6. Michelle Rodriguez - The Latina Cop/Soldier
Michelle Rodriguez has appeared in some of the biggest blockbuster hits over the past ten years, but in a lot of ways she seems almost like a really high profile version of those extras who are brought in to play a business executive or a firefighter over and over again, just because they look the part. For better or worse, Michelle Rodriguez is always the tough tomboy Latina who is either a cop or a soldier. It's gotten to the point where, when screenwriters write a character like that into their film, they're immediately picturing Michelle Rodriguez. Can she even do anything else besides look good with a gun? No one knows. It's a mystery. If we wanted to look into it more deeply, we could say that her work history is endemic of the very limited amount of roles in Hollywood for Latinas. It's better to play the same role in every movie than to not work at all. Either way, Michelle Rodriguez should probably invest in the tank top and wife beater industry, because her costuming probably keeps it in business.