Lauren Harris (Beauty and the Beast)

Lauren Harris (Theresa Joy) is the main villainess from "Worth," episode 1.06 of Beauty and the Beast (airdate November 15, 2012). She is the curator of an art gallery, though it was later revealed that she had been using the gallery as a front for running her escort service.
Lauren's most lucrative call girl was a young woman named Daphne, who was dating Nicholas Varkas, one of the gallery's artists. However, Lauren saw the relationship as a threat to her business, which Nicholas eventually found out about and offered to buy Daphne's freedom. Lauren refused, prompting Nicholas to threaten to expose Lauren's business publicly. In response, the evil Lauren shot Nicholas to death, shooting him twice in the back.
Lauren claimed not to have known Nicholas during her first encounter with Catherine Chandler and Tess Vargas, while also stating that she was setting up the gallery for the big opening. When the pair, along Evan Marks, returned to the gallery to investigate, they learn about the gallery being a front for an escort service when Cat and Tess were on the receiving end of flirting. Vincent Keller later appeared to Cat and showed her Nicholas' paintings of Daphne, which revealed their relationship. Cat and Tess figured that someone didn't want them together, with the former suspecting Lauren, who they spotted at the event.
The episode's climax saw Daphne and Lauren arguing, and it was at that moment that Cat and Tess made their way into Lauren's apartment, where a heartbroken Daphne was holding Lauren at gunpoint. Lauren's role in Nicholas' murder was revealed shortly afterwards, which also included Lauren manipulating Daphne into believing that Nicholas didn't love her. The villainess denied it at first, but she later admitted to killing Nicholas; stating that she wasn't going to jeopardize everything for a "stupid whore." After Daphne was talked down from her rage, Lauren was handcuffed and arrested for Nicholas' murder.
== Trivia ==
* Theresa Joy also appeared as the evil Molly Michaels on Republic of Doyle.
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