Because you like Lisa Cuddy in House M.D.

Kara "Starbuck" Thrace will beat you in cards, drink you under the table, then fly circles around you in her fighter plane. See them in Battlestar Galactica.

Intelligent Adele is soft spoken yet brimming with emotion. See them in Blue is the Warmest Color.

A jealous woman is dangerous. A jealous assassin woman like Elle Driver is even more so. See them in Kill Bill vol. 1.

White Witch's heart is as frozen as the land she rules. See them in The Chronicles of Narnia.

Bookish and socially anxious, Ruby Roundhouse is a teenager turned action heroine. See them in Jumanji.

Small in stature, Clara Oswald has a big appetite for adventure. See them in Doctor Who.

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.

Carol Aird is driven to fight to make her life better, regardless the consequences. See them in Carol.

Sally Albright is high maintenance who she thinks she's low maintenance. But she's still worth it. See them in When Harry Met Sally....

Benoit Blanc is Sherlock with Southern charm, and a mysterious benefactor. See them in Knives Out.

Though she can seamlessly flit between glamorous identities, Sydney Prosser is more vulnerable than she pretends to be. See them in American Hustle.

A poised, stately man-out-of-time, Ichabod Crane typically faces the modern world with wry quip. See them in Sleepy Hollow.