People die. Characters die. This is perhaps life’s most unfortunate fact: that people will die and leave the rest of us behind. It’s incredibly rare that any dramatic television series lasting over three seasons will never kill a main or recurring character, and all those deaths have driven a stake through the heart of fandom: Joyce on Buffy, Lady Sybil on Downton Abby, Charlie on Lost, Ned Stark on Game of Thrones, Jen on Dawson’s Creek, Nate on Six Feet Under — but when the person who dies is a lesbian or bisexual character, queer fandom takes it pretty hard.
The history of lesbian representation on television is rocky — in the beginning, we seemed exclusively relegated to roles that saw us getting killed/attacked or doing the killing/attacking. And until the last five or so years, lesbian and bisexual characters seemed entirely unable to date an actual woman or stay alive for more than three episodes, let alone an entire run, of a show. Gay and lesbian characters are so often murdered on television that we have our very own trope: Bury Your Gays. We comprise such a teeny-tiny fraction of characters on television to begin with that killing us off so haphazardly feels especially cruel.
Not every death listed below was wholly uncalled for. In many genres, like soap operas and shows about vampires, zombies, criminals, or games of thrones, characters are killed on the reg. That’s a different trope — Anyone Can Die. Furthermore, shows composed entirely of queer characters will inevitably kill one. But regardless, they still add to the body count weighing down our history of misrepresentation.
And, due to the recent untimely death of Lexa on The 100, this week seemed like a good one to count down everybody we have lost over the years.
This list contains every television death of an OPENLY lesbian or bisexual or queer female character on a television show. With a handful of exceptions, these are all characters who appeared for more than one episode. The exceptions were deemed exceptional because something about the characterization still fits in with the Bury Your Gays trope. Victims-of-the-week from crime procedurals (Law & Order, Cold Case, CSI, Criminal Minds or older shows) or patients-of-the-week from hospital dramas (Chicago Hope, E.R.), aren’t on this list, as that is an entirely different kind of list, but recurring characters from those shows are on this list. Nor is subtext on this list, because we’re not gonna give Xena showrunners Queer Character Credit for a character they refused to make openly queer when she was really so obviously queer. You know? [ETA: Okay, I’ve added Xena after doing further research and because if one more commenter takes up space on this thread — a thread I’m using to find more characters to add, and also to engage with thoughtful/funny readers who have opinions and feelings — to tell me that I “forgot” Xena without reading this introduction, I will become the 200th dead lesbian and the cause of death will be “Walked off a cliff with a commenter in her arms. Murder-suicide.” But Xena will be the one and only inclusion based on subtext.] Also, although I’ve done tons of research, I haven’t personally seen all of these shows, so mistakes may very well exist, and feel free to politely inform me of them in the comments, or tell me about characters I may have missed — it’s especially helpful if you can tell me the cause of death and the year.
Unsure if this needs to be said but… SPOILER ALERT.
Special thanks to the LezWatchTV Database for providing info on shows I haven’t seen or heard about directly!
Every Regular or Recurring Lesbian or Bisexual Female Character Killed On Television
Julie, Executive Suite (1976)
Cause of death: Hit by a car. Her love interest had just walked into traffic after realizing her lesbianism and Julie was chasing her.
Franky Doyle, Prisoner: Cell Block H (1980)
Cause of death: Shot by a police officer after escaping from prison
Sharon Gilmour, Prisoner: Cell Block H (1980)
Cause of death: Pushed down the stairs by a corrections officer
Karen O’Malley, Casualty (1987)
Cause of death: Head Injury
Cecília, Vale Tudo (1988)
Cause of death: Car Accident
Cicely, Northern Exposure (1992)
Cause of death: Shot by a gunman employed by the town’s evil overlord who doesn’t want to let the lesbians change his town. The shot was intended for her girlfriend Roslyn, but Cicely, who was already sick, blocked the bullet and died in Roslyn’s arms, thus magically healing the town’s long-simmering feuds and leading them to re-name the town “Cicely.”
Talia Winters, Babylon 5 (1995)
Cause of death: Activated a sleeper personality that wiped out her actual personality, effectively killing her
Beth Jordache, Brookside (1995)
Cause of death: Genetic heart condition, died in prison
Susan Ross, Seinfeld (1996)
Cause of death: Toxic envelope glue
Naomi “Tracy” Richards, Band of Gold (1996)
Cause of death: Stabbed herself
Lucy, The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (1996)
Cause of death: Caught thieving and hanged
Kathy, NYPD Blue (1997)
Cause of death: Shot by a hit man hired by her girlfriend Abby’s ex, who wanted to get rid of Kathy so she could get back together with Abby. Abby was pregnant at the time.
Sondra Westwood, Pacific Drive (1997)
Cause of death: Murdered by a serial killer
Jadzia Dax, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1998)
Cause of death: Blasted by an alien-possessed alien
Sonia Besirky, Lindenstraße (1998)
Cause of death: Drug overdose from medication given to her by her ex-lover’s husband
Leila and Rafaela, Torre de Babel (1998)
Cause of death: Explosion in a shopping mall
Susanne Teubner, Hinter Gittern (1999)
Cause of death: Shot during a bank robbery (she was a customer)
Shaz Wiley, Bad Girls (2000)
Cause of death: Bomb, died in resulting fire
Laura Hall, Shortland Street (2000)
Cause of death: Heart attack
Diamond, Dark Angel (2001)
Cause of death: Used as a lab rat for research that killed her
Xena, Xena the Warrior Princess (2001)
Cause of death: Beheaded
Beate “Bea” Hansen, Hinter Gittern (2001)
Cause of death: Injuries from an explosion
Jule Neumann, Hinter Gittern (2001)
Cause of death: Suicide
Frankie Stone, All My Children (2001)
Cause of death: Murder Mystery!
Bridgit, 24 (2001)
Cause of death: Shot by a man in front of her girlfriend
Tara Maclay, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2002)
Cause of death: Shot in the heart by a stray bullet
Kelly Hurst, Family Affairs (2002)
Cause of death: Pushed down the stairs by her lover’s husband
Megan Hartnoll, At Home With The Braithwaites (2003)
Cause of death: Electrocuted in the bathtub
Juliet Becker, The Bill (2003)
Cause of death: Stabbed
Tina Greer, Smallville (2003)
Cause of death: Impaled through the chest on a large piece of wood during a fight with a male character
Sandy Lopez, E.R. (2004)
Cause of death: Injuries sustained from fighting a fire in an abandoned warehouse
Al Mackenzie, Bad Girls (2004)
Cause of death: Poisoned
Hanna Novak, Verbotene Liebe (2004)
Cause of death: Stroke, died in her girlfriend’s arms
Ines Führbringer, Hinter Gittern (2004)
Cause of death: Throat slit, died in girlfriend’s arms
Thelma Bates, Hex (2004)
Cause of death: Murdered by a demon
Flora, Deadwood (2004)
Cause of death: Beaten by a man who then forced a woman to shoot her with his gun
Brenda Castillo, Charmed (2004)
Cause of death: Stabbed with a cursed blade by a man, causing her to rapidly age and then die
Tosha, The Wire (2004)
Cause of death: Shot during a heist gone wrong
Marissa Cooper, The O.C. (2005)
Cause of death: Car crash after being driven off the road by her drunk ex-boyfriend
Servilla, Rome (2005)
Cause of death: Stabs herself in front of her rival house, inhabited by the mother of her lover
Dusty, Queer As Folk (2005)
Cause of death: At a benefit at a gay club when a bomb went off
Dana Fairbanks, The L Word (2006)
Cause of death: Breast cancer
Helena Cain, Battlestar Galactica (2006)
Cause of death: Shot by her ex-lady-lover
Manuela Wellmann, Hinter Gittern (2006)
Cause of death: Stabbed, died in girlfriend’s arms
Maya Robertson, Hex (2006)
Cause of death: Hit by a car
Natalie, Bad Girls (2006)
Cause of death: Bludgeoned to death with a brick
Gina Inviere/#6, Battlestar Galactica (2006)
Cause of death: Set off a nuclear weapon
Eve Jacobson/Zoe McAllister, Home & Away (2006)
Cause of death: Inside a building when it was blown up
Van, Dante’s Cove (2006)
Cause of Death: Killed by the Shadows
Angie Morton, Stritctly Confidential (2006)
Cause of death: Suicide. Jumped off a building.
Rae Thomas, Passions (2007)
Cause of death: Stabbed
Jay Copeland, Shortland Street (2007)
Cause of death: Strangled by the Ferndale strangler
Lily Baker, Supernatural (2007)
Cause of death: Attacked and hung on a windmill by a demon
Toshiko Sato, Torchwood (2008)
Cause of death: Shot
Nicole Wallace, Law and Order: Criminal Intent (2008)
Cause of Death: Killed by another serial killer. (Wallace was a recurring character on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, appearing in 6 episodes.)
Franzi Reuter, Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten (2008)
Cause of death: Gas explosion
Snoop, The Wire (2008)
Cause of death: Shot by a new dealer, who correctly believed she was about to shoot him
Sarah Barnes, Hollyoaks (2009)
Cause of death: Skydiving accident, instigated by her ex who tampered with the parachute thinking it was Sarah’s activity partner’s parachute
Olivia Lord, Nip/Tuck (2009)
Cause of death: Cardiac arrest during plastic surgery
Jenny Schecter, The L Word (2009)
Cause of death: Murdered by Ilene Chaiken
D’Anna Biers/Number Three, Battlestar Galactica (2009)
Cause of death: Decided she’d rather stay behind on the toxic wasteland that once was Earth with her ancestors than inevitably be killed by Cavil in the cold darkness of outer space.
Doctor Marina Ranieri del Colle, Terapia D’Urgenza (2009)
Cause of death: Shot by the mother of a baby who had died despite Marina’s care. Died in her girlfriend’s arms.
Silvia Castro León, Los hombres de Paco (2010)
Cause of death: Shot by gangsters directly after her wedding
Isabella Kortenaer, Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden (2010)
Cause of death: Infection from slipping on the bathroom floor
Dahlia, Legend of the Seeker (2010)
Cause of death: Confessed
Amy Tyler, Sons of Anarchy (2010)
Cause of death: Shot in the neck by her girlfriend, who wanted to frame her for murder
Sophia, Skins (2010)
Cause of death: Suicide. Jumped to her death in a dance club after buying MDMA from the girl she was obsessed with
June Stahl, Sons of Anarchy (2010)
Cause of death: Shot in the back of the head
HG Wells, Warehouse 13 (2011) (Resurrected in 2012)
Cause of death: Sacrificed herself to keep the rest of the Warehouse crew (especially Myka) from getting blown to smithereens.
Marissa Tasker, All My Children (2011)
Cause of death: Shot by her jealous ex-husband
Patty O’Farrell and Veronica Cortes, La Reina del Sur (2011)
Cause of death: Patty drives off a cliff with Veronica in the passenger seat — Veronica dies, but Patty doesn’t, so after waking up in the hospital, she kills herself.
Susan Grant, Private Practice (2011)
Cause of death: Septic shock following cancer treatment, collapsed at her wedding
Bizzy Forbes, Private Practice (2011)
Cause of death: Suicide after her wife died
Queen Sophie Ann Leclerq, True Blood (2011)
Cause of death: Wooden bullet shot by American Vampire League snipers
Gaia, Spartacus: Gods of the Arena (2011)
Cause of death: Head bashed in by a man she rejected
Angela Darmody & Louise Bryant, Boardwalk Empire (2011)
Cause of death: Shot by a mobster
Freya Wilson, Doctors (2012)
Cause of death: Saved a man from a housefire
Nadia, Lost Girl (2012)
Cause of death: Stabbed while violently possessed
Laure,Les Revenants (2012)
Cause of death: Disappeared along with a group of other police officers, assumed died while fighting the horde, precise cause unknown
Cat MacKenzie, Lip Service (2012)
Cause of Death: Hit by a car
Charlie, Home & Away (2012)
Cause of death: Life support shut off after a shooting left her unable to breathe on her own
Wendy, American Horror Story: Asylum (2012)
Cause of death: Murdered by serial killer Bloodyface
Lucretia, Spartacus: Vengeance (2012)
Cause of death: Murder-suicide, walked off a cliff with a baby in her arms
Maya St. Germain, Pretty Little Liars (2012)
Cause of death: Bludgeoned by her ex-boyfriend/stalker
Nora Gainesborough, True Blood (2013)
Cause of true death: Hep-V
Beate, Bron/Broen (2013)
Cause of death: Accidentally via poisoned needle at her girlfriend’s hospital bed
Natalie, Siberia (2013)
Cause of death: Unknown. Found dead in the woods.
Annie, Siberia (2013)
Cause of death: Gunshot wound
Helen Bartlett, Scott & Bailey (2013)
Cause of death: Slit her wrists
Clementine Chasseur, Hemlock Grove (2013)
Cause of death: Eaten by a Upir after being kidnapped, beaten and caged
Nan Flanagan, True Blood (2013)
Cause of true death: Staked by Bill Compton
Saxa, Spartacus (2013)
Cause of death: Sword attack during battle
Shana Fring, Pretty Little Liars (2013)
Cause of death: Fell off a stage after being hit in the head with a gun
Naomi Campbell, Skins (2013)
Cause of Death: Cancer
Cristina, Tierra de Lobos (2013)
Cause of death: Head injury sustained during a scuffle with a jealous man who was going to shoot her
Alisha, The Walking Dead (2013)
Cause of death: Shot by a 12-year-old girl
Emily, Teen Wolf (2013)
Cause of death: Was about to have sex with her girlfriend in a tent when she was kidnapped by a swarm of cockroaches, tied to a tree, bludgeoned over the head, strangled and then had her throat slit (ancient druidic “triple death”) as the first virgin sacrifice of an evil druidess who was attempting, through ritual sacrifices, to amass sufficient power to get her revenge against the evil uber-Alpha Werewolf who had massacred her friends and horribly disfigured her.
Alice Calvert, Under the Dome (2013)
Cause of death: Heart attack suffered from low blood sugar (she was a diabetic) after delivering another character’s baby
Bullet, The Killing (2013)
Cause of death: Murdered by serial killer
Tricia, Orange is the New Black (2013)
Cause of death: Drug overdose
Texas Longford, Hollyoaks (2013)
Cause of Death: Shoved out a window on her wedding day by her husband.
Tina Patterson, Boss (2013)
Cause of Death: Murdered by order of Chicago’s mayor in order to destroy her girlfriend’s campaign.
Collen Donaghy, 30 Rock (2013)
Lucy & Alice, American Horror Story: Freakshow (2014)
Cause of death: Bludgeoned with an axe by a puppet controlled by Lucy’s husband, Chester, who was suffering from PTSD and upset they won’t have a threesome with him
Jana Murphy, The Following (2014)
Cause of Death: Suicide
Uriel, Dominion (2014)
Cause of Death: Air strike
Lucy Westenra, Dracula (2014)
Cause of death: Killed (turned into a vampire) by Dracula for betraying her ex-best-friend by sleeping with her fiancé
Ana and Teresa, Amar en Tiempos Revueltos (2014)
Cause of death: Originally given a happy ending in 2012. The show was sold to another network and came back as “Amar es Para Siempre,” and viewers then learned that Ana and their son died in a fire, and Teresa died in the hospital as a result of injuries from the fire.
Claire Bennet, Heroes Reborn (2014)
Cause of death: Died in childbirth from cardiac arrest from a traumatic seizure
Victoria Hand, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D (2014)
Cause of death: Gunshot wound to the head
Isabelle Hartley, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D (2014)
Cause of death: Car accident, SUV was flipped by the Absorbing Man
Catriona, Doctors (2014)
Cause of death: Suicide after being attacked in a hate crime
Nadia Petrova, The Vampire Diaries (2014)
Cause of death: Werewolf venom
Reyna Flores, Matador (2014)
Cause of death: Shot
Tara Thornton, True Blood (2014)
Cause of death: Took a bullet for her best friend (2009). Was then made vampire. Meets the true death while attempting to protect her mother from an H-Vamp. (2014)
Leslie Elizabeth Shay, Chicago Fire (2014)
Cause of death: Pipe collapse while fighting a fire
Kenya Rosewater, Defiance (2014)
Cause of death: Poisoned by her lover
Sara Lance, Arrow (2014) (Resurrected in 2015)
Cause of death: Three arrows to the chest, causing her to fall off a building
Rose, Crossbones (2014)
Cause of death: Throat slit by her girlfriend
Rachel Posner, House of Cards (2015)
Cause of death: Ran over by a man with an obsessive crush on her
Elise Beaupré, Unité 9 (2015)
Cause of death: Cancer
Tituba, Salem (2015)
Cause of death: Man sent a flock of crows after her to peck out her eyes and leave her for dead
Jenna Dickerson, Supernatural (2015)
Cause of death: Neck broken by a man while she was possessed by a demon baby
Kate, Last Tango in Halfiax (2015)
Cause of death: Hit by a car
Natacha Rambova, American Horror Story: Hotel (2015)
Cause of death: Shot
Destiny Rumaneck, Hemlock Grove (2015)
Cause of death: Hit her head on a glass coffee table during a violent confrontation with a man who then broke her neck.
Adele, The Lizzie Borden Chronicles (2015)
Cause of death: Throat slit by Lizzie Borden
Connie Ward, Home Fires (2015)
Cause of death: On a ship sunk by German U-Boats.
Denise/Simone, Felizes Para Sempre? (2015)
Cause of death: Shot in the head
Wendy Ross-Hogarth, Jessica Jones (2015)
Cause of death: Bludgeoned with a vase, fell and hit her head on a glass coffee table, was psychologically controlled by an evil man at the time
Samantha Krueger, Ascension (2015)
Cause of death: Shot in the head
Maddie Heath, Coronation Street (2015)
Cause of death: Building yard explosion, died in hospital
Lillian Moss, Murdoch Mysteries (2015)
Cause of death: Shot by her ex-lover’s husband
Tamsin, Lost Girl (2015)
Cause of death: Died while birthing a child conceived from rape
Carolyn Hill, Under the Dome (2015)
Cause of death: Crushed to death in a collapsing tunnel
Vivian, Mistresses (2015)
Cause of Death: Cancer
Sam, Scream Queens (2015)
Cause of death: Suffocated by a serial killer in a red devil mask
Sophia Varma, Blindspot (2015)
Cause of death: Asked her girlfriend to run away with her and then killed herself
Sally, American Horror Story: Hotel (2015)
Cause of death: Pushed out a window
Charlie, Supernatural (2015)
Cause of death: Stabbed by a Neo-Nazi who then dumped her body in a bathtub
Rachael Murray, Scream (2015)
Cause of death: Thrown off a balcony by Ghostface, snapping her neck
The Countess, American Horror Story: Hotel (2015)
Cause of death: Shot and then decapitated
Ruby Haswell, Emmerdale (2015)
Cause of death: Helicopter Crash
Zora, The Shannara Chronciles (2016)
Cause of death: Throat slit
Rose/Sin Rostro, Jane the Virgin (2016) (Resurrected in 2016, Killed Again in 2019)
Cause of death: Strangled by the crime lord Mutter.
Carla, Code Black (2016)
Cause of death: Cancer, shortly after giving birth
Julie Mao, The Expanse (2016)
Cause of death: Infected by an alien pathogen
Ash, Janet King (2016)
Cause of death: Shot, between seasons
Lexa, The 100 (2016)
Cause of death: Shot in the stomach by a stray bullet
Kira, The Magicians (2016)
Cause of Death: Paralyzed and kept alive in a vegetative state, she enables the spiritual growth of a white woman in another realm and then asks the white woman to kill her in real life, which she does.
Denise, The Walking Dead (2016)
Cause of Death: Shot in the eye with a crossbow bolt by a man while she was in the middle of a sentence
Nora and Mary Louise, The Vampire Diaries (2016)
Cause of Death: Suicide. They destroyed a magic sword together to prevent Nora from being forever trapped in it, knowing that destroying the sword would kill them both. They chose death rather than having to be apart with Nora trapped in the sword.
Mimi Whiteman, Empire (2016)
Cause of Death: Poisoned by her wife, who was cheating on her and wanted her to hurry up and die of cancer
Camilla, Empire (2016)
Cause of Death: Poisoned by her wife’s former business partner after poisoning her wife
Cara Thomas, Marcella (2016)
Cause of Death: Hit and then run over by a car
Pamela Clayborne, Saints & Sinners (2016)
Cause of Death: Shot by an intruder who was associated with the man her husband falsely accused her of having an affair with (she was actually having an affair with a woman).
Felicity, The Catch (2016)
Cause of Death: Shot by a man she slept with after giving him information on his con artist sister, who she was also sexually involved with.
Bridey, The Family (2016)
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Mayfair, Blindspot (2016)
Cause of Death: Shot in the back
Karen Kim, Mistresses (2016)
Cause of Death: Fell off her balcony trying to save her suicidal nanny
Root, Person of Interest (2016)
Cause of Death: Saving a man from a sniper’s bullet
Poussey Washington, Orange is the New Black (2016)
Cause of death: Strangled by a Correctional Officer following the violent interruption of a peaceful protest of the Captain of the Correctional Officers
Bea Smith, Wentworth (2016)
Cause of Death: Deliberately stabbed with a screwdriver in order to ensure a terrible person remained in prison. Sacrificed herself and died the tragic hero.
Molly Ryan, Guilt (2016)
Cause of Death: Girlfriend hired somebody to kill her rather than have to witness her being involved with somebody else.
Roz Walters, Guilt (2016)
Cause of Death: Attacked by the roommate of her ex-lover after it was revealed that Roz had killed said ex-lover to avoid having to see her loving somebody else.
Sarah Harvey, Pretty Little Liars (2016)
Cause of Death: Unknown — found dead in a hotel bathtub
Julia, The Exorcist (2016)
Cause of Death: Car accident, directly after confessing her feelings to her friend, who was driving.
Helen, Masters of Sex (2016)
Cause of Death: Died in childbirth. Following her death, her parents took the baby she’d been planning to raise with her partner, Betty.
Gina, Shut Eye (2016)
Cause of Death: Murdered off-screen
Zoë Vaughn, Scream (2016)
Cause of Death: Drowned
Susan, Van Helsing (2016)
Cause of Death: Strangled
Monica Gallagher, Shameless (2016)
Cause of death: Massive cerebral hemmorrhage
Eleanor Guthrie, Black Sails (2017)
Cause of death: Stabbed to death by a Spanish solider.
Mia Rochland, Rogue (2017)
Cause of Death: Betrayed by her girlfriend, who shoots her in the back so a cop can kill her.
Bill Potts, Doctor Who (2017)
Cause of Death: Shot by a Cyberman then turned into sentient oil
Joan Ferguson, Wentworth (2017)
Cause of Death: Buried alive (hopefully)
Barbara Kean, Gotham (2017) – RESURRECTED
Cause of Death: Electrocuted, then resurrected
Jukebox, Power (2017)
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Ivy Mayfair-Richards, American Horror Story: Cult (2017)
Cause of Death: Poisoned by her wife
Renée, Slasher (2017)
Cause of Death: Run over by a snowmobile
Talvinder, Slasher (2017)
Cause of Death: Killed by her friends
Susan, Slasher (2017)
Cause of Death: Neck broken & eyes gouged out
Winter Anderson, American Horror Story: Cult (2017)
Cause of Death: Strangled by her brother for doing a thing she didn’t actually do
Bebe Babbitt, American Horror Story: Cult (2017)
Cause of Death: Shot in the back by another woman when she was about to kill the male cult leader that really needs to be killed because he is destroying lives.
Emily “A&W” Blake, Prison Break (2017)
Cause of Death: Neck broken by serial killer / rapist
Nadia Fiero, Counterpart (2018)
Cause of Death: Murdered by government agents who were going after her because her (also gay) counterpart, Baldwin, is a wanted assassin.
Karen Williams, Star (2018)
Cause of Death: Ded in a house fire after a mutual love proclamation with her girlfriend and best friend, Simone Davis. Karen was in the house at Simone’s suggestion. She was running away, and Simone offered her protection in her home.
Mason, The Arrangement (2018)
Cause of Death: On the same day that her annual lover, Deann, declares that she wants to figure out how to build a real, more-than-annual relationship with her, she dies. I’m not sure how yet because I got so upset I had to turn off the television as soon as it was confirmed that she was dead.
Kit, The Handmaid’s Tale (2018)
Cause of Death: Toxic working conditions in the colonies
Nadia, Killing Eve (2018)
Cause of Death: Murdered by her ex in prison
Anna, Killing Eve (2018)
Cause of Death: Shoots herself
Odette Johnson, The Handmaid’s Tale (2018)
Cause of Death: Killed during the war
Maureen Kukudio, Orange is the New Black (2018)
Cause of Death: Died during a prison riot, prior to which she was forced to engage in hand-to-hand combat with another inmate, resulting in severe facial injuries that were infected due to inadequate medical care.
Drago, Wentworth (2018)
Cause of death: Killed in a fight club match after telling her opponent that she had killed her sister
Sarah Tan, Condor (2018)
Cause of Death: Died in the attack on the IEP’s office that killed all her colleagues.
Alisha Granderson, The Last Ship (2018)
Cause of Death: Alisha’s girlfriend turned out to be pulling a long con and soon after Alisha realized the truth, her girlfriend stabbed her in the midst of a struggle.
Bracka, The Purge (2018)
Cause of Death: Shot after entering the home of the wealthy cis straight white man she’d been paid to assassinate.
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Peach Salinger, You (2018)
Cause of Death: Shot by her best friend’s boyfriend who did not appreciate the competition for his attention, because he is a creepy stalker.
Lila Stanton, The Purge (2018)
Cause of Death: Stabbed by her ex-girlfriend because she was about to kill her ex-girlfriend’s husband
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CeCe, Grey’s Anatomy (2019)
Cause of Death: Complications due to kidney failure and congestive heart failure
Rana Habeeb, Coronation Street (2019)
Cause of Death: Roof collapse the day after her wedding
Tara, The Walking Dead (2019)
Cause of Death: Decapitated by The Whisperers
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Mr. Kaplan, The Blacklist (2019)
Cause of Death: Jumped off a bridge
Rose/Sin Rostro, Jane the Virgin (2019)
Cause of Death: Pushed down a building shaft by her on-again/off-again girlfriend Luisa, then impaled by a set piece and set on fire.
Arlene Branch, Claws (2019)
Cause of Death: Throat slashed by a mob boss.
Daddy, Orange is the New Black (2019)
Cause of Death: Drug overdose
Charlotte Wells, Harlots (2019)
Cause of Death: Knocked over a railing and dashed to her death
Sky Garibaldi, Grand Hotel (2019)
Cause of Death: Murdered by a co-worker to protect a secret about the rich family they both worked for.
Jade, Why Women Kill (2019)
Cause of Death: Stabbed by ex-girlfriend Taylor in self defense, shortly after Jade stabbed her ex-boyfriend, who is Taylor’s husband.
Joy Wilkes, Castle Rock (2019)
Cause of Death: Murdered by her sister
Jamilah Olsen, Black Lightning (2020)
Cause of Death: Shot to death while reporting the news.
Bel, Boca a Boca (2020)
Cause of Death: Deadly virus
Carlota Senillosa, Cable Girls (2020)
Cause of Death: Shot by National forces while attempting to distract them to protect soldiers. Assumed killed in a group with all the other Cable Girls at the series finale.
Dani, The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020)
Cause of Death: Claimed fully by the lady in the lake
Swanee Caps, Fargo (2020)
Cause of Death: Shot
Celia, Cursed (2020)
Cause of Death: Killed when the Abbey is burned down
Tina Carter, EastEnders (2020)
Cause of Death: Murdered
Tatiana, Batwoman (2021)
Cause of Death: Stabbed to death
Nicole, Power Book III: Raising Kanan (2021)
Cause of Death: Drug overdose
Maya, American Horror Stories (2021)
Cause of Death: Killed as revenge by the girl she outed online
Lemon, I Know What You Did Last Summer (2021)
Cause of Death: Hit by a car (her friends are driving the car and they proceed to try to cover up her death while her twin sister assumes her identity)
Hinata Murai, Invasion (2021)
Cause of Death: Spaceship explosion
Sissy Cooper, The Umbrella Academy (2022)
Cause of Death: Cancer
Mari Winters, Wentworth (2022)
Cause of Death: Stabbed with a kitchen knife
Betsy Mallum, Dopesick (2022)
Cause of Death: Drug Overdose
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Charly Burk, The Orville (2022)
Cause of Death: Sacrificed herself to stop a genocide against Kaylon even though she hated them
Helene, Killing Eve (2022)
Cause of Death: Throat slit
Vilanelle, Killing Eve (2022)
Cause of Death: Shot multiple times
Riley, The Last Of Us (2023)
Cause of Death: Deadly virus that killed most of humanity
Rashida, Swarm (2023)
Cause of Death: Strangled by her girlfriend, a serial killer
Judy Hale, Dead to Me (2023)
Cause of Death: Cancer
Victorine LaFourcade, The Fall of the House of Usher (2023)
Cause of Death: Stabbed herself in the heart
Alessandra Ruiz, The Fall of the House of Usher (2023)
Cause of Death: Hit in the head by a thrown bookend and then cut open
Madeline Usher, The Fall of the House of Usher (2023)
Cause of Death: Mummified, reanimated, and then crushed beneath her home
Camille L’Espanaye, The Fall of the House of Usher (2023)
Cause of Death: Face ripped off by a chimpanzee
Detective Burke, Power Book III: Raising Kanan (2023)
Cause of Death: Shot by the killer who just confessed to her, who then stages the murder as a suicide
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Abagail from Riverdale.
Elsie from Westworld, strangled (2016)
correction: shot (2018)*
most recent one being Villanelle makes my heart hurt
Legends of Tomorrow killed off the real Sara Lance and replaced her with a clone.
RIP 2022 Fine from “Vampire in the garden”
Ruby knowby from ash vs the evil dead. In fact I think I’m their wiki she’s marked as having died twice.
This also marks the 5th time that Lucy Lawless had died and appears on this list. Someone should tell her next time she represents to get it in her contract that her character survives the show
Legends of Tomorrow killed off the real Sara Lance and replaced her with a clone.
Charly Burke – The Orville
I was just about to say this!
Joffrey in House of the Dragon now. F**kitty f**king f**k.
Please take a second look at the circumstances of Kira’s death on The Magicians.
Julia refused to kill her, as I recall. Kira’s counselor did, as a mercy killing.
Also, it was ambiguous whether Kira was gay.
[SPOILER ALERT]
French TV show “Les Combattantes” (2022): Marguerite de Lancastel, shot on a battlefield during WWI while working as an ambulance driver and trying to rescue her wounded son.
[SPOILER ALERT] Of course, this is more of an “Anyone Can Die” trope, but she is the only main female character to die (the show is about four women during WWI), and the very next scene features a very straight plotline that – obviously – ends well. Sooo…
CLEXA death is infuriating because it goes to show how debased sold out producers crew writers & directors have become.
All knew plenty well about Fridging and Bury your gays tropes.
So what do they do?
Mix both in one slap in the face of fandom just to say:
“See? we are in charge here.
We re the ones calling the shots.
Its not your call.
We are Gods in our Olympus.
Only White House Gods can challenge us.”
Newsflash morons.
Heroes can kill Gods.
Luv & Thunder proved even mortal worshipers can become Gor Butchers.
Your not even Gorrs let alone Gods.
Even if u were.
Remember what Wonder Diana did to Ares?
Remember what Kratos did to Olympians?
Remember what Winchester Bros did to Chuck?
U definitively should watch competition shows to dim your hubris.
Not to worry.
Fandome came along in droves to remind u of wise saying:
Hubris precedes the fall from Grace.
Since u white relics of medieval times seem to appreciate old biblical values your supposed to heed to those sayings.
Theyre wise cautionary tales much like sweet Jesus Paraboles.
Then again i guess u powers that be are not much into New Testament save from Revelations & Rapture maybe.
U re more like Old Testament & Judges type.
Just remember that.
If Rapture became reality fans complaininh bout your cruel misdeeds would be taken to Heavens and U re the ones who would be left behind to face the consequences of scorched hell on Earth of yer own making.
Meditate on that before yer forced to be left dining on Ashes, literally.
Judy Hale from Dead to Me died of cancer in the series finale today
Judy Hale needs to be added to this now 😭
The world to come, 2020, Tallie, murderd by husband
To the stars 2019, Maggie. She was in a relationship with the hairdresser, but… not sure she was killed. The ending isn’t clear is she dead or not ;)
Is Peach from You open? She did kiss Becky and they were going to Paris before she was killed by Joe. But Becky didnt want, I guess…
***Spoilers for The Confessions of Frannie Langton***
Frannie Langton, The Confessions of Frannie Langton (2022): Hanged
Madame Marguerite Benham, The Confessions of Frannie Langton (2022): Opium Overdose
No, I don’t like it, it’s like a spoiler for this article.
If you thought this list was crazy checkout how all the straight women died list.
Forgot one: Shirley MacLaine’s character in 1960’s movie she co-starred in with Audrey Hepburn, “The Children’s Hour.” She committed suicide by gun after confessing her love to Audrey H. character.