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

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