The Tough Chick

In an effort to prove that they aren't chauvinist pigs, directors of action movies often include exaggeratedly masculine - yet still pretty - women in their team of heroes. Examples include Linda Hamilton in Terminator 2 and Jenette Goldstein in Aliens. See: Michelle Rodriguez's entire career. DOES-NOT-INCLUDE-MOVIES-WHERE-A-CENTRAL-AND-NEEDED-CHARACTER-IS-A-TOUGH-LADY-(such-as-Aliens-or-The-Hunger-Games)