Tiffany Aching.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Charlize Theron in anything.

Fury Road, Atomic Blonde, Old Guard, etc.

Olivia Dunham (Anna Torv) in Fringe is my go to example of a strong female protagonist.

Lagertha in Vikings.

Evelyn Wong in Everything Everywhere All at Once.

Furiosa from *Mad Max: Fury Road*—she doesn’t need a tragic backstory speech or a romantic subplot to prove her worth. She just drives into a post-apocalyptic wasteland, kicks a*s, and liberates people while rocking a metal arm like it’s no big deal. That’s the kind of energy I aspire to bring when I tackle my inbox on a Monday morning.

Chrisjen Avasarala (The Expanse) - intelligent and ambitious, unapologetic, but also capable of personal reflection and growth.

AYASOFAYA:
[Chrisjen Avasarala (The Expanse)] Yeah all of the women in that show were good, but Avasarala is a good example of how to do this without making her physically strong as a trope.

YNot1989:
Chrisjen Avasarala and Bobby Draper.

Any woman written by Terry Pratchett, really.

My favorite is Granny Weatherwax tho.

Ellen Ripley in Alien. She’s the OG.

jmorfeus:
Recently when I rewatched the film I distinctly thought that the film made it on purpose that the crew repeatedly dismisses or ignores her idea because she's a woman (like it happens to so many women in professional setting even now, moreso back when it was shot) and that the film made it one of the explicit points not to do that (she was right all along, every time).

Strange how the mind works.

But at the same time it didn't feel forced or fake like so many modern "feminist" movies/recasts and I think Ripley really is the perfect example of a strong female lead.

Let’s add Uhura, then. She encouraged all girls and black people in general to aim their sights on space and science.