The Toughest Characters Hollywood Has to Offer

Ellen Ripley - Alien

Honestly, all of the women in Alien are pretty crazy. Ellen Ripley was the only person from the fleet to come out alive. It only makes sense that she rocks the rest of the films, too. She's so important in the films that she is cloned 200 years after her death in Alien Resurrection. That's how you know she's a key player to xenomorph destruction!

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