Lenanne Wellesley (Castle)

Lenanne Wellesley (Jill Andre) is the hidden main villainess from "Kill the Messenger," episode 2.08 of Castle (airdate November 9, 2009). She is the widowed matriarch of the wealthy Wellesley family.
Lenanne's deceased husband was former Senator Casper Wellesley, and ten years prior to the events, Blake Wellesley was running for his father's seat. However, Blake engaged in an affair with Edna DiBiasse, which resulted in the conception and birth of a daughter, Olivia. Olivia began helping out on Blake's campaign, but she did so to get close to Blake, as before Edna passed on, she told Olivia that Blake was her biological father.
Lenanne had know about Blake's dalliance with Edna, as well as Olivia being her illegitimate granddaughter, so she enlisted her other son, Winston--a gay man--to introduce himself to Olivia as her father. However, Olivia continued searching for the truth, as she knew that Blake was her true father. Seeing Olivia as an "annoyance," Lenanne enlisted Frank Davis, the family's fixer, to "take care of it." Frank did so by bludgeoning Olivia to death, and later bribing a young man named Brady Thompson to take the fall. The episode's events had Brady enlisting bike messenger Caleb Shimansky to deliver an "insurance policy" that would prove his innocence, resulting in Frank having both Brady and Caleb killed to keep his secret hidden.
During the investigation into all three deaths, Lenanne was introduced as a woman who was losing her faculties, as she asked Kate Beckett and Richard Castle about her stolen ring. After Winston's homosexuality was revealed, both brothers were interrogated, with Winston stating that "they" had to protect Blake during his run. The statement led them to Lenanne, who again asked for her ring. However, the evil Lenanne showed her true colors when she stated that she didn't like being questioned, adding that Olivia questioned her, which revealed her role in Olivia's death. She gave up Frank as the killer, stating that she enlisted him to take care of Olivia, and that led to both of them being arrested (Lenanne's arrest was off-screen).
Category:2000s
Category:Callous
Category:Deceiver
Category:Live Action Villainess
Category:Mother
Category:Murder: Indirect
Category:Murderer
Category:Rich
Category:Villainous Reveal
Category:Fate: Arrested