Highlights
- The Boys features complex female characters, some good, some bad, making for an interesting watch.
- Stormfront and Ashley Barrett are notable villains, while Sister Sage and Queen Maeve stand against tyranny.
- Starlight and Kimiko Miyashiro represent the few good superheroes, striving for a better world.
The Boys is often diabolical in theme and characters, providing audiences with hard-to-root-for characters that find themselves in bloody and selfish situations. However, there are some characters in The Boys that stand against the tyranny of superheroes, even if they are supes themselves. There are some great female characters in The Boys, each ranging from good to bad, to absolutely awful.
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The one thing that these female characters in The Boys all have in common, is they make for an interesting and memorable watch, even if some of them definitely deserve the fate that they received or the fate that they deserve coming to them.
8 Stormfront
A Truly Diabolical Villain That Deserved Her Fate
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- Portrayed by: Aya Cash
Stormfront was the replacement for Translucent, joining the Seven and stealing the spotlight from Homelander. Yet, what first seemed like a rival to Homelander’s star power, soon devolved into sinister politics and a dark past that showed a Nazi agenda. Stormfront is even more evil than Homelander, which is certainly saying something, but it makes for an interesting and cutting villain.
Stormfront was the catalyst for Homelander’s sinister turn on humans, as she taught him many evil things about race, all whilst acting as his lover. In the end, Stormfront was butchered beyond repair by Homelander’s son, Ryan, providing her with a fate too good for someone like her.
7 Ashley Barrett
CEO Of Vought International Who Won’t Let Anyone Get In Her Way
- Portrayed by: Colby Minifie
Ashley hasn’t had an easy ride through Vought. Once the Director of Talent, and now the CEO, Ashley’s position and loyalty have been tested for years, which causes so much stress that she’s been pulling her own hair out. Ashley has a lot of responsibility on her plate, but that doesn’t make her sympathetic, since she aids in the crimes and cover-ups of the most evil acts of superheroes for the sake of business.
Ashley is definitely one of the more comedic characters in The Boys, as she is someone who just wants to stay alive and climb the corporate ladder. It’s also always a humorous and crude moment when she has her personal affairs with Adam Bourke, probably to aid in de-stressing from Homelander’s rule over the company.
6 Sister Sage
The Smartest Person On Earth
- Portrayed by: Susan Heyward
Sister Sage might see humans and even other supes as insufferable due to her intelligence, but that just makes her one of the most interesting characters in The Boys. As a supe, her powers involve having a brain that doesn’t stop growing, allowing her to continuously consume information that makes her smarter than anyone on the planet tenfold. Introduced in Season 4, Sister Sage’s role seems to be one that plays the long game.
Homelander hired Sister Sage to join the Seven as the unofficial Chief Executive of Vought, someone who could advise Homelander on how to conquer the United States of America for those with powers. Her intellect and wit make her a great character worth following.
5 Victoria Neuman
Vice President-Elect With The Power To Explode Heads
- Portrayed by: Claudia Doumit
Victoria Neuman began her journey in The Boys as an ally, someone who wanted superheroes to face accountability for their actions. Rising through the ranks of Congress, to become the Vice President-Elect, Victoria Neuman seemed like a hopeful candidate that Hughie desperately needed for the future. Yet, it turns out she’s just another pawn in Stan Edger and Vought’s game for superiority.
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Victoria Neuman is the infamous supe that has the power to explode people's heads, causing multiple assassinations for those that could cause Vought and Homelander to crumble down. Victoria is a dangerous supe, with her powers a damning secret. If she were to get into the White House, there’s no telling what she could enact for Homelander.
4 Queen Maeve
One Of The Few Heroes To Make A Sacrifice For Good
- Portrayed by: Dominique McElligott
Queen Maeve was never really a bad egg like Homelander. Instead, Queen Maeve had simply given up in trying to do the right thing. Queen Maeve became toxic and cynical in nature, despising herself, Vought, and Homelander. That was until she saw hope that her actions could once again bring forth heroics that would lead to a brighter world.
Queen Maeve sacrificed her life and her powers to be with the woman she loves, and save those that needed saving. Whilst Queen Maeve may be a human with no powers, she is anything but super. Maeve was an inspiration to women and to Starlight, and in her faked death, she became a martyr.
3 Grace Mallory
The Founder Of The Boys
- Portrayed by: Laila Robins
The former Deputy Director of the CIA, Grace Mallory has spent her life hating supes and trying to keep them in check by punishing them in ways that they deserve. Mallory is the only person that seems to hate superheroes as much as Billy Butcher since her grandchildren were murdered by one of them.
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For Grace, superheroes are something that quell her need for vengeance. They’re stupid, out of control, and too powerful for their own good. Mallory is great for her role in creating the Boys, and the fact that she isn’t afraid to put Butcher in his place.
2 Starlight
One Of The Only Good Superheroes Out There
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- Portrayed by: Erin Moriarty
Annie January uses her powers for good, making her a rarity in this superhero-filled world. Ever since she was a child, Annie has wanted to do nothing more than save the world, and she’s one of the few people to say who actually means it. Everything Annie has been through has been in an attempt to help those she cares about, or innocents that she doesn’t even know. She’s what heroes should aspire to be, not Homelander.
Annie doesn’t abuse her powers or the people around her, and with Season 4, she has forsaken the Starlight name and costume because of the Vought brand associated with it. Annie has since become a member of the Boys, but will openly challenge cruel methods by Billy Butcher, and stand up to anyone who tries to harm her allies.
1 Kimiko Miyashiro
The Ultimate Weapon
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- Portrayed by: Karen Fukuhara
Kimiko has led a difficult life, and her troubled past seems to follow her with every step. Yet, one thing is clear about Kimiko, and that’s that she wants to use this forced Compound V in her veins for good. It just so happens that to do that, Kimiko needs to get extremely violent to the point where it seems almost pleasurable. Kimiko is not a twisted person, but she is involved with a twisted crowd, having to fight dirty to survive as a child, and even now against a world full of evil supes.
Kimiko has had some great character development over the years, and although she began as the quiet and violent woman in a cage, she has become one of the driving members of the Boys, and their most valued weapon due to her strength and invulnerability. Kimiko wants to help her friends, and she will die over and over again to ensure their safety.
