Nerd Girl of Note #47

There are the ladies of horror, sci-fi, action, comicbook adaptations, classic television, and then there is NGoN #47: Adrienne Barbeau.

She has done almost everything to fit her snugly into this list; she was in three nerd-cred iconic roles: Alice in Swamp Thing, Selina Kyle/Catwoman in the animated Batman series and animated Gotham Girls, and of course Maggie in Escape from New York.

She's a prolific actress, whose ability to work has not diminished with age to the degree of her compatriots (IMDb shows she is currently in production on two films). Her only real competition is from Pam Grier. Here are some of her highlights:

• Carol Traynor in Maude with Bea Arthur ('72-'78)
  
• Stevie Wayne in The Fog ('80)
• Marcie Thatcher in The Cannonball Run ('81)
• Wilma Northrop in Creepshow ('82)
  
• The Computer voice in The Thing ('82)
  
• Barbara Rossetti on The George Carlin Show ('94)
  

This list could go on and on. She's been a Scooby-Doo voice actor, on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, most incarnations of The Love Boat, The Drew Carey Show, and voiced video games like Marvel Ultimate Alliance, Batman: Arkham Asylum, and the upcomming God of War III. Fantasy is one of the few areas she is lacking in, but you could, if you wanted to, count Amazon Women in the Avacado Jungle of Death, which is a sort-of fantasy/Indiana Jones spoof.