Female characters!

[katikat]

It's time to post my favorite female TV characters of this year. Only one character per show to not make it any easier ;)


Camille Saroyan (Bones)


Kensi Blye (NCIS:LA)


Elizabeth Burke (White Collar)


Teresa Lisbon (The Mentalist)


Ziva David (NCIS)

I think that there are many likable, kick-ass female characters on TV these days! Characters that are strong without being bitchy - which is what I hate about women on TV most, when writers mistake bitchiness for strength.

And what's your Top 5?

Comments

[thefannishwaldo.livejournal.com]

Kensi kicks ass in *every* way. I love that she'll just step between Sam and G when they get going at it and that she was willing to pee in a car in front of Dom - insisted on it in fact.

And at the same time, she's willing to stagger into work in her little black dress still hungover from her previous date. She's flawed, but she's okay with that. :)

[gaffsie.livejournal.com]

Looking at your list, I realized that I don't watch TV enough to make a list. :P The only current shows I make a point of never missing are QI and 30 Rock.

But my one scripted show has the best female character on TV, so there's that.

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Liz Lemon!

[sharona1x2.livejournal.com]

This is such a good question! Here are my top 5 from current TV shows:

5. Camille Saroyan (Bones)
4. Guinevere (Merlin)
3. Sue Sylvester (Glee)
2. Brenda Leigh Johnson (The Closer)
1. Temperance Brennan (Bones)

The order is subject to change. I'd also like to give big kudos to the original Ruby on Supernatural. She and Ellen were my favorite ladies on that show.

[yami-tai.livejournal.com]

*nods* I agree, especially for Cam. I adore her, she is beautiful, smart and such a lovely person.

[layne67.livejournal.com]

I can only think of 4 at the moment :

1. Scully of the The X-Files
2. Brennan of Bones.
3. Ellen of SPN
4. Jamie of Mad About You.