Who is the ultimate femme fatale? Post to win £100 John Lewis voucher and signed copies of The Sudden Departure Of The Frasers

[EmilyMumsnet]

How does one get whatever one wants? Pop culture seems to have the answer: become a femme fatale. It seems that as long as you're a sexy woman with a red lipstick and a good line in seduction, your destructive powers can know no bounds.

Louise Candlish's latest novel, The Sudden Departure Of The Frasers, deals with one such woman. When Christy and Joe Davenport are handed the keys to their dream house, they do wonder how they nabbed it for such a low price. Christy finds herself drawn deeper into the mystery of the house's previous occupant - one Amber Fraser - and a dark and shocking secret.

For a chance to win a £100 John Lewis voucher and a signed copy of the book, tell us who is, in your opinion, the ultimate femme fatale. Does Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca reign supreme, or does she pale in comparison to Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct?

5 runners-up will also receive signed copies of the book. Post on the thread before Monday 29 June to have a chance of winning.

This competition is sponsored by Penguin Books.

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Zuleika Dobson - loves the idea of men dying for her!

Iabelle Adjani as Hlna in Subway with Christophe Lambert. Also she has splendidly 80's hair. Oooh, I'd really like to watch that again!

Yes to Jessica Rabbit!

Helen Mirren in every film she appears in!

Joan Greenwood as Sibella in Kind Hearts and Coronets. That voice....

Femme Fatale is a term with male connotations so I would prefer Strong Female Lead as a term.

My choices would be Katniss Everdeen from the Hunger Games, Mia Wallace from Pulp Fiction and Ripley from the Alien films.

Jessica Rabbit EVERY time, she has it all!!!

Ultimate "Femme Fatales" :-

1. Ava Lord in 'Sin City: A Dame To Kill For' (played by Eva Green in the film)
2. Linda Fiorentino as Bridget Gregory in 'The Last Seduction'
3. Sharon Stone as Catherine Tramell in 'Basic Instinct'
4. Kathleen Turner as Matty Tyler Walker in 'Body Heat'
5. Juliette Binoche as Anna Barton in 'Damage'
6. Elektra from the Daredevil comic series (played by Jennifer Garner in the films 'Daredevil' and 'Elektra') ... However, since the above are all fictional characters, the ultimate "Femme Fatale" in my opinion is Margreet MacLeod A.K.A. Mata Hari, the real life spy, convicted and executed during WW1.

Ultimate "Femme Fatales" :-

1. Ava Lord in 'Sin City: A Dame To Kill For' (played by Eva Green in the film)
2. Linda Fiorentino as Bridget Gregory in 'The Last Seduction'
3. Sharon Stone as Catherine Tramell in 'Basic Instinct'
4. Kathleen Turner as Matty Tyler Walker in 'Body Heat'
5. Juliette Binoche as Anna Barton in 'Damage'
6. Elektra Natchios from the Daredevil comic series (played by Jennifer Garner in the films 'Daredevil' and 'Elektra')
7. Selina Kyle / Catwoman from the Batman comic series (played by several to actresses over the years) ... However, since the above are all fictional characters, the ultimate "Femme Fatale" in my opinion is Margreet MaeLeod A.K.A. Mata Hari, the real life spy, convicted and executed during WW1.

... and to continue on the theme of real-life spies (well, I would, wouldn't I?), I have to mention Christine Granville, born Krystyna Skarbek. This biography of this amazing women, by Clare Mulley, is well worth reading:
www.amazon.co.uk/The-Spy-Who-Loved-Christine/dp/1447201183/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

Scarlet O'Hara, from Gone With the Wind, she didn't care who she hurt to get what she wanted, and boy did she destroy peoples lives.

Amanda Holden

Her destructive powers have taken her to the top and the red lipstick has joined her on the journey from Blind Date to Britains Got Talent.

Lauren Bacall, just whistle...

Ava Gardner
Jeanne Moreau in Jules et Jim

Cleopatra

Milady de Winter, the Three Musketeers

Jessica Rabbit or Amy Dunne in Gone Girl.

Irene Adler, nemesis of Sherlock Holmes from the books - and, memorably, the recent TV series of course. Highly intelligent, beautiful, sexy, strong and a worthy match for Sherlock, who she outwits in A Scandal in Bohemia.

marilyn monroe - who else?...

The ultimate femme fatale in cinema is Barbara Stanwyck in Double Indemnity. Cold, beautiful and pure evil. Makes Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct look like a nun!

Zenia from "The Robber Bride" by Margaret Atwood. She is a true femme fatale.

I immediately thought of Joan Greenwood as Sibella in Kind Hearts and Coronets, nice to see I'm not the only one!

Got to be Kylie surely?

Merilyn Monroe

Oh I'm reading this at the moment. I'm on page 361.
Erm Katherine Hepburn had the right look.
Kim Basinger too.