Jacqueline De Ghent

Jacqueline de Ghent is a supporting character in the 1998 movie Ever After: A Cinderella Story. She is the youngest daughter of Baroness Rodmilla de Ghent, the little sister of Marguerite de Ghent, and stepsister of Danielle de Barbarac. Unlike her mother and sister, she is the only one in her family who is kind to Danielle.
She was portrayed by Melanie Lynskey as an adult and by Alex Pooley as a child.
She's not like her mother and sister as she is always nice to Danielle while Rodmilla and Marguerite are mean to her. She doesn't like it when they both tried to steal Danielle mother's, the late Nicole de Lancret's, wedding gown and glass slippers for the masque.
Later when Danielle confronts the pair after seeing them trying to take the dress and shoes, Danielle punches Marguerite in the face after the latter insulted the former's deceased mother. Marguerite then threatened to burn the Utopia book from Danielle's late father Auguste de Barbarac, while Rodmilla told Danielle to choose wisely between the book or her mother's glass slippers, though neither would save her from punishment by whipping. When Danielle finally gave Rodmilla the glass slippers, Marguerite burnt the book anyway to the horror of Danielle, Jacqueline, and the servants. Jacqueline secretly healed her wounds and condemned Marguerite for what she said about Danielle's mother. Danielle thanked her for this simple act of kindness after all the abuse she went through that day.
Jacqueline falls in love with Laurent, the captain of the King's Guards at the royal masque. She was horrified when her mother humiliated Danielle in front of everyone, causing her to be rejected by Prince Henry. Later, when Danielle was sold to vile land owner Pierre le Pieu by Rodmilla and Henry called off his wedding to the Spanish Princess to subsequently see Danielle and give her a second chance, Jacqueline didn't hesitate to tell Henry who her stepsister was sold to.
Afterwards, she, Rodmilla, and Marguerite are summoned by King Francis to the castle, where the King asks the Baroness if she lied to the Queen, which Rodmilla admits that she might have taken her advantages a bit too far, then Marguerite and Rodmilla argue in front of King Francis and he asks Jacqueline if they are always like this. She tells the royal family that her sister and mother are worse than that, which causes Rodmilla to ask her if she played a part in the summoning. Jacqueline sarcastically replied that she was just there "for the food" (as a way to get even with Rodmilla's previous constant body-shaming insults directed at Jacqueline). While Rodmilla and Marguerite are reduced to being laundry maids by Princess Danielle, Jacqueline was promoted to honorable lady.
== Trivia==
*She might have inspired Anastasia Tremaine's redemption arc to becoming the kind stepsister in Disney's direct-to-video Cinderella sequels while Lady Tremaine and Drizella are still evil. The only contrast between the two is Jacqueline never acted bad towards Danielle, while Anastasia was mean to Cinderella until she decided to change after being reunited with her.
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