Yvonne "Vee" Parker is a character in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black, played by Lorraine Toussaint.

The central antagonist of the second season, Vee is shown to exhibit sociopathic traits, being skilled at manipulation and emotional mimicry.

Upon being incarcerated and returning to Litchfield Penitentiary, she works to further promote the race-based tribalistic system of the prison by uniting most of the black women into a gang under her leadership, maintaining power through coercive tactics and physical intimidation inflicted onto the other inmates.

Vee is also highly intelligent and resourceful, successfully creating a black market for cigarettes and drugs without being caught by the guards of the penitentiary.

[2][3] Throughout the series, Vee appears to be a complex sociopath that uses emotional mimicry to gain followers, but is simultaneously unafraid to throw others under the bus to maintain control and avoid punishment.

[2] Before her time in prison, she ran a drug smuggling ring, bringing children off the streets to assist her, and bribed local police to overlook her operation.

"[1] One reviewer observed "[f]rom the start of Season Two it was clear that Vee had a powerful presence at Litchfield — one that enabled her to control prisoners and leave her nemesis struggling to overcome her.

Noticing that Suzanne Warren is an outsider among her friends and most other inmates, Vee befriends her in order to begin regaining power over the prison.

[9] Having become influential enough among many of the African-American inmates of Litchfield Penitentiary enough to become leader of their group, Vee starts to expand the scope of power of the posse.

[13] Vee starts to undermine Red – the other prison matriarch and head of the Caucasian posse – and her perceived alliance with Mendoza.

[18] Due to Vee's assault of Red, the latter is hospitalized and Special Intelligence Service (SIS) arrives at Litchfield to investigate the incident.

Having no supporters left and sensing her impending doom, Vee denounces her former followers and uses Red's greenhouse tunnel to escape the prison.

[22] The character of Yvonne Parker, more commonly known as "Vee" in the series, received praise as an effective and investing villain for the second season.

[23] Daniel Falconer of Screen Rant felt that the character "brought a charisma to her villainous role that has never quite been mirrored by another.

"[31] Co-star Yael Stone, who plays Lorna Morello in the show, noted "it was a wonderful thing to watch her work, I think she's really incredible.