Lisa Moore (Law & Order: SVU)
Lisa Moore (Jodie Markell) is a redeemed villainess from "Wednesday's Child," episode 15.14 of Law & Order: SVU (airdate February 5, 2014).
Lisa Moore and her husband, Dr. Tom Moore, adopted their young son, Nicky, from what was then known as Soviet Georgia two years prior to the episode's events. Nicky had behavioral problems due to spending the first five years of his life in an orphanage, and other than that, he was also diabetic. Lisa was often left alone with Nicky, as Tom was always away on business, and as the time passed, she became frustrated over dealing with Nicky; even harboring resentment for Tom for (in her mind) abandoning her.
Lisa decided to give up Nicky, giving him to a broker who later handed him to Alexa and Roger Pearson…
Deirdre Mason (Jazz Ramsey: A K-9 Mystery)
Deirdre Mason, aka Susan Harper (Melissa Gervasi), was a redeemed villainess from the 2024 Hallmark film, Jazz Ramsey: A K-9 Mystery (airdate August 2, 2024).
The backstory of Susan Harper only revealed that 20 years prior to the events, Susan drove drunk and caused an accident that killed the husband and daughter of teacher Bernadette Quinn. Susan was arrested but only served a minimal jail sentence due to the incident being her first offense, but after she was released, Susan redeemed herself and eventually became a lawyer, while changing her name to Deirdre Mason and crusading against drunk drivers in her profession.
Entering the film's events, Deirdre was approached by Bernadette, who claimed that she planned to sue the school for attemptin…
Sandra Dales (A Family Nightmare: Secrets on Maple Street)
Sandra Dales (Stephanie Van Dyck) is a villainess from the 2024 Lifetime film, A Family Nightmare: Secrets on Maple Street, the second film of the Secrets on Maple Street trilogy (airdate July 21, 2024).
Sandra Dales is the wife of Anthony "Tony" Dales, with the couple's backstory revealing that they were high school sweethearts. The couple was set to welcome their first child together, and they had given birth to a baby girl, only for the couple to learn that she was stillborn. In actuality, the stillborn baby belonged to Betsy Walker, as Betsy's husband, Pete Walker (an OB/GYN) switched the babies and took Sandra and Tony's baby girl, which was named Brittany.
Brittany was raised by the Walkers for 18 years, and in the events of the film, Ton…
Ellen Tolbert (Lies and Ex-Wives: Secrets on Maple Street)
Ellen Tolbert (Farrah Aviva) is a redeemed villainess from the 2024 Lifetime film, Lies and Ex-Wives: Secrets on Maple Street, the first film of the Secrets on Maple Street trilogy (airdate July 14, 2024).
Ellen Tolbert is the wife of Jake Tolbert, with the couple living on the titular Maple Street. However, Ellen was also engaged in an affair with Martin Fulmer, who was also revealed to be the illicit lover of Hazel Lambert--whose ex-husband, Scott Lambert, was engaged to Katie Wagner (the first film's main protagonist). At some point, Ellen believed that Martin had designs on Katie, and with that in her mind, Ellen turned heel by breaking into Katie's house and attacking her. The maniacal villainess donned a masked and hooded disguise as par…
Lynn Reilly (Probable Cause)
Lynn Reilly (Kate Vernon) was the main villainess from the 1994 telefilm, Probable Cause (originally titled, Sleepless).
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Lynn Reilly was a detective who was introduced as the new partner for Gary Yanuck, with her backstory revealing that she was the lone female at a police academy. She had outdone all of her male counterparts in a shooting trial. After this, all of the men, led by Nelson Paris, appeared to Lynn claiming to commend her, only for all eight men to attack and sexually assault Lynn shortly afterwards. The assault traumatized Lynn to the point that she became a somnambulist, though even in her state, Lynn maintained the memory of the assault and the men involved.
At some p…