10 Best New TV Characters Of 2018 (So Far)
4. Hannah Stern - The Split
She's smart, classy and has a mean fashion sense - divorce lawyers don't come any better than Hannah Stern. The protagonist of BBC's The Split is everything you could want from a series of this nature, and she fights for her clients with a conviction that would give even the almighty Ally McBeal a run for her money.
But perhaps the thing that made Hannah such a great protagonist is that - in spite of her appearance - she isn't perfect. Throughout the six-part series, we discover her own marriage is on the rocks which, as you can imagine, is a wonderful source of conflict for a divorce lawyer.
Nicola Walker has proven herself to be one of Britain's best actresses with her roles in Unforgotten and Last Tango In Halifax, but her nuanced performance as Hannah in The Split is something quite different, and proves to be one of her finest roles yet.