A liquid crystal display includes a lower substrate and an upper substrate facing each other, a liquid crystal layer provided between the lower substrate and the upper substrate, a plurality of pixel electrodes provided on the lower substrate, extended in a substantially horizontal direction, and including a thin film transistor forming region and a display area, a reference voltage line extended in a substantially vertical direction along a center of the display area, a gate line provided on the lower substrate and extended in the substantially horizontal direction between neighboring pixel electrodes of the plurality of pixel electrodes, a data line provided on the lower substrate and crossing the gate line, and a shield electrode overlapping the gate line and including a curved portion which is disposed on an edge portion of the pixel electrode and overlaps the data line.