18 actresses who "abandoned the image of a good girl to play the villain" 1. Kerry Mulligan 2. Blake Lively3. Emma Watson 4. Scarlett Johansson 5. Rachel McAdams 6.Rebecca Ferguson 7. Emma Stone 8.Anne Hathaway9. Alexandra Dadario10.Charlize Theron11.Salma Hayek12. Mira Kunis13. Nicole Kidman 14.Monica Bellucci 15.Demi Moore 16.Penelope Cruz 17. Sophie Turner 18. Emma Thompson

Sometimes we prefer the movie villain to the main character. Psychologists have given an explanation for this. When associating themselves with negative characters, viewers have the opportunity to explore their dark side without having to show them in real life. In addition, this temptation is even harder to resist when it comes to female villains – all because film directors tend to invite "good girls" to play those roles.

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She played the naïve Jenny in "Growing Up Education" and the Avenger in "The Bright Young Woman".

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She played a gorgeous lady in Lovers at the End of Time and a sneaky detective in Simple Favors.

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She portrays a shy costume designer in My Week with Monroe and a two-way schemer in Backtracking.

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She played a strong single mother in Jojo's Whimsical World and a kidnapper in Under the Skin.

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She portrays a sweet girl in The Notebook of Love and a greedy liar in Sherlock Holmes 2: The Shadow Game.

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She played a young mother in "The Girl on the Train" and the leader of a gang of robbers in the screen version of Stephen King's Doctor Sleep.

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She played the brave pilot in "Aloha" and the shameless courtier in "True Favor".

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She played a sweet queen in Alice in Wonderland and a bad girl in the screen version of the Batman comics The Dark Knight Rises.

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She played the main character in the "Detective Mystery" series and an imposter criminal in the "Deadly Woman" TV series.

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She played a politician in "The Queen of All" and a highly motivated robber in "Fast and Furious".

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She played a woman in love in "The Fool Ran In" and the Vampire Queen in "Breaking Dawn".

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She played a sweet doctor in Brooklyn's Angriest Man and an angry witch in Wonderland.

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She played a brave British lady in the military drama "Australia in Turmoil" and a vengeful woman in the thriller "Under the Peony Blossom".

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She depicts romantic beauties in The Handbook of Love and the bloodthirsty Queen in Brothers Grimm.

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She plays a woman who falls in love with a blind man in Blind and a former angel who turns to evil in Thunderbolt.

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She played a charming teenage mother in "Walk to this Life" and a cunning robber in "Pirates of the Caribbean: Strange Waves".

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She played the young sweet Sansa Stark in Game of Thrones and the bounty hunter in Josie.

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She played the highly intelligent and discreet Eleanor in the on-screen version of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility and the psychopath in Kuira the Black and White Witch.

Which of these movie villains conquered your heart?