Because you like Mrs. Whatsit in A Wrinkle in Time

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.

A meek schoolteacher, Mary Margaret Blanchard can't remember her past as a spirited, swashbuckling Snow White. See them in Once Upon a Time.

Sam Weir lives for the simple things in life: watching Saturday Night Live and reading comic books. See them in Freaks and Geeks.

Phoebe Halliwell is a bestselling author and martial arts master with power of premonitions. See them in Charmed.

Andrew Glouberman is trying to make it through puberty with his sanity intact. See them in Big Mouth.

Sydney Bristow is a kick-ass double agent on a mission for revenge. See them in Alias.

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.

In charge of stocking the office's supply of cigarettes and liquor, Joan Holloway could run the whole company if they would let her. See them in Mad Men.

Merciless and manipulative, Queen Ravenna is determined to become the fairest of them all. See them in Snow White and the Huntsman.

They say prison changes you, and Piper Chapman is figuring that out the hard way. See them in Orange Is The New Black.

Prim and proper Allie Hamilton was raised to follow the rules. But she's got a fiery rebellious side too. See them in The Notebook.