Anne Lewis

Anne Lewis is a fictional police officer featured in the 1987 science fiction/action movie "RoboCop". The character was portrayed by Nancy Allen, who recreated the role in the sequels "RoboCop 2" (1990) and "RoboCop 3" (1993).

"RoboCop"

In the original "RoboCop" movie (directed by Paul Verhoeven) Anne is partnered with hot shot family man, fellow Old Detroit officer Alex Murphy (Peter Weller). On his first day on the job at his new precinct, he is murdered by a vicious gang of thugs who work for ruthless crime tycoon Dick Jones, who intends to control Delta City which is still in the pre-production stages.

Murphy's body (although severely damaged) is then re-constructed into the first ever robotic law enforcement officer, who gradually begins to regain some reconciliation of his former life through encounters with members of the gang who took him out.

A series of events leads Anne to become his partner once again, in which she aids RoboCop to take down the cop killing gang in the film's epic climax at an abandoned factory warehouse.

"RoboCop 2"

Anne returned in "RoboCop 2". Anne teams up with RoboCop to take down a gang of drug dealers lead by Cain, who are developing a new narcotic known as "Nuke."

During a confrontation with RoboCop, Cain is later killed and OCP (the company that runs the police) has him transformed into RoboCop 2, who goes berserk and ends up having to battle the original RoboCop, who he almost dominates until he is eventually destroyed by his arch nemesis.

"RoboCop 3"

The mega corporation Omni Consumer Products is still bent on creating their pet project, Delta City, to replace the rotting city of Detroit. Unfortunately, the inhabitants of the area have no intention of abandoning their homes simply for desires of the company. To this end, OCP have decided to force them to leave by employing a ruthless mercenary army to attack and harass them. An underground resistance begins and in this fight, Robocop must decide where his loyalties lie.

Anne Lewis has a relatively smaller role, again aiding RoboCop in battle against their enemies. But she is killed when she is shot outside the church hideout, having told the main villain that he'll have to shoot through them first. Nancy Allen, by this point was fully aware of the concept of franchise milking, and only offered to reprise her popular role if she were to be killed off during the first half of the movie.

"Robocop: The Animated Series"

In the 1980s animated series produced by Marvel Comics, Anne is portrayed as a much closer friend to Murphy, even attempting to help him become reacquainted with social functions like dating. Murphy's feelings for Lewis are much deeper due to this kind of interaction, as in the episode "The Man In The Iron Suit", Lt. Hedgecock, a predjudiced police officer jealous of Murphy, volunteers to test out a new prototype armour for OCP, challenging Murphy to a heated conflict inside a junkyard, where he almost succeeds in killing him. Anne is injured by Hedgecock when she tries to stop him. Murphy briefly snaps into a blind rage, pummeling Hedgecock and ripping apart his armour to get at the occupant. Lewis recovers and persuades Murphy to let Hedgecock go, insisting they can use the recordings of the battle to press charges without taking the law into their own hands (although the tape is inevitably destroyed to appease The Old Man and protect the Robocop project), Murphy picks up Anne and departs the junkyard.