The Most Iconic Female Roles Ever!

[FilmRoyalty Joined: Oct 5th, 2011 Topics: 71 Posts: 3067 View Predictions]

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I did this for the film section. Now, lets have the discussion for female TV character roles. Which female roles do you consider to be the most iconic ever? Here are my top 10 (thus far):

1. Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball) – I love Lucy
2. Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) – Murder, She Wrote
3. Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) – X-Files
4. The Ladies of “The Golden Girls”
5. Carla Tortelli (Rhea Perlman) – Cheers
6. The Ladies of “Friends”
7. Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) – Game of Thrones
8. Xena (Lucy Lawless) – Xena: Warrior Princess
9. Roseanne Conner (Roseanne Barr) – Roseanne
10. Samantha Stephens (Elizabeth Montgomery) – Bewitched

This was from the top of the head. I know there will be changes, but I would love to see who everyone else would put. I was close to adding Farrah Fawcett for Charlie’s Angels, although she was only on for 1 season.

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[Luca Giliberti Joined: Jun 23rd, 2017 Topics: 8 Posts: 7717 View Predictions]

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The most complex, interesting, fascinating female character ever.

Honorable mention:

I love female characters so much more than male characters, so I could list like 100, but these two just stand out for me. Exceptional.

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[Kay Joined: Feb 22nd, 2019 Topics: 2 Posts: 1262 View Predictions]

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Nobody is more iconic than Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen so Her.

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[Clarage Joined: Aug 30th, 2019 Topics: 0 Posts: 103 View Predictions]

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Sue Sylvester

 

 

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[puck05 Joined: Sep 21st, 2019 Topics: 13 Posts: 1570 View Predictions]

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Luca Giliberti wrote:

The most complex, interesting, fascinating female character ever. Honorable mention: I love female characters so much more than male characters, so I could list like 100, but these two just stand out for me. Exceptional.

Your gifs are not working.

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[Luca Giliberti Joined: Jun 23rd, 2017 Topics: 8 Posts: 7717 View Predictions]

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I don’t follow, lol…?

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[puck05 Joined: Sep 21st, 2019 Topics: 13 Posts: 1570 View Predictions]

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Luca Giliberti wrote:

I don’t follow, lol…?

I somehow didn’t write not.

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[xoxo Joined: Aug 29th, 2018 Topics: 0 Posts: 14 View Predictions]

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I just want to float a suggestion.

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[wolfali Joined: Apr 8th, 2023 Topics: 251 Posts: 39221 View Predictions]

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These are the only two correct answers to this query :

Solidarity with the striking writers. Pay them the wages they are owed for bringing us the content we are all on here because of!

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[Luca Giliberti Joined: Jun 23rd, 2017 Topics: 8 Posts: 7717 View Predictions]

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puck05 wrote:

I somehow didn’t write not.

Ahh ok! Yeah, they’re pics, not gifs, that’s why 😉

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[angel88401 Joined: Jul 25th, 2020 Topics: 0 Posts: 174 View Predictions]

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So many great female performances I don’t even know where to begin… but, this all depends on what you want “iconic” to mean.

For instance, critics (deservedly) praise Carrie Coon’s performance in The Leftovers as Nora as one of the greatest performances on TV in the past decade. There has also been critical acclaim for Tatiana Maslany on Orphan Black (she carried that show on her back) and Phoebe Waller-Bridge on Fleabag and Regina King in everything she does (we love to see it) and the list goes on for acclaimed performances. But, I wouldn’t say that the general public (aka a random person you asked on the streets) would necessarily be aware of those performances/shows.

Then, you also get famous and popular performances that actresses basically become known for. For instance, you can’t think of Buffy without Sarah Michelle Gellar, Daenerys Targaryen without Emilia Clarke, Olivia Pope without Kerry Washington, etc.

Basically, making a list is impossible and the answer to this question is that gif of Saoirse Ronan in Little Women going “Women!”

 

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[marcus_emn Joined: May 8th, 2018 Topics: 11 Posts: 870 View Predictions]

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Definition of iconic

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[marty Joined: Aug 18th, 2020 Topics: 1 Posts: 1585 View Predictions]

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Daenerys Targaryen is an iconic character but the role is eh.

The only female performance on that show that truly fits the bill is, imo, Cersei.

And since the question is asking for the most iconic female roles:

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[methaddiction Joined: Aug 1st, 2017 Topics: 3 Posts: 5418 View Predictions]

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Carmela Soprano

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