It's hard to separate the top ten characters from the actresses who played them because without an actress to breathe life into a character it's just words on paper.

But, given that, here are the female characters we liked a lot in 2013 and why.

She saw ghosts. Ghosts tortured Tae Gong Sil in "The Master's Sun" but she managed to overcome her fears and help both the living and the dead. Gong Hyo Jin played her with comic flair.

She was all aegyo when she asked So Ji Sub to sleep with her, strictly to keep the ghosts away.

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