Charlotte Morgan (The O.C.)



Charlotte Morgan
First appearance	The Aftermath (episode 3.01)
Last appearance	The Anger Management (episode 3.07)
Created by	Josh Schwartz
Portrayed by	Jeri Ryan
In-universe information
Gender	Female
Occupation	Con Artist
Spouse	Glen (partner)

Charlotte Morgan is a fictional character from the third season of the FOX television series The O.C., played by Jeri Ryan.

History

Season 3

Charlotte was introduced to viewers in the season 3 episode The Aftermath as a recovering alcoholic, but in later episodes, it turned out she was a con artist.

She at first tried to get money from Kirsten Cohen. However, this failed and she was forced to try Julie Cooper-Nichol. They planned to throw a fund-raiser. This was a ploy by Charlotte to steal all the donations, although she was found out by Julie when she went into her handbag at a restaurant and found numerous credit cards in different names. Charlotte gets Julie in on the scam, however in The Anger Management 6 episodes later, Julie does the right thing and asks people to write checks to the charity so Charlotte could not steal the money. With her plan foiled, she departed from Newport.

Concept and creation

"We were told to add this Jerri Ryan character to the show that we had no idea what to do with. We were just told we had to add an adult female character. It went nowhere, and we had no plan for it, and it just didn’t fit the show."

— Josh Schwartz on the creation of Charlotte Morgan

In July 2005 it was reported that Ryan was joining The O.C. in a seven-episode arc as "a mysterious woman Kirsten Cohen (Kelly Rowan) befriends in rehab".