List of The Good Wife universe characters

The Good Wife and its spin-offs The Good Fight and Elsbeth are American legal and political television series produced for CBS and CBS' streaming service CBS All Access respectively, created by Robert and Michelle King. The Good Wife follows the political, professional, and personal life of Alicia Florrick (Julianna Margulies), a political "good wife" who is thrust back into the workplace after over a decade after her husband, Peter Florrick (Chris Noth), a local Chicago politician, is arrested on corruption charges following a highly publicized sex scandal. The Good Fight follows Alicia's former colleagues Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski) and Lucca Quinn (Cush Jumbo) contending with political and legal challenges in a new political environment as they continue their careers at a left-wing, African American–owned law firm, while Elsbeth follows Alicia's and Diane's former legal rival Elsbeth Tascioni (Carrie Preston) as she leaves lawyering behind to become a consultant detective, modelling herself after Columbo.

Main cast

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=	Main cast (credited)
=	Recurring cast (4+)
=	Guest cast (1-3)

Actor	Character	The Good Wife							The Good Fight						Elsbeth
Actor	Character	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	1	2	3	4	5	6	1	2
Julianna Margulies	Alicia Florrick	Main							Does not appear
Matt Czuchry	Cary Agos	Main							Does not appear
Archie Panjabi	Kalinda Sharma	Main						Does not appear
Graham Phillips	Zach Florrick	Main					R	Guest	Does not appear
Makenzie Vega	Grace Florrick	Main							Does not appear
Josh Charles	Will Gardner	Main					Guest		Does not appear
Christine Baranski	Diane Lockhart	Main													Does not appear
Alan Cumming	Eli Gold	R	Main						Does not appear					Guest	Does not appear
Zach Grenier	David Lee	Guest	Recurring			Main			Guest	Does not appear		Main		Guest	Does not appear
Matthew Goode	Finn Polmar	Does not appear				Main		Does not appear
Cush Jumbo	Lucca Quinn	Does not appear						Main					Guest	Does not appear
Jeffrey Dean Morgan	Jason Crouse	Does not appear						Main	Does not appear
Rose Leslie	Maia Rindell	Does not appear							Main			Does not appear
Erica Tazel	Barbara Kolstad	Does not appear							Main	Guest	Does not appear
Delroy Lindo	Adrian Boseman	Does not appear							Main				Guest	Does not appear
Sarah Steele	Marissa Gold	Does not appear	Guest		Does not appear		Recurring		Main						Does not appear
Justin Bartha	Colin Morrello	Does not appear							Main		Does not appear
Nyambi Nyambi	Jay Dipersia	Does not appear							R	Main					Does not appear
Michael Boatman	Julius Cain	Recurring			Does not appear	Guest		Does not appear	R	Main					Does not appear
Audra McDonald	Liz Lawrence	Does not appear			Guest	Does not appear				Main					Does not appear
Michael Sheen	Roland Blum	Does not appear									Main	Does not appear
John Larroquette	Gavin Firth	Does not appear										Main	Does not appear
Charmaine Bingwa	Carmen Moyo	Does not appear											Main		Does not appear
Mandy Patinkin	Hal Wackner	Does not appear											Main	Does not appear
John Slattery	Lyle Bettencourt	Does not appear												Main	Does not appear
Andre Braugher	Ri'Chard Lane	Does not appear												Main	Does not appear
Carrie Preston	Elsbeth Tascioni	R	Does not appear	Recurring				Guest	Recurring		Does not appear			Guest	Main
Wendell Pierce	C. W. Wagner	Does not appear													Main
Carra Patterson	Kaya Blanke	Does not appear													Main

Recurring cast


Actor	Character	The Good Wife							The Good Fight						Elsbeth
Actor	Character	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	1	2	3	4	5	6	1	2
Chris Noth	Peter Florrick	Recurring							Does not appear
Mary Beth Peil	Jackie Florrick	Recurring							Does not appear
Renée Elise Goldsberry	ASA Geneva Pine	Recurring						Guest	Does not appear
Mike Colter	Lemond Bishop	Recurring		Guest	Recurring			Does not appear		Guest		Does not appear
Denis O'Hare	Charles Abernathy	Recurring		Guest	R	Does not appear	Guest				Does not appear		Guest	Does not appear
Chris Butler	ASA Matan Brody	Recurring		Guest		Recurring			Does not appear		Guest	Does not appear
David Fonteno	Robert Parks	Recurring		Guest			R	Does not appear
Titus Welliver	Glenn Childs	Recurring		Guest	Does not appear
Dreama Walker	Becca	Recurring		Does not appear		Guest	Does not appear
Gbenga Akinnagbe	Pastor Isaiah Easton	Recurring		Does not appear			R	Does not appear
Pedro Pascal	ASA Nathan Landry	Recurring		Does not appear
Sonequa Martin-Green	Courtney Wells	Recurring		Does not appear
Dylan Baker	Colin Sweeney	R	Does not appear	Recurring		Guest		Does not appear	Guest		Does not appear
David Paymer	Richard Cuesta	R	Guest		Does not appear		Recurring		Does not appear
Peter Riegert	Harvey Winter	R	Does not appear	R	Does not appear
Peter Gerety	Timothy Stanek	R	Does not appear			Guest	Does not appear		Guest		Does not appear
Kevin Conway	Jonas Stern	R	Guest	Does not appear
Joe Morton	Daniel Golden	R	Does not appear	Guest	Does not appear
Martha Plimpton	Patti Nyholm	R	Guest			Does not appear
James Carpinello	Anthony Burton	R	Does not appear
Jill Flint	Lana Delaney	R	Guest	Recurring		Does not appear	R	Does not appear
Francie Swift	Kya Poole	R	Does not appear
Gary Cole	Kurt McVeigh	R	Guest			Recurring									Does not appear
Kim Shaw	Amber Madison	R	Guest	Does not appear
Karen Olivo	Giada Cabrini	R	Does not appear		Guest	Does not appear
Terry Kinney	Gerald Kozko	R	Does not appear
Anika Noni Rose	Wendy Scott-Carr	Does not appear	Recurring		Guest	Does not appear
Paulina Gerzon	Shannon Vargas	Guest	R	Guest	Does not appear
Rachel Hilson	Nisa Dalmar	Does not appear	R	Guest				Does not appear
Dallas Roberts	Owen Cavanaugh	Does not appear	Recurring						Does not appear
JD Williams	Dexter Roja	Does not appear	R	Does not appear	R	Does not appear	R	Does not appear
Jack Carpenter	Patric Edelstein	Does not appear	R	Guest	Does not appear	Guest		Does not appear
Ana Gasteyer	Patrice Lessner	Guest	R	Does not appear	Guest	Does not appear	Guest	Does not appear
Jane Alexander	Suzanne Morris	Does not appear	R	Does not appear	Guest			Does not appear	Guest		Does not appear
Michael Ealy	Derrick Bond	Does not appear	R	Does not appear
Scott Porter	Blake Calamar	Does not appear	R	Does not appear
America Ferrera	Natalie Flores	Does not appear	R	Does not appear		Guest	Does not appear
Mamie Gummer	Nancy Crozier	Guest	R	Guest					Does not appear	Guest	Does not appear		Guest	Does not appear
Michael J. Fox	Louis Canning	Does not appear	Recurring						Does not appear			R	Does not appear
Frederick Weller	Wilk Hobson	Does not appear	R	Does not appear	Guest	Does not appear
Felix Solis	Kevin Rodriguez	Guest	R	Does not appear		Guest			Does not appear
Mike Pniewski	Frank Landau	Does not appear	Recurring			Does not appear	Guest	R	Does not appear	R	Guest	R	Does not appear	Guest	Does not appear
Skipp Sudduth	Jim Moody	Does not appear	R	Does not appear	Recurring		Does not appear
Jeremy Strong	Matt Becker	Does not appear	R	Does not appear	Guest	Does not appear
Ismael Cruz Córdova	Jimmy Patrick	Does not appear	Recurring		Does not appear
Cady Huffman	Marina Vassel	Does not appear	Recurring		Does not appear	Guest	Does not appear
Tim Guinee	Andrew Wiley	Does not appear	Recurring		Does not appear		R	Does not appear
Kelli Giddish	Sophia Russo	Does not appear	R	Guest	Does not appear		Guest	Does not appear
Elizabeth Reaser	Tammy Linnata	Does not appear	R	Guest	Does not appear
Rita Wilson	Viola Walsh	Does not appear	R	Guest				Does not appear
Monica Raymund	ASA Dana Lodge	Does not appear		R	Does not appear
Anne Marsen	Jennifer	Does not appear		R	Does not appear	Guest		Does not appear
Kurt Fuller	Peter Dunaway	Does not appear		R	Guest			R	Does not appear	Guest		Does not appear
Jerry Adler	Howard Lyman	Does not appear	Guest	Recurring					Guest		Does not appear
Anna Camp	Caitlin D'arcy	Does not appear		R	Does not appear			Guest	Does not appear
Edward Herrmann	Lionel Deerfield	Does not appear	Guest	R	Guest		Does not appear
Lisa Edelstein	Celeste Serrano	Does not appear		R	Does not appear
Grace Rex	Martha Reed	Does not appear		R	Guest	Does not appear		Guest	Does not appear
Matthew Perry	Mike Kresteva	Does not appear		Recurring		Does not appear			R	Does not appear
Parker Posey	Vanessa Gold	Does not appear		R	Does not appear
Amy Sedaris	Stacie Hall	Does not appear		R	Does not appear
John Shea	Jeffrey Agos	Does not appear		R	Does not appear
Michael Kelly	Mickey Gunn	Does not appear		R	Does not appear
Amanda Peet	ASA Laura Hellinger	Does not appear			R	Does not appear
Stockard Channing	Veronica Loy	Does not appear			Recurring		Guest	R	Does not appear
Yul Vazquez	Cristián Romano	Does not appear			R	Does not appear
John Benjamin Hickey	Neil Gross	Does not appear	Guest		Recurring		Guest		R	Does not appear				Guest	Does not appear
Marc Warren	Nick Savarese	Does not appear			R	Does not appear
Bebe Neuwirth	Claudia Friend	Does not appear		Guest	R	Does not appear				Guest	Does not appear		Guest	Does not appear
Kenneth Tigar	James Chase	Does not appear			Recurring		Does not appear
Vincent Curatola	Thomas Politi	Does not appear			Recurring		Does not appear
Dominic Chianese	Michael Marx	Does not appear			R	Guest	Does not appear	R	Does not appear
Nathan Lane	Clarke Hayden	Does not appear			Recurring		Does not appear
Robbie Sublett	John Gaultner	Does not appear			Recurring		Does not appear
Jess Weixler	Robyn Burdine	Does not appear			Recurring			Does not appear
John Glover	Jared Andrews	Does not appear	Guest	Does not appear	R	Does not appear	Guest	Does not appear			Guest	Does not appear
Brian Dennehy	Bucky Stabler	Does not appear			R	Does not appear
Kyle MacLachlan	AUSA Josh Perotti	Does not appear			R	Does not appear	R	Does not appear
Nicole Roderick	Nora	Does not appear	Guest	Does not appear	Recurring				Does not appear
Maura Tierney	Maddie Hayward	Does not appear			R	Does not appear
T. R. Knight	Jordan Karahalios	Does not appear			R	Does not appear
Eric Ruffin	Dylan Bishop	Does not appear	Guest	Does not appear	R	Does not appear	R	Does not appear
Miriam Shor	Mandy Post	Does not appear			Recurring		Guest	Does not appear
Michael Cerveris	James Castro	Does not appear				Recurring		Does not appear
Hunter Parrish	Jeffrey Grant	Does not appear				R	Does not appear
Jeffrey Tambor	George Kluger	Does not appear				R	Does not appear
Ben Rappaport	Carey Zepps	Does not appear				Recurring		Does not appear
Bhavesh Patel	Anthony Wright Edelman	Does not appear				R	Does not appear
Jason O'Mara	Damian Boyle	Does not appear				R	Does not appear
Christian Borle	Carter Schmidt	Does not appear				R	Guest		Does not appear	Guest	Does not appear		Guest	Does not appear		Guest
Jill Hennessy	Rayna Hecht	Does not appear				R	Guest	Does not appear
James McDaniel	Lou Johnson	Guest	Does not appear			R	Does not appear
Jordana Spiro	Jenna Villette	Does not appear				R	Does not appear
Eric Bogosian	Nelson Dubeck	Does not appear				R	Does not appear
Zach Woods	Jeff Dellinger	Does not appear				R	Does not appear	R	Does not appear
Tobias Segal	Tyler Hopkins	Does not appear				R	Does not appear	R	Does not appear
Michael Kostroff	Charles Froines	Does not appear				R	Does not appear	Guest	Does not appear
Melissa George	Marilyn Garbanza	Does not appear				R	Does not appear
Nathan Stark	Process Server	Does not appear			Guest	Recurring		Guest	Recurring			Does not appear
Charlie Pollock	'Darkness at Noon' Lead Actor	Does not appear				R	Guest		Does not appear	Guest	Does not appear
Fred Melamed	Alan Karpman	Does not appear		Guest	Does not appear		R	Does not appear
John Procaccino	Tom Glatt	Does not appear					R	Does not appear	Guest	Does not appear
Taye Diggs	Dean Levine-Wilkins	Does not appear					R	Does not appear
Jason Babinsky	Drummond Howell	Does not appear					R	Guest	Does not appear
Connie Nielsen	Ramona Lytton	Does not appear					R	Does not appear
John Ventimiglia	Gary Prima	Does not appear					R	Does not appear
Steven Pasquale	Johnny Elfman	Does not appear					R	Does not appear						Guest	Does not appear
David Hyde Pierce	Frank Prady	Does not appear					R	Does not appear
David Krumholtz	Josh Mariner	Does not appear					R	Guest	Does not appear
Frankie Faison	Pastor Jeremiah Easton	Guest		Does not appear			R	Does not appear	Guest	Does not appear
Susan Misner	Simone Canning	Does not appear	Guest	Does not appear	Guest	Does not appear	R	Does not appear
Linda Lavin	Joy Grubick	Does not appear					R	Does not appear
Edward Asner	Guy Redmayne	Does not appear					R	Does not appear
Megan Ketch	Deena Lampard	Does not appear			Guest		R	Does not appear
Oliver Platt	Reese 'R.D.' Dipple	Does not appear					R	Does not appear
Christopher McDonald	Don Schakowsky	Does not appear						R	Does not appear
Nikki M. James	Monica Timmons	Does not appear						R	Does not appear	R	Does not appear	Guest	Does not appear
Rob Bartlett	Bernie Bukovitz	Does not appear						R	Does not appear
Peter Gallagher	Ethan Carver	Does not appear						R	Does not appear
Will Patton	Michael B. Tascioni	Does not appear						R	Does not appear
Christine Lahti	Andrea Stevens	Does not appear						R	Guest		Does not appear
Michael Urie	Stephen Dinovera	Does not appear				Guest	Does not appear	R	Does not appear		R	Does not appear
John Magaro	Roland Hlavin	Does not appear						R	Does not appear
Matthew Morrison	AUSA Connor Fox	Does not appear						R	Does not appear
Margo Martindale	Ruth Eastman	Does not appear						R	Does not appear	R	Does not appear		Guest	Does not appear
Vanessa Williams	Courtney Paige	Does not appear						R	Does not appear
Megan Hilty	Holly Westfall	Does not appear						R	Does not appear	Guest	Does not appear
Phumzile Sitole	Sharise	Does not appear							R	Does not appear	Guest	Does not appear
John Cameron Mitchell	Felix Staples	Does not appear							R	Does not appear	Guest		Does not appear	Guest	Does not appear
Corey Cott	Tom C. Duncan	Does not appear							Recurring		Does not appear
Zachary Booth	Jerry Warshofsky	Does not appear							Recurring		Does not appear
Jane Lynch	Madeline Starkey	Does not appear							Recurring		Does not appear		R	Does not appear
Paul Guilfoyle	Henry Rindell	Does not appear							Recurring		Does not appear
Bernadette Peters	Lenore Rindell	Does not appear							Recurring		Does not appear
Heléne Yorke	Amy Bresline	Does not appear							Recurring		Does not appear
Chalia La Tour	Yesha Mancini	Does not appear							R	Does not appear
Scott Bryce	Rupert Lennox	Does not appear							R	Does not appear
Tom McGowan	Jax Rindell	Does not appear							R	Does not appear
Adam Heller	Wilbur Dincon	Does not appear							R	Guest	Does not appear	Guest	Does not appear
Katrina Lenk	Naftali Amato	Does not appear							Guest	R	Does not appear
Rob McClure	Trig Mullaney	Does not appear								R	Does not appear		Guest	Does not appear
Alan Alda	Solomon Waltzer	Does not appear								R	Guest	Does not appear
Wendell B. Franklin	Capt. Ian Lawrence	Does not appear								R	Guest	Does not appear
Andrea Martin	Francesca Lovatelli	Does not appear							Guest	Recurring		Does not appear
Taylor Louderman	Tara Strokes	Does not appear								Guest	R	Does not appear
Tamberla Perry	Charlotte Hazlewood	Does not appear									Recurring		Guest	Does not appear
Tyrone Mitchell Henderson	Barry Poe	Does not appear								Guest	Recurring			Does not appear
Brenda Praxton	Madeline Gilford	Does not appear									Recurring			Guest	Does not appear
Christina Jackson	Rosalyn Brock	Does not appear									Recurring		Does not appear
Keesha Sharp	Naomi Nivola	Does not appear								Guest	R	Does not appear
Kate Shindle	Rachelle Max	Does not appear									R	Does not appear
Lauren Patten	Polly Dean	Does not appear									R	Does not appear
Samaria Nixon-Fleming	Louisa	Does not appear									Guest	Recurring		Does not appear
Rachel Nicks	Leah Davis	Does not appear									Guest	R	Guest		Does not appear
Hugh Dancy	Caleb Garin	Does not appear										R	Guest	Does not appear
Lisa O'Hare	STR Laurie employee	Does not appear										R	Does not appear
Chasten Harmon	Bianca Skye	Does not appear										R	Guest	Does not appear
Wallace Shawn	Charles Lester	Does not appear			Guest			Does not appear		Guest	Does not appear		Recurring		Does not appear
Danny Burstein	William Schultz	Does not appear											R	Guest	Does not appear
Ben Vereen	Frederick Douglass	Does not appear											R	Does not appear
Wayne Brady	Del Cooper	Does not appear											R	Guest	Does not appear
Tony Plana	Oscar Rivi	Does not appear											R	Guest	Does not appear
Stephanie Nogueras	Isabel Rivi	Does not appear											R	Does not appear
Stephen Lang	David Cord	Does not appear											R	Does not appear
Jane Curtin	Pamela Farley	Does not appear						Guest	Does not appear		Guest	Does not appear	R	Does not appear
Danny McCarthy	Agent Fred Celetano	Does not appear													R	Does not appear
Fredric Lehne	Lieutenant Dave Noonan	Does not appear													R	Does not appear
Gloria Reuben	Claudia Payne	Does not appear													R	Does not appear
Danny Mastrogiorgio	Detective Bobby Smullen	Does not appear													R	Does not appear
Molly Price	Detective Donnelly	Does not appear													R	Does not appear
Micaela Diamond	Detective Edwards	Does not appear													R	Does not appear
Ajay Naidu	Martin Wali	Does not appear													R	Does not appear
Daniel K. Isaac	Lieutenant Steve Connor	Does not appear														R
Michael Emerson	Judge Milton Crawford	Does not appear														R

Guest cast


Actor	Character	The Good Wife							The Good Fight						Elsbeth
Actor	Character	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	1	2	3	4	5	6	1	2
Kate Burton	Victoria Adler	Guest			Does not appear
F. Murray Abraham	Burl Preston	Does not appear	Guest				Does not appear			Guest	Does not appear
Linda Emond	Leora Kuhn	Does not appear	Guest			Does not appear						Guest	Does not appear
Patrick Breen	Captain Terrence Hicks	Does not appear	Guest		Does not appear			Guest	Does not appear
Fred Thompson	Frank Michael Thomas	Does not appear	Guest		Does not appear
Lily Rabe	Petra Moritz	Does not appear	Guest	Does not appear	Guest	Does not appear	Guest	Does not appear
Jason Biggs	Dylan Stack	Does not appear		Guest		Does not appear			Guest	Does not appear
Aaron Tveit	ASA Spencer Zschau	Does not appear		Guest	Does not appear				Guest	Does not appear	Guest	Does not appear	Guest	Does not appear
Becky Ann Baker	Alma Hoff	Does not appear			Guest		Does not appear	Guest			Does not appear			Guest	Does not appear
Will Chase	Doug Young	Does not appear			Guest		Does not appear
John Noble	Matthew Ashbaugh	Does not appear			Guest		Does not appear
Richard Kind	Alan Davies	Does not appear				Guest	Does not appear				Guest	Does not appear		Guest	Does not appear
Mo Rocca	Ted Willoughby	Does not appear					Guest		Does not appear	Guest		Does not appear	Guest		Does not appear
Richard Masur	Arbiter Geoffrey Solomon	Does not appear					Guest		Does not appear	Guest	Does not appear
William M. Finkelstein	Simon Kassovitz	Does not appear							Guest			Does not appear
Fisher Stevens	Gabriel Kovac	Does not appear							Guest		Does not appear	Guest	Does not appear
Greta Lee	Amber Wood-Lutz	Does not appear							Guest		Does not appear
Jayne Houdyshell	Renée Rampling	Does not appear							Guest		Does not appear
Rachel Wenitsky	Lili Brenner	Does not appear							Guest	Does not appear	Guest		Does not appear
Audrie Neenan	Marion Handgrove	Does not appear							Guest	Does not appear				Guest	Does not appear
Rob Reiner	Josh Brickner	Does not appear								Guest	Does not appear	Guest	Does not appear
LaChanze	Julius's Wife	Does not appear									Guest		Does not appear
Stephen Moyer	Alex Modarian	Does not appear													Guest	Does not appear
Jane Krakowski	Joann Lenox	Does not appear													Guest	Does not appear
Linda Lavin	Gloria Blecher	Does not appear													Guest	Does not appear
Jesse Tyler Ferguson	Skip Mason	Does not appear													Guest	Does not appear
Retta	Margo Clarke	Does not appear													Guest	Does not appear
Kelly AuCoin	Declan Armstrong	Does not appear													Guest	Does not appear
Blair Underwood	Cliff McGrath	Does not appear													Guest	Does not appear
Gina Gershon	Dr. Vanessa Holmes	Does not appear													Guest	Does not appear
Daniel Davis	Dr. Yablonski	Does not appear													Guest
Keegan-Michael Key	Ashton Hayes	Does not appear													Guest	Does not appear
Geneva Carr	Poppy Hayes	Does not appear													Guest	Does not appear
Elizabeth Lail	Quinn Powers	Does not appear													Guest	Does not appear
Arian Moayed	Joe	Does not appear													Guest	Does not appear
Laura Benanti	Nadine Clay	Does not appear													Guest	Does not appear
Andre de Shields	Matteo Hart	Does not appear													Guest	Does not appear
Nathan Lane	Philip Cross	Does not appear														Guest
Terry Serpico	Doug Howe	Does not appear														Guest
Rob Riggle	Neal Dorsey	Does not appear														Guest
Victor Williams	Aaron Pritchard	Does not appear														Guest
Melanie Chandra	Morgan Lee	Does not appear														Guest
Brittany O'Grady	Mackenzie "Mac" Altman	Does not appear														Guest
Vanessa Williams	Roslyn Bridwell	Does not appear														Guest
Jenn Lyon	Celeste	Does not appear														Guest
Becky Ann Baker	Judith	Does not appear														Guest

References

"The Good Wife – Cast & Crew". TV Guide. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
"The Good Wife (Cast)". TV.com. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
"The Good Wife Cast". cbs.com. CBS Television. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
Stanhope, Kate. "'The Good Wife': What's Next for the Cast". hollywoodreporter.com. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 9, 2018.

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