Lisa Rowe

| Biography: Lisa Rowe is a character in the book Girl, Interrupted, written by Susanna Kaysen, where she recounts her experiences in a psychiatric hospital where she was a patient in the late 1960s. Both in the book and in the film adaptation of the same name, she shows her as a manipulative and cold woman, who suffers from an antisocial personality disorder. In the 1999 film, the role of Lisa was played by Angelina Jolie, a dramatic performance that earned her the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 2000. Lisa is a young woman, admitted to McLean Psychiatric Hospital (in the book; Claymore in the film) for what appears to be an antisocial personality disorder. She often escapes from the center, however, she is always found and re-admitted to the place. Lisa sees patients as objects and generally her treatment with people is unpredictable: on some occasions she acts kindly, while on others she confronts the other inmates with extreme cruelty and coldness. Enjoy fighting or intimidating nurses and doctors in the center. She is charismatic and seductive, and seems to have no problem accepting her disorder, even being proud of having it. Most of the time she causes trouble for not taking her medications, however, a relationship with pills and injections is left on hold (in the book it is revealed that she was a drug addict) since she sometimes abuses them.

| Personality: Lisa is one of the many mental patients in the psyche ward and is extremely loud, ruthless, rebellious, arrogant, and charismatic. Many of the hospital's doctors and other mental patients consider her a sociopath. After a horrifying meeting with her most recent patient, Susanna Kaysen (who is being treated for depression and diagnosed with borderline personality disorder) forms a bond with the girl and encourages her to stop taking her medication and resist therapy. from the other doctors. Soon, Susanna enjoys her rebellious streak and the camaraderie she finds with Lisa and the girl's actions range from teasing, fantasizing, and mild manipulation to violent verbal attacks on each other. Lisa knows the workings and layout of the facility, the people, and how to manipulate them and circumstances to suit her wishes. She is not discouraged by the punishments she receives. At one point, after she goes missing, he convinces Susanna to escape from the hospital and they rush to the home of newly discharged Daisy Randone, who was living in a house provided by her doting father. For which time later Daisy will end up in a forced suicide due to Lisa, the girl's finally outburst.ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ | Appearance: A blonde girl around the age of 25, she is of a slim build, with a feminine, shapely body. She has pale skin and is approximately 1.72 cm tall.