March is Women's History Month when we celebrate the fantastic achievements of women from all around the world. From game-changing inventions to sweeping social movements, women have banded together in friendship throughout centuries to ensure equal treatment and opportunity for everyone.
Thanks to TV, we’re more exposed to positive female relationships now more than ever, which inspires generations of viewers to collaborate, include, and share. Here are ten of the best female friendships on television and what makes them so great for us to watch.
1. Abbi and Ilana from Broad City
You’ll be hard-pressed to find two friends closer than Ilana and Abbi. Whether it's FaceTiming on the toilet or falling off a ten-story building together, these women are inseparable. They are the ideal representation of getting into shenanigans with your best friend during your twenties.
2. Leslie Knope and Ann Perkins from Parks and Recreation
A friendship that launched a thousand memes, Leslie and Anne. These two perfectly embody women supporting women. They share, they connect, and they’re always ready with a good old-fashioned pep talk to make you believe you’re a “beautiful, talented, brilliant, powerful musk-ox.”
3. Rebecca and Paula from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
A good friend tells you that you’re not the crazy one, but a great friend helps you prove it. Rebecca and Paula go through an arduous musical journey together for romance, mental health, and eventually self-love. If people can’t belt out Broadway show tunes together, are they friends?
4. Beth, Annie, and Ruby from Good Girls
The definition of a ride-or-die friendship. Beth, Annie, and Ruby all have financial hardships as mothers and wives—what else can they do but knockoff a grocery store together? These women support and protect each other from danger and their own self-doubt.
5. Dorothy, Blanche, Rose, and Sophia from The Golden Girls
It wouldn’t be a TV female friendship list without one of the classics; The Golden Girls is solidified in pop culture history. These women continue to have people wishing that their own grandmas could be half as funny. It just goes to show that you never grow out of having friends.
6. Taystee and Poussey from Orange Is the New Black
Prison isn’t exactly the best place to find new best friends, but Taystee and Poussey make it work. These two eat up every scene they have together, from their silly inside jokes to their tough-love honesty. They show us how to stand up for each other and remind us that our friends can be our family.
7. Amy and Rosa from Brooklyn Nine-Nine
One’s a Type A notekeeper and puzzle lover, the other’s a stoic hothead with several hidden axes. Amy and Rosa were made to have the ultimate unlikely friendship. They balance out each other’s flaws while boosting the other’s natural talents. Together, they make an unstoppable, crime-fighting team.
8. Issa and Molly from Insecure
Issa and Molly are the types of friends who can (and will) spend hours going over a break-up text together. They capture that fun, flirty, manic energy of outgrowing your twenties while still getting up to nonsense as adults. They pump each other up and comfort one another in times of sadness, usually with a bottle of wine and takeout on the way.
9. Khadijah, Synclaire, Maxine, and Regina from Living Single
Consider these women the reason why Friends isn’t on this list. This group shows how friends will be there for a good time, and they’ll always stick around for the tough parts. They’ll praise each other's merits almost as much as bash on each other's flaws. And really, isn’t that just friendship itself?
10. Monse and Jasmine from On My Block
A surprising addition, and a great one. Monse and Jasmine don’t often see eye to eye, but their different perspectives make for a strong relationship. Together, they promote self-love and a positive outlook during hardships, forming a steady bond outside of their own social circles.
