39 Facts About Phoebe Halliwell

Phoebe Halliwell is a fictional character from the American television series Charmed, played by Alyssa Milano from October 7,1998, until May 21,2006.

Phoebe Halliwell initially possesses the power of premonition, which enables her to see into the future and the past.

Phoebe Halliwell was originally portrayed as the "free-spirited", "carefree", and most rebellious sister.

Phoebe Halliwell later becomes the middle sister from season four onwards, after Prue dies and the series introduces their younger half-sister Paige Matthews.

In subsequent seasons, Phoebe Halliwell has romantic relationships with her boss Jason Dean, coworker Leslie St Claire, and artist Dex Lawson.

The character was mostly well received by television critics, who praised Phoebe Halliwell's comedic side and felt that Milano was a better fit for the role than Rom.

The character of Phoebe Halliwell was conceived by Burge, who wrote the pilot script for Charmed.

Phoebe Halliwell was first portrayed by Lori Rom in the unaired pilot, which the role was later given and portrayed by Alyssa Milano in all of the show's aired 178 episodes.

Phoebe Halliwell obtains the power to "see the future" which contrasts with her known reckless persona.

In season two, Phoebe Halliwell is seen re-entering college and majoring in psychology.

Phoebe Halliwell continues to embrace her destiny as a witch and is noted by her sisters as being the best at writing new spells.

The Source agrees, knowing that he plans to double cross her in the end as Phoebe Halliwell will be immune to the time reset while in The Underworld.

The opening episode of the fourth season, "Charmed Again ", reveals that Phoebe Halliwell was rescued from The Underworld by Leo and Cole.

Later in the episode, while attending Prue's funeral, Phoebe Halliwell meets Paige Matthews and receives a premonition of the woman being attacked by Shax.

Alongside continuing her Charmed role, Phoebe Halliwell receives a marriage proposal from Cole, accepting after he becomes stripped of his demon half.

Later in the season, Phoebe helps to deliver Piper and Leo's first child, Wyatt Matthew Halliwell.

In season six, Phoebe Halliwell continues her relationship with Jason and sees her magical abilities grow to include the power of empathy.

Phoebe Halliwell eventually becomes more serious with Jason, moving with him to Hong Kong.

At the start of season seven, Phoebe Halliwell is still stripped of her powers.

Phoebe Halliwell is the first of the sisters to regret this when her premonition powers show her how much the world has been robbed of its free will.

Unsure if she could ever have a lasting marriage with someone she is not completely honest with, Phoebe Halliwell reveals the truth of her hidden identity to Dex.

Phoebe Halliwell later meets a cupid named Coop, who was sent by The Elders to help her find love again.

When Phoebe Halliwell discovers that Billie and her sister, Christy are the ultimate power The Charmed Ones must defeat to save Leo from the Angel of Death, she has reservations because the women are human and not demons.

Phoebe Halliwell becomes a successful author, writing a self-help book on finding love.

Phoebe Halliwell is seen preparing to return to work as an advice columnist for The Bay Mirror.

Phoebe Halliwell can cast spells, often written in iambic pentameter or as a rhyming couplet, to influence others or the world around her.

When Phoebe Halliwell first comes into her powers, the first power she develops is the ability to see the future in the form of premonitions.

For instance, in the season one finale, "Deja Vu All Over Again", when the world is caught within a recurring time loop by the time sorcerer Tempus, Phoebe Halliwell is able to realize that the same day is repeating over and over again because of her premonition powers.

Phoebe Halliwell develops the power to trigger a vision in someone else with similar powers, "sharing" visions with Elders and knowing how to trigger a specific "trap" premonition in the evil witch Mitzy, who has temporary possession of her powers.

At the start of season three, in the episode "The Honeymoon's Over", Phoebe Halliwell obtains her first active power in the form of levitation, the power to defy gravity and float in the air.

When new to her power, Phoebe Halliwell is unable to move horizontally, and in the season three episode "Once Upon a Time", Prue uses telekinesis to guide Phoebe Halliwell across a cavern while she is levitating.

In season four, the power advances so that Phoebe Halliwell is able to glide short distances while levitating and she even learns to use her power to walk on walls.

Season six sees Phoebe Halliwell develop the power of empathy, the power to sense and experience the emotions of others.

In later episodes, Phoebe Halliwell uses empathy to deflect energy balls and fireballs, causing them to backfire on their users.

Phoebe Halliwell discovers that her empathy powers grow to allow her to incapacitate or even kill another person.

Early in the series, Phoebe Halliwell is revealed to be a skilled pick-pocket; having picked up the technique during her rebellious teen years.

Also, to make up for initially only having a passive power, Phoebe Halliwell takes classes in self-defense.

Phoebe Halliwell still fails and makes mistakes, but she constantly grows.

Phoebe Halliwell ranked seventh on the same list the following year.