love doesn't discriminate

The CBC WWII drama about Allied spies is one of those rare shows that is perfect from the top down every week. Thanks to excellent writing, beautiful direction and heartbreaking performances, the show fully immerses viewers in its story. Evelyne Brochu’s Aurora Luft is a huge part of X Company’s success, and a character that we should be screaming about and touting her greatness every chance we get. And yet, very few TV viewers have even heard of her.

While the television landscape is certainly getting better for female characters, there is still much work to be done. However, one would be hard pressed to find a better written and more expertly played feminist icon than Aurora. To begin with, X Company takes place during a time where women leading men wasn’t the norm. Yet here she is, a French-Canadian/Jewish/German undercover specialist, the only woman on a team of five, and she’s in charge. Women played a tremendously important role in WWII and X Company always takes care to tell their side of the story.

Aurora is a skilled, intelligent and crafty spy. She often uses the fact that women could get away with being in places that men can’t without looking suspicious to her advantage. Last season she saw her leadership questioned, but regained it in full force, something that has been made clear time and again in Season 3. There are few characters as brave as she is, always finding herself right in the middle of the action and never backing down from a fight.

- Aurora Luft: The Feminist Icon You Need To Know by TVJunkies

Renée Elise Goldsberry for Hamilton