12 Greatest Female Onscreen Spies (4 of 7)

6. Natasha Romanoff (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

No magic hammers, no super-serum, no nanomachine-armor—just Natasha Romanoff, a former assassin who can keep up with gods and cyborgs using nothing but pure skill and a few lethal gadgets. As Black Widow, Scarlett Johansson made undercover ops, interrogation tricks, and acrobatic beatdowns look effortless, proving a “normal” human can still be one of the Avengers’ most dangerous members.

7. Alex Parrish (Quantico)

Alex Parrish joins the FBI as a promising recruit, then wakes up in the middle of a terrorist attack and gets framed as the mastermind. Forced to clear her name, she digs into conspiracy after conspiracy, eventually ending up with the CIA. Alex is smart, stubborn, and constantly underestimated by everyone around her, but eventually she turns all that elite training back on the people trying to use her.