Why Coroner’s Jenny is such an inspirational character
Jenny Cooper on Coroner is one of the most inspirational female characters on TV
When we have lead female characters, there’s usually this superhero feel to them. That’s not the case for Jenny Cooper on Coroner, making her one of the most inspiration female leads going.
Jenny Cooper feels real. She’s like that type of woman we can all imagine being. She has her flaws, but she’s also skilled at her job and able to take control when she needs to.
The problem with female leads is this need to be Wonder Woman. There’s this need to show physical strength so they can seem mentally and emotionally strong. While it works for Xena and Supergirl because of who those characters are, it doesn’t work for the “normal” woman. The human women who are just like you and me.
Women don’t get one big moment to prove themselves
In TV shows and movies, there tends to be this one big moment. A female lead will do one thing, and suddenly, they’ve proven their worth in their jobs. Sadly, most women will tell you that’s not the way things work in employment.
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We have to prove ourselves time and time again. Sure, one person may see that we know our stuff (that’s Detective McAvoy of Coroner, by the way), but others don’t immediately trust us because we’ve proven ourselves once.
Jenny is the exception when it comes to TV. Actually, I do find a lot of lead females in Canadian shows have this. Joanna in Burden of Truth is very similar. While they prove themselves once, they have to keep fighting to prove themselves time and time again.
For Jenny, she arranged for the worst offender to be fired. She’s now running the show, but that doesn’t mean it’s all over. Jenny knows that she’ll have people coming for her due to her actions, especially when it comes to opening up old cases. There’s still time for this to become a problem on Coroner.
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Jenny is still working on herself
While Jenny seems confident when she’s in the work zone, she’s not a fully confident woman elsewhere. She doesn’t have a large friendship base that helps to boost that confidence, either.
Jenny is this woman who constantly works on herself. She’s grieving the loss of her husband—a husband that held secrets from her. The first we see of her, she’s listening to self-help tapes to boost her confidence. She has to find her voice to speak up for the dead, and she consistently has to figure out what she wants in her private life.
All the while, she’s a mom to a struggling teenager. She’s doing it all without support and without a guidebook, but she’s trying her hardest.
Then there’s this compassionate side to her. Look at the way she was with Amanda and how caring she is about the dead. This is a woman with a deep heart, something we don’t tend to see too much on TV as lead women tend to have to be standoffish to prove they’re “strong.”
Jenny is inspirational, and I can’t thank Coroner enough for giving us this character.
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Coroner airs on Wednesdays at 9/8c on The CW.