Agent Dana Scully – The X-Files

Amy Pond – Doctor Who

The time-travelling Doctor’s companions are just as important to the show as the title character. There have been many iconic girls on the show – for instance Sarah Jane Smith (the late Elizabeth Sladen) and Billie Piper’s Rose – but the latest, Amy Pond, might just be the best. Portrayed by newcomer Karen Gillen, Amy is a brash, loud Scots girl who quickly became a fan favourite and even caused controversy in her first episode by wearing a skirt that many thought was too short from teatime BBC1!
Buffy Summers – Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Originally an unsuccessful movie, with Kristy Swanson playing Buffy, creator Josh Whedon re-tooled the character for TV, re-cast with Sarah Michelle Gellar in the title role, and television history was made. The true genius of the show is the way it blends supernatural adventure and a wholly-relatable depiction of teenage (and later early 20s) life.
Xena – Xena, Warrior Princess

Originally appearing as supporting character in the Sam Raimi-produced Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena was meant to be killed off in her third appearance. However, fan reaction was so great that she was given her own show. Lucy Lawless cut a striking figure as the warrior princess and the show gained a loyal cult following, especially within the lesbian community, due to the ambiguous relationship between Xena and her companion Gabrielle.
Wonder Woman – Wonder Woman

DC Comic’s most popular super-heroine made the leap from the page to the screen in 1975, played by Linda Carter. The series did not run smoothly though – an original TV movie (not starring Carter) flopped and series jumped from World War 2 to the 70s between the second and third seasons to cut costs. Despite this though, it still brought Wonder Woman to public attention, and she’s now as well known as Superman or Batman.
Charlie’s Angels – Charlie’s Angels

Three sexy female agents acted as private investigators for the mysterious Charlie, who was never seen on-screen. Six girls in all played the rotating gang of Angels, with Farah Fawcett without a doubt being the most famous. The concept was revived for two films in the 2000s, with Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu and Drew Barrymore as the Angels, and a new TV series this year (though that was cancelled after four episodes, so maybe we should keep quiet about that).
Cagney And Lacey – Cagney and Lacey

The mismatched cop buddy team had been a staple of TV police shows for years, but they’d always been the preserve of men. It was a typical chalk and cheese combination – Cagney a career-focus single woman, Lacey a married working mother. The show soon gained critical acclaim and a loyal following, so much so that when it was cancelled in 1983 an early example of a fan campaign was enough to bring it back.
Sydney Bristow – Alias

Initially seen as another “sexy young girl kicks ass” Buffy knock off, Lost and Star Trek supremo J.J. Abrams’ show soon became its own beast. Jennifer Garner starred as Sydney Bristow, a graduate student-come-CIA operative, whose life is turned upside down when she discovers the agency she works for is actually a lot more nefarious than she first thought. She then becomes a double agent for the CIA, entering a web of lies and deceit that grew ever more complicated as the show went on.
Sarah Lund – The Killing

The Killing Season 2 is on DVD
19th December, alongside the Season 1 & 2 boxset.
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