Francesca Ravenzo (Ransom)

Francesca Ravenzo (Maddalena Crippa) is the hidden main villainess from "It's a Ravenzo," episode 3.04 of Ransom (airdate March 9, 2019). She is the matriarch of Ravenzo fashion family; the mother of Sandro and Giulia Ravenzo.
In the early scenes of the episode, Sandro's American wife, Fiona, was abducted while driving Sandro's car following and argument with the couple, which led to Cri-Res being on the case. The abductors' starting price for the ransom was €250,000, though as the episode progressed, it went up to €1.5 million. Regarding suspects, Fiona's ex-boyfriend, Roberto, was a person of interest, as it was revealed he was bitter over Sandro (in his mind) stealing Fiona from him. Even Fiona was suspected, as it was suggested that Fiona was looking for a lucrative way to get out of her marriage. 
Following Roberto's death, both he and Fiona were removed as suspects, and it was later revealed that Lorenzo Marmaldo, the inspector on the case, was part of the conspiracy when it was uncovered that he removed key details from the police report. Lorenzo's reveal ended up uncovering the true mastermind: Francesca--as she was planning to cover up a past act of villainy. Some time before the events, Francesca and Lorenzo burned down the Ravenzo fashion studio as part of an insurance scheme, but as it turned out, a pair of their factory workers were killed in the fire. Fiona found out about their actions and informed Roberto, leading to Francesca sending Lorenzo to kill Roberto and place a hit out on her daughter-in-law. The villainess had Lorenzo tamper with the seatbelt in the driver's side of Sandro's car, as she was counting on Sandro and Fiona being in the car together.
Eric Beaumont revealed Francesca as the villainous mastermind in front of her offspring, with the callous villainess denying it but cryptically saying that Lorenzo was crafty and would succeed. In addition, the evil Francesca lashed out at both Sandro and Giulia, mainly the former, accusing him of ruining the family name and saying that Lorenzo was more of a son to her than Sandro was. She even refused to call off the hit on her daughter-in-law, but only acquiescing to Eric's order after she was told that the family name would be ruined with Fiona's murder. The villainess phoned Lorenzo and called it off, while stating that her children turned on her and that they and Lorenzo failed her, after which Francesca was arrested (off-screen).
Category:2010s
Category:Arson
Category:Attempted Murder
Category:Boss
Category:Brunette
Category:Business Villainess
Category:Callous
Category:Conspirator
Category:Deceiver
Category:Greedy
Category:Live Action Villainess
Category:Mother
Category:Murder: Burning Alive
Category:Murderer
Category:Villainous Reveal
Category:Fate: Arrested