Emily Brown (The Captive Nanny)

Emily Brown, aka Chelsea (Austin Highsmith), is the main villainess from the 2020 Lifetime film, The Captive Nanny (alternately titled, Nanny Lockdown; airdate May 30, 2020).
==Backstory==
Chelsea's backstory revealed that she engaged in a short-lived fling with Baz Martin, the lead singer of a group known as Blank Slate, but once it ended, she became obsessed with Baz and continuously stalked him. Chelsea later changed her name to Emily and married Michael Brown, which resulted in the couple welcoming a son, Tommy; though Emily's deranged obsession with Baz continued.
At some point, the Browns hired a nanny, Sylvia, to watch Tommy, though Emily gave strict orders not to let Tommy outside the house. Regarding her reasons, Emily mentioned her past fling with Baz, but portrayed him as the actual obsessor and claimed that she was hiding from him. Emily also brought Michael into her delusional manipulation, leading to the couple locking Sylvia inside their house under Emily's belief that she knew Baz and was sent by him. Sylvia falsely confessed to knowing Baz, but at some point, the couple murdered Sylvia.
==Events==
The film's events saw Emily track main protagonist Chloe, due to the fact that her ex-boyfriend, Rob, was working with the band. She placed an ad for a nanny to get Chloe hired, and afterwards, Emily displayed a welcoming demeanor to Chloe while giving the same strict rules regarding Tommy that she gave to Sylvia. Chloe noticed Emily singing one of Blank Slate's songs to Tommy, and after finding out that Chloe took Tommy outside, Emily revealed her past with Baz, giving the same claim that Baz had been stalking her and she was hiding Tommy from him.
Chloe began to suspect something was off with Emily, especially after finding that the villainess had a file on Chloe inside the house and also learning about Sylvia. The film's progression saw Emily and Michael act hostile to Chloe, to the point where the couple locked her inside a room just as they did to Sylvia, doing so under Emily's belief that Chloe was aligned with Baz. This was after finding out about a Blank Slate concert heading in their area, with Chloe's pleas and statements that she didn't know Baz being ignored by Emily.
Chloe later learned the full truth about Sylvia as well as Emily, after watching videos of Sylvia during her ordeal, which included a reveal that Emily was the one who had obsessed delusions of being back with Boz. After learning that Sylvia had to give in to Emily's delusions, Chloe did the same and falsely admitted to colluding with Boz, after which Emily coerced Chloe to get Rob to get her backstage to meet with Boz.
==Climax and Arrest==
The film's climax saw Chloe escape and hide in Tommy's secret hiding place, with Tommy finding her (after Emily told Tommy to search for her in a "game" of hide-and-seek) and later telling his deranged mother that he didn't see anyone. Chloe later entered a room full of Blank Slate memorabilia and photos of Boz, after which she was encountered by Emily, who pointed a gun at her. Her true psychotic demeanor revealed, the evil Emily ordered Chloe to help her with Boz, threatening to kill her and her friends if she didn't comply. After Rob arrived at the house, Emily thanked Chloe for her help, while adding that she would take Tommy with her to meet Boz, who she claimed was Tommy's biological father.
Emily and Tommy were let in by Rob, with the villainess claiming that Chloe was running late. In actuality, Chloe was tied up, but she was later freed by Michael, who did so after seeing Emily's ring and realizing what she was up to. Emily later encountered Boz, who referred to Emily under her real name, Chelsea, and told her to leave. The delusional madwoman later brought out Tommy and introduced him as Boz's son, adding that they can be a family together due to Boz claiming that he wanted one with Emily/Chelsea. She later sent Tommy away after Boz rejected her, and she later pointed a gun at Boz and pleaded with him to tell her that he loved her.
Boz refused and doubled down by stating that everything he had done in his career was his way of not wanting to be anywhere near Emily, angering the villainess to the point where she was about to shoot and kill Boz. However, after Michael entered with Chloe, Emily ended up shooting and killing Michael accidentally, and was later pursued by Chloe, who Emily accused of ruining everything. Chloe stated that she was protecting Tommy from Emily, with the villainess firing a shot at Chloe in response. Chloe later tackled and disarmed Emily, and afterwards, police arrived and arrested Emily. Realizing she had lost, Emily asked Chloe if Tommy would ever forgive her, but Chloe briefly shook her head and didn't respond, silently confirming that Tommy wouldn't forgive Emily for her evil actions. Emily, knowing that she had failed in achieving her goals and will never see Tommy ever again, breaks down in tears as the police handcuff and take her away to prison to be convicted and sentenced for her evil crimes.
==Trivia==
* This was Austin Highsmith's first villainous Lifetime movie role.
* Emily Brown is similar to fellow Lifetime villainess Allesandra Caleb, as both were women who had delusional obsessions with a famed celebrity, and also involved and victimized their live-in nannies. In addition, their children were part of their delusions, as each one claimed that the object of their obsession was the true biological father.
Category:2020s
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Category:Fate: Arrested