A mother’s love is one of the most moving and impressive things someone can experience. Whether you give or have experienced it in your life, moms can move mountains for their kids, and even look good doing it. In fact, it’s inspired a series of beloved TV shows.
From the TV classic Gilmore Girls to the Netflix hit Ginny & Georgia, which released its long-awaited third season on June 5, these are shows where mother-daughter relationships are not only important, but they’re the heart of it.
“The one North Star for Georgia is her love for her kids, so she leads with that first and foremost,” Brianne Howey, who plays mom Georgia to teen Ginny (Antonia Gentry) in Ginny & Georgia, told StyleCaster. “Of course, that looks a little bit different in Georgia, like the way Georgia feels that she’s showing Ginny love. Ginny doesn’t feel like she wants to receive love that way, right? Ginny would like a mom who is a little bit more self-aware and who could act like the adult in the situation. So I think, unfortunately, Georgia suffers in that arena.”
To take a look at some of our favorite mother-daughter relationships we’ve followed onscreen, scroll below!
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‘Ginny & Georgia’
Image Credit: ©Netflix / Courtesy Everett Collection One of the most recent additions to this list is Ginny & Georgia, a show about a mom (Brianne Howey) who’s prepared to do anything for her two kids, including bending the rules, and even breaking the law. Her relationship with teen daughter Ginny (Antonia Gentry) is central to the show, especially when Ginny starts seeing her mom as the flawed and sensitive woman she is.
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‘Gilmore Girls’
Image Credit: ©Warner Bros. Television/ Courtesy: Everett Collection. Gilmore Girls is the show about a mother-daughter relationship.
The series, which spanned seven seasons from 2000 to 2007, follows quick-witted mom Lorelai (Lauren Graham) and her studious daughter Rory (Alexis Bledel) as they go through different relationships, small-town feuds, and even a rocky relationship with their mom/grandma over the years.
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‘Mom’
Image Credit: Adam Taylor / © CBS / Courtesy: Everett Collection Starring Allison Janney and Anna Farris, Mom is a TV show about a mother-daughter relationship that’s anything but functional. The series follows Farris’ character Christy, who’s a single mom to two kids, right when her mom (Janney) reenters her life and sends her life, and her sobriety journey, into a tailspin.
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‘This Is Us’
Image Credit: Ron Batzdorff/NBC While This Is Us is about much more than just a mother-daughter relationship, the sweet connection between Rebecca (Mandy Moore) and her only daughter Kate is truly heartwarming. The long-running series follows the Pearson family as they navigate life as a family of five (aka with triples!) throughout their lives, especially after a heartbreaking loss.
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‘Anne With an E’
Image Credit: Ken Woroner / ©Netflix / Courtesy: Everett Collection After a misunderstanding at her orphanage, Anne With an E‘s protagonist Anne (Amybeth McNulty) gets placed with a sister-brother duo, Marilia (Geraldine James) and Matthew (R.H. Thomson). Despite the mixup, Anne soon wins them over and begins a journey of understanding and loving her new adoptive parents and the new life they’re giving her.
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‘Never Have I Ever’
Image Credit: Jessica Brooks / ©Netflix / Courtesy Everett Collection Another show where the mother-daughter relationship serves as an anchor is Netflix’s hit show Never Have I Ever. The series mostly follows high schooler Devi (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) as she navigates the ups, downs and frustrating parts of being a teenager girl, even more so after the sudden loss of her father.
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‘Mildred Pierce’
Image Credit: HBO In the miniseries Mildred Pierce, mom of two Mildred (Kate Winslet) struggles to find her footing after leaving her husband. But as she builds her career and develops a relationship, tensions between her and her daughter Veda (Evan Rachel Wood) become inevitable.
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‘Friday Night Lights’
Image Credit: Paul Drinkwater / © NBC / Courtesy: Everett Collection Another TV classic on this list is Friday Night Lights. While the beloved series tackles just about every aspect of teen life, the rocky relationship between Tami (Connie Britton) and Julie Taylor (Aimee Teegarden) shows the intricacies of parenting a teenage girl.
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‘Bridgerton’
Image Credit: Liam Daniel / ©Netflix / Courtesy Everett Collection Sure, Bridgerton is mostly about the love stories of the Bridgerton children and their eventual wives and husbands, but the series depicts some sweet mother-daughter connections too. In season 3, the support Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) got from her mom Portia (Polly Walker) was quite a tear-jerker.
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‘The Fosters’
Image Credit: Adam Rose / © ABC Family / Courtesy: Everett Collection The beloved show The Fosters is all about mom love, no matter what that may look like.
The series follows moms Stef (Teri Polo) and Lena (Sherri Saum) as they navigate building a blended family with their biological and adopted kids while welcoming newcomer kid Callie, a foster kid who’s been beaten up by the system, into their home.
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‘Once Day at a Time’
Image Credit: Adam Rose / ©Netflix / courtesy Everett Collection We couldn’t end this list without adding One Day at a Time. The series follows Cuban-American mom of two Penelope (Justina Machado) as she figures out her life and how to take care of her kiddos with the help of her “old-school” mom Lydia (Rita Moreno).
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