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Name the Actors of the 100 Best TV Performances of the 21st Century

Given the TV show and the character they played, name the 100 actors included in Variety's 2025 list of The 100 Greatest TV Performances of the 21st Century.
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Rank
Show
Character
Actor
1
Veep
Selina Meyer
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
2
Succession
Kendall Roy
Jeremy Strong
3
Mad Men
Peggy Olson
Elisabeth Moss
4
The Comeback
Valerie Cherish
Lisa Kudrow
5
Breaking Bad
Walter White
Bryan Cranston
6
The Wire
Omar Little
Michael Kenneth Williams
7
The Leftovers
Nora Durst
Carrie Coon
8
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Capt. Raymond Holt
Andre Braugher
9
Better Call Saul
Kim Wexler
Rhea Seehorn
10
Grey's Anatomy
Dr. Cristina Yang
Sandra Oh
11
I May Destroy You
Arabella Essiedu
Michaela Coel
12
The Office
Michael Scott
Steve Carell
13
Watchmen
Angela Abar/Sister Night
Regina King
14
The Shield
Vic Mackey
Michael Chiklis
15
The Americans
Elizabeth Jennings
Keri Russell
16
Arrested Development
Lucille Bluth
Jessica Walter
17
Mare of Easttown
Mare Sheehan
Kate Winslet
18
The Dropout
Elizabeth Holmes
Amanda Seyfried
19
Game of Thrones
Tyrion Lannister
Peter Dinklage
20
The Curse
Whitney Siegel
Emma Stone
21
Enlightened
Amy Jellicoe
Laura Dern
22
30 Rock
Jack Donaghy
Alec Baldwin
23
Orphan Black
Sarah Manning/Alison Hendrix/Cosima Nieuhas/many more
Tatiana Maslany
24
Schitt's Creek
Moira Rose
Catherine O'Hara
25
Fleabag
Fleabag
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
26
Somebody Somewhere
Sam Miller
Bridget Everett
27
Friday Night Lights
Eric Taylor
Kyle Chandler
28
Hacks
Deborah Vance
Jean Smart
29
Homeland
Carrie Mathison
Claire Danes
30
Euphoria
Cassie Howard
Sydney Sweeney
31
Deadwood
Al Swearengen
Ian McShane
32
Getting On
Didi Ortley
Niecy Nash
33
The Crown
Queen Elizabeth II
Claire Foy
34
Ugly Betty
Betty Suarez
America Ferrera
35
Atlanta
Alfred "Paper Boi" Miles
Brian Tyree Henry
36
The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Marcia Clark
Sarah Paulson
37
Pen15
Maya Ishii-Peters
Maya Erskine
38
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Miriam "Midge" Maisel
Rachel Brosnahan
39
Jane the Virgin
Jane Villanueva
Gina Rodriguez
40
Eastbound & Down
Kenny Powers
Danny McBride
41
Scandal
Olivia Pope
Kerry Washington
42
The Good Wife / The Good Fight
Diane Lockhart
Christine Baranski
43
Reservation Dogs
Elora Danan Postoak
Devery Jacobs
44
Orange is the New Black
Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren
Uzo Aduba
45
The White Lotus
Armond
Murray Bartlett
46
Dead to Me
Jen Harding
Christina Applegate
47
The Good Place
Chidi Anagonye
William Jackson Harper
48
Barry
Sally Reed
Sarah Goldberg
49
Shōgun
Toda Mariko
Anna Sawai
50
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Susie Greene
Susie Essman
51
Industry
Eric Tao
Ken Leung
52
Downton Abbey
Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham
Maggie Smith
53
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Titus Andromedon
Tituss Burgess
54
Alias
Sydney Bristow
Jennifer Garner
55
Battlestar Galactica
Laura Roslin
Mary McDonnell
56
Better Things
Sam Fox
Pamela Adlon
57
Community
Abed Nadir
Danny Pudi
58
Hannibal
Hannibal Lecter
Mads Mikkelsen
59
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Rebecca Bunch
Rachel Bloom
60
Big Love
Nicolette Grant
Chloë Sevigny
61
Lost
Ben Linus
Michael Emerson
62
Six Feet Under
Ruth Fisher
Frances Conroy
63
Abbott Elementary
Ava Coleman
Janelle James
64
WandaVision
Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch
Elizabeth Olsen
65
Desperate Housewives
Bree Van de Kamp
Marcia Cross
66
American Horror Story: Coven
Marie Laveau
Angela Bassett
67
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Deandra Reynolds
Kaitlin Olson
68
Stranger Things
Jim Hopper
David Harbour
69
Insecure
Issa Dee
Issa Rae
70
Modern Family
Phil Dunphy
Ty Burrell
71
The Boys
Homelander
Antony Starr
72
Sharp Objects
Adora Crellin
Patricia Clarkson
73
Mr. Robot
Elliot Alderson
Rami Malek
74
Unbelievable
Marie Adler
Kaitlyn Dever
75
Big Little Lies
Celeste Wright
Nicole Kidman
76
Pose
Blanca Evangelista
Michaela Jaé Rodriguez
77
You
Joe Goldberg
Penn Badgley
78
Glee
Santana Lopez
Naya Rivera
79
Girls
Marnie Michaels
Allison Williams
80
Angels in America
Roy Cohn
Al Pacino
81
Fosse/Verdon
Gwen Verdon
Michelle Williams
82
New Girl
Winston Bishop
Lamorne Morris
83
Beef
Danny Cho
Steven Yeun
84
Broad City
Ilana Wexler
Ilana Glazer
85
Andor
Luthen Rael
Stellan Skarsgård
86
Girls5eva
Wickie Roy
Renée Ellis Goldsberry
87
Twin Peaks: The Return
Special Agent Dale Cooper, Dougie Jones and others
Kyle MacLachlan
88
Ozark
Ruth Langmore
Julia Garner
89
Everybody Hates Chris
Rochelle Rock
Tichina Arnold
90
How I Met Your Mother
Tracy McConnell
Cristin Milioti
91
Station Eleven
Jeevan Chaudhary
Himesh Patel
92
Mrs. America
Phyllis Schlafly
Cate Blanchett
93
Search Party
Elliott Goss
John Early
94
What We Do in the Shadows
Laszlo Cravensworth
Matt Berry
95
Gilmore Girls
Emily Gilmore
Kelly Bishop
96
Evil
Dr. Kristen Bouchard
Katja Herbers
97
Weeds
Andy Botwin
Justin Kirk
98
Ted Lasso
Roy Kent
Brett Goldstein
99
Yellowstone
Beth Dutton
Kelly Reilly
100
The Bear
Carmen Berzatto
Jeremy Allen White
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