WICKED LADIES
O-REN ISHII
KILL BILL (2003)
BACKSTORY After O-Ren witnessed her parents being murdered when she was just nine, she went on to avenge their deaths by becoming a deadly assassin.
BAD BEHAVIOUR Being a lethally trained assassin and the leader of a Japanese crime organisation are at the top of her charge sheet.
REDEEMING QUALITIES Proud of her heritage, calm, level-headed and loyal.
WORDS OF WISDOM “Silly Caucasian girl likes to play with Samurai swords.” AC
Her traumatic childhood might have started the spiral, but even after exacting revenge, she doesn’t stop.
URSULA
THE LITTLE MERMAID (1989)
BACKSTORY The six-tentacled sea witch makes Ariel human so she can pursue Prince Eric, but in exchange, she confiscates her voice.
BAD BEHAVIOUR Takes advantage of a naive teenage mermaid in order to try to get King Triton’s trident.
REDEEMING QUALITY Teaches Ariel important lessons about speaking up as a woman, not sacrificing everything for a man and, most importantly, reading a contract’s fine print.
WORDS OF WISDOM “I’ve had the odd complaint, but on the whole I’ve been a saint.” LL
A total badass and a camp, queer feminist icon.
MAY DAY
A VIEW TO A KILL (1985)
BACKSTORY An assassin and bodyguard to Max Zorin, a billionaire industrialist who James Bond must stop from *checks notes* destroying Silicon Valley.
Technically, being an assassin is bad, but who cares when you look fabulous doing
