20 Trailblazing Female TV Characters
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Ugly Betty's Betty Suarez
Played by America Ferrera
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The Mary Tyler Moore Show's Mary Richards
Played by Mary Tyler Moore
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Scandal's Olivia Pope
Played by Kerry Washington
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The Cosby Show's Claire Huxtable
Played by Phylicia Rashad
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Buffy Summers
Played by Sarah Michelle Gellar
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The Muppet Show's Miss Piggy
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Ally McBeal's Ally McBeal
Played by Calista Flockhart
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Murphy Brown's Murphy Brown
Played by Candice Bergen
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Wonder Woman's Diana Prince
Played by Lynda Carter
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That Girl's Ann Marie
Played by Marlo Thomas
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Star Trek: Voyager's Captain Janeway
Played by Kate Mulgrew
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Parks and Recreation's Leslie Knope
Played by Amy Poehler
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Gilmore Girls' Lorelai Gilmore
Played by Lauren Graham
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Maude's Maude Findlay
Played by Bea Arthur
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Mad Men's Peggy Olson
Played by Elisabeth Moss
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China Beach's Colleen McMurphy
Played by Dana Delany
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Ellen's Ellen Morgan
Played by Ellen DeGeneres
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All My Children's Erica Kane
Played by Susan Lucci
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Julia's Julia Baker
Played by Diahann Carroll
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All-American Girl's Margaret Kim
Played by Margaret Cho