Rita Rizzoli — Fatal Beauty Character Profile

About Rita Rizzoli

LAPD detective investigating the 'Fatal Beauty' drug ring. She goes undercover, confronts corrupt businessman Conrad Kroll, and partners with Detective Jimenez to track dealers. After discovering the drug's deadly impact on local children, she teams up with Kroll's bodyguard Mike Marshak to dismantle the operation.

Rita Rizzoli — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Whoopi Goldberg

Appears in

Fatal Beauty (1987)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (5)

• Rita Rizzoli — Professional Superior — Lt. Kellerman (John P. Ryan)

  Bureaucratic superior who obstructs Rizzoli's investigation.

• Rita Rizzoli — Alliance Partner — Mike Marshak (Sam Elliott)

  Bodyguard turned ally and romantic interest.

• Rita Rizzoli — Conflict Accuser — Conrad Kroll (Harris Yulin)

  Rogue detective targeting the corrupt corporate kingpin.

• Rita Rizzoli — Conflict Enemy — Leo Nova (Brad Dourif)

  Criminal associate she fights during the investigation.

• Rita Rizzoli — Conflict Enemy — Earl Skinner (Mike Jolly)

  Criminal associate she neutralizes in the climax.

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More characters from Fatal Beauty

• Mike Marshak (Sam Elliott)
• Carl Jimenez (Rubén Blades)
• Conrad Kroll (Harris Yulin)
• Lt. Kellerman (John P. Ryan)
• Cecile Jaeger (Jennifer Warren)
• Leo Nova (Brad Dourif)
• Zack Jaeger (James Le Gros)
• Raphael (David Harris)
• Earl Skinner (Mike Jolly)
• Deputy Getz (Charles Hallahan)
• Buzz (Michael Champion)
• Frankenstein (Mark Pellegrino)