From Daenerys to Cookie lyon, we list a few of the toughest women on international television
The concept of great TV heroines has evolved over the years with female characters now donning more complex roles with a plethora of quirks — from drug habits to mental health issues and offbeat personalities to complement their tough personas, broadening horizons and captivating its audience from the get go. From vampires to police officers to terrorists and serial killers, these women have tackled it all whilst juggling their complex personal lives with even more complex professional choices for self-sufficiency. Possessing both intellectual and supernatural faculties, television’s leading ladies and their complex personalities are surely dominating their individual universes. While Harlee Santos, Olivia Pope, Peggy Olson and Daenerys Targaryen might not be real, the power they wield in their fictional worlds is.
Here is a list of exceptional female lead characters donning complex roles. These roles are kickass guaranteed.
Detective Harlee Santos in Shades of Blue
Jennifer lopez portrays the role of Harlee Santos, a corrupt NYPD detective and a single mother making ends meet. However, acute financial problems stop Harlee from giving her daughter a better future and to make ends meet she becomes part of a team of dirty cops. She takes bribes, often breaking rules and hiding evidence. But, things take an ugly turn when she gets caught and is forced to become an informant. Treading on a thin line between what is right and wrong Harlee has always chosen her daughter at every step. The show airs on Colours Infinity
Annalise Keating in How To Get Away With Murder
Annalise Keating played by Viola Davis is everything you hope your Criminal law professor will be — brilliant, passionate, creative and charismatic. She’s also everything you don’t expect — sexy, glamorous, unpredictable and dangerous. As fearless in the courtroom as she is in the classroom, Annalise is a defense attorney who represents the most hardened criminals — people who’ve committed everything from fraud to arson to murder. Annalise seems like she has it all — a successful career and a loving husband, Sam — but soon she will be forced to confront secrets about her life she never saw coming. Season 2 of the show airs on Star World and Star World HD.
Khaleesi Daenerys Targaryen in Game Of Thrones
Emilia Clarke, who plays Daenerys Targaryen, the First of Her Name, Queen of Meereen, Queen of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men, lord of the Seven Kingdoms, Protector of the Realm, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, called Daenerys Stormborn, the Unburnt, Mother of Dragons on the fantasy mega-hit Game of Thrones won her the title of Sexiest Woman Alive. The show airs on Star World Premiere and on Star World Premiere HD.
Olivia Pope in Scandal
This political thriller television series describes how Olivia Pope, a professional ‘fixer’ who makes problems go away before anyone even knows they exist. For the moneyed, the powerful and even the President, Olivia is a legend in her field. Her spectacular success is mostly due to her unbreakable rule of always trust your gut. Even as she deals with her own emotional problems, Olivia races against the clock to defuse new obstacles using every trick in the book before they become full-blown disasters.
Cookie lyon in Empire
Taraji P Henson’s Cookie lyon is one of the most ferocious characters on television. As the reigning ex-con queen of Fox’s Empire, she offers as much in over-the-top animal-print ensembles as she does in bitchy bon mots. Cookie is one of the main characters within the series and the ex-wife of former drug dealer turned hip-hop mogul, lucious lyon (Terrence Howard) who gets released from prison and strikes out to lay claim to half of their multimillion-dollar record label, which was initially funded by her drug money. The Empire star walked away with her first Golden Globe for her groundbreaking role in the show. The show airs on FX.
Quinn King in UnReal
Critics’ Choice Television Award winner Constance Zimmer, plays the role of Quinn King to the T. The character is an ambitious TV show producer who is willing to go to great lengths to achieve success. Her relationship with the show’s characters is complicated, she not only drives them crazy but also motivates them to push boundaries and do well. Quinn is successful and knows how to get what she wants. The show airs on Star World and Star World HD.