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!!Helena's "People"
[[folder: Pupok]]
!!Pupok
-->'''Played by''': Tatiana Maslany
-->''"No one said it was gonna be easy, kiddo."''
A talking scorpion that Helena dreamed up to help her deal with her often lonely and traumatic life.
* ImaginaryFriend
* NonHumanSidekick: And non-real to boot.
* SmallAnnoyingCreature: Helena often seems to have created Pupok just to have someone to argue with.
* TalkingAnimal
* TalkingToHerself: Not that this is anything new for Maslany.
!!Helena's "People"
[[folder: Pupok]]
!!Pupok
-->'''Played by''': Tatiana Maslany
-->''"No one said it was gonna be easy, kiddo."''
A talking scorpion that Helena dreamed up to help her deal with her often lonely and traumatic life.
* ImaginaryFriend
* NonHumanSidekick: And non-real to boot.
* SmallAnnoyingCreature: Helena often seems to have created Pupok just to have someone to argue with.
* TalkingAnimal
* TalkingToHerself: Not that this is anything new for Maslany.
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-->'''Played by''': Amanda Brugel
A local real estate agent who's running against Alison for school trustee.
* BlackBossLady: What she aspires to be.
* BribeBackfire: She tries to get Alison to step out of the race by getting her a nicer house, but [[spoiler: Alison and Donnie can't leave Leekie's body behind for someone else to find.]]
* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: She brings up Alison's alcoholism as a reason no one will vote for her. Alison hits her with one right back, calling her "a conniving, second-rate realtor".
* TheRival: To Alison
* StepfordSmiler: Marci acts cheerful and friendly toward Alison, but its not hard to see that she doesn't actually like her. In 3.03, the mask drops and Marci lets Alison know what she really thinks of her.
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-->'''Played by''': Amanda Brugel
A local real estate agent who's running against Alison for school trustee.
* BlackBossLady: What she aspires to be.
* BribeBackfire: She tries to get Alison to step out of the race by getting her a nicer house, but [[spoiler: Alison and Donnie can't leave Leekie's body behind for someone else to find.]]
* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: She brings up Alison's alcoholism as a reason no one will vote for her. Alison hits her with one right back, calling her "a conniving, second-rate realtor".
* TheRival: To Alison
* StepfordSmiler: Marci acts cheerful and friendly toward Alison, but its not hard to see that she doesn't actually like her. In 3.03, the mask drops and Marci lets Alison know what she really thinks of her.
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* AnimalMotifs: Birds. Her hobby is bird-watching and she's part of a faction called the Bird Watchers. She also calls Sarah "Chicken" (as an affectionate nickname), has a swan art piece in her house, and took care of a man with many birds in his house.
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* HeelFaithTurn: He apparently became a Buddhist in season 2,[[spoiler: though [[spoiler:though its unclear how much of it is genuine and how much is just part of his cover]].
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* TheLostLenore: Deconstructed. He cares more about Sarah when she's "dead" than when she's alive.
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The various people in the lives of the Project Leda clones.
!!Sarah's People
[[folder: Felix Dawkins]]
!!Felix Dawkins
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-->'''Played by''': Jordan Gavaris
-->''"You do realize I'm gonna have to paint this to come to terms with it?"''
Sarah's foster brother and most steadfast ally. Like Sarah, he's a petty criminal, but he prefers his art. He plays an important role in protecting the clone-sisters and providing support.
* BigBrotherInstinct: He has this for Sarah.
* CampGay: Felix is so fabulous it almost hurts. Still, he's a sympathetic character, as opposed to being a two-dimensional stereotype.
* TheConfidant: He's Sarah's support system and the only person that the clones trust. [[spoiler: Deconstructed in season two, when he grows frustrated with having to help Sarah with her problems while trying to managing a personal life that is constantly disrupted by the various conspiracies.]]
* CoolUncle: To Kira.
* DeadpanSnarker
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Felix is the more responsible sibling, pointing out the flaws in Sarah's plan to impersonate Beth and that her constant roving will eventually mean she could lose custody of Kira. Even Sarah knows this.
--> '''Sarah:''' You are the best of us.
* FriendToAllChildren: He's surprisingly good with kids, though somewhat unorthodox. When babysitting Alison's kids, they have a lot of fun [[WholesomeCrossdresser crossdressing]].
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: His main job is art, but he works as a male prostitute when he has to.
* InSeriesNickname: Sarah calls him Fee.
* LoveableRogue: Though to a less extent than his sister, he has a criminal record as a thief and con artist.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: With his sister Sarah.
* MrFanservice: A scene where Felix is wearing an apron. And nothing else. And is seen from the rear. He does this again in season 2, this time while painting a model!
** The season 2 premiere has him at a gay club wearing backless pants.
* NonActionGuy
* OddFriendship: Develops one with Alison (and, to a slightly lesser extent, Cosima) over the course of season 1.
* OnlySaneMan: Generally assumes the voice of reason and practicality among Sarah and the rest of the clones.
* PapaWolf: When Vic says he wants to get to know Kira, he absolutely refuses to let him anywhere near her.
* ParentalSubstitute: He's been something of a father figure for Kira, so [[spoiler:when Kira's biological father enters the picture]], he doesn't take it well. In fact, he flees in tears.
* PerkyGoth: Technically a punk but otherwise fits the trope perfectly.
* SecretKeeper: The only non-clone in Clone Club. [[spoiler:At least, until Sarah decides to let Art in on the secret]].
* ShirtlessScene: In the first episode.
* StarvingArtist: Subverted. His paintings don't appear to sell well, but he supplements his income with prostitution, theft, and cons.
* UndyingLoyalty: Why else would he have stuck by Sarah all this time?
* WhatTheHellHero: Usually the first to call Sarah out on her less savory actions. He's also perfectly willing to call out Alison and Cosima when he feels it necessary.
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[[folder: Vic Schmidt]]
!!Victor "Vic" Schmidt
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-->'''Played by''': Michael Mando
-->''"This isn't over Sarah."''
Sarah's drug dealer ex-boyfriend, also known as "Vic the Dick". He's obsessed with Sarah, and refuses to let go.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: He's "urban," according to Alison
* ButtMonkey: He takes a lot of abuse. So far, he's lost a finger to gangsters, received a beating from Paul and was pepper-sprayed and tasered by Alison.
** TheChewToy
* CharacterDevelopment: [[spoiler:Apparently, he's become a Buddhist, and becomes friendlier to Alison. Unfortunately subverted: he's actually spying on her for Angie, as part of a deal to avoid going to jail]].
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome[=/=]DemotedToExtra: Disappears after [[spoiler:leading Art and Angie to Alison]], and is no longer part of the main cast as of season 2.
** TheBusCameBack: After being absent for the first half of season 2, he returns [[spoiler: to join Alison in rehab]].
* DomesticAbuser: Has hit Sarah it the past, though she hits back.
* EntitledToHaveYou: He all but demands that Sarah give him another chance.
* HeelFaithTurn: He apparently became a Buddhist in season 2, [[spoiler: though its unclear how much of it is genuine and how much is just part of his cover]].
* ItsAllAboutMe: He is incapable of thinking about other people.
** He makes Sarah's faked death entirely about him and the pain it causes ''him'', not even giving a damn about Felix.
** He also keeps barging into Sarah's affairs for his own satisfaction, despite the fact that she doesn't love him and that he always makes things worse for her.
** Even his apparent [[spoiler: befriending of Alison is just part of a deal to avoid jail time.]]
* KarmaHoudini: However badly he's been injured for continuing to interfere with Sarah's life, he still got away with the $20,000 from the cocaine Sarah initially stole from him. And he has yet to answer for [[spoiler:inadvertently leading the cops to Alison]].
* {{Jerkass}}: He's a rude, self-centered bully.
* ManlyTears: Breaks down in tears ([[{{Narm}} several times]]) when he finds out that Sarah's "dead". Interestingly, he isn't displayed sympathetically because of this, since he ''is'' a {{Jerkass}} and ButtMonkey.
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Angie's using him to find out more about the clones from Alison, in exchange for his charges being dropped]].
* TheLostLenore: Arguably deconstructed. He cares more about Sarah when she's "dead" than when she's alive.
* SpannerInTheWorks: By chance he runs into Alison thinking she's Sarah as part of a new con. He threatens to ruin the whole clone conspiracy due to his petty vindictiveness.
* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Hangs out at Felix's place [[DrowningMySorrows drinking]] after Sarah's funeral. Felix draws the line when he mentions that he wants to get to know Kira.
* TokenMinority: Lampshaded when Alison describes him as "urban".
* TropaholicsAnonymous: When we last see Vic in the season 1 finale he's at a meeting. However, he's not on-board with the "making amends" part of the program so he [[spoiler:sells Sarah out to the cops, unintentionally outing Alison to Art in her place]].
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[[folder: Siobhan Sadler]]
!!Siobhan Sadler
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-->''"Tell them you're with Siobhan Sadler."''
Sarah's Irish foster mother, who has a lot of skeletons in her closet. She raised both Sarah and Felix and now Sarah's daughter Kira.
* ActionMom[=/=]NeverMessWithGranny: Implied, considering she keeps a shotgun. [[spoiler: Confirmed in [[Recap/OrphanBlackS02E02GovernedBySoundReasonAndTrueReligion [=S02E02=]]], when she kills two Birdwatchers who sold Kira out to the Proletheans]].
* AlliterativeName
* {{BFG}}: She keeps a double-barrelled shotgun by her side for protection.
* TheCaretaker: For [[spoiler:Ethan Duncan, who's hiding from Leekie]].
* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler: She turns out to be the one behind Kira's disappearance. She also has something to do with Project LEDA, but her connection to it has yet to be revealed in full]].
** Further Chessmastery is demonstrated in 2.07 when she [[spoiler:sets Leekie and Rachel against each other]].
* TheConfidant: [[spoiler: Sarah and Alison decide to trust her with their secret. Incidentally, she actually knows more about them than they do]].
* CrazyPrepared: She has a number of defenses and escape routes in place should anything happen to Sarah, Felix, or Kira, as well as a network of friends and associates to call upon for help. She describes her system as bulletproof.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: By her comments in season 2, it's implied she was involved with the IRA by gun running for them. And then there's [[spoiler:her ties to Project LEDA and hiding Ethan Duncan from Leekie]].
* FriendlySniper: Episode [=2x02=] shows she's quite handy with a rifle.
* TheGunslinger: With her aforementioned double-barrelled shotgun.
* MamaBear: At first, she tries to keep Kira and Sarah apart to protect Kira because she doesn't think Sarah is a fit mother. She chills out slightly in episode four.
** Episode 1.07 reveals that she [[spoiler: moved to Canada, even though it meant completely starting over, to hide Sarah from something that was looking for her in England. Special notice to the fact that she didn't even know what that something was; she went on the hunch of a friend. Though that may be a lie]].
** In 2.02 [[spoiler:it's revealed she kidnapped Kira to keep her safe from the Neolutionists and the Proletheans. When the two people she's working with turn out to be moles for the Proletheans she kills them without hesitation]].
* TheMole: Might be this, as the finale reveals [[spoiler:she may have been one of the scientists involved with creating the clones in the first place]]. It later turns out [[spoiler:she might be part of a tangential project involving the clones, "LEDA"]].
* OnlyKnownByInitials: She's almost always called "Mrs. S." or just "S". The audience doesn't learn her full name until 1.08.
* ParentalSubstitute: For Sarah, Felix, and Kira.
* SecretKeeper: And man, does she have a whole lot of 'em.
* WhatTheHellHero:
** [[spoiler: Organized her house being ransacked and Kira's disappearance to protect Kira. But she did this without bothering to tell Sarah and Felix first, leaving Sarah extremely pissed off at Mrs. S. To make things worse, she planned to leave with Kira and go back to the UK]].
** Gets another one in the series two finale when [[spoiler:she arranges to have Helena kidnapped by the military. In her defence, this may have been the only way she could have freed Sarah and Kira from Dyad, but she herself acknowledges that Sarah will probably never forgive her for this.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Kira Manning]]
!!Kira Manning
[[quoteright:240:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kira_manning_3880.jpg]]
-->'''Played by''': Skyler Wexler
-->''"I think something bad is going to happen again."''
Sarah's intelligent and open-hearted 8-year-old daughter. She went to live with Mrs. S. when Sarah disappeared.
* AdorablyPrecociousChild: ''Very'' smart for her age.
* CreepyChild: She's a little too calm and oracular for someone still in grade school.
* GuileHero: Kira must have gotten it from her mother.
** While [[spoiler: hiding with her father under assumed names]], she [[DeliberatelyCuteChild charms]] a police officer to ward off his suspicions.
** [[spoiler: While in Dyad custody, she pickpockets a cellphone off a nurse and sends Cal to Mrs. S. so they can collaborate on an escape plan for herself and Sarah]].
* HealingFactor[=/=]MadeOfIron: [[spoiler: Was relatively fine not long after being run over by a car. Sarah's worried that being experimented on made her pass this (and potentially less beneficial things) to Kira, and the doctor's reaction to her X-rays suggests that Sarah's worry might be true]].
* InSeriesNickname: Sarah and Felix called her "(Little) Monkey". [[spoiler: Helena]] dubbed her "Angel".
* LittleMissConArtist: Shows shades of this due to traits picked up from her mother and uncle.
* MacguffinGirl: Being the biological daughter of a clone makes her a very important scientific specimen from the Neolutionists' point of view. It's not clear yet how the Proletheans see her, but the fact that the Neolutionists want her is enough to warrant their interest. [[spoiler:Mrs. S. alludes she's part of "Project LEDA", along with her mother Sarah. It also turns out that her stem cells are the only means of treating Cosima's autoimmune disorder]].
* MoralityChain: Implied strongly that Sarah would be a much worse problem if she didn't have her daughter anchoring her.
* MoralityPet: [[spoiler: To Helena]].
* OracularUrchin: One of her first scenes has her drawing a picture of Sarah with [[spoiler: [[BloodFromTheMouth blood pouring from her mouth]]]].
* ParentalAbandonment: She has a less-than-ideal home life.
** DisappearedDad: [[spoiler: Cal is her father but he didn't know it until he first met her]].
** MissingMom: Sarah left her with Mrs. S for 10 months without an explanation.
** RaisedByGrandparents: Well, raised by her mother's foster mother.
* PastimesProvePersonality: She's constantly drawing and painting, and has the associated personality traits: genteel, sensitive, and perceptive. Though her art is about as good as you'd expect a little kid's to be. Her favorite subject seems to be her family and she likely got it from her Uncle Felix.
* {{Protectorate}}: For Sarah, Mrs. S, Felix, and [[spoiler: Helena]]. Neither Alison nor Cosima know her very well, but both care about her very much.
* SherlockScan: She's very perceptive, especially for a little kid. [[spoiler: She could tell Alison was impersonating her mother right off, that Helena wouldn't hurt her, and that Cal was her biological father]].
* TheStoic: An unusually young example. ''Nothing'' fazes her.
** NotSoStoic: [[spoiler: When Daniel tries to kidnap her in 2.03, she screams for her mother, sounding more desperate and terrified by the second]].
* SympathyForTheDevil: [[spoiler: The only person who sees past Helena's terrifying and homicidal behaviour to the troubled child who was forced to learn that behaviour as a survival tactic]].
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: She displays a great understanding of the situation even though the adults try to preserve her innocence. Also see SherlockScan above.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Amelia]]
!!Amelia
-->'''Played by''': Melanie Nicholls-King
-->''"How can two fates be so different? You two are like night and day."''
Birth mother to two of the clones, who hails from Cape Town, South Africa. She emigrated to the UK and was hired as a surrogate by a "couple" who were really Neolutionists. After realizing the children she was carrying were to be part of a medical experiment, she escaped and gave birth to the twins, then gave them up.
* BloodFromTheMouth: [[spoiler: While she's dying]].
* ChocolateBaby: She's black and her birth daughters are white. Justified as she's a surrogate.
* [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou Mommy Had A Good Reason For Abandoning You]]: She had to give her daughters up because she couldn't take care of them.
* GenreSavvy: She always seems to know when someone's up to no good.
* MissingMom: Is this for [[spoiler: Sarah and Helena]] until 1x09. [[spoiler:Then she dies in the next episode.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: Discussing her reveals that [[spoiler: Sarah and Helena are twins among the clones]].
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler: Was killed by Helena in the first season finale]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Cal Morrison]]
!!Cal Morrison
-->'''Played by''': Michiel Huisman
-->''"I didn't know your mom had any sisters."''
One of Sarah's past lovers, and Kira's biological father. He first appears in the second season.
* BadassBeard
* CarpetOfVirility
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Implied. He had a hidden, fully stocked RV, untraceable money, and fake [=IDs=] ''before'' Sarah brought the clone conspiracy to his door. Either he's a CrazySurvivalist, or he has a reason to have to be able to disappear on a moment's notice.
* DisappearedDad: He is one to Kira, but in his defense he didn't even know Sarah was pregnant when they broke up.
* EruditeStoner: He's a genius inventor living semi-off-the-grid in a nicely furnished cabin, and a police officer who is a friend looks the other way regarding weed growing in his backyard.
* {{Hunk}}
* GadgeteerGenius: He was an inventor before his partners forced him out and sold his tech to the military. Now he lives alone on a farm outside a small town.
* GoodParents: To Kira, when he finally meets her.
* MrFanservice: It seems you'd have to be to get involved with the series' MsFanservice.
* OldFlame: To Sarah.
[[folder]]
[[folder: Benjamin Kertland]]
!!Benjamin Kertland
-->'''Played by''': Julian Richings
An old friend of Mrs. S's who occasionally helps out.
* FlatCharacter: Mainly exists as extra muscle for the good guys and [[spoiler: a means for the plot to facilitate Kira's kidnapping.]]
* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler: His first few scenes make it appear as though he's the one who kidnapped Kira and has sinister plans for Sarah. Later its revealed that he was just working for Mrs. S.]]
* RedHerringMole: [[spoiler: The 2.09, Rachel plans evidence to make it look like he was TheMole, but it was just a ploy to distract Sarah.]]
* SatelliteCharacter: To Sarah and Mrs. S.
[[/folder]]
!!Beth's People
[[folder: Art Bell]]
!!Det. Arthur "Art" Bell
[[quoteright:240:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/arthur_bell_995.jpg]]
-->'''Played by''': Kevin Hanchard
-->''"Just follow the bloody brick road."''
Beth's long-time partner on the force. He's one of the first people to notice something wrong with "Beth".
* ActionDad: Mentions in passing that he has kids.
* {{Blackmail}}: Steals the money that Sarah took out of Beth's account and holds it over her until "Beth" gets back on the force.
* ByTheBookCop: Subverted. [[spoiler: He holds the money over Sarah-as-Beth's head because he helped Beth make the Maggie Chen shooting look like an accident]].
* TheConfidant: [[spoiler: Becomes this to Sarah once he sides with the clones]].
* FairCop
* GenreBlind: [[spoiler: Despite the evidence and knowledge about the existence of several clones, the idea of human cloning never crosses his mind. Subverted, when Sarah lets him in on the conspiracy and he notes how things make sense now]].
* GoodIsNotNice
* HeroAntagonist: He's trying to solve [[spoiler: Katja's]] case, which puts the clones at risk of being discovered.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[spoiler: Sarah had to quit Beth's job to avoid him]] because he knew Beth too well to be fooled much longer.
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler: He gives "Beth" her money back after she saves his life]].
* PoliceAreUseless: Averted. The fact that he and the other cops are actually good at their jobs makes the whole conspiracy that much more complicated.
* SecretKeeper: He knew about Beth's drug issues [[spoiler: and that her shooting of Maggie Chen wasn't an accident; though he didn't know exactly why Beth had to kill her]].
** As of 2x02, he's actively keeping the knowledge of the clones from Angie.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Seems to be this along with Angie after "Beth" quits the force.
* TokenMinority
* UndyingLoyalty: To Beth, even after he finds out about her death. [[spoiler:He seems to transfer this to Clone Club once he finds out about them]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Paul Dierden]]
!!Paul Dierden
[[quoteright:240:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/paul_dierden_jpg_2219.jpg]]
-->'''Played by''': Dylan Bruce
-->''"If you told me what this was about, perhaps I could help you."''
Beth's boyfriend. He notices "Beth's" strange behavior and it upsets him deeply.
* {{Badass}}: Judging from his background as a "private military contractor" and his beatdown of Vic.
* BecomingTheMask: He was genuinely fond of Beth and wanted to take her away to South America. [[spoiler: Now he seems to be falling for Sarah]].
* {{Blackmail}}: [[spoiler: He killed six Marines in combat and tried to cover it up. The Neolutionists found out and are holding this over his head]].
* BedTrick: He sleeps with Sarah thinking she's Beth. [[spoiler:Subverted when he later implies to the Dyad that he suspected she was someone else the whole time.]]
* BeneathSuspicion: [[spoiler: He works for whoever created the clones. But, Beth came to realize that there was something ''off'' about him. It's implied that she discovered his deception and [[WasItAllALie was heartbroken over it]]]].
* CrazyJealousGuy: Averted. [[spoiler:He doesn't seem to be particularly distraught when he finds out Sarah hooked up with Cal again. Most likely justified because he has much more immediate problems to worry about, like Dyad's continued blackmail of him.]]
* DatingCatwoman: His relationship with Sarah has some elements of this.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Turns firmly to the clones' side after episode 7. But the Neolutionists still have a [[{{Blackmail}} hold]] on him]].
** HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: [[spoiler: Bordering on DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent. He is so hard to read it is impossible to know ''who'' he is truly working with between Rachel, Leekie, Sarah, and Mrs. S. Moreover, Tony's friend Sammy indicated before his death that Paul may have his own agenda, and felt that this was important enough that the clones needed to know it]].
* KissOfDistraction: Though it quickly becomes a shag of distraction.
* TheMole: [[spoiler: Initially, he was spying on Beth for the Neolutionists]].
** ReverseMole: As of season 2, [[spoiler:he now appears to be spying on Rachel for Sarah]].
* MrFanservice: He is very handsome and gets a lot of bed scenes with Sarah. On one occasion he was shown walking around his apartment completely naked.
* OutOfFocus: After becoming [[spoiler:Rachel's personal assistant]], he disappeared for a few episodes.
* PrivateMilitaryContractors: His background.
* ShirtlessScene: He gets quite a few.
* UnderstandingBoyfriend: He seems pretty supportive of Beth, who had a myriad of mental issues. [[spoiler: Though there was a reason for that, as he was her "monitor" for the people who were studying her.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Angela Deangelis]]
!!Det. Angela "Angie" Deangelis
-->'''Played by''': Inga Cadranel
-->''"My crime-psych guy says biblically messed up or not, woman-on-woman means its got to be personal, whether it's her first or 15th kill."''
A member of the police for who works with Art and Beth.
* CowboyCop: She arrests Sarah without a warrant or probable cause in the season 2 premiere, although she soon lets her go with Art's prodding. She also continues to pursue the Katja case, even though it's officially been dropped.
* GoodIsNotNice: She appears to have a particular disdain for Sarah (mainly because she tried to take over Beth's life), but you can't exactly say she's a bad person. [[spoiler: Her continued pursuit of Alison and blackmail of Vic pushes her further towards moral grayness, however.]]
* HeroAntagonist: She's trying to solve [[spoiler: Katja's]] case, which puts the clones at risk of being discovered.
* InspectorJavert: She continues prodding into the [[spoiler:Katja]] case, long after Art has given up [[spoiler:and later got mixed up with it]]. As of [=2x06=], [[spoiler:she's using Vic to keep tabs on Alison]].
* NightmareFetishist: She's ''fascinated'' by the goings-on at the morgue, the more gruesome, the better. It's actually kind of adorable.
* PoliceAreUseless: Averted.
* ReplacementGoldfish: For Beth. She's pretty pleased with it.
* TheRival: Sarah suggests that she was this to Beth, but judging from Angela's reaction to [[spoiler: learning that Beth had been DeadAllAlong]], she might have been a FriendlyRival.
* ThoseTwoGuys: She partners up with Art [[spoiler: after Sarah quits Beth's job]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Toronto Police Department]]
!!Toronto Police Department
The officers and staff at the police department where Beth used to work.
* {{Adorkable}}: Raj Singh
* BollywoodNerd: Raj is Indian and works in IT.
* DaChief: Lt. Gavin Hardcastle fills this role.
* HopelessSuitor: Raj clearly has a huge crush on Beth/Sarah, which Sarah uses to get favors.
* PoliceAreUseless: Averted. They clearly know their stuff and Sarah is caught flat-footed when she first shows up.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Lt. Hardcastle.
* SarcasmBlind: Inverted. When Sarah asks another officer for help loading her gun, she laughs thinking "Beth" is just being funny.
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted. Beth has an assigned psychologist, Dr. Anita Bower, [[spoiler: who has been giving her overlapping prescriptions.]]
* TokenMinority: Averted. It's a roughly 50/50 split between men and woman and has plenty of people of color, including Art, Raj and Janis Beckwith.
[[/folder]]
!!Alison's People
[[folder: Donnie Hendrix]]
!!Donnie Hendrix
[[quoteright:240:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/donnie_hendrix_5931.jpg]]
-->'''Played by''': Kristian Bruun
-->''"Look, this isn't easy for me, all right?"''
Alison's husband, whom she met in high school.
* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler: He kills Leekie by accidentally firing his gun]].
* {{Adorkable}}
* BumblingDad
* ButtMonkey: He's kept in the dark about a lot of things, gets emasculated by his wife, [[spoiler: was duped by the Dyad for ''ten years''. In a deleted scene, he [[BullyingADragon tries to blackmail Rachel]] but she turns the tables on him without batting an eyelash]].
* TheDitz: He tries, but he's just not a very clever man.
* HappilyMarried: Subverted, despite the "childhood sweetheart" premise. As of [=2x09=], though, their relationship seems to be getting better.
* HenpeckedHusband: Downplayed. He's not a complete doormat, but Alison clearly wears the pants in their relationship.
* HighschoolSweethearts: With Alison, although right now they're not very sweet.
* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: [[spoiler:How Leekie dies by his hand]].
* TheMole: Alison suspects him and Aynsley to be this for her. [[spoiler: He really ''is'' her monitor]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: He feels pretty distraught after learning he was monitoring his wife as a part of a cloning experiment]].
** [[spoiler: He experiences this again when he accidentally shoots Leekie in the face]].
* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler:Even after Alison learns about him being her monitor, he does a hell of a job continuing to act like a betrayed husband who's supposedly protecting his kids from their alcoholic mother.]]
** [[spoiler: Subverted, as he didn't know that she was a clone and he had no clue as to what he was monitoring Alison for. As far as he knew, he ''was'' a betrayed husband protecting his kids from their alcoholic mother.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: Takes several when he [[spoiler: scares away Vic by threatening to shoot him in the head, reveals that he had the safety on the whole time, and then blackmails Deangelis to stay away from his wife]].
* [[UnderstandingBoyfriend Understanding Husband]]
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: Was made to monitor Alison, but was told it was part of an extended sociological study. He didn't know she was a clone, and he didn't know that people would come into their house to examine her in her sleep]].
* UglyGuyHotWife: Not ugly per se, but he's no stud. He goes out jogging in the finale because "[she] deserves better". [[spoiler: Really, he's meeting up with Dr. Leekie]]. The show plays it up in that the other men on the show are California beautiful, whereas Donnie's more or less a regular guy; attractive but not a model. Then they go and put him in sagging white underpants half the time.
* YourCheatingHeart: He told Alison that he'd had an affair, but this is may be a lie to get her to drop her suspicions.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Gemma and Oscar Hendrix]]
!! Gemma and Oscar Hendrix
-->'''Played by''': Millie and Drew Davis
Alison and Donnie's children.
* {{Flat Character}}s: For the most part, they're just generic suburban kids.
* HappilyAdopted
* NomDeMom: They took Alison's surname when they were adopted.
* SatelliteCharacter: They exist solely to be Alison's kids.
* ThoseTwoGuys
* TokenMinority: They are black children in a predominantly white neighborhood.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Felix dressed them up as the opposite sex while he was babysitting them and they enjoyed it.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Aynsley Norris]]
!!Aynsley Norris
-->'''Played by''': Natalie Lisinska
-->''"I told you I've got this covered. You're in no condition to be coaching kids."''
Alison's "friend" and neighbor.
* BlondesAreEvil: [[spoiler: Subverted. She is not as malicious as she seems and is downright harmless compared to the real antagonists]].
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: In the Season 1 finale, she dies in a manner worthy of FinalDestination. Her scarf gets caught in the garbage disposal, causing it to slowly choke her as it's sucked in. Alison just stands there and watches her die]].
* EtTuBrute: [[spoiler: From her point of view, Alison dealt her one betrayal after another: sleeping with her husband, revealing her own affair in front of their other neighbors and not lifting a finger while she choked to death.]]
* GoGetterGirl: An older version. She was involved in a lot of community activities.
* HappilyMarried: Subverted. Her marriage looks happy and normal from the outside, but it's plagued with adultery. She gets a divorce in the finale because her husband cheated on her with [[spoiler: Alison]] and that was TheLastStraw.
* {{Housewife}}
* LovableAlphaBitch: She's popular, controlling, and a bit snobby, [[spoiler: but was genuinely trying to help Alison. Alison's paranoia drove her away]].
* TheMole: Alison suspects her and Donnie of being this. [[spoiler: She's actually a RedHerringMole]].
* NosyNeighbor: ZigZagged. At first she seems like just a stereotypical suburban nosy neighbor, the kind who snoops in her friend's mail and asks overly personal questions. Then Alison suspects that the superficial nosiness might actually be a cover for serious, creepy surveillance. [[spoiler:Then it turns out that, no, she was actually just a regular old nosy neighbor all along.]]
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: She gives one to Alison [[spoiler: right before her death. She accuses Alison of being jealous of her because she can have children and Alison can't]].
* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Alison.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Jason Kellerman]]
!!Jason Kellerman
-->'''Played by''': Justin Chatwin
An old boyfriend of Alison's, he's a savvy drug dealer under the guise of being a businessman.
* OldFlame: To Alison
* StreetSmart
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Alison's Neighbors]]
!!Neighbors
Some of Alison's neighbors and friends.
* AlphaBitch: As of season two, Charity Simms.
* GossipyHens: The other wives don't even try to keep their voices down when they're talking about Alison [[spoiler: at Aynsley's funeral]].
* OneSteveLimit: Averted. Alison has a friend named Sarah Stubbs.
* StagingAnIntervention: They pull this on Alison after her CatFight with Aynsley.
* StepfordSuburbia
* TokenMinority: Meera Kumar, who is Indian. The rest of them are all white.
* YourCheatingHeart: Chad, Aynsley's husband, is constantly being unfaithful.
[[/folder]]
!!Cosima's People
[[folder: Delphine Cormier]]
!!Delphine Cormier
[[quoteright:240:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/delphine-cormier-orphan-black-35025355-500-281_7143.jpg]]
-->'''Played by''': Évelyne Brochu
-->''"I just want to make crazy science with you in our new lab."''
Cosima's French classmate who arrives as part of an exchange programme.
* BecomingTheMask: It may or may not all be a ruse, [[spoiler: if her pleas to Cosima were true]].
* BiTheWay: It's a bit complicated, [[spoiler: depending on whether on not her feelings for Cosima and Leekie are genuine]].
* EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench: Cosima at least seems to think so. And the first reason Rachel states for giving her [[spoiler:Leekie's recently vacated post]] is "She's telegenic."
* EveryoneLovesBlondes
* ForeignFanservice
* GirlfriendInCanada: [[spoiler: She lied about breaking up with a boyfriend back home to attract Cosima's attention.]]
* GratuitousFrench
* LoveRedeems: [[spoiler: By the first season finale, her love for Cosima turns her to the clones' side]].
* HotScientist
* IfItsYouItsOkay: According to {{Word Of God}} she identifies as [[spoiler: straight, Cosima being her exception]].
* ItMeantSomethingToMe
* KickedUpstairs: [[spoiler: Being given Leekie's former title means she will no longer be working with the clones.]]
** ReassignedToAntarctica: [[spoiler:Rachel later sends her to Germany to get her away from Cosima. Of course, with Bowles stepping in to undermine Rachel, who knows?]]
* MayDecemberRomance: She was involved with [[spoiler: Dr. Leekie, who's at least twenty years older her]].
* TheMole: She's Cosima's monitor.
** ReverseMole: [[spoiler: She continues working for Dyad, but this time on behalf of Cosima]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: She feels horrified with herself when she learns that Rachel manipulated her in order to kidnap Kira.]]
** She has a similar, if a bit more subtle, reaction when she finds out that [[spoiler: the clones were patented]], and she realizes just what sort of business she was a part of.
* [[NiceGuy Nice Girl]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: Unintentionally allowed Rachel to kidnap Kira.]]
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:When reporting to Leekie about Cosima's contacts with other clones, she doesn't mention Kira at all]].
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: As of season 2.
* PutOnTheBus: [[spoiler: Rachel has her sent to Germany in the season 2 finale.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: [[spoiler:Season 2 strongly implies that she will do anything and everything necessary to ensure Cosima's survival, regardless of what Cosima thinks about it or how it affects anyone else.]]
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: She attempts to warn Sarah about one of the Birdwatchers defecting to the Dyad, but it turns out the information was false. When she actually warns Sarah, Rachel uses the opportunity to slip in and kidnap Kira.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Scott Smith]]
!!Scott Smith
-->'''Played by''': Josh Vokey
-->''"Wow, girl fights are mean."''
One of Cosima's fellow students in Minnesota that assists her research. [[spoiler: He ends up working with her at Dyad in Season 2]].
* {{Adorkable}}
* BrainyBrunette
* GenreSavvy: [[spoiler: He knew Cosima had been studying clones for some time, based on the DNA she shared with him. Though he's not quite savvy enough to realize Cosima herself was the "[=324B21=]" specimen they've been analyzing the whole time]].
* GirlOnGirlIsHot: Has a less-than-subtle reaction as he watches Cosima and Delphine kiss.
* HopelessSuitor: To Cosima. [[spoiler: Towards the end of Season 2, though, he appears to bear no ill will about having his crush thwarted, and he responds to Cosima's clone confession with grace and kindness.]]
* ScaleOfScientificSins: He's shocked to learn that Cosima herself is the clone that they've been studying and trying to save. He then says that working with her is an honor. This may be because he'd viewed it solely as an interesting problem and now has to view her as human.
* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler: He discovers that the stem cells used to treat Cosima must have come from a daughter or niece to be viable, which of course means Kira. Delphine demands he keep this information to himself, which makes Scott uncomfortable given his affection for Cosima. He's let off the hook early, though, as Cosima finds out anyhow in the next episode.]]
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses
* UndyingLoyalty: [[spoiler: He seems to do Cosima's bidding regardless of how little she offers him in terms of information or kindness, mostly because of the torch he carries for her. They do become closer at Dyad, however, and Scott seems to pledge himself to helping Cosima even though she's clearly in love with someone else. After his positive reaction to her 'coming out' as a clone, it seems he might be the truest ally she has. By the finale this extends to the other clones as well, since he helps Cosima break Sarah out of the institute]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Shay]]
!!Shay
-->'''Played by''': Knesia Solo
A soulful and compassionate holistic healer with a great sense of humor destined to become a new friend to Cosima.
* NiceGirl
[[/folder]]
The various people in the lives of the Project Leda clones.
!!Sarah's People
[[folder: Felix Dawkins]]
!!Felix Dawkins
[[quoteright:240:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/felix_dawkins_obcap25_jpg_5356.jpg]]
-->'''Played by''': Jordan Gavaris
-->''"You do realize I'm gonna have to paint this to come to terms with it?"''
Sarah's foster brother and most steadfast ally. Like Sarah, he's a petty criminal, but he prefers his art. He plays an important role in protecting the clone-sisters and providing support.
* BigBrotherInstinct: He has this for Sarah.
* CampGay: Felix is so fabulous it almost hurts. Still, he's a sympathetic character, as opposed to being a two-dimensional stereotype.
* TheConfidant: He's Sarah's support system and the only person that the clones trust. [[spoiler: Deconstructed in season two, when he grows frustrated with having to help Sarah with her problems while trying to managing a personal life that is constantly disrupted by the various conspiracies.]]
* CoolUncle: To Kira.
* DeadpanSnarker
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Felix is the more responsible sibling, pointing out the flaws in Sarah's plan to impersonate Beth and that her constant roving will eventually mean she could lose custody of Kira. Even Sarah knows this.
--> '''Sarah:''' You are the best of us.
* FriendToAllChildren: He's surprisingly good with kids, though somewhat unorthodox. When babysitting Alison's kids, they have a lot of fun [[WholesomeCrossdresser crossdressing]].
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: His main job is art, but he works as a male prostitute when he has to.
* InSeriesNickname: Sarah calls him Fee.
* LoveableRogue: Though to a less extent than his sister, he has a criminal record as a thief and con artist.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: With his sister Sarah.
* MrFanservice: A scene where Felix is wearing an apron. And nothing else. And is seen from the rear. He does this again in season 2, this time while painting a model!
** The season 2 premiere has him at a gay club wearing backless pants.
* NonActionGuy
* OddFriendship: Develops one with Alison (and, to a slightly lesser extent, Cosima) over the course of season 1.
* OnlySaneMan: Generally assumes the voice of reason and practicality among Sarah and the rest of the clones.
* PapaWolf: When Vic says he wants to get to know Kira, he absolutely refuses to let him anywhere near her.
* ParentalSubstitute: He's been something of a father figure for Kira, so [[spoiler:when Kira's biological father enters the picture]], he doesn't take it well. In fact, he flees in tears.
* PerkyGoth: Technically a punk but otherwise fits the trope perfectly.
* SecretKeeper: The only non-clone in Clone Club. [[spoiler:At least, until Sarah decides to let Art in on the secret]].
* ShirtlessScene: In the first episode.
* StarvingArtist: Subverted. His paintings don't appear to sell well, but he supplements his income with prostitution, theft, and cons.
* UndyingLoyalty: Why else would he have stuck by Sarah all this time?
* WhatTheHellHero: Usually the first to call Sarah out on her less savory actions. He's also perfectly willing to call out Alison and Cosima when he feels it necessary.
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[[folder: Vic Schmidt]]
!!Victor "Vic" Schmidt
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-->'''Played by''': Michael Mando
-->''"This isn't over Sarah."''
Sarah's drug dealer ex-boyfriend, also known as "Vic the Dick". He's obsessed with Sarah, and refuses to let go.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: He's "urban," according to Alison
* ButtMonkey: He takes a lot of abuse. So far, he's lost a finger to gangsters, received a beating from Paul and was pepper-sprayed and tasered by Alison.
** TheChewToy
* CharacterDevelopment: [[spoiler:Apparently, he's become a Buddhist, and becomes friendlier to Alison. Unfortunately subverted: he's actually spying on her for Angie, as part of a deal to avoid going to jail]].
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome[=/=]DemotedToExtra: Disappears after [[spoiler:leading Art and Angie to Alison]], and is no longer part of the main cast as of season 2.
** TheBusCameBack: After being absent for the first half of season 2, he returns [[spoiler: to join Alison in rehab]].
* DomesticAbuser: Has hit Sarah it the past, though she hits back.
* EntitledToHaveYou: He all but demands that Sarah give him another chance.
* HeelFaithTurn: He apparently became a Buddhist in season 2, [[spoiler: though its unclear how much of it is genuine and how much is just part of his cover]].
* ItsAllAboutMe: He is incapable of thinking about other people.
** He makes Sarah's faked death entirely about him and the pain it causes ''him'', not even giving a damn about Felix.
** He also keeps barging into Sarah's affairs for his own satisfaction, despite the fact that she doesn't love him and that he always makes things worse for her.
** Even his apparent [[spoiler: befriending of Alison is just part of a deal to avoid jail time.]]
* KarmaHoudini: However badly he's been injured for continuing to interfere with Sarah's life, he still got away with the $20,000 from the cocaine Sarah initially stole from him. And he has yet to answer for [[spoiler:inadvertently leading the cops to Alison]].
* {{Jerkass}}: He's a rude, self-centered bully.
* ManlyTears: Breaks down in tears ([[{{Narm}} several times]]) when he finds out that Sarah's "dead". Interestingly, he isn't displayed sympathetically because of this, since he ''is'' a {{Jerkass}} and ButtMonkey.
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Angie's using him to find out more about the clones from Alison, in exchange for his charges being dropped]].
* TheLostLenore: Arguably deconstructed. He cares more about Sarah when she's "dead" than when she's alive.
* SpannerInTheWorks: By chance he runs into Alison thinking she's Sarah as part of a new con. He threatens to ruin the whole clone conspiracy due to his petty vindictiveness.
* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Hangs out at Felix's place [[DrowningMySorrows drinking]] after Sarah's funeral. Felix draws the line when he mentions that he wants to get to know Kira.
* TokenMinority: Lampshaded when Alison describes him as "urban".
* TropaholicsAnonymous: When we last see Vic in the season 1 finale he's at a meeting. However, he's not on-board with the "making amends" part of the program so he [[spoiler:sells Sarah out to the cops, unintentionally outing Alison to Art in her place]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Siobhan Sadler]]
!!Siobhan Sadler
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-->'''Played by''': Maria Doyle Kennedy
-->''"Tell them you're with Siobhan Sadler."''
Sarah's Irish foster mother, who has a lot of skeletons in her closet. She raised both Sarah and Felix and now Sarah's daughter Kira.
* ActionMom[=/=]NeverMessWithGranny: Implied, considering she keeps a shotgun. [[spoiler: Confirmed in [[Recap/OrphanBlackS02E02GovernedBySoundReasonAndTrueReligion [=S02E02=]]], when she kills two Birdwatchers who sold Kira out to the Proletheans]].
* AlliterativeName
* {{BFG}}: She keeps a double-barrelled shotgun by her side for protection.
* TheCaretaker: For [[spoiler:Ethan Duncan, who's hiding from Leekie]].
* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler: She turns out to be the one behind Kira's disappearance. She also has something to do with Project LEDA, but her connection to it has yet to be revealed in full]].
** Further Chessmastery is demonstrated in 2.07 when she [[spoiler:sets Leekie and Rachel against each other]].
* TheConfidant: [[spoiler: Sarah and Alison decide to trust her with their secret. Incidentally, she actually knows more about them than they do]].
* CrazyPrepared: She has a number of defenses and escape routes in place should anything happen to Sarah, Felix, or Kira, as well as a network of friends and associates to call upon for help. She describes her system as bulletproof.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: By her comments in season 2, it's implied she was involved with the IRA by gun running for them. And then there's [[spoiler:her ties to Project LEDA and hiding Ethan Duncan from Leekie]].
* FriendlySniper: Episode [=2x02=] shows she's quite handy with a rifle.
* TheGunslinger: With her aforementioned double-barrelled shotgun.
* MamaBear: At first, she tries to keep Kira and Sarah apart to protect Kira because she doesn't think Sarah is a fit mother. She chills out slightly in episode four.
** Episode 1.07 reveals that she [[spoiler: moved to Canada, even though it meant completely starting over, to hide Sarah from something that was looking for her in England. Special notice to the fact that she didn't even know what that something was; she went on the hunch of a friend. Though that may be a lie]].
** In 2.02 [[spoiler:it's revealed she kidnapped Kira to keep her safe from the Neolutionists and the Proletheans. When the two people she's working with turn out to be moles for the Proletheans she kills them without hesitation]].
* TheMole: Might be this, as the finale reveals [[spoiler:she may have been one of the scientists involved with creating the clones in the first place]]. It later turns out [[spoiler:she might be part of a tangential project involving the clones, "LEDA"]].
* OnlyKnownByInitials: She's almost always called "Mrs. S." or just "S". The audience doesn't learn her full name until 1.08.
* ParentalSubstitute: For Sarah, Felix, and Kira.
* SecretKeeper: And man, does she have a whole lot of 'em.
* WhatTheHellHero:
** [[spoiler: Organized her house being ransacked and Kira's disappearance to protect Kira. But she did this without bothering to tell Sarah and Felix first, leaving Sarah extremely pissed off at Mrs. S. To make things worse, she planned to leave with Kira and go back to the UK]].
** Gets another one in the series two finale when [[spoiler:she arranges to have Helena kidnapped by the military. In her defence, this may have been the only way she could have freed Sarah and Kira from Dyad, but she herself acknowledges that Sarah will probably never forgive her for this.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Kira Manning]]
!!Kira Manning
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-->'''Played by''': Skyler Wexler
-->''"I think something bad is going to happen again."''
Sarah's intelligent and open-hearted 8-year-old daughter. She went to live with Mrs. S. when Sarah disappeared.
* AdorablyPrecociousChild: ''Very'' smart for her age.
* CreepyChild: She's a little too calm and oracular for someone still in grade school.
* GuileHero: Kira must have gotten it from her mother.
** While [[spoiler: hiding with her father under assumed names]], she [[DeliberatelyCuteChild charms]] a police officer to ward off his suspicions.
** [[spoiler: While in Dyad custody, she pickpockets a cellphone off a nurse and sends Cal to Mrs. S. so they can collaborate on an escape plan for herself and Sarah]].
* HealingFactor[=/=]MadeOfIron: [[spoiler: Was relatively fine not long after being run over by a car. Sarah's worried that being experimented on made her pass this (and potentially less beneficial things) to Kira, and the doctor's reaction to her X-rays suggests that Sarah's worry might be true]].
* InSeriesNickname: Sarah and Felix called her "(Little) Monkey". [[spoiler: Helena]] dubbed her "Angel".
* LittleMissConArtist: Shows shades of this due to traits picked up from her mother and uncle.
* MacguffinGirl: Being the biological daughter of a clone makes her a very important scientific specimen from the Neolutionists' point of view. It's not clear yet how the Proletheans see her, but the fact that the Neolutionists want her is enough to warrant their interest. [[spoiler:Mrs. S. alludes she's part of "Project LEDA", along with her mother Sarah. It also turns out that her stem cells are the only means of treating Cosima's autoimmune disorder]].
* MoralityChain: Implied strongly that Sarah would be a much worse problem if she didn't have her daughter anchoring her.
* MoralityPet: [[spoiler: To Helena]].
* OracularUrchin: One of her first scenes has her drawing a picture of Sarah with [[spoiler: [[BloodFromTheMouth blood pouring from her mouth]]]].
* ParentalAbandonment: She has a less-than-ideal home life.
** DisappearedDad: [[spoiler: Cal is her father but he didn't know it until he first met her]].
** MissingMom: Sarah left her with Mrs. S for 10 months without an explanation.
** RaisedByGrandparents: Well, raised by her mother's foster mother.
* PastimesProvePersonality: She's constantly drawing and painting, and has the associated personality traits: genteel, sensitive, and perceptive. Though her art is about as good as you'd expect a little kid's to be. Her favorite subject seems to be her family and she likely got it from her Uncle Felix.
* {{Protectorate}}: For Sarah, Mrs. S, Felix, and [[spoiler: Helena]]. Neither Alison nor Cosima know her very well, but both care about her very much.
* SherlockScan: She's very perceptive, especially for a little kid. [[spoiler: She could tell Alison was impersonating her mother right off, that Helena wouldn't hurt her, and that Cal was her biological father]].
* TheStoic: An unusually young example. ''Nothing'' fazes her.
** NotSoStoic: [[spoiler: When Daniel tries to kidnap her in 2.03, she screams for her mother, sounding more desperate and terrified by the second]].
* SympathyForTheDevil: [[spoiler: The only person who sees past Helena's terrifying and homicidal behaviour to the troubled child who was forced to learn that behaviour as a survival tactic]].
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: She displays a great understanding of the situation even though the adults try to preserve her innocence. Also see SherlockScan above.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Amelia]]
!!Amelia
-->'''Played by''': Melanie Nicholls-King
-->''"How can two fates be so different? You two are like night and day."''
Birth mother to two of the clones, who hails from Cape Town, South Africa. She emigrated to the UK and was hired as a surrogate by a "couple" who were really Neolutionists. After realizing the children she was carrying were to be part of a medical experiment, she escaped and gave birth to the twins, then gave them up.
* BloodFromTheMouth: [[spoiler: While she's dying]].
* ChocolateBaby: She's black and her birth daughters are white. Justified as she's a surrogate.
* [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou Mommy Had A Good Reason For Abandoning You]]: She had to give her daughters up because she couldn't take care of them.
* GenreSavvy: She always seems to know when someone's up to no good.
* MissingMom: Is this for [[spoiler: Sarah and Helena]] until 1x09. [[spoiler:Then she dies in the next episode.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: Discussing her reveals that [[spoiler: Sarah and Helena are twins among the clones]].
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler: Was killed by Helena in the first season finale]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Cal Morrison]]
!!Cal Morrison
-->'''Played by''': Michiel Huisman
-->''"I didn't know your mom had any sisters."''
One of Sarah's past lovers, and Kira's biological father. He first appears in the second season.
* BadassBeard
* CarpetOfVirility
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Implied. He had a hidden, fully stocked RV, untraceable money, and fake [=IDs=] ''before'' Sarah brought the clone conspiracy to his door. Either he's a CrazySurvivalist, or he has a reason to have to be able to disappear on a moment's notice.
* DisappearedDad: He is one to Kira, but in his defense he didn't even know Sarah was pregnant when they broke up.
* EruditeStoner: He's a genius inventor living semi-off-the-grid in a nicely furnished cabin, and a police officer who is a friend looks the other way regarding weed growing in his backyard.
* {{Hunk}}
* GadgeteerGenius: He was an inventor before his partners forced him out and sold his tech to the military. Now he lives alone on a farm outside a small town.
* GoodParents: To Kira, when he finally meets her.
* MrFanservice: It seems you'd have to be to get involved with the series' MsFanservice.
* OldFlame: To Sarah.
[[folder]]
[[folder: Benjamin Kertland]]
!!Benjamin Kertland
-->'''Played by''': Julian Richings
An old friend of Mrs. S's who occasionally helps out.
* FlatCharacter: Mainly exists as extra muscle for the good guys and [[spoiler: a means for the plot to facilitate Kira's kidnapping.]]
* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler: His first few scenes make it appear as though he's the one who kidnapped Kira and has sinister plans for Sarah. Later its revealed that he was just working for Mrs. S.]]
* RedHerringMole: [[spoiler: The 2.09, Rachel plans evidence to make it look like he was TheMole, but it was just a ploy to distract Sarah.]]
* SatelliteCharacter: To Sarah and Mrs. S.
[[/folder]]
!!Beth's People
[[folder: Art Bell]]
!!Det. Arthur "Art" Bell
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-->'''Played by''': Kevin Hanchard
-->''"Just follow the bloody brick road."''
Beth's long-time partner on the force. He's one of the first people to notice something wrong with "Beth".
* ActionDad: Mentions in passing that he has kids.
* {{Blackmail}}: Steals the money that Sarah took out of Beth's account and holds it over her until "Beth" gets back on the force.
* ByTheBookCop: Subverted. [[spoiler: He holds the money over Sarah-as-Beth's head because he helped Beth make the Maggie Chen shooting look like an accident]].
* TheConfidant: [[spoiler: Becomes this to Sarah once he sides with the clones]].
* FairCop
* GenreBlind: [[spoiler: Despite the evidence and knowledge about the existence of several clones, the idea of human cloning never crosses his mind. Subverted, when Sarah lets him in on the conspiracy and he notes how things make sense now]].
* GoodIsNotNice
* HeroAntagonist: He's trying to solve [[spoiler: Katja's]] case, which puts the clones at risk of being discovered.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[spoiler: Sarah had to quit Beth's job to avoid him]] because he knew Beth too well to be fooled much longer.
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler: He gives "Beth" her money back after she saves his life]].
* PoliceAreUseless: Averted. The fact that he and the other cops are actually good at their jobs makes the whole conspiracy that much more complicated.
* SecretKeeper: He knew about Beth's drug issues [[spoiler: and that her shooting of Maggie Chen wasn't an accident; though he didn't know exactly why Beth had to kill her]].
** As of 2x02, he's actively keeping the knowledge of the clones from Angie.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Seems to be this along with Angie after "Beth" quits the force.
* TokenMinority
* UndyingLoyalty: To Beth, even after he finds out about her death. [[spoiler:He seems to transfer this to Clone Club once he finds out about them]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Paul Dierden]]
!!Paul Dierden
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-->'''Played by''': Dylan Bruce
-->''"If you told me what this was about, perhaps I could help you."''
Beth's boyfriend. He notices "Beth's" strange behavior and it upsets him deeply.
* {{Badass}}: Judging from his background as a "private military contractor" and his beatdown of Vic.
* BecomingTheMask: He was genuinely fond of Beth and wanted to take her away to South America. [[spoiler: Now he seems to be falling for Sarah]].
* {{Blackmail}}: [[spoiler: He killed six Marines in combat and tried to cover it up. The Neolutionists found out and are holding this over his head]].
* BedTrick: He sleeps with Sarah thinking she's Beth. [[spoiler:Subverted when he later implies to the Dyad that he suspected she was someone else the whole time.]]
* BeneathSuspicion: [[spoiler: He works for whoever created the clones. But, Beth came to realize that there was something ''off'' about him. It's implied that she discovered his deception and [[WasItAllALie was heartbroken over it]]]].
* CrazyJealousGuy: Averted. [[spoiler:He doesn't seem to be particularly distraught when he finds out Sarah hooked up with Cal again. Most likely justified because he has much more immediate problems to worry about, like Dyad's continued blackmail of him.]]
* DatingCatwoman: His relationship with Sarah has some elements of this.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Turns firmly to the clones' side after episode 7. But the Neolutionists still have a [[{{Blackmail}} hold]] on him]].
** HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: [[spoiler: Bordering on DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent. He is so hard to read it is impossible to know ''who'' he is truly working with between Rachel, Leekie, Sarah, and Mrs. S. Moreover, Tony's friend Sammy indicated before his death that Paul may have his own agenda, and felt that this was important enough that the clones needed to know it]].
* KissOfDistraction: Though it quickly becomes a shag of distraction.
* TheMole: [[spoiler: Initially, he was spying on Beth for the Neolutionists]].
** ReverseMole: As of season 2, [[spoiler:he now appears to be spying on Rachel for Sarah]].
* MrFanservice: He is very handsome and gets a lot of bed scenes with Sarah. On one occasion he was shown walking around his apartment completely naked.
* OutOfFocus: After becoming [[spoiler:Rachel's personal assistant]], he disappeared for a few episodes.
* PrivateMilitaryContractors: His background.
* ShirtlessScene: He gets quite a few.
* UnderstandingBoyfriend: He seems pretty supportive of Beth, who had a myriad of mental issues. [[spoiler: Though there was a reason for that, as he was her "monitor" for the people who were studying her.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Angela Deangelis]]
!!Det. Angela "Angie" Deangelis
-->'''Played by''': Inga Cadranel
-->''"My crime-psych guy says biblically messed up or not, woman-on-woman means its got to be personal, whether it's her first or 15th kill."''
A member of the police for who works with Art and Beth.
* CowboyCop: She arrests Sarah without a warrant or probable cause in the season 2 premiere, although she soon lets her go with Art's prodding. She also continues to pursue the Katja case, even though it's officially been dropped.
* GoodIsNotNice: She appears to have a particular disdain for Sarah (mainly because she tried to take over Beth's life), but you can't exactly say she's a bad person. [[spoiler: Her continued pursuit of Alison and blackmail of Vic pushes her further towards moral grayness, however.]]
* HeroAntagonist: She's trying to solve [[spoiler: Katja's]] case, which puts the clones at risk of being discovered.
* InspectorJavert: She continues prodding into the [[spoiler:Katja]] case, long after Art has given up [[spoiler:and later got mixed up with it]]. As of [=2x06=], [[spoiler:she's using Vic to keep tabs on Alison]].
* NightmareFetishist: She's ''fascinated'' by the goings-on at the morgue, the more gruesome, the better. It's actually kind of adorable.
* PoliceAreUseless: Averted.
* ReplacementGoldfish: For Beth. She's pretty pleased with it.
* TheRival: Sarah suggests that she was this to Beth, but judging from Angela's reaction to [[spoiler: learning that Beth had been DeadAllAlong]], she might have been a FriendlyRival.
* ThoseTwoGuys: She partners up with Art [[spoiler: after Sarah quits Beth's job]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Toronto Police Department]]
!!Toronto Police Department
The officers and staff at the police department where Beth used to work.
* {{Adorkable}}: Raj Singh
* BollywoodNerd: Raj is Indian and works in IT.
* DaChief: Lt. Gavin Hardcastle fills this role.
* HopelessSuitor: Raj clearly has a huge crush on Beth/Sarah, which Sarah uses to get favors.
* PoliceAreUseless: Averted. They clearly know their stuff and Sarah is caught flat-footed when she first shows up.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Lt. Hardcastle.
* SarcasmBlind: Inverted. When Sarah asks another officer for help loading her gun, she laughs thinking "Beth" is just being funny.
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted. Beth has an assigned psychologist, Dr. Anita Bower, [[spoiler: who has been giving her overlapping prescriptions.]]
* TokenMinority: Averted. It's a roughly 50/50 split between men and woman and has plenty of people of color, including Art, Raj and Janis Beckwith.
[[/folder]]
!!Alison's People
[[folder: Donnie Hendrix]]
!!Donnie Hendrix
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-->'''Played by''': Kristian Bruun
-->''"Look, this isn't easy for me, all right?"''
Alison's husband, whom she met in high school.
* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler: He kills Leekie by accidentally firing his gun]].
* {{Adorkable}}
* BumblingDad
* ButtMonkey: He's kept in the dark about a lot of things, gets emasculated by his wife, [[spoiler: was duped by the Dyad for ''ten years''. In a deleted scene, he [[BullyingADragon tries to blackmail Rachel]] but she turns the tables on him without batting an eyelash]].
* TheDitz: He tries, but he's just not a very clever man.
* HappilyMarried: Subverted, despite the "childhood sweetheart" premise. As of [=2x09=], though, their relationship seems to be getting better.
* HenpeckedHusband: Downplayed. He's not a complete doormat, but Alison clearly wears the pants in their relationship.
* HighschoolSweethearts: With Alison, although right now they're not very sweet.
* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: [[spoiler:How Leekie dies by his hand]].
* TheMole: Alison suspects him and Aynsley to be this for her. [[spoiler: He really ''is'' her monitor]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: He feels pretty distraught after learning he was monitoring his wife as a part of a cloning experiment]].
** [[spoiler: He experiences this again when he accidentally shoots Leekie in the face]].
* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler:Even after Alison learns about him being her monitor, he does a hell of a job continuing to act like a betrayed husband who's supposedly protecting his kids from their alcoholic mother.]]
** [[spoiler: Subverted, as he didn't know that she was a clone and he had no clue as to what he was monitoring Alison for. As far as he knew, he ''was'' a betrayed husband protecting his kids from their alcoholic mother.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: Takes several when he [[spoiler: scares away Vic by threatening to shoot him in the head, reveals that he had the safety on the whole time, and then blackmails Deangelis to stay away from his wife]].
* [[UnderstandingBoyfriend Understanding Husband]]
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: Was made to monitor Alison, but was told it was part of an extended sociological study. He didn't know she was a clone, and he didn't know that people would come into their house to examine her in her sleep]].
* UglyGuyHotWife: Not ugly per se, but he's no stud. He goes out jogging in the finale because "[she] deserves better". [[spoiler: Really, he's meeting up with Dr. Leekie]]. The show plays it up in that the other men on the show are California beautiful, whereas Donnie's more or less a regular guy; attractive but not a model. Then they go and put him in sagging white underpants half the time.
* YourCheatingHeart: He told Alison that he'd had an affair, but this is may be a lie to get her to drop her suspicions.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Gemma and Oscar Hendrix]]
!! Gemma and Oscar Hendrix
-->'''Played by''': Millie and Drew Davis
Alison and Donnie's children.
* {{Flat Character}}s: For the most part, they're just generic suburban kids.
* HappilyAdopted
* NomDeMom: They took Alison's surname when they were adopted.
* SatelliteCharacter: They exist solely to be Alison's kids.
* ThoseTwoGuys
* TokenMinority: They are black children in a predominantly white neighborhood.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Felix dressed them up as the opposite sex while he was babysitting them and they enjoyed it.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Aynsley Norris]]
!!Aynsley Norris
-->'''Played by''': Natalie Lisinska
-->''"I told you I've got this covered. You're in no condition to be coaching kids."''
Alison's "friend" and neighbor.
* BlondesAreEvil: [[spoiler: Subverted. She is not as malicious as she seems and is downright harmless compared to the real antagonists]].
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: In the Season 1 finale, she dies in a manner worthy of FinalDestination. Her scarf gets caught in the garbage disposal, causing it to slowly choke her as it's sucked in. Alison just stands there and watches her die]].
* EtTuBrute: [[spoiler: From her point of view, Alison dealt her one betrayal after another: sleeping with her husband, revealing her own affair in front of their other neighbors and not lifting a finger while she choked to death.]]
* GoGetterGirl: An older version. She was involved in a lot of community activities.
* HappilyMarried: Subverted. Her marriage looks happy and normal from the outside, but it's plagued with adultery. She gets a divorce in the finale because her husband cheated on her with [[spoiler: Alison]] and that was TheLastStraw.
* {{Housewife}}
* LovableAlphaBitch: She's popular, controlling, and a bit snobby, [[spoiler: but was genuinely trying to help Alison. Alison's paranoia drove her away]].
* TheMole: Alison suspects her and Donnie of being this. [[spoiler: She's actually a RedHerringMole]].
* NosyNeighbor: ZigZagged. At first she seems like just a stereotypical suburban nosy neighbor, the kind who snoops in her friend's mail and asks overly personal questions. Then Alison suspects that the superficial nosiness might actually be a cover for serious, creepy surveillance. [[spoiler:Then it turns out that, no, she was actually just a regular old nosy neighbor all along.]]
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: She gives one to Alison [[spoiler: right before her death. She accuses Alison of being jealous of her because she can have children and Alison can't]].
* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Alison.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Jason Kellerman]]
!!Jason Kellerman
-->'''Played by''': Justin Chatwin
An old boyfriend of Alison's, he's a savvy drug dealer under the guise of being a businessman.
* OldFlame: To Alison
* StreetSmart
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Alison's Neighbors]]
!!Neighbors
Some of Alison's neighbors and friends.
* AlphaBitch: As of season two, Charity Simms.
* GossipyHens: The other wives don't even try to keep their voices down when they're talking about Alison [[spoiler: at Aynsley's funeral]].
* OneSteveLimit: Averted. Alison has a friend named Sarah Stubbs.
* StagingAnIntervention: They pull this on Alison after her CatFight with Aynsley.
* StepfordSuburbia
* TokenMinority: Meera Kumar, who is Indian. The rest of them are all white.
* YourCheatingHeart: Chad, Aynsley's husband, is constantly being unfaithful.
[[/folder]]
!!Cosima's People
[[folder: Delphine Cormier]]
!!Delphine Cormier
[[quoteright:240:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/delphine-cormier-orphan-black-35025355-500-281_7143.jpg]]
-->'''Played by''': Évelyne Brochu
-->''"I just want to make crazy science with you in our new lab."''
Cosima's French classmate who arrives as part of an exchange programme.
* BecomingTheMask: It may or may not all be a ruse, [[spoiler: if her pleas to Cosima were true]].
* BiTheWay: It's a bit complicated, [[spoiler: depending on whether on not her feelings for Cosima and Leekie are genuine]].
* EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench: Cosima at least seems to think so. And the first reason Rachel states for giving her [[spoiler:Leekie's recently vacated post]] is "She's telegenic."
* EveryoneLovesBlondes
* ForeignFanservice
* GirlfriendInCanada: [[spoiler: She lied about breaking up with a boyfriend back home to attract Cosima's attention.]]
* GratuitousFrench
* LoveRedeems: [[spoiler: By the first season finale, her love for Cosima turns her to the clones' side]].
* HotScientist
* IfItsYouItsOkay: According to {{Word Of God}} she identifies as [[spoiler: straight, Cosima being her exception]].
* ItMeantSomethingToMe
* KickedUpstairs: [[spoiler: Being given Leekie's former title means she will no longer be working with the clones.]]
** ReassignedToAntarctica: [[spoiler:Rachel later sends her to Germany to get her away from Cosima. Of course, with Bowles stepping in to undermine Rachel, who knows?]]
* MayDecemberRomance: She was involved with [[spoiler: Dr. Leekie, who's at least twenty years older her]].
* TheMole: She's Cosima's monitor.
** ReverseMole: [[spoiler: She continues working for Dyad, but this time on behalf of Cosima]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: She feels horrified with herself when she learns that Rachel manipulated her in order to kidnap Kira.]]
** She has a similar, if a bit more subtle, reaction when she finds out that [[spoiler: the clones were patented]], and she realizes just what sort of business she was a part of.
* [[NiceGuy Nice Girl]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: Unintentionally allowed Rachel to kidnap Kira.]]
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:When reporting to Leekie about Cosima's contacts with other clones, she doesn't mention Kira at all]].
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: As of season 2.
* PutOnTheBus: [[spoiler: Rachel has her sent to Germany in the season 2 finale.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: [[spoiler:Season 2 strongly implies that she will do anything and everything necessary to ensure Cosima's survival, regardless of what Cosima thinks about it or how it affects anyone else.]]
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: She attempts to warn Sarah about one of the Birdwatchers defecting to the Dyad, but it turns out the information was false. When she actually warns Sarah, Rachel uses the opportunity to slip in and kidnap Kira.]]
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[[folder: Scott Smith]]
!!Scott Smith
-->'''Played by''': Josh Vokey
-->''"Wow, girl fights are mean."''
One of Cosima's fellow students in Minnesota that assists her research. [[spoiler: He ends up working with her at Dyad in Season 2]].
* {{Adorkable}}
* BrainyBrunette
* GenreSavvy: [[spoiler: He knew Cosima had been studying clones for some time, based on the DNA she shared with him. Though he's not quite savvy enough to realize Cosima herself was the "[=324B21=]" specimen they've been analyzing the whole time]].
* GirlOnGirlIsHot: Has a less-than-subtle reaction as he watches Cosima and Delphine kiss.
* HopelessSuitor: To Cosima. [[spoiler: Towards the end of Season 2, though, he appears to bear no ill will about having his crush thwarted, and he responds to Cosima's clone confession with grace and kindness.]]
* ScaleOfScientificSins: He's shocked to learn that Cosima herself is the clone that they've been studying and trying to save. He then says that working with her is an honor. This may be because he'd viewed it solely as an interesting problem and now has to view her as human.
* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler: He discovers that the stem cells used to treat Cosima must have come from a daughter or niece to be viable, which of course means Kira. Delphine demands he keep this information to himself, which makes Scott uncomfortable given his affection for Cosima. He's let off the hook early, though, as Cosima finds out anyhow in the next episode.]]
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses
* UndyingLoyalty: [[spoiler: He seems to do Cosima's bidding regardless of how little she offers him in terms of information or kindness, mostly because of the torch he carries for her. They do become closer at Dyad, however, and Scott seems to pledge himself to helping Cosima even though she's clearly in love with someone else. After his positive reaction to her 'coming out' as a clone, it seems he might be the truest ally she has. By the finale this extends to the other clones as well, since he helps Cosima break Sarah out of the institute]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Shay]]
!!Shay
-->'''Played by''': Knesia Solo
A soulful and compassionate holistic healer with a great sense of humor destined to become a new friend to Cosima.
* NiceGirl
[[/folder]]
