Film's Best Geek Girls

Posted by Johnny Cat in Everything Else, Movies & SciFi on October 10, 2009 at 11:07 am


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Cinematical put together a shockingly small list of great geeky girl movie characters.  They’re all fine examples, but surely there must be more out there along the lines of Thora Birch in Ghost World (left).

Geeky girls are few and far between in the 100+ years of cinema, but they are key to the revelation that technology and freethinking are not the sole playground of men. Geekology is omnisexual, and has been since…well that’s the mystery.

Check out their list, and tell us what they missed.  They did well as far as post 1990 goes, but what about the classics?  I’m calling dibs on Lt. Uhura, possibly the first geek girl who simultaneously had a free, sometimes kooky mind,  and access to a computer.  Who else is a geek grrl of filmdom?

Link (Image: MGM)


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5 comments to "Film's Best Geek Girls"

  1. quinnnchick
    October 10th, 2009 at 11:41 am

    totally off topic... but if anyone knows where I can get that mask, please be so kind as to let me know. tyvm

  2. samantha*
    October 10th, 2009 at 3:38 pm

    ah! ghost world is my favorite movie and thora birch in this film made high school more bearable for me. i can't think of any movie geeks off the top of my head.. just excited to be reminded of this film.

  3. stefano
    October 10th, 2009 at 6:00 pm

    What about Ally Sheedy as Jennifer in Wargames. Althought not initially geeky, she quickly embraces geekdom as a way of life to be with her geek-romeo.

  4. PJG
    October 10th, 2009 at 6:43 pm

    Jordan from Real Genius.
    Penny Priddy from Buckaroo Banzai.
    Velma from Scooby Doo.

  5. JustReboot
    October 10th, 2009 at 8:47 pm

    Angelina Jolie... Kate Libby / 'Acid Burn' (Hackers) yummy...


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