Sue Snell

Sue Snell
Gabriella Wilde as Sue Snell in the 2013 film.
First appearance	Carrie
Created by	Stephen King
Portrayed by	Amy Irving (1976 film) Kandyse McClure (2002 film) Gabriella Wilde (2013)
Information
Species	Human
Gender	Female
Occupation	Student School counselor (film sequel only)
Family	Eleanor Snell (mother)
Children	Unnamed daughter (in the 2013 film only)

Susan D. "Sue" Snell is a fictional character created by Stephen King. She was in his first published novel, Carrie in 1973, and also appeared in the 1976 film, the 1988 musical, the 1999 film sequel, the 2002 television film, and the 2013 film.

In every adaptation and portrayal of the character, she is a popular teenage girl dating Tommy Ross, with sexual moments with Stokes as well. After tormenting Carrie White in the locker room, Sue begins to feel remorse for her actions. She asks Tommy to do her a favor and take Carrie to the prom in an attempt to make Carrie feel accepted and to ease her own conscience. In this she has been described as the "godmother" in King's "dark modernization of Cinderella". The disaster that takes place at the high school prom is set in place when Tommy accepts.

In the novel, King uses commentaries by Sue Snell as one of his innovative narrative techniques to tell Carrie's history. Sue is a popular student at Ewen High School. Her teacher, Rita Desjardin, says that Sue is not a bully by nature and therefore the shower incident is out of character. When the prank happened, Sue had been dating Tommy Ross for six months. While preparing for the prom, buying a gown and accepting Tommy’s invitation, Sue begins to plan for Carrie to go to the prom in her place.

Staying home on prom night, she begins to doubt her own motives: worry about her late period - she both fears and hopes she is pregnant - and the possibility of Tommy falling for Carrie. When the town whistle begins blowing, Sue looks out her window, sees the fire at the school and rushes to her mother’s car. Speeding towards the school, Sue is horrified when the school explodes. She slams on the brakes, and the car screeches to a stop, throwing her against the steering wheel. She gets out of the car, and is knocked down by the explosion of a gas station nearby. She later flags down a deputy sheriff, who interrogates her. The deputy later recalls Sue stating "They've hurt Carrie for the last time," indicating that she had no part in what happened.

Three hours later, Sue finds Carrie lying by a wrecked car driven by Billy Nolan and Chris Hargensen, near death from being stabbed by her mother. She and Carrie have a brief telepathic conversation in which she convinces Carrie she had no part in Chris's plan. Carrie cries out for her mother and dies, every detail of her death witnessed by a horrified Sue, who later identifies Carrie's body for the official records. As Sue flees the scene, her period begins, insinuating that the trauma of the night has caused her to miscarry.