Long before Xena: The Warrior Princess, and other such female empowerment
characters, there was a tough female character that was known only as Warrior Woman in
The Road Warrior. The Warrior Woman was just as fierce a fighter as her male
counterparts in the oil-rich settlement. Handy with a crossbow, and deadly with
a knife, she had a somber, no-nonsense attitude that suited her well. When Max
first enters the settlement, the Warrior Woman, thinking he's merely one of Lord
Humongus' men who is trying to deceive them, tries to slit his throat with a knife
before Max is able to talk his way out of getting a very close shave. Alas, the
Warrior Woman meets her end in the climatic battle, but not before taking as
many of Humongus' boys with her to the happy hunting ground as she possibly can.
She was played by a young actress named Virginia Hey. If that name sounds
familiar to you, then you must be a rabid fan of the Sci-Fi Channel's Farscape.
For Virginia Hey played the blue-skinned alien Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan from 1999 to
2001 on that series, which was produced by Brian Henson, the son of the legendary
Jim Henson, the creator of the Muppets. She reportedly left Farscape because the
alien make-up, which covered a large part of her skin and required her to constantly shave her
head completely bald, proved to be too demanding for her over the long haul. Like
The Road Warrior, Farscape was also shot in Hey's home country of Australia.
Long before Xena: The Warrior Princess, and other such female empowerment
characters, there was a tough female character that was known only as Warrior Woman in
The Road Warrior. The Warrior Woman was just as fierce a fighter as her male
counterparts in the oil-rich settlement. Handy with a crossbow, and deadly with
a knife, she had a somber, no-nonsense attitude that suited her well. When Max
first enters the settlement, the Warrior Woman, thinking he's merely one of Lord
Humongus' men who is trying to deceive them, tries to slit his throat with a knife
before Max is able to talk his way out of getting a very close shave. Alas, the
Warrior Woman meets her end in the climatic battle, but not before taking as
many of Humongus' boys with her to the happy hunting ground as she possibly can.