#9. NAME: Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow)
MCU APPEARANCES: Iron-Man 1-3 (2008-2013); The Avengers (2012)
Tony Stark’s lady friend is most likely used to living a lifestyle you can’t provide — your Iron Man suit is made of plastic or cotton and you travel coach instead of on a private jet, for example — but she can run a business and knows how to drop the (Thor) hammer when she needs to take charge. The downside: she’s wound tighter than anyone you’ve ever met.