10 Most Underrated Actresses Currently Working In Television

7. Hannah Simone (New Girl)

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In looking at the trajectories of every character from New Girl, Cece and Winston have both skyrocketed into prominence since the show first debuted. And indeed, it's the infrequent, should-be classic "Cece and Winston mess-arounds" that are the most pleasing of all the loft dynamics (outside of the Nick and Schmidt flashbacks, anyways).

And much of the credit for the Cece's ascendence into one of the principal members of the cast - and legitimate member of the loft -  goes to Hannah Simone, who is able to deftly balance big, weird comedy with a grounded sense of her character's backstory and maturation.

In the first season of New Girl, it would have been all too easy to write Simone off as just another pretty face. But it wasn't long before she was dominating her scenes alongside the also underrated Max Greenfield, and eventually the two of them blossomed into one of the most endearing onscreen couples in recent sitcom history.

Simone's star is pointed straight upwards, and even though her inclusion as "one of the gang" took a bit longer than it probably should have, there's likely no one who's sad to see her get more screen time.

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