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Danielle Rousseau
Played by Mira Furlan
A French scientist who has been stranded alone on the Island for sixteen years. Her distress signal has been playing on a loop since her team was killed. Mira Furlan brings a haunted intensity to the role of the Island's loneliest inhabitant.
Notable Quotes
“The Others are coming.”
“If you want your child to live, every time you hear whispers, you run the other way.”
“Robert didn't want me to. He said I was sick.”
Trivia
- Mira Furlan, who played Rousseau, was a renowned Croatian-Bosnian actress who had previously starred as Delenn in Babylon 5.
- Rousseau's distress signal, playing on loop for 16 years, is the first major clue about the Island's history that the survivors discover.
- Furlan passed away in January 2021, and the LOST community mourned her as one of the show's most memorable recurring performers.