VERONICA DONOVAN

'Veronica Donovan', played by Robin Tunney, is a fictional character from the American television series, ''Prison Break''. The younger Veronica is portrayed by Annie Yokom, who has only appeared once in the series - in episode "Brother's Keeper".
Veronica Donovan dated Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell) while they were in high school despite them being two very different people. She moved away from the city life of Chicago to attend the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she received a B.A. in political science. After receiving her Juris Doctor from Baylor Law School in Waco, Texas, she moved back to Chicago and worked as a real estate lawyer at ''Bianchi and Guthrie''.

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Appearances

Season 1

Season 2

External links

Appearances

Veronica was one of the major characters in the series. She appeared in every episode of season one but was killed off in the second season's premiere episode, "Manhunt".

Season 1

In the first season's flashback episode, "Brother's Keeper", Veronica's relationship with Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller) is explored. After Lincoln's arrest, Veronica reveals to Michael that Lincoln may not be the man he thinks he is. She tells him that Lincoln had taken a $90,000 debt to cover for his education, stating to Michael, "You are where you are because of him." This prompts Michael to change as he realizes that, "He is where he is because of me."
Although she is a real estate lawyer and not a criminal lawyer, Veronica defended her childhood friend, Michael Scofield at his trial. Initially, she didn't believe Lincoln's innocence and was convinced by the security tape footage. However, after a string of occurrences, Veronica was led to believe that Lincoln might have been set up.
She approached ''Project Justice'' for help with Lincoln's case, knowing that she herself did not have any experience in death penalty cases. However, they refused to partake in her case. Nick Savrinn (Frank Grillo) later offered his help after telling her that his father was similarly accused of a crime he did not commit. Together, they worked tirelessly, trying to uncover the truth behind Terrence Steadman's apparent murder. As they were involved in helping Lincoln to be exonerated, they were quickly targeted by the Secret Service agents Paul Kellerman and Daniel Hale. They were nearly killed by an explosion in Veronica's apartment and in the following episodes, L.J Burrows joined both of them after escaping from the agent's clutches. All three of them went into hiding. Their lives were once again in danger when Agent Quinn, who managed to find out their secret location, attempted to force the truth out of them. They managed to escape. Eventually, they found out Terrence Steadman's hideout in Blackfoot, Montana, but L.J was taken into custody for his attempt to kill Paul Kellerman.
However, at the end of the episode "Tonight", Veronica was betrayed by Nick upon John Abruzzi's request to have her "ready and waiting" at the airport on the night of the escape. She was sent to a taxi that led her to the airport because Nick didn't want her killed. Nick was then killed by one of John Abruzzi's henchmen. After arriving at Blackfoot, Montana, she managed to sneak into Steadman's house and confronted him.

Season 2

Following her confrontation with Steadman (Jeff Perry), she called the police for help, as the house in which Steadman lived was only accessible from the outside. While Terrence and Veronica wait for the police to arrive, Lincoln Burrows contacted her, telling her that he and Michael have escaped from prison. Veronica told him to turn himself in and allow the police, who had arrived to enter the house. Unknown to her, the police were actually the secret service agents, ordered to protect Terrence Steadman and to ensure that he was well-hidden. Veronica could only look on in horror as the agents executed her on the spot. It turns out that the land Steadman was on was federal grounds, and all calls went to the agents. The character became the first main character to be killed off in the series.
The agent who killed Veronica and tried to kill Sara would be executed by Alexander Mahone. Even though the character dies in the season's premiere, Veronica was briefly mentioned in John Doe and Panama. In John Doe, Lincoln was reminded by Terrence Steadman of Veronica's death and he had to be persuaded not to kill him. In Panama, Lincoln and Michael got into a fight regarding the death of Veronica and Lincoln told Michael that she did not have a choice when she died. Her disappearance was also mentioned by Governor Frank Tancredi while going through the procedures to become the vice-president.

External links

★ Veronica Donovan's biography at Fox.com