Paula Bates (Alicia Lagano) is the hidden main villainess of the 2013 Lifetime film The Wrong Woman (airdate December 28, 2013).
Paula was a police officer who encountered main protagonist Ellen Plainview during a routine stop, where the former ticketed her. After she successfully cleared herself of being charged with attacking Faye Walker in an underground parking lot, who Ellen's husband Mike was having an affair with, Ellen visited Faye in the hospital—where she received a voicemail message from Mike, who brought up Paula ticketing her and revealed that she was his partner on the job. When Ellen asked Paula about Mike after she was stopped, the latter stated that she didn't know him.
Ellen turned around and saw the delusional and psychotic Paula pointing a gun at her and also stating that she was supposed to be in jail, marking the latter's villainous reveal. While taking Ellen hostage, Paula revealed to her that she had a huge crush on Mike, and even claimed that she knew that he felt the same way. She attacked Faye to get her out of the way, and she attempted to frame Ellen for the crime—with a vengeful perjured witness unwittingly providing assistance in that regard—so that she and Mike could be together. Now knowing that Paula intended to kill her, the protagonist fought the villainess off and eventually knocked her out before escaping. After that, Paula was (assumingly) arrested offscreen for her evil deeds.
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- Alicia Lagano also played robber Anya Sanchez on CSI, tragic villainess Emma Riggs on Castle, and villainous teacher Kathy Lyford on Bones.
- Alicia Lagano later played villainess Joann Allman on NCIS.
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