5. Lara Croft (Tomb Raider Movies)
The second Angelina Jolie character on this list, Lara Croft is an iconic action heroine who moved from video games to the big screen. Lara has starred in two films: 2001's
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and 2003's
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life. Both films see Croft - a beautiful and athletic adventure seeker - competing with large organisations to get her hands on highly coveted objects of great power; in the first instance, the Triangle of Light and, in the second instance, Pandora's Box. In each instance, Lara finds herself running, jumping, kicking, punching and shooting her way to her goals, kicking a whole lot of ass in the process, and ultimately succeeds ahead of large groups of dangerous men, ensuring her video game legacy as an ass-kicking heroine followed her to the big screen.