Bedelia Du Maurier
| Bedelia Du Maurier | |
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| Hannibal Lecter character | |
Gillian Anderson as Du Maurier
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| First appearance | "Sorbet" |
| Last appearance | "The Wrath of the Lamb" |
| Created by | Bryan Fuller |
| Portrayed by | Gillian Anderson |
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| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Psychiatrist |
| Nationality | American |
Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier is a fictional character in the TV series Hannibal. Unlike most characters in the franchise, Du Maurier was created for the series, and does not appear in Thomas Harris' novels. She is portrayed by Gillian Anderson.
Du Maurier is introduced as Hannibal Lecter's (Mads Mikkelsen) personal psychiatrist and colleague. During their session, she tells him that she doesn't believe he is being completely honest and that she has conversations with a version of him; she believes that he wears a "person-suit" or a "human-veil". It is revealed that her decision to retire came as a result of a violent incident involving a patient who was referred to her by Lecter, and that this patient died during that attack.
She warns Lecter that he must maintain professional boundaries in his relationship with Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) and that he might not be able to help him. During a dinner at Du Maurier's house, she warns Lecter to be careful as "they (FBI) are starting to see your pattern" – suggesting she may be well aware of Lecter's true nature.
Du Maurier terminates her psychiatrist-patient relationship with Lecter after coming to the conclusion that he is dangerous. She visits Graham in the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane and tells him that she believes that Lecter framed him for murder. Lecter later goes to her house, seemingly to kill her, only to find that she has moved with no forwarding address.
Some time later, Jack Crawford (Laurence Fishburne) manages to locate her. Having been granted immunity from prosecution, she admits to having killed Lecter's patient while under Lecter's influence. She warns Graham that Lecter is manipulating him as well. Du Maurier also warns Crawford that if he thinks that he's about to catch Lecter, it's only because Lecter wants him to think that. In a post-credits scene in the season finale, she is seen on a plane with Lecter, whose crimes have been discovered, bound to France.
Eight months after fleeing the US, Du Maurier and Lecter settle in Florence, Italy, where they pose as a married couple under the assumed names Lydia and Roman Fell. By now, she has become complicit in his crimes, standing by as he murders two people who get close to discovering his real identity. Lecter even notes that, "technically", she kills one of his victims by removing the ice pick that Lecter had jammed into the side of the man's head.
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