Jennifer Mapplethorpe

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Jennifer Mapplethorpe
City Homicide character
First appearance28 August 2007
"In The Hands Of Giants Pt 1"
Last appearance30 March 2011
"Ghosts, Part VI"
Created byJohn Hugginson
John Banas
Portrayed by Nadine Garner
In-universe information
TitleDetective Senior Constable
OccupationPolice Detective
Significant otherNick Buchanan

Jennifer Mapplethorpe is a fictional character from the Australian television drama City Homicide , played by Nadine Garner. She made her debut screen appearance in the pilot episode "In The Hands Of Giants Pt 1", which was broadcast on 28 August 2007.

Casting

Shortly after she returned to Australia from a four month stay in London, Garner was offered the chance to audition for the role of Jennifer. [1] Of her casting, she said "It looked like a strong production, the cast was exceptional, the chance to play a strong female lead on a commercial network on a show I think has a lot of credibility; it wasn't something to turn down." [1] Garner filmed the pilot for City Homicide in 2006. [2] The Seven Network commissioned the series the following year and Paul Kalina of The Age commented that the network bosses were "very pleased" with Garner's performance. [2] Garner revealed that it was "nice" to be working in her home town of Melbourne, as it meant she could go home every night instead of returning to a hotel. [1]

In 2008, Garner became pregnant with second child. She continued filming until a couple of days before her due date. [3] She told a Herald Sun reporter "I was originally going to finish up after we complete this current block, but then they decided to write me into the next block. So my final day of shooting will be two days before my due date." [3] Garner took an eight-week break from the series after she gave birth and her character was absent from four episodes. [3]

Development

"Jennifer's an ambitious, intelligent woman, and her ability to think on her feet is what makes her an ideal Homicide Detective. Jennifer's sensitive, without being sentimental and she has a strong ability to read people - crooks and cops alike." [4]

— A Yahoo!7 writer on Jennifer

Garner spent time with real homicide detectives to help her get a sense of the role. [5] She told a Daily Telegraph reporter that there is a long waiting list to get into the homicide squad and that the people who chose the career had a strong morality. [5] Of Jennifer, the reporter stated "Garner's character Mapplethorpe puts her career ahead of everything. She's lucky to get a gig on the sought-after homicide squad and she's not giving it up." [5] Superintendent Bernice Waverley (Noni Hazlehurst) becomes supportive of Jennifer because she thinks she adds something to the team. [5]

Storylines

When the series began, Jennifer was new to Homicide and had previously been in the Fraud squad. She was meant to only be a temporary replacement for Duncan Freeman but eventually became a permanent member of the Homicide Squad.

In the season 1 episode "Lie Down With Dogs" Jennifer suffered a traumatic event when she had to shoot a teenage boy dead in self-defense. However in the next episode The Return, a meeting with the boy's mother, who eventually understood that Jennifer had no choice, helped her overcome this.

In the season 2 episode "Guilty As Charged", when a man on trial for murdering his wife and young daughter was found not guilty, Jennifer became determined to catch him at another crime. The man soon became as obsessed with Jennifer as she was with catching him and started stalking her and cornered her in the bush and tried to kill her. Matt and Duncan arrived in time to save her and the man received 5 years for attempted murder. Her colleagues all thought this sentence was too light, however, Jen stated that once his fellow inmates found out that he was suspected of killing his daughter, prison life would probably kill him, as men who harm children do not do well in prison.

In the season 4 episode "Reunion" it is revealed that Jen and Nick Buchanan worked undercover for the SIS as Trish and Wesley Claybourne in the past and that is how they first met each other. They were both forced to go back undercover by the SIS to help prevent a terrorist attack, and in the episode "Undercover", Jen is shot in the shoulder by Travis Abbott, but it was just a flesh wound, so she survived. Jen and Nick subsequently begin a relationship, but Jen ends it in "The Price of Love", despite Nick's belief that they can make it work, as she doesn't seem to be sure that the relationship is worth the risk it poses to their careers.

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References

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  2. 1 2 Kalina, Paul (1 March 2007). "Networking". The Age . Fairfax Media . Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 "Nadine Garner works up to birth on City Homicide". Herald Sun . The Herald and Weekly Times. 17 February 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  4. ↑ "Detective Senior Constable Jennifer Mapplethorpe". Yahoo!7. Archived from the original on 3 December 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "City Homicide hits seven". The Daily Telegraph . News Limited. 24 August 2007. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
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