Anna Daniels
Prior to Ozark, Lisa Emery’s filmography was largely a deep well of one-off roles and guest appearances. Most notably, it seems like one of her goals has been to rack up an appearance on each and every iteration of Law & Order. She’s stopped by the flagship Dick Wolf series five times, met with Benson and Elliott on Special Victims Unit twice and made one-off appearances on both Criminal Intent and Trial By Jury.
More recently, Emery appeared in recurring roles on FX’s Louie and the Marvel superhero series Jessica Jones. She played Louise Thompson on the latter, the mother of season 1’s primary villain Kilgrave. Thompson was a scientist who experimented on her young son in an attempt to cure his degenerative brain disease. Her trials were cruel and torturous, leading to Kilgrave’s warped worldview and accidentally giving him the ability to control people’s minds. When a young Kilgrave used his power to force his mother to burn her face with an iron, she abandoned him and went into hiding. Emery’s appearances on the popular Netflix show ended when Kilgrave murdered his mother in brutal fashion in the ninth episode of the season.
Written by: Looper
