Lori Grimes
Actress Biography
Lori Grimes is played by Sarah Wayne Callies. Callies was raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. She is the daughter of two university professors.
Callies attended and graduated from Dartmouth College in addition to receiving a Master of Fine Arts degree from Denver's national Theatre Conservatory.
Prior to her role as Lori Grimes in The Walking Dead, Sarah had several jobs in television shows, such as her role of "Dr. Sara Tancredi" on the hit television series, Prison Break.
Playing Lori in The Walking Dead has truly been her breakout role, and she has garnered much attention for her acting skills.
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| Who knew there was so much make-up in an apocalypse? |
As was mentioned in my previous blog about Rick, Lori met Rick in high-school and they married not long after they graduated. They have had one son named Carl. The couple seemed to live as a typical suburban family in King County, Georgia. While Rick went off and policed the county, Lori stayed at home and took care of Carl and the house.
The couples marriage began to encounter a few bumps in the road, when Rick began to distance himself from her. His refusal to speak about their problems resulted in many verbal fights. Before Rick got shot and entered his coma, the last words Lori spoke to him were accusing him of not caring about his family in front of their son, Carl. Little did she know, she would not speak to him for another month and a half, due to the coma and the apocalypse. Not the greatest departing words to a loved one, if you ask me.
Personality
Throughout the first 3.5 seasons, Lori was depicted as a strong, generous, independent and emotional woman.
When the apocalypse began, she Lori believed that her husband was dead and that the world was coming to an end. and trying her best to keep herself and Carl safe, Lori became emotionally overwrought.
During this short time she began a relationship with Shane, a mistake that would cause her trouble for the remainder of her life. With Rick's eventual return, she found herself with both extreme happiness and extreme guilt. She becomes torn between her husband and Shane; realizing they were both essential to her survival. However, her actions put Rick and Shane at odds, significantly more so with the revealing of her pregnancy.
Throughout season two, she does everything she can to ensure that her unborn child will be healthy, and even debates with herself about whether or not the baby should be born into such a horrible world. After the farm they are living in is overrun, she becomes deeply disturbed by Rick's actions, as well as Carl's involvement in the death of Shane. As the third season begins, she and Rick have grown increasingly distant, something that burdens her deeply. However, their relationship is never fixed as, tragically, she dies during a breech childbirth.
Strengths and Faults
Strengths
- Always wanted order to be kept, to avoid straying from what society used to be.
- Supported Rick in nearly all his decisions. Even if what he said was questionable, she knew that since he was the leader and her husband, she had to support him to keep the group intact.
- Cared deeply for her son Carl.
Faults
- Lori was an emotional roller coaster. Some days, she was calm and clear headed. Other times, she is the most frustrating and most disliked character on the show.
- She had an affair with Shane less than a month after her husband had apparently died.
- Indecisive.
- Turned Rick and Shane against each other. She basically told Rick to kill Shane because he was becoming a cancer to the group, but becomes furious with Rick after he actually does it. Her conflicting beliefs made her an easy character to dislike.
Favourite quote
- "You are going to beat this world, I know you will. You are smart, and you are strong, and you are so brave, and I love you. You gotta do what's right. It's so easy to do the wrong thing in this world. So, so, if it feels wrong don't do it, alright? If it feels easy don't do it, don't let this world spoil you. You're so good, my sweet boy. Best thing I ever did, and I love you, I love you. My sweet, sweet, boy I love you."
- —Lori's last words to Carl before dying.[src]
Video
"Who is Lori Grimes?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXv6-_PHr-c
This is a great post! I myself watch the show, and agree that she is the most changing character throughout the story, but I think the show needed it. Lori herself is such a flippy character that gets mad very easily, which makes the stress of keeping her happy while trying to survive a ZOMBHIE ATTACK!!!
ReplyDeleteI really like how your posting your blogs and how you look at their faults/strengths . In what part of the show did you like Lori the most?
Great post! I like how you put a little bit of information of the actors in addition to their roles. The post could use a bit of editing, but the mistakes are minor. The use of pictures is also good, that second one made me laugh. Your analysis and organization of the posts is consistent and easy to read. The strengths and faults section is useful in getting a clear and unbiased view of the character (personally, I've always been on the fence with Lori). Good work.
ReplyDeleteI loved Sarah in Prison Break!! Did anyone else watch that show? Love that you exposed some of her character flaws in your analysis. She seems like she would have definitely brought the drama with all her emotional mood swings
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