Ariel Winter in Modern Family (2009)
Alex Dunphy (from Modern Family)
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Poll: Thatta Girl (Part 2)
This March, for Women's History Month, let's celebrate cinema's gutsy young forces of nature. These characters are independent, smart, and spirited girls (under the age of eighteen) who defy convention and blaze new trails. Who is your favorite pint-sized feminist or liberated teenager?
Make Your Choice
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Kristen Bell in Frozen (2013)
Anna (from Frozen) -
Raffey Cassidy in Tomorrowland (2015)
Athena (from Tomorrowland) -
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Buffy (in Buffy the Vampire Slayer; only 15 years old when the series starts) -
Britt Robertson in Tomorrowland (2015)
Casey Newton (in Tomorrowland) -
Lacey Chabert, Tom Kane, and Cree Summer in The Wild Thornberrys (2002)
Eliza Thornberry (from The Rugrats; pictured in The Wild Thornberrys Movie) -
Rachael MacFarlane in American Dad! (2005)
Hayley Smith (from American Dad!) -
Mary Stuart Masterson and Nick Searcy in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Idgie Threadgoode (from Fried Green Tomatoes; at her youngest, as a child and teenager) -
Saoirse Ronan in The Way Back (2010)
Irena (in The Way Back) -
Chloë Grace Moretz in Hugo (2011)
Isabelle (from Hugo) -
Bryce Dallas Howard in The Village (2004)
Ivy (from The Village) -
Joe Mantegna, Mary Steenburgen, Jason Ritter, Amber Tamblyn, and Michael Welch in Joan of Arcadia (2003)
Joan (from Joan of Arcadia) -
Pat Morita and Hilary Swank in The Next Karate Kid (1994)
Julie Pierce (in The Next Karate Kid) -
Tucker Gates, Jennifer Lawrence, and Jon D. Brooks in The Hunger Games (2012)
Katniss Everdeen (in The Hunger Games) -
Stanley Tucci and Rose McIver in The Lovely Bones (2009)
Lindsey Salmon (the gutsy, athletic younger sister from The Lovely Bones) -
Hailee Steinfeld in True Grit (2010)
Mattie Ross (from True Grit) -
Chika Sakamoto and Hitoshi Takagi in My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
Mei (from My Neighbor Totoro) -
Kelly Macdonald in Brave (2012)
Merida (in Brave) -
Emma Watson in The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
Sam (in The Perks of Being a Wildflower) -
Hiroko Maruyama in My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
Satsuki (in My Neighbor Totoro) -
Clint Eastwood and Ahney Her in Gran Torino (2008)
Sue (from Gran Torino) -
John Travolta and Nikki Blonsky in Hairspray (2007)
Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray -
Zelda Harris, Chris Knowings, Sharif Rashed, Tse-Mach Washington, and Carlton Williams in Crooklyn (1994)
Troy (with her brothers in Crooklyn) -
Alyson Hannigan in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)
Willow (in Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
