Donna Hunt (Vexed)

Donna Hunt (Zoe Waites) is the villainess of episode 2.02 of Vexed (airdate August 8, 2012). She was a gender studies professor at a university, acting as the tutor for student Laura Edwards, who was found dead in the school's library. When questioned by DIs Jack Armstrong and Georgina Dixon, Donna claimed that Laura was a well-liked student and that, while she didn't know her personally, she couldn't imagine anyone would have a reason to hurt her.
Over the course of the investigation, however, Donna's reputation as a "strident lesbian academic" was revealed as a fraud, as she was engaged in an affair with fellow professor Simon Westlake, with their relationship beginning five years prior to the episode's events. When Donna learned that Simon had also had sex with Laura, however, Donna became enraged at Laura and confronted her in the library, warning her to stay away from Simon. But the confrontation became violent, resulting in Laura falling and striking her head, killing her.
Jack uncovered Donna's relationship with Simon after spotting him leaving Donna's house after spending the night with her, and Simon revealed that while she had been angry upon learning about his affair with Laura, she began rekindling their relationship after her death, serving as her reveal as Laura's killer. Jack confronted Donna in her office, with Donna eventually admitting to her relationship with Simon and her lying about being a lesbian to benefit her career. When confronted about Laura's murder, the evil Donna was eventually goaded into confessing when Jack and Georgina claimed Simon thought more highly of Laura than her, blasting Laura as an uninspired student and claiming she was seductive rather than smart. Despite this, Donna claimed Laura's death was an accident and that she didn't know how Laura fell. Donna then angrily snarled at Georgina as she grabbed her by her hair before being stopped by Jack, with Donna being arrested (off-screen) for killing Laura.
==Quotes==
*"This ridiculous "Laura is amazing" myth is based on nothing! I taught her, I know. She was intellectually gauche, lazy, and unoriginal! I don't know how she fooled people. (Georgina: "And that's what made you angry?") Yes! It made me angry. She wasn't smart; she was just seductive." (Donna's embittered rant against Laura Edwards)
Category:2010s
Category:Brunette
Category:Callous
Category:Deceiver
Category:Hero's Lover
Category:Live Action Villainess
Category:Murderer
Category:Teacher
Category:Villainous Reveal
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