30 Day Challenge - TV Shows

Favourite Female Actor.


So here we go again, asking me to choose a favourite. And, like yesterday I will be unable to do so.


Over the years there have been a number of female actors that have left an impression. These were not the ones from Channel 5's Red Shoe Diaries either!


I was; and too a degree still am, a huge Buffy The Vampire Slayer fan. Sarah Michelle Gellar was great as Buffy, tough, sassy and good looking. She beat up demons and vampires with style and wit, whilst also showing she could act every emotion as the rollercoaster of her life, love life, family and friends thundered through the Hell Mouth.


In most of the TV series I watch there are female characters which are instantly great. Stella (Melina Kanakaredes), Lindsay (Anna Belknap) & Jo (Sela Ward) from C.S.I. New York are great actors.


I love Lisa Cuddy (Lisa Edelstein) in House. Everything she has to endure and deal with is perfectly acted and portrayed. She manages to ensure that you as the audience are always with her, even in her most difficult situations. The is for this reason probably one of my favourite TV female actors.


Whilst on the subject of enduring desperate situations. "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" is one of the most harrowing and gripping ongoing TV dramas there is. Dealing almost every episode with the most depraved and despicable crimes it is hard to imagine how the actors feel when shooting some of the scenes and episodes.


To the great credit of TV actors the main characters are superb and in particular I have always felt that Detective Benson (Mariska Hargitay) is one of the top TV actors there is. The tragic and hard situations they deal with on the show are so well acted and portrayed. Every emotion comes off the screen and hits the audience member like a perfectly filmed 3D experience.


So my two choices for today are Lisa & Mariska.


Couldn't resist this one - http://youtu.be/JDFNQBIxlrM


http://www.nbc.com/law-and-order-special-victims-unit/