Angelique Bouchard Collins
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| Dark Shadows character | |||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Lara Parker | ||||||||||
| First appearance | 22 November 1967 | ||||||||||
| Last appearance | 2 April 1971 | ||||||||||
| Created by | Dan Curtis and Art Wallace | ||||||||||
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| Other names | Cassandra Blair Collins (1968); Angelique Rumson (1970); Valerie Collins (1840); Miranda DuVal (1692) | ||||||||||
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| Parents | 1970 Parallel Time: stepfather Timothy Stokes |
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| Siblings | 1970 Parallel Time: twin sister Alexis |
| Spouse | 1795/1796: Barnabas Collins; 1968: under the name Cassandra Blair, married to Roger Collins; 1970: Schuyler Rumson; 1970 Parallel Time: Quentin Collins |
| Children | 1970 Parallel Time: Daniel Collins |
| Aunts and uncles | 1970 Parallel Time: Hannah Stokes, paternal step-aunt |
Angelique Bouchard is a fictional character from the gothic horror-soap opera and film Dark Shadows, in which she is the main antagonist. She is primarily portrayed as a powerful witch driven by her vacillating love and hatred for Barnabas Collins.
In the original TV series, the character was portrayed by Lara Parker, and appeared within several storylines of the series which aired from June 1966 through April 1971. Angelique was originally introduced to explain how Barnabas Collins became a vampire, but she proved popular enough in her own right to make many return appearances. She is portrayed by English actress Lysette Anthony in the 1991 revival TV series, and French actress Eva Green in the 2012 feature film directed by Tim Burton.
Angélique was born as Miranda DuVal during the 17th century in the West Indies of Martinique. During her early teen years, Angélique travelled to America, where she became a faithful and loyal follower of a warlock named Judah Zachary. Judah took Angélique under his wing, and taught her the sacred arts of magic and witchcraft. One year later, both Angélique and Judah were captured and exposed as witches by the Catholic Church. Fearing her fate of death, Angélique betrayed Judah by testifying against him in exchange for her freedom.
Miranda was later reincarnated as Angélique Bouchard. She was raised by Theodore Bouchard, who she believed to be her father, before coming to work for the duPres family. She is Countess Natalie duPres' servant, she follows her to Collinsport, Maine. However, after having a brief affair with Barnabas Collins, Angélique was heartbroken after Barnabas declared his love to another woman - Josette du Prés. After countless failed attempts to rekindling her romance with Barnabas, Angélique hexed a powerful spell to manipulate Josette’s love for Jeremiah Collins, Barnabas’ uncle. After Josette eloped with Jeremiah, Angelique coerced Barnabas into marrying her. However, after the discovery of her practices in witchcraft, Barnabas supposedly murdered Angélique. Before her "death", Angélique cursed Barnabas as a species of the undead and fell into a coma where she was presumed to die. Later, after her surprising survival, Angélique was devastated about what she did to Barnabas, and tried to reverse her spell. She is the first victim of her own curse, being in love with Barnabas. He strangles her in the secret room of the mausoleum. Her soul is claimed by The Dark Lord in exchange for letting Barnabas continue existing as a vampire through her curse rather than perish.
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