Ingrid Brodie (Missing)

Ingrid Brodie (Jenny Cooper) is the hidden villainess of "Ties That Bind", episode 1.08 of Missing (airdate September 27, 2003). She was a college friend of lawyer Greg Paulsen, with the episode's current events having her in attendance at his wedding to Nadia Fedorova.
After being introduced to Brooke Haslett by Brooke's boyfriend and Greg's friend Eric Renard, Ingrid told Brooke as the ceremony began that she was happy for Greg and Nadia, while also revealing that she herself was also married. The wedding was halted, however, when it was found that Nadia had disappeared after Greg was found after being struck in the head, with Brooke opening an investigation. The FBI's investigation led them to Greg's mother Anne, who had been open about her disapproval of Nadia for being of a lower class background.
During her interrogation with Brooke, however, Anne revealed how Greg and Ingrid during college, with the relationship having fallen apart after Greg graduated. When approached by Brooke and Jess Mastriani, Ingrid stated that her and Greg's relationship ended over Greg putting more focus on his career, but argued that she still viewed Greg as a good friend. A ransom was later delivered to Greg threatening to have Nadia killed if he didn't pay her abductors five million dollars, and the FBI's investigation led them believe that Sergei Priakin (the man who sold Nadia as a mail-order bride to John Linton) had kidnapped her due to Nadia's leaving John for Greg costing him a great deal of money. However, after thinking about the clues Jess was seeing in her dreams, Brooke came to realize the truth about Nadia's abduction: she was being held hostage by Ingrid and her husband, Dave, the latter of whom committed the actual abduction at the wedding.
The Brodies were tracked down to a rental facility, where Dave dragged a bound and gagged Nadia before his villainous wife. As the FBI entered the building, the evil Ingrid pulled out a pistol and prepared to kill Nadia, only to be stopped when Brooke shot her. Ingrid and Dave were placed under arrest and, as Ingrid was taken out of the building in a stretcher, Greg confronted her and asked why she'd kidnapped and tried to kill his fiancee. In response, Ingrid claimed that she had made Greg and that he gave her nothing in return, revealing that Ingrid had tried to kill Nadia out of revenge against Greg for their relationship failing.
==Trivia==
*For her role as Ingrid Brodie, Jenny Cooper was credited as Jenny Levine.
Category:2000s
Category:Attempted Murder
Category:Blonde
Category:Bondage Used By Villainess
Category:Callous
Category:Conspirator
Category:Greedy
Category:Hero's Friend
Category:Hero's Lover
Category:Kidnapper
Category:Live Action Villainess
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Category:Vengeful
Category:Villainous Reveal
Category:Villain's Lover
Category:Fate: Arrested