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29 Actors Whose Crying On A TV Show Was So Raw And Authentic, They Deserved An Award

Sophia Bush sobbing on One Tree Hill gets me every single time.

We asked the BuzzFeed Community to tell us which actors are the best at crying onscreen. Here are some of the best responses:

🚨Warning: There are some massive spoilers ahead!🚨

1. Viola Davis as Annalise Keating on How to Get Away With Murder

2. Robert Sheehan as Klaus on The Umbrella Academy

Klaus weeping over Dave's body

3. Mae Whitman as Amber Braverman on Parenthood

Zeek telling Amber that she's not allowed to be reckless anymore because he is her dream

4. Paul Mescal as Connell on Normal People

Connell weeping and saying he wishes he could go back to his old life and see Rob again, but he's gone

5. Sophia Bush as Brooke Davis on One Tree Hill

Brooke crying to Lucas and saying that she needed him to need her back

6. Gina Rodriguez as Jane Villanueva on Jane the Virgin

7. Melanie Scrofano as Wynonna Earp on Wynonna Earp

Wynonna crying to Waverly and saying she isn't ready to be a mother and never got the chance to have a choice about it

8. Dominique Provost-Chalkley as Waverly Earp on Wynonna Earp

Waverly crying while holding a knife to her chest and then Waverly saying, "Please. Let me" in front of a fire

9. Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester on Supernatural

Dean telling Sam how he helped torture souls while in hell

10. Chandra Wilson as Miranda Bailey on Grey's Anatomy

Bailey crying and Mary asking if she has a plan

11. Sandra Oh as Cristina Yang on Grey's Anatomy

Cristina with tears in her eyes and then Cristina sobbing on the bed with Owen trying to hold her

12. Sarah Paulson as Lana Winters on American Horror Story: Asylum

13. Dylan O'Brien as Stiles Stilinski on Teen Wolf

14. Elizabeth Henstridge as Jemma Simmons on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Simmons sobbing and saying, "You were right. There's no hope on this planet"

15. Nina Dobrev as Elena Gilbert on The Vampire Diaries

Elena sobbing uncontrollably and screaming that she can't do this anymore and it has to stop

16. Mandy Moore as Rebecca Pearson on This Is Us

Rebecca calling after Jack, then crying after seeing his body

17. Sterling K. Brown as Randall Pearson on This Is Us

Randall sobbing while Kevin comforts him

18. Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy Summers on Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Buffy crying over Angel as he's sucked into a portal

19. Alyson Hannigan as Willow Rosenberg on Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Willow sobbing and cradling Tara after she's been shot

20. Jacob Elordi as Nate on Euphoria

Nate screaming and crying while his dad pins him down

21. Jodie Comer as Villanelle on Killing Eve

Villanelle crying and saying she doesn't want to be an assassin anymore

22. Justina Machado as Penelope Alvarez on One Day at a Time

Penelope crying and wondering why she isn't happy with her seemingly perfect life

23. Elisabeth Moss as June Osborne on The Handmaid's Tale

June sobbing in the snow

24. Emmy Rossum as Fiona Gallagher on Shameless

Fiona sobbing and telling Monica that she's done more to raise her siblings than she ever did

25. Grant Gustin as Barry Allen on The Flash

Barry weeping and begging to just hold his daughter even though he knows she's not real

26. Lindsey Morgan as Raven Rayes on The 100

Raven crying and saying she's scared while being operated on

27. Lauren German as Chloe Decker on Lucifer

28. Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes on The Walking Dead

29. And finally, Kristen Bell as Veronica Mars on Veronica Mars and as Eleanor Shellstrop on The Good Place

Eleanor telling Chidi, "Say goodbye to me now, and leave before I wake up"

Are there other TV actors who deserve more credit for being so good at crying? Tell us in the comments below!

Note: Some submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.