No, not that kind… (although naturally I appreciate the presentation value of my avatar Miss Bow’s cupid’s bow too!) 😉
Today, in honour of Valentine’s Day, I’d like to present some impressive ladies in archery-wear, complete with bows & arrows….
Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) in Avatar (2009)
May Archer – yes, seriously! – (Winona Ryder) in The Age of Innocence (1993)
Merida (voice: Kelly Macdonald) in Brave (2012)
Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) in The Hunger Games (2012)
Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) in Catching Fire (2013)
Gwendolen Harleth (Romola Garai) in Daniel Deronda (2002)
and on a side note … don’t the above pics look similar to this painting? ->
The Fair Toxophilites (i.e. archers!), by William Frith
Emma Woodhouse (Gwyneth Paltrow) in Emma (1996)
Serafina Pekkala (Eva Green) in The Golden Compass (2007)
Guinevere (Keira Knightley) in King Arthur (2004)
Keira Knightley in Princess of Thieves (2001)
Susan Pevensie (Anna Popplewell) in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005)
Susan Pevensie (Anna Popplewell) in The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)
Elizabeth Bennett (Greer Garson) in Pride and Prejudice (1940)
Sorsha (Joanne Whalley) in Willow (1988)
Andromeda (Rosamund Pike) in Wrath of the Titans (2012)
Isabel (Natalie Portman) in Your Highness (2011)
Queen Victoria (Emily Blunt) in The Young Victoria (2009)
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P.S.
White-Haired Witch (Li Bing Bing), The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)
Artemisia (Eva Green), 300: Rise of an Empire (2014)
Tauriel (Evangeline Lilly), The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
This reminded me of a scene from the 1996 version of Emma: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k_gzuVqZmk
Thanks so much for the reminder! I had totally intended to include the archery outfit from Emma, but somehow I overlooked doing so. I’ve added it now! 🙂
Merci for visiting & following my blog and wishing you all the best for more of yours!
Thanks for your comment, and wishing you the same! 🙂
Missing:
Rose Leslie as Ygritte and Masie Williams as Arya Stark in A Game of Thrones (HBO),
Bingbing Li as Ni Chang Forbidden Kingdom (2008)
Evangeline Lilly as Tauriel from the Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013).
Katrina Law as Mira in Spartacus (Starz).
Updates since this article was written:
Jamie Chung as Miho in Sin City 2: A Dame To Kill For (2014)
Eva Green as Aremisia in 300: Rise of an Empire (2014)
Thanks very much for your contributions! I’ve added several of them to the post.
My original article definitely doesn’t attempt to be a complete representation of female archers in film – I’m sure there are loads more! It’s basically just a few of the ones I myself have seen and enjoyed. 🙂