Ellen Ripley
Author Barbara Creed highlights the dysfunctional relationship that Nancy has with her parents and how her intense yearning for parental love leads to her demise in "A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors". Film critic James Berardinelli writes that "A Nightmare on Elm Street" is Nancy's story rather than Freddy's and attests similarities to Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley in "Alien" (1979) due to her resourcefulness.