OA / Nina Azarova (played by Brit Marling) is a protagonist in The OA.
Prairie Johnson, who calls herself the OA, resurfaces after a seven-year disappearance with restored sight and mysterious scars. She assembles five local companions to share her story and plans to open a dimensional portal to rescue other missing people. In Part II, she traverses to another dimension and San Francisco to find her former captor and fellow captives. Dr. Hunter 'Hap' Percy (played by Jason Isaacs) appears in The OA.
Identified in the plot as the OA's former captor. She travels to another dimension and San Francisco specifically to continue her search for him and her fellow captives. Homer Roberts (played by Emory Cohen) appears in The OA.
Karim Washington (played by Kingsley Ben-Adir) appears in The OA.
A private eye in San Francisco whom the OA crosses paths with. He is investigating the surreal disappearance of a missing girl involving an abandoned house with a supernatural history and an online puzzle game. Renata (played by Paz Vega) appears in The OA.
Elizabeth 'Betty' Broderick-Allen (played by Phyllis Smith) appears in The OA.
Angie (played by Chloë Levine) appears in The OA.
Jesse (played by Brendan Meyer) appears in The OA.
The OA (2016) interactive character relationship network and AI-powered story timeline. Explore the connections, alliances, and conflicts between characters across the narrative arc.
AI Narrative Summary
A comprehensive breakdown of the two-season story, tracking character arcs, dimensional themes, and institutional conflicts.
Character Network — 10 Characters
OA / Nina Azarova (Brit Marling) — protagonist Prairie Johnson, who calls herself the OA, resurfaces after a seven-year disappearance with restored sight and mysteriou...
Dr. Hunter 'Hap' Percy (Jason Isaacs) Identified in the plot as the OA's former captor. She travels to another dimension and San Francisco specifically to con...
Homer Roberts (Emory Cohen)
Karim Washington (Kingsley Ben-Adir) A private eye in San Francisco whom the OA crosses paths with. He is investigating the surreal disappearance of a missin...
Renata (Paz Vega)
Elizabeth 'Betty' Broderick-Allen (Phyllis Smith)
Angie (Chloë Levine)
Jesse (Brendan Meyer)
Buck Vu / Michel Vu (Ian Alexander)
Scott Brown (Will Brill)
Key Relationships
→ (Adoptive Parent-Child)
→ (Fellow Traveler)
→ (Abusive Guardian)
→ (Adoptive Mother-Son)
→ (Biological Father-Son)
→ (Former Captor)
→ (Fellow Traveler)
→ (Interrogator)
Rating: 7.5/10 (1,421 votes)
Story Structure — 4 Plot Phases
Season 1: The Return and the Experiment
Season 1: The Movements and the Mission
Season 2: The New Experiment and the Investigation
