(VIDEO) Emily Deschanel, Marg Helgenberger, Poppy Montgomery, and More Share the Impact of Their Characters

Television is a unique medium, and if a show is lucky enough to hit it off, it can be a part of a viewer’s life for years. And with that kind of relationship, television viewers can be impacted by the characters they see to follow a similar career path — a fact many actresses who play characters in law enforcement can attest to.

 Before the recent Paley Center panel honoring the evolution of the crime drama heroine, BONES’ Emily Deschanel, CSI’s Marg Helgenberger, WITHOUT A TRACE/UNFORGETTABLE’s Poppy Montgomery, and LAW & ORDER’s S. Epatha Merkerson talked about the impact their roles have had on their fans, and Marin Ireland talked about the impact she hopes her THE DIVIDE character has…

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