Alex Udinov
character in the television series Nikita
Alexandra "Alex" Udinov is a fictional character on the American television series Nikita, portrayed by Lyndsy Fonseca.
Character arc
Background
Alex is the daughter of the late Russian oligarch Nikolai Udinov and his wife, who were murdered by the Division on orders of Sergei Semak when Alex was a child. Udinov owned the billion-dollar company Zetrov, of which Alex was the sole heir. Nikita saves Alex and kills her father, and she watches the rest of her family perish in a fire. Nikita cannot protect Alex from anything else as she has to return to the Division, and she gives Alex to one of Udinov's associates for safe-keeping. Instead, Alex is sold into sex slavery by her father's associate since he needed money and thought no one would recognize her if he did.
To keep her from fighting against them, the slavers keep Alex intoxicated and force her to become a drug addict. She escapes the slavers, though she remains a user. Alex brings this part of her past up to Amanda, saying that the slavers "had the decency to keep [her] high" as they held her captive, comparing it to Division.
After Nikita escapes Division, she finds Alex again and rescues her before she is about to get raped and forces her to get clean.
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