Other Women

BY: Matt Elisofon

 

Gloria Trillo in The Sopranos
 

Soprano patriarch and Mafioso kingpin Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) has a lot of mistresses, but none of them can match the looks, wit, and absolute insanity of Gloria Trillo (Anabelle Sciorra).

 

Zoe Barnes in House of Cards
 

When crack reporter Zoe Barnes (Kate Mara) enters into a liaison with Machiavellian politician Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey), the initial symbiotic exchange of information and pleasure goes remarkably well. But eventually, Zoe digs too deep and the relationship goes, to put it delicately, off the rails. Or is it on to the rails?

 

Joan Holloway in Mad Men
 

Curvy of figure and sharp of wit, head secretary Joan Holloway (Christina Hendricks) runs the Madison Avenue office. This includes her married silverfox of a boss Roger Sterling (John Slattery), who, like the rest of us, goes weak in the knees for her time and time again.

 

Carrie Mathison in Homeland
 

When CIA agent Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) isn’t having a nervous breakdown, she’s actually quite hot. Sgt. Nicholas Brody (Damian Lewis), the terrorist mole she’s supposed to surveil, seems to think so, too. Next to Brody’s other indiscretions—namely, treason and murder—cheating on his long-suffering wife doesn’t seem so bad.

 

Edie Britt in Desperate Housewives
 

Edie Britt (Nicolette Sheridan), the serial divorcée in this hot dramedy, is an absolute man-eater. Then again, in order to make a cuckold out of Eva Longoria’s character, she has to be.

 

Meredith Grey in Grey’s Anatomy
 

It’s crazy to think that the storybook romance of Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) and “McDreamy” (Patrick Dempsey) started out as an illicit affair between a doctor and his intern. When people are as good-looking the two of them are, you forget how gross their behavior is.