Lady Jayne Wetherby, Dracula

Lady Jayne Wetherby (Victoria Smurfit)

In British-American horror drama Dracula, the character of Lady Jayne was never identified as either bisexual or a lesbian, however, outside an unrequited interest in Mina, Lady Jane was Lucy Westenra’s only on-screen female romantic interest, frequently used in episode promos.

Lady Jayne gave lessons on love to the devastated Lucy only in order to manipulate her and convince her to seduce Jonathan Harker, a journalist desperate to climb the ranks of aristocracy. Lady Jayne was also in a sexual relationship with Alexander Grayson, unaware that Alexander was Dracula. She was killed by Grayson in the season finale and the series was canceled after one season.

Appearances:

• 10 episodes.

Female love interests:

• Lucy Westenra (Katie McGrath, lesbian, regular)

Relationship story arc with a woman: No

Male love interests:

• Alexander Grayson (Jonathan Rhys Meyers, regular, 10 episodes)

Relationship story arc with a man: Yes

Filter Relationship Arc:

• Male (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.