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She now plays the anti-heroine of ABC's modern-day take on The Count of Monte Cristo, seeking revenge on the rich sycophants who destroyed her father's life.
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Yesterday afternoon, to the haunting track of Florence and the Machine's cover of "Addicted to Love," Gurung opened with a parade of fresh-faced models in a tangle of blue and pink hair calling to mind the troubled Kate Winslet in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind meets Miss Havishem -- the disheveled Great Expectations anti-heroine who served as one of collection's muses.
Nicole Berrie: Prabal Gurung... Still Fashion's Reigning Prince Nicole Berrie 2011
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Personally, I enjoy that kind of anti-heroine or a character arc dealing with such issues but I may be in the minority.
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She has the movie's anti-heroine taunt: "Let them call me spider woman, / femme fatale, as if they know / anything—boys and their babes, stuffed / with milk duds, cozy in their mid-row seats."
The ABCBs Of Murder Tom Nolan 2011
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Yesterday afternoon, to the haunting track of Florence and the Machine's cover of "Addicted to Love," Gurung opened with a parade of fresh-faced models in a tangle of blue and pink hair calling to mind the troubled Kate Winslet in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind meets Miss Havishem -- the disheveled Great Expectations anti-heroine who served as one of collection's muses.
Nicole Berrie: Prabal Gurung... Still Fashion's Reigning Prince Nicole Berrie 2011
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Would you call Bridget a heroine or an anti-heroine?
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Famke is neither more nor less "horrible" (or desperate or confused) than most picaresque anti-heroes, but surely one of the problems Catherynne M. Valente has with her is that she's an anti-heroine, a woman taking on the role traditionally associated with misfits and outcasts, one that inherently calls for a certain amount of guile and disregard for moral niceties.
Narrative Strategies 2009
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But if she can give us the kind of damaged anti-heroine the original 90210 served up, there is no doubt fans will be writing Valentines to this Emily in no time.
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The novel's hitwoman anti-heroine, who calls herself Aimée Joubert, targets the town for her biggest score: fleecing 20 million francs from several citizens so that she can leave the assassin's world behind her in the same efficient manner in which she removed herself from an abusive marriage.
A Killer Vision of a Corrupt Society Sarah Weinman 2011
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The 38-year-old Garner -- wife of Ben Affleck, former star of the spy series Alias, and who was much drubbed when she played anti-heroine Elektra -- did a great job as the ingenuous Anna.
Q&A: Actress Jennifer Garner Is Treated to The Invention of Lying 2010
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