Station Eleven (Television Tie-In) characters

Appears from the start

A celebrated actor playing King Lear in Toronto. He collapses onstage during a performance, and his death becomes the last ordinary public event several characters experience before the Georgia Flu changes the world.

Appears from the start

A former paparazzo and entertainment journalist who has begun training as a paramedic. He is in the audience when Arthur collapses and climbs onto the stage to help, remaining with the body until medical staff arrive.

Appears from the start

An eight-year-old child actor appearing in King Lear on the night Arthur dies. Jeevan comforts her after the performance is halted. The event becomes one of her few clear memories of the world before the pandemic.

First appears in chapter 3

Jeevan's friend, a doctor working in a Toronto hospital. His early warning about a fast-moving and unusually lethal flu convinces Jeevan to prepare before most of the city understands the danger.

First appears in chapter 7

A member of the Traveling Symphony and Kirsten's closest companion. He plays the violin, searches abandoned buildings with her, and shares her interest in preserving fragments of the vanished world.

First appears in chapter 7

The leader of the Traveling Symphony, an ensemble of actors and musicians who move among settlements around the Great Lakes. She balances artistic standards with responsibility for the group's safety.

First appears in chapter 8

A young musician in the Traveling Symphony. She and her partner Jeremy remain behind in St. Deborah by the Water when her pregnancy makes continued travel difficult, and their friends expect to reunite with them later.

First appears in chapter 8

Charlie's partner and a member of the Traveling Symphony. He stays with her in St. Deborah by the Water when the ensemble continues its circuit.

First appears in chapter 10

An actor with the Traveling Symphony who is respected for his knowledge of Shakespeare. His experience and dry practicality make him an important member of the troupe.

First appears in chapter 10

An actor in the Traveling Symphony and Kirsten's former partner. He is part of the troupe as it discovers that St. Deborah by the Water has changed since its last visit.

First appears in chapter 12

The authoritarian religious leader who controls St. Deborah by the Water. He interprets survival as proof of divine selection, takes multiple young wives, and expects the Traveling Symphony to submit to his demands.

First appears in chapter 13

A shipping executive and artist who is living with the painter Pablo when she first meets Arthur. She is absorbed in creating a hand-drawn science-fiction story called Station Eleven and is wary of letting other people define her life.

First appears in chapter 15

Arthur's longtime friend, a corporate consultant whose profession depends on observing how people behave inside institutions. His connection to Arthur draws him into several of the actor's marriages and preserves a link among otherwise separate lives.

First appears in chapter 26

An actor who becomes Arthur's second wife. She and Arthur have a son, Tyler, but the marriage deteriorates amid Arthur's fame and repeated absences.

First appears in chapter 26

The young son of Arthur and Elizabeth. Quiet and serious, he spends much of his childhood at a distance from his father and receives one of Miranda's rare Station Eleven comics from him.

First appears in chapter 27

Jeevan's older brother, a writer who uses a wheelchair and lives in a high-rise apartment in Toronto. His home becomes the brothers' refuge when the flu reaches the city, and his practical calm helps them prepare for isolation.