Best female characters in TV?

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I'm currently rewatching The West Wing for the billionth time and honestly, is there a greater female character in television than CJ Cregg? I just absolutely love her.

Also a huge fan of Moira Rose from Schitts Creek 😁

Any character played by Nicola Walker!

Gillian Anderson's character in The Fall.

Diane Lockhart in The Good Wife (& whatever the spinoff was!)

Jodie Whitaker and Olivia Colman in Broadchurch. Acting their socks off.

Cagney AND Lacey

💯

Laure in Spiral.

Roz Doyle in Frasier.

Rita in Rita (on Netflix).

Meemaw in Young Sheldon

So many have already been mentioned.

I will add Leslie Knoppe from Parks, Terri and Nicola from the Thick of It, most of the cast from Motherland, the Golden Girls, and Clare from early Outlander.

mine seem to be mostly comedies, but I’d originally come on to suggest Catherine Cawood - was beaten to it by several.

Sylvie in Emily in Paris

I love

Vod from Fresh Meat
Hannah from Girls

It has to be Moira Schitt from Schitt's Creek for me 🖤

Betty in Mad Men. As iconic to me as Grace Kelly...

Kim Wexler from Better Call Saul is a great female character. Complex, brilliant, understated.

Betty was brilliant.
Also, Maze - Lucifer
Princess/ Queen Elizabeth; the
Crown series 1
Lady Mary : Downton Abbey
Delan : Babylon 5
Ripely : Alien
Demelza : Poldark

Catherine Happy Valley
Shiv in Succession

All the female characters in Last Tango in Halifax, especially Gillian and Caroline

Viv in No Doubt.
Pamela in Gavin & Stacy.
Samantha & Charlotte in SATC.
Alexis in Dynasty

Meredith from Greys Anatomy

Growing up, Darlene from Roseanne. But I don't like the adult character in the reboot.

Nancy and Joyce from Stranger Things

Beth Pearson in This Is Us.
Pamelaaaa Shipman in Gavin and Stacey.
Geri Granger in The Vicar of Dibley.
Liz Lemon in 30 Rock.
Leslie Knope in Parks and Rec.

We actually say this in our house! However, I'm sometimes left thinking a real person couldn't actually behave like that and have friends.

Jackie, in Nurse Jackie

Came here to say this - my favourite female character from any show.