Maintaining a career in Hollywood is already brutal enough without the gender politics. So while most actors who successfully master a character have a tough time breaking that stigma, the scenario for a female to prove their worth once again is usually doubled in difficulty.
Like we did with the fellas, peep the list of succesful, but unfortunately typecast actresses who popularized a role without being able to duplicate the process.
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Margot Kidder
Like Christopher Reeve, Kidder’s dreamy blue eyes will forever remain exclusive in the DC Comics universe.
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Carrie Anne-Moss
After The Matrix was unplugged, Trinity was hard to spot elsewhere.
Lynda Carter
The former Miss World USA winner probably didn’t figure that Wonder Woman’s lasso would hogtie her career to one character.
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Kim Coles
Despite being a naturally gifted comedian, audiences still only see her as “Sinclair” from Living Single.
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Carrie Fisher
Being the princess for an entire fan galaxy has its privileges and disadvantages towards career growth.
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Lucille Ball
Truth be told, all she needed was the Lucy character to become an immortalized icon.
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Jasmine Guy
Whitley Gilbert. Jasmine Guy. It’s all the same thing.
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Shari Headley
The leading lady for one of the funniest movies of all-time in Coming to America got married to Christopher “Play” Martin of Kid ‘N Play fame and then vanished off the map.
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Gillian Anderson
Fans who believed in aliens have refused to stop believing in Agent Scully and that is her legacy.
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Margaret Hamilton
She started this wicked witch ish, and this was the thanks she get…er got.
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Kellie Shanygne Williams
The apple of Steve Urkel’s eye for 9 years faded into obscurity after Family Matters wrapped up in 1997.
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Aileen Quinn
You probably would recognize the beloved Little Orphan Annie all grown up but she went on to become a well-educated student of the film industry.
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Judy Garland
Nowhere over the rainbow was there another role for the embattled actress to eclipse the large shadow cast by The Wizard of Oz.
