the walking dead "Carol Peletier"

Carol Peletier
Actor	Melissa Suzanne McBride
Gender	Female
Hair	Grey
Age	Early to mid 40's
Occupation	Unknown
Relations	Ed Peletier (Husband) Sophia Peletier (Daughter)
First Appearance	"Tell It to the Frogs"
Last Appearance	N/A
Status	Alive
Series lifespan	"Tell It to the Frogs" to present
Ethnicity	Caucasian-American
Carol Peletier Gallery Melissa Suzanne McBride Gallery

"Men like Merle get into your head, make you feel like you deserve the abuse. I'm hardly the woman I was a year ago, but if Ed walked through that door right now, breathing, and told me to go with him, I’d like to think I’d tell him to go to hell."

—Carol to Beth.

Carol Peletier is a main protagonist and survivor of the zombie apocalypse in The Walking Dead. During the initial outbreak, Carol evacuated with her abusive husband, Ed Peletier, and her daughter,Sophia Peletier, to Atlanta. They eventually joined a camp of survivors. Following the deaths of her husband and daughter, Carol formed a close bond with fellow survivor Daryl Dixon.

Carol is a kind-hearted and soft-spoken woman, though often meek and defenseless (especially when it comes to facing her husbandEd Peletier). She has always remained extremely protective over her daughter Sophia, attempting to shield her from the various dangers of their surroundings. After Ed is beaten half to death, and becoming even stronger following his actual death, she begins to develop thicker skin and draws a new found boldness inside of her. Carol continues this development throughout the second season, standing up for herself much more and deepening her connections within the group.

Overview

She is shown to be a devout Christian, having constantly prayed for the well-being of herself and Sophia. She fervently holds onto her beliefs even after Sophia's death, insisting that her daughter is in heaven.

As opposed to her Comic Series counterpart, Carol in the TV series is stronger and more independent as the first season moves along. The inclusion of Ed as her husband, according to Robert Kirkman in The Walking Dead Chronicles, was to give her a solid foil to produce the strength needed to survive that the comic counter-part didn't have.