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* Alexandra Moen seems to be carving out a niche as "troubled posh woman". (She was Lucy Saxon in [[Doctor Who|"Last of the Time Lords"]], for those of you who don't know her name).
* Alexandra Moen seems to be carving out a niche as "troubled posh woman". (She was Lucy Saxon in [[Doctor Who|"Last of the Time Lords"]], for those of you who don't know her name).
* Actress Lupe Ontiveros estimates that she's played a maid between 150 and 300 times on screen.
* Actress Lupe Ontiveros estimates that she's played a maid between 150 and 300 times on screen.
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* [[Ellen Page]] is either The Troubled Teen or [[Deadpan Snarker|The Smarty Teen]]. Or both. Not that there isn't a lot of range in [[Hard Candy|those]] [[Juno|roles]]. With ''[[Inception]]'', she breaks new ground playing the smarty college student which is just a bit older than a teenager. Her roles could also be a [[Tomboy]] in general.
* Joan Plowright is the ultimate Sweet Old English Lady.
* Joan Plowright is the ultimate Sweet Old English Lady.
* C. C. H. Pounder usually plays some sort of [[Affably Evil]] authority figure. This even extends to animated works: she was Amanda Waller on ''[[Justice League]]''.
* C. C. H. Pounder usually plays some sort of [[Affably Evil]] authority figure. This even extends to animated works: she was Amanda Waller on ''[[Justice League]]''.
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* Krysten Ritter usually plays bitchy characters with [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|a heart of gold]].
* Krysten Ritter usually plays bitchy characters with [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|a heart of gold]].
* [[Chloë Grace Moretz]] as a precocious [[Strange Girl]] who is almost always [[Wise Beyond Her Years]] (''[[500 Days of Summer|Five Hundred Days of Summer]]'', ''[[Hugo]]''), sometimes engages in [[Troubling Unchildhood Behavior]] (''[[Kick-Ass (film)|Kick Ass]]''),and is often somehow connected to the supernatural (''[[Let Me In]]'', ''[[Dark Shadows (film)|Dark Shadows]]'', the forthcoming ''[[Carrie]]'' and [[Emily The Strange]] adaptations).
* [[Chloë Grace Moretz]] as a precocious [[Strange Girl]] who is almost always [[Wise Beyond Her Years]] (''[[500 Days of Summer|Five Hundred Days of Summer]]'', ''[[Hugo]]''), sometimes engages in [[Troubling Unchildhood Behavior]] (''[[Kick-Ass (film)|Kick Ass]]''),and is often somehow connected to the supernatural (''[[Let Me In]]'', ''[[Dark Shadows (film)|Dark Shadows]]'', the forthcoming ''[[Carrie]]'' and [[Emily The Strange]] adaptations).



== Both ==
== Both ==
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** And if you're particularly unlucky, even the roles written for your ethnic group will [[Race Lift|suddenly be handed to white actors instead]].
** And if you're particularly unlucky, even the roles written for your ethnic group will [[Race Lift|suddenly be handed to white actors instead]].
* Quinton Flynn seems to voice three kinds of characters: [[Metal Gear Solid|Badasses]], [[Advent Children|comedic villains]], or just plain Ax Crazy [[Kingdom Hearts II|pyromaniacs]].
* Quinton Flynn seems to voice three kinds of characters: [[Metal Gear Solid|Badasses]], [[Advent Children|comedic villains]], or just plain Ax Crazy [[Kingdom Hearts II|pyromaniacs]].

== Non-Binary ==
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* [[Elliot Page]] is either The Troubled Teen or [[Deadpan Snarker|The Smarty Teen]]. Or both. Not that there isn't a lot of range in [[Hard Candy|those]] [[Juno|roles]]. With ''[[Inception]]'', they break new ground playing the smarty college student which is just a bit older than a teenager. Their roles could also be a [[Tomboy]] in general.




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