6. SAINTLY

Sister Peter Marie Reimondo on "Oz," played by Rita Moreno (left with Lauren Velez)

Ah, Sister Pete. She was the drug counselor and psychiatric evaluator for the prisoners of Oz, but it wasn't just her job. It was her life's work to redeem the inmates and to inspire victims and offenders to heal each other. Sister Pete treated everyone with grace, and Moreno made her the heroine of a show extremely short on heroism. She was ruthlessly self-honest, too, after Christopher Meloni's Keller manipulated her into facing her sexual needs.