(surname unknown) is a
Fictional Character in the American
Television Series ''
Buffy The Vampire Slayer ''. She is played by ''
Iyari Limon ''. ''Kennedy'' is also known as ''Ken''.
At 19, ''Kennedy'' was the oldest potential
Slayer who is one of the first three
Potential Slayers to arrive in Sunnydale. She was born to a wealthy New York family and attended an exclusive all-girls prep boarding school prior to moving to California. The short, dark-haired, olive-skinned Kennedy is apparently of mixed race, having a
Caucasian father and
Hispanic mother, with an older half-sister from her father's previous marriage. An unapologetic, out-of-the-closet
Lesbian , Kennedy aggressively pursues a relationship with
Willow — whose longtime lover,
Tara , was murdered at the end of season 6. This state of affairs produces unexpected consequences in the episode "
The Killer In Me ". Eventually, Kennedy and Willow become lovers and remain so through the end of the series (This is presumably the reason that Kennedy was established to be 19, since it might be deemed inappropriate for Willow to have a relationship with a high-school-age girl.). Kennedy fights alongside the other "potentials" and Buffy at the final battle with the uber-
Vampires in the series finale, in which she becomes a
Slayer . In Season 5 of
Angel , a year after the end of Buffy, mention is made that Kennedy and Willow continue to be a couple and are now living in
Brazil together.
- Kennedy witnessed her Watcher's death; he was murdered by the Bringers. The fact that she knew about the Watchers before being Chosen indicates that she was approached by them at some point during her teenage years, unlike Kendra , who was raised by her Watcher from infancy, and Buffy and Faith, neither of whom learned about the Watchers until after they were Chosen.
''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''
Kennedy appeared as a supporting character in the following episodes:
Episode "The Killer in Me" focused heavily on the character of Kennedy.
