The 29 Best TV Witches, From Sabrina to Buffy to Charmed

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Samantha Stephens, “Bewitched” – Is there a more famous TV witch than Samantha Stephens (Elizabeth Montgomery)? Not according to her husband Darin, who says she is “a witch in a million.”

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Prue, Piper and Phoebe Halliwell and Paige Matthews, “Charmed” – The Charmed Ones enthralled audiences with their sisterly love while fighting the forces of evil for eight seasons, three with eldest sister Prue (Shannon Doherty) and five with half-sister Paige (Rose McGowan), who played Prue. Reunited with his siblings after death.

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Willow Rosenberg, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” – Buffy Summers’ best friend, Willow (Alyson Hannigan), develops her magical ability over several seasons, eventually becoming so powerful that she nearly ended the world at once.

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Bonnie Bennett, “The Vampire Diaries” – Bonnie (Kat Graham) was a really powerful witch who spent a ton of her time sacrificing her own happiness to help her friends. But by the end of the series, her full potential was realized, as she managed to save the world.

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Alex Russo, “Wizards of Waverly Place” – By far the best of Russia’s siblings, Alex (Selena Gomez) was a fun, confident teenage girl who was the shining star in her family of wizards.

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Sabrina Spellman, “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” – The original Teenage Witch, Melissa Joan Hart’s version of the Archie Comics character is a staple of ’90s culture.

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Sabrina Spellman, “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” – In 2018, Kiernan Shipka took on the role of Sabrina for Netflix’s darker take on the character and put her own spin on the spunky, semi-mortal witch.

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Prudence Knight, “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” – Putting it in the “Sabrina” universe, Prudence (Tati Gabriel), the leader of The Weird Sisters and daughter of Father Blackwood, is a force to be reckoned with in the Church of Night.

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Melisandre, “Game of Thrones” – The Red Woman’s (Caris Van Houten) predictions don’t always come true, causing more than a few problems for our heroes. But he brought Jon Snow back from the dead and helped Arya kill the Night King, so that’s all he did in the end.

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Regina/The Evil Queen, “Once Upon a Time” – Regina (Lana Parrilla) was an evil witch, but by the time the ABC fantasy series came to a close, she had redeemed herself of all her past wrongdoings and enjoyed a happy ending. Plus, no one said that being evil would stop you from making this list. In fact, some of our favorite TV witches were bad.

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Rita Repulsa, “Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers” – Speaking of villains, Rita Repulsa (Machiko Soga) was a big thorn in the side of the Power Rangers and probably appeared in the nightmares of many ’90s kids. Seriously, that crap has been explored in our brains.

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Wichipoo, “HR Puffnstuff” – Another children’s show with another evil witch who managed to steal our hearts with her goofy antics.

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Margo Hanson, “The Magician” – A high-spirited magician, Margo (Summer Bishil) is known for her gossip, competitive nature and drama, drama, drama.

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Morticia Adams, “The Addams Family” – Before Anjelica Huston landed the role for the big screen, Carolyn Jones portrayed the character in the 1960s TV series, giving us the aspirations of a gothic goddess.

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Fiona Goode, “American Horror Story: Coven” – Possibly Jessica Lange’s greatest role to date and certainly her best “American Horror Story” character, her fierce wardrobe and even fierce attitude toward maintaining her title as Supreme Witch of the Covenant because of. Too bad she was damned to hell in the end.

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Marie Laveau, “American Horror Story” – While we’re in “AHS,” Angela Bassett’s voodoo queen was a fan-favorite character from “Coven” (Season 3) who made a badass return on last year’s crossover installment, “Apocalypse.”

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Tabitha Lennox, “Passion” – Tabitha (Juliet Mills) never took revenge on Harmony, but we still remember her as the greatest character in the weirdest soap operas ever.

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Angelique Collins, “Dark Shadows” – One of the darkest characters on “Dark Shadows,” Angelique (Lara Parker)’s love-hate relationship with Barnabas Collins fueled much of the show’s wild plot.

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Marge Simpson, Patty and Selma Bouvier, “The Simpsons,” “Treehouse of Horror VIII” – Of all “The Simpsons” Halloween specials, this one is our favorite, because it gave us a green Marge and her evil sisters.

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Queenie, “American Horror Story” – A human voodoo doll, Queenie (Gabourey Sidibe) had one of the most unique powers in the Covenant.

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Rowena, “Supernatural” – Even though Rowena (Ruth Connell) has screwed Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) more times than she died (long story) they forgive her, and we forgive her over and over again because she’s very is fun. And helpful too – sometimes.

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Adalind Schade, “Grim” – Claire Coffey’s Hexenbiest had a ghostly face and a killer personality.

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Elizabeth Woodville, “The White Queen” – It was rumored that Elizabeth Woodville practiced witchcraft and Rebecca Ferguson’s portrayal of the White Queen on the BBC One/Starz series certainly raised our doubts about the royal’s magical abilities.

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Fiji Cavanaugh, “Midnight, Texas” – One of the most memorable characters from the short-lived NBC drama, Fiji (Parissa Fitz-Henley) is a fun, free spirit if ever there was one.