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Larissa Weems is a main character in Tim Burton's Netflix series Wednesday. She is is a shapeshifter and the principal of Nevermore Academy, and a former student who was roommates with Morticia Addams when they attended the academy together.
She will later become the strict, but loving and protective director of the academy, with the aim of transforming it into a real refuge for young outcasts and promoting outcast-normies relations.
In season two, Larissa is revealed to be a distant relative of the Addams family and becomes a spirit guide to Wednesday Addams.
She is portrayed by Gwendoline Christie.
Background[]
Personality[]
Larissa always appeared to be a pleasant, yet serious and professional woman, taking her duties as principal of Nevermore really seriously. She had a certain sense of humor which could be sometimes ironic, but was also very friendly. She always showed that Nevermore represented everything for her and swore to protect it; at a point, she had no hesitation to require some questionable schemes or decisions to protect the academy and the outcast community every way she could.
Physical Appearance[]
Larissa was a remarkably tall and beautiful woman with platinum blonde hair and blue eyes. Her hair was always styled to perfection, and she wore makeup, most notably her red lipstick. She often wore long coats with exaggerated collars in various colors. She color-coordinated her outfits with her coats and maintained a proper and professional appearance.
Powers and abilities[]
- Shapeshifting: Larissa Weems was a shapeshifter, meaning she had the ability to transform into any person or being. The specifics of how her powers worked are vague, but it appeared she could only transform into people. She was seen taking on the appearances of Rowan Laslow, Tyler Galpin, an unnamed gray-haired man, and, in the past, Judy Garland. It also appears she could transform into either living or dead people.
Role in the series[]
Backstory[]
Season One[]
In "Wednesday's Child is Full of Woe," Larissa first appears meeting Wednesday Addams, telling her that she and her mother, Morticia, used to be roommates. When Mortcicia asks about Wednesday's therapy sessions, Larissa informs her that she can meet twice a week with Valerie Kinbott, the local therapist.
After leaving her office, she takes Wednesday and her parents to see Wednesday's dorm, which coincidentally was in the same dorm hall as the one that she and Morticia lived in when they were students. She introduces Wednesday to Enid Sinclair and informs her that a special uniform has been ordered for her to accommodate her allergy to color.
Larissa is later seen driving Wednesday to her first therapy appointment. After Wednesday goes to her appointment, Larissa is seen talking on the phone with someone, ultimately distracting her from seeing Wednesday escape from the building. She is only made aware of the situation when Valerie comes out of the building looking for Wednesday. Moments later, Larissa finds Wednesday in Weathervane and three boys on the ground. She apologizes to Sheriff Galpin, who arrived moments before her and left with Wednesday.
On the ride back to Nevermore, she and Wednesday see a car wreck on the side of the road. Larissa says out loud that she hopes everyone is okay, only to be told by Wednesday that the driver was dead.
During the Harvest Festival, Larissa keeps an eye on Wednesday to ensure that she doesn't run away, only to get distracted while eating a hamburger and being given a stuffed animal Wednesday had won.
Season Two[]
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Trivia[]
- The show runners have confirmed that Larissa is dead, but have hinted the character may return in some capacity to show how her death affected Wednesday.[1] They later declared they would “never say never” to her return, and Jenna Ortega declared she wanted to bring the character alive in Season 2 [2].
