Top Sci-Fi Women of 2010

Character: Lisa (V)

Powers/Abilities: All accepted powers that come with the last name Vandervoort.

Why She's Hot: In the interest of this list including some hot mother/daughter action, we might as well include Anna's alien daughter, Lisa, if for no other reason than that she's played by Laura Vandervoort. If the name sounds familiar, that's probably because Vandervoort also played Kara on Smallville, extending her stature in the geek community even further. Also, she's tall, leggy and blonde, so that certainly doesn't hurt.

Character: Lydia (Heroes)

Powers/Abilities: Magical Tattoos

Why She's Hot: Chicks with tattoos are naturally more desirable than chicks without tattoos. . .maybe there's pheremones in the ink or something.  But chicks with tattoos that can lead you to exactly what your heart desires are doubly attractive. Enter Lydia from Heroes, perhaps the greatest attraction to be found at season four's peculiar carnival, and we're willing to be that her magical tats would reveal that she is the thing that our heart desires most. 

 

Character: Fang (Final Fantasy XIII)

Powers/Abilities: Summons Bahamut

Why She's Hot: Final Fantasy XIII's Fang is tall, dark-haired and sports a sexy European/Australian/New Zealand accent. She's good with weapons and decent with magic. She's also survived turning into a giant crystal. And if those things alone didn't qualify her for this list, she can also summon the giant creature, Bahamut. Certainly that's sexy in its own right, yet we advise you do your best to avoid any domestic arguments that might result in the conjuring of large, magical creatures.

Character: Sierra (Dollhouse)

Powers/Abilities: Martial Arts/Weapons Training

Why She's Hot: Despite the fact that Sierra's backstory on Dollhouse is exceptionally tragic, the character herself is both stunning and stunningly capable. Fast, agile and deadly, Dichen Lachman plays Sierra with a conflicted vulnerability, kicking ass and taking names as arguably the most beautiful of the dolls in the dollhouse. The character never shined as brightly as in season two, but we're happy to watch no matter what episode she's in...

Character: Audrey Bennett (Daybreakers)

Powers/Abilities: Vampire Slayer

Why She's Hot: It's a hard-and-fast geek rule that women who fight vampires are automatically considered to be smokin' hot. Especially if they fight vampires in neo-noir, sci-fi environments and aren't afraid to be covered in the blood of the nosferatu. Throw in some vampire-slaying future-tech and a willingness to work with the enemy to get the job done and you've earned a place on this list.

Character: Trixie (Bitch Slap)

Powers/Abilities: Pretty Good with a Samurai Sword

Why She's Hot: Despite being the subject of one of the more absurd WTF moments we've seen this year, the ditzy prostitute Trixie may not be the tough, kick-ass chick of the Bitch Slap group, but she is the busty femme-fatale.

Add to this the Mad Max-ish road film's concluding twist - which is laugh-out-loud-funny if you like samurai swords and slow-motion flames - and Trixie's a ridiculous beauty in all senses of the term.

Character: Ellie Bartowski (Chuck)

Powers/Abilities: Doctor, Hottie

Why She's Hot: If ever there was an actress who should play Wonder Woman, it has to be Chuck's Sarah Lancaster. Sadly, since she's yet to wear the bracelets or pilot an invisible jet, we'll have to settle for including her character on the popular NBC skein. Strikingly beautiful, strong and funny, Lancaster adds a ridiculous amount of charm and likeability to Chuck's oftentimes overbearing and semi-neurotic sister.

Character:  Anna (V)

Powers/Abilities: World Domination

Why She's Hot: Thank the Lord that V opted for hot-ass women instead of reptilian alien Lizards. Otherwise, we never would have gotten Morena Baccarin as Anna, the short-haired vixen with dubious motivations. And you'll notice that Baccarin is perhaps the only short-haired woman on this entire list, which not only says something about our preferences for long, wavy hair, but also for how well that Baccarin is rocking the short locks.

Character: Norma Lewis (The Box)

Powers/Abilities: Button Pushing

Why She's Hot: Just to show that we're not exclusively about looks, we've decided to put a handicapped woman on here - namely, well, Cameron Diaz.  Okay, maybe that doesn't count.

As Norman Lewis, in Richard Kelly's criminally overlooked film The Box, Diaz sports a few missing toes and walks with a slight limp. She even wears a prosthetic in her shoes.  Fear not, she's the same cute-as-a-button blonde as she always is...but...alright, alright, we put on her here solely because she's hot. But she pushes a button and gets people zapped to Mars via water cubes (or something), so we figure she deserves it.