Colleen Rose

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portrayer = Sharon Gless
creator = Ryan Murphy
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gender = Female
first = Magda and Jeff "(episode 5.10)"
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age = approx. 60
occupation = Mall employee/Talent agent
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Colleen Rose is a fictional character in the American television series "Nip/Tuck", portrayed by Sharon Gless.

Character history

A homicidal sociopath, Colleen impersonates an acting agent to get close to Sean McNamara, as well as to satisfy her own narcissistic sense of self-importance.

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Sean, who has become famous due to a recurring role on the primetime soap "Hearts 'n Scalpels", first meets Colleen as she watches him film a scene. She claims to be the head of the Colleen Rose Agency, and wishes to represent him. The show's star, Aidan Stone, is filmed having sex with Eden Lord in his trailer, as well as making anti-Semitic remarks, and is ordered to check into rehab. To replace him, executive producer Freddy Prune promotes Sean to take over as the show's lead. While out to dinner with Sean, Colleen flirts with him and later flashes him in his car. Colleen is seen getting out of his car outside her 'home' before running off in the other direction, implying she doesn't live in such an exclusive neighborhood. Colleen later apologizes for her behavior, and emotionally blackmails Sean into forgiving her. She seeks surgical help to fix her hammer toes, and later gives Sean a home-made teddy bear made specially for him; Colleen claims that bear-making is her hobby.

Colleen is volatile to everyone around her, and tells Eden that Sean is only using her for sex after she witnesses Sean kiss her. Colleen feels threatened when agents from the Creative Artists Agency show up wishing to represent Sean, and arranges a meeting at her home with one of them. The agent, Bob Levitts, is surprised that Colleen lives in such a small apartment, and claims that the Colleen Rose Agency doesn't exist. Colleen defends her career, telling him that she represents Nicole Kidman and Dakota Fanning, among others. She presents Bob with an "agent bear" she made, before knocking him out, tying him to a chair and blowing bear-stuffing down his throat from an electrical machine, killing him instantly. She also pushes teddy bear eyes into Bob's eyes to complete her latest 'project', before using Bob's Blackberry to tell his colleagues that he has left the country.

Sean's publicist, Bliss Berger, discovers the truth about Colleen: that she isn't an agent, and in fact works full-time at a build-a-bear workshop on Hollywood and Highland. Colleen begs forgiveness from Sean, but he demands that she stay away from him. Later, Colleen breaks into Sean's apartment and slits her wrists.

Colleen reappears soon after, demanding that Sean fix her wounds. Sean tells her that she has broken his restraining order against her, and she is taken away by the police. Colleen again reappears on set and threatens Sean. She also hides Levitts' rapidly decomposing body in a closet in Sean's apartment. While the police attempt to find Colleen, she breaks into McNamara/Troy while Sean is operating on his daughter Annie and stabs him in the back multiple times with a knife.

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