Annie Frost of Chaseis the archetypal tough-as-nails no-nonsense woman in law enforcement who catches bad guys on a police procedural produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. Catherine Willows of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is the archetypal tough-as-nails no-nonsense woman in law enforcement who catches bad guys on a police procedural produced by Jerry Bruckheimer.


The actresses, Kelli Giddish and Marg Helgenberger, who bring these characters to life on the small-screen, are very similar as well. They’re both lithe blondes with beautiful bone structure. (Are there any other kinds in Hollywood?) And, before either one of them got discovered by Bruckheimer, Helgenberger and Giddish both paid the bills with stints in soap opera purgatory with Giddish appearing on All My Children and Helgenberger putting in time on Ryan’s Hope.