Five shows, five very different women, and hardly one of them easy to like at first glance. Her range runs from quiet grief to gleeful social warfare.
1Nora Durst (The Leftovers)A woman who lost her whole family in the Sudden Departure, the HBO role that won Coon a Critics' Choice Award.1000pts
2Bertha Russell (The Gilded Age)The ruthless new-money social climber storming 1880s New York society in HBO's period drama.814pts
3Gloria Burgle (Fargo)The tech-baffled small-town police chief of Fargo's third season, which earned Coon her first Emmy nomination.0pts
4Laurie Duffy (The White Lotus)The divorced lawyer reuniting with two old friends in Thailand in The White Lotus season 3, an Emmy-nominated turn.0pts
5Vera Walker (The Sinner)The guarded leader of an upstate New York commune at the center of The Sinner's second season.0pts





























