Elektra was once the privileged daughter of a Greek ambassador who becomes a ruthless assassin after her father is killed during a kidnapping rescue. She’s a skilled fighter who’s even more lethal when she wields her twin sais.

In Inglorious Basterds, Shosanna Dreyfus (Melanie Laurent) works at a cinema under the alias Emmanuelle Mimieux. When the Nazis decide to hold a movie premiere at her theater, she hatches a plan to avenge her family who were killed by the Nazis.

In Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter, Kumiko (Rinko Kikuchi) lives a lonely and depressing life until she discovers an old VHS of Fargo. Believing the movie to be real, she’s convinced that it depicts buried treasure. She embarks on journey that takes her from Tokyo to the middle of no where Minnesota. Good thing she prepared for the cold conditions with her homemade blanket poncho.

In Assassin’s Creed, Desmond Miles uses a machine called the Animus to control the actions of his genetic ancestor Altaïr ibn-La’Ahad. Altaïr must keep a low cover while assassinating ten Knights Templar, all while the Third Crusade rages in the background.

The secret identity of Hit-Girl is eleven-year-old Mindy Macready. As an infant, she was taken away by her father, who then trained her day and night to be a lethal assassin. Mindy likes Hello Kitty, Clint Eastwood, and guns.

In the Street Fighter series, Cammy is an assassin who turns on M. Bison to become an MI6 secret agent. Cammy’s gloves and boots are well suited for combat. Her leotard and braided pigtails? Not so much.