Saturday, August 29, 2009

My Favorite Female TV Characters

In order of how they came to mind
  • Suzanne Sugarbaker - Designing Women
  • Irina Derevko - Alias
  • Pam Beasley - The Office
  • Grace Manning - Once and Again
  • Angela Chase - My So-Called Life
  • Jill Zarin - Real Housewives of NYC (so, technically not a character)
  • Erica Kane - All My Children
  • Lily Kane - Veronica Mars
  • Dana Whitaker - Sports Night
  • Rudy Huxtable - The Cosby Show
  • Blair Warner - The Facts of Life
  • Blair Waldorf - Gossip Girl
  • Lorelei Gilmore Paris Gellar - Gilmore Girls
  • Peggy Olsen - Mad Men (close seconds: Betty Draper and Joan Holloway)
  • Barb Henrickson - Big Love (bonuses: Lois and Adaleen)
Ok, that's 15. I'm sure I'll kick myself later.

11 comments:

Boxcar said...

Is Irina Derevko Lena Olin? One of these days I will catch up on Gossip Girl. Just doesn't seem like the kind of show to watch alone. In my parents house.
Yay Dana Whitaker!

Now do men! Do them!

Julie said...

Yes, Lena Olin.
I will try the men...

Questionable Taste said...

Awesome...glad to see another Alias fan out there. I always cheered an appearance by Ms. Derevko.

Am I the only one who hates Peggy Olson though? Maybe it's the ridiculous "fat" makeup job they did on Elisabeth Moss in season 1. Or perhaps I just have a difficult time appreciating any of the women not named Betty Draper. Ummmmmmmmmmm...Betttyyyy Drappperrr

BEM1212 said...

I know I'm a noob and all, but I am squarely in the Joan camp.

But I am looking forward to see what those other two have up their sleeves.

Julie said...

I just appreciate a bit of complexity, which I definitely think Peggy Olsen has. Betty Draper too, though she does a great job of hiding it. Which is awesome. I obviously love Joan, too. Mostly, I just can't wait for 9:00.

BEM1212 said...

Julie, In carefully crafting my list of TV characters so as to avoid the barrage of "oh yeah" comments afterward, I realized you forgot Murphy Brown!

KNH said...

QT I think you don't like peggy olsen becasue you can't see her for anything else than zoey bartlett...or at least i had that problem at first

BEM1212 said...

Oh. oh. oh. J.O.A.N. Joan.

Julie said...

So how far in have you gotten?

BEM1212 said...

I have two epis left in Season 1.

So Betty and Peggy are also on the move.

BUT. QT is right. Peggy's weight-gain makeup is ghastly. She looks way too much like Helen at the beginning of Death Becomes Her for me to take seriously.

OH WAIT. Did I make a list of favorite female performances and leave out both leads AND Isabella Rosselini from Death Becomes Her? Idiot.

BEM1212 said...

Holy Moly!!! Season 1 is a wrap. That last episode is a doozy!

Bonus points for ending with a top five favorite song of all time (list to come, I'm sure).

I'm still Joan's campaign manager but Betty and Peggy both closed the gap considerably. Especially Betty. There's just no good excuse (anymore) for Peggy's wardrobe.

QT you are a good spoiler-keeper and I thank you for it.

One problem with Mad Men: IT MAKES ME WANT TO SMOKE SO F()CKIN BAD.