Rhonda Lyon | |
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General Information | |
Gender: | Female |
Resides in: | New York, New York |
Hair Color: | Blonde |
Occupation(s): | Creative Director of fashion at Whitney Lane (formerly) Creative Director for Empire Entertainment's Antony & Cleopatra fashion line(formerly; until her death) |
Aliases: | Rhonda Mae Harding (birth name) |
Family and Friends | |
Family: | Bill Harding (father) Mary Jo Harding (mother) |
Other Relatives: | Lucious Lyon (father-in-law) Cookie Lyon (mother-in-law) Jamal Lyon (brother-in-law) Hakeem Lyon (brother-in-law) Lola Lyon (sister-in-law) Unborn son (deceased) |
Relationships: | Andre Lyon (husband) |
Friends: | Anika Calhoun (formerly) |
Enemies: | Lucious Lyon (formerly) Cookie Lyon (formerly) Anika Calhoun |
Additional Information | |
Interests: | Running Empire with Andre(failed) Getting revenge on Anika(failed) |
Education: | University of Pennsylvania (The Wharton School) |
Empire Chronology | |
First Appearance: | Pilot |
Last Appearance: | Light in Darkness (deceased) |
Portrayer: | Kaitlin Doubleday |
Rhonda Mae Lyon (née Harding) was a main character in the FOX series, Empire. She was the wife of Andre Lyon, and she was portrayed by actress Kaitlin Doubleday. She first appeared in Pilot.
Biography
Rhonda doesn't say much about her upbringing, only that her hometown was south of the Mason-Dixon line. She worked three jobs in high school to make it to the Ivy League. She met Andre at a first year mixer at Wharton, but she was already seeing someone at the time, someone she described as "a real Connecticut blue-blood type" snob, and believed that she would have to be like him to make it in the real world. She eventually dumped him and dated Andre, and the pair eventually married.
Personality
Driven, ambitious and ruthless
Rhonda is shown that she really cares about Andre no matter how upset she gets about not getting control over Empire. When Andre has a mental breakdown due to his disorder, she is shown to comfort him, showing she really does care.
She was formerly ill treated by her father-in-law due to her ethnicity. When Lucious assumes that she is from a wealthy background, she retorts by saying that she did three part time jobs to get into a good college.
Episode Appearances (21/24)
Season 1 (10/12) |
Season 2 (17/18) |
Further reading
Trivia
- She is the first and only white main character.
- She is an atheist
- She is killed by Anika after she confronts Anika of killing her baby.