Wilhelmina "Mina" Harker (
née
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Murray) is a fictional character and the main female character in
Bram Stoker
Abraham Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish author who is celebrated for his 1897 Gothic horror novel '' Dracula''. During his lifetime, he was better known as the personal assistant of actor Sir Henry Irving and busine ...
's 1897
Gothic
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horror novel ''
Dracula
''Dracula'' is a novel by Bram Stoker, published in 1897. As an epistolary novel, the narrative is related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single protagonist, but opens with solicitor Jonathan Harker taking ...
''.
In the novel
She begins the story as Miss Mina Murray, a young schoolmistress who is engaged to
Jonathan Harker
Jonathan Harker is a fictional character and one of the main protagonists of Bram Stoker's 1897 Gothic horror novel '' Dracula''. His journey to Transylvania and encounter with the vampire Count Dracula and his Brides at Castle Dracula consti ...
, and best friends with
Lucy Westenra
Lucy Westenra is a fictional character in the 1897 novel ''Dracula'' by Bram Stoker. The 19-year-old daughter of a wealthy family, she is Mina Murray's best friend and Count Dracula's first English victim. She subsequently transforms into a vam ...
. She visits Lucy in
Whitby
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on July 24 of that year, when schools would have closed for the summer. Unlike her best friend, Mina is an orphan; who never knew her father or mother.
After Mina's fiancé Jonathan escapes from
Count Dracula
Count Dracula () is the title character of Bram Stoker's 1897 gothic horror novel '' Dracula''. He is considered to be both the prototypical and the archetypal vampire in subsequent works of fiction. Aspects of the character are believed by som ...
's castle, she travels to
Budapest
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and joins him there. Mina cares for him during his recovery from his
trauma
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* Major trauma, in physical medicine, severe physical injury caused by an external source
* Psychological trauma, a type of damage to the psyche that occurs as a result of a severely distressing event
*Traumatic i ...
tic encounter with the
vampire
A vampire is a mythical creature that subsists by feeding on the Vitalism, vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living. In European folklore, vampires are undead, undead creatures that often visited loved ones and caused mi ...
and his
brides
A bride is a woman who is about to be married or who is newlywed.
When marrying, the bride's future spouse, (if male) is usually referred to as the ''bridegroom'' or just ''groom''. In Western culture, a bride may be attended by a maid, brides ...
, and the two return to England as husband and wife. Back home, they learn that Lucy has died from a mysterious illness stemming from severe blood loss as the result of repeated attacks by an unknown, blood-drinking animal. The animal, they learn, was none other than Dracula taking a different shape.
It is because of Mina that the party learn of the count's plans, as she is the one who collects all of the relevant information regarding the Count—including the various characters' journals, letters, and newspaper clippings—places it in chronological order, and types out multiple copies, giving them to each of the other protagonists. The result is the epistolary novel itself. Mina and Jonathan then join the coalition around
Abraham Van Helsing
Professor Abraham Van Helsing, a fictional character from the 1897 gothic horror novel ''Dracula'', is an aged Dutch polymath doctor with a wide range of interests and accomplishments, partly attested by the string of letters that follows his ...
, and turn their attention toward destroying the count. The party uses this information to discover clues about Dracula's plans and further investigate the locations of the various residences he purchases as a means to track him and destroy him. Each subsequent action the party takes is recorded by the various members and added to the collection of events surrounding Dracula.
After Dracula learns of this plot against him, he takes revenge by visiting - and biting - Mina at least three times. Dracula also puts Mina under his hypnotic spell, dooming her to become a vampire should she die. Afterwards, he kills
Renfield
R. M. Renfield is a fictional character who appears in Bram Stoker's 1897 Gothic horror novel ''Dracula''.[ ...](_blank)
and destroys all of the copies of their compiled records except for one, which Dr. Seward kept in a safe. The rest of the novel deals with the group's efforts to spare Mina a vampiric fate by tracking and attempting to kill Dracula. When Van Helsing attempts to bless her by placing a
host
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Host may also refer to:
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* Host, Pennsylvania, a village in Berks County
People
*Jim Host (born 1937), American businessman
* Michel Host ...
against her forehead it burns her flesh, leaving a scar, thus proving that Dracula has made her unholy. Mina slowly succumbs to Dracula's influence, switching back and forth from a state of consciousness to one of semi-trance, during which she is
telepathically
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connected with Dracula. Mina then uses her inherent telepathic abilities to track Dracula's movements under the
hypnotism
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of Van Helsing. Dracula later flees back to his castle in
Transylvania
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, followed by the entire group who split up. As Van Helsing takes Mina with him on his journey to Dracula's castle to slay the
Brides of Dracula
The Brides of Dracula are fictional characters in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel ''Dracula''. They are three seductive female vampire "sisters" who reside with Count Dracula in his castle in Transylvania, where they entrance men with their beauty an ...
, the rest of the party attempt to locate and raid the ship Dracula is using, to ambush him. As time goes on, Helsing's ability to hypnotize Mina to obtain intelligence on the whereabouts of Count Dracula diminishes significantly. Her appearance and manner become more vampire-like, to the point where she even loses her appetite as well as her ability to stay awake during the day despite multiple attempts by Van Helsing to wake her.
While Mina and Van Helsing are at camp, Helsing finely crumbles a sacred wafer in a circle around Mina as she sleeps during the daytime. Upon waking, she is unable to cross the circle at all. Van Helsing does this as a test; if Mina is unable to exit the circle, he reasons that vampires would be unable to enter, as well. This is confirmed when, later in the night, the brides come to the camp, but are unable to cross the ring around Mina and Van Helsing. The brides beckon her to join them but fail to do so (which Van Helsing is relieved at when he notices how Mina looks at them with fear and disgust, and he realizes she isn't like them yet); with that, they fly back to Dracula's castle before sunrise, where they meet their demise at Van Helsing's hands.
When the party kills Dracula just before sunset, Dracula's vampiric spell is lifted and Mina is freed from the curse.
The book closes with a note written seven years after these events about Mina's and Jonathan's married life, and the birth of their first-born son; who they name Quincey in remembrance of their friend,
Quincey Morris
Quincey P. Morris is a fictional character in Bram Stoker's 1897 gothic novel ''Dracula''.
In the novel
He is a rich young American from Texas, and one of the three men who propose to Lucy Westenra. Quincey is friends with her other two suito ...
; who was killed by Dracula's
Roma
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** Roma Airport
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minions during the final confrontation. The birth of Jonathan and Mina's son signifies
hope
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As a verb, its definitions include: "expect with confidence" and "to cherish ...
and renewal of life as the close of the novel ushers in the 20th century.
In other media
Mina has appeared in most film adaptations of Stoker's novel.
In Stoker's original novel, Mina recovers from the vampire's curse upon Dracula's death and lives on with her husband, Jonathan. However, in some media, Mina is killed at some point in the story, while in others, she becomes a full vampire and keeps her powers after the death of Dracula.
Books
*Mina is one of the main characters in 1975 novel ''
Dracula Tape'' by
Fred Saberhagen
Fred Thomas Saberhagen (May 18, 1930 – June 29, 2007) was an American science fiction and fantasy author most famous for his ''Berserker'' series of science fiction short stories and novels.
Saberhagen also wrote a series of vampire novels in ...
, which is the retelling of Bram Stoker's ''Dracula'' from Dracula's point of view. This is actually book one of a ten part book series of which Mina is a major recurring character.
*In ''
Anno Dracula
''Anno Dracula'' is a 1992 novel by British writer Kim Newman, the first in the ''Anno Dracula'' series. It is an alternate history using 19th-century English historical settings and personalities, along with characters from popular fiction.
...
'', a 1992 novel by
Kim Newman
Kim James Newman (born 31 July 1959) is an English journalist, film critic and fiction writer. Recurring interests visible in his work include film history and horror fiction—both of which he attributes to seeing Tod Browning's ''Dracula (1931 ...
, the first in the
Anno Dracula series, Mina Harker became a vampire and Dracula's bride. The novel tells an alternate history in which Dracula marries
Queen Victoria
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until Death and state funeral of Queen Victoria, her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 21 ...
and rules England as her consort, and vampirism is widespread.
*Mina is the central character in the 1994 book ''Mina ... The Dracula Story Continues'', and the 2000 sequel ''Blood to Blood: The Dracula Story Continues'', by
Marie Kiraly.
*Mina Murray (returning to her maiden name after having divorced her husband) is one of the lead characters of
Alan Moore
Alan Moore (born 18 November 1953) is an English author known primarily for his work in comic books including ''Watchmen'', ''V for Vendetta'', ''The Ballad of Halo Jones'', ''Swamp Thing'', ''Batman:'' ''The Killing Joke'', and ''From Hell' ...
's and
Kevin O'Neill's comic book series ''
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
''The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'' (''LoEG'') is a comic book series (inspired by the 1960 British film ''The League of Gentlemen'') co-created by writer Alan Moore and artist Kevin O'Neill which began in 1999. The series spans four volum ...
'' (1999-2019). She is a bisexual suffragist and leader of the titular team, and is involved in a romantic relationship with
Allan Quatermain
Allan Quatermain is the protagonist of H. Rider Haggard's 1885 novel ''King Solomon's Mines'', its one sequel ''Allan Quatermain'' (1887), twelve prequel novels and four prequel short stories, totalling eighteen works. An English professional ...
. She and Allan are the only remaining members of the initial League after a
Martian invasion. She subsequently becomes immortal, remaining young even in the year 2009. She is in a polyamorous relationship with the gender-changing omnisexual
Orlando
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. It is implied that she still feels trauma over her encounter with Dracula and has disfiguring scars on her neck, which she covers with a red scarf.
*In ''
Dracula the Un-dead
''Dracula the Un-dead'' is a 2009 sequel to Bram Stoker's classic 1897 novel '' Dracula''. The book was written by Bram Stoker's great-grandnephew Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt. Previously, Holt had been a direct-to-DVD horror screenwriter, and Stok ...
,'' (2009) co-written by
Dacre Stoker
Dacre Calder Stoker (born August 23, 1958) is a Canadian-American author, sportsman and filmmaker.
Biography
Stoker was born in Montreal, Quebec. He is the great-grandnephew of Irish author Bram Stoker, the author of the 1897 Gothic novel ''Dra ...
, a great-nephew of the original author, Mina's son, Quincey, is claimed to be a product of
rape
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and Dracula's biologically human son, conceived at some point when Dracula was attacking Mina.
*In ''From the Pages of Bram Stoker's Dracula: Harker'' (2009), written by
Tony Lee
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* Tony (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
* Gregory Tony (born 1978), American law enforcement officer
* Motu Tony (born 1981), New Zealand international rugby leagu ...
and endorsed by Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt, Mina becomes bound to Dracula's spirit as his remaining allies attempt to use her unborn child as his new body.
*Mina Murray appears in the novel ''European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman'' (2018)(the second novel in ''The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club'' series) by
Theodora Goss
Theodora Goss (born September 30, 1968) is a Hungarian-American fiction writer and poet. Her writing has been nominated for major awards, including the Nebula, Locus, Mythopoeic, World Fantasy, and Seiun Awards. Her short fiction and poetry ...
. In the novel she is former governess of Mary Jekyll, daughter of the infamous
Dr. Jekyll. Mary receives a letter from Mina, asking for her help, and sets on a mission to help Mina, discovering later that Mina Murray isn't all that she seems.
On screen
Film
*In
F. W. Murnau
Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau (born Friedrich Wilhelm Plumpe; December 28, 1888March 11, 1931) was a German film director, producer and screenwriter.
He was greatly influenced by Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Shakespeare and Ibsen plays he had seen at t ...
's ''
Nosferatu
''Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror'' (German: ''Nosferatu – Eine Symphonie des Grauens'') is a 1922 silent German Expressionist horror film directed by F. W. Murnau and starring Max Schreck as Count Orlok, a vampire who preys on the wife ...
'' (1922), the character is renamed Ellen, due to the
copyright
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issues surrounding this film, and is portrayed by
Greta Schröder
Greta Schröder (27 June 1892 – 8 June 1980) was a German actress. She is best known for the role of Thomas Hutter's wife and Count Orlok's victim in ''Nosferatu'' (1922). In the fictionalized 2000 film ''Shadow of the Vampire'', she is port ...
. In a significant deviation from the original novel, she sacrifices herself to
Count Orlok
Count Orlok (german: Graf Orlok), commonly but erroneously known as Nosferatu, is the main antagonist and title character portrayed by German actor Max Schreck (1879–1936) in the silent film ''Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens'' (1922). He ...
(the film's version of Dracula) so he will be destroyed by the rising sun.
*
Helen Chandler
Helen Chandler (February 1, 1906 – April 30, 1965) was an American film and theater actress, best known for playing Mina Seward in the 1931 horror film ''Dracula (1931 English-language film), Dracula''.
Career
Born in Charleston, So ...
played her in
Universal Pictures
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' ''
Dracula
''Dracula'' is a novel by Bram Stoker, published in 1897. As an epistolary novel, the narrative is related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single protagonist, but opens with solicitor Jonathan Harker taking ...
'' (1931), directed by
Tod Browning
Tod Browning (born Charles Albert Browning Jr.; July 12, 1880 – October 6, 1962) was an American film director, film actor, screenwriter, vaudeville performer, and carnival sideshow and circus entertainer. He directed a number of films of vari ...
and starring
Bela Lugosi
Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó (; October 20, 1882 – August 16, 1956), known professionally as Bela Lugosi (; ), was a Hungarian and American actor best remembered for portraying Count Dracula in the 1931 horror classic ''Dracula'', Ygor in ''S ...
as the Count. In this adaptation, Mina was Dr.
John Seward
John "Jack" Seward, M.D. is a fictional character appearing in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel ''Dracula''.
In the novel
Seward is the administrator of an insane asylum not far from Count Dracula's first English home, Carfax. Throughout the novel, ...
's daughter and so it is implied that her name was Mina Seward.
Lupita Tovar
Guadalupe Natalia Tovar (27 July 1910 – 12 November 2016), known professionally as Lupita Tovar, was a Mexican-born American actress best known for her starring role in the 1931 Spanish-language version of '' Drácula'', filmed in Los Angeles b ...
played Eva (Mina in this version) in ''
Drácula'' (Spanish version, 1931). Her portrayal was more sexual than in English-language version.
*In 1953 Turkish film ''
Drakula İstanbul'da (Dracula in Istanbul)'' Güzin (Mina in this version) is played by Annie Ball. The events of the novel are updated to 1950s and Dracula here moves to Turkey from his castle in Transylvania. Güzin is the cabaret dancer. At one point Dracula places Güzin under his hypnotic control and has her dance for him on the stage (to the accompaniment of a supernaturally played piano) as he sits alone in the audience. As she finishes this command performance, Dracula applauds, and then tells her "Tonight you danced better than any other night. I won't harm you. You are a beautiful being. I will drink you bit by bit".
*In
Hammer Horror
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's ''
Dracula
''Dracula'' is a novel by Bram Stoker, published in 1897. As an epistolary novel, the narrative is related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single protagonist, but opens with solicitor Jonathan Harker taking ...
'' (1958), Mina was portrayed by
Melissa Stribling
Melissa Stribling (7 November 1926 – 22 March 1992) was a Scottish film and television actress, who began her acting career as part of a professional group who presented a different stage play each week at the Croydon 'Grand' theatre. She is ...
and was married to
Arthur Holmwood
Arthur "Art" Holmwood (later Lord Godalming) is a fictional character in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel ''Dracula''.
In the novel
Holmwood is engaged to Lucy Westenra, and is best friends with the other two men who proposed to her on the very same d ...
instead of Jonathan Harker.
*In a 1970 Spanish-Italian-German horror film ''
Count Dracula
Count Dracula () is the title character of Bram Stoker's 1897 gothic horror novel '' Dracula''. He is considered to be both the prototypical and the archetypal vampire in subsequent works of fiction. Aspects of the character are believed by som ...
'', Mina was portrayed by
Maria Rohm
Maria Rohm (13 August 1945 – 18 June 2018) was an Austrian actress and producer.
Born Helga Grohmann in Vienna, she started her acting career at the very young age, working at the famous Viennese Burgtheatre as a child actor from ages 4 throug ...
and
Christopher Lee
Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015) was an English actor and singer. In a long career spanning more than 60 years, Lee often portrayed villains, and appeared as Count Dracula in seven Hammer Horror films, ultimat ...
played the title role, though it was not a Hammer production like his other Dracula films. This adaptation tried to stay faithful to the novel.
*In the 1978 adult horror film ''
Dracula Sucks
''Dracula Sucks'' is a 1978 American pornographic horror film directed and co-written by Philip Marshak. The film is based on the 1931 film ''Dracula'', and the 1897 novel of the same name by Bram Stoker. It stars Jamie Gillis as Count Dracula, a ...
'', Mina is portrayed by
Annette Haven
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Biography
Haven was born in Las Vegas, Nevada, and raised in a Mormon family. Haven later claimed that part of her reason for en ...
and it is implied that she becomes a vampire by the end of the movie.
*In 1979 romantic horror comedy ''
Love At First Bite
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'' Dracula moves to New York in 1970s and pursues there fashion model Cindy Sondheim (played by
Susan Saint James
Susan Saint James (born Susan Jane Miller; August 14, 1946) is an American actress and activist, most widely known for her work in television during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, especially the detective series ''McMillan & Wife'' (1971–1976) and ...
), who Dracula recognizes as a
reincarnation
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of Mina. Cindy does retain some of the memories from her past life.
*In the 1979 film ''
Nosferatu the Vampyre
''Nosferatu the Vampyre'' (german: Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht, lit=Nosferatu: Phantom of the Night) is a 1979 horror film written and directed by Werner Herzog. It is set primarily in 19th-century Wismar, Germany and Transylvania, and was conce ...
'', remake of
Murnau's classic, the names of female characters were swapped. What was Lucy's character in the novel is now named Mina (played by Martje Grohmann), here she is the first one to be killed by vampire, and what was Mina's character in the novel is now named Lucy (played by
Isabelle Adjani
Isabelle Yasmina Adjani ; born 27 June 1955) is a French actress and singer of Algerian and German descent. She is the only performer in history to win five César Awards for acting; she won the Best Actress award for ''Possession'' (1981), ''O ...
) - who here is wife of Jonathan Harker - vampire's primary victim.
*Mina was played by
Jan Francis
Janet Stephanie Francis (born 5 August 1947) is an English actress. She appeared as Penny Warrender in the 1980s romantic comedy ''Just Good Friends''.
Early life
Francis was born at the former Charing Cross Hospital London. She is the eldes ...
in the 1979 film ''
Dracula
''Dracula'' is a novel by Bram Stoker, published in 1897. As an epistolary novel, the narrative is related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single protagonist, but opens with solicitor Jonathan Harker taking ...
'' directed by
John Badham
John MacDonald Badham (born August 25, 1939) is an English television and film director, best known for his films ''Saturday Night Fever'' (1977), ''Dracula'' (1979), ''Blue Thunder'' (1983), ''WarGames'' (1983), ''Short Circuit'' (1986), and ...
, in which she is Van Helsing's daughter. This adaptation also switches Mina's role and makes Lucy (played by
Kate Nelligan
Patricia Colleen Nelligan (born March 16, 1950), known professionally as Kate Nelligan, is a Canadian stage, film and television actress. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1991 film ''The Prince of Tide ...
) - who here is the daughter of
Dr. Seward — Jonathan Harker's fiancée and Dracula's primary victim.
*Mina was portrayed by American actress
Winona Ryder
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in ''
Bram Stoker's Dracula'', the 1992
Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola (; ; born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the major figures of the New Hollywood filmmaking movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Coppola is the recipient of five A ...
film adaptation of the book, in which she is believed to be the
reincarnation
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of Dracula's centuries-dead wife, Elisabeta.
*In
Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks (born Melvin James Kaminsky; June 28, 1926) is an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. With a career spanning over seven decades, he is known as a writer and director of a variety of successful broad farces and parodies. He began h ...
' parody ''
Dracula: Dead and Loving It'' (1995), Mina is portrayed by
Amy Yasbeck
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A wing is a type of fin that produces lift while moving through air or some other fluid. Acc ...
. Here she is Dr.
John Seward
John "Jack" Seward, M.D. is a fictional character appearing in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel ''Dracula''.
In the novel
Seward is the administrator of an insane asylum not far from Count Dracula's first English home, Carfax. Throughout the novel, ...
's daughter.
*In the 2003 film ''
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
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'', Mina Harker was portrayed by
Peta Wilson
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Biography
Early life
Wilson was born in Sydney on 18 November 1970. She ...
. In a deviation from the comic the film was based on, the film has Mina remain a partially-turned vampire (a
Dhampir
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) after Dracula's death, and she keeps the surname Harker, having outlived her husband Jonathan rather than divorced him. Unlike the comic, there is no relationship between her and Allan Quatermain, but she attracts some interest from both
Doctor Henry Jekyll and Special Agent
Tom Sawyer
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, and a past relationship with Dorian Gray is hinted at before he is revealed to be a double agent working for their enemy.
*In 2012 vampire horror film ''
Dracula 3D
''Dracula 3D'' (also known as ''Dario Argento’s Dracula'') is a 2012 vampire horror film co-written and directed by Dario Argento and starring Thomas Kretschmann, Rutger Hauer, Marta Gastini, and Unax Ugalde. An Italian-Spanish-French co-produc ...
'' by
Dario Argento
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Mina Harker was portrayed by
Marta Gastini
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Life and career
After receiving an elementary education, she debuted as an actress on I ...
. In this version she comes to Dracula's castle in search of her husband Jonathan Harker and turns out to look exactly like Dracula's wife, Dolingen de Gratz, who died some centuries ago.
*In 2013,
Monal Gajjar
Monal Gajjar (born 13 May) is an Indian actress and model who mainly appears in Telugu and Gujarati films. She debuted with 2012 Telugu film '' Sudigadu''. She has also acted in Satish Kaushik directed Hindi film ''Kaagaz'' in 2021 which is a s ...
portrayed Meena (Mina in this version) in the Indian
Malayalam
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-language horror film ''
Dracula 2012
''Dracula 2012'' is a 2013 Indian supernatural horror romantic film directed by Vinayan, starring Sudheer Sukumaran, Prabhu, Monal Gajjar, Nassar, Shraddha Das and Thilakan.
The film was partially re-shot in Tamil and Telugu as ''Naangam Pira ...
''. In this film Dracula moves from Romania to India in 2010s.
*A woman named Mina appears at the end of ''
Dracula Untold
''Dracula Untold'' is a 2014 American dark fantasy action-horror film directed by Gary Shore in his feature film debut and written by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless. A reboot of the ''Dracula'' film series, the plot creates an origin story fo ...
'' (2014), portrayed by
Sarah Gadon
Sarah Lynn Gadon (born April 4, 1987) is a Canadian actress. She began her acting career guest-starring in a number of television series, such as ''Are You Afraid of the Dark?'' (1999), '' Mutant X'' (2002), and ''Dark Oracle'' (2004). She also ...
. Following the film's climax, the movie (which mostly takes place in the 15th century) flashes forward to the present day, when a woman named Mina, who strongly resembles Dracula's long-dead wife Mirena, is approached by Dracula himself. After Dracula compliments Mina and recites Mirena's favourite piece of poetry, which turns out to be Mina's favourite poem as well, the movie ends with the two departing together.
*In 2021 film ''Bram Stoker's Van Helsing'' Mina Harker (portrayed by Helen Crevel) briefly appears at the end of the film in order to give information to Professor Van Helsing.
*Mina is portrayed by India Lillie Davies in ''Dracula: The Original Living Vampire'' (2022) by
The Asylum
The Asylum is an American independent film company and distributor that focuses on producing low-budget, direct-to-video films. It is notorious for producing titles that capitalize on productions by major studios, often using film titles and sc ...
. Here, she is a real estate agent instead of Jonathan Harker, helping Dracula move into his new home. She is now in a same-sex relationship with detective Amelia Van Helsing. She is believed to be the reincarnation of Dracula's long lost bride who died on the day they were meant to be wed.
*
Lily-Rose Depp
Lily-Rose Melody Depp (born 27 May 1999) is a French-American actress and model. Depp began her acting career with a small role in ''Tusk'' (2014), and went on to star in the period drama '' The Dancer'' (2016), in which she played Isadora Dunc ...
is going to play Ellen Hutter (Mina in this version) in
Robert Eggers
Robert Houston Eggers (born July 7, 1983) is an American filmmaker, director, and production designer. He is best known for writing and directing the historical horror films ''The Witch (2015 film), The Witch'' (2015) and ''The Lighthouse (2019 f ...
's remake of 1922 film ''
Nosferatu
''Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror'' (German: ''Nosferatu – Eine Symphonie des Grauens'') is a 1922 silent German Expressionist horror film directed by F. W. Murnau and starring Max Schreck as Count Orlok, a vampire who preys on the wife ...
'', a reimagening as gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman (Ellen) in 19th century Germany and the ancient Transylvanian vampire (
Bill Skarsgard) who stalks her, bringing untold horror with him.
Television
*In 1968 British TV film ''
Dracula
''Dracula'' is a novel by Bram Stoker, published in 1897. As an epistolary novel, the narrative is related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single protagonist, but opens with solicitor Jonathan Harker taking ...
'' Mina Harker was played by
Suzanne Neve
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People
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* Suzanne, pen name of Renée Méndez ...
. It's implied that she becomes a vampire by the end of the film.
*In 1971 Czechoslovakian TV film ''
Hrabě Drakula'' Mina Harker was played by
Klára Jerneková
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. It was a fairly faithful adaptation of the novel. It was the first screen adaptation to show Mina drinking Dracula's blood from the cut on his chest.
*In the 1973 television film ''
Bram Stoker's Dracula'' Mina is portrayed by
Penelope Horner
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Life and career
Penelope Horner began her acting career in 1956 in the British film comedy '' A Touch of the Sun''. Other small roles followed ...
.
*
Blair Brown
Bonnie Blair Brown (born April 23, 1946) is an American theater, film and television actress. She has had a number of high-profile roles, including in the play ''Copenhagen'' on Broadway, the leading actress in the films ''Altered States'' ( ...
portrayed Mina Harker in the
Dracula (Purple Playhouse)
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American and European melodramas were adapted in this series of Canadian productions.
Scheduling
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.
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produced a version entitled ''
Count Dracula
Count Dracula () is the title character of Bram Stoker's 1897 gothic horror novel '' Dracula''. He is considered to be both the prototypical and the archetypal vampire in subsequent works of fiction. Aspects of the character are believed by som ...
'' in 1977. Mina was played by
Judi Bowker
Judi Bowker (born 6 April 1954) is an English film and television actress.
Biography
Bowker was born in Shawford, Hampshire, England, the daughter of Alfred J. Bowker and Ann Fairweather, who had married in 1947. The family moved to the Britis ...
. The film was fairly faithful to Stoker's original novel, except that it portrayed Mina and Lucy as sisters.
*The mini-series ''
Dracula's ring'' (1978) is an updated variation set in
Malta
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and
Denmark
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, with Mina Harker renamed Mina Mortensen and played by Danish actress Brita Fogsgaard.
*In the 2002 Italian two-part English-language TV miniseries ''
Dracula
''Dracula'' is a novel by Bram Stoker, published in 1897. As an epistolary novel, the narrative is related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single protagonist, but opens with solicitor Jonathan Harker taking ...
'', Mina is portrayed by
Stefania Rocca
Stefania Rocca (born 24 April 1971) is an Italian actress. She is best known for her roles in the films ''Nirvana'' (1997), ''The Talented Mr. Ripley'' (1999) and ''Dracula'' (2002). Rocca also was the lead in Dario Argento's ''The Card Player''. ...
. This adaptation updates the events of the novel to the 21st century and takes place entirely in Budapest. Mina is the one who kills Dracula in the end.
*In 2005,
Sreeja Chandran
Sreeja Chandran (born 6 August 1986) is an Indian television actress who predominantly works in Malayalam and Tamil soap operas. She played the lead in STAR Vijay's serial Saravannan Meenatchi as Meenatchi.
Personal life
She acted in ''Sa ...
portrayed the character in the Indian
Malayalam
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-language television series ''Dracula'', which aired on
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**Asianet (TV channel), a Malayalam language general entertainment channel
**Asianet Plus, a Malayalam language general entertai ...
.
*In 2006 a British television film entitled ''
Dracula
''Dracula'' is a novel by Bram Stoker, published in 1897. As an epistolary novel, the narrative is related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single protagonist, but opens with solicitor Jonathan Harker taking ...
'' aired, with
Stephanie Leonidas
Stephanie Leonidas (born 14 February 1984) is an English actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles in the fantasy film ''MirrorMask'' (2005), the Syfy series ''Defiance (TV series), Defiance'' (2013–2015), and the Crackle (service), Cra ...
in the role of Mina Murray. She is depicted as a
Roman Catholic
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*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...
.
*In 2008, Beenu Baradwaj essayed her role in the Indian
Telugu
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-language television series ''Dracula'', which aired on
Gemini TV
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.
*
Zoe Tapper
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*ζωή (''zōḗ''), the Ancient Greek word for "life"
People
* Zoe (name), including list of persons and fictional characters with the name
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* ''Zoe'' (film)
* ZOE Broadcast ...
portrayed Mina Harker in ''
Demons
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'' (2009) as a half-vampire whose full powers come out when she ingests some of Dracula's blood, which still flows in her veins. Her 'default' state leaves her blind, with psychic abilities that she can use to sense the nature of the demons the main characters are presently facing.
*
Jessica De Gouw
Jessica Elise De Gouw (born 15 February 1988) is an Australian actress. She is known for her role as Helena Bertinelli/The Huntress in the television series '' Arrow'', as Mina Murray in the NBC TV series '' Dracula'', and as Elizabeth Hawkes ...
portrayed Mina Murray in the TV series
''Dracula'' (2013). In this role, she is a medical student who is engaged to Jonathan Harker, and is said to be a reincarnation of Dracula's deceased wife.
*
Olivia Llewellyn
Olivia Anna Cristina Llewellyn (born 1980) is an English actress, best known for her television appearances portraying Isabel Danforth in ''The Lizzie Borden Chronicles'' and Mina Harker in ''Penny Dreadful (TV series), Penny Dreadful''.
Career ...
portrays Mina Murray in the TV series, ''
Penny Dreadful
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'' (2014-2016). In this continuity she is the daughter of Sir Malcolm Murray (
Timothy Dalton
Timothy Leonard Dalton Leggett (; born 21 March 1946) is a British actor. Beginning his career on stage, he made his film debut as Philip II of France in the 1968 historical drama ''The Lion in Winter''. He gained international prominence as ...
) and best friend of
Vanessa Ives
Vanessa Ives is a fictional character on Showtime's ''Penny Dreadful'', created by John Logan and portrayed by Eva Green. Ives is the main protagonist of the story and is introduced as a mysterious and powerful medium. She is later revealed to ...
. She is transformed into a vampire by Dracula, and her father shoots her to save Vanessa Ives.
*
Morfydd Clark
Morfydd Clark (born ) is a Welsh actress. She is best known for her role as Galadriel in the Amazon Prime fantasy series '' The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power'' (2022–). She received a number of accolades for her performance in the film ...
portrays Mina Murray in the miniseries ''
Dracula
''Dracula'' is a novel by Bram Stoker, published in 1897. As an epistolary novel, the narrative is related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single protagonist, but opens with solicitor Jonathan Harker taking ...
(2020)''. In this continuity she is engaged to Jonathan Harker and visits him in the convent in Hungary after his escape from Dracula's castle. The convent is infiltrated by Dracula, who kills everybody and then wears Harker's skin to get to the last survivors,
Sister Agatha Van Helsing and Mina. Agatha surrenders her life in exchange for Mina's, who was let go by Dracula. Later, Mina creates a foundation in Jonathan's name.
Animation
*A character based on Mina appears in an American animated television series called ''
Mina and the Count
''Mina and the Count'' is an American animated television series created by Rob Renzetti, which was never brought into development as a full-fledged series. Instead, animated shorts of this series aired on both of Fred Seibert's animation anthol ...
'' about a seven-year-old girl named Mina Harper (voiced by
Ashley Johnson, and later,
Tara Strong
Tara Lyn Strong (née Charendoff; born February 12, 1973) is a Canadian-American actress. She is known for her voice work in animation, websites, and video games. Strong's voice roles include animated series such as ''The New Batman Adventures ...
) and her encounters with Vlad the Count, a 700-year-old vampire (voiced by
Mark Hamill
Mark Richard Hamill (; born September 25, 1951) is an American actor and writer. He is known for his role as Luke Skywalker in the ''Star Wars'' film series, beginning with the original 1977 film and subsequently winning three Saturn Awards f ...
).
* In a 2000 anime film ''
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust'' the protagonist
Vampire Hunter D
is a series of novels written by Japanese author Hideyuki Kikuchi and illustrated by Yoshitaka Amano since 1983.
As of April 2022, 40 novels have been published in the main series, with some novels comprising as many as four volumes. They hav ...
sees a vision of his human mother in a room filled with blood, in which she apologizes to D for birthing him as a dhampir, and states that she couldn't help it as she was a human in love with D's vampire father. D, realizing that it's a vision conjured by his enemy
Carmilla
''Carmilla'' is an 1872 Gothic fiction, Gothic novella by Irish author Sheridan Le Fanu and one of the early works of vampire fiction, predating Bram Stoker's ''Dracula'' (1897) by 26 years. First published as a Serial (literature), serial in ' ...
, strikes this vision of his mother down with his sword. In Vampire Hunter D's lore his mother is implied to be Mina, while his father is mentioned to be Dracula.
On stage
*Mina was played by
Edith Craig
Edith Ailsa Geraldine Craig ( Edith Godwin; 9 December 1869 – 27 March 1947), known as Edy Craig, was a prolific theatre director, producer, costume designer and early pioneer of the women's suffrage movement in England. She was the daughte ...
(daughter of actress
Ellen Terry
Dame Alice Ellen Terry, (27 February 184721 July 1928), was a leading English actress of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Born into a family of actors, Terry began performing as a child, acting in Shakespeare plays in London, and tour ...
) in the first stage adaptation of the novel, called ''Dracula, or The Un-Dead'', that was written and directed by Bram Stoker himself, and performed once only at the Lyceum Theatre in London for the sole purpose of securing a stage copyright on the material in England. It took place on May 18, 1897.
*Mina was played by Dora Mary Patrick and Dorothy Vernon in
Hamilton Deane
Hamilton Deane (1880 – 25 October 1958) was an Irish actor, playwright and director. He played a key role in popularising Bram Stoker's 1897 novel ''Dracula'' as a 1924 stage play and a 1931 film.
Biography
Deane was born in New Ross in C ...
's
1924 play in Derby and London, England. In this version the events of the novel were updated to 1920s, happen entirely in England and were turned into drawing-room mystery drama. In 1927 the play was brought to Broadway by producer Horace Liveright, who hired
John L. Balderston
John L. Balderston (October 22, 1889, in Philadelphia – March 8, 1954, in Los Angeles) was an American playwright and screenwriter best remembered for his horror and fantasy scripts. He wrote the 1926 play ''Berkeley Square'' and the 1927 Ameri ...
to revise the play for American audiences. As a result of Balderston's revision, the names of female characters were swapped, and what was Stoker's Mina character became now Lucy Seward, daughter of Dr.Seward. She was played on Broadway by
Dorothy Peterson
Bergetta "Dorothy" Peterson (25 December 1897 - 3 October 1979) was an American actress. She began her acting career on Broadway before appearing in more than eighty Hollywood films.
Early years
Peterson was born in Hector, Minnesota, the daug ...
. Ann Sachs played the role of Lucy Seward in the revival of the play in 1977.
Lauren Thompson
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replaced Sachs in the role some time later before the play closed in 1980. It was the first adaptation of the novel, where Dracula showed some romantic feelings for her, including kissing her on the lips and saying to the men in the play that she would become his consort.
*Mina was played by Victoria Kingsley in 1927 play by Charles Morrell. The play was commissioned by
Florence Stoker
Florence Balcombe (17 July 1858 – 25 May 1937) was the wife and literary executor of Bram Stoker. She is remembered for her legal dispute with the makers of ''Nosferatu'', an unauthorized film based on her husband's novel ''Dracula''.
Li ...
, who wanted a new stage play that she could completely own, as she was dissatisfied with royalties from Deane's play. The play had large sections of verbatim dialogue from the novel and a number of Shakespearean references. It also included the scene, where Mina drank blood from Dracula's chest (which was absent from Deane's play), with Dracula saying to her "''Come, drink of my blood, that you may become even as I''". The play premiered in Royal Court Theatre in Warrington, England and run for a few weeks.
*Mina was played by
Cecilia Milone in 1991 original Argentinian production of ''
Dracula el musical''. The musical is the most popular musical in Argentina and had several revivals.
*Mina was played by
in 2004 Broadway production of ''
Dracula, the Musical
''Dracula, the Musical'' is a musical based on the original 1897 Victorian novel by Bram Stoker. The score is by Frank Wildhorn, with lyrics and book by Don Black and Christopher Hampton.
The show had its regional premiere at the La Jolla Play ...
'' by
Frank Wildhorn
Frank Wildhorn (born November 29, 1958) is an American composer of both musicals and popular songs. His musical ''Jekyll & Hyde'' ran for four years on Broadway. He also wrote the #1 International hit song "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" for Whitne ...
.
*Mina was played by
Andrée Watters
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Biography
Watters was born in Charlesbourg, Quebec, grew up in the Quebec City region and first showed her talent in a Christmas-relate ...
in 2006 French Canadian musical ''
Dracula – Entre l'amour et la mort''.
*Mina was played by Nathalie Fauquette in 2011 French musical ''
Dracula, l'amour plus fort que la mort''. The part was entirely dancing one.
*Mina was portrayed by Abigail Prudames in 2019
Northern Ballet
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's production of ''Dracula'' by
David Nixon. The production was recorded and showed in UK cinemas on Halloween and then broadcast on BBC4 in 2020.
Music
*German
gothic rock
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darkwave
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band Mina Harker was named after her.
*Swiss metal band Impure Wilhelmina was named after her.
*She is the subject of
Cradle of Filth
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's song "Lovesick for Mina" on their ''
Thornography
''Thornography'' is the seventh studio album by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth. It was released on 17 October 2006, by record label Roadrunner. It was produced by former Anthrax guitarist Rob Caggiano, engineered by Dan Turner and m ...
'' album (2006).
*She is the subject of Zander Nyrond's song "Mina's Song", told from Mina's point of view after the defeat of Dracula.
Japanese media
In the light novels (also later adapted into two anime films and a
manga
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series) ''
Vampire Hunter D
is a series of novels written by Japanese author Hideyuki Kikuchi and illustrated by Yoshitaka Amano since 1983.
As of April 2022, 40 novels have been published in the main series, with some novels comprising as many as four volumes. They hav ...
'', the ancient vampire Count Magnus Lee refers to a "Mina the Fair" who was pursued by the "Sacred Ancestor" (revealed in the English dub of the first film to be "our sire Count Dracula"). It is implied that she may be the mother of D (the son of the Sacred Ancestor).
In the 1997 manga series ''
Hellsing
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'', a character referred to only as "She" is eventually revealed to be Mina Harker's corpse. She died before Dracula (later
Alucard) could be defeated, but because he did not die, the curse was still active in her, which
the Doctor exploited to create
Millennium
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's vampires.
The 2003 video game ''
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow'' features Mina Hakuba, a childhood friend and love interest of protagonist
Soma Cruz
is a fictional character and the protagonist of Konami's action-adventure games '' Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow'' and '' Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow'', part of Konami's '' Castlevania'' video game series. He was designed by Ayami Kojima as part ...
, who is later revealed to be the reincarnation of
Dracula
''Dracula'' is a novel by Bram Stoker, published in 1897. As an epistolary novel, the narrative is related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single protagonist, but opens with solicitor Jonathan Harker taking ...
. Mina's given name and family name bear a clear resemblance to Mina Harker's name, and the relationship she shares with Soma parallels that of Dracula and Harker. Mina also appears in ''
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow'', but cannot be interacted with, only appearing in the intro and ending, though a doppelganger of Mina is killed by the main antagonist midway into the game in order to try and force Soma into becoming the new dark lord of the castle.
In the 2005 manga series ''
Dance in the Vampire Bund
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nozomu Tamaki. The manga was serialized in Media Factory's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Monthly Comic Flapper'' between 2005 and 2012, and is licensed for publication in English by Se ...
'', the central female vampire protagonist is named "Mina Țepeș", a reference to
Vlad Țepeș
Vlad III, commonly known as Vlad the Impaler ( ro, Vlad Țepeș ) or Vlad Dracula (; ro, Vlad Drăculea ; 1428/311476/77), was Voivode of Wallachia three times between 1448 and his death in 1476/77. He is often considered one of the most imp ...
, one of the inspirations for Dracula.
Miscellaneous
*In the radio drama ''
Dracula
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'' by ''
The Mercury Theatre on the Air
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'', which was broadcast in 1938, Mina was played by
Agnes Moorehead
Agnes Robertson Moorehead (December 6, 1900April 30, 1974) was an American actress. In a career spanning four decades, her credits included work in radio, stage, film, and television.Obituary ''Variety'', May 8, 1974, page 286. Moorehead was th ...
. In the drama Dracula refers to her as "my bride" and "my love" at one point. Mina is the one; who stakes him in the end. Dracula was played by
Orson Welles
George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, known for his innovative work in film, radio and theatre. He is considered to be among the greatest and most influential f ...
.
*In the web series ''
Carmilla
''Carmilla'' is an 1872 Gothic fiction, Gothic novella by Irish author Sheridan Le Fanu and one of the early works of vampire fiction, predating Bram Stoker's ''Dracula'' (1897) by 26 years. First published as a Serial (literature), serial in ' ...
'' (2014-2016), Laura Hollis, who is subject of affections from vampire Carmilla, says; "what would Mina Harker do?. Get bitten. Mina Harker would totally try and act all alluring to the bloodsucking fiend and totally get bitten. Let's not do tha".
*
Magic: The Gathering
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's 2021 set ''Crimson Vow'' released a set of alternate cards based on characters and locations from Dracula. Included among them was a version of the card ''Thalia, Guardian of Thraben'' bearing the name and likeness of Mina Harker.
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