List of Veronica Mars characters
Veronica Mars is an American television series created by Rob Thomas.[1] The series premiered on September 22, 2004, during network UPN's last two years, and ended on May 22, 2007, after a season on UPN's successor network, The CW.[2] Balancing murder mystery, high-school, and college drama, the series features social commentary with sarcasm and off-beat humor in a style often compared to film noir.[3] Set in the fictional town of Neptune, the series stars Kristen Bell as the title character, a student who progresses from high school to college during the series while moonlighting as a private investigator under the wing of her detective father.
The first season had seven regular characters. However, Thomas decided to introduce and eliminate several characters in order to create an "equally fascinating mystery" for the series' second season. Thomas needed "new blood" since he felt unable to bring back the Kanes and the Echolls and "have them all involved in a new mystery".[4] The third season features a cast of ten actors who receive billing,[5] an increase from the nine actors in the second.[6] Three of the regulars in the second season are written out of the series, two new characters are introduced and two others are upgraded from recurring roles.
Main characters[edit]
Veronica Mars[edit]
Kristen Bell portrays the titular Veronica Mars, a high school junior and skilled private detective. More than 500 women auditioned for the role; Bell felt that it was "just luck" that Rob Thomas saw that "I have some sass to me, and that's exactly what he wanted." Bell thought that her "cheerleader looks and outsider's attitude" set her apart from the other women who auditioned.[7]
Other characters[edit]
The following is a supplementary list of recurring or one-time guest stars, which includes characters that appear briefly in multiple episodes but have little to no real-world content to justify an entire section covering their in-universe histories.
Steve Rankin portrays Lloyd Blankenship, a newspaper reporter and ally of Keith.
Taylor Sheridan plays Danny Boyd, Liam Fitzpatrick's dim-witted cousin and accomplice.
Kate McNeil plays Betina Casablancas, Dick and Cassidy's biological mother.
Brandon Hillock plays Jerry Sacks, Sheriff Lamb's right-hand man.
Annie Campbell plays Molly Fitzpatrick, a member of the Fitzpatrick family and Felix's girlfriend until his death.
Kevin Sheridan plays Sean Friedrich, an "09er" with a penchant for thievery and drug dealing.
Cher Ferreyra portrays Fern Delgado, a disgruntled feminist and member of the "Take Back the Night" program. She lives in Lillith house with Nish and Claire and dislikes Veronica for proving the Pi Sigs weren't rapists. Veronica initially suspects her in the disappearance of Selma Hearst Rose.
Robert Ri'Chard plays Mason, a hot-tempered basketball jock and Wallace's new friend. He encourages Wallace to skip studying to hang out with him and instead puts him in contact with Max to cheat. He is the one who mistakes Josh as being the person out on the overlook with Coach Barry before he is killed.
Joss Whedon plays Douglas, a clueless car-rental salesman who inadvertently helps Veronica track down Abel Koontz' daughter Amelia Delongpre in the episode "Rat Saw God."
Logan Miller and Ashton Moio play Simon and Craig, two college students and Spring Breakers whose friendship with a bombing victim is a source of clues for Mars Investigations.