Line #7 Creator/LyndaCarter


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3	->''"I just want my audiences to be entertained and feel like they're part of the show. I want to show them a good time and create an experience they're going to enjoy."''
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5	Linda Jean Córdova Carter (born July 24, 1951), better known as Lynda Carter, is an American actress, singer, songwriter, model, and beauty pageant titleholder.
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7	Born in Phoenix, UsefulNotes/{{Arizona}}, she was crowned Miss World USA 1972. She's most famously known for portraying ComicBook/WonderWoman in [[Series/WonderWoman1975 the eponymous TV series]] (1975-1979). Coincidentally, [[Creator/GalGadot another beauty pageant titleholder]] took the mantle several decades later, with her blessing and support. She also coincidentally enough has the same birthday as [[Creator/PattyJenkins that film’s director]].
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9	Her film debut came in 1976 BMovie ''Film/BobbieJoAndTheOutlaw'' but she did most of her work on television. She's made countless appearances in TV series, most recently as [[OurPresidentsAreDifferent US President]] Olivia Marsdin in ''Series/{{Supergirl\|2015}}''. Before that, she appeared in ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', joining a long list of previous DC Comics adaptations actors being [[RemakeCameo recast as homage]] in new DC-inspired material.
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11	!!Tropes in her works:
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13	* TheCastShowoff: [[invoked]] In the ''Wonder Woman'' episode called "Amazon Hot Wax", going undercover to stop extortionists in the record industry gives Diana Prince a chance to show off her vocal abilities. Lynda performs songs from her debut album ''Portrait'' as a form of advertisement for it.
14	* CoolOldLady: She plays many roles like this in her later career and a quick look at any interview or her social media shows that she's very much one on real life.
15	* LGBTFanbase: Playing Wonder Woman made her a queer culture icon, to the point that she has been the Grand Marshall at multiple {{Pride Parade}}s.
16	* MsFanservice: Her Wonder Woman costumes were surely conceived for {{Fanservice}}, what with the [[https://fsmedia.imgix.net/5d/0e/4f/36/18d6/46e6/8c5e/e57c7d228d10.jpeg impressive cleavage]] and short shorts.
17	* OlderThanTheyLook: Fitting for someone most famous for playing an immortal, she's in her seventies but looks no older than her early fifties.
18	* SlipperySwimsuit: The reason she wore a wetsuit while swimming as Wonder Woman and not as Diana Prince is that the original swimsuit for the superheroine - a bikini themed after her more famous costume - kept pulling a Houdini every time she swam in the damn thing. None of the footage featuring the two-piece has ever surfaced as of 2024.
19	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[invoked]] She has expressed desire to have a RemakeCameo in 2017's ''Film/{{Wonder Woman\|2017}}'', and director Creator/PattyJenkins wanted this to happen, but a scheduling conflict due to Lynda's singing tour prevented it. She did make a cameo as [[spoiler: Asteria]] for the sequel, ''Film/WonderWoman1984''. A similar situation happened with 2009's ''WesternAnimation/{{Wonder Woman\|2009}}'', where she was offered to have a voice part in the movie, but also had scheduling conflicts.

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