Characters

Olivia Pope is a fixer. The best in D.C. A title earned first by getting an underdog candidate elected President. What makes Olivia Pope the best is that she doesn’t fix problems. She fixes clients. She fixes people. They come to her at their lowest moment. On the worst day of their lives. Covered in blood, on the verge of conviction...when rock bottom is in sight and there’s nowhere left to turn they come to Olivia Pope for salvation. Olivia takes on the biggest scandals of our era, ... Read more »

Abby Whelan is the firm's crack investigator. Outspoken, indomitable and always willing to spar, Abby takes her work seriously and never suffers fools. Abby and Olivia’s friendship goes way back to law school and they’re the first ones to call each other out when either goes adrift. She also hates Republicans and likes baking—in fact, she uses baking as a way to settle her nerves after long days dealing with the viper’s nest that is Washington D.C. ... Read more »

The newest member of the team, Quinn Perkins is a baby lawyer with a secret past and a lot to learn. She’s not always sure what’s going on but that doesn’t stop her from jumping in the trenches with her colleagues, finding solutions to the seemingly unsolvable. Her intuition, her likeability and her optimism all serve her well in her new post but she’ll have to overcome her trusting nature and expectations of a happy ending if she’s going to last long in the messy w ... Read more »

Cyrus Beene was a political animal from day one. You’d think all those campaigns—all that salesmanship and back-door dealings—would make him jaded and cynical. It hasn’t. Cyrus is a true believer. A believer in the promise of America, in the political process and most of all in people like President Grant and Olivia Pope. To be caught between the people he loves most and to have to do his best for what he believes is right for the country will test every political skill C ... Read more »

David Rosen, the Assistant US Attorney, works very hard to make sure that Olivia Pope and Associates constantly and continuously wear the white hats like they claim they do. He might be a thorn in their sides sometimes, but he’s a thorn they need—and when the crap hits the fan, he’s normally the first person Olivia calls and asks for a washcloth. ... Read more »