Reception
As of 2004, Sydney was named one of the 10 best current characters by Zap2it. In June 2010, she was ranked No. 42 on Entertainment Weekly's "100 Greatest Characters of the Last 20 Years". AOL TV ranked her the 27th Most Memorable Female TV Character. Sydney was listed in AfterEllen.com's Top 50 Favorite Female TV Characters. Bristow also appeared in Maxim's list of the Hottest Nerd Crushes. TV Guide named her one of TV's Toughest Ladies. Her relationship with Michael Vaughn was included in TV Guide's list of the best TV couples of all time.
Garner also received critical acclaim for her performance. She won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama out of four consecutive nominations, as well as four Emmy nominations for her lead performance. She was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series in 2004 and she won the award in 2005.
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