«The early plays had very strong women,» he said, singling out 1996's «The Beauty Queen of Lenane,» his first credit, which featured two women as its leads, the four
prominent women characters in «The Cripple of Innishman,» and «The Lieutenant of Inishmore,» where «the strongest character was a woman.»
Not exact matches
Not only was Mary Magdalene the most
prominent among the disciples of the Galilean Jesus Movement, the discipleship of the
women also has a very special
character and occasionally expresses the quality of «true discipleship» over against the failure of Peter who denies Jesus and Judas who betrays him.
Two
women characters are
prominent.
It was also exciting to see female
characters represented in such
prominent roles, especially since the film is set less then a decade after
women were granted the right to vote.
Amongst those who live through the crash are several
prominent characters; Jack (Matthew Fox), a skilled surgeon who becomes the unofficial leader of the group; Kate (Evangeline Lilly), a beautiful, but tough
woman with a dark past; Sayid (Naveen Andrews), a former Iraqi soldier who is good with electronics; Michael (Harold Perrineau), a head - strong man who has just recently taken custody of his son, Walt (Malcom David Kelley); Claire (Emilie de Ravin), a young
woman who is 8 - months pregnant; Charlie (Dominic Monaghan), a washed - up rock star who clings to his band's one hit; Jin (Daniel Dae Kim) and Sun (Yoon - jin Kin), a Korean couple who don't speak English; Hurley (Jorge Garcia), an obese young man who is very laid back; Locke (Terry O'Quinn), a man who seems to know about hunting and weapons; Sawyer (Josh Holloway), a scoundrel who hordes items he finds in the wreckage; and Boone (Ian Somerhalder) and Shannon (Maggie Grace), spoiled rich - kids siblings.
And the star recently spoke candidly with Radio Times about her
character, as she explained how proud she was to be taking on this momentous role: «I'm the first
woman of colour to have a
prominent role in the Star Wars legacy.»
Hollywood rarely writes
prominent parts for Asian American and American Indian
characters and those roles could have bolstered the careers of
women from those communities.»
Balancing out the playing field honestly can't hurt; the heterosexual romances and the scantily clad
women have their place (a very
prominent place in fact) in gaming history, but maybe now it is time to mix things up a bit and provide new
characters and twists on the time - tested tropes we've come to know.
Bare breasted and tutu clad, their lips and eyes hidden by veils or obscured by black bars, these Cathara Insurgent
Women recur as
prominent characters in the artist's photographs, videos, artist books, and collage works on fabric, usually operating as allegories for resistance.