Orphan Black is a Canadian science fiction television series broadcast on Space in Canada and on BBC America in the United States. The series' first season stars Tatiana Maslany, Dylan Bruce, Jordan Gavaris, Kevin Hanchard, Michael Mando, and Maria Doyle Kennedy, with the addition of Evelyne Brochu to the regular cast in the second season, Kristian Bruun and Ari Millen in the third, and Josh Vokey in the fourth. Orphan Black revolves around the main character of Sarah Manning as she discovers the existence of several of her genetic identicals. Numerous actors appear in the series as recurring cast members, but some guest actors are featured in only a few. Particularly, Skyler Wexler often recurs as Sarah's daughter Kira.

Appearances

+Overview of starring and supporting appearancesPortrayerCharacter(s)Number of appearancesS1S2S3S4S5Total StarringTatiana Maslany Sarah Manning 50 Cosima Niehaus 49 Alison Hendrix 42 Helena 38 Rachel Duncan 2 31 Elizabeth "Beth" Childs 1 colspan="1" 1 1 8 Krystal Goderitch colspan="2" 3 3 1 7 Veera "M.K." Suominencolspan="3" 1 7 Pupok (voice)colspan="2" 5colspan="2" 5 Katja Obinger 1 colspan="4" 1 Tony Sawickicolspan="1" 1colspan="3" 1 Jennifer Fitzsimmonscolspan="1" 1colspan="3" 1 "Church Clone"colspan="4" 1 1 Camilla Torrescolspan="4" 1 1 OVERALL 50Ari Millen Mark Rollinscolspan="1" 8colspan="1" 18 Ira Blair colspan="3" 13 Rudy colspan="1" 1 colspan="2" 10 Styles Miller 1 colspan="2" 6 Seth colspan="2" 2 colspan="2" 2 Parsons colspan="2" 1 colspan="2" 1 OVERALL 8 33 Jordan Gavaris Felix "Fee" Dawkins 47 Maria Doyle Kennedy Siobhán "S" Sadler 40 Kristian Bruun Donnie Hendrix 6 8 colspan="1" 38 Kevin Hanchard Arthur "Art" Bell 37 Josh Vokey Scott Smith 2 7 9 35 Evelyne Brochu Delphine Cormier 6 2 5 28 Dylan Bruce Paul Dierden 22 Michael Mando Victor "Vic" Schmidt 3 8 Supporting Skyler Wexler Kira Manning 9 9 4 7 10 39 Cynthia Galant Young Rachel Duncan / Charlotte Bowles 4 2 6 7 19 Zoé de Grand'Maison Gracie Johanssen 7 8 2 17 Millie Davis Gemma Hendrix 4 5 5 1 1 16 Inga Cadranel Angela "Angie" Deangelis 8 6 1 15 Kyra Harper Virginia Coady 9 6 15 Calwyn Shurgold Hell-Wizard 1 6 8 15 Rosemary Dunsmore Susan Duncan 2 8 3 13 Matt Frewer Aldous Leekie 5 4 1 1 11 Ron Lea Gavin (or Mike) Hardcastle 8 1 2 11 Drew Davis Oscar Hendrix 4 5 1 10 James Frain Ferdinand Chevalier 3 3 2 8 Lauren Hammersley Adele 4 4 8 Terra Hazelton Sarah Stubbs 4 2 2 8 Gord Rand Martin "Marty" Duko 8 8 Nicholas Rose Colin 5 1 2 8 Jessalyn Wanlim Evie Cho 8 8 Ryan Blakely Reverend Mike 1 1 3 2 7 Natalie Lisinska Aynsley Norris 5 1 1 7 Tom McCamus Alan Nealon 1 6 7 Stephen McHattie Percival "P.T." Westmorland/John Paterick Mathieson 7 7 Andrew Moodie Simon Frontenac 7 7 Julian Richings Benjamin Kertland 4 3 7 Matthew Bennett Daniel Rosen 1 5 6 Kristin Booth Bonnie Johanssen 4 2 6 Andrew Gillies Ethan Duncan 5 1 6 Michiel Huisman Cal Morrison 5 1 6 Géza Kovács The Messenger 3 3 6 Elyse Levesque Detective Maddy Enger 6 6 Ksenia Solo Shay Davydov 6 6 Eileen Sword Sister Irina 6 6 Amanda Brugel Marci Coates 5 5 Miranda Edwards Roxie 5 5 Jenessa Grant Mud 5 5 Sirena Gulamgaus Aisha Yasin 5 5 Daniel Kash Tomas 3 1 1 5 Peter Outerbridge Henrik Johanssen 5 5 David Richmond-Peck Olivier Duval 4 1 5 Diana Salvatore Bobby 1 1 2 1 5 Alison Steadman Kendall Malone 2 3 5 Scott Wentworth Ian Van Lier 3 2 5 Raymond Ablack Raj Singh 3 1 4 Tom Barnett David Benchman 4 4 Justin Chatwin Jason Kellerman 4 4 Carlos Gonzalez-Vio Dr. Silva 4 4 Stuart Hughes Cooper 4 4 Joel Thomas Hynes Dizzy 4 4 Anika Johnson The "Blood Ties" pianist 3 1 4 Barbara Johnston Kelsey 3 1 4 Homa Kameh Aisha's Mother 4 4 Allie MacDonald Trina 4 4 Ian Matthews Frank 4 4 Alex Ozerov Ramone 1 1 1 1 4 Priya Rao Meera Kumar 3 1 4 Jean Yoon Janis Beckwith 3 1 4 Kathryn Alexandre Alexis McGann 1 2 3 Kristi Angus Charity Simms 2 1 3 Sarain Boylan Astrid 1 2 3 Christy Bruce Young Susan Duncan 2 1 3 Tony Cianchino Pouchy Pouzihno 1 2 3 Raven Dauda Yvonne 3 3 Michelle Forbes Marion Bowles 3 3 Elie Gemael Hashem Al-Khatib 3 3 Victor Gomez Salvador 3 3 Carter Hayden Paul 3 3 Eric Johnson Chad Norris 2 1 3 Alex Karzis Alexander 3 3 Trenna Keating Vera 3 3 Allen Keng Painmaker 1 2 3 Danny MacDonald Martin Funt 3 3 Earl "Bubba" McLean Teddy 1 1 1 3 Andrew Musselman Yanis "The Creature" 3 3 Earl Pastko Bulldog 3 3 Joe Pingue Troy Collier 3 3 Vas Saranga Amar 3 3 Kent Sheridan Conrad 3 3 David Vena João 1 2 3 Patrick J. Adams Jesse 1 1 2 Michelle Arvizu La Camarera 2 2 Marqus Bobesich Rockabilly Bob 2 2 Dmitry Chepovetsky Henry Bosch 2 2 Jamila Fleming Sherry 2 2 Gavin Fox Lionel 2 2 Humberly González Ana 2 2 Lucie Guest Zoie 1 1 2 Natalie Krill Patty 2 2 Melanie Nicholls-King Amelia 2 2 Louise Nicol Mrs. Chubbs 1 1 2 Jessica Salgueiro Luisa 2 2 Elizabeth Saunders Anita Bowers 2 2 Taylor Trowbridge Tabitha Stewart 2 2 Allan Turner Young Ethan Duncan 1 1 2 Ivan Wanis-Ruiz Alonzo Martinez 2 2 Kirsten Williamson Detective Lindstein 2 2 Azdin Zaman Mr. Kumar 1 1 2

Main characters Project Leda clones Portrayed by Tatiana Maslany Sarah Manning, Beth Childs, Katja Obinger, Alison Hendrix, Cosima Niehaus, Helena, Rachel Duncan, Jennifer Fitzsimmons, Antoinette "Tony" Sawicki, Krystal Goderitch, Veera "MK" Suominen and others, are all clones born in 1984 to various women by in vitro fertilisation. Their creation was referred to as Project Leda. The series focuses on Sarah Manning, a small-time con woman and orphan who is the only clone to have a biological daughter. (All clones were presumed to be sterile before Sarah was discovered, with one of the original scientists revealing that the clones, as 'prototypes', were all designed to be sterile, and it is also revealed in season 2 that Helena is also able to conceive given her origin as Sarah's specific twin.) Other clones include Elizabeth "Beth" Childs, a police detective whose suicide at the start of the series leads Sarah into the conspiracy; Alison Hendrix, a soccer mom who tries to be the perfect housewife, but suffers from pill and drink addiction as well as jumping to conclusions; Cosima Niehaus, a lesbian graduate student studying evolutionary developmental ("evo-devo") biology who researches the clones' biology; Helena, the twin sister of Sarah, a fanatic assassin trained by the Proletheans who has suffered severe abuse throughout her life; Rachel Duncan, an executive at the Dyad Institute, who was raised knowing that she is a clone from childhood. Maslany also voiced the scorpion, called Pupok, that speaks to Helena in her hallucinations in Season 3. Paul Dierden Portrayed by Dylan Bruce Paul Dierden is an ex-military mercenary, who was blackmailed into being Beth's monitor under the guise of being her boyfriend. Following the discovery of Beth's death and Sarah's impersonation of her, he chooses to continue trying to protect Sarah, calling it his job. The two continue a sexual relationship. However Dyad still holds his past over him and makes him Rachel's new monitor, with Rachel forcing him into a sexual relationship with her. In the season 2 finale it is revealed he is still in the military and was a double agent from Project Castor spying on Dyad and Project Leda. Paul checks on Rudy and Seth's cognitive functions and orders them to return to the military base. He also warns Cal that Sarah needs to stop investigating Castor for her own safety. Paul begins to investigate Dr. Coady at the military compound, and he finds that she has been illegally sterilizing common women with the contagious Castor disease in order to collect data and potentially produce a deadly biological weapon. Paul helps Sarah escape the military compound, and he confesses that, even though he never loved Beth, his love for Sarah was genuine. During their escape, Miller stabs Paul several times to stop him from fleeing. Paul breaks Miller's neck and then sends Sarah away on her own in an attempt to destroy Coady's research in order to prevent the development of the weaponry. When Coady and Rudy rush to retrieve Coady's scientific work, they confront Paul who is attempting to stop the two from reclaiming Coady's unethical scientific data. Coady shoots Paul multiple times in the chest who then releases a grenade while he is dying. Rudy reacts quickly to the danger, allowing him and Coady a few extra seconds of escape before Paul's grenade detonates. (seasons 1–4) Felix "Fee" Dawkins Portrayed by Jordan Gavaris Felix "Fee" Dawkins is Sarah's gay foster brother and confidant; when none of her sisters are available, he acts as Sarah's backup. During childhood, they were quite close, but she often abused him for amusement; they are still close as adults. He identifies as a modern artist, but moonlights as a prostitute. He is the first person Sarah confides in about the existence of clones, and has developed his own friendship with Alison in particular while helping her cope with the stress of her existence as a clone. During Seasons 2 and 3, Cosima stays with him, due to her declining health. Detective Arthur "Art" Bell Portrayed by Kevin Hanchard Detective Arthur "Art" Bell is Beth's police partner. He cares for Beth and tries to guide her through tough times even when she is dead as he unknowingly is helping Sarah as Beth. After he learns of Beth's stolen identity and death he decides to side with the clones over the police department, carrying out off-the-books research for them. In Season 3, Sarah figures out that Art was in love with Beth, but wasn't able to bring himself to tell her. It turns out Art was close enough to Beth that she called him for help prior to her suicide to explain about the clones; however, Art dismissed the call, believing Beth was high on her prescription drugs. Victor "Vic" Schmidt Portrayed by Michael Mando Sarah's abusive, drug-dealing ex-boyfriend. Vic is something of a nosy idiot, as he cannot accept facts when told to his face (such as Sarah hating him and never wanting him around) and investigates anything suspicious. After being tricked by Felix into thinking Beth's corpse was Sarah, Vic grieves; however, he later meets Alison, thinking she's Sarah. He invites himself to Alison's potluck, thinking Sarah is pulling a scam; however, Paul manages to scare him off. He becomes a police informant for Angie and under her orders he befriends Alison at rehab; Angie would erase his criminal record in exchange. He is later intimidated by Donnie to stay away from the Hendrix family. (regular season 1; recurring season 2) Siobhan Sadler Portrayed by Maria Doyle Kennedy Also known as "Mrs. S," Siobhan Sadler is Sarah's and Felix's Irish foster mother. She fell in love with and married John Sadler at a young age, befriending his group of freedom fighters – the Birdwatchers. After John was murdered in a fight with her mother back in '78, Siobhan started a new relationship with Carlton. She acts as guardian to Sarah's daughter Kira while Sarah is away. She is shown to be intelligent and resourceful, hiding Sarah for years and protecting her and Kira. Mrs. S used her network to hide Ethan Duncan and find Sarah as a child, claiming to have protected her from Dyad Sarah's whole life. Mrs. S makes a deal with Paul and the military to work with them and abduct Helena in exchange for a way to help Sarah and Kira. She eventually is forgiven by both sisters and is stunned as everyone else to learn that the genetic original for both clone lines is her mother Kendall Malone. Biologically speaking, Siobhan is Sarah's niece and that would make Kira her cousin. Siobhan later has her mother sent to Iceland, where Cal and Kira are hiding out. After Kendall is murdered by Marty Duko, a vengeful Siobhan eventually kills him. In the final stages of the clones' war with Neolution, Siobhan persuades Rachel to double-cross her lover Ferdinand, leading to a confrontation in which Siobhan and Ferdinand kill each other. Dr. Delphine Cormier Portrayed by Evelyne Brochu