Annabelle Kent (Republic of Doyle)

**Annabelle Kent** (Kathleen Munroe) is a recurring villainess from *Republic of Doyle*. She originally debuted as a redeemed protagonist villainess in episode 1.07, "The Woman Who Knew Too Little" (airdate March 3, 2010), only to undergo a heel turn in Season Three's penultimate episode, "Con, Pray, Love" (airdate March 26, 2012).

## Season One

Annabelle was introduced in the Season One episode as an amnesiac discovered by Jake and Malachy Doyle at a cemetery, with her name--Annabelle Kent--revealed during Jake's quest to regain her memories. The episode saw both Jake and Annabelle pursued by two men--one named Ian and another named Tom Rockwell--before arriving at Annabelle's house, where it was revealed that she was married to an elderly wealthy man named Eli Kent. The episode's climax saw Annabelle abducted by Rockwell, with Ian later arriving and engaging in a fight with both Jake and Rockwell. Annabelle grabbed Ian's gun and pointed it at the pair, while demanding answers.

It was revealed that Annabelle was a con artist, as was Ian, and the pair had been bilking wealthy older men out of the money. Eli Kent was another planned mark, but Annabelle genuinely fell in love with him, and while the pair was digging up the grave of Eli's first wife to take her jewelry, Annabelle gave the jewelry to Ian as "severance pay," while informing Ian that she would no longer con Eli. Out of anger, Ian struck Annabelle with the shovel, which caused her amnesia.

As for Rockwell, he was a PI who was sent to Canada to take Annabelle back to the United States, and after knocking out Rockwell and Ian, Jake and Annabelle analyzed the latter's past and learned that she had worked under many aliases. Annabelle developed extreme remorse for her actions and revealed them to Eli, who offered to pay for her defense after she turned herself in.

## Season Three

    Annabelle's third season return saw her saved by Jake, as she was being assaulted by a man who was revealed as Brodie Dixon, who claimed that Annabelle seduced him into stealing a valuable violin. Jake was led to believe that Annabelle returned to being a con artist. However, after Jake and Annabelle were brought in for questioning by Sgt. Leslie Bennett, Annabelle revealed that she had become a PI after Eli passed away, while claiming that Brodie stole the violin from her client: boxer Holden Neely.

However, after Des Courtney dug into Annabelle, it was revealed that Annabelle had lied about becoming a PI, and the money she gave Jake as proof was phony. Des' information revealed that Annabelle reverted to her heel persona and colluded with Brodie to steal the violin, and in the episode's climax, the evil Annabelle appeared with a gun-wielding Brodie in Jake's office, as Jake arrived with the violin. The villainess stated that she was doing what she had to do, but at that moment, Leslie arrived with several officers, revealing that Jake had set up Annabelle and Brodie, leading to both of them being handcuffed and arrested.

## Trivia

* Kathleen Munroe also played tragic villainess Laura Scheinmann on *Flashpoint*, and later appeared on *Motive* as vengeful murderer Ashley Kirkwell and *NCIS: New Orleans* as the evil Anita Karr.