1. Beatrice "Beadie" Russell is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actress Amy Ryan.
13 Facts About Beadie Russell
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Beadie Russell was featured prominently in the second season, after she discovered thirteen corpses in a container on the Baltimore docks.
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Beadie Russell took the job because she needed the pay to support her two young children after her husband abandoned them.
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Beadie Russell found the job unchallenging and spent most of her time patrolling the docks and checking shipping manifests.
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Beadie Russell developed a friendly working relationship with many of the stevedores, including Frank Sobotka, though she was kept out of the loop regarding major criminal activities within the stevedore's union because of the Port Authority's lack of manpower.
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Beadie Russell is briefly the primary investigator until Officer Jimmy McNulty intervened after noticing that the air vent in the container had been beaten shut, getting the case reassigned to the city Homicide Unit and noticing that the Port Authority lacked the necessary resources to investigate the possible murders.
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Beadie Russell is subsequently detailed to Homicide to aid in the investigation.
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Beadie Russell connects with detective Kima Greggs while discussing the balance of a mother's responsibilities and the dangers inherent in their work, and enjoys flirting with McNulty both during work and while drinking after hours.
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Beadie Russell comes through, delivering the location of the meeting, and enables the surveillance crew to get a photograph of Vondas and his lawyer.
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Beadie Russell is able to convince Frank Sobotka to inform on The Greek once a strong case is built against him.
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Beadie Russell's emotional offer of a deal has Frank ready to give up everything he knows in order to help his family.
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Beadie Russell's corpse is found by the Marine Unit and placed in the port, where all his stevedore union peers and his nephew Nicky gather to see.
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In Season three, McNulty is reminded of Beadie Russell and, feeling his life is missing something, he reinitiates their relationship and returns to beat police work.