vanessa ray played charles dilaurentis on pretty little liars.
vanessa ray played charles dilaurentis on pretty little liars.
who plays charles dilaurentis on pretty little liars?
vanessa ray
bullet::::- cece drake (vanessa ray) (seasons 3–7) is an ex-girlfriend of jason dilaurentis, who was also friends with alison. they spent a summer vacation together in cape may. it seems that cece taught ali her scheming ways, as both act quite similarly. when cece returns to rosewood in season 3, the girls immediately notice the similarities between the way she acts and how ali acted. cece also learned a lot about the other girls from alison. she was with alison and detective wilden in cape may the summer ali died. it is hinted that she may be scared of wilden as he was seen in a heated argument with her before she skipped town. in season 4, it is revealed cece was expelled from college, because apparently alison pushed that girl down the stairs at the frat party shown in season 1. cece believes the other girls were part of it too. in the episode before the fourth midseason finale, it is revealed she's on "the a-team" and it is revealed she is red coat. aria kicks cece in the face, causing her ali mask to come off. cece falls off the railing, and appears to be dead. however, her hand twitches, and her body disappears, meaning she survived the fall. she was taken into police custody where she admits to knowing who killed the girl in ali's grave and tells them ali is alive and that she can prove it. later that night, she escapes and takes a police car. she heads to new york where she asks for ali's help. it is revealed that ezra was paying cece for information which is why she was in ravenswood. ali asked her to wear the red coat to distract "a" so she could turn off the saw. alison gives cece her plane ticket and cece boards a plane to france, under the alias "vivian darkbloom". in "game over, charles", it is revealed that cece is actually "a" and was born as charles dilaurentis. cece was admitted to radley sanitarium as a child, after a misinterpreted incident involving alison as a baby. their parents told jason that she was imaginary. it is claimed that charles committed suicide at age 16 so that cece could transition into charlotte dilaurentis. mr. dilaurentis was unaware of cece/charlotte's existence and charlotte eventually began dating jason to get closer the family and became cece drake. cece/charlotte was given privileges to leave radley to attend the university of pennsylvania, and one night bethany stole her clothes and escaped to hurt mrs. dilaurentis. cece stumbled upon alison and hit her, believing it was bethany. later, cece made friends with mona, who told her all about the "a" game and the liars, and cece offered her a partnership and she helped cece escape, where she became "a". sometime after this, cece hired sara harvey to become her accomplice by dressing up as red coat and the black widow. cece was also red coat, being the one to watch mona dig up the grave, don the emily mask and attend the hoe down. after declaring game over, charlotte was admitted to a sanitarium for treatment. once the liars discover who she is, she ends the game. five years later, alison petitions the court to release charlotte, asking the girls to testify in her favor. charlotte is released and brought home to alison. however, the next morning her body is found, seemingly having jumped from the bell tower, until the police discover that charlotte was already dead upon "being thrown". in the season six finale, it is revealed that charlotte was actually adopted and is the actual daughter of mary drake, jessica's twin sister. she was revealed to be killed, in self-defense, by mona vanderwaal in season seven.
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big a was the person who took over the "a" game from mona vanderwaal after she was admitted to radley sanitarium and revealed to be cece drake (a.k.a. charlotte dilaurentis or charles dilaurentis). she had visited mona in radley and used her to get information about the liars before taking over the game herself and had used the a-team, which consisted of her ally sara, jenna, noel, wren, wilde, mona, toby, lucas, melissa, and spencer, to do her dirty work and sometimes went under the red coat disguise. big a often hid out at a lair situated in room a at an apartment building at mayflower hill and a mobile rv which was stolen but toby gave it back to "a" in exchange for information about his mother's death. it is revealed that charlotte had been hiding out in the basement of the dilaurentis house and drilled holes through the floor to spy on the family in her red coat disguise and shared the identity with alison. her disguise as red coat was exposed in the fourth season mid finale when emily was trapped on a saw at ravenswood and later got into a fight with aria who discovered her identity and charlotte later fell off a platform and escaped. in "a is for answers" the liars are under attack by "a" who shoots ezra fitz on the rooftop. however, in the fifth-season premiere, the shooter is revealed to be shana fring who attempted to kill alison but was later shoved off a stage by aria and died from the impact. after all of this, charlotte fled to france under the vivian darkbloom identity to escape custody for wilden's death but returned. in the series's 100th episode, charlotte planted a bomb in the cavanaugh house which detonated, signalling her triumphant return to rosewood. in season five, cece breaks into the vanderwaal home and kidnaps mona just as she is about to tell the liars that alison is "a" and covers up her kidnapping as a homicide. she then brings mona to the dollhouse and tortures her and forces her to dress up and act like alison. just as the liars are being brought to jail, cece kidnaps them and tortures them inside the dollhouse. inside, the liars discover that big "a" is named charles dilaurentis. cece/charlotte reveals herself as "a" and tells her story; saying that she is transgender, was formerly known as charles dilaurentis, and became 'a' because the liars were happy that alison was gone. she worked with sara harvey, who was the black widow and a decoy red coat, and was also responsible for the "death" of alison and the death of wilden, and after telling her story, she attempts suicide by jumping off radley but is stopped. she is admitted to welby state and her reign as "a" finally ends and stays in the psychiatric hospital for five years. when she is released, charlotte is murdered by mona vanderwaal and her death causes the birth of "a.d.", the new uber a. after her death, it is revealed that noel kahn and jenna marshall were also working for charlotte. it is also revealed that her birth mother is jessica's twin, mary drake, and her birth father is ted wilson, while spencer is her sister. the series finale reveals that "a.d." is her sister and spencer's twin, alex drake, whom charlotte met after boarding the plane to france. she and alex become very close after meeting, until charlotte returned to rosewood to play the game some more. alex reveals that charlotte never returned to her in london and the next time she saw her was when she visited her grave.
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