NO. 6: PAM GRIER
as Coffy in Coffy (1973)
WHO IS SHE? In Grier's archetypal blaxploitation role, she's a nurse out for revenge on the drug dealers who ruined her sister's life.
SKILLS Coffy's creative weaponry includes a sawed-off shotgun, a syringe with a lethal dose of heroin, a broken wine bottle, and an Afro packed with hidden razor blades.
MALE ADMIRER Rising politico Howard (Booker Bradshaw)
CAN'T GET ENOUGH? Grier sticks it to the Man in Foxy Brown (1974), Friday Foster (1975), and Jackie Brown (1997).
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