The time has come to dedicate the right space to more charismatic and strong female protagonists of TV series of the last years. This list only contains some of the brightest names in modern seriality, but they all have a value that differentiates them, taken individually, and that demonstrates how much complexity, nowadays, is really well distributed even in the female actor scene, among iconic interpretations as for Keating in How to Get Away with Murderbut also historical roles such as for Lagertha in Vikingssupported by sensational acting skillsable to autonomously handle the series that have seen them as protagonists.
1) Annalise Keating – How to Get Away with Murder
We open the dances with a character without which How to Get Away with Murder it wouldn’t have been the same: Annalize Keating. Viola Davis, masterful interpreter of the role, she managed thanks to it to become the first African-American woman to win an Emmy award for Outstanding Lead Actress. Keating immediately appears as a charismatic and strong woman, feared and respected by all the students of Middleton University, where she establishes the Keating Five, selecting among her students who will have the honor of accompanying her in the various processes. Davis played one of the most iconic female roles in modern seriality, able to secure a permanent place among the critically acclaimed performances.
2) Lagertha – Vikings
Inevitable in this particular list is certainly Lagertha, a true icon of emancipation and charisma in Vikingsthe only woman really able to lead the Viking empire handed down by Ragnar Lothbrok, of which she was the first wife, as well as the greatest Norse warrior, capable of imposing herself on the conquered peoples and of being loved and respected by all the inhabitants of Kattegat. Lagertha, female protagonist of Vikings and played by the gorgeous Katheryn Winnick, best embodies the values of Viking culturemanaging at the same time to lovingly care for their children and to assert themselves in battle, alongside her husband, imposing herself as one of the most ruthless and skilled warriors in Ragnar’s army. Vikingsfor her part, has certainly lost a lot in the post Ragnar, but if she made it to the end on her own legs, many of the merits belong to Lagertha.
3) Bonnie – Mom
Bonnie Plunkett definitely is one of the most loved mothers of the TV seriesone of the best written characters of Mom. Bonnie’s interpreter introduces herself: Allison Janney is a real one living legendable to enter the hearts of fans already with the character of CJ in West Wing, then securing many important awards and nominations, as well as having won an Emmy thanks to the role of Bonnie. Grandma Plunkett and her relationship with her daughter Christy have won millions of fans, and the woman’s biting charisma clearly deserves to be on this particular list.
4) All the characters of Tatiana Maslany – Orphan Black
Tatiana Maslany is the face of Orphan Blackbeing the interpreter of 10 different characters which, taken together, give you the right to enter this list. Tatiana was a real one one-woman show in Orphan Black, giving face and voice to extremely different characters, all very particular and characterized and, above all, really well written. In the past we told you about the ones that impressed us the most, and today we’re going to place Maslany in this list precisely because of her incredible eclecticism, an ability that has allowed her to pull the weight of an entire series.
5) Cara Dutton – 1923
1923 it is the most recent series to enter the list by right. The prequel to Yellowstone and sequels of 1883, created by Taylor Sheridan, starring Cara Dutton, played by one of the queens par excellence of world cinema, Helen Mirren, who is also doing the honors of the house in this round by interpreting the matriarch of the Dutton family alongside Harrison Ford. The two were able to collect the legacy of their predecessors James and Margaret in every sense, raising their children as their own and driving the dynasty of one of the most famous families in the serial western scene. Cara Dutton is a character with all the trimmings, and her charisma is the result of one of the best female performers in the recent history of cinema.
6) Cersei Lannister – Game of Thrones
Lena Headey’s test, which boasts several Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominations, is undoubtedly one of the most iconic of modern seriality. Cersei Lannister’s character is probably the most talked about of the epic of Game of Thrones, detestable from the first episode, but so charismatic as to be able to enter the hearts of the spectators anyway. Cersei was there longest-serving queen in the series, as well as Jaime’s sister and lover, with whom she intertwines in one of the most compelling subplots of Westeros. For most Game of Thrones fans it is certainly difficult to love a Lannister (with a few exceptions), but Cersei’s cruelty has definitely made her one of the most successful villains of the last twenty years of TV series.
7) Kim Wexler – Better Call Saul
Our pupil deserves a place on this list, no need to explain too much. Despite not even with the last, amazing season of Better Call Saul managed to win a shred of Emmys, Rhea Seehorn proved her skills to the whole world, playing one of the most complex characters in the entire universe Breaking Badthat is to say the stormy kim wexler, companion in life and adventures of Jimmy McGill aka Saul Goodman, the devil’s advocate. Kim is a very talented lawyer and from the heart of gold that for love lets itself be carried away in a whirlwind of wrongdoings and randomness that bring out its dark side. Maybe Kim wasn’t combative and pure like Lagertha in Vikingsbut it is a character whose introspection has made us aware of the human side of a woman with extraordinary abilities, and despite everything we will never stop loving and regretting her.
8) The chess queen
Ana Taylor-Joy’s interpretation in The chess queen is one of those that seem literally sewn on to the actor/actress in question. The young actress was acclaimed by audiences and critics for her performance, giving us a magnetic and charismatic character, enriched by an amazing camouflage. The complexity of Elizabeth Harmon is rendered perfectly by Joy, who manages to bring out her character in a purely male reality, thanks to a superior intelligence and a total autonomy acquired due to a difficult past to defeat. This list collects a huge range of character nuances, there are the “warriors” like Aunt Polly and Lagertha of Vikingsand also the real icons of emancipationlike Annalize Keating at the beginning and now Harmon, authentic champion of the series.
9) Zia Polly – Peaky Blinders
We close the list with a quote that is also a tribute to the late Helen McCrorywho died two years ago while filming the last season of Peaky Blinders. The legendary Aunt Polly is one of the most interesting and captivating characters in the British series: a strong, decisive, elegant and sensual woman, authentic heart and engine of the Shelby family, capable of keeping the barrack together several times in times of difficulty, handing down the values of gypsy culture to their grandchildren, instilling in them constant hope and trust. The matron of the Peaky Blinders she made herself and because of her innate charisma, it is worth the ticket price of many episodes of the series.
