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Lauren Ambrose as Dorothy Turner (née Pearce), a local television news reporter and highly overprotective mother who accidentally killed her thirteen-week-old firstborn child by vehicular heatstroke, but lives under the delusion that he is alive and well.
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Dorothy "Dottie" Turner is a delusional young mother who is married to Sean Turner. After an unspeakable tragedy due to her carelessness, Dorothy hires a young nanny to help care for their "first newborn child". She is portrayed by Lauren Ambrose.
Hiring Leanne
Dorothy Turner is a television reporter, working for 8 News in Philadelphia. She lives in an expansive brownstone with her husband, Sean. Sean is an experimental chef, famous for creating recipes and consulting with top restaurants. The couple have a son, Jericho. Several months after the birth of Jericho, Dorothy decides it is time to return to work. Unwilling to leave Jericho, Dorothy hires a live-in nanny, Leanne Grayson. Leanne's duties revolve around caring for Jericho while Dorothy works. Although agreeing to the situation, Sean is not pleased to have Leanne living in their home. Returning to work, Dorothy begins to rely on Leanne, which concerns Sean. She begins to take Leanne under her wing, ignoring Sean's efforts to remind her that she is just staff.
Conflict
When Dorothy returns home in a cab, she appears catatonic only for passing headlights to awaken her. When she enters the house, she finds Sean staring at the cot with a baby in it he can't believe to be Jericho. Over dinner, Sean asks Dorothy where she found Leanne to which Dorothy responds this was as a result of a Twitter shout out. She didn't care where Leanne came from, claiming they got lucky either way. Sean would later confront Dorothy later about Jericho and Leanne but finds Dorothy again catatonic in front of the fridge light. She awakens after a short while and makes her way upstairs to see her son.
Getting to know each other
After Leanne fainted after seeing Sean and Tobe preparing live eels for a meal, Dorothy wanted to make sure Leanne was okay. She gave Leanne a cup of tea and together they decided to go on a shopping trip to get to know each other. After returning, Dorothy convinced a reluctant Leanne to let her borrow her shoes. With this, Leanne borrowed Dorothy's lipstick and one of her rings. Dorothy had planned to take Jericho with her to work and wanted Leanne to accompany her. This was to show off her son, but Sean was able to convince her not to do this as Dorothy didn't like her colleagues showing off their newborn babies either. With that, Dorothy went to work alone. After seeing Sean out the house to take his flight, she returns to find a letter to Leanne and meets George, Leanne's uncle. When George tries to get Leanne to leave the house, Dorothy does her best to convince Leanne to stay which Leanne does, much to the dismay of George.
•Her name means "God's Gift" in Greek from Dorothea.
•Her strong delusion of believing that her young son still lived is exactly like Rachel Doyle in The Twin, and Linda in •Dorothy records all of her television broadcasts and keeps them for posterity; Jericho.
•After the birth of Jericho, Dorothy suffers from mastitis, causing her a lot of physical pain in addition to her already fragile mental state
•What Sean thought was Dorothy's favorite meal is seared scallop, sweet potato, pesto, and Parmesan crisp.
Jan 16, 2022 · Ambrose plays Dorothy Turner, a woman who moves in and out of catatonic states as she moves closer to confronting the truth of what really happened to...
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Mar 20, 2021 · In this entry, we examine Lauren Ambrose’s performance as Dorothy Turner in the Apple TV+ series Servant.
In October 2018, Ambrose left My Fair Lady to take on the lead role as Dorothy Turner in the psychological horror series Servant, which was produced by M. Night Shyamalan and Tony Basgallop for Apple TV+. [18] The series premiered in November 2019 and ended after four seasons in March 2023.
Leanne’s war with the Church of Lesser Saints heightens, threatening Spruce street, the city of Philadelphia and beyond. Meanwhile, the shattered Turner family must not only confront the increasing threat of Leanne, but the certain reality that Dorothy is waking up.
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Jan 29, 2021 · In “Servant” Ambrose plays Dorothy Turner, a reporter, wife and mother, who tragically lost her infant son Jericho when she left him in a car for hours on end. His death was so traumatic for...
