Age: 77
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Pamela Suzette Grier (born May 26, 1949) is an American actress. Described by director Quentin Tarantino as cinema's first female action star, she achieved fame for her starring roles in a string of 1970s action, blaxploitation, and women in prison films for American International Pictures and New World Pictures. Her accolades include nominations for an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Satellite Award, and a Saturn Award. Grier came to prominence with her titular roles in the films Coffy (1973) and Foxy Brown (1974); her other major films during this period included The Big Doll House (1971), Women in Cages (1971), The Big Bird Cage (1972), Black Mama, White Mama (1973), Scream Blacula Scream (1973), The Arena (1974), Sheba, Baby (1975), Bucktown (1975), and Friday Foster (1975). She portrayed the title character in Quentin Tarantino's crime film Jackie Brown (1997), and also appeared in Escape from L.A. (1996), Jawbreaker (1999), Holy Smoke!, (1999), Bones (2001), Just Wright (2010), Larry Crowne (2011), and Poms (2019). On television, Grier portrayed Eleanor Winthrop in the Showtime comedy-drama series Linc's (1998–2000), Kate "Kit" Porter on the Showtime drama series The L Word (2004–2009), and Constance Terry in the ABC sitcom Bless This Mess (2019–2020). She received praise for her work in the animated series Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1999).
Pam Grier
Misty Knight
for Misty Knight in Quentin Tarantino’s Luke Cage: Power Man (1994)
Suggested by thegingerbreadman
Luke Cage was wrongly imprisoned, but, after an experimental procedure, he was made bulletproof, aiding him in his escape. He used his powers to help people who are willing to pay for it, becoming the first-ever Hero For Hire. However, while chasing a terrorist, he realizes that the terrorist is wearing a bomb vest, and explodes right in Luke’s face, seriously injuring a NYPD police officer named Mercedes “Misty” Knight, who is given a robotic arm to replace her missing one. She joins Luke as a partner as a Hero For Hire. They encounter a masked vigilante named Iron Fist, who aids them in their mission agianst Cornell “Cortonmouth” Stokes, and his monstrous assassin, Sabretooth. The film would feature other Marvel characters, such as Daredevil, Moon Knight, The Punisher, Bullseye, and the Kingpin.
