Charlotte Lewis (Lost)

Charlotte Lewis
Lost character
Rebecca Mader as Charlotte Lewis in "Recon"
First appearance	"Confirmed Dead"
Last appearance	"The End"
Created by	J. J. Abrams Damon Lindelof
Portrayed by	Rebecca Mader
Centric episode(s)	"Confirmed Dead"[a]
In-universe information
Full name	Charlotte Staples Lewis
Species	Human
Gender	Female
Occupation	Cultural anthropologist
Nationality	English
Former residence	Essex, England

Charlotte Staples Lewis is a fictional character on the ABC television series Lost, played by Rebecca Mader. Charlotte is introduced in the second episode of season four and is a cultural anthropologist on a mission to the island where Oceanic Flight 815 crashed. On the island, she is held hostage by one of the plane crash survivors, John Locke (Terry O'Quinn), but is freed when another person from her team switches places with her. She helps prevent poison gas from being released over the island, and develops a relationship with Daniel Faraday (Jeremy Davies). Charlotte dies in Daniel's arms after the frequent time traveling causes her headaches to worsen into something unexplainable.

Although conceived by the show's creators to be American, Charlotte's nationality was changed to British after the producers were impressed with English actress Rebecca Mader's audition. She was supposed to feature in just eight episodes of season four, but after the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike the role was expanded, which resulted in her starring in fifteen episodes over the fourth and fifth seasons. Charlotte's introduction, along with the three other new characters from the freighter introduced in season four, was well received, but her storylines in later episodes had a mixed reception, though Mader's acting was praised.