Major Characters
| Character | Actor | Seasons | Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Julia McNamara | Joely Richardson | 1–6 | Sean McNamara's wife of 18 years, mother to Matt, Annie and Connor. Dropped out of medical school to raise her children and became extremely bitter about this, which lead to the tension that ultimately resulted in the end of her first marriage to Sean. They remarried. Former co-owner of De La Mer, a day spa for surgery patients in recovery. Recently gave birth to a third child — her second with Sean — who suffers from ectrodactyly, lobster claw syndrome. Julia leaves Sean after his revelations about the affair with Monica Wilder, as well as her own affair with Marlowe Sawyer and her resolution to raise Connor and Annie away from the turbulence of her old life. As the series ends, she is marrying a wealthy British man and taking the kids with her to England, but she and Sean have mended fences and they part on civil terms. |
| Matt McNamara | John Hensley | 1–6 | Sean and Julia's extremely troubled and amoral teenage son. His list of crimes include running over and disfiguring a classmate, assaulting a trans woman, and abusing drugs and alcohol. Later during Season 2, Matt finds out Christian is his biological father. He was also involved with a post-op trans woman, and fell in love with her before discovering that she was trans. During Seasons 4 and 5 he was in a quasi-romantic relationship with Kimber Henry, who had been involved with both Sean and Christian and who has introduced him to Scientology, which he has enthusiastically embraced. Since his conversion, and possibly partially because of his involvement with Kimber, he has cut Christian out of his life for the time being, labeling him as an "SP", or suppressive personality. He has since left the religion and Kimber. In Season 6, he briefly turned to armed robbery in order to support his lifestyle, and he was eventually caught and did time in California state prison, but has since been released. He gets engaged to a young woman named Ramona but leaves her at the altar to be with Ava. He later tells Christian he and Ramona have reconciled but in truth, she wants nothing to do with him. He ends up leaving with Ava to raise his daughter in South America. |
| Liz Cruz | Roma Maffia | 1–6 | Anesthesiologist for McNamara/Troy, and former general practitioner at De La Mer. Often the "voice of reason" at McNamara/Troy, Liz is a 40-something lesbian and feminist who serves as a sarcastic foil for Christian Troy, though she occasionally shows concern and even admiration for Christian. She seems to have a proclivity towards physical injury, once being shot in the leg by Escobar Gallardo, and, later, having one of her kidneys stolen by organ thieves after being seduced and drugged by an attractive young woman. She was also married to Christian for a short time. She finishes the series as a partner in the newly incorporated Troy/Cruz practice. |
| Kimber Henry | Kelly Carlson | 1–6 | Christian's on-again/off-again girlfriend whom he met in the pilot episode. A former model, porn actress and producer and drug addict, she is extremely narcissistic and self-conscious about her looks and has severe low self-esteem. Christian's general apathy towards Kimber's feelings — which was expressed most notably in Season 1, when he attempted to "trade" Kimber to a rival plastic surgeon who was in love with her in exchange for the rival's new sports car — has contributed to her poor self-image. She was a victim of the Carver, a crazed plastic surgeon, and former partner at McNamara/Troy. She also had a brief sexual relationship with Sean McNamara when he split from Julia. In Season 4, she is an enthusiastic Scientologist who helps Matt deal with his problems through counseling. She seduced and married Matt as revenge against Christian, became pregnant with Matt's child, and eventually leaves him for Ram Peters, a former boss of hers when she was a porn star. After her relationship with Ram falls apart, Kimber gets involved with plastic surgeon Mike Hamoui, before leaving him to marry Christian. Their marriage quickly crumbles due to infidelity on both parts, Kimber engaging in an affair with Sean. In Season 6, after Christian ends their marriage following the sudden realization of his treatment of her, Kimber is driven to suicide, jumping from the bow of Mike's boat to her death. |
| Gina Russo | Jessalyn Gilsig | 1–5 | An extremely troubled, angry, bitter, HIV-positive sex addict in her mid-30s who has a very adversarial and volatile relationship with Christian Troy, who she refers to as "asshole" as opposed to using his actual name. She is also the mother of Christian's "son" Wilber, aka Gabriel, but lost any custody of him after her entire sordid history was discovered by the authorities. Became the full owner of De La Mer surgical recovery spa when Julia sold her share of the business to help raise her new son. In the fifth season, she is hired as the new receptionist at McNamara/Troy. Gina was killed after falling from the roof of an apartment building while trying to seduce Christian during this same season. |
| Quentin Costa | Bruno Campos | 2–3 | An openly bisexual plastic surgeon originally from Atlanta, who flew down to Miami to perform surgery on Sean McNamara after being attacked by the Carver. Briefly a limited partner at McNamara/Troy and dated Julia McNamara when she and Sean were going through their divorce. Quentin was revealed to be the Carver at the end of season 3. |
| Grace Santiago | Valerie Cruz | 1 | Staff psychologist at McNamara/Troy |
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