Joe Goldberg (played by Penn Badgley) is a protagonist in You.
The series protagonist, a bookstore manager who becomes dangerously obsessive and violent toward his romantic interests. He relocates across cities to escape his past, assumes new identities, and repeatedly falls into cycles of stalking and murder while trying to build a perfect life and family. Guinevere Beck (played by Elizabeth Lail) is a protagonist in You.
An aspiring writer whom Joe meets in New York City and becomes obsessively infatuated with. He uses social media and technology to track and watch her, while removing obstacles to their romance. Kate Galvin (played by Charlotte Ritchie) appears in You.
A woman Joe encounters in London during his fourth season. He develops romantic feelings for her while posing as an English professor and trying to clear his name after being framed for a series of murders targeting wealthy socialites. Love Quinn (played by Victoria Pedretti) appears in You.
An avid chef whom Joe meets in Los Angeles. Joe falls into his familiar patterns of obsession and violence while trying to make their relationship succeed, unaware at first that Love has dark secrets of her own. Dottie Quinn (played by Saffron Burrows) appears in You.
Marienne Bellamy (played by Tati Gabrielle) appears in You.
A local librarian who becomes the focus of Joe's romantic obsession during his life in Madre Linda. In the fourth season, Joe follows her around Europe while attempting to locate her. Maddie Lockwood / Reagan Lockwood (played by Anna Camp) appears in You.
Sherry Conrad (played by Shalita Grant) appears in You.
You (2018) interactive character relationship network and AI-powered story timeline. Explore the connections, alliances, and conflicts between characters across the narrative arc.
AI Narrative Summary
Across five seasons, Joe repeatedly recasts obsession as love and violence as protection. New relationships and identities offer temporary resets, while the consequences of his past accumulate and return.
Character Network — 20 Characters
Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) — protagonist The series protagonist, a bookstore manager who becomes dangerously obsessive and violent toward his romantic interests....
Guinevere Beck (Elizabeth Lail) — protagonist An aspiring writer whom Joe meets in New York City and becomes obsessively infatuated with. He uses social media and tec...
Kate Galvin (Charlotte Ritchie) A woman Joe encounters in London during his fourth season. He develops romantic feelings for her while posing as an Engl...
Love Quinn (Victoria Pedretti) An avid chef whom Joe meets in Los Angeles. Joe falls into his familiar patterns of obsession and violence while trying...
Dottie Quinn (Saffron Burrows)
Marienne Bellamy (Tati Gabrielle) A local librarian who becomes the focus of Joe's romantic obsession during his life in Madre Linda. In the fourth season...
Maddie Lockwood / Reagan Lockwood (Anna Camp)
Sherry Conrad (Shalita Grant)
Nadia Farran (Amy-Leigh Hickman)
Phoebe Borehall-Blaxworth (Tilly Keeper)
Cary Conrad (Travis Van Winkle)
Theo Engler (Dylan Arnold)
Candace Stone (Ambyr Childers) Joe's ex-girlfriend, who seeks revenge after he buried her alive before his relationship with Beck. Joe moves to Los Ang...
