Ellen Ripley
Alien (1979)
The lore
The last survivor of the Nostromo who outsmarts the Xenomorph.
The look
- Nostromo jumpsuit
- Short hair
- Cat carrier
Behind the screams
The role was written without a specified gender and became a genre benchmark for the “final girl”.
Credits
- Created by
- Dan O’Bannon & Ronald Shusett (writers)
- Ridley Scott (director)
- Brought to life by
- Sigourney Weaver
