Elsa Tessier (Republic of Doyle)

Elsa Tessier (Kaitlyn Leeb) is a villainess from "Expansion", episode 5.15 of Republic of Doyle (airdate February 5, 2014). She was the head of a construction company who hired Jake and Malachy Doyle's services due to a series of threats she was receiving, which she initially believed to be linked to a recent contract her company had received for an expansion to St. John's Airport. But when the Doyles deduced that the threats were of a personal nature, Elsa fingered her husband Curtis Mercer, as they were in the midst of a divorce that would leave Curtis with nothing.
But over the course of the investigation, Elsa was revealed to be a corrupt businesswoman, as she had bribed former Mayor of St. John's, William Cadigan Clarke, into giving her the airport contract. During the episode, Elsa was confronted by Clarke (who had recently been released from prison) and his hired partner Harley Denief, seemingly being kidnapped by the duo to get her to pay Clarke off for taking her bribe. Jake and Malachy arrived to save Elsa, only for her to turn heel by calling the police and reporting Jake and Malachy (not Clarke) as intruder, later firing the two and warning them to stay out of her business after claiming that the threats she received were a prank.
After seeing Elsa get into an argument with Curtis via security cameras in their home, Jake and Leslie Bennett followed Curtis to an abandoned building, where another secret of Elsa's was uncovered: Elsa was stealing explosives from her work site and selling them to contracting company owner Blake Brogan, doing so to pay off Elsa's debt to Clarke due to her company being bankrupt. Elsa was later confronted by Malachy after Curtis was shot dead after being confronted by Jake and Leslie, with Elsa expressing shock at Curtis' death and claiming she hadn't meant for anything of what happened to happen. But under interrogation, Elsa denied selling the explosives and refused to name who she was selling to, stating that the man (Brogan) was dangerous. Off-screen, Elsa was charged with bribery and and theft.
Elsa re-appeared in the preceding episode, "Buried", during which Leslie was kidnapped and Jake was forced by Brogan and Harley to help in a plot to use the stolen explosives in a robbery. Elsa was briefly brought into the police station and asked by Inspector Valerie O'Brien to give up the name of her buyer, only for Elsa to continue to refuse, while also arguing that her crimes were motivated by a desperate need for money.
Category:2010s
Category:Boss
Category:Brunette
Category:Business Villainess
Category:Callous
Category:Conspirator
Category:Deceiver
Category:Greedy
Category:Live Action Villainess
Category:Opportunistic Corruption
Category:Villainous Reveal
Category:Villain's Lover
Category:Fate: Arrested
Category:Business Suit