Carmen Lowell
| Carmen Lucille Lowell | |
|---|---|
| The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants character | |
| First appearance |
Book Series The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Movie Series: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (film) |
| Last appearance |
Book Series: Sisterhood Everlasting Movie Series: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 |
| Created by | Ann Brashares |
| Portrayed by |
America Ferrera Tiara Santana (Young Carmen) |
| Information | |
| Nickname(s) | Carma, Carmabelle (Instant Messaging username and letter name), carmeena(book) |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | actress |
| Family | Christina Lowell-Breckman (mother) Albert Lowell (father) David Breckman (step-father) Lydia Lowell (step-mother) Paul (step-brother from Lydia) Krista (step-sister from Lydia) Ryan Breckman (half-brother from David) |
| Spouse(s) | Porter (fling) Winthrop "Win" Sawyer (ex-boyfriend) Jones (ex-fiancée) |
Carmen Lucille Lowell is a main character in the book and film The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (film). She is sometimes called Carma and Carmabelle (her Instant Messaging username) or Carmeena in the book, and is a sensitive and caring half-Puerto Rican with a bad temper. Her parents are divorced, and she lives with her mother, Christina. She is the organized one, but sometimes she thinks too much. She is the one most insistent on keeping the sisters together through the Traveling Pants, which she first found. She is the "glue" keeping the Sisterhood together. She is portrayed by America Ferrera in the 2005 film adaptation of the first book, and the 2008 sequel, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2.
Christina: Carmen has a close relationship with her mother, Christina, whom she has lived with since her parents' divorce. Carmen admits that she can be bratty with her mother, though Christina suggests this may be because she knows it is easier to get mad at people you love because you can trust them to still love you. Carmen can also be possessive of her mother and is worried both when Christina begins dating and when she gets pregnant. She does not want her mother to leave her.
Albert: Carmen looks up to her father; she wanted to follow in his footsteps and go to Williams College. However, her parents' divorce hit her hard and she is initially concerned that his marrying Lydia was an attempt to replace her and Christina with a perfect, beautiful family. She resolves most of these issues in the first book and afterwards often calls her father for advice or guidance.
David: Carmen's stepfather. She was originally hostile toward David when he began dating Christina because she thought her mother was making a fool of herself and rushing into the relationship too quickly. Though she doesn't develop a very close relationship with him, she admits that he makes her mother happy; her only complaint about him is that he is a workaholic.
Lydia: Carmen's stepmother. Carmen does not know of her until she goes to stay with her dad during the first novel. She gets off on the wrong foot with her stepmother due to their many differences. Lydia is blonde, and a "Southern belle" who has a perfectly neat house and is very religious. Because of how different Lydia's lifestyle is from her mother's, Carmen is at first angry with Lydia and her father and feels she is being replaced. Later, she achieves a more civil relationship with her stepmother, especially after realizing that Lydia and Christina actually get along.
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