Female Characters in Video Games

• Lara Croft 
  

• Ada Wong 
  

• Cammy
  

• Kitana

• Mileena
  

• Mona Sax

• BloodRayne

• Sonya Blade(mortal Kombat)
  

Female Characters in Video Games

Lara Croft 

Intertextuality-Lara Croft:Tomb Raider and Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life

 HYPERLINK "http://www.tombraiderwiki.com/index.php/Lara_Croft" Lara Croft is the main protagonist of  HYPERLINK "http://www.tombraiderwiki.com/index.php/Eidos_Interactive" Eidos Interactive's popular  HYPERLINK "http://www.tombraiderwiki.com/index.php/Tomb_Raider_Series" Tomb Raider Series. Designed by  HYPERLINK "http://www.tombraiderwiki.com/index.php/Toby_Gard" Toby Gard, she has also been featured in films (in which she was portrayed by  HYPERLINK "http://www.tombraiderwiki.com/index.php/Angelina_Jolie" Angelina Jolie),  HYPERLINK "http://www.tombraiderwiki.com/index.php/Comics" Comics,  HYPERLINK "http://www.tombraiderwiki.com/index.php/Novels" Novels, and a series of animated short films.

Ada Wong 

Ada Wong is a recurring fictional video game character appearing in the Resident Evil video game series. A mysterious Asian woman, Ada is a cunning and formidable secret agent. She is voiced by actress Sally Cahill in Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 4, and has also appeared in Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles and Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles.

Ada Wong was included on AOL's "Babe of the Week" feature by the GameDaily staff who described her as a "gun-toting hottie". They cited her second appearance in Resident Evil 4 for her popularity, stating that she has the capabilities to star in her own video game. They also listed her as the 12th hottest game babe, describing her as a "mysterious and seductive vixen." UGO.com ranked her fourth on their list of the top 50 video game hotties, describing her as "drop dead gorgeous" and stating that they anticipate what the series has in store for her in the future. In author Dick Meyer's book titled "Why We Hate Us: American Discontent in the New Millennium", he discusses peoples' inability to differentiate real people and objects between fictional people and objects seen in television, films, and video games. He adds that this may explain why so many teenage boys have crushes on video game characters, citing the tagline used for the above-mentioned article which reads "Virtually Sexy: Ada's there for you when the real babes aren't." The duo of Leon S. Kennedy and Ada was listed as one of the most memorable video game love teams by Alexander Villafania for the Inquirer.

characters like Ada are cited as an example of characters who are in control of their sexuality, but added that this was only due to their "coy desirability"

Cammy

Cammy is a female video game character in the Street Fighter series. She first appeared in the fighting game Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers , which was released for the decades in 1993, as one of the "New Challengers", the four new characters introduced in that title. She is the second female fighter in the Street Fighter series, following Chun-Li. 

In other media

Kylie Minogue as Cammy White

Cammy appears as one of the main heroes in the 1994 film, Street Fighter. She is portrayed by Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue. In the film, Cammy is a British intelligence agent that is serving as Colonel Guile's intel officer and right-hand woman in the Allied Nations Army.

A two-volume light novel featuring Cammy as the main character, titled Cammy History, authored Yuka Minakawa that was published in 1995 by Wani Books.

Kitana (mortal Kombat)

Kitana is a fictional character in the Mortal Kombat fighting game series.

Appearances in other media

Film

Talisa Soto as Kitana in Mortal Kombat

Despite being an upper-echelon character in the video games' storyline, Kitana was a supporting character (and unmasked) in both films, and was played by Talisa Soto. Her war fans briefly appeared as her primary weapon in the sequel, but her Edenian background, prior loyalty to Kahn, and relationship with both Mileena and Jade were ignored in both pictures; she was instead described simply as being the rightful heir to the Outworld throne.

Television

Kitana made three appearances in the live-action TV series Mortal Kombat: Conquest, with the role shared by Dara Tomanovich and Audie England. She is fully aware of her Edenian past and the deaths of her parents at Kahn's hands, and works covertly to prevent the Emperor from conquering realms while feigning her allegiance to him.

Kitana was one of the lead characters in the 1996 animated series Mortal Kombat: Defence of the Realm, in which she was unmasked and voiced by Cree Summer. Similar to the films, Kitana is never shown to have even been loyal to Kahn at any time in her life.

Comic books

Kitana and Mileena in the Sister Act comic book

Kitana appears as a secondary character in Malibu’s Mortal Kombat comic books. Her backstory is slightly altered; she is still princess of Edenia and daughter of Jerrod and Sindel, but an adult when Shao Kahn killed Jerrod and seized the realm. Kitana is also under a spell induced by Kahn that makes her forget her past life and believe she is Kahn's daughter. She first appeared during the Goro: Prince of Pain miniseries, joining Mileena, Baraka, and Reptile in searching for Goro in Outworld. During the Battlewave series, Kitana attempted to rebel against Kahn with the assistance of Kung Lao, Baraka, and Sub-Zero.

Mileena (mortal Kombat)

Mona Sax

BloodRayne

Sonya Blade(mortal Kombat)