![]() ![]() Though Jane was first introduced solo in Tess Gerritsen’s The Surgeon, TNT made sure to pair the two up as the inseparable crime solving gal pals they were clearly always meant to be. Maura Isles (Sasha Alexander), and that’s just the way it is. Technically Jane (Angie Harmon) is the detective, but you can’t have Jane Rizzoli without Dr. I’m using the past tense here, but we all know that Mulder and Scully are characters that just keep coming back, and almost undoubtedly will again. Nothing was taken at face value, and she never believed just because she wanted to, generally balancing Mulder’s raw faith out with a practicality that led to solutions to and deeper understanding of the bizarre situations they found themselves in. ![]() Sure, Mulder’s wild theories were often right - it was The X-Files, after all - but Scully’s skepticism was what made her such a phenomenal investigator. While her partner, Fox Mulder (David Duchovny), was willing to believe every supernatural or alien explanation for the unknown that presented itself, Scully always relied on science, and rationality, and proof. Never has there been a more iconic fictional skeptic than FBI Special Agent Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson). Veronica was the epitome of “don’t try this at home, kids,” constantly getting herself into sticky situations in pursuit of the truth, but almost always proving herself clever enough to find her way out of them before we even had time to get worried.ĥ) Dana Scully Movieclips Trailers/YouTube Kristen Bell has spent most of her adult life displaying her comedic chops, but her turn as the wisecracking high school detective determined to solve the murder of her best friend, Lilly Kane (Amanda Seyfried), will always be one of her most iconic roles. We can’t talk about amateur sleuths without including Neptune’s very own Veronica Mars. And her TV series gives us an incredibly thoughtful, non-exploitative look into the aftermath of trauma that is unfortunately all too rare when it comes to female characters.Ĥ) Veronica Mars Movieclips Trailers/YouTube “Reluctant” is the best way to describe how the troubled superhero approaches just about anything in her life, including becoming a private investigator, but she’s excellent at it all the same. While Jessica Jones was first introduced to the world in the Alias comics back in 2001, she became more of a household name when she got her own Netflix show starring Krysten Ritter. Then again, Benson is a captain now.ģ) Jessica Jones Law & Order: Special Victims Unit/YouTube ![]() Fictional detectives are often known for being clever, or tough it’s rare to find one who embraces vulnerability as one of their greatest strengths. But what makes her special isn’t how often she gets the bad guys, it’s how fiercely she fights for their victims, and how she pushes the members of her squad to approach the world they work in with compassion. We’ve watched Benson climb her way through the ranks over literally decades. There’s a reason Law & Order: Special Victims Unit has been on the air for 21 years and counting, and that reason is Mariska Hargitay’s empathetic but wholly badass Olivia Benson. Of course, even a reluctant Nancy Drew will always get drawn back to what she does best - brilliantly solving cases the cops just can’t seem to crack.Ģ) Olivia Benson Law & Order: Special Victims Unit/YouTube This modern adaptation sees Nancy (Kennedy McMann), fresh out of high school with no immediate plans for her future, taking a step back from crime-solving after her mother’s death. Most recently, she’s nabbed her own show on The CW, this time, with a supernatural twist. Nancy has been solving mysteries since 1930 - in books, in movies, and in her own TV shows. When it comes to female detectives, it doesn’t get much more iconic than Nancy Drew. Others subvert that stereotype entirely.įrom teen detectives to veteran private investigators, here’s a list of twenty of our favorite fictional female detectives of all time. Some share those same broody characteristics that can be intrinsically linked to our idea of a brilliant mind, so deeply locked in on the need to thwart criminals that they risk losing their humanity in the process. Even if they aren’t all broody, cigar smoking, voice-over spouting crime solvers, there’s a long history of male characters getting to be celebrated as true detectives.īut some of the greatest fictional detectives throughout the history of media have been women. This is the image of a detective fed to us by classic noir, and the image that still comes to mind for many when asked to consider famous fictional detectives throughout history. His hat is tipped downward to mask his face in shadow, but the lazy smoke curling upward from the cigar held between his lips tells us he’s a serious man. ![]() A man sits behind a heavy desk in a darkened room, alone. ![]()
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