American singer Taylor Swift has topped a poll to play the part of Supergirl, which appeared in a comic strip in 1958. An industry insider says that the “Hollywood is short of female heroes and the time is right for a new Supergirl. A number of young stars are being mentioned for the title role in a Supergirl movie and possible TV spin-off and Taylor is top of that list. She has all the right elements to be a positive role model to young girls.”

Taylor Swift will play Supergirl in a remake of the 1984 movie, which starred Helen Slater in the lead role. The award-winning country music star Taylor who had a turn in the upcoming ensemble-dating flick Valentine’s Day, is viewed as one of the few actresses fit for the tricky role of a female hero.

Earlier Taylor Swift had swept the Country Music Awards completely. Taylor Swift was perhaps the biggest winner in the evening as she got awards in all the categories she was nominated in. That’s quiet a clean sweep. She said that she would never forget this moment. “I’ll never forget this moment because in this moment, everything I ever wanted has just happened to me,” an emotional Taylor said before inviting the members of her band onstage to share the spotlight with her.

According to Nielsen SoundScan, Taylor Swift is the highest-selling artist of 2008 in the United States with combined sales of more than four million albums. Swift’s album Fearless and her self-titled album finished 2008 at number three and number six respectively, with sales of 2.1 and 1.5 million.