Checking in at number 2 is Keri Russell as Elizabeth Jennings on The Americans. As a devout secret agent of the KGB Elizabeth is at once completely predictable and utterly unpredictable at the same time. Keri Russell who's major claim to fame was in the very successful Felicity television series as embarked on a new journey and has created quite honestly one of the most fascinating and complicated characters ever on television. No longer Felicity, Keri Russell's character of Elizabeth. her American name, uses sex, lies and manipulation as a weapon as easily as most people would use a gun. She is truly remarkable in her devotion to her cause which is even more fascinating because with the hindsight of history we know that her side is going to lose and lose big time. This knowledge makes her character all the more tragic and terrifying. How a human being can be so blindly connected to a cause that devalues individuality and abuses it's power is not an easy task to achieve. Great job by a great actress.
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