List of Veep characters
Veep is an American political satire comedy television series created by Armando Iannucci.
She seems to display little or no maternal instinct towards her daughter, credited due to a childhood where she suffered humiliations from her parents.
She credits herself as the vice president's "trouble-shooter, problem-solver, issue-mediator, doubt-remover, conscience-examiner, thought-thinker and all-round everything-doer".
She rejoins the Meyer team when a tie in the general election leads to a statewide recount in Nevada.
She is later punished by Meyer by having to serve under her previous role as the vice president's chief of staff to Jonah Ryan.
Chlumsky previously portrayed a similar character, Liza Weld, in Iannucci's 2009 film, In the Loop.
In the fourth and fifth seasons, Gary is portrayed as having issues adapting to Selina's presidency, since he can no longer be as close to her as previously, due to lack of security clearance.
Hale describes Gary's loyalty to Selina stemming from the idea that the character "is one of those guys who never really had an identity.
The deputy director of communications in the vice president's office, Dan is a highly ambitious, cutthroat up-and-comer in D.C. who takes pride in his contacts and networking skills.
After being fired by Splett to secure his nomination as Meyer's Secretary of Agriculture, Egan abandons politics to pursue a career in real estate.
In the third season, he is temporarily fired from the White House for running a blog disclosing insider information, leading him to create his own news website, Ryantology.
He is elected and becomes a congressman, appointing Richard as his Chief of Staff; as he begins his congressional term, he is diagnosed with testicular cancer and undergoes treatment, entering remission by Season 6.
According to Matt Walsh, Jonah Ryan was originally envisioned by the show's writers as "just a fat, short, heavy smoker", but was changed to his current characterization after Simons auditioned for the role.
[9] After the end of his disastrous congressional career, Ryan runs for president in 2020 on a nativist, populist platform.
His career dedication is often questionable, to the extent where he pretends to have a pet dog so he can escape from work commitments.
In Season 6, he is employed by Selina to write her biography A Woman First but causes a scandal soon after its publication whereby the true nature of the Meyer Administration was revealed due to him leaving the diary he used for research at the offices of The Washington Post.
After being denied a position within the 2020 Meyer campaign, Mike returns to a career in journalism with his podcast "McLinTalk".
His podcast is adopted as a segment on CBS albeit only for its (unintended) comedic value, with McLintock gaining the status of a veteran anchor by 2045.
During a committee inquiry into Selina's office, the chairperson states that Sue "could organize the D-Day landings and still have time for Iwo Jima."
Ben shows little regard for his co-workers or his job, and appears to love his nine-cup coffee thermos more than anything else.
Although Selina initially dislikes him, she comes to appreciate his useful polling and statistical data, and he becomes a key part of her Presidential administration.
She is seen in the fifth season to be filming a documentary based on the unprecedented Electoral College tie that concludes Selina's Presidential run, and becomes romantically involved with her mother's bodyguard and lookalike, Marjorie.
She appears to finally break ties with her mother when Selina uses Catherine's wedding to Marjorie to escape prosecution by the International Criminal Court and then promises to outlaw same sex marriage to gain enough support to win her party's nomination for president.
She plays the part of the stereotypical politician's wife, often matter-of-factly going along with Jonah's antics as he runs for president.
