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True Blood is an American television drama series created and produced by Alan Ball. It is based on the Sookie Stackhouse book series (known as The Southern Vampire Mysteries) by Charlaine Harris.
Main characters
Merlotte's
Sookie Stackhouse
Sookie Stackhouse | |
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Portrayed by | Anna Paquin |
In-universe information | |
Species | Human |
Gender | Female |
Occupation | Waitress |
Family | Jason Stackhouse (brother) Adele Hale Stackhouse (grandmother) (deceased) Bartlett Hale (great-uncle) (deceased) |
Sookie is a telepathic waitress in a small-town restaurant. Because of her ablility, she has difficulty forming lasting human relationships. Upon discovering that she can't read Bill's mind, she becomes involved in a love affair that turns the entire town against her. She also finds herself entering into a world of creatures and supernatural conflict that surpasses her worst nightmares. By the end of the first season, public opinion has shifted in her favor and her relationship with Bill is more widely accepted.
Sam Merlotte
Sam Merlotte | |
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Portrayed by | Sam Trammell |
In-universe information | |
Species | Shapeshifter |
Gender | Male |
Occupation | Bar owner |
Sam is the owner of Merlotte's, where Sookie works. He is a shapeshifter, often watching over Sookie in the form of a dog. He was abandoned by his adoptive family as a child after they witnessed him turn into a beagle, and he used a night together with Maryann years later to finance the business venture that became Merlotte's bar. He has an unrequited crush on Sookie, though he has been shown to carry feelings for Tara as well.
Tara Thornton
Tara Thornton | |
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Portrayed by | Rutina Wesley |
In-universe information | |
Species | Human |
Gender | Female |
Occupation | bartender |
Family | Lettie Mae Thornton (mother) Lafayette (cousin) |
Tara is Sookie's best friend and the bartender at Merlotte's. Tara grew up in an abusive home, and has had difficulty trusting others as a result. Both of her attempts at a relationship have ended in infidelity, and she was scammed by a woman who was offering to give her an exorcism. At the end of the first season, she gets a DUI and is taken under the wing of Maryann Forrester.
- Tara was played by Brook Kerr in the unaired pilot.
Lafayette Reynolds
Lafayette Reynolds | |
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Portrayed by | Nelsan Ellis |
In-universe information | |
Species | Human |
Gender | Male |
Occupation | Cook |
Family | Tara (cousin) Lettie Mae Thornton (aunt) |
Lafayette is Tara's cousin, short order cook at Merlotte's, drug dealer and gay prostitute. His flamboyant personality leads to numerous confrontations with a trio of homophobic customers at Merlotte's, and he spends his time off partying and creating webcam pornography in his house. He sells vampire blood to Jason, but refuses to sell him any more after Jason takes too much at once. After Eddie goes missing he is kidnapped by Eric Northman and locked in a dungeon with Royce Williams, a customer he has previously dealt with at Merlotte's.
Arlene Fowler
Arlene Fowler | |
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Portrayed by | Carrie Preston |
In-universe information | |
Species | Human |
Gender | Female |
Occupation | Waitress |
Family | Coby Fowler (son) Lisa Fowler (daughter) Rene Lenier (husband) (deceased) |
Arlene Fowler is a waitress working with Sookie. She has been married four times, and is supporting two children from one of them. While she has a good heart, she is often apt to resort to bigotry and openly disapproves of Sookie's relationship with Bill. Towards the end of the first season she becomes engaged to her boyfriend Rene, but her happiness is short-lived after she discovers evidence implicating him in the murders.
- Alec Gray plays Coby Fowler and Laurel Weber plays Lisa Fowler, Arlene's children.
Terry Bellefleur
Terry Bellefleur | |
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Portrayed by | Todd Lowe |
In-universe information | |
Species | Human |
Gender | Male |
Occupation | Cook |
Family | Andy Bellefleur (cousin) |
Terry Bellefleur is cousin of Detective Andy Bellefleur, Iraq war veteran, and bartender at Merlotte's. An odd character, he clearly shows signs of Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome. In spite of his unusual behavior, he is a gentle soul.
Bon Temps residents
Jason Stackhouse
Jason Stackhouse | |
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Portrayed by | Ryan Kwanten |
In-universe information | |
Species | Human |
Gender | Male |
Occupation | Labourer |
Family | Sookie Stackhouse (sister) Adele Hale Stackhouse (grandmother)(deceased) Bartlett Hale (great-uncle)(deceased) |
Jason Stackhouse is Sookie's brother, a road crew supervisor for Bon Temps. He spends his days bedding the women of Bon Temps. During the first season, he was the prime suspect in the murders of Maudette Pickens, Dawn Green and Amy Burley. After losing Amy, he turned himself in for the murders, and while in jail was recruited by the anti-vampire church the "Fellowship of the Sun". He feels he has found a purpose with the church and uses his uncle Bartlett's inheritance money to join a Leadership conference with the Newlands.
Andy Bellfleur
Andy Bellfleur | |
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Portrayed by | Chris Bauer |
In-universe information | |
Species | Human |
Gender | Male |
Occupation | Detective |
Detective Andy Bellefleur is a detective in Bon Temps who is regularly disrespected by the town's citizens. He is assigned the investigation of the murders that occur during the first season, and is set on arresting Jason Stackhouse for the crime, even when the evidence doesn't support this. While he is initially praised for his actions, once the true killer's identity is revealed, he begins drinking heavily. During one of his binges at Merlotte's, the body of Miss Jeanette is left in his car, making him a suspect in her death.
Hoyt Fortenberry
Hoyt Fortenberry | |
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Portrayed by | Jim Parrack |
In-universe information | |
Species | Human |
Gender | Male |
Occupation | Labourer |
Family | Maxine (mother) |
Hoyt Fortenberry, a friend of Jason and Rene who works on the road crew. Sweet and good hearted, he is the only person whose thoughts are consistently kind when Sookie eavesdrops. Unlike Jason, he is extremely shy around women, and takes the prospect of forming a relationship seriously. For the majority of the first season he was bossed around by his mother, but stands up to her after Jason leaves his comfort zone to be with Amy.
- Dale Raoul plays Maxine Fortenberry, Hoyt's nosy and overly-controlling mother.
Sheriff Bud Dearborne
Bud Dearborne | |
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Portrayed by | William Sanderson |
In-universe information | |
Species | Human |
Gender | Male |
Occupation | Sheriff of Bon Temps |
Sheriff Bud Dearborne is the town sheriff and an old friend of Sookie's parents. While he is well respected in the town of Bon Temps, he goes out of his way to show his distaste for vampires and vocally objects to Sookie's relationship with Bill. He doesn't believe Jason is the killer, and regularly scolds Andy for not being fair and unbiased to suspects. He is currently investigating the murder of Miss Jeanette.
Lettie Mae Thornton
Lettie Mae Thornton | |
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Portrayed by | Adina Porter |
In-universe information | |
Species | Human |
Gender | Female |
Occupation | Unemployed |
Family | Tara (daughter) Lafeyette Reynolds (nephew) |
Lettie Mae Thornton is Tara's abusive, alcoholic mother. After attacking and driving Tara away in a drunken stupor, she unexpectedly shows up at Adele Stackhouse's funeral and acts unusually composed. She convinces Tara to fund an exorcism to expel a demon that she is convinced is responsible for the terrible things she has done, having chosen to corrupt her due to her closeness with Jesus. While the fake exorcism appeared to have the desired effect, it has become clear that she can be just as cruel sober.
Vampires of Bon Temps
Bill Compton
William "Bill" Compton | |
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Portrayed by | Stephen Moyer |
In-universe information | |
Species | Vampire |
Gender | Male |
Occupation | Vampire |
Family | Caroline (wife) |
Bill Compton is a vampire with whom Sookie falls in love. Turned during the civil war against his will, Bill shows a remarkable, and unusual, compassion for human life. He also shows emotions and holds on to memories of his past human life which many of his vampire peers seem to not do. Many times, Bill risks his life and standing to protect Sookie from the dangers their relationship has brought on. Towards the end of the first season, he kills a vampire in order to save Sookie's life, and is forced by the Vampire authorities to turn a teenage girl to replenish their ranks.
- Mariana Klaveno plays Lorena, a cruel vampire who "made" Bill at the end of the Civil War.
- Amber Dawn Landrum plays Bill's wife, Caroline Compton.
Eric Northman
Eric Northman | |
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Portrayed by | Alexander Skarsgård |
In-universe information | |
Species | Vampire |
Gender | Male |
Occupation | Vampire Sheriff, Bar Owner |
Eric Northman, Sheriff of one of the five vampire districts. He is very old and very powerful in the vampire community. He runs the vampire bar Fangtasia, and discovers Sookie's unique ability during her first visit there. Intent on following the Vampire justice system, he uses Sookie to figure out who has stolen money from him. In the basement of Fangtasia he imprisones people who are suspected of committing crimes against vampires while he investigates. During the first season, it is heavily implied that he is romantically interested in Sookie.
Jessica Hamby
Jessica Hamby | |
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Portrayed by | Deborah Ann Woll |
In-universe information | |
Species | Vampire |
Gender | Female |
Occupation | Vampire |
Family | Mother Father Eden (sister) |
Jessica Hamby, a young vampire "made" by Bill as a part of his punishment for murdering a fellow vampire. Raised in an overly strict family, she relishes being made a vampire to finally taste freedom but her petulant attitude tries Bill's patience.
- Cheryl White plays Mrs Hamby Jessica's mother.
- Annalise Basso plays Eden Hamby, Jessica's little sister
Others
Maryann Forrester
Maryann Forrester | |
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Portrayed by | Michelle Forbes |
In-universe information | |
Species | Maenad |
Gender | Female |
Occupation | "Social worker" |
Maryann Forrester is a wealthy, mysterious "social worker", who is also a maenad. She had a one-night stand with Sam Merlotte when he was 17. She currently has Tara and Benedict staying in her mansion as guests.
Benedict Talley
Benedict "Eggs" Talley | |
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Portrayed by | Mehcad Brooks |
In-universe information | |
Species | Human |
Gender | Male |
"Eggs" Benedict Talley is a guest of Maryann and a love interest of Tara who has a less than reputable past.
Steve Newlin
Steve Newlin | |
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Portrayed by | Michael McMillian |
In-universe information | |
Species | Human |
Gender | Male |
Occupation | Preacher |
Spouse | Sarah Newlin |
Rev. Steve Newlin is the head of the Fellowship of the Sun, an anti-vampire church that Jason joins. His father was killed in the first season, he blames the death on vampires. He uses the Fellowship organization to engage in, what he believes, is a war between vampires and humans.
Sarah Newlin
Sarah Newlin | |
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Portrayed by | Anna Camp |
In-universe information | |
Species | Human |
Gender | Female |
Occupation | Wife |
Spouse | Steve Newlin |
Sarah Newlin is the wife of Rev. Steve Newlin.
Former Main Characters
Rene Lenier
Rene Lenier | |
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First appearance | "Strange Love" |
Portrayed by | Michael Raymond-James |
In-universe information | |
Species | Human |
Gender | Male |
Occupation | Labourer |
Family | Cindy Marshall (deceased) |
Rene Lenier, Real name Drew Marshall is Arlene's "Cajun" fiancé who worked on the road crew with Jason Stackhouse. He lived in a neighboring parish to Bon Temps with his sister Cindy, and murdered her after she began going out with vampires. After moving to Bon Temps, he started a relationship with Arlene and began killing women who had also had relations with vampires. While attempting to kill Sookie, he is distracted by Sam as a dog, and Sookie is able to decapitate him with a shovel.
- Stacy Rippy plays Cindy Marshall, Drew's murdered sister.
Dawn Green
Dawn Green | |
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First appearance | "Strange Love" |
Portrayed by | Lynn Collins |
In-universe information | |
Species | Human |
Gender | Female |
Occupation | Waitress |
Dawn Green, Sookie's co-worker and friend. Dawn engaged in an on-and-off fling with Jason Stackhouse, and they rekindled their relationship shortly after Maudette Pickens was murdered. Jason discovers that Dawn had slept with a vampire, and Dawn throws him out for openly criticizing her decisions, threatening him with a gun in the process. Later that night, she is strangled to death by Drew Marshall.
Adele Hale Stackhouse
Adele Hale Stackhouse | |
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First appearance | "Strange Love" |
In-universe information | |
Species | Human |
Gender | Female |
Occupation | Retired |
Family | Sookie (grand-daughter) Jason (grand-son) Bartlett (brother) |
Adele Hale Stackhouse, Sookie and Jason's grandmother, nicknamed "Gran". She was one of the few people who was supportive of Sookie's relationship with Bill. She convinces Sookie to get Bill to speak at her historical society meeting, and is both praised and criticized for this by the Bon Temps community. Shortly after returning home, she is accidentally killed by Drew Marshall, who was expecting Sookie to show up instead.
Amy Burley
Amy Burley | |
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First appearance | "The Fourth Man in the Fire" |
Portrayed by | Lizzy Caplan |
In-universe information | |
Species | Human |
Gender | Female |
Amy Burley is Jason's bohemian, drug-addicted love interest. Originally from Connecticut, she became a drifter in the South to spite her rich parents and becomes obsessed with environmental and drug culture. She hooks up with Jason at Fangtasia and they begin doing V together. However, their drug supply runs out, and Amy kidnaps, drains, and eventually stakes a vampire. Jason is disgusted and makes her give up the drug, albeit for one last use. While she is passed out, she is strangled to death by Drew Marshall.
Eddie Gauthier
Eddie Gautier | |
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First appearance | "The Fourth Man in the Fire" |
Portrayed by | Stephen Root |
In-universe information | |
Species | Vampire |
Gender | Male |
Occupation | Vampire |
Family | Wife Two sons |
Eddie Gautier is a vampire supplying V for Lafayette. He left his wife after discovering he was gay, but was unable to get into a relationship due to his looks. He became a vampire to improve his dating life, but ended up spending most of his time watching television and supplying V to Lafayette in exchange for sexual favors. He is kidnapped by Jason and Amy to use as a blood supply, and is later staked by Amy after Jason gets fed up and tries to free him.
Supporting characters
Bon Temps
Mike Spencer
Mike Spencer | |
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First appearance | "The First Taste" |
Portrayed by | John Billingsley |
In-universe information | |
Species | Human |
Gender | Male |
Occupation | Coroner |
Mike Spencer is the town coroner and the director of the local funeral home. He oversaw the funeral for Sookie's parents years earlier. He is later seen cavorting at a party at Maryanne's house.
Daphne
Daphne | |
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First appearance | "Nothing but the Blood" |
Portrayed by | Ashley Jones |
In-universe information | |
Species | Human |
Gender | Female |
Occupation | Waitress |
Daphne is a new waitress at Merlotte's and love interest for Sam.
Kenya
Kenya | |
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First appearance | "To Love is to Bury" |
Portrayed by | Tanya Wright |
In-universe information | |
Species | Human |
Gender | Female |
Occupation | Deputy Sheriff |
Sheriff's Deputy Kenya is a friend of Tara, and sheriff's deputy.
Vampires
The Magister
The Magister | |
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First appearance | "I Don't Wanna Know" |
Portrayed by | Željko Ivanek |
In-universe information | |
Species | Vampire |
Occupation | Judge |
The Magister is a vampire judge who presides over all the vampires of North America. He is the one who sentences Bill for murdering a fellow vampire. He forces Bill to sire a new vampire to replace the one he killed. Jessica is the human he selects for Bill.
Pam
Pam | |
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First appearance | "Escape from the Dragon House" |
Portrayed by | Kristin Bauer |
In-universe information | |
Species | Vampire |
Gender | Female |
Occupation | Vampire |
Pam, assistant to Eric and bouncer in his bar; "made" (turned into a vampire) by Eric. Cynical and devoid of feelings, she is always by Eric's side.
Godfrey
Godfrey | |
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Portrayed by | Allan Hyde |
In-universe information | |
Occupation | Vampire sheriff |
Godric (Godfrey) is a 2,000 year old vampire who looks like a teenager
Stan Davis
Stan Davis | |
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Portrayed by | Ed Quinn |
In-universe information | |
Gender | Male |
Occupation | Vampire lieutenant |
Stan Davis is Godric's lieutenant in Texas
Sophie-Anne Leclerq
Sophie-Anne Leclerq | |
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Portrayed by | Evan Rachel Wood |
In-universe information | |
Gender | Female |
Occupation | Vampire queen |
Sophie-Anne Leclerq, the vampiric Queen of Louisiana, even more powerful than Eric
Former Supporting characters
Maudette Pickens
Maudette Pickens | |
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First appearance | "Strange Love" |
Portrayed by | Danielle Sapia |
In-universe information | |
Species | Human |
Gender | Female |
Maudette Pickens is a local woman who videotapes her sexual encounters with vampire Liam and with Jason Stackhouse. While engaging in the act with Jason, she went limp and made him believe that he had killed her. She was killed by Drew Marshall later that night, and he stole her collection of sex tapes.
The Rattrays
Mack Rattray, Denise Rattray | |
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First appearance | "Strange Love" |
Portrayed by | James Jean Parks, Karina Logue |
In-universe information | |
Species | Human |
Gender | Male, Female |
Mack and Denise Rattray are a lowlife couple who attempt to drain Bill Compton of his blood. After Sookie attacks them, they threaten to get her back, and nearly beat her to death in the parking lot the next night. They are killed by Bill before they can succeed, and their deaths are made to look like a tornado natural accident.
Bartlett Hale
Bartlett Hale | |
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First appearance | "First Taste" |
Portrayed by | Cheyenne Wilbur |
In-universe information | |
Species | Human |
Gender | Male |
Occupation | Retired |
Family | Adele (sister) Sookie (grand-neice) Jason (grand-nephew) |
Bartlett Hale is Sookie's pedophile great-uncle. He molested Sookie numerous times as a child, and later became estranged from the rest of the family after Sookie tells her grandmother what he had done. After he appears at Adele's funeral, Sookie confides all this to Bill, and Bill kills him in an act of revenge. He bequeaths Sookie $10,000, which she give to Jason.
Malcolm, Liam and Diane
Malcolm, Liam and Diane | |
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First appearance | "Strange Love" |
Portrayed by | Andrew Rothenberg, Graham Shiels, Aunjanue Ellis |
In-universe information | |
Species | Vampire |
Occupation | Vampires |
- Malcolm is a vampire acquaintance of Bill Compton who lives in a nest with Liam and Diane and doesn't wish to mainstream. He liked to party, and had a lover named Jerry who later turned out to be trying to infect vampires with Hepatitis D. He is later killed in a fire set by Royce Alan Williams and his associates.
- Liam is a vampire acquaintance of Bill Compton who lives in a nest with Malcolm and Diane and doesn't wish to mainstream. He paid Maudette Pickens a large sum of money to have sex with her, and was videotaped in the act. He is killed in a fire set by Royce Alan Williams and his associates.
- Diane is a vampire acquaintance of Bill Compton who lives in a nest with Malcolm and Liam and doesn't wish to mainstream. She slept with Bill shortly after she was turned, and has been trying to seduce him again since. She is killed in a fire set by Royce Alan Williams and his associates.
Neil Jones
Neil Jones | |
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First appearance | "First Taste" |
Portrayed by | Kevin Michael McHale |
In-universe information | |
Species | Human |
Gender | Male |
Occupation | Coroner's assistant |
Neil Jones is coroner's assistant and closet fangbanger. He recently moved to Bon Temps from Kentucky, and quietly became one of the groupies who hung out at the Shreveport bar Fangtasia. He was burnt alive with Malcolm, Liam and Diane, and his body was initially mistaken for Bill's.
Longshadow
Longshadow | |
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First appearance | "Escape from the Dragon House" |
Portrayed by | Raoul Trujillo |
In-universe information | |
Species | Vampire |
Gender | Male |
Occupation | Bartender |
Longshadow is the bartender at Fangtasia. He was stealing money from Fangtasia, and glamored a waitress named Ginger when she discovered what he was up to. After their accountant discovers the missing money, Sookie identifies that the culprit is a vampire and is attacked by Longshadow. Bill stakes him in order to save Sookie's life.
Miss Jeanette
Miss Jeanette (aka Nancy LeGuare) | |
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First appearance | "Burning House of Love" |
Portrayed by | Aisha Hinds |
In-universe information | |
Species | Human |
Gender | Female |
Occupation | Pharmacist/Exorcist |
Miss Jeanette (aka) Nancy LeGuare is a drugstore clerk who performs exorcisms on the side. Her body was discovered at the end of the last episode of season one in Andy Bellfleur's car. In the first episode of season two it is revealed her heart has been cut out.
Royce Williams
Royce Williams | |
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First appearance | "Sparks Fly Out" |
Portrayed by | Caleb Moody |
In-universe information | |
Species | Human |
Gender | Male |
Royce Alan Williams is a Bon Temps local who burns down the house in which Diane, Malcolm, and Liam are living (along with Neil Jones). He is captured by Eric Northman for killing the three vampires, and killed by Eric.
External links
- True Blood Official site
- True Blood at IMDb
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