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Lenore

The ex-wife who still trusts him

Lenore is Bryan Mills's ex-wife and Kim's mother. Famke Janssen plays her in all three films. Married to the wealthy Stuart, she never stops turning to her ex-husband when something goes wrong.

Taken

The mother who pushes

Lenore lives with Kim and the wealthy Stuart. Bryan tries to get closer to his daughter, and it is Lenore who pressures him to let Kim go to Paris, against his better judgment. When Kim is kidnapped, Lenore and Stuart stay in Los Angeles while Bryan goes to France alone. In the end, when the father brings his daughter home, Lenore and Stuart reunite with them.

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Taken 2

The surprise visit

Lenore travels to Istanbul with Kim to surprise Bryan. The next day, going out to lunch, Bryan notices Murad's men following them and tells Lenore to run. She is captured and taken to a basement, where the kidnappers hang her upside down. Bryan frees her, but she is recaptured before being rescued at Murad's hideout. She was in Istanbul with Kim while Bryan wrapped up a three-day security job.

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Taken 3

The marriage in trouble

In Los Angeles, Lenore tells Bryan her marriage to Stuart is struggling and she wants to make it work. Stuart tells Bryan never to see her again. The next morning Lenore sets up a breakfast with Bryan by text. He gets home and finds her dead. Her daughter Kim mourns at the funeral. It later emerges that Stuart planned her death for the insurance money. She tells Bryan she wants to make the marriage work, and her husband Stuart warns him never to see her again.

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Off screen

In comics and books

Lenore appears in all three films, played by Famke Janssen. Her husband, Stuart, was played by Xander Berkeley in the first film and by Dougray Scott in the third.

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