ever been with a warrior woman?

Semi-inspired by last week's pretty (male) roughnecks, I compiled a list of a subset of warrior women - women with swords*:

Catherine Zeta-Jones from "Zorro"

Miranda Otto as Eowyn

Michelle Yeoh from "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"

Maggie Cheung (fighting Jet Li) from "Hero"

Zhang Ziyi, also from "Hero"

Keira Knightley: from "King Arthur" and Pirates of the Caribbean

Sienna Miller (left) from "Casanova"

Grace Kelly, from "The Swan"

19th century engraving - anonymous

Women fencing ca. 1885, anonymous tintype

19th century images from Musee d'Escrime

Luminara Unduli and Barriss Offee, Jedi

Adi Gallia, another Jedi

Aayla Secura, a Twilek Jedi

Aubrey Beardsley's imagining of Julie, Chevalier de Maupin

Walpurgis (left), from the Royal Armouries I.33 manuscript

And last but not least, Lucy Lawless as Xena

If you have or know of other photos of women with swords, feel free to share in the comments.

*'Cos I like swords. Besides, if I included women with knives and guns I'd never finish the list!