Post by Jessica Hamby on May 16, 2009 20:51:11 GMT -5
Main characters
• Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), a telepathic waitress in a small-town restaurant.
• Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer), a vampire with whom Sookie falls in love.
• Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell), the owner of Merlotte's, where Sookie works. He is a shapeshifter, often watching over Sookie in the form of a collie dog.
• Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten), Sookie's brother, road crew supervisor for Bon Temps.
• Tara Thornton (Rutina Wesley), Sookie's best friend, bartender at Merlotte's (played by Brook Kerr in the unaired pilot).
• Eric Northman (Alexander Skarsgård), Sheriff of one of the five vampire districts, he is very powerful in the vampire community.
• Lafayette Reynolds (Nelsan Ellis), Tara's cousin, short order cook at Merlotte's, homosexual drug dealer and prostitute.
Supporting characters
• Detective Andy Bellefleur (Chris Bauer), the detective investigating Jason Stackhouse.
• Arlene Fowler (Carrie Preston), a waitress working with Sookie.
• Hoyt Fortenberry (Jim Parrack), a friend of Jason and Rene who works on the road crew.
• Sheriff Bud Dearborne (William Sanderson), the town sheriff.
• Pam (Kristin Bauer), assistant to Eric and bouncer in his bar; "made" (turned into a vampire) by Eric.
• Maryann (Michelle Forbes), a wealthy and mysterious "social worker."
• Lettie Mae Thornton (Adina Porter), Tara's abusive, alcoholic mother.
• Terry Bellefleur (Todd Lowe), cousin of Detective Andy Bellefleur, Iraq war veteran, and bartender at Merlotte's.
New characters in Season 2
• Daphne (Ashley Jones), a new waitress at Merlotte's and love interest to Sam
• Sarah Newlin (Anna Camp), wife of the head of the Fellowship of the Sun, an anti-vampire church that Jason joins
• Sophie-Anne Leclerc (Evan Rachel Wood), the vampiric Queen of Louisiana, even more powerful than Eric
Deceased characters
• Rene Lenier/Drew Marshall (Michael Raymond-James), Arlene's "Cajun" boyfriend who works on the road crew with Jason Stackhouse.
• Longshadow (Raoul Trujillo), first bartender of Fangtasia
• Dawn Green (Lynn Collins), Sookie's co-worker and friend, Jason's girlfriend.
• Amy Burley (Lizzy Caplan), Jason Stackhouse's bohemian, drug-addicted love interest.
• Adele Hale Stackhouse (Lois Smith), Sookie and Jason's grandmother, nicknamed "Gran".
• Eddie Gautier (Stephen Root), a vampire supplying V for Lafayette.
• Maudette Pickens (Danielle Sapia), a local woman who videotapes sexual encounters with vampire Liam and with Jason Stackhouse.
• Malcolm (Andrew Rothenberg), Liam (Graham Shiels) and Diane (Aunjanue Ellis), vampire acquaintances of Bill Compton who live together in a "nest" and don't wish to mainstream.
• Mack Rattray (James Jean Parks) and Denise Rattray (Karina Logue), a lowlife couple who attempt to drain Bill Compton of his blood.
• Uncle Bartlett (Cheyenne Wilbur), Sookie's pedophile great-uncle.
• Neil Jones (Kevin Michael McHale), coroner's assistant and closet fangbanger.