The characters from the literature and television series Witches Of East End.
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The Beauchamp family
Joanna Beauchamp
Played by: Julia Ormond
The Beauchamp matriarch and mother of Freya and Ingrid- Action Mom: Wendy tells Ingrid and Freya early on that their mother is a Hidden Badass.
- The Ageless: Her particular type of Immortality, combined with Nigh-Invulnerability. Joanna's been living on earth for centuries ever since she and her sister were cursed.
- Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: She starts as the most mature of the main characters, especially in contrast to her sister Wendy, and makes hard decisions to save her daughters.
- Blatant Lies: Her standard modus operandi. It's easier to list things Joanna didn't lie about.
- Damsel in Distress: Often incapacitated in various ways.
- Dull Surprise: a former partner even berates her for never showing emotion.
- Easily Forgiven: The girls keep on finding out that Joanna lied to them about yet another thing, and keep on understanding and forgiving.
- Enemies List: Joanna is trying to compile hers in "Today I am a Witch", but there are a lot of people who've held grudges toward her over the centuries.
- Give Them A Normal Life: Joanna has seen her daughters grow up and die young from their own magic countless times. This time around, she wanted to finally give them a normal life and decided for once to keep their powers a secret from them.
- Hot Witch: All of the Beauchamp women are beautiful witches.
- Informed Ability: She's constantly singled out as an immensely powerful witch, but hardly ever does any remarkable feats of magic. When she deals with things, it's often through physical violence or using magic items that come from outside.
- Mystical Pregnancy: Joanna has been cursed to eternal motherhood. What this means is that once both of her daughters inevitably die, she gets pregnant with Ingrid again, and then Freya, starting the process over. Her daughters die, and she's suddenly nine months pregnant again. Yowza.
- Nigh-Invulnerability: She's made of some really hard stuff, but with the right spell it's not entirely impossible to counteract her Immortality.Wendy: "Even though you're cursed with immortality, you're not really immortal, are you, Joanna? I mean, if someone wanted to kill you, really wanted to kill you, they could.
- Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping: Occasionally, British actress Julia Ormond can't hide her accent. Turns into What the Hell Is That Accent? when she actively tries to work against it.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The blue to Wendy's red, in accordance with the Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling dynamic.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Gets one by Freya who just learned she's a witch and gets royally pissed at her mom for trying to convince her she wasn't when she was a child, going to the extent of sending her to therapy.
- What the Hell Is That Accent?: Julia Ormond unsuccessfully tries to strangle her native British tongue, leaving her with a very strange accent that shifts from one side of the Atlantic to the other. Justified for her character, in that Joanna's several hundred years old and naturally would have had to learn to move with the times.
Ingrid Beauchamp
Played by: Rachel Boston
The oldest daughter of Joanna Beauchamp. Prim, shy and intellectual.- All Girls Want Bad Boys: In the past, she was in love and under the thumb of Archibald Browning. She also falls under the spell of the Mandragora and only gets involved with Dash Gardiner after he does some quite evil things.
- Arbitrary Skepticism: In the very first episode Ingrid attempts to find rational, science-based explanations for supernatural things happening around her, even when it's obvious they don't work.
- Born-Again Immortality: Her and Freya's particular type of Immortality. As soon as both of them are dead, Joanna is pregnant with Ingrid again. The sisters don't keep their memories, though.
- Does Not Know Her Own Strength: She had trouble believing Wendy that she might be the most gifted witch out of the four of them. So she often underestimates the effects her spells can have.
- Face–Heel Turn: 1906 Ingrid was well on her way to one, before being accidentally killed by Wendy. Being brought back to life by Athena completed the turn.
- The Gift: Wendy confirms that – including all of her previous lifetimes – Ingrid has always been the most naturally talented witch of them.
- Hot Witch: All of the Beauchamp women are beautiful witches.
- I Just Want to Be Normal: In episode 2 she tells Wendy how her simple life as a librarian may not be very exciting, but that she was very happy and comfortable with it.
- Insistent Terminology: She insists on identifying as a rational skeptic.
- It's All About Me: Whenever something happens to her or with her (or even when she's a passive and accidental onlooker), she insists it's her fault and others have to console her for it. Probably done to make her compassionate and responsible, but it comes across as if she thinks she is the cause and crux of every matter.
- Love Makes You Evil: 1906 Ingrid was very nearly convinced to become evil by Archibald but was accidentally killed by Wendy before she could fully become evil.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The blue to Freya's red, in accordance with the Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling dynamic.
- Skeptic No Longer: Her eagerness to use spells grows as soon as she experiences that magic is real first-hand.
- The Smart Guy: In contrast to Freya's Emotional Powers, Ingrid is very book-smart. Sometimes too much for her own good.
- Smart People Know Latin: Het Latin knowledge comes in handy when she tries to create or modify spells and it complements her role as The Smart Guy.
- TV Genius: She's supposed to be smart, so she rattles off some long words (like "cognitive dissonance"), and berates Freya for working in a bar and getting married. She also "identifies the dialect" in a medieval book in French and spontaneously starts speaking Old Norse in the last episode.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Wendy scolds Ingrid several times for biting off more than she can chew when it comes to magic.
Freya Beauchamp
Played by: Jenna Dewan
The youngest daughter of Joanna Beauchamp. Wild, carefree and dramatic.- All Girls Want Bad Boys: Her attraction to black-sheep-of-the-family Killian while being engaged to future doctor Dash is played as this. Ultimately subverted, as Killian is a good, compassionate person and not the rotten apple he's painted as.
- Aura Vision: Even before knowing she's a witch, she's convinced she possesses this power. She does. She can see Killian's soul wherever he is.
- The Bartender: Her current incarnation works as a bartender.
- Born-Again Immortality: Her and Ingrid's particular type of Immortality. As soon as both of them are dead, Joanna is pregnant with Ingrid again. The sisters don't keep their memories, though.
- Boy of My Dreams: She dreams of meeting and falling in love with Killian the night before she meets him the first time at her engagement party.
- Cassandra Truth: Prior to learning about witchcraft, Freya was convinced she had aura vision and that she met Killian in a dream the night before her engagement party. Nobody believed her. As they didn't when she claimed to possess magical powers as a child.
- Emotional Powers: Freya's magic is powered by her emotions.
- Fourth-Date Marriage: Freya and Dash get engaged after just a few months of dating.
- Hot Witch: All of the Beauchamp women are beautiful witches.
- Ms. Fanservice: She's a Head-Turning Beauty that's prone to wearing very revealing outfits.
- One True Love: Freya has clean-cut doctor Dash and bad boy Killian. It's been stated that one is her soulmate and the other is her downfall. Killian is her soulmate.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The red to Ingrid's blue, in accordance with the Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling dynamic.
- Sex Goddess: Mostly in her book incarnation, where she's said to have a lot of experience thanks to having slept around a lot during her many lives. She even mentions that very few men have been able to keep up with her in bed.
- Sex Magic: In the book, she has several sex-related abilities due to her status as a Love Goddess, such as being able to see images of a person's last sexual encounters.
- Sibling Triangle: She finds herself in a Love Triangle between her fiancé Dash and his younger brother Killian, whom she finds herself irresistibly attracted to much to her frustration and confusion.
Wendy Beauchamp
Played by: Mädchen Amick
Joanna's younger sister and fellow witch.- Aura Vision: She knows about Freya's love life because the colors in her aura are all over the place.
- Back from the Dead: She comes back to life a few hours after her death.
- Canon Foreigner: She doesn't exist on the book and was created solely for the show.
- Cats Have Nine Lives: She turns into a cat and does indeed have nine lives.
- Cool Aunt: Being laid back, free-spirited and willing to teach Ingrid and Freya magic despite Joanna's initial objections firmly establishes her as this.
- Deadpan Snarker: She's the character that's most often prone to snarking.
- Hot Witch: All of the Beauchamp women are beautiful witches.
- Involuntary Shapeshifter: She can't always control when she turns into a cat.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The red to Joanna's blue, in accordance with the Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling dynamic.
- Shameless Fanservice Girl: Wendy often ends up naked, thanks to Shapeshifting Excludes Clothing. She doesn't mind. Neither does anyone else.
- Resurrective Immortality: Her particular type of Immortality. It's assumed that this will work until her nine lives have been used up.
- Waking Up at the Morgue: The way the audience is introduced to her.
- Walking the Earth: Wendy enjoys her immortality by traveling the world and living every life she feels like living.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Joanna chews out Wendy for teaching Ingrid and Freya magic when she didn't want her to, and also for casting a memory spell on the woman who had accused her of murder making the woman go insane in the process.
- You Can't Fight Fate: Even though she believes that Freya and Ingrid are fated to die yet again, she's willing to help Joanna and keep them alive for as long as possible this time around.
Helena Beauchamp / Helda Beauchamp / The Gatherer
Played by: Julia Ormond
Sister of Joanna and Wendy, and ruler of the Underworld.- God of the Dead: She's the Queen of The Underworld, being her job to gathers, judge, and punishes the souls of the dead.
- In the Hood: In the show, she wears a black and blood-red robe.
- The Voice: In the show, she's only barely seen as a hooded figure, but her voice is heard when she and Wendy speak.
The Gardiner family
Dash Gardiner
Played by: Eric Winter
- Broken Ace: His faults float to the surface gradually.
- Cain and Abel: With his brother Killian. He's the Cain as Killian is revealed to be Freya's soulmate.
- Face–Heel Turn: In season 2, he's bitter over losing Freya to Killian while slowly falling for Ingrid. He also murders Kyle Hutton and casts a spell that swaps his and Killian's souls, leaving Killian to take the rap for Kyle's murder.
- Fourth-Date Marriage: Freya and Dash get engaged after just a few months of dating.
- Hospital Hottie: He's a doctor, working in a local hospital.
- Sibling Rivalry: With his brother Killian.Dash: "Maybe it’s because I didn’t screw up my life. Or because I take responsibility for things. So going after my girlfriends, it’s always been this little game to him."
- Sibling Triangle: Both he and his brother Killian love Freya. Not for the first time either.
Killian Gardiner
Played by: Daniel Di Tomasso
- Black Sheep: According to Dash, Killian is the black sheep of the Gardiner family.Dash: "Killian’s always been the black sheep of our family. He got kicked out of every prep school on the East Coast, he can’t hold a job for more than a few months, he’s never had a real relationship with a woman, and for some reason he blames me."
- Cain and Abel: With his brother Dash.
- Betty and Veronica: Clean-cut doctor Dash and motorcycle-riding bad boy Killian. It's been stated that one is her soulmate and the other is her downfall.
- Deadpan Snarker: He even snarks about his and Freya's affair.
- Girl of My Dreams: He dreams of meeting and falling in love with Freya the night before he meets her the first time at her engagement party.
- Sibling Rivalry: With his brother Dash.Dash: "Maybe it’s because I didn’t screw up my life. Or because I take responsibility for things. So going after my girlfriends, it’s always been this little game to him."
- Sibling Triangle: Both he and his brother Dash love Freya. Not for the first time either.
- Tall, Dark, and Handsome: Which Freya is clearly attracted to. He's even described as such in the book.
- Walking the Earth: As a backstory, no less. He shows up by sailing into town on a boat after having been absent for years, sailing from place to place and doing whatever was available. He mentions having "tended bar on five continents."
Penelope Gardiner / Athena Browning
Played by: Virginia Madsen, Farryn Van Humbeck (young)
- Abusive Parents: While she comes off as a loving mother, she stole both her sons' powers when they were infants to make herself stronger to get revenge on the Beauchamps and is gaslighting them hard.
- Daddy's Little Villain: Was very close to her father, evil warlock cult leader Archibald Browning, and in the present time seeks revenge on the Beauchamps for him through very villainous means.
- Establishing Character Moment: In her very first scene she passive-aggressively tells her future daughter-in-law Freya how she wants her to be the daughter she never had... by teaching her all about proper etiquette and modest clothing.
- Foil: To Joanna. While Joanna kept her daughters' powers a secret from them to keep them safe, Penelope drained her sons' magic to fuel her own.
- Obnoxious In-Laws: Freya's future mother-in-law.
- The Reveal: Penelope is revealed to have the distinctive scar that Archibald Browning's young daughter Athena got from Joanna's knife.
- Rich Bitch: Loaded enough to buy and maintain a very old estate in East Haven.
Archibald Browning
Played by: Matthewdel Negro
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Shown in a short scene reading a children's book to his little daughter.
- Fantastic Racism: He considers mortals to be "inferior beings" and claims they should be grateful he deigns to do business with them at all.
- Obviously Evil: Joanna and Wendy's opinion of him as a cult leader. Unfortunately, Ingrid disagreed...
- Posthumous Character: He died some 100 years ago. We only see him in Ingrid's flashback-visions.
Other Characters
Adam Noble
Eva Callero
Played by: Bianca Lawson
A mysterious woman who romances Killian in season 2.- Animal Motifs: The Owl is her spirit animal, and she even has it tattooed on her back.
- Canon Foreigner: She doesn't exist on the book and was created solely for the show.
- Curse: In order to keep her youth and magic, she has to bear the child of a warlock before her previous child dies. If she is unable to conceive before her child's death, her powers vanish and she will die of old age.
- Really 700 Years Old: She has actually lived for centuries, with only the magical bargain she made preserving her life.
- Rescue Romance: Her romance with Killian begins with her rescuing him and nursing him back to health.
- Slipping a Mickey: She secretly enthralls Killian with spells and Love Potions to keep him in love with her.
- Stalker with a Test Tube: Purposefully seduced Killian due to him being a warlock, and her magic bargain needing her to bear a child to a warlock in order to preserve her youth.
- Vain Sorceress: She's actually a centuries-old woman who made a bargain with a warlock to become a witch and maintain her youth and good looks.
