Because you like Laura Roslin in Battlestar Galactica
Carol Aird is driven to fight to make her life better, regardless the consequences. See them in Carol.
A brilliant graduate student in Italy for "research," Oliver has other things on his mind: flirting, swimming, and dancing. See them in Call Me by Your Name.
She got locked up so her husband could make it big, but now Cookie Lyon is coming for what's hers. See them in Empire.
Ferociously independent and wickedly smart, Fiona Goode is a Supreme Witch who truly reigns supreme. See them in American Horror Story.
A charismatic and misunderstood FBI agent, Dale Cooper relies on dreams and premonitions to solve cases. See them in Twin Peaks.
After surviving a CIA mission that was supposed to kill him, ex-military man John Reese bets it all on a chance to redeem himself. See them in Person of Interest.
Though she can seamlessly flit between glamorous identities, Sydney Prosser is more vulnerable than she pretends to be. See them in American Hustle.
Maya Lambert is an obsessive intelligence officer with tunnel vision leading toward Osama bin Laden. See them in Zero Dark Thirty.
Merciless and manipulative, Queen Ravenna is determined to become the fairest of them all. See them in Snow White and the Huntsman.
Sabriel is smart enough to understand the dangers that await her and brave enough to face them anyway. See them in Abhorsen Series.