Because you like Grendel's Mother in Beowulf

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

Self-described as half-Slytherin, half-Ravenclaw, Molly Davidson has a big, demanding personality that doesn’t always leave space for other people’s emotions. See them in Booksmart.

Ferociously independent and wickedly smart, Fiona Goode is a Supreme Witch who truly reigns supreme. See them in American Horror Story.

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

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

Charlotte is ready to embrace connection in a strange place. See them in Lost in Translation.

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

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

It's impossible to say whether Winifred Burkle is cuter than she is smart, or vice versa. See them in Angel.

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.