The 13 best new TV characters of the year - from Offred to Celeste Wright

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"Big Little Lies."

• This year saw an amazing number of interesting new female characters on TV.
• We listed the 13 best new TV characters of 2017.

Women dominated television in 2017.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" to "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," female-driven shows delivered some of the best new characters and television performances of the year - and they have the Golden Globe nominations to prove it.

This year also saw some stellar new male characters as well, like Reggie Green (Marque Richardson) on "Dear White People," and Courtney Rose (Brandon Micheal Hall) on "The Mayor."

But the richly developed female characters seen on television this year, like Ruth Wilder (Alison Brie) on "Glow," and Offred (Elisabeth Moss) on "The Handmaid's Tale," have shown that this year's best new characters on television were predominantly women.

Here are the 13 best new TV characters of the year, ranked: