NPC: Isabel Lovegrave

Played by Famke Janssen

First Appearance: Season 1, Episode 2: Not of Minbari

Officially PsiCorps' new resident Commercial Telepath for Babylon 5 following the station's return to Earth control, Isabel Lovegrave arrived on Babylon 5 in 2263 and immediately distinguished herself from her predecessors by the extreme zeal she showed towards the Corps. She also distinguished herself by the particular interest she had taken in one of B5's unique denizens, Captain Thomas Carlson.

When in 2264, faced with the growing popular malcontent with their treatment of Rogues and Sleepers, the Psi Corps sought to curb the trend by delegating the administration of sleeper drugs to the individual taking the medication, Isabel Lovegrave jumped at the opportunity to introduce Carlson to the new technique.

Carlson and his friends only discovered the truth about Lovegrave much later, in 2265, when they raided the compound of Dr. Christopher Spears on the planet Thenothk, where Lovegrave had also holed herself with Christian Mendoza:

Born in 2231, she enlisted at 16 in the GROPOS to fight in the Earth-Minbari War, but never saw any action. By the time she finished Basic Training and her regiment given an assignment, the Minbari had surrendered at the line, but the universe still had surprises in store for young Isabel. No sooner had her regiment been recalled to Earth that her latent telepathic abilities manifested, and she was off to Mars for Psi Corps training.

Isabel was soon evaluated as being a very powerful telepath, and applied for being a Psi Cop. She interned with Metapol under Avis Ames, but her rating was determined to be a strong P-11, not the P-12 required to wear the black uniform. Under the direction of her mentor, she remained in the service of the Corps for special assignments, and was stationed on Babylon 5 to secretly accrue the Psi Corps’ presence, and keep an eye on and serve as a handler for their asset, Thomas Carlson.

Isabel Lovegrave died at the hands of Thomas Carlson at the Astaria Hotel in Thenothk City in late 2265, defending the shadowy stronghold from Carlson’s commando.