Because you like Claire Underwood in House of Cards

Samantha Jones is a try-sexual who'll try anything once. See them in Sex and the City.

Part archaeologist, part philosopher, part politician, Jean-Luc Picard is an unashamed intellectual who runs a tight ship. See them in Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Don't tell anyone Kate Austen was under arrest when the plane crashed. See them in Lost.

Cutting ties with her con-artist friends, Sarah Manning is creating a better life for her daughter by taking on the identity of the deceased Beth. See them in Orphan Black.

A sadistic sociopath, Lil Z is helping make the City of God slum a Hell on Earth. See them in City of God.

Elaine Benes is a tough New Yorker who can hang with the guys, and date the ones who are "sponge-worthy." See them in Seinfeld.

Terence Fletcher is a brutal and unflinchingly strict music teacher hell-bent on whipping his students into shape. See them in Whiplash.

Southern belle Scarlett O'Hara is a heart-melter who has no problem looking after herself. See them in Gone with the Wind.

Free-spirited Annie Hall goes through life saying "La-di-da, la-di-da, la la." See them in Annie Hall.

Cosmo Kramer is an eccentric schemer whom you might know better as the "Assman." See them in Seinfeld.

Amber Holt is perpetually caught between forging her own path and stumbling around in the dark. See them in Parenthood.

Sabriel is smart enough to understand the dangers that await her and brave enough to face them anyway. See them in Abhorsen Series.