Riley Sinclair

**Riley Sinclair** is one of the eight main characters of *Victorious*. She is known as the fashionista of the group and she is best friends with André Harris, Cat Valentine, and Jade West.

She is portrayed by Keke Palmer.

## Appearance and Personality

* **Eye Color:** Brown
* **Hair Color:** Black
* **Skin Color:** Dark
* **Trademark:** Sweet Smile, cheek bones

Riley is one of the most beautiful girls at Hollywood Arts and all the guys want to date her. She has black hair that is a little past shoulder length, dark brown eyes and stands around the height of 5'6".

Riley is very likable by her friends, teachers, and peers. Despite being the "rich girl" at school, she isn't spoiled nor is she controlling or manipulative unlike most rich people. Riley is known as the peace maker of the group, often trying to break arguments between everyone or protecting Cat from Rex when he's being mean to her. She is very pretty, laid-back, protective, kind, caring, helpful, fashionable, and artistic.

With her mother being a fashion designer/model, Riley wants to follow her mother's path and wants to become a fashion designer herself. If there's anything that Riley loves the most, it's fashion. She also loves drawing and that's how she got into Hollywood Arts. She drew a beautiful portrait of her favorite place, which is Paris and was accepted.

Riley can also be described as a "military brat" since her father is in the army. Because her father usually trains her to so she can protect herself when he's not home, Riley is a skillful fighter and is very strong.

## Relationships with Other Characters

### **André Harris**

**(2000-present; best friend and later boyfriend)**

Riley met André in kindergarten and the two became best friends with each other. Over time, André developed a crush on Riley and in "The Diddly Bops", André sings "Song 2 You" to show Riley how he truly felt about her and as he sung the song, he looked at her the whole time. In the end, Riley realizes her feelings for André as well and after he sings the song, the two share a kiss with each other and start dating.

In "A Christmas Tori", both were very supportive towards each other. Riley was upset that her father wasn't coming home for the holidays and André was there to support her while André was freaking out about his grade he got on a song he wrote. André was Riley's Secret Santa and his present to her was bringing her father home for Christmas.

### **Cat Valentine**

**(2008-present; best friend)**

Riley and Cat are best friends. Despite being younger than Cat, Riley acts as an older sister to her and is protective of Cat. For example, when Rex is being mean to her, RIley makes Rex apologize to Cat so she won't get upset. Though they are best friends, Riley needs clarification on stuff that Cat says. Whenever Riley isn't hanging out with André, she is usually seen with Cat. Riley and Cat, along with Jade, are known as the "Three Musketeers" around school as they are all best friends with each other.

### **Jade West**

**(2008-present; best friend)**

Riley and Jade are best friends. They are both supportive and show concern towards one other when one is hurt. However, in "Pilot", Riley didn't like how Jade treated Tori, but in later episodes, Riley doesn't try to stop Jade when she acts hostile towards Tori. Jade acts as an older sister figure to Riley and isn't hostile towards her like she is towards most people. Together, Riley, Cat, and Jade are known as the "Three Musketeers".

### **Beck Oliver**

**(2008-present; close friend)**

Riley and Beck are close friends with each other. They often hang out with each other and both have each other's backs. Both seem to be the most sane characters in *Victorious*. In "A Christmas Tori", Beck comforts Riley when she finds out that her father isn't coming home for the holidays like he promised her. In said episode, Riley is Beck's Secret Santa and with the help from André, Riley gets the cricket from his R.V., to which he is grateful for. Beck acts as an older brother to Riley and is very protective of her, to which she admires about him.

### **Tori Vega**

**(2010-present; close friend)**

Riley and Tori are close friends. They first meet when André and Riley are paired up with Tori's sister, Trina, in the Big Showcase. Both fill in for Trina after she had an allergic reaction to the Chinese Herb Gurgle and she also helps André convince Tori to go to Hollywood Arts. She also notes how special Tori is and why she should stay at Hollywood Arts.

### **Robbie Shapiro**

**(2008-present; good friend)**

Riley nd Robbie are good friends, though the two are hardly seen hanging out with each other. Though they hardly have many scenes together, it is clear that the two are good friends and love helping each other out. For example, Riley tells Robbie that he doesn't have to listen to what Rex says and Robbie comforts Riley when she finds out that her father isn't coming home for the holidays. When Robbie is in the hospital in "Tori Gets Stuck", Riley is very concerned when he has to go into surgery.

### **Erwin Sikowitz**

**(2008-present; teacher)**

Sikowitz is Riley's favorite teacher at Hollywood Arts. He thinks of Riley as the daughter he never had and although Sikowitz's habits confuse her, she still thinks of him as an amazing teacher.

## Riley's PearProducts

* Purple PearPhone XT
* Purple PearPad 2
* Purple PearBook 4

## Trivia

* Riley's the youngest of her group of friends. Despite being the youngest, she is very motherly towards her friends, especially towards Cat.
* Riley's Jade, and Cat are known as the Three Musketeers.
* Riley's screen name is SmileyRiley. Smiley Riley is a nickname given by her father when she was five years old.
* Riley and André begin dating in "The Diddly Bops," and unlike Jade and Beck, they continued their relationship.
* In "iPartywithVictorious", it is revealed that Riley and Carly's fathers are both in the same military branch and both have known each other since they were five. It is also revealed that before she moved to Hollywood Arts, she lived in Seattle, Washington and was Carly's first friend before Sam.
* Riley comes from a rich background. Her mother, Pamela, is a fashion designer.
* Despite being rich, M.J. is spoiled or manipulative like other rich people.
* M.J. is the only one known to have both her siblings shown in the series while the others are known to have at least one sibling.
* M.J. seems to be the mother figure to her younger siblings, Donnie and Tatiana, as their mother is always on business trips.