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Donna Ludlow is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Matilda Ziegler between 27 August 1987 and 13 April 1989. Donna was scripted as a troubled individual, desperate for attention, but shunned by almost all who encountered her. In her storyline, after finding out she was conceived from rape and then rejected by her mother, Donna sets herself on a path of self-destruction. She turns to manipulation, blackmail and prostitution to fund her drug-habit, before choking to death on her own vomit in 1989. ==Storylines== Donna, conceived when 14-year-old Kathy Hills (Gillian Taylforth) was raped by her music teacher, Marcus Duffy, and adopted by the Ludlow family, hopes for a reconciliation with Kathy when she discovered she was adopted. Her godmother, June Watkins (Madaline Blakeney), visits Kathy to inform her that Donna wants to meet her. Kathy refuses, telling June she wants nothing to do with Donna, but does not disclose the circumstances of Donna's conception. Undeterred, Donna moves to Walford to be near her mother. For the first year she keeps her identity a secret, compulsively lying to substantiate her fake persona. She works as a barmaid at The Queen Victoria public house and takes to anonymously ringing up the Samaritans, where Kathy volunteers, but Kathy starts to suspect the caller's identity. Kathy becomes more concerned when Donna shows interest in her son Ian (Adam Woodyatt), and Ian seems to be attracted to her, not realizing that she's his half-sister. When Kathy tells Donna to stay away from Ian, Donna finally tells her who she is. Mortified, Kathy orders Donna to leave, telling her she gave her away and wants nothing to do with her. Hurt by such rejection, Donna retaliates by causing as much trouble for Kathy as she can. She continues to flirt with Ian, forcing Kathy to confess her identity to him; then she hints to Kathy's husband Pete (Peter Dean) that Kathy might be having an affair with James Wilmott-Brown (William Boyde). Finally Kathy informs Donna that the reason she gave her up was because she was the product of rape. Unhinged by this bombshell, Donna spends the rest of the year in a downward spiral. She stalks Simon Wicks (Nick Berry) who only uses her for sex, and when he pits her against his new fling, Cindy Williams (Michelle Collins), the subsequent fights culminate in her losing her job at the pub; by August 1988 she is homeless. Michelle Fowler (Susan Tully) and Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean) take pity and allow her to stay with them, but after Donna tries to come between them, they throw her out. By September she is living in an abandoned squat on the Square. After Donna's manipulations are discovered, the community shuns her. Depressed, she starts using heroin with the other junkies dossing in her squat. She is soon addicted and stealing to fund her habit; by December 1988 she turns to extortion. One day, Ali Osman (Nejdet Salih) comes into the Vic to celebrate his sizable win at the horses. His boasting attracts Donna's attention and she takes advantage of his inebriation to seduce him. Then she threatens to tell his wife Sue (Sandy Ratcliff) about the one-night stand unless he supplies her with regular monetary instalments. But by February 1989 that well runs so dry that Donna resorts to prostitution, agreeing to sleep with her drug-dealer, Spike Murphy, in exchange for smack. Spike brings 5 of his sleazy friends along and a vicious gang rape is only stopped by Rod Norman's (Christopher McHallem) chance appearance. Following this, Rod tries unsuccessfully to get Donna off heroin. When Donna tells the community that her adoptive parents have been killed in a car crash, the residents of Walford take pity, donating money to help her; they are left incensed when a woman arrives shortly after, announcing she is Donna's adoptive mother whom Rod summoned. Except for Dot Cotton (June Brown), who takes her in, everyone shuns Donna; she promptly spreads rumours that Colin Russell (Michael Cashman) has AIDS and tells Sue Osman about her affair with Ali, destroying their marriage. These are hollow victories, and after Rod abandons her and Kathy rejects her yet again, Donna overdoses on heroin and chokes to death on her own vomit. Her dead body is found by Dot on 13 April 1989. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Donna Ludlow」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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