I present to you… The main cast of “Deadly Nightshade”!
(Some spoilers ahead!)
Main Cast
Angelina
Angelina Imani Rutherford-Thornton. She is the protagonist of this story. The new wife of Vincent Thornton and daughter-in-law of Chairman Richard Thornton, she hasn’t had an easy life before becoming the wife of the heir of Peridale, the construction conglomerate based in Clifton. Angelina is the former friend of Cynthia Thornton, the ex-wife of Vincent. She gets married to Vincent in episode 1, in a highly publicised wedding. Richard has never liked her. However, Angelina doesn’t just want to be the daughter-in-law of a conglomerate family. Ultimately, she becomes ambitious and cruel to gain more power. And she gets it, through deadly gain… Deadly like the nightshade. She betrays Vincent, Richard and even Director Rosemary Clermont to fulfill her goal, then her downfall begins…
Cynthia
Cynthia Paloma Morales-Thornton, a Dominican woman. She is the antagonist in Deadly Nightshade, and the ex-wife of Vincent Thornton. Cynthia was very kind as Vincent’s wife and they loved each other dearly. But a year after she met Angelina, she was brutally murdered. The Clifton police tried to find clues and her killer, but there was insufficient evidence, so the case was closed. About 10 months after her death, she woke up in limbo and was later brought back to the human world as a spirit by Blair, another spirit. She saw Angelina and Vincent dancing together at their wedding and was extremely hurt. When Blair tells her that Angelina is her killer, she wants revenge and begins to haunt her.
Blair
“I’m Blair. Just Blair.”
Blair is helping Cynthia, the antagonist, get revenge on Angelina. Looking for justice for her own death, she hopes that by helping Cynthia, she can rest in peace. Blair even drives Angelina insane, by creating an “evil version” of her.
Essence
The “evil” Angelina. She is just a reflection of Angelina and is everything evil about Angelina. She manages to convince Angelina to accept her wickedness and once she does… It turns out that Essence wasn’t even real, it was just her all along.
Geoffrey
Geoffrey Badou. A Ghanaian pastor, he’s been a justice of the peace for both Vincent and Cynthia, then Vincent and Angelina. Angelina asked for him to do so, and then he quits after finding out something shocking about Angelina…
Hwayoung
Kim Hwa-young, a black Korean and a private investigator. She was Cynthia’s best friend and supported her until her death. When her murder case is closed, Hwayoung starts her own investigation into the murder and finds out that things surrounding her friend’s death are very strange. Later, Cynthia visits her and urges her to get revenge. She decides to, applies to get a job at the Peridale Hotel, Scarlet, as a hotel worker, and gets it. It is from there that Hwayoung begins looking into Angelina… And they become enemies.
Richard
Richard William Thornton, the father of Vincent Thornton. He is the Chairman of Peridale, a construction conglomerate (family company.) His and Angelina’s relationship has been ruined ever since Angelina insulted Cynthia. He was also suspicious of Angelina and did not want her and Vincent getting married. A while after Angelina and Vincent got married, he gets someone to look into Angelina and watch her, and constantly bullies her. He also promotes her to President of Peridale, but is doubtful about it. He finds out about a bit about Angelina’s past and wants her fired, but Angelina bribes the directors in order to keep her position, and humiliates Richard. This makes him hate her even more. Finally, Angelina takes action against Richard and destroys his family…
Rosemary
Rosemary Theresa Clermont, a director and later Vice President of Peridale. She’s a British Canadian. She enters the company, intending to take over, because her parents and sister were killed due to negligence of the company in an accident. She wanted revenge and conspires with Angelina to take over, first starting by voting her as President and getting appointed as Vice President. After the downfall of the Thornton family and Angelina becomes Chairwoman, she gets jealous because she wanted to be Chairwoman. Then, it turns that Rosemary’s family didn’t die because of Peridale, and she suffers the same fate as Richard…
Vincent
Vincent Michael Thornton, the son of Richard Thornton and heir to Peridale. He loved Cynthia and was devastated by her death. However, he fell in love with Angelina, which was the biggest mistake he ever made. Richard warned him multiple times not to marry her, but eventually lets him get married to Angelina. He still tries to get Vincent to leave Angelina, but Vincent is blinded by his love for her. Vincent becomes Vice Chairman and is very close to getting the company until Angelina suddenly betrays him. He finds out the truth about her from his father before he dies. He divorces her and Angelina kicks him out, but he starts working with Hwayoung to take his ex-wife down, furious at her. His family and reputation destroyed by Angelina, he wants revenge too…