List of fictional characters with bipolar disorder explained

Fictional characters who exhibit and/or have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

Film

Year	Character	Actor(s)	Film	Director	Notes
2008	Maria Elena				Not diagnosed in film, but exhibits drastic mood swings consistent with mania and depression.^[1]
2012	Patrizio "Pat" Solitano Jr.				^[2]
2014	Cam Stuart				The film is based on the filmmaker's life with her bipolar father.

Television

!Year!Character!Actor(s)!Series

1955	Dame Edna Everage^[3]	Barry Humphries	Various stage and television productions
1971	Maude Findlay^[4]	Bea Arthur	All in the Family/Maude
1982	Cass Winthrop	Stephen Schnetzer	Another World
1986	Jimmy Corkhill^[5]	Dean Sullivan	Brookside
1992	Silver^[6]	April Peterson, Arielle Peterson, Ryanne Kastner, Megan Lee Braley, Mercedes Kastner and Jessica Stroup	Beverly Hills, 90210/90210
1993	Sonny Corinthos^[7]	Maurice Benard	General Hospital
1994	Sharon Newman^[8]	Monica Potter, Heidi Mark and Sharon Case	The Young and the Restless
1995	Cindy Cunningham^[9]	Laura Crossley and Stephanie Waring	Hollyoaks
1997	Kahn Soupanousinphone	Toby Huss	King of the Hill
2003	Morgan Corinthos	Isador Talamo, Adonios Talamo, Jordan Cline, Dylan Cline, George Juarez, Aaron Refvem, Aaron Sanders and Bryan Craig	General Hospital
2004	Ian Gallagher^[10]		Shameless UK
	Karen Maguire^[11]	Rebecca Atkinson
2004	Jean Slater^[12]	Gillian Wright	EastEnders
	Stacey Slater^[13]	Lacey Turner
2006	Pamela Douglas	Alley Mills	The Bold and the Beautiful
2008	Samantha Fitzgerald^[14]	Simone Buchanan	Neighbours
2010	Eli Goldsworthy^[15]	Munro Chambers
2011	Carrie Mathison^[16]	Claire Danes	Homeland
2011	Ian Gallagher Monica Gallagher	Cameron Monaghan Chloe Webb	Shameless US
2012	Marta Del Sol^[17]	Leonor Varela	Dallas
2013	Rose/Mum	Debra Lawrence	Please Like Me
2013	Aurora de Martel		The Originals
2013	Zosia March	Camila Arfwedson	Holby City
2016	Even Bech Næsheim	Henrik Holm	Skam
2017	Alfred Nyssen	Lars Eidinger	Babylon Berlin
2018	Lizzie Saltzman	Jenny Boyd	Legacies
2019	Eliott Demaury	Maxence Danet-Fauvel	Skam France
2019	Sander Driesen	Willem De Schryver	WTfock
2019	Rue Bennett	Zendaya	Euphoria
2019	Vincent "Vinnie" O'Neill	Joe Gilgun	Brassic
2019	Andrew Deluca		Grey's Anatomy
2019	Hal Jackson	Joe Tippett	The Morning Show
2019	Maria Salazar	Maria Gabriela de Faría	Deadly Class
2020	Kat BakerCarol Baker	Kaya ScodelarioJanuary Jones	Spinning Out
2020	GaTa	GaTa as himself	Dave
2020	Ben Davis^[18]	Tom Pelphrey	Ozark
2024	Oh Ri-na	Jung Woon-sun	Daily Dose of Sunshine

Comics

!Year!Character!Series/Franchise!Author/Publisher

1942	Two-Face	Batman	DC Comics
1960	Multi-Man	Challengers of the Unknown
1962	Hank Pym^[19]	Ant-Man	Marvel Comics
1962	Will Magnus	Showcase	DC Comics
1964	Norman Osborn^[20]	Spider-Man	Marvel Comics
1966	Mimic^[21]	X-Men
1978	Count Vertigo	Black Canary/Green Arrow	DC Comics
1985	Black Mask	Batman	DC Comics
2019	Nadia van Dyne^[22]	The Unstoppable Wasp	Marvel Comics

Literature

!Year!Character!Book!Author!Notes

1987	Annie Wilkes	Misery	Stephen King	Also appears in the 1990 film adaptation.
2011	Leonard Bankhead	The Marriage Plot	Jeffrey Eugenides	The book's plot is heavily driven by Leonard's mental illness.
2015	Theodore Finch	All the Bright Places	Jennifer Niven	Also appears in the 2020 film adaptation.
1962	Esther Greenwood	The Bell Jar	Sylvia Plath	Character's struggles with depression were based on the ones that the author experienced herself.
1999	Marigold Westward	The Illustrated Mum	Jacqueline Wilson	Also appears in the 2003 TV film adaptation.

See also

• List of fictional characters with disabilities

Notes and References

1. Web site: Stone . Alan . Woody Allen and Vicky, Cristina, Barcelona . Psychiatric Times . 19 March 2021.
2. Web site: Koplewicz . Harold . Silver Linings Playbook: An Irreverent But Real Look at Mental Illness . Huffington Post . 19 March 2021.
3. Web site: This Dame ain't no drag! Eat Pray Laugh in Adelaide. Searles. Mick. 23 January 2013. Aussie Theatre. 22 April 2022. Claiming to suffer from Asperger's, bi-polar, gluten intolerance, restless legs and attention deficit disorder, there might just be a clue to the truth in that list of conditions as to why this is a farewell tour..
4. Web site: Bea Arthur's six-season series 'Maude' on DVD. 2015-03-23. Chico Enterprise-Record. en-US. 2020-05-11.
5. Book: Harper, S.. Madness, Power and the Media: Class, Gender and Race in Popular Representations of Mental Distress. 2009-07-30. Springer. 978-0-230-24950-9. en.
6. Web site: Scoop: 90210 Revisits Silver's Bipolar Battle. Masters. Megan. 2011-02-18. TVLine. en. 2020-05-11.
7. Web site: 'General Hospital' Spoilers: Morgan's Bipolar Disorder Story Line Comes To A Head, Was It As Good As You Expected?. www.inquisitr.com. 2020-05-11.
8. "The Young and the Restless #10034". Season 40. November 14, 2012.
9. Web site: Hollyoaks star on 'tough' bipolar storyline. Dainty. Sophie. 2014-08-08. Digital Spy. en-GB. 2020-05-11.
10. "Lazarus". Shameless. Season 4. Episode 12. April 6, 2014. Showtime.
11. Web site: Shameless reaches 100 Channel 4. www.channel4.com. 2020-05-11.
12. Web site: EastEnders actress Gillian Wright - aka Jean Slater - on starring in the Norwich Theatre Royal pantomime and secrets from the soap. Baldwin. Louisa. Eastern Daily Press. en. 2020-05-11.
13. Web site: When a soap character's mental health issue is shown as part of life it can help others. WalesOnline. 2009-06-07. walesonline. 2020-05-11.
14. Web site: Neighbours' Samantha Fitzgerald character history as she returns to Ramsay Street. Julians. Joe. 2020-04-06. Digital Spy. en-GB. 2020-05-11.
15. Web site: Every 'Degrassi' character ever, ranked by who goes there. Revelist.com. en. 2020-05-11.
16. Web site: Claire Danes on Playing a Bipolar CIA Agent in 'Homeland'. Chozick. Amy. 2011-09-14. WSJ. en-US. 2020-05-11.
17. Web site: Dallas Recap, Episode 4: "The Last Hurrah". 2012-06-28. D Magazine. en. 2020-05-11.
18. Web site: Tom Pelphrey Reveals All About His "Dream Job" in Ozark Season 3 . Rosenbloom . Alli . April 9, 2020 . E! Online . August 9, 2024.
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21. Dark X-Men: The Beginning #1
22. Web site: Marvel's New Comic Book Series, The Unstoppable Wasp, Stars a Superhero With Bipolar Disorder . Men's Health . Schrodt . Paul . March 19, 2018 . August 18, 2020.