List of Scream (TV series) characters


The following is a list of characters from the slasher television series Scream, which is based on the film series of the same name.

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Main characters

''Scream'' (2015–2016)

Emma Duval

Emma Duval is the main protagonist and is a student at George Washington High School. She is the daughter of Maggie and Kevin Duval. Originally a popular girl with no inhibitions, she is soon stalked by a killer, who threatens her and her friends. In the first-season finale, the killer is revealed to be Emma's half-sister Piper Shaw, who began to terrorize Emma because of her perfect life. Emma manages to put an end to the rampage by shooting Piper in the head, killing her. In the second season, Emma returns after leaving Lakewood to get psychological help and develops PTSD as a result of the first season's events. She has frequent hallucinations before again being targeted by a new killer.
Willa Fitzgerald's character was originally named Harper but was changed when the official pilot script was written. Fitzgerald was nominated at the Teen Choice Awards for Choice TV Actress: Summer but lost to Ashley Benson.

Audrey Jensen

The daughter of a Lutheran pastor, Audrey is one of Emma's best friends and has a close friendship with her. She loves horror movies, and is known to be witty and bi-curious. Throughout the first season, Audrey was suspected of being involved in the killings. In the first-season finale, it is revealed that Audrey and Piper exchanged letters months prior to the murders, which indicate that she was connected to the killings. She, however, burns them, covering up her involvement. In the second season, she is stalked by the new killer who blackmails her over her involvement with Piper. It is soon revealed that Audrey is the reason Piper first came to Lakewood, but she was not involved in the killings.

Taylor-Klaus received critical acclaim as Audrey Jensen. Rotten Tomatoes named them as one of the most developed characters on the show.

Noah Foster

  • Portrayed by John Karna
  • Appeared in: seasons 1–2
Noah is Audrey's best friend and the duo are known as "Bi-Curious & The Virgin". He is shown to be an expert on horror film tropes, and frequently applies them to his life after the killings begin. Noah helps Emma figure out some of the clues in the first season. In the second season, Noah has a daily podcast called "The Morgue", which he took over after Piper Shaw was unmasked as the Lakewood Slasher in the first season. He later begins a relationship with Zoe Vaughn. Later, he is kidnapped and buried alive alongside Zoe. While Emma and Audrey manage to save him, Zoe dies before they can reach her. Noah is devastated, and briefly considers shutting down "The Morgue" before deciding to continue in Zoe's memory. In the second-season Halloween special, he partners with Stavo to create a horror graphic novel, and goes to an island to reach the mystery of the murderess Anna Hobbs, where they are stalked again by another killer.
Karna received critical acclaim for his role and was especially noted for his horror dynamic.

Kieran Wilcox

Kieran is a new kid in Lakewood, after losing his mother and his stepfather in a car accident before the series, and grows a special bond with Emma in the first season. He was suspected of being the killer but no evidence was found against him. In the first-season finale, Kieran's father, Clark Hudson, is killed through disembowelment. Kieran's cousin Eli and aunt Tina arrive after he is found living without an adult. In the second season, Kieran is eventually revealed to be Piper's accomplice in the killings. His motive is explained as he and Piper were in a relationship and started a murder spree as revenge against their parents. He continued to frame both Emma and Audrey for the murders to avenge Piper. He is ultimately arrested and sentenced to life in prison; however, he is murdered by the new killer in the second-season Halloween special episodes.

Brooke Maddox

Brooke is the sassy and blunt-spoken queen bee of George Washington High, and is best friends with Emma. She is the daughter of the town's mayor Quinn Maddox, with whom she has a strained relationship. Initially appearing shallow, Brooke is gradually shown to be more kinder and softer than her previous image suggested after her friend Riley becomes a victim to the killer. Brooke is repeatedly attacked throughout the first season in a variety of settingsa theatre stage, a bowling alley, and a freezer in her garagebut manages to survive each encounter. In the first-season finale, Jake becomes her new boyfriend. After his death in the second-season premiere, she develops a relationship with Gustavo Acosta. In the second-season finale, she is attacked by the new killer in a movie theatre, being stabbed twice, but survives once again. Following the death of her father and three months after the second-season finale, she moves in with Gustavo and his father, Miguel.

Will Belmont

Emma's former boyfriend, a jock who is friends with Jake Fitzgerald. He cheated on Emma with Nina Patterson, an affair that lasted less than a month, resulting in their breakup. In "Betrayed", he is assaulted and dragged away by the killer. In "In the Trenches", Emma, Noah, Brooke, and Jake find an injured Will at an abandoned bowling alley, and are later rescued. Soon after, he is killed when farm equipment was rigged to slice his head open. His death causes Emma, who witnessed the murder, to suffer from hallucinations of Will, with his head split open, stalking her.

Clark Hudson

The sheriff of Lakewood in the first season, as well as Kieran Wilcox's biological father. Before the series begin, Kieran moves in with him after his mother dies in a car crash with her new husband. He later starts dating Maggie. In "The Dance", he is kidnapped by the killer whilst chasing a lead. In the first-season finale, he is found dead by Maggie and the police, tied to a tree. However, it turns out that he was disemboweled and quickly died from his injuries.

Maggie Duval

Portrayed by Tracy Middendorf, Anna Grace Barlow and Caitlin Ashley-Thompson
  • Appeared in: seasons 1–2
Maggie is Emma's mother, who is the town coroner. Despite her closeness to her daughter, Maggie hides many secrets from her. Her past is initially mysterious, but is gradually unraveled as the first season progresses. It turns out that Maggie was nicknamed "Daisy" and was the girl that Brandon James was supposedly obsessed with, and started his killing spree because of. However, Maggie is revealed to be a childhood friend and next door neighbor of Brandon's. After discovering her then-boyfriend Kevin Duval was cheating on her, she slept with Brandon. Afterwards, Brandon began his killing spree, murdering five students and wounding and traumatizing Kevin. It is discovered near the end of the season that Maggie became pregnant because of her fling with Brandon, and she and her family left town to have the baby, who was given up for adoption at birth. Maggie is later kidnapped by the killer and taken to a dock where Brandon's killing spree ended. The killer lures Emma there, and unveils themselves as Piper Shaw, who reveals herself to be Maggie and Brandon's daughter. When Piper attacks Emma, Maggie frees herself and assaults Piper, only to be stabbed in the stomach. Piper is then shot and killed by Audrey, who arrives at the scene, and Emma. Maggie survives the attack, as does Emma. In the second season, she becomes involved in the investigation on the new murders. It is later revealed that she and Miguel Acosta discovered Brandon alive after his supposed death at the dock, and hid him. Later, she discovers notes placed on the tree in her backyard, and sends one back. In the second-season finale, Maggie receives another one with blood on it.

Jake Fitzgerald

  • Portrayed by Tom Maden
  • Appeared in: seasons 1–2
Jake is a jock at George Washington High who always makes crass jokes and loves being foolish, to the consternation of many people. He later grows close to Brooke Maddox. He was impaled through the chest in the first season, but since the blade missed all major organs, he survives the attack. In the second-season premiere, he is kidnapped, hanged upside down in a barn, and killed with a scythe, his stomach splitting open. The killer then uses Jake's identity to mess around with Brooke, which is successful since no one but Audrey is informed of his death. This keeps going until Jake's corpse, along with his blood and intestines, are dropped on Brooke during a school pageant in "Happy Birthday To Me".

Zoe Vaughn

First mentioned in the first season, Zoe first appears in the second-season premiere. She is an intelligent student, who becomes Noah's love interest. She turns out to be a fan of Noah's podcast "The Morgue" and is somewhat knowledgeable on horror movie tropes. However, she harbours a dark secret. She grew up with Emma, but left shortly before the murders in the first season. In "Let The Right One In" Zoe told Noah her absence was because her mom bought her a therapist although she does not state why. However, it is implied that she attempted suicide as a result of feelings of loneliness and a lack of friends. She later participated in the town's teen beauty pageant, which she wins, and she later consummates her relationship with Noah. Soon after, she is kidnapped and trapped in a wooden box, which is dragged to the edge of Wren Lake. She dies from drowning before Audrey, Emma, and Noah could reach her. Devastated yet determined to savor their time together, Noah continues "The Morgue" in Zoe's memory.