Villanelle (character)

Villanelle
Killing Eve character
Jodie Comer as Villanelle
First appearance	Novel series: Codename Villanelle (2014) Television series: "Nice Face" (2018)
Last appearance	Novel series: Killing Eve: Die for Me (2020) Television series: "Hello, Losers" (2022)
Created by	Luke Jennings
Adapted by	Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Portrayed by	Jodie Comer
In-universe information
Full name	Birth names: Oxana Vorontsova (in Codename Villanelle) Oksana Astankova (in Killing Eve)
Gender	Female
Occupation	Assassin
Affiliation	The Twelve (former)
Significant other	Eve Polastri
Nationality	Russian

Villanelle, birth name Oxana Vorontsova^[1] or Oksana Astankova^[2] is a fictional character in Luke Jennings' novel Codename Villanelle (2018), its sequels Killing Eve: No Tomorrow (2019) and Killing Eve: Die For Me (2020), and the BBC America television series adaptation Killing Eve (2018–2022) in which she is portrayed by English actress Jodie Comer. She is a psychopathic assassin who works for a crime syndicate called The Twelve, and the archenemy of British intelligence agent Eve Polastri. Their mutually obsessive relationship is the main focus of both the novels and the TV series. The character and Comer's performance have received universal critical acclaim, with Villanelle widely being considered the show's breakout character and one of the most popular and acclaimed characters on television.