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Catherine Bell played Major/Lt. Colonel Sarah “Mac” Mackenzie on CBS’s military-court drama JAG, which was on the Top 20 Nielsen list as one of the most watched shows in North America for quite some time during its 10-year run.

Catherine Bell should have signed an endorsement contract with the Marine Corps while she was on JAG because she definitely helped increase enrollment in the armed services. As one of the stars of the hit CBS show, which ran from 1995 to 2005, Catherine didn’t have any trouble raising her personal fan club count by a million or so sailors. Let’s admit it: The only reason JAG lasted so long, even after having been initially canceled on NBC, was Catherine Bell. Sure, the Marines are interesting, but it was Major Sarah “Mac” MacKenzie’s trials and tribulations that made viewers come back.