Allie Novak, Wentworth

Allie Novak (Kate Jenkinson)

On Australian prison drama Wentworth, Allie Novak was introduced in Season 4 as a new prison inmate after participating in a vigilante group, invested in protecting women by also assaulting men they found were in the wrong. Allie was once a drug addict and street prostitute who suffered abuse from her clients before the leader of the vigilante group, Kaz Procter, took her in and befriended her. As a gay woman, Allie found solace being with women and emotional respite from a lifestyle she couldn’t escape.

When she arrived at Wentworth Allie met fellow prisoner, and lead character, Bea and their relationship developed over the course of the season. In episode 4×10, Allie said “I love you” to Bea who answered with; “That’s a shame”. In the next episode, though Bea and Allie finally found some happiness together and had sex for the first time, Bea found Allie overdosed on drugs and in a coma. Bea finally admitted to Allie that she loved her too, though she had not woken up. Bea was then killed in an attempt to get revenge on the prisoner she thought was responsible for Allie’s overdose. As Bea was left bleeding on the ground Allie opened her eyes and woke up from her coma just as Bea closed hers.

Appearances:

• 12 episodes. Season 4

Female love interests:

• Bea Smith 💀 (Danielle Cormack, bisexual, regular)

Relationship story arc with a woman: Yes

No male love interests

Relationship story arc with a man: No

Male love interest after being identified as a lesbian? No

Filter Relationship Arc:

• Female (Regular)

Storyline during sweeps? No

[1] A relationship story arc is defined as explicit, developed on screen, and lasting more than 3 episodes. It is listed as questionable or subtext if romance is only implied, mentioned instead of shown on screen, part of a dream sequence, or otherwise not explicit for the viewer.
[2] Sweeps episodes air in February, May, July and November, the periods when advertising rates are set. A character is marked as "sweeps" when there is a very limited number of episodes that address their sexuality, all air during sweeps period, and the storyline is otherwise ignore/dropped.