Jimmy Lee

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## Relationship

### Relatives

Coretta Lee (mother)
Fauna Hodel  (adoptive daugther)
 Tina (niece)
 Nina (niece)
 Xander (nephew)

## Appearances

### Actor

Golden Brooks

**Jimmy Lee Faison**  is a former lounge singer and Fauna Hodel's mother. She is a major character in ‘I Am the Night’ and is portrayed by Golden Brooks.

## Official Description

"*Fauna’s mother, a former lounge singer, still consumed by bitterness from the injustice of Jim Crow Mississippi and a life of missed opportunities and squandered chances.*"

## Biography

**Sparks, Nevada. 1965.** Jimmy Lee is worried about her daughter's education and the time she has in the company of Louis Ferguson, a classmate. After a rather heated altercation between mother and daughter, in which Jimmy Lee was drunk, Jimmy Lee is forced to unveil a dark secret. Pat, in fact, sneaked among her papers and found the birth certificate of “Fauna Hodel”, a mixed raced girl. Jimmy Lee reveals to Pat that she is Fauna Hodel, and that she had agreed to adopt her from a white family who did not want to raise the child of the colored man who had impregnated their daughter. This causes a split between mother and daughter, and not even the fact that Jimmy Lee made great sacrifices as a single mother of a mixed race girl seems to be enough for a reconciliation between the two.

After Jimmy Lee made Pat believe she was dead in order to make her feel her own fear and sorrow, the two women come to a breaking point and Pat decides to go to Los Angeles to get to know what she now calls her “real family”.

Jimmy Lee, then, anonymously contacts Jay Singletary, a journalist who had investigated Dr. George Hodel, Pat/Fauna's grandfather. The woman tells the journalist to continue investigating because, although Hodel was acquitted, he is still a dangerous man and Singletary was right to suspect him.

## Quotes

**Jimmy Lee**: “*It is hard raising a mixed-race child, waiting on her skin to darken.*”
**Jimmy Lee** (to Pat): “*You. Fauna Hodel. You're Fauna!*”
— Pilot

**Jimmy Lee**: “*Violence. It’ll burn your heart, mark you forever if you don’t let it go.*”
— Matador

## Appearances

I Am the Night

* Ep. 3: "Dark Flower" (voice only)
* Ep. 5: "Aloha"
* Ep. 6: "Queen’s Gambit, Accepted"

## Notes

* She is an in-universe depiction of the real Jimmie Lee Faison, adoptive mother of Fauna Hodel.
* It's unknown why there's a variation in the spelling of the name of Jimmie Lee, the real person, and Jimmy Lee, the character.

## Gallery

* Stills
* Videos
* Behind the Scenes

I Am the Night Season 1 Ep. 4 “I Can Sing” CLIP TNTI Am the Night Season 1 Ep. 5 “Hi, Mama” CLIP TNTI Am the Night Season 1 Ep. 5 “I’ll Get You A Drink” CLIP TNT

## References

1. ↑  Sam Sheridan (writer); Carl Franklin (director); (March 4, 2019); "Queen’s Gambit, Accepted". Episode 6. *I Am the Night*. TNT.
2. ↑  All press release materials spell her name as "Jimmy Lee" instead of Jimmie Lee.
3. ↑  *Official Overview for Golden Brooks's Jimmy Lee — TNT Pressroom*
4. ↑  Sam Sheridan (writer); Patty Jenkins (director); (January 28, 2019); "Pilot". Episode 1. *I Am the Night*. TNT.