Would Agatha Christie’s stories have become so universally beloved if Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple weren’t such groundbreaking characters ... detective Cordelia Cupp. As a Black female ...

Victorian audiences were introduced to such “lady detectives ... ‘The Female Detective.’ ” The show was a real opportunity for an actress: She got to play several different characters ...

True Detective ... dark and told from a female perspective,” star Kali Reis tells Los Angeles. “It pays homage to the first season with the heat of Louisiana being a character itself.