Anne Parillaud kicks butt in the ''La Femme Nikita''

AS Nikita
IN La Femme Nikita (1990)

WHO IS SHE? Feral street punk retrained as chic assassin

SKILLS Disguises, hand-to-hand combat, and long-range sniper rifles. Burdened, however, by too much conscience.

BATTLE GEAR Cocktail minidress and stilettos

MALE ADMIRER Marco (Jean-Hugues Anglade), a supermarket cashier

DROP-DEAD DIALOGUE (As she prepares to leave Marco forever) ”I’ll never kiss you again.”

CAN’T GET ENOUGH? Parillaud plays a sexy vampire who takes a bite out of organized crime in Innocent Blood (1992).