10 Best Performances In Prison Break

6. Gretchen Morgan - Jodi Lyn O'Keefe

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The third season of Prison Break did have its faults, but where it succeeded was introducing the delightful addition to the cast, Gretchen Morgan. The fixer for The Company is played with bravado by Jodi Lyn O'Keefe - an actress who has not appeared in nearly enough stuff given her acting range.

Gretchen was the femme fatale a show like Prison Break needed. Prior to her arrival, the predominantly male centric show had female roles that seemed (and no disrespect to the other actresses) bland and robotic. Even the likes of Sara Tancredi didn't hold as much personality as Gretchen.

She was cruel, she was blunt, she was hard-hitting and she was flirty (almost exclusively with Lincoln). While Gretchen may not have been a top tier character in the show, she certainly expelled charisma on screen and carried multiple scenes all by herself.

The "tough chick" character personality was elevated by a woman who was able to play the role both hauntingly violent, and stoically capable. Between a bland childhood best-friend and an annoyingly endearing prison doctor, it was good for the show to introduce a flawed villain who had more than enough rough edges.

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