Nicole Wallace
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| Nicole Wallace | ||
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| Occupation Librarian | ||
| Current status Deceased | ||
| First Appearance CI: "Anti-Thesis" | ||
| Played by Olivia d'Abo |
- "Beauty, brains, and a complete psycho. My dream girl." - Mike Logan
Nicole Wallace was a recurring character on Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Her actions would often be investigated by Robert Goren and Alexandra Eames. Though accused of murdering several individuals, she was only arrested once, and found not guilty at the resulting trial.
She was known to have participated in the murders of eight tourists in Thailand under the tutelage of charismatic sociopath Bernard Fremont, for which she was imprisoned for ten years. While there, she learned to speak Thai, though only low class.
She first became known to Goren and Eames while using the alias Elizabeth Hitchens, which was later found out to be a stolen identity from someone she had murdered in Australia, her native country. Using this alias, she was employed as a visiting professor at Hudson University. While there, she became romantically involved with Professor Christine Fellowes, who was in line to become the head of the American Studies department. Wallace murdered the Dean who was making the decision on that position so Fellowes would get it. (CI: Anti-Thesis)
Wallace was briefly married to Gavin Haynes. He married her despite being warned about her nature by Detective Goren, and even used his money to finance her successful defense to a murder charge.
The marriage ended after Wallace admitted that she was unable to bear children, and "didn't see the point" of seeing a Doctor about it. Sometime after, Nicole took a new lover, Ella Miyazaki, and began training her to carry out thefts and cons. Upon learning that Haynes had revealed her infertility to Goren and Eames, she attempted to murder him by trapping him in an elevator and stealing his Asthma inhaler, so he would have an attack and suffocate. This attempt was averted by Goren. (CI: Great Barrier)
Wallace was also briefly engaged to Dr. Evan Chapel while working as a librarian. A marriage did not take place, however, due to his arrest for murdering his brother and attempting to murder his daughter Gwen. Nicole had grown fond of Gwen, however, and thus kidnapped her and left her with relatives in hopes of protecting her. (CI: Grow)
Following the Chapel case, Nicole disappeared for a while, but in 2005, Bernard Fremont was arrested for the murder of Russ Corbett. As he was leaving the courthouse after his arraignment, an unidentified woman stabbed him with a poisoned pen, killing him instantly. Though he would never be able to prove it, Goren believed Nicole to be the assailant. (CI: Slither)
She was apparently murdered herself by Dr. Declan Gage, who cut her heart out after manipulating her to murder Frank Goren, Robert's brother. He claimed that he did so in order to "free" Robert from his past. Robert, however, refused to believe that she was dead, despite numerous tests performed on the heart establishing that it was Nicole's. (CI: Frame)
