TV: Who are your favorite female tv characters?

[Ben Grimm]

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I'll list 14 and you can vote for your top seven of those. If you like others, just post them.

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[LeafalCrusader]

Scully is the only one on the list I liked.

As a 24 fan I couldn't stand Kim Bauer. Always whining and getting kidnapped. I was cheering for the cougar to eat her lol.

 

[Jussi]

Superman & Lois has the best Lois Lane AINEC.

 

[Dr Pepper]

From that list, the only shows I watched with any regularity were Friends and Seinfeld.

And I hated Monica.

Elaine wins

 

[Jumptheshark]

gotta know the logic that went into who went on your list

 

[Senscore]

Dee Reynolds - It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Peggy Olson - Mad Men
Elaine Benes - Seinfeld
Selena Meyer - Veep
Amantha Holden - Rectify
Dana Scully - X-Files
Nora Durst - The Leftovers
Carmela Soprano - The Sopranos
Shiv Roy - Succession
Kim Wexler - Better Call Saul
Deborah Vance - Hacks
Camina Drummer - The Expanse
Mare Sheehan - Mare of Easttown
Lucille Bluth - Arrested Development
Ruth Langmore - Ozark
Claire Fisher - Six Feet Under
Donna Clark - Halt and Catch Fire
Tami Taylor - Friday Night Lights
Cersei Lannister - Game of Thrones
Catelyn Stark - Game of Thrones


Some more might come to mind later.

 

[DaaaaB's]

From those options it's Elaine Benes and she might be my #1 from any show. I liked #6 but liked #8 better from BSG. I really liked CJ Parker as a kid but haven't seen an episode of Baywatch in over 25 years.

 

[TheAngryHank]

I'll list a baker's dozen (the poll and the images are in the same order) and you can vote for your top six of those. If you like others, just post them.

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She's still getting it done.

 

[DaaaaB's]

Dee Reynolds - It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Elaine Benes - Seinfeld
Nora Durst - The Leftovers
Carmela Soprano - The Sopranos
Camina Drummer - The Expanse
Mare Sheehan - Mare of Easttown
Lucille Bluth - Arrested Development
Ruth Langmore - Ozark
Cersei Lannister - Game of Thrones
Catelyn Stark - Game of Thrones


Some more might come to mind later.

All of these characters would make my list. I liked Tami Taylor but only watched a couple seasons of FNL. Wasn't a fan of Kim Wexler though. I'd probably add Arya Stark especially from the early seasons. Some others I'd add are:
Kima Greggs - The Wire
Jaq - Top Boy
Joannie Stubbs - Deadwood
Dolores Abernathy - Westworld
Maeve - Westworld
Lori Madison - The Deuce
Jillian - Workaholics
April - Parks and Recreation
Roz - Frasier
Lucy - Trailer Park Boys

Probably forgetting a few.

 

[Ben Grimm]

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gotta know the logic that went into who went on your list

I started out with 13 from someone's sexiest list, the first poster only liked Scully, so I added Elaine. I saw a thread in a team forum where it was Elaine vs the blonde from Friends and Elaine got 95% of the votes.

 

[MVP of West Hollywd]

I think one of the most complex I've seen is Regina on Once Upon A Time. Emma was a great lead as well.
Carmela on the Sopranos
Brenda, Ruth, Claire on Six Feet Under
Starbuck on Battlestar Galactica
Mindy on the Mindy Project
Abbi and Ilana on Broad City
Elaine on Seinfeld
Rachel and Quinn on UnREAL, sneaky one
Shiv on Succession
Cersei on Game of Thrones

 

[DaaaaB's]

I think one of the most complex I've seen is Regina on Once Upon A Time. Emma was a great lead as well.
Carmela on the Sopranos
Brenda, Ruth, Claire on Six Feet Under
Starbuck on Battlestar Galactica
Mindy on the Mindy Project
Abbi and Ilana on Broad City
Elaine on Seinfeld
Rachel and Quinn on UnREAL, sneaky one
Shiv on Succession
Cersei on Game of Thrones

Can't believe I didn't mention Starbuck when I posted about #6 and #8. Starbuck was probably the best character of the 3.

 

[reckoning]

Elaine Benes was the only one I felt comfortable voting for. Everyone else in the poll I either never heard of or didn't like


Nancy Botwin (Weeds)
Mortician Addams (Addams Family)
Lilith Sternin (Cheers)
Elaine Nardo (Taxi)
Florence Johnston (Jeffersons)
Evelyn Harper (Two And A Half Men)
Edith Prickley (SCTV)
Donna Hayward (Twin Peaks)
Helen Solloway (The Affair)
Fiona Goode (American Horror Story)
Catwoman (Batman)

 

[mrmovies779]

Ziva David-NCIS

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

Kima Greggs - The Wire

 

[Babe Ruth]

Florence Johnston (Jeffersons)

She was funny.. also liked her on '227'.
Loni Anderson (Jennifer) on WKRP was another female character I liked from that era.
Does Elvira count as a TV character(?) I used to love watching her roast movies on Movie Macabre..

 

[Behn Wilson]

River Tam from Firefly

 

[Pranzo Oltranzista]

Shelly Johnson (Twin Peaks)
Robyn Brooks (High Fidelity)

But this might be in good part because they were both really beautiful.

Can't stand Monica either. I prefered Pheobe in Friends, or Maxine in Living Single.

It's a tough question. I'm sure I'm forgetting something important.

 

[Unholy Diver]

Turanga Leela - Futurama
Francine Smith - American Dad
Peg Bundy - Married..with children
Granny - The Beverly Hillbillies
Daisy Duke - Dukes of Hazzard

 

[SJSharksfan39]

Of the list I voted for: Scully, Elaine, Monica, Number 6, and Laural Lance.

Of my favorites not on the list:

Aeryn Sun (Frascape)
Samantha Carter (Stargate Franchise)
Janeway (ST: Voyager and Prodigy)
Eleanor (The Good Place)
Leslie Knope (Parks and Rec)
Buffy Sommers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

 

[Babe Ruth]

Peg Bundy - Married..with children

yeah.. I neglected to mention Peg & Kelly (two of my favorites).
Do you remember there was a fake Married with Children for a couple years (Unhappily Ever After)? I used to like Nikki Cox on that series..

 

[Unholy Diver]

yeah.. I neglected to mention Peg & Kelly (two of my favorites).
Do you remember there was a fake Married with Children for a couple years (Unhappily Ever After)? I used to like Nikki Cox on that series..

Yeah, wasn't it like a WB Married knockoff or something like that?

Also had Bobcat Goldthwait who was in a relationship with Nikki Cox for a while, voicing a puppet, I'd say it reinforces the "Women love funny guys theory" but Bobcat was never funny

 

[frisco]

I voted Scully, Elaine and Joan Harris. Off list I'd go:

Amanda Woodward (Melrose Place)
Kelly Taylor (90210)
Carrie Matheson (Homeland)
Valerie Malone (90210)
Jaime Sommers (The Bionic Woman)
Charlotte York (Sex And The City)

My Best-Carey

 

[Mark Stones Spleen]

Kelly and Peggy Bundy.
Ruth from Ozark
Nellie from haunting of Hill House
The first Mandy in last man standing, Eve as well actually
Marie in everybody loves Raymond was awesome too.

 

[Babe Ruth]

(Melrose Place)..
Kelly Taylor (90210)

Remember 'Kelly' had important roles in both shows. The spinoff story arc was Kelly's underage relationship with Jake.
I rewatched Melrose season one a couple years back, and it really is a great Gen X time capsule (for better or worse).