Ranking Every On-Screen Version Of DC Comics’ Catwoman
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From the iconic Michelle Pfeiffer in Batman Returns to the barely-there Zoe Kravitz in The Lego Batman movie, which is the best Catwoman?
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When it comes to Catwoman of the DC Comic universe, it’s pretty difficult to ruin the character. A cat burglar who is clever, beautiful and Batman’s match, she’s pretty much the whole package. It takes some majorly poor acting, not to mention awful writing, to render any on-screen version of Catwoman as unwatchable.
Even so, there are a few versions of Catwoman that just aren’t any good. Then there are versions of Selina Kyle (and her other alter egos) that are so awesome we had a hard time it wasn’t the actual character herself, creeping out of the pages of the comics to portray herself on screen.
17 Halle Berry, Catwoman
It’s really not fair to Berry, who has been such a good sport about the flop. Had she been provided everything from a better plot to a better costume, she could have knocked it out of the park. She really deserves another shot at it, if she wanted one.
16 Melendy Britt, The New Adventures of Batman
Britt’s character’s costume on The New Adventures of Batman was even dumb, with its non-matching black mask, white gloves and orange costume (what burglar would wear orange?). It even featured a ridiculous cat emblem that looked much more at home on a Thundercat than a DC villain.
15 Tress MacNeille, The Dark Knight Returns
This Catwoman is fragile and depressed, which wouldn’t be problems at all if they were portrayed with a defter hand. Instead, they perpetuate tropes about mental illness and aging, rendering the character a shell of her former self.
14 Zoe Kravitz, The Lego Batman Movie
Yes, it was funny, and we loved Rosario Dawson as Barbara Gordon, but after all of these years it seemed as if Catwoman should have had more inclusion in the film. Perhaps we’ll see more of her next time.
13 Jennifer Carpenter, Batman: Gotham by Gaslight
Kyle is sassy and strong, sneaking away with Bruce every chance she gets to enjoy time alone with him to the point of even ending up naked in a stagecoach, but a singing Catwoman really isn’t our favorite. Without the name and a bit of the attitude she wouldn’t even be related to Catwoman.
12 Nika Futterman, Batman: The Brave And The Bold
Unlike some of the better animated versions of Catwoman, the Batman: The Brave and the Bold version is actually cartoonish in her portrayal, and almost campy in her suggestive dialogue at times. While not as awful as some versions of Catwoman, this one certainly wasn’t the best.
11 Lee Meriwether, Batman: The Movie
There were some cool aspects of this character, though, like her romance with Batman, her alter ego Kitka and her super cool 60s costume that really deserves a retro resurgence this Halloween.
10 Anne Hathaway, The Dark Knight Rises
There’s just one problem: she’s not as engaging to watch. She has some cool lines and moments, but she doesn’t command the scene like some of the better versions of Catwoman have done. In this light, she’s kind of the heart-healthy oatmeal of Catwomans, serving as the kind we need but not necessarily what we want. Her hair is also too long for her work; that is nothing but a safety hazard right there.
9 Gina Gershon, The Batman
Like Anne Hathaway, Gina Gershon is an accomplished actress and she lends her voice to Catwoman here rather impressively. There are different tones and voices for the character’s various aliases that really do the character justice.
8 Laura Bailey, Batman: The Telltale Series
This version of Catwoman not only recognizes the importance of being on the side of good, but actually has an inner conflict about what that means to her own life. She also has some of the best stealth and combat moves out of any Catwoman character, video game or not.
7 Eliza Dushku, DC Showcase: Catwoman
Both the voice and the animation, added with the writing itself, demand more here. While Catwoman has definitely shown this side in other forms since, including the comic books and in Dark Knight Rises, she really deserves an entire arc more like the one in DC Showcase.
6 Grey DeLisle, Arkhamverse
She’s a temptress, yes, but in a subtler and more affecting way than many other Catwomans have been, and in battle she’s cunning, displaying both wit and finesse. This powerhouse of a Catwoman really needs her own show.
5 Adrienne Barbeau, Batman: The Animated Series
Adrienne Barbeau’s Catwoman wore a beautifully subtle costume, had a more meaningful relationship with her cat than other versions of the character even hinted at and brought true villainy to the table without coming off as a flat bad guy trope. We wonder how Jennifer Morrison will do in this year’s animated movie Batman: Hush?
4 Julie Newmar, Batman
Newmar also had fantastic chemistry with Adam West, bringing the cat-and-bat dynamic to the screen long before we saw it between Anne Hathaway and Christian Bale. She wasn’t the most brilliant of adversaries yet, but she was something completely new and inspiring.
3 Camren Bicondova, Gotham
It’s too bad that Bicondova will be replaced by Lili Simmons in the next season since Catwoman’s now grown up, but we look forward to seeing where Simmons will fit in the list very soon.
2 Eartha Kitt, Batman
Kitt changed everything about Catwoman, from her speech to her very personality, and made a fantastic opponent to Adam West’s Batman. Confident and more action-oriented than her predecessor, Kitt made us believe that Catwoman was a force to be reckoned with while adding some much-needed representation to television.
1 Michelle Pfeiffer, Batman Returns
From her DIY costume to her savage quest for revenge, she’s one of the scrappiest versions of Catwoman who even pulls off ridiculous moves like licking herself in a cat-like fashion. She gets away with it because she’s slightly mad, and because she’s the best version of Catwoman.
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