'Prime Suspect' to 'Charlie's Angels': Our favorite female crime-solvers

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Jane Timoney

Played by: Maria Bello on "Prime Suspect"

Why we like her: Much like her predecessor Jane Tennyson (Helen Mirren) on the U.K. version, Timoney is a brash, no-nonsense detective fighting hard in her all-male precinct. It's a character study disguised as a cop procedural.

--Andrea Reiher, Zap2it