heroes from that era that their contribution to black hero-ing is indeed important.
• Sassy Black Woman