Veronica Mars (character)

Veronica Mars
Kristen Bell as Veronica Mars
First appearance	"Pilot"
Last appearance	"The Bitch Is Back" (TV Series) Veronica Mars (film)
Created by	Rob Thomas
Portrayed by	Kristen Bell
Information
Gender	Female
Occupation	Student Barista at Java the Hut Journalist for the Hearst Free Press Private Detective FBI Intern Volunteer at Hearst Library
Family	Keith Mars (father) Lianne Mars (mother)
Significant other(s)	Logan Echolls (boyfriend) Stosh "Piz" Piznarski (ex-boyfriend) Duncan Kane (ex-boyfriend) Leo D'Amato (ex-boyfriend) Troy Vandegraff (ex-boyfriend)

"The Bitch Is Back" (TV Series)

Veronica Mars is the fictional protagonist, occasional narrator (through voiceovers), and antiheroine of the American television series, Veronica Mars, which aired on UPN from 2004 to 2006 and on The CW from 2006 to 2007. The character was portrayed by Kristen Bell through the duration of the series. Following the show's cancellation, Bell reprised the role in the 2014 film continuation. The character, created by Rob Thomas, was originally male and the protagonist of his unproduced novel Untitled Rob Thomas Teen Detective Novel, which eventually became the basis of the series. After the work's transition from novel to television series, Thomas changed the character's gender from male to female as he believed a noir piece told from a female point of view would be more interesting.

Prior to the series, Veronica had to deal with her best friend Lily being murdered, her father losing his reputation as sheriff and her mother leaving him as a result, and losing her status as one of the popular girls in high school because of it.

At the beginning of the series, Veronica is a 17-year-old junior at Neptune High in her hometown of Neptune, California. According to series creator Rob Thomas, Veronica's birthday is in August. Veronica has an after-school part-time job working for her father, private investigator Keith Mars, the former sheriff of Balboa County, California. At this time in her life, Veronica does not have any friends until she meets and helps Wallace Fennel, who quickly becomes her best friend.