Annie McNamara
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Anne Katherine "Annie" McNamara is a fictional character
on the American television series
Nip/Tuck
. Annie is played by Kelsey Batelaan.
to go back to medical school. She also adopts the class pet gerbil
, Frisky. Julia later kills the pet, and does not tell Annie. Instead she bought her a new one.
In Season 2, Annie, at the age of 8, starts puberty
. Annie's friend's mother throws Annie a "Princess Menses" party and invites her friends to celebrate the passage to womanhood.
In Season 3 Annie has to talk to Family Services about her father Sean's anger problem. She leads them to believe, unintentionally, that he may be physically abusive
and that he has emotionally affected her. She is briefly taken away from Sean until further notice. She is then put to stay with Julia.
In season 4 Annie learns her mother is going to give birth to a boy with ectrodactyly
, a webbing of the fingers and toes. Annie, in a sincere attempt to understand this birth defect, tapes her fingers together to understand how her brother would feel and alters her dolls to have the same appearance. Sean and Julia interpret this as mockery, and Julia forces Annie to throw out her toys after she alters their hands. Julia gives birth to a boy, Conor, and Annie is uncomfortable with him because of his handicap. She is taken away by her mother when Julia leaves for New York City
towards the end of the season.
In Season 5, Annie is living with Julia, her new girlfriend Olivia Lord, and her sociopathic
daughter Eden. Eden, under the guise of being a caring "older sister", encourages Annie to lose weight to attract the attention of a boy she likes. She even asks Sean to perform liposuction
on her, but he forbids it. After a failed attempt at inducing bulimia, Eden encourages Annie to move onto "Plan C"; the next day Sean gets a call from Julia saying Annie has been expelled from her school for being caught performing fellatio
on the boy she has a crush on. Sean, knowing Eden put her up to it, threatens Eden to stay away from her and him. In the final episode of the season, Annie is seriously hurt by a car crash with Sean's friend Christian Troy
when they are trying to escape the paparazzi
. She is being operated on by Sean in the last scene.
In Season 6, Annie is now a teenager and is openly resentful against her parents after their separation. Things are made worse after Sean abruptly marries Teddy. During a visit with her father, Sean discovers that Annie has been pulling her hair out and ingesting it
(a stress reaction known as "Rapunzel Syndrome"). Annie suffers a severe abdominal cramp due to the ingested hair and underwent surgery to remove it. Soon afterwards Sean decided to double his life insurance policy and made Annie and Connor the sole beneficiaries (Matt was not included because of how he wasted the money Sean gave him from selling his house in Miami). Due to this, Teddy attempts to kill off Annie and Connor in addition to Sean in order to get the insurance money—but fails.
). Years of being the ignored middle child and separation from her father has resulted in her being afflicted with severe personality problems. She is bulimic, extremely jealous of her brother, and is caught stealing painkillers from the hospital where Conor is having his surgery. She attempts to shock her family by dating an African-American bisexual man and announcing at dinner that she just had an abortion
. Throughout the episode she also chain-smokes and mentions several of the incidents above such as when Julia flushed her gerbil, throwing away her dolls, the party for her period, and Sean running out on the family. In the Season 5: part two premiere, "Ronny Chase", Sean reveals that the events of "Conor McNamara, 2026" was a dream he had during his break-up with Julia.
Fictional character
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on the American television series
Television program
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Nip/Tuck
Nip/Tuck
Nip/Tuck is an American drama series created by Ryan Murphy, which aired on FX in the United States. The series focuses on McNamara/Troy, a plastic surgery practice, and follows its founders, Sean McNamara and Christian Troy...
. Annie is played by Kelsey Batelaan.
Character history
Annie first appears on the show in the pilot episode. Here she is shown as going back to school, allowing her mother JuliaJulia McNamara
Julia McNamara is a fictional character in the American television series Nip/Tuck, portrayed by Joely Richardson.-Character history:...
to go back to medical school. She also adopts the class pet gerbil
Gerbil
A gerbil is a small mammal of the order Rodentia. Once known simply as "desert rats", the gerbil subfamily includes about 110 species of African, Indian, and Asian rodents, including sand rats and jirds, all of which are adapted to arid habitats...
, Frisky. Julia later kills the pet, and does not tell Annie. Instead she bought her a new one.
In Season 2, Annie, at the age of 8, starts puberty
Puberty
Puberty is the process of physical changes by which a child's body matures into an adult body capable of reproduction, as initiated by hormonal signals from the brain to the gonads; the ovaries in a girl, the testes in a boy...
. Annie's friend's mother throws Annie a "Princess Menses" party and invites her friends to celebrate the passage to womanhood.
In Season 3 Annie has to talk to Family Services about her father Sean's anger problem. She leads them to believe, unintentionally, that he may be physically abusive
Child abuse
Child abuse is the physical, sexual, emotional mistreatment, or neglect of a child. In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Children And Families define child maltreatment as any act or series of acts of commission or omission by a parent or...
and that he has emotionally affected her. She is briefly taken away from Sean until further notice. She is then put to stay with Julia.
In season 4 Annie learns her mother is going to give birth to a boy with ectrodactyly
Ectrodactyly
Ectrodactyly, sometimes referred to as the “Lobster-Claw Syndrome” involves the deficiency or absence of one or more central digits of the hand or foot and is also known as split hand/split foot malformation...
, a webbing of the fingers and toes. Annie, in a sincere attempt to understand this birth defect, tapes her fingers together to understand how her brother would feel and alters her dolls to have the same appearance. Sean and Julia interpret this as mockery, and Julia forces Annie to throw out her toys after she alters their hands. Julia gives birth to a boy, Conor, and Annie is uncomfortable with him because of his handicap. She is taken away by her mother when Julia leaves for New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
towards the end of the season.
In Season 5, Annie is living with Julia, her new girlfriend Olivia Lord, and her sociopathic
Antisocial personality disorder
Antisocial personality disorder is described by the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, fourth edition , as an Axis II personality disorder characterized by "...a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood...
daughter Eden. Eden, under the guise of being a caring "older sister", encourages Annie to lose weight to attract the attention of a boy she likes. She even asks Sean to perform liposuction
Liposuction
Liposuction, also known as lipoplasty , liposculpture suction lipectomy or simply lipo is a cosmetic surgery operation that removes fat from many different sites on the human body...
on her, but he forbids it. After a failed attempt at inducing bulimia, Eden encourages Annie to move onto "Plan C"; the next day Sean gets a call from Julia saying Annie has been expelled from her school for being caught performing fellatio
Fellatio
Fellatio is an act of oral stimulation of a male's penis by a sexual partner. It involves the stimulation of the penis by the use of the mouth, tongue, or throat. The person who performs fellatio can be referred to as the giving partner, and the other person is the receiving partner...
on the boy she has a crush on. Sean, knowing Eden put her up to it, threatens Eden to stay away from her and him. In the final episode of the season, Annie is seriously hurt by a car crash with Sean's friend Christian Troy
Christian Troy
Dr. Christian Troy is a fictional character played by Julian McMahon on the FX Networks series Nip/Tuck. The show revolves around McNamara/Troy, the plastic surgery practice he runs with his business partner and best friend, Sean McNamara....
when they are trying to escape the paparazzi
Paparazzi
Paparazzi is an Italian term used to refer to photojournalists who specialize in candid photography of celebrities, politicians, and other prominent people...
. She is being operated on by Sean in the last scene.
In Season 6, Annie is now a teenager and is openly resentful against her parents after their separation. Things are made worse after Sean abruptly marries Teddy. During a visit with her father, Sean discovers that Annie has been pulling her hair out and ingesting it
Trichotillomania
Trichotillomania, which is classified as an impulse control disorder by DSM-IV, is the compulsive urge to pull out one's own hair leading to noticeable hair loss, distress, and social or functional impairment. It is often chronic and difficult to treat....
(a stress reaction known as "Rapunzel Syndrome"). Annie suffers a severe abdominal cramp due to the ingested hair and underwent surgery to remove it. Soon afterwards Sean decided to double his life insurance policy and made Annie and Connor the sole beneficiaries (Matt was not included because of how he wasted the money Sean gave him from selling his house in Miami). Due to this, Teddy attempts to kill off Annie and Connor in addition to Sean in order to get the insurance money—but fails.
Future (Sean's dream)
In the episode "Conor McNamara, 2026", Annie is 30 years old (played by Jennifer Elise CoxJennifer Elise Cox
Jennifer Elise Cox is an American actress best known for her satirical portrayal of Jan Brady in The Brady Bunch Movie.-Film roles:...
). Years of being the ignored middle child and separation from her father has resulted in her being afflicted with severe personality problems. She is bulimic, extremely jealous of her brother, and is caught stealing painkillers from the hospital where Conor is having his surgery. She attempts to shock her family by dating an African-American bisexual man and announcing at dinner that she just had an abortion
Abortion
Abortion is defined as the termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus or embryo prior to viability. An abortion can occur spontaneously, in which case it is usually called a miscarriage, or it can be purposely induced...
. Throughout the episode she also chain-smokes and mentions several of the incidents above such as when Julia flushed her gerbil, throwing away her dolls, the party for her period, and Sean running out on the family. In the Season 5: part two premiere, "Ronny Chase", Sean reveals that the events of "Conor McNamara, 2026" was a dream he had during his break-up with Julia.