Cowboy Bebop’s Faye Valentine & 8 Other Badass Female Assassins in TV Shows

Cowboy Bebop’s Faye Valentine & 8 Other Badass Female Assassins in TV Shows

Cowboy Bebop’s Faye Valentine is an iconic female assassin, but she’s not the only one on TV as she’s joined by Killing Eve’s Villanelle and others.

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Cowboy Bebop’s Faye Valentine is an indisputably iconic character– a snarky female bounty hunter with a childish streak and a well of complicated feelings and secret vulnerabilities. Bebop is known for its incredible writing and Faye is no exception, balancing clever criminal antics and complex emotional moments to make her an unforgettable anime protagonist.

But Faye isn’t the only great female assassin on TV, and these characters show how hired girls-with-guns can be more than just femme fatales or heartless killers. From Killing Eve’s enigmatic Villanelle to the formidable Asajj Ventress of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, these women have been sure to leave their mark.

9 Faye Valentine

Faye Valentine is more than whatever words people use to describe her. She’s more than her pretty face, more than a femme fatale or a thief or a tragic backstory. She’s not a love interest or caretaker or orphan. She is entirely, exactly herself. She just doesn’t know who she is.

It’s these contradictions and complexities that have made Faye one of Bebop’s most beloved characters. She has tons of cool-girl appeal, is beautiful and occasionally provocative, funny and lazy and temperamental, and also deeply damaged and lonely. Her growth through the show reveals more and more layers to her. One of the greatest joys of Bebop is getting to watch Faye transition from distant and suspicious of bonding too much with the crew, to becoming part of the family. Through it all, Faye does what she wants and does it well, and audiences have loved her for it since she first debuted in 1998.

8 Motoko Kusanagi

In one of the greatest animes of all time, Ghost in the Shell’s Major Motoko Kusanagi is another iconic anime character (with an equally controversial live-action adaption) who has remained a fan-favorite since her initial appearance. She is a cyborg with a military-grade synthetic body, giving her superhuman physical abilities and excellent hacking skills that set her apart from the rest of her unit. She’s extremely competent and commanding, handling any problem thrown her way with impressive determination and precision.

The Major’s skill makes her the one chosen to accompany Chief Aramaki on off-the-record missions, and she is noted for her ability to assassinate someone without leaving any traces. When first introduced, her resolve makes her somewhat distant or single-minded, and part of what makes the Major so compelling is how her emotional growth doesn’t soften her. Her growing empathy makes her more complex, but it doesn’t stop her from accomplishing her goals when necessary.

7 Irina Jelavic

Irina Jelavic from Assassination Classroom is a top-tier infiltration assassin who tutors the protagonists in her techniques as well as acting as their English teacher. She’s a master at seduction as well as disguises and manipulation, but her true talent is in strategy and analysis–capable of quickly devising and executing plans while accounting for several contingencies. With her intelligence and combat skills, her targets almost never survive.

While she relies on keeping up a facade as part of her job, Irina bringing down some of her icy exterior and connecting with her class adds another facet to her that makes her especially endearing. While she remains the same cool, confident killer, her connection with the class and her care for them makes her more than the femme fatale she initially seems to be.

6 Pakunoda

Hunter x Hunter’s Pakunoda was a founding member of the Phantom Troupe and worked primarily as their data-gathering expert. Pakunoda was an incredible marksman, able to hit multiple targets in seconds and with incredible accuracy, and especially stood out for her Nen ability. A Specialist capable of reading, erasing, and manipulating people’s memories, her ability was noted to be incredibly rare and extremely valuable.

Pakunoda’s ability made her a particularly important member of the Troupe, as she provided something completely unique. However, what was most memorable about Pakunoda was her fierce loyalty to the Troupe, believing herself to be just a part of the Spider rather than an individual entity. Despite being a ruthless killer who casually warps people’s memories for her own designs, Pakunoda chooses to die to protect the Troupe.

5 Akame

The eponymous Akame of Akame Ga Kill! was sold to the Empire as a child to be trained as an assassin and grew to become extremely, devastatingly dangerous. She eventually becomes the best assassin in the Empire, before joining Night Raid and fighting to overthrow the government that once owned her.

Akame’s merciless and efficient combat style and supernatural physical abilities make her a terrifying force in battle, and even more so for her ability to wield Murasame — a sword imbued with an instantly fatal poison. Akame is both grounded and further motivated by her deep sense of loyalty. It’s what initially motivated her to betray the Empire, and what pushes her to fight even harder for Night Raid.

4 Villanelle

Killing Eve’s Villanelle is one of the most interesting and entertaining characters currently on TV, with no shortage of articles and essays dedicated to exploring her characterization and trying, often in vain, to come to some conclusion about why she is the way she is. While the idea of a Russian assassin is far from unique, Villanelle’s personality makes her easily stand out.

Part of Villanelle’s appeal in Killing Eve is her chic style and the way her flashy, campy charisma contrast and combines with her merciless, perfected violence. Her detachment from the world often leads her to do her job with a distinct theatrical flair, prioritizing the aesthetic of the kill and the fun that she has with it above anything else. And while she commits reprehensible acts with a breezy confidence and is clearly dangerous and probably evil, she’s also pure entertainment, and her deep devotion to Eve goes far in making her even more endearing.

3 Nikita

Nikita is an assassin who originally appeared in the 1990 French film La Femme Nikita, which went on two spawn two different television adaptions in 1997 and 2010 with Maggie Q. While the original film was only seen by a few people, the multiple films and shows adapted from the story prove that there was something about it that captured people’s attention: Nikita.

The character of Nikita proved enduring and influential: a troubled teenage girl swept away from prison to be trained in espionage and assassination at a secret government black-ops agency, acting as an agent for years until escaping. The agency saved her from dying in prison, but in return, Nikita loses her childhood and her humanity, is made to kill, and becomes good at it. She becomes dangerous, competent, and confident after years of training, and part of the appeal is the inherent conflict of that growth.

2 Asajj Ventress

A primary antagonist in the Star Wars: Clone Wars film and series (as well the 2003 Clone Wars mini-series), Asajj Ventress is a former Nightsister who becomes a Sith assassin for Count Dooku. She bears a deep vendetta against the Jedi and wants to destroy them, and she is a formidable enough foe to be a genuine and significant threat.

Ventress is notable for technically being the first female Star Wars antagonist to appear on-screen, but what has made her especially memorable is her distinctive and interesting character design. As anyone else of her species rarely appears, no one really looks like Ventress and she sticks out even in crowded battle scenes. She’s the kind of villain who looks dangerous and proves that assumption many, many times with her fierce battle skills.

1 Fujiko Mine

In many ways, Lupin III’s Fujiko Maine laid the blueprint for the “girl with a gun” anime trope and some believe was an inspiration for Faye Valentine. Fujiko was initially presented as the kind of “Bond Girl” figure in the Lupin universe but soon moved beyond that to inhabit the role she is more generally known for.

Fujiko is transparently always in it for Fujiko, a fact which she makes absolutely no effort to disguise or refute. She’s confident, charming, and mysterious, capturing the audience’s attention since her very first appearance. Though often subverting him, her relationship with Lupin isn’t always antagonistic and she occasionally plays allies with him when convenient. Their rivalry, and Fujiko Mine in general, is one of the highlights of the Lupin III franchise.

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