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Witches are people who practice the occult arts of witchcraft. Classically, witches are always protrayed as female, delineating male witches as warlocks, but in more recent times, it is not uncommon to have a male refer to himself as a witch either. In traditional speculative fiction, witches are almost always cast in a negative light and are practitioners of the dark arts, generally in service to Satan, aka, "the debil".

Other interpretations demonstrate witches as members of any number of pagan religions, which are not necessarily evil in purpose or intent. The most well known of such pagan social groups are Wiccans, who practice Earth elemental magic known as Wicca.

Popular tradition holds that the only absolute way of identifying a witch is by drowning them. This test was widely administered during the 17th century in which a suspected witch was tied to a dunking chair and lowered into a body of water. Witches cannot be drowned, so if she survived, then she was clearly a witch. Unfortunately, if one were innocent then they would certainly die. This theory is taken from traditional lore that originated in Europe.

In the continuity of the 1974-1975 supernatural mystery series Kolchak: The Night Stalker, several methods were provided for identifying and stopping a witch. The episode, "The Trevi Collection" posits that if one accuses a person of witchcraft in public, it lessons their power greatly until such time as they can be executed. It also establishes that witches cannot stand the sounds of a bell ringing or glass shattering. It causes them physical pain and even renders them virtually powerless. The main character from the show, Carl Kolchak, used these methods to identify and incapacitate a witch named Madelaine.

On the NBC television series Grimm, Detective Nick Burkhardt encounters several creatures which are demonic witches known as Hexenbiest. These beings are obsessed with immortality and physical beauty, similar to that of the evil queen from Snow White.

Known witches[]

Character Series
Adam Conant The Secret Circle
Amelia Blake The Secret Circle
Angelique Collins Dark Shadows
Anna-Leigh Leighton American Horror Story
Antonia Gavilán de Logroño True Blood
Billie Jenkins Charmed
Bonnie Bennett The Vampire Diaries
Callum The Secret Circle
Cassie Blake The Secret Circle
Chantal American Horror Story
Charles Meade The Secret Circle
Christy Jenkins Charmed
Cordelia Foxx American Horror Story
Dawn Chamberlain The Secret Circle
Devon Buckley The Gates
Diana Meade The Secret Circle
Donna Gilchrist Being Human (US)
Emily Bennett The Vampire Diaries
Eva The Secret Circle
Evanora Harkness WandaVision
Evelyn Poole Penny Dreadful
Faye Chamberlain The Secret Circle
Fiona Goode American Horror Story
Hannah Stokes Dark Shadows
Holly Cleary True Blood
Jake Armstrong The Secret Circle
Jane Blake The Secret Circle
Jenny Calendar Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Jesús Velásquez True Blood
John Blackwell The Secret Circle
Kate Meade The Secret Circle
Katrina Crane Sleepy Hollow
Lucinda Jessup Hammer House of Horror
Madelaine Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Marie Laveau American Horror Story
Marnie Stonebrook True Blood
Melinda Warren Charmed
Melissa Glaser The Secret Circle
Mia Mueller The Gates
Misty Day American Horror Story
Myrtle Snow American Horror Story
Nan American Horror Story
Nick Armstrong The Secret Circle
Paige Matthews Charmed
Patty Halliwell Charmed
Peg Mueller The Gates
Penny Halliwell Charmed
Phoebe Halliwell Charmed
Piper Halliwell Charmed
Prue Halliwell Charmed
Queenie American Horror Story
Rowena MacLeod Supernatural
Royce Armstrong The Secret Circle
Sabrina Spellman Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Samantha Stephens Bewitched
Sheila Bennett The Vampire Diaries
Stevie Nicks American Horror Story
Tracy Davis Supernatural
Willow Rosenberg  Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Zoe Benson American Horror Story

Under the pointy hat[]

Includes actors, voice actors and stunt performers who have played witches.

Person Series
Alexia Fast The Secret Circle
Alyson Hannigan Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Alyssa Milano Charmed
Amy Aquino Being Human (US)
Angela Bassett American Horror Story
Antoinette Bower Star Trek
Ashley Benson Supernatural
Ashley Crow  The Secret Circle
Ashley Tisdale Sabrina: Secrets of a Teenage Witch
Bianca Lawson The Vampire Diaries
Britt Robertson  The Secret Circle
Britt McKillip Sabrina Secret's Life
Chandra West The Gates
Chris Zylka The Secret Circle
Christine Ebersole American Horror Story
Dana Gourrier American Horror Story
Devyn Tyler The Gates
Elizabeth Olsen WandaVision
Elizabeth Montgomery Bewitched
Emily Hart Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Emily Holmes The Secret Circle
Finola Hughes Charmed
Fiona Shaw True Blood
Frances Conroy American Horror Story
Gabourey Sidibe American Horror Story
Gail Bonney Star Trek
Gale Harold The Secret Circle
Helen McCrory Penny Dreadful
Holly Marie Combs Charmed
Jamie Brewer American Horror Story
Jennifer Rhodes Charmed
Jasmine Burke The Vampire Diaries
Jasmine Guy The Vampire Diaries
Jessica Lange American Horror Story
Jessica Parker Kennedy The Secret Circle
Joe Lando The Secret Circle
John de Lancie The Secret Circle
Kaley Cuoco Charmed
Kate Forbes WandaVision
Katerina Graham The Vampire Diaries
Kathryn Hahn WandaVision
Kevin Alejandro True Blood
Lara Parker Dark Shadows; Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Lauren Bowles True Blood
Lily Rabe American Horror Story
Lola Phillips American Horror Story
Louis Hunter The Secret Circle
Lysette Anthony Dark Shadows
Katia Winter Sleepy Hollow
Marnette Patterson Charmed
Maryesther Denver Star Trek
Melissa Joan Hart Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Michael Graziadei The Secret Circle
Natasha Henstridge The Secret Circle
Paola Turbay True Blood
Patricia Quinn Hammer House of Horror
Paula Laurence Dark Shadows
Rhodie Cogan Star Trek
Robia LaMorte Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Rose McGowan Charmed
Ruth Connell Supernatural
Sarah Paulson American Horror Story
Shannen Doherty Charmed
Shelley Hennig  The Secret Circle
Stepfanie Kramer The Secret Circle
Stevie Nicks American Horror Story
Tabitha St. Germain Sabrina: Secrets of a Teenage Witch
Taissa Farmiga American Horror Story
Thomas Dekker The Secret Circle
Tyler Layton Charmed
Victoria Platt The Gates

Notes[]

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The Nightcomers from Penny Dreadful.

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