16 years too late, as usual
Anyone remember Dracula 2000 with Gerard Butler as Dracula?
The female lead Justine Waddell played Van Helsing's daughter Mary Heller-Van Helsing. Now she would have been a great choice IMHO to play the TV role as a follow-up to that film.
No, she wasn't kick ass; she used her brain and the knowledge from her father to defeat Dracula.
And they left that film wide open for a fairly intriguing idea of a female Van Helsing lead.
As usual though Hollywood always seems to drop the ball on a good idea at the right time.