Because you like Sarah Churchill in The Favourite

Maya Lambert is an obsessive intelligence officer with tunnel vision leading toward Osama bin Laden. See them in Zero Dark Thirty.

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

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

You wouldn't know it by looking at her, but beneath Sheila Jackson's sweet, motherly exterior lies a sex addict. See them in Shameless.

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.

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

Talking to a stranger on a train is the best decision Jesse Wallace ever made. See them in Before Sunrise.

Topanga Lawrence has been a put-together intellectual since basically the moment she could talk. See them in Boy Meets World.