Janette DuCharme

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Janette DuCharme is a fictional character from the TV show Forever Knight . She appeared as a regular in the first and second seasons, and as a guest in one episode of season three. She was played by American actress Cec Verrell in the pilot movie Nick Knight . In the series, she was played by Canadian actress Deborah Duchêne. [1]

Janette is a vampire, formerly a human prostitute in medieval France, but she was later discovered and "brought across" (turned into a vampire) by Lucien LaCroix, who would come to view Janette as something of a surrogate daughter. She would later introduce Nick Knight to LaCroix as well in 1228, and the pair convinced Nick to become a vampire. [2] She served as Nick's love interest during part of the series, always referring to him by his full name, Nicholas. The two were together for several centuries, but Janette eventually left Nick, having felt "smothered" by him and desiring freedom, to Nick's sorrow. The two would continue an on-and-off relationship until the mid-1990s. Unlike Nick, Janette was "not ashamed" of being a vampire and the bloodlust it entailed, but she did not stop Nick's search for a way to become mortal once more. She even served as a friend and a source of information for him when needed.

During the 1990s, Janette operated a club named "The Raven," which was patronized by other vampires and also by humans, located in Toronto. [1] In 1995, Janette would accidentally discover the cure for vampirism Nick had been seeking for centuries: Janette had fallen in love with a human and consummating that relationship resulted in her regaining mortality. Unfortunately, circumstances would not permit her to remain human for long, and Nick was forced to bring her across once again. Janette left the city after this, and the vampire Lucien LaCroix took over the Raven in her stead. [1]

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