Ranking Every Live-Action Catwoman From Worst To Best
Let's just forget 2004 ever happened.
Right up there with the likes of Wonder Woman and Barbara Gordon, Catwoman is easily one of DC's most iconic and enduring female figures. Dating back to the 1940s, the sly, cunning cat burglar known as Selina Kyle represented an interesting middle-ground in a world of heroes and villains as someone who was simply trying to survive by any means necessary. And she's still going strong today.
Just like any comic book character, there have been numerous different interpretations of Catwoman over the years, some much better than others. This includes the various times the character has been portrayed in live-action, be it in movies or on television shows from different eras in DC's cinematic history.
In fact, not counting Julia Rose (who played Julie Newmar playing Catwoman and not Catwoman herself, but still deserves a mention because she was very good), eight actresses have donned their respective versions of the iconic Catsuit and with the DCEU moving forward, Ms. Kyle is likely to be recast again soon.
Nonetheless, some of turned in performances that have been turned in thus far will live forever in the hearts and minds of fans, whereas others (one particular) are better off forgotten.
8. Halle Berry - Catwoman
At this point, everyone is aware as to just how atrocious the 2004 Catwoman film was and its failure was due in no small part to its awful portrayal as the titular character.
Selina Kyle was out of the picture and a new Catwoman's backstory was done from scratch and done badly. Also her outfit was blatantly sexist, much the plot of the film itself, which is about Catwoman trying to take down the manufacturer of deadly face cream, something a class action lawsuit could have done just as easily and without all the terribly choreographed fight scenes.
The character was so poorly written that even someone as talented as Halle Berry couldn't make it work. The awful dialogue, and "comedic" moments were beyond campy and not in an endearing '60s Batman sort of way, but more of a "sitting through this is genuine anguish" sort of way.
Berry has even admitted how awful it all was, showing up to accept her Razzie in person to publicly apologize for this film, which she deserved much better than to be in. So, good on her at least.