History Characters / BoardwalkEmpireMistresses

[[caption-width-right:259:''"He said you're dangerous."'']]

[[caption-width-right:259:''"He says you're dangerous."'']]

[[caption-width-right:288:''"I want you to be'' my ''gangster."'']]

* DrivenToSuicide
** DeathByDisfigurement

* RichesToRags

* TheMistress: Technically, to ''Van Alden''.

[[caption-width-right:283:"What's your name, handsome?"]]

[[caption-width-right:288:"I want you to be ''my'' gangster".]]

[[caption-width-right:265:"He loves me. And he loves his baby daughter. But America needs him, and so I have to sacrifice."]]

[[caption-width-right:186:"Us girls all help each other here. You know, the concubines."]]

[[caption-width-right:259:"He says you're dangerous."]]

[[caption-width-right:276:"Who is going to love me now?"]]

Former mistress of Senator and later President WarrenHarding and mother of a baby daughter, she is completely deluded that Harding is in love with her and that he will dump his wife and take her to the White House as soon as he wins the 1920 election. She meets Nucky during a Republican convention in Chicago, who decides to take her to Atlantic City and place her in Margaret's house until the election is over in order to avoid a scandal. Played by Virginia Kull.

* CompositeCharacter: The plot point of Nan having to be hidden away until the election is over to avoid a political scandal happened in real life with [[KavorkaMan another]] of Harding's mistresses, Carrie Phillips. Unlike Britton, Phillips was controversial for her vocal support of Germany during UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne, and deliberately [[RefugeInAudacity blackmailed the Republican Party]] to get an all-expenses-paid vacation in East Asia while her ex-lover was campaigning for election. Phillips is only indirectly referenced in the show in the episode "Hold Me in Paradise", when Daugherty says that Harding has countless mistresses and that one is even trying to extort him.

* SatelliteLoveInterest: As Nucky wants to thwart her independence, most of her scenes involve him for some reason or another. It works both ways; Nucky gets absorved by the relation and starts to neglect his other affairs.
* StopHelpingMe: In universe, she tells this to Nucky - [[ControlFreak unsuccessfully]].

* GoldDigger: It doesn't take her long to find a new sugar daddy after breaking up with the previous one.

* HollywoodHistory: Zig-zagged. When the show was made, most historians thought Harding could not be the father of Britton's daughter in RealLife and that their affair probably existed only in Britton's head. However, the show portrays it as real for the sake of drama. However, in 2015, it turned out that the show going for drama was absolutely accurate. A DNA test has proven that Harding and Britton's affair was indeed reality and he did indeed father Britton's child.

* HollywoodHistory: Evidence indicates that Harding could not be the father of Britton's daughter in RealLife (among other things, because he was known to be sterile) and that their affair probably existed only in Britton's head. However, the show portrays it as real for the sake of drama.
** As of 2015, it turns out that the show going for drama was absolutely accurate. A DNA test has proven that Harding and Britton's affair was indeed reality and he did indeed father Britton's child.

* DarkMistress

* ReallyGetsAround

* [[spoiler:OneShotCharacter]]

* LawOfInverseFertility

* PinkHairedGirl: She loves wigs.

* CompositeCharacter: The plot point of Nan having to be hidden away until the election is over to avoid a political scandal happened in real life with [[KavorkaMan another]] of Harding's mistresses, Carrie Phillips. Unlike Britton, Phillips was controversial for her vocal support of Germany during WorldWarOne, and deliberately [[RefugeInAudacity blackmailed the Republican Party]] to get an all-expenses-paid vacation in East Asia while her ex-lover was campaigning for election. Phillips is only indirectly referenced in the show in the episode "Hold Me in Paradise", when Daugherty says that Harding has countless mistresses and that one is even trying to extort him.

* [[spoiler: ADeathInTheLimelight]]: [[spoiler:"The Pony"]]
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Showcased by her reconciliation line "I want you to be my gangster"
* BaitAndSwitch: "The Pony". It looks like [[spoiler: she and Nucky are going to break up. Then that they are going to have a more straighforward and honest relationship. Then she gets killed.]]

* [[spoiler: FriendlyTarget]]: [[spoiler: She is not the intended target of Gyp, but dies in the explosion meant for Nucky. Gyp then phones Nucky to taunt him.]]

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Likely inspired by Dot King, another showgirl that lived in a New York apartment owned by Arnold Rothstein [[spoiler: who was famously murdered in 1923.]]

Another actress that tries to seduce Nucky in Season 4, in order to become a star in Broadway. Played by Maddie Jo Landers.

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: [[spoiler: After sleeping with Nucky, she blatantly says that she is doing so to star in Broadway like Billie Kent, insulting both Nucky and Billie in the process. Nucky then has her unceremoniusly thrown out.]]

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Likely inspired by Dot King, another showgirl that lived in a New York apartment owned by Arnold Rothstein.

* CompositeCharacter: The plot point of Nan having to be hidden away until the election is over to avoid a political scandal happened in real life with [[KavorkaMan another]] of Harding's mistresses, Carrie Phillips. Unlike Britton, Phillips was controversial for her firm support of Germany during WorldWarOne, and deliberately [[RefugeInAudacity blackmailed the Republican Party]] to get an all-expenses-paid vacation in East Asia while her ex-lover was campaigning for election. Phillips is only indirectly referenced in the show in the episode "Hold Me in Paradise", when Daugherty says that Harding has countless mistresses and that one is even trying to extort him.

* WideEyedIdealist

[[folder:Annabelle]]

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[[caption-width-right:186:"Us girls all help each other here. You know, the concubines."]]
A long-time mistress for rich men, she becomes Margaret's neighbor and sort of friend after she accepts to move to a mansion paid by Nucky. Played by Megan Reinking.

* FalseFriend: She ceases all contact with Lucy after she's thrown out and only hangs out with Margaret because she's with Nucky now, showing she holds friends in the same esteem as boyfriends.
* FirstNameBasis
* FiveFingerDiscount: She has amassed almost $4000 by stealing whatever is in Harry's pocket when he is sleeping. Unfortunately for her, he discovers her stash and invests it in the [[TropeMaker original]] {{Ponzi}} scheme.
* GoldDigger: It doesn't take her long to find a new sugar daddy after breaking up with the previous one.
* KaleidoscopeHair
* TheMistress: For Harry, Nucky's overweight friend. Formerly for Nucky.
* PinkHairedGirl: She loves wigs.
* SingleMomStripper

[[folder:Pauline]]
Another actress that tries to seduce Nucky in Season 4, in order to become a star in Broadway. Played by Maddie Jo Landers.

!!Historical

[[folder: Nan Britton]]

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[[caption-width-right:265:"He loves me. And he loves his baby daughter. But America needs him, and so I have to sacrifice."]]
Former mistress of Senator and later President WarrenHarding and mother of a baby daughter, she is completely deluded that Harding is in love with her and that he will dump his wife and take her to the White House as soon as he wins the 1920 election. She meets Nucky during a Republican convention in Chicago, who decides to take her to Atlantic City and place her in Margaret's house until the election is over in order to avoid a scandal. Played by Virginia Kull.

!!Tropes:
* ClingyJealousGirl
* TheDitz: Not the brightest bulb in the box.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter
* HollywoodHistory: Evidence indicates that Harding could not be the father of Britton's daughter in RealLife (among other things, because he was known to be sterile) and that their affair probably existed only in Britton's head. However, the show portrays it as real for the sake of drama.
* LoveAtFirstSight
* MayDecemberRomance: She fell in love with Harding when she was 16, well before he started his political career.
* TheMistress
* StalkerWithACrush
* UnrequitedLove
* WideEyedIdealist
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