Brenda Leigh Johnson(The Closer)
Carrie Wells(Unforgettable)
Dana Scully(The X-Files)
Emily Prentiss(Criminal Minds)
Grace Van Pelt(The Mentalisat)
Lilly Rush(Cold Case)
Olivia Benson(Law and Order: SVU)
Veronica Mars(Veronica Mars)
Teresa Lisbon(The Mentalist)
Temperance Brennan(Bones)
I only know one and that’s Marge Simpson.
shareWatching Cold Case right now; always liked the opening sequence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFE8iwsp7d8
shareLetting my "old geezer" credentials show here ...
Angie Dickinson (Police Woman) ... perhaps the standard against whom all other TV female cops must be assessed.
Sharon Gless (Chris Cagney) and Tyne Daly (Mary Beth Lacey) of "Cagney and Lacey" did pretty well, too. Can't forget Peggy Lipton (Julie Barnes) of "Mod Squad" either.
shareBroadening the selection criteria to include crime fighters and ass kickers from films as well as TV shows:
Katee Sackhoff - Battlestar Galactica
Tricia Helfer - Battlestar Galactica
Grace Park - Battlestar Galactica
Summer Glau - Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Sigourney Weaver - Aliens
Michelle Pfeiffer - Batman Returns
Elaine Cassidy - The Ghost Squad
Gillian Anderson - The X-Files
Sarah Michelle Gellar - Buffy TVS
Kate Beckinsale - Underworld
Honeysuckle Weeks - Foyle's War
Joan Hickson - Miss Marple
Suzanne 'Pepper' Anderson (Police Woman) any woman cop nicknamed Pepper belongs on the list
Stacy Sheridan (T.J. Hooker) it's Heather Locklear. 'Nuff said.