Batman: All 11 Catwoman actresses ranked from worst to best

10. Halle Berry

Appeared in: Catwoman

To say that Halle Berry’s performance in 2004’s Catwoman has gone down in infamy would be quite the understatement. However, the negative perception of said performance stemmed from the overwhelmingly negative response to the film itself – as it was panned by critics and is renowned for being “one of the worst” comic book-inspired films of all time.

A reboot of sorts, the film was originally envisioned as a spin-off for Michelle Pfeiffer’s Catwoman from 1992’s Batman Returns. Unfortunately, years of development hell saw the idea morph into this standalone adventure instead. And just like that, Selina Kyle was dropped altogether, as the film told a new story about reborn cat-lady named Patience Phillips (Berry) and her feud with Sharon Stone’s Laurel Hedare over toxic skin cream Beau-Line.

Now, in all fairness, the film doesn’t deserve as much negativity as it gets, simply because without context, it’s a fairly decent popcorn flick. That being said, it failed to live up to any kind of promise and, instead, left us all wondering why Pfeiffer’s spin-off was never made.

Berry does what she can in spite of the problematic script, and absolutely captures the sensual nature of the character, but that isn’t enough to turn Catwoman into the comic book masterpiece that the original idea could have been.