1. Nikita Mears is played by American actress Maggie Q The series follows Nikita's efforts in bringing down Division, a secret agency that trained her into becoming an agent and assassin, but betrayed her by killing Daniel Monroe, a civilian she fell in love with.
Nikita Mears was chosen for the role because series creator Craig Silverstein believed Q had qualities that would fit the character: "beautiful, who could fight," and be believable with a gun.
Orphaned as a teenager, Nikita Mears turns to drugs and crime.
Nikita Mears comes across a halfway house run by Carla Bennett and temporarily gets clean until she relapses and murders a police officer.
For three years, Nikita Mears was trained under Michael, and committed assassinations.
Nikita Mears defies Division by saving the life of the daughter, Alexandra.
Nikita Mears arranges Alex to be arrested for murdering a man Division was targeting.
In "Looking Glass", Nikita Mears learns that during an operation, Michael impregnated his asset, Cassandra Ovechkin and eventually tells him he has a son.
Nikita Mears confesses to Michael that "there is evil" in her, but Michael assures her it is only a part of her.
However, Nikita Mears later learns the President will have Division terminated should they fail.
Michael and Nikita Mears become engaged, but their relationship faces further tension after Nikita Mears cuts off his right hand to save his life.
Nikita Mears goes on the run, but leaves Michael behind.
Nikita Mears believed it would have done the original story justice.
Q's Nikita Mears is only half so crush-worthy as Bionic Woman's Jaime Sommers or Dollhouse's what's-her-name, but her predicament is no less tasty.
Nikita Mears's Nikita is not above cracking a joke, but it's clear from Q's eyes and bearing that she has suffered at the hands of evil men, and she's not going to take it anymore.
You have to believe that Nikita Mears would devote her life to wreaking vengeance on the people she views as her former captors, and you have to buy her as a butt-kicking, gun-toting action heroine who looks great in a cocktail gown.