
She didn't care how many people have to die, as long as it brought her a lifestyle that she loved. Because Villanelle had nothing before her life as a purpose-built killer, she would follow her instructions to, without question, assassinate individuals around the world. Contentedly living outside of any human moral code, Villanelle kills with flair, recklessness and absolutely no conscience. Villanelle displaying her deep psychopathy to Eve.īeing a proper psychopath to the bone, Villanelle possesses a cold brutality which is masked by her innocent-looking exterior. ~ Villanelle to Eve after the latter talks about her psychopathy. Villanelle: You should never tell a psychopath they are a psychopath. In the TV series, she is portrayed by Jodie Comer.Įve: I know you are exceptionally bright, determined, hard-working. She develops an obsession with MI5 operative Eve Polastri, who is equally obsessed with her and tracking her down, which results in a game of cat-and-mouse between the two somewhat arch-nemeses. She is a psychopathic, highly-trained and unpredictable hired Russian assassin who worked for an organization known as the Twelve. In the TV series, she appears as the main antagonist of Series 1, the villainous main deuteragonist of Series 2 and 4, and the villainous main protagonist of Series 3. She is the titular main antagonist of the 2017 novel Codename Villanelle and a protagonist villain in both the 2018 sequel Killing Eve: No Tomorrow and the 2020 threequel Killing Eve: Die For Me. Oxana Vorontsova (Russian: Оксана Воронцова) (or Oksana Astankova (Russian: Оксана Астанкова) in the TV series), better known as Villanelle, is the titular villainous main protagonist of the Villanelle novel trilogy written by Luke Jennings and the villainous main deuteragonist of the TV series Killing Eve. ~ Villanelle's reaction to Eve reject her "love", and just before she shoots her. Villanelle: You are, you're mine! Eve! I thought you were special. ~ Villanelle after killing Nadia, and also one of her most famous quotes. Don't forget: the only thing that makes you interesting is me. I like you but I don't like you that much.
