List of Lost characters

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From left to right: Hurley, Claire, Sawyer, Kate, Jack, Jin, Sun, Juliet, Locke, Sayid, Ben and Desmond

This article contains character information for the American drama/adventure television series Lost.

Main characters

Characters are listed alphabetically. "Starring season(s)" refers to the season in which an actor or actress received star billing for playing a character. "Guest season(s)" identifies a season in which an actor or actress appeared, but received guest star or special guest star billing.

Oceanic Six

The Oceanic Six is a group of characters that, in Season 4, are revealed in flashforwards to have eventually safely left the Island. Their flash-forward episodes show them coping with life after rescue:

Name	Actor or actress	Starring seasons	Recurring seasons	Centric episodes	Episode count
Katherine "Kate" Austen	Evangeline Lilly	1, 2, 3, 4	—	1.03, 1.12, 1.22, 2.09, 3.06, 3.15, 4.04	70
After blowing up her stepfather, Kate goes on the run and is eventually captured by a federal marshal while in Australia. On the island, Kate is attracted to both Sawyer and Jack. After escaping the island, she is put on trial for murder, but subsequently makes a highly favorable plea bargain that does not require prison time.
Sayid Jarrah	Naveen Andrews	1, 2, 3, 4	—	1.09, 1.21, 2.14, 3.11, 4.03	62
A former military communications officer, Sayid is haunted by his past as an interrogator for the Iraqi Republican Guard. On the island, he is romantically involved with Shannon. After escaping the island and comes to America, he finds Nadia and they get married. After Nadia is murdered, Sayid is employed by Ben as an assassin to kill the associates of Charles Widmore.
Sun-Hwa Kwon	Yunjin Kim	1, 2, 3, 4	—	1.06, 2.05, 2.16, 3.03, 3.18, 4.07	54
The rich daughter of a hotel owner/automobile manufacturer with ties to the Korean mob, Sun has an affair and almost leaves her husband Jin before the crash. They reconcile on the island and she becomes pregnant with Jin's baby. After escaping the island, Sun gives birth to Jin's baby, named Ji Yeon. Also, with the settlement money from Oceanic, Sun buys a controlling share of her father's company.
Aaron Littleton	Various	—	1, 2, 3, 4	—	35
The son of Claire Littleton and her boyfriend Thomas. Sometime in the future, Aaron leaves the island, and is being raised by Kate with the public perceiving the baby to be hers, to follow along with their version of what happened on the island. Over fifty male and female blonde-haired, blue-eyed babies have acted as Aaron throughout the first three seasons.
Hugo "Hurley" Reyes	Jorge Garcia	1, 2, 3, 4	—	1.18, 2.04, 2.18, 3.10, 4.01	67
After winning the lottery with the numbers, Hurley suffers from great bad luck. He remains optimistic on the island and builds a golf course. After escaping the island, Hurley is hospitalized for psychiatric reasons.
Dr. Jack Shephard	Matthew Fox	1, 2, 3, 4	—	1.05, 1.11, 1.20, 2.01, 2.11, 3.01, 3.09, 3.22, 4.10	77
A spinal surgeon with father issues, Jack is the survivors' leader. He has feelings for Juliet and Kate. After escaping the island, he becomes drug-addicted and suicidal because he longs to return to the island to save everyone there that Locke informs him of.

Other Main Oceanic 815 crash survivors

Name	Actor or actress	Starring season(s)	Recurring season(s)	Centric episode(s)	Episode count
Boone Carlyle	Ian Somerhalder	1	2, 3	1.13	25
Boone is the stepbrother of Shannon, with whom he is in love. On the island, he becomes a protector of the people and a hunter with Locke. He's also very cautious with his sister Shannon on the island but otherwise does his duty of protecting her. And then one day while he and Locke were searching for boar, they came across a plane that was hanging from a cliff that crashed some years ago. Locke told Boone to go up there and look for supplies. And while he was trying to signal for rescue on a half-working radio, the plane tilted and fell down, crushing Boone from the waist down in the impact. He dies shortly after he's taken back to the camp and treated by Jack of major blood loss.
Ana Lucia Cortez	Michelle Rodriguez	2	1	2.08, 2.20	20
A former LAPD police officer, Ana Lucia is the leader of the survivors of the tail section of Flight 815 and guides them to the relative safety of the fuselage survivors. She is shot and killed by Michael Dawson while he tries to free Ben, the leader of the "Others."
Michael Dawson	Harold Perrineau	1, 2, 4	—	1.14, 2.02, 2.22, 4.08	40
While trying to escape the Island via raft, Michael's son Walt is abducted by the Others. After making a deal with the Others that includes killing some of his fellow crash survivors, Michael and Walt leave the Island. However when they return home Walt leaves Michael after he finds out that he killed Libby and Ana Lucia. Micheal tries to commit suicide a couple times but soon finds out that "the island won't let him die". He later infiltrates the Kahana freighter crew under the orders of Ben in order to save everyone on the Island. He is killed in an explosion on the Kahana while trying to deactivate a bomb.
Mr. Eko	Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje	2, 3	—	2.10, 2.21, 3.05	19
A former Nigerian drug lord turned priest, Eko crashes with the tail section survivors. He meets the smoke monster on more than one occasion in the Island's forests, and is eventually killed by the monster.
Elizabeth "Libby"	Cynthia Watros	2	4	—	19
Libby is a tail section survivor. Prior to the crash of 815, she met Desmond and gave him her late husband's boat for the around the world race that ended with Desmond crashing on the island. She is also revealed to have been a patient in the same mental institution at the same time as Hurley. She becomes romantically involved with Hurley. She is accidentally shot to death by Michael on the Island after witnessing Ana Lucia's death.
Nikki Fernandez	Kiele Sanchez	3	—	3.14	6
Nikki is an actress who, with Paulo, murders a television producer for his diamonds. When they get to the island they spend their time searching for the diamonds lost in the crash. She is Paulo's girlfriend and is assumed dead and buried alive on the island after being paralyzed from a spider bite.
James "Sawyer" Ford	Josh Holloway	1, 2, 3, 4	—	1.08, 1.16, 2.13, 3.04	70
Sawyer is a confidence man emotionally crippled by the murder-suicide of his parents when he was a child. He is romantically involved with Kate on the island.
Jin-Soo Kwon	Daniel Dae Kim	1, 2, 3, 4	—	1.17, 2.05, 3.03, 4.07	56
The son of a poor fisherman, Jin marries Sun on the condition that he work for her father as a mob enforcer. On the island, Jin struggles as the only castaway who does not speak English, although he does eventually understand it and could slightly speak it. He is presumably killed when a bomb goes off on the Kahana.
Claire Littleton	Emilie de Ravin	1, 2, 3, 4	—	1.10, 2.15, 3.12	51
Claire gives birth on the island to a boy and forges a strong relationship with Charlie. She is also Jack's half-sister. She is not aware of this, but Jack learns this from her mother after he leaves the Island.
Walter "Walt" Lloyd	Malcolm David Kelley	1	2, 3, 4	1.14	27
An elementary school student, he is kidnapped by the Others, who claim that he is "special." He is rescued by his father Michael and goes to live with his grandmother in New York.
Johnathan "John" Locke	Terry O'Quinn	1, 2, 3, 4	—	1.04, 1.19, 2.03, 2.17, 3.03, 3.13, 3.19, 4.11	68
After having his paralysis healed during the crash, Locke lives out his dreams of becoming a hunter on the Island. Being a man of faith, he believes he has a special connection with the island, leading him to clash with man of science Jack. Having been "chosen," Locke becomes the leader of the Others at the end of the fourth season. Locke apparently dies of an alleged suicide three years after the Oceanic Six leave the island, under the alias of Jeremy Bentham.
Charlie Pace	Dominic Monaghan	1, 2, 3	4	1.07, 1.15, 2.12, 3.21	58
A one-hit wonder, rock musician Charlie ends his addiction to heroin on the island and cares for Claire and her baby. He drowns in the Looking Glass station, trying to help the survivors communicate with the outside world.
Paulo	Rodrigo Santoro	3	—	3.14	7
Paulo helps Nikki murder a television executive for his diamonds. He spends his time on the island with Nikki searching for the diamonds. He is assumed dead and buried alive on the island after being paralyzed from a spider bite.
Shannon Rutherford	Maggie Grace	1, 2	3	2.06	33
Shannon is a ballet instructor and Boone's stepsister. She has a relationship with Sayid on the island. She is accidentally shot and killed by Ana Lucia on the Island.

Other island inhabitants

Name	Actor or actress	Starring seasons	Recurring season(s)	Centric episode(s)	Episode count
Dr. Juliet Burke	Elizabeth Mitchell	3, 4	—	3.07, 3.16, 4.06	25
Three years prior to the crash, fertility doctor Juliet is recruited by the Others. Ben does not allow her to leave the island after some time, which causes her to become furious. And after some time, she developed a relationship with Goodwin. However, she later lives with the crash survivors after she helps Sawyer and Kate escape from the "Others" camp (originally to spy on them, but soon helps them) she starts developing a relationship with Jack when they return.
Desmond David Hume	Henry Ian Cusick	3, 4	2	2.23, 3.08, 3.17, 4.05	27
Desmond shipwrecks on the island while on a boat race across the world and lives in the Hatch for three years until he moves in with the crash survivors. At the start of the third season, Desmond gains the ability to see flashes of future events, most of them being about Charlie's death. He escapes the Island with the Oceanic Six at the end of season four and is reunited with his girlfriend, Penelope Widmore.
Benjamin Linus	Michael Emerson	3, 4	2	3.20, 4.09	33
Ben is the manipulative de facto leader of the Others. He was captured by the survivors and was held hostage in a hatch that Boone and Locke found. However he escapes when Michael busts him out. At the end of the series, he is forced to leave the Island when he "moves the Island." After leaving, he hires Sayid as an assassin to kill associates of Charles Widmore.

Kahana crew

Name	Actor or actress	Starring season(s)	Recurring season(s)	Centric episode(s)	Episode count
Dr. Daniel Faraday	Jeremy Davies	4	—	4.02	10
Faraday is a physicist hired to go to the Island by Charles Widmore. Though he lies several times to the Oceanic 815 survivors, he saves Desmond's life and helps Juliet ferry survivors to the Kahana.
Dr. Charlotte Staples Lewis	Rebecca Mader	4	—	4.02	9
Charlotte is an anthropologist hired to go to the Island by Charles Widmore. Miles suggests that she has been to the Island before and she chooses to stay there when given the option to leave.
Miles Straume	Ken Leung	4	—	4.02	7
Miles is a spiritualist hired to go to the Island by Charles Widmore. He can apparently talk to the dead. He has the most cutting wit out of the Kahana away team members, earning him a comparison to Sawyer by Hurley.

Supporting characters

Minor Oceanic 815 crash survivors

Name	Actor or actress	Season(s)	Episode count
Leslie Arzt	Daniel Roebuck	1, 3	4
Dr. Leslie Arzt is a high school science teacher, who crashes with the fuselage survivors and keeps a collection of native fauna in various jars. Arzt complains about not being included in the various missions of Jack and Locke, finally joining them on a trip to the Black Rock. He dies ironically when a stick of dynamite explodes in his hand whilst he lectures Jack, Locke, Kate and Hurley on how to safely handle it.
Cindy Chandler	Kimberley Joseph	1, 2, 3	10
Cindy Chandler is an Australian Oceanic Airlines stewardess dating the Flight 815 passenger Gary Troup. She crashes with the tail-section survivors and is taken by the Others in the second season during the journey to the fuselage survivors' camp. Cindy lives comfortably with the Others following her abduction.
Emma and Zack	Kiersten Havelock and Mickey Graue	2, 3	3
Emma and Zack are two sibling children from the tail section of the plane who live under the care of the Others, following the pair's kidnapping.
Rose Henderson-Nadler	L. Scott Caldwell	1, 2, 3, 4	15
A woman with terminal cancer from the Bronx, New York, Rose Henderson-Nadler marries Bernard less than a year before the crash. She lives with the fuselage survivors and reunites with Bernard in season two. She opts to return to the beach at the beginning of season four when the survivors contact the freighter.
Scott Jackson and Steve Jenkins	Christian Bowman and Dustin Watchman	1, 2, 3	21
Scott Jackson and Steve Jenkins crash with the fuselage survivors. They are regularly confused with each other, even after one of them (Scott) is killed in the first season by Ethan. In season four, Steve is killed as well when the survivors are attacked by the people from the freighter.
Edward Mars	Fredric Lane	1, 2, 3	8
Edward Mars is an American marshal who is obsessed with capturing Kate, finally apprehending her in Australia. He is critically injured during the crash and dies in the third episode.
Bernard Nadler	Sam Anderson	2, 3, 4	14
An American dentist, Dr. Bernard Nadler weds Rose less than one year prior to the crash. He crashes with the tail section survivors, but joins the fuselage survivors in season two. Bernard stays with the majority of the group after some of the freighter crew arrive. He is the only tail section survivor not to be abducted by the Others or killed.
Seth Norris	Greg Grunberg	1	1
Seth Norris was the pilot of the airplane (Flight 815) which crashes on the island. He is found in the cockpit in the first episode by Jack, Kate and Charlie and soon after is killed by "the Monster."
Gary Troup	Laird Granger and Frank Torres	Lost Experience	1
The New York author of the metafictional novel, Bad Twin Gary Troup is Cindy's lover. He dies when he is sucked into the plane's turbine immediately after the plane crash.
Vincent	Madison and Pono	1, 2, 3, 4	32
Vincent is Walt's yellow Labrador retriever, who is originally owned by Walt's stepfather, Brian Porter. He is left behind on the Island when Michael and Walt leave. He is given to Shannon by Walt and remains under her care until she is killed. He is later seen accompanying Sun.

The Others

Main article: Others (Lost)

Name	Actor or actress	Season(s)	Episode count
Alex	Tania Raymonde	2, 3, 4	15
Alexandra is Rousseau's daughter who is kidnapped by the Others sixteen years prior to the crash of Flight 815 and raised by Ben. Alex aids the crash survivors in various escapes and eventually defects at the end of season three. She dates Karl, but Ben tries to keep them apart because she would die if she becomes pregnant. She is executed by Keamy.
Richard Alpert	Nestor Carbonell	3, 4	10
Dr. Richard Alpert is Ben's advisor who is seemingly ageless. In flashbacks he is shown to conspire with Ben to slaughter the Dharma Initiative in 1980s. In one of season 3 flashbacks Richard recruits Juliet to the Others. In the fourth season, Richard leads the surviving Others to a place referred to as "The Temple" and in a flashback he is shown to come into contact with John Locke several times during the latter's early life. Each time, including at Locke's birth in the 1950s, Alpert appears to be the same age as he is in 2004.
Mikhail Bakunin	Andrew Divoff	3	7
Mikhail Bakunin is one of the Others. He lives and works at the Flame Dharma station. Locke, Sayid and Kate find him and take him hostage. He manages to escape and later sets off a hand grenade, which kills both himself and Charlie at the Looking Glass Dharma station.
Karl	Blake Bashoff	3, 4	8
A young Other, Karl is Alex's boyfriend. In an attempt to prevent Karl from impregnating Alex, Ben imprisons him until he is rescued by Kate and Sawyer. Later, he joins the plane crash survivors and is killed by the mercenaries from the Kahana in season four.
Bea Klugh	April Grace	2, 3	3
Beatrice Klugh visits Michael during his forced stay with the Others and is present when they capture Jack, Kate and Sawyer. In season three, at the Dharma Flame station, she is found by Sayid, Locke and Kate and has Mikhail kill her to prevent her from being the survivors' prisoner.
Jacob	Voiced by Carlton Cuse	3, 4	2
Jacob is the Others' highest authority. With the exception of Ben, the Others do not have regular contact with him. Jacob lives in a cabin that seemingly moves and is invisible to some people. At first, Locke can only hear Jacob and not see him, although he later sees and talks to Christian Shephard inside the cabin.
Danny Pickett	Michael Bowen	2, 3	7
Danny Pickett is a violent member of the Others who supervises Kate and Sawyer while they are imprisoned. He is married to another Other named Colleen until Sun kills her. Enraged, Pickett takes his anger out on Sawyer, and tries to kill Sawyer until Juliet intervenes and kills Pickett.
Ethan Rom	William Mapother	1, 2, 3	9
Dr. Ethan Rom poses as a fuselage survivor until he is exposed by Hurley, at which point he kidnaps Claire and Charlie. He unsuccessfully attempts to murder Charlie and takes Claire to the Staff Dharma station, where he performs tests on her unborn child and implants a device that can cause her to become sick. Charlie kills Ethan in "Homecoming".
Goodwin Stanhope	Brett Cullen	2, 3, 4	4
Goodwin Stanhope is married to the Others' therapist, Harper Stanhope. He has an affair with Juliet, which dismays Ben because he is in love with Juliet. Partially out of jealousy, Ben sends Goodwin on a mission to infiltrate the tail section survivors. When Goodwin's identity is discovered by Ana Lucia, she confronts and kills him.
Tom	M. C. Gainey	1, 2, 3, 4	18
Tom, aka "Mr Friendly," wears a fake beard when acting as a liaison to the crash survivors until they kidnap Jack, Kate and Sawyer. He recruits Michael to spy on the boat Kahana. He's shot and killed by Sawyer after the fight on the beach in season 3.

Other Kahana crew members

Name	Actor or actress	Season(s)	Episode count
Naomi Dorrit	Marsha Thomason	3, 4	10
Recruited by Matthew Abaddon to lead a group of four people on a mission to the Island, Naomi Dorrit is the first to arrive on the Island and tells the survivors of the freighter Kahana. She is mortally wounded when Locke throws a knife into her back, after finally contacting the boat.
Martin Keamy	Kevin Durand	4	7
Martin Keamy is the lead mercenary on the Kahana and is a former Marine. Keamy leads a team onto the island to find Ben, killing Karl and Danielle Rousseau and later executing Alex in front of Ben. Keamy eventually tracks Ben down and is stabbed to death by him. His death causes the freighter to explode, presumably killing many people.
Frank Lapidus	Jeff Fahey	4	8
Frank Lapidus (Template:Pron-en) is a pilot who brings Daniel, Miles and Charlotte to the Island. He was supposed to be the pilot for Flight 815. He ultimately helps Desmond and the Oceanic Six escape The Island.
George Minkowski	Fisher Stevens	3, 4	5
George Minkowski is the ship's communications officer on the freighter. He seems to suffer the same symptoms as Desmond in "The Constant" and dies as a result.

Island inhabitants and arrivals

Name	Actor or actress	Seasons	Episode count
Anthony Cooper	Kevin Tighe	1, 2, 3	5
Anthony Cooper is a con man, John Locke's biological father and the man who conned Sawyer's parents, leading to their deaths. Cooper cons Locke into donating a kidney to him. Later, Locke begins to interfere with one of his cons, so Cooper pushes Locke out of a window, paralyzing him. Cooper later arrives on the Island, where Sawyer kills him in revenge. He is named after Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, the mentor of the philosopher John Locke.
Danielle Rousseau	Mira Furlan	1, 2, 3, 4	18
Danielle Rousseau arrives on the island sixteen years before the crash of Flight 815 as part of a research team. She gives birth to Alex on the island after killing her team because they had gotten "sick." Alex is kidnapped soon after by the Others. Rousseau occasionally helps the survivors and is shot and killed in an ambush along with Karl while leading Alex to the Temple on Ben's orders.

DHARMA Initiative members

Name	Actor or actress	Season(s)	Episode count
Annie	Madeline Carroll	3	1
A girl who befriended Ben Linus when they were both young and living in the Dharma Initiative during its heyday. On the Season 3 DVD, the producers stated Annie is a major influence on Ben, and will play a "seismic" part in future storylines.
Pierre Chang	François Chau	2, 3, 4	6
The actor playing scientists in the Dharma Initiative orientation films, who also goes by the names Marvin Candle, Mark Wickmund, and Edgar Halliwax.
Gerald and Karen DeGroot	Michael Gilday and Courtney Lavigne	2	4
A couple who was funded by the Hanso Foundation in 1970 to found the Dharma Initiative.
Kelvin Joe Inman	Clancy Brown	2	2
Kelvin is an intelligence operative for the United States government, and responsible for making Sayid torture his former commander. Later, Kelvin joins the Dharma Initiative, and operates the Swan station until Desmond accidentally kills him.
Horace and Olivia Goodspeed	Doug Hutchison and Samantha Mathis	3, 4 (Horace only)	2
A couple who help Ben's parents, when his mother gives birth to him. They work for the Dharma Initiative and recruit Ben and his Father. Horace dies during the "purge" with several other Dharma Initiative members. In Cabin Fever, Horace appears to Locke and tells him how to find Jacob's cabin. The producers have stated that Horace and Olivia Goodspeed are important to the DHARMA story.
Alvar Hanso	Ian Patrick Williams	2	1
A former arms salesman and manufacturer, he is the enigmatic Danish leader of the Hanso Foundation. Hanso can be seen in the show via an orientation film in "Orientation".
Roger Linus	Jon Gries	3	2
Ben's father and an employee of the Dharma Initiative. He is killed by Ben in the "purge" (the massacre of the members of the Dharma Initiative). Later, his corpse is discovered by Hurley in "Tricia Tanaka Is Dead".

Off-island characters

Name	Actor or actress	Main character crossover(s)	Season(s)	Episode count
Matthew Abaddon	Lance Reddick	The freighter crew's employer, stand-in orderly for Locke to convince him to go on a walkabout	4	3
Mathew Abaddon is the man who hires Naomi, Miles, Faraday, Charlotte, and Lapidus to go to the Island via the freighter Kahana. He also visits Locke after the latter is paralyzed and tells him to go on a walkabout. After the Oceanic Six return home, he tries to get information about the status of the people on the Island by threatening Hurley.
Rachel Blake	Jamie Silberhartz.	Alvar Hanso's daughter	Lost Experience
She attempts to expose the Hanso Foundation and the Dharma Initiative.
Diane Janssen	Beth Broderick	Kate's mother, Sawyer's waitress	1, 2, 3, 4	5
The estranged mother of Kate, she turns Kate into the police after Kate kills Diane's husband and Kate's father, Wayne. Diane never forgives Kate, but decides not to testify at Kate's trial once Kate returns home as part of the Oceanic Six.
Nadia Jazeem	Andrea Gabriel	Sayid's girlfriend and later wife, Locke's client, rescued from a mugging by Charlie	1, 2, 3, 4	4
A childhood friend of Sayid's, Nadia becomes involved in an insurgency opposed to Saddam Hussein. She is imprisoned and interrogated by Sayid, but he lets her escape. She travels to the West, and in doing so comes in contact with both Charlie and Locke. When Sayid leaves the island, they get married, but shortly after she is murdered.
Jae Lee	Tony Lee	Sun's ex-lover	2, 3	3
After teaching Sun English, Jae Lee has an affair with her and as a result her father sends Jin to kill him. Jin instead tells him to leave Korea forever, but Jae commits suicide by jumping from his apartment building.
Cassidy Phillips	Kim Dickens	Sawyer's former lover, Kate's friend	2, 3	3
Cassidy is a recently divorced woman whom Sawyer cons, despite his loving her. Cassidy then goes to Iowa and meets Kate. Cassidy later has Sawyer arrested and visits him in jail, where she tells him they have a daughter together.
Christian Shephard	John Terry	Jack and Claire's father, Sawyer's drinking acquaintance, Ana-Lucia's employer	1, 2, 3, 4	14
Christian Shephard works as the chief of surgery at St. Sebastian Hospital, and is a recovering alcoholic. He goes to Australia with Ana Lucia to find his daughter, Claire, after his son, Jack inadvertently costs Christian his medical license. Christian subsequently dies from drinking too much after being abandoned at a bar by Ana Lucia and meeting Sawyer. He frequently appears on the Island to Jack, Claire, Locke, Hurley, Michael and even Vincent.
Sarah Shephard	Julie Bowen	Jack's ex-wife, hit by Adam Rutherford (Shannon's father and Boone's stepfather)	1, 2, 3	5
Sarah is involved in a car crash with Shannon's father. Jack treats her injuries, and informs her that she will never walk again, however he "fixes" her. They fall in love and marry, but some time later, Sarah has an affair and divorces Jack. Sometime after the crash survivors are rescued, Sarah is pregnant.
Charles Widmore	Alan Dale	Penny Widmore's father, Desmond Hume and Ben Linus' nemesis	2, 3, 4	6
A wealthy industrialist and the father of Penny Widmore. He is the main antagonist of the fourth season. He disapproves of Desmond's relationship with his daughter. According to Ben, Charles is an enemy of the people on the Island. He sends the freighter Kahana to the Island in order to find Ben. Charles is contacted by both Sun and Ben after they leave the Island.
Penelope "Penny" Widmore	Sonya Walger	Desmond's girlfriend, Charles Widmore's daughter, Ben Linus' target	2, 3, 4	5
Penny Widmore is Desmond's girlfriend. After he is shipwrecked on the Island, she never gives up looking for him. She ultimately succeeds and rescues not only Desmond but also Frank Lapidus and the Oceanic Six. She helps arrange the Oceanic Six's cover story. Carlton Cuse has stated that "Penny is an important character in the overarching mythology of the show".
Yemi	Adetokumboh M'Cormack	The younger brother of Mr. Eko	2, 3	3
Yemi is a priest and Mr. Eko's younger brother, of whom Mr. Eko is very protective. Together, they arrange for a plane filled with heroin to leave Nigeria, but Yemi is shot and killed before getting on the plane. The wreckage of the plane is later discovered on the Island, where Yemi appears to Mr. Eko.

Other recurring off-island characters

Name	Actor or actress	Main character crossover(s)	Episode count
Sam Austen	Lindsey Ginter	Kate (stepfather), Sayid (captor)	2
Rachel Carlson	Robin Weigert	Juliet (sister)	2
Teresa Cortez	Rachel Ticotin	Ana Lucia's mother and boss	2
Chrissy	Meilinda Soerjoko	Some crash survivors (ticket agent)	3
JD	John Dixon	Crash survivors (flight attendant)	3
Mary Jo	Brittany Perrineau	Sawyer (girlfriend), Hurley (lotto girl)	3
Mr. Kwon	John Shin	Jin (father), Sun (father-in-law)	2
Carole Littleton	Susan Duerden	Claire (mother)	2
Lindsey Littleton	Gabrielle Fitzpatrick	Claire (aunt)	2
Susan Lloyd	Tamara Taylor	Michael (girlfriend), Walt (mother)	2
Emily Annabeth Locke	Swoosie Kurtz	Locke (mother)	2
Richard Malkin	Nick Jameson	Claire (psychic), Eko (acquaintance)	2
Jason McCormack	Aaron Gold	Ana Lucia (attacker; victim)	2
Michael's mother	Starletta DuPois	Michael (mother), Walt (grandmother)	2
Michelle	Michelle Arthur	Crash survivors (flight attendant)	3
Randy Nations	Billy Ray Gallion	Locke (supervisor), Hurley (former supervisor)	4
Nurse	Julie Ow	Locke (nurse), Jack (co-worker)	2
Liam Pace	Neil Hopkins (older), Zack Shada (younger)	Charlie (elder brother)	3
Megan Pace	Multiple	Charlie (niece)	2
Simon Pace	Robin Atkin Downes and John Henry Canavan	Charlie (father)	2
Mr. Paik	Byron Chung	Sun (father), Jin (employer and father-in-law)	4
Carmen Reyes	Lillian Hurst	Hurley (mother)	3
David Reyes	Cheech Marin	Hurley (father)	2
Adam Rutherford	Uncredited	Shannon (father), Boone (stepfather), Jack (patient; perpetrator of future wife's car accident)	2
Margo Shephard	Veronica Hamel	Jack (mother)	2
Marc Silverman	Zack Ward (older)	Jack (friend)	2
Leonard Simms	Ron Bottitta	Hurley (friend)	2
Big Mike Walton	Michael Cudlitz	Ana Lucia (partner), Hurley (interrogator)	2
Helen	Katey Sagal	Locke (former girlfriend)	2

External links

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