A multi-domain liquid crystal display includes a plurality of picture elements arranged in an array of rows and columns and controlled by a line inversion drive scheme. Each picture element has a pixel electrode and at least one control electrode insulated from each other. All the control electrodes in the same row or the same column of picture elements are connected to the same signal source to provide a voltage difference between the control electrodes and the pixel electrodes in the same row or the same column of picture elements to produce fringe fields.