50 fearless, confident, all around badass women on television
By Sundi Rose
Photo: ABC
Catherine Avery – Grey’s Anatomy
Debbie Allen is fierce. Every role she’s ever played drips with command and tenacity. Nothing is different about her recurring role as Catherine Avery in Grey’s. McSteamy dubbed her “Doctor Ms. Avery” and you could tell by the swoon in his eyes that he recognized the renegade in her. Disappointingly, Catherine and McSteamy never got together, and he’s the worse for it, I’ll tell ya.
Of course she’s the dreamy Jackson Avery’s mom, but Catherine is far more than just someone’s mom. She’s the leading urologist in the country, the boss of a billion dollar foundation, and the wife of one of the most giving and charming men in the world.
In her professional life, she leads a field of medicine that is dominated by men and whose patients are exclusively male. She’s had to overcome so many closed minds and petty stereotypes to be the best at everything she attempts.
She may be a meddling mother and an assertive wife, but the people in her life defer to her authority because she is a BOSS. You don’t argue with Catherine Avery because she’s probably right and you’re most likely wrong. You are with her, always, because she’s always the right side to be on.