Lori Grimes

Lori Grimes
The Walking Dead character
Lori Grimes, as portrayed by Sarah Wayne Callies in the television series.
First appearance	Comic: "Issue #2" (2003) Television: "Days Gone Bye" (episode 1.01) (2010)
Last appearance	Comic: "Issue #55" (flashback) (2008) Television: "Welcome to the Tombs" (hallucination) (episode 3.16) (2013)
Created by	Robert Kirkman Tony Moore Charlie Adlard
Portrayed by	Sarah Wayne Callies
Information
Family	Jeffery Grimes (brother-in-law; comics)
Spouse(s)	Rick Grimes
Significant other(s)	Shane Walsh (ex-lover)
Children	Carl Grimes (son) Judith Grimes (daughter)

Lori Grimes is a fictional character from the comic book series The Walking Dead and is portrayed by Sarah Wayne Callies in the American television series of the same name in the show's first three seasons. Created by writer Robert Kirkman and artist Tony Moore, the character made her debut in The Walking Dead #2 in 2003. In both forms of media, she is the wife of protagonist Rick Grimes and mother of Carl, and serves as the emotional core of the group. The character escaped the zombie apocalypse with Carl and Rick's partner Shane Walsh, and, believing her husband to be dead, started a relationship with Shane.

For her performance as Lori, Callies was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television in 2010, and was among the cast members of The Walking Dead winning the Satellite Award for Best Cast - Television Series in 2012.

Lori Grimes is an average middle-class housewife living in Cynthiana, Kentucky. As the outbreak begins, she and her son, Carl, are evacuated out of the city with help from her husband Rick's best friend and work partner, Shane Walsh, in hopes of getting to where her parents live. During the evacuation, the guilt that she has been wracked with over abandoning Rick leads her to have a sexual relationship with Shane, which she deeply regrets afterward. She continually brushes off Shane's attempts at advancing and ignores him even more when Rick miraculously arrives at their campsite.

Lori soon finds out, after counting her missed periods, that she is pregnant; however, she hesitates to tell anybody until after Shane's death and their move back onto the road.