Annie McNamara

Ann Katherine "Annie" McNamara is a character on the American television series Nip/Tuck. She is the daughter of Julia and Sean McNamara. Annie is played by Kelsey Batelaan.

Character History

Annie first appears on the show in the pilot episode. Here she is shown as going back to school, allowing her mother Julia to go back to medical school. She also adopts the class pet gerbil, Frisky. Julia later kills the pet, and does not tell Annie. Instead she bought her a new one.

In Season 2, Annie, at the age of 8, starts puberty. Annie's friend's mother throws Annie a "Princess Menses" party and invites her friends to celebrate the passage to womanhood.

In Season 3 Annie has to talk to Family Services AbOUT her father's anger problem. She leads them to believe, unintentionally, that he May Be physically abusive and that he has emotionally affected her. She is briefly taken away from Sean until further notice. She is then put to stay with her mother Julia.

In season 4 Annie learns her mother is going to give birth to a boy with ectrodactyly, a webbing of the fingers and toes. Annie, in a sincere attempt to understand this birth defect, tapes her fingers together to understand how her brother would feel and alters her dolls to have the same appearance. Sean and Julia interpret this as mockery, and Julia forces Annie to throw out her toys after she alters their hands. Julia gives birth to a boy, Conor, and Annie is uncomfortable with him because of his handicap. She is taken away by her mother when Julia leaves for New York City towards the end of the season.

In Season 5, Annie is living with Julia and her new girlfriend Olivia and her manipulative daughter Eden. Eden, under the guise of being a caring "older sister" encourages Annie to lose weight to attract the attention of a boy she likes (with the catch being that Annie does not need to lose weight at all). She even asks Sean to perform liposuction on her, but he turns her down telling her its not necessary. After a failed attempt at inducing bulimia, Eden encourages Annie to move onto "Plan C"; the next day Sean gets a call from Julia saying Annie has been expelled from her school for being caught apparenly performing oral [...] with the boy she has a crush on. Sean, knowing Eden put her up to it, threatens her to stay away from her and him.

Future

The episode 'Conor McNamara, 2026' Annie is shown at age 30 (played by Jennifer Elise Cox). Years of being the ignored middle child and separation from her father has resulted in her being afflicted with severe personality problems. She has issues with bulimia, claims everything is always about Conor, and is caught stealing painkillers from the hospital where Conor is having his surgery. She attempts to shock her family by dating a African-American bisexual man and announcing at dinner that she just had an abortion. Throughout the episode she also chainsmokes and mentions several of the incidents above such as when Julia flushed her gerbil, throwing away her dolls, the party for her period, and Sean running out on the family.

See also

• Nip/Tuck