Amanda Peet joins a long list of actresses picked up for recurring arcs on the show that seems to put all the best women on TV.

Amanda Peet

Vulture just announced that the actress will join the show as Alicia Florrick's new best friend and military lawyer.

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Kristin Chenoweth

The pint-sized TV star was picked up by the show to play a political reporter who covers the Florrick campaign

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Maura Tierney

In June, it was announced that the former ER star would join The Good Wife as an Internet billionaire courted by Eli (Alan Cumming).

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Martha Plimpton

Plimpton bounced back onto TV with a Emmy-nominated role on Raising Hope and she has made multiple appearances on the show - most recently at the end of season 3.

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