1. Amanda Clarke, formerly known by the pseudonym Emily Thorne, is a fictional character and the protagonist of the ABC television series Revenge, portrayed by Emily VanCamp, based on Edmond Dantes, the titular protagonist of Alexandre Dumas' 1844 novel The Count of Monte Cristo.
Emily Thorne has been described as a flawed and multifaceted heroine figure.
Emily VanCamp, who portrays Thorne, described the character as having become "corrupted" to the point where she was concerned that it would be difficult to make Thorne appealing to audiences.
In Revenge, Emily Thorne serves as a modern female version of Edmond Dantes, the main character of The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, the novel that inspired the series.
Emily Thorne has been left shares in Nolcorp, which she liquidates to the value of $40 billion and is a fund for her revenge against the Grayson family, making her the second richest character in the series after Nolan.
Stowe notes the two characters as being complicated and said that Emily Thorne is on a similarly amoral path as Victoria.
Emily Thorne suggests that because of these similarities her character is able to recognize "something really amiss" about Thorne.
Emily Thorne is proficient in shooting and martial arts and speaks fluent French and Japanese.
Emily Thorne has a tattoo on her wrist of a double infinity symbol, representing her father's love for "infinity times infinity", as he told her as a child.
Emily Thorne spends several years researching the members of the conspiracy and creating an elaborate fake back-story by changing her name to the one of her former cellmate, to seek revenge.
Emily Thorne saves Conrad and Victoria for last, and schemes to marry their son Daniel in order to have access to the Grayson family records.
Emily Thorne offers to assist her; she initially rejects him, but later counts on him as a trusted ally.
Emily Thorne is distrustful of him from the start, while Emily Thorne's friend and Victoria's event planner, Ashley Davenport, is smitten with him.
Emily Thorne sends Conrad a video recording of the Frank and Lydia incident, which causes Conrad to fire Frank.
Emily Thorne discovers Emily's former cellmate, the real Emily Thorne who is posing as Amanda Clarke, but she murders him before he can warn Victoria.
Tyler, meanwhile, becomes a larger problem, and Emily Thorne enlists Nolan to get rid of him, only for him to begin a romantic relationship with Tyler.
Emily Thorne exposes Tyler's misdeeds, but Tyler ends up blackmailing Conrad when he tries to fire him.
Emily Thorne uses this against Victoria, and Conrad threatens to expose this information in the midst of their divorce proceedings.
Emily Thorne discovers that Victoria hired a contractor named Lee Moran to attack Daniel in order to have him released on bail.
However, Nolan reveals that he copied a hard drive in Conrad's evidence, which contains a video that reveals Emily Thorne's supposedly deceased mother to be alive.
Emily Thorne asks for information about her mother, but Murphy attempts to kill her again.
Emily Thorne is killed by Emily's ex-lover Aiden Mathis before she can learn more.
Emily Thorne learns that Conrad has bought half of the Stowaway, Jack's bar, and urges Amanda to buy it back.
Emily Thorne's thirst for revenge reignited, Emily sets out to identify and locate both "the Fa1c0n", a hacker employed by the Initiative, and Patrick, the secret firstborn son of Victoria.
Emily Thorne learns that Takeda was tracking an assassin named Gregor Hoffman, who she finds posing as an IT tech at Grayson Global.
Emily Thorne later learns that while Jack escaped before the explosion, Declan did not.
Emily Thorne stops him by revealing that she is Amanda Clarke.
Emily Thorne turns around, and apologizes to an unknown person, before she is shot twice, causing her to fall into the water.
Emily Thorne destroys a new David Clarke conspirator, Paul Whitley, now a priest.
Later, Emily Thorne pulls up to a crashed car on the side of the road and finds Whitley severely injured.
Emily Thorne reveals her final plan to Nolan and Jack: fake her death, and frame Victoria for her murder on her wedding day.
Lydia Davis, thought to have died in the plane crash at the end of season 1, returns and uncovers evidence that Emily Thorne has plotted against them.
Barely surviving, Emily Thorne is discharged into Victoria's care, where she meets Niko, Takeda's daughter, who poses as her nurse.
Emily Thorne manages to defeat Niko in a difficult struggle, but spares her life.
Emily Thorne offers her assistance in Emily's scheme and reveals the existence of evidence disks confiscated by her law firm.
Emily Thorne poses as a Homeland Security agent and wins Pascal's allegiance in extracting a confession out of Conrad.
One night, a hooded man attempts to kill Emily Thorne, but is scared off by Nolan.
However, Emily Thorne finds evidence suggesting that this is untrue and that David murdered Conrad.
Emily Thorne eventually reveals herself to David, but he is unwilling to sever ties with Victoria.
Emily Thorne discovers evidence that links him to FBI Agent Kate Taylor.
Jack and Nolan arrange for Margaux's arrest, allowing Emily Thorne to interrogate her.
Emily Thorne conveys this information to Ben, who investigates the home of a deceased woman whose body was used in the "murder".
Emily Thorne finds Victoria, but is murdered by an assassin Margaux hired, "White Gold".
Emily Thorne confronts Victoria for the final time with the intention of killing her for her crimes.
Emily Thorne barely survives with the help of a heart transplant, which is revealed in a recurring nightmare to have come from Victoria.
Months later, Emily Thorne marries Jack and they sail off on their honeymoon.