i can't think of any within the last 50 years. Even in the 1990's and 1980's female characters in Western media were pretty much all girl bosses.
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I bet I can come up with 10 post 2000s but that requires some brain juice.
Some I can think of is Cheryl from Archer, that Annie from Community, April from Parks and Rec.
I would look into female sidekicks to a stronger stronk woman character. I'd imagine She-Hulk, She-Thor, and Wonder Woman would have a few of them in the comics up until around mid 2010s.
And then there are your punching bags, the victims and single mothers in film and tv. One I can think off on top of my head is the chick from Drive, I'm sure there are dozens if I look into it.
It's there, but the whole women in refrigerator piece really made it so writers has to put some agency into female characters rather then just being acted upon lest they get viewed as an enemy of wama'am.
Carey Mulligan in Drive with Ryan Gosling is a pretty decent example of a submissive character.
I can't remember many specifics about her character other than her beauty and her mousiness.
Perhaps the only counterargument was that she was a little too chummy with Gosling's character when her husband Oscar Isaacs was in jail.
that movie was just being honest.
Damn, I really should watch that movie again, and Nightcrawler, feel like those two would go good back to back.
Loved Nightcrawler as well.
Gyllenhaal played a great sociopath.
That one music video where Gyllenhaal played a crazed serial killer felt oddly realistic too. That man does unhinged characters very well.
OP never mention the female character had to be... not a crazy violent sadomasochist pyromaniac nutcase. I didn't watch the later seasons but didn't she roll over for most people in the show? You can be a submissive, meek and also a crazy bitch.