Played by Laura

VITALS

Name: Estela Russell

Nickname: None at the moment

Age: 32

Birthday: October 29, 1975

Sexual Orientation: Straight and bi-curious

Status: Single

Religion: Agnostic

Job: owner of the lingerie store

Chronic diseases/Other Illness: None known

Allergies: None known

Drinks: Occasionally

Smokes: Yes

Illegal Drugs: No

College: No

Favourite Feature: Her butt

Least Favourite Feature: Her legs

Greatest Strength: She's very determined

Biggest Weakness: She acts before thinking

Biggest Fear: Falling in love

Most Common Misconception: That she's a heartless bitch

APPEARANCE

With both her mom and father having dark hair, everybody wonders why Estela's hair is so blonde. She wears it long, wavy, letting it fall down her shoulders and covering part of her back, never doing anything special to it. Her eyes are green, her skin is pale, and even in summer it's hard for her to get a tan. Standing 5.7, she has a toned up body she likes to keep in shape. She's generally healthy in what she eats, but she has a soft spot for junk food, which she tends to devour when she feels down or upset, or just when she feels like it.

Make up has never played a big role in her appearance. She wears it, but always keeping it dicreet, oposed to her clothes which she wears to attract attention to her body. She likes tight jeans with high heels, colorful tops that cling to her body, and feminine dresses that she mingles with other items to make them look rougher. She uses a lot of accessories in every possible color, and she has a great shoe collection to match her huge wardrove. She's, after all, a shopaholic.

Glasses/Contacts: No

Scars: From appendix removal (November 1996)

Piercings: Only ears pierced

Tattoos: None, but she's considering getting one

Outfit she's wearing now:

PERSONALITY

A male attitude trapped in a feminine body. Estela is open minded and self-confident, giving the impression of a woman who knows what she wants. She's not scared of telling the truth or openly share her opinion, even if she's going to hurt somebody in the process. She's brave and likes to try new things, and she's usually up for new experiences. She's optimist by nature, and sometimes a little irresponsible. She curses often when talking, and acts before thinking.

Avoiding anything related with romanticism, being single is not really a problem to her, but an opportunity to enjoy life. She has never seen herself as a potential mother, and finding a boyfriend has never been in her top priorities. Actually, it's not even in her 'to do list'. She's happy being single, leading her own life and having fun withjout having to give any kind of explanation.

She has never been good making friends. She's a little jealous and pretty competitive, which makes her get along better with men than women. Once you got to gain her heart, you've got a friend forever and she's going to treat you like family.

BACKGROUND HISTORY

Growing up surrounded by three older brothers, it's not weird that, as a child, Estela were a tomboy. She liked to play soccer and baseball with his brothers, and used to play with boys more than with girls. She was happy that way, and had what she remembers as a nice sweet childhood. Was in high school when Estela began to have problems. She didn't care about her appearance like most of the girls her age, and she began to got called all kind of nicknames that made her feel miserable and lonely. She didn't make much friends, and weekends were spent alone at home, watching TV, or listening music in her bedroom.

She wasn't a good student, so she never went to college. When she finished high school she began to work at the Wheelhouse Diner, where she worked for a couple of years. Her dream was making enough money for moving somewhere else, and get a completelly different life away from the town she hated. Was at the age of 23, when she had saved enough money, that she decided to move to New York.

That decision to go to the big city changed her life. She found a room in a apartment shared with other three people (two girls and a guy) and really bounded with them. She found a job in a Starbucks cafe, and slowly began to meet more people and hang out at nights. Was then when she discovered 'the other side' of life, when she smoke her first cigarettes, when she got drunk. Her style began to change, large t-shirts were replaced by tight tops, and she began to wear skirts. Guys began to pay attention at her, she began to date men, had sex, and turned into a confident girl.

At the age of 26, while visiting her parents in Pleasant Port during the summer vacations, Estela fell in love. She began to date the guy, and not wanting to leave him, she decided to move back to Pleasant Port. Her relationship with that guy lasted almost a year, until she cheat on him. Yet, she decided to keep living in town, where she worked at the Department Store. When she was 29 she decided to create her own business, and became the owner of the lingerie store. She's still single.

For more info regarding her life, you can check Estela's timeline .

LIVING SITUATION

Address: 19 Oxford drive

Lives With: Alone

Lives in town since: Was born in PP, even if she lived in New York for three years (from the age of 23 to 26)

TRANSPORTATION

2007 Ford Mondeo

JOB

Owner of Faire Frou Frou (lingerie store)

WHERE TO FIND HER

Cafe Atlantique	Sports Club
Fun bar	School Kids Records
Lingerie store	Boardwalk

STUFF SHE USES DAILY

coffee machine	cell phone	Clinique products
tv remote control	lighter	laptop

FAMILY

Father: Anthony Russell. 66. Retired banker. They live in Belleville at the moment.

Mother: Elle. 65. Retired. She worked at the bridal shop.

Brother: Jacob Russell. 35. Married with Melissa. Living in Washington. Lawyer (ows a lawyer's office with his brother)

Brother: Leonard Russell. 39. Divorced. Living in Washington . Lawyer (own a lawyer's office with his brother)

Brother: Johnathan Russell. 41. Married with Andrea. Living in Portugal. Owns a restaurant. They have a daughter, Helena (who is 7 years old)

RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER CHARACTERS

FRIENDS

Character	Why they know each other?
	Estela and Musette met at the swimming pool in the sports club. Both of them coincided there often, so they began to talk, and slowly they also began to hang out together outside the pool, until they became good friends.
	Even if Estela had always been an usual costumer of the record store, it wasn't until she joined the climbing club that she developed a frindship with Tim. At the beginning they started flirting, and on April 2006 they slept together in a couple of occasions, but it never went further. They get along pretty well since then.
	Estela met Isabella Hogan because they both used to coincide at the Atlantique cafe and at the Fun bar. Talking with her Estela found out thatboth girls had lived in New York in the past, and because of that they began to bound. Now they're good friends.

ACQUAINTANCES

Character	Why they know each other?
	Estela and Cole know each other from years ago, back then when Estela dated Logan, Cole's brother (OOC: talk to Ken to determine exactly when that was). When Estela broke with Logan after cheating on him, Cole and her barely talked again. They're being civil to each other now, and if they meet they can even keep a conversation without getting mad.
	Estela met Scott outside the Community Center while he waited for his art club meeting to begin. He's painting a nude portrait of her.
	Filo is Estela's neighbour. She uses to call him when she has problems with the computer - which is pretty often.
	(To be added)

SEXUAL INTERACTIONS (AND SIMILAR)

Character	Why do they know each other?
	Estela just met Brendan, but she already has a huge crush on him. She took her car to Woodstoves, where he works as a mechanic, and she suggested him to go have coffee together at the Wheelhouse diner, where they kept talking and flirting. She doesn't have any idea that he is gay, and she won't stop til she gets to sleep with him.
	Besides living in the same street, John was  the first guy Estela slept with. It was back then when she was 18, and John and Jacob (Estela's oldest brother) were good friends. John used to be around the house a lot, and Estela quickly developed a high crush on him. She wasn't very confident at the moment, soshe interpreted John's intentions the wrong way, and thinking he really liked her, she quickly agreed on sleeping with him. Jacob and John fighted after that.

OTHER CHARACTERS TALK ABOUT ESTELA

LIFE

Activities: swimming, tennis, climbing, jogging

Likes: Driving fast,watching TV,  70's-80's rock, surfing the net, listening music on vinyl records, eating fruit directly from the tree, walking on high heels, watching F1, George Clooney, cowboy hats, playing poker

Dislikes: Flowers, black and white movies, romanticism, reading, giving explanations

Favourite Song: Angie, by Stones

Favourite Quote:  "But if I'm not the same, the next question is 'Who in the world am I?' Ah, that's the great puzzle!" Lewis Carroll in Alice in Wonderland.

Favourite Food: Any kind of pasta

Favourite Drink: Coffee and Coke (or anything with caffeine)

Favourite Alcoholic Drink: Mojito

Favourite Colour: Red

Favourite Book: Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll

Favourite Film: The breakfast club (1985)

Favourite Actor/Actress: Andy Garcia / Sharon Stone

Least Favourite Food: Spinachs

Least Favourite Colour: Brown

LOVE LIFE

Status: Single

Crush: Brendan Wright

First Kiss: When she was 16, with a guy she met while being in Florida while being in a holiday with her family. His name was Christopher, and even if they exchanged a few letters when summer was over, she never heard from him again.

Longest Relationship: At the age of 26 with a guy called Eric. Lasted almost a year, and he was the reason why she moved back to Pleasant Port back then.

Ever Had a Broken Heart: Yes, several times.

If You Want to Win her Heart, You Have to Be: Confident

3 Things She Can’t Stand in Men: When they feel the need to play the protective role when they're around women, liars, and men who don't care at all about their physical appearance.

Does She Believe in Love At First Sight: No, she only believes in lust at first sight.

Virgin: No

When Did She Loose Her Virginity? At the age of 18, with John Zimmerman.

For Her, Love Is? A road that leads to hell

For Her, Sex Is?: Another way to have fun

QUESTIONAIRES

What Makes You...

...Joyfully smile?: Silly cartoons on TV

...Laugh out loud?: The Big Bang Theory TV show

...Get on the dance floor?: 80's rock music

...Cry your eyes out?: Funerals

...Really sad?: Thinking about my past

...Smirk?: A hot guy getting out of the swimming pool

...Hide in a corner?: Flying, I'm not too found of it

What is...

...Something about you that no one knows?:

...Favourite board game: Monopoly

SECRETS

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CELEBRITY USED

 Diane Kruger