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<h1>Lt. Commander Susan Ivanova</h1>
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<h4>As written by series creator J. Michael Straczynski</h4>
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Quick sketch of Ivanova: Russian, pessimistic, wry, very sharp. She
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isn't in "Believers" because there was a one-week overlap with a prior
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committment on a film project, which we accommodated.
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Being of Byelorussian descent, I've always wanted to write for an ethnic
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Russian character. Not someone with an accent, any more than I have an accent
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even though I have a last name with 10,000 consonants and no vowels. There's a
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wry and formal and stiff-necked and sometimes very passionate streak that runs
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through the Russian spirit, and a certain rough-hewn mysticism, a sense of
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absolute fatality and doom punctuated by moments of great belief in humanity.
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It's a mix of traits you don't much see in American television.
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Which is why the new second in command is Lieutenant Commander Susan
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Ivanova, who will be played by Claudia Christian, a fantastic and very strong
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performer who just knocked us out of the room. Very much a commanding
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presence, a little quirky when she wants to be, a shade on the pessimistic
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side.
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Having come out of an Eastern European background, I've long lamented the
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stereotyped roles usually written for that kind of character, and look forward
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to drawing upon the real thing for her character.
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---<br>
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I like Ivanova as well; she's got a very sly, very *sharp* intelligence
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going there. She can deadpan you and whap you upside the head with a comment
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delivered almost as an aside, or an afterthought. It's the difference between
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wit and humor. She doesn't tell jokes, but she's got a great sense of wit.
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---<br>
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There's a Billy Joel song, where one particular lyric (and I'm quoting
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from memory) says, "You still have a pain inside you / That you carry with a
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certain pride / It's the only part / Of a broken heart / You could ever save."
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That's Ivanova. <cite>[Editor's note: I'm told the song in question is
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"Code of Silence," from the album "Bridge."]</cite>
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She's had her heart stomped on a lot. And she's been holding it in. Even
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with her father's death, she sucked in the pain, fought back the tears. There
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is one episode, which will be right at the end of the year, where she finds
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she can't run from her pain anymore...can't run from the tears...and deals
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with them in a scene that's very moving and absolutely brings tears to the
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eyes.
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Last update:
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October 8, 1995
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