#3: Amy Dorrit from Little Dorrit Amy Dorrit – Photo: BBC #4: Annie from Being Human Photo: BBC #5: Bella Swan from Twilight Photo: Summit #6: Belle from Beauty and the Beast Photo: Disney/Silver Screen Partners #7: Beth March from Little Women (1994) Photo: Columbia #8: Carrie from Carrie Photo: MGMĬontent Note: This is Rated R. #2: Amelie from Amelie Photo: MiramaxĬontent Note: This is Rated R. TOP 40 Introverted and Shy Female Characters (Alphabetical Order) #1: Ada Monroe from Cold Mountain Photo: MiramaxĬontent Note: This is Rated R. Interesting fact: many of these introverted and shy female characters stem from literature written at least over 50 years ago. Later, Autumn studied English and Creative Writing (continuing her love for classic. Intrigued by the tales her grandmother told of vampires, witches, and ghosts as a girl, she's always been drawn to the fantastic.
Until then, if you are longing to watch a movie or show (maybe you too are an introvert like myself) with female characters that aren’t your typical extroverts (or less awkward introverts), here are just 40 of the great shy female characters (sorry no anime) in film and television. In second grade, Autumn wrote her first story, The Spinach Monster, and hasn't stopped writing since.
Let’s allow some shy girls to break into our stories more often. We need more introverted and shy female characters. Enough with the sassy, the quirky, the flirty, the girlfriend who doesn’t feel quite real, and the perfect feminist icon of “strong,” (everyone should read the article on “I Hate Strong Female Characters” Here). I don’t know about everyone else, but it is time to demand more variety in our female characters. There are plenty of shy male characters interestingly enough. Perhaps shyness creates too human of female characters to be written on a regular basis.
I mean think about it, how often (lately) have you seen that shrinking violet character too frightened to speak? Or even a character that doesn’t know how to socialize well? Or maybe she’s simply just introverted rather than extroverted. RELATED | Read my Review of the amazing French film Populaire Perhaps these timid females are just considered too “boring” in modern day to be written into television or films very often (or dare I even say the sexist phrase: too “Mary-Sue?”). Why? I discovered that taking literature outside of the equation limits the actual number of introverted or shy female characters in media drastically (I couldn’t even find any lists). Researching a variety of female characters that aren’t your typical damsels of yesterday or the physically “strong” female characters so common today definitely makes for a fascinating afternoon.