Marissa

Harris (Faster)

Harris Jr. (Brother/ Deceased)

**Marissa** is a character in the Prime Video series, *Swarm*. She is portrayed by Chloë Bailey.

## Biography

Marissa was the only child of Harris and Patricia Jackson. At some point Marissa had a brother who died at infancy and Harris' mother became sick and his business was going under forcing the family to take a hit financially. As a final resort, Harris decided to take in a foster child in order to use the money they got from the government. The wanted to girl who was about Marissa's age, this ended up being Andrea Greene who went by Dre. While everyone else was a bit cautious around Dre, Marissa became really close to her and they referred to themselves as sisters and shared a love over the singer Ni'jah. At a sleepover for Marissa's birthday, a group of Marissa's friends leaded by Gwen tried to prank Marissa who had fallen asleep. Dre not knowing that it was meant to be a prank attacked Gwen, stabbing her in the shoulder and forcing her to the hospital. This was the last straw as the Jacksons had Dre sent back. However, Marissa stayed close with Dre and having moved out of her parents home moved in with Dre and worked at a mall kiosk and a makeup artist. At some point Marissa attempted to take her own life by cutting her wrist which left a scar on her left wrist.

## Series

Marissa is seen having sex with her boyfriend Khalid in her room. Soon after she emails Dre to get them food as Dre tries to purchase items form the convenience store, the store owner claims Marissa owes her money from before prompting Dre to pay her before heading home. After re drops off her food, Khalid begins eating her share before Marissa asks Dre to cover her shift at the mall as she has a job as a makeup artist the next day. Khalid begins to tease Dre while Marissa tells him to stop. Marissa then does Dre's makeup to add to her portfolio, after Dre begins to kiss the scar on Marissa's wrist she tells her that she doesn't need to do that every time she sees it. They then lie in bed and smoke weed where Marissa tells Dre that she will meet Ni'jah one day. The next day Marissa texts Dre who overslept to meet her at the mall, Dre gets there, but looks disheveled so Marissa cleans her up and tells her not to screw up. After being interrupted by Khalid who tries to proposition her, Dre comes back to see that her kiosk station has been vandalized, causing Marissa to get in trouble with her boss. After Marissa picks up Dre, they get into an argument and Dre tries to surprise her with tickets she got for them to see Ni'jah fro her birthday. However Marissa reveals that Khalid plans to take her to Atlanta for her birthday and that she wants to move in with him after. Dre begs her to stay telling her that Khalid is a cheater, but Marissa leaves to go and meet Khalid. Soon Marissa learns that Khalid is in fact cheating on her and they get into an argument where Khalid leaves her stranded. She face times and texts Dre to pick her up, but Dre is with a one night stand and her phone dies. Unfortunately, this prompts Marissa to take her own life via overdose where Dre finds her. Dre is not allowed at the funeral as per the request of Harris and Patricia who blame her for her demise.

## Personality

Marissa is shown to be kind and compassionate as she seems to be the only person that treated Dre with kindness. She can also be described as naive as she seems to date men who do not share her positive traits. She also seemed to have some mental health problems as it is shown that she may have attempted to take her own life prior by the scar on her wrist.

## Physical Appearance

Marissa is a beautiful young woman with brown eyes and dark hair which she leaves as locs. She is seen in delicate makeup and revealing outfits.

## Notes and Trivia

Marissa's death is based on a rumor that a Beyonce fan took her own life while listening to the Lemonade album after her boyfriend cheated on her.

There is a theory that Marissa was actually killed by Dre as some believe that she hallucinated going out, however this can be debunked as her case was ruled a suicide and this was the catalyst to Dre's rampage.