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Reba Nell McKinney Hart
Reba Nell McKinney Hart Reba character First appearance Pilot Portrayed by Reba McEntire Information Gender Female Occupation Real Estate Agent Family J.V. (father), Helen (mother) Spouse(s) Brock (divorced) Children Cheyenne, Kyra, Jake Relatives Van (son-in-law), Elizabeth (granddaughter), Unborn Grandson Reba is a single mother who struggles with taking care of everyone in her house, after her husband divorces her for his dental hygienist. She is temperamental, and prone to sarcastic remarks. But Reba can also be kind and caring, and is usually the sensible one. She worked as a secretary for her ex-husband's dental rival, Eugene. She becomes a real estate agent after she got fired for calling her boss a monkey's butt.
Brock Hart
Brock Enroll Hart Reba character First appearance Pilot Created by Allison M. Gibson Portrayed by Christopher Rich Information Gender Male Occupation Dentist Family John D. (father), Liz (mother) Spouse(s) Reba (divorced), Barbra Jean Children Cheyenne, Kyra, Jake, Henry Relatives Van (son-in-law), Maxwell Hart (brother), Elizabeth (granddaughter), Unborn Grandson Reba's ex-husband, a dentist and golfer, who leaves her for his much younger (and pregnant by their affair) dental hygenist, Barbra Jean. He is vain, and tries to convince everyone (including himself) that he is still young. Brock is also in late season three diagnosed with depression. His name is a play on "Rock & Roll".
Cheyenne Montgomery
Cheyenne Hart-Montgomery Reba character First appearance Pilot Created by Allison M. Gibson Portrayed by Joanna Garcia Information Gender Female Family Reba (mother), Brock (father), Barbra Jean (step-mother), Kyra (sister), Jake (brother), Henry (half-brother) Spouse(s) Van Children Elizabeth (daughter), Unborn Son Relatives Dan (father-in-law), Sue (mother-in-law) Reba's 17-year-old daughter, who initially is looking forward to her senior year of high school before learning that she is pregnant. She marries her boyfriend, Van Montgomery, and they move in with Cheyenne's mom, Reba. Cheyenne gave birth to their daughter, Elizabeth, after going into labor on graduation day. She can be somewhat air-headed and self-centered, but is also kind-hearted and is very sensitive, especially when she is insulted (mainly by Kyra, her younger sister.) She goes to college to study to be a dentist. Cheyenne later helps out at a homeless shelter, improving her shallowness greatly. She also finds out she is alcoholic, which makes her change her mind about becoming a dentist and so she changed her major and decided to study to be a drug and alcohol counselor.
Van Montgomery
Van Montgomery Reba character First appearance Pilot Created by Allison M. Gibson Portrayed by Steve Howey Information Gender Male Occupation Real estate agent Family Dan (father), Sue (mother) Spouse(s) Cheyenne Children Elizabeth (daughter), Unborn Son Relatives Reba (mother-in-law), Brock (father-in-law), Barbra Jean (Step-mother-in-law), Kyra (sister-in-law), Jake (brother-in-law), Henry (brother-in-law) The star cornerback of his school's football team, Van is kicked out of the house when his parents find out that he plans to marry his pregnant girlfriend. He moves in with Reba, and his future in professional sports looks bright until an injury from an accident eventually reveals that he has narrowing of the spine. Later in the series he works as a real estate agent with Reba. Van is portrayed as a big goof and is not good with words, especially when it comes to Cheyenne.
Kyra Hart
Kyra Eleanor Hart Reba character First appearance Pilot Created by Allison M. Gibson Portrayed by Scarlett Pomers Information Gender Female Family Reba (mother), Brock (father), Barbra Jean (stepmother), Cheyenne (sister), Jake (brother), Henry (half-brother) Relatives Van (brother-in-law), Elizabeth (niece), Unborn nephew The middle child, Kyra has the fewest emotional issues of the family and as such, seems to be the most well adjusted. Many of her traits and looks come from Reba, most notably her strong use of sarcasm, although she's known to be more manipulative and difficult. (Kyra is absent for most of the 5th season due to Scarlett Pomers battle with anorexia.) In the final season, she decided not to go to college and focus on her music.
Jake Hart
Jake Mitchell Hart Reba character First appearance Pilot Created by Allison M. Gibson Portrayed by Mitch Holleman Information Gender Male Family Reba (mother), Brock (father), Barbra Jean (stepmother), Cheyenne (sister), Kyra (sister), Henry (half-brother) Relatives Van (brother-in-law), Elizabeth (niece), Unborn nephew The youngest of the Hart children, Jake is often teased by his sister Kyra. Jake is pretty oblivious of what goes around behind him. He acts like a normal boy for his age, although in earlier seasons he displays so-called feminine interests that worries his father, Brock.
Barbra Jean Hart
First Appearance Pilot
Barbra Jean Booker-Hart Reba character Created by Allison M. Gibson Portrayed by Melissa Peterman Information Nickname(s) B.J. Gender Female Spouse(s) Brock Children Henry "BJ" was Brock's dental hygienist and had an affair with him as his marriage to Reba was deteriorating. The result was her getting pregnant, and marrying him after he divorced Reba. Barbra Jean is even more of a goofball than Van, and is often an easy target for Reba's sarcasm. While noisy and annoying, Barbra Jean is a kind-hearted person with good intentions. Her tendency to tell "over-the-top" results in her sharing many random and often bizarre facts about her childhood and past. The most that can be understood is that she was born in Friendly, Texas and at one point during her infancy was "the biggest baby in Juno County." She had a sister, currently married, a brother named "Buzzard" (played by Bryan Callen of MADtv fame) and a father ("Big Daddy") who enjoys drinking and hunting. Brock is afraid of both "Buzzard" and "Big Daddy" because he knows they don't like him. She also claims to have an aunt who spits professionally. In the last season, she lost a large amount of weight and became a weather girl (she told people she was Stormy Clearweather) . In the last episode, she got a job at the weather station as a news girl(she called her segment "Babs Janson:Street Walker.")
Elizabeth Montgomery Reba character First appearance "It A'int Over Till the Red-Head Sings" Created by Allison M. Gibson Portrayed by Alena and Gabrielle Leberger Information Gender Female Family Cheyenne (mother), Van (father), Unborn Brother Henry Charles Jesus Hart Reba character First appearance "Labor of Love" Created by Allison M. Gibson Portrayed by Alexander and Jackson McLellan Information Gender Male Family Brock (father), Barbra Jean (mother) Lori Ann Garner
Lori Ann Garner Reba character First appearance "Every Picture Tells a Story" Last appearance "Switch" Created by Allison M. Gibson Portrayed by Park Overall Information Gender Female Reba's best friend. Introduced in season one in the episode "Every Picture Tells A Story". Lori Ann was married and divorced three times, presumably because all three husbands cheated on her. Lori Ann was Reba's confidant on her problems with Brock and Barbra Jean and even Cheyenne. During Lori Ann's guest appearances on the series, she is always cruel and evil to Brock, (who is just as cruel and evil back to her), as well as Barbra Jean (who seems to like Lori Ann). One can assume this is because of what Brock and Barbra Jean did to Reba, along with her own personal feelings for Brock. In one of the earlier season plotlines, it's revealed that Lori Ann and Brock once dated before his marriage to Reba. Perhaps the reason Brock's animosity towards Lori Ann are due to his own repressed attraction for her.) Lori Ann's voracious sexual appetite is seen in her continual quest to find a lover. In the episode "Every Picture Tells A Story", when Lori Ann says "men are pigs", Brock retorts with: "Well you must love bacon cause you keep marrying us." Even Reba herself describes Lori Ann as "a desperate, desperate woman" upon hearing that Lori Ann told a priest during confession that "he had nice eyes". In total, Lori Ann only made six appearances in the first season, and one in the second season. Her last episode was "Switch", after that she was never seen again, but was referred to in fourth season episode "Van's Agent", where it was mentioned Lori Ann was going to Jamaica with a man who left the priesthood for her. However, she was never seen or mentioned again after that episode, or in any of the final two seasons of the show.
See also
Categories:- Lists of television characters
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