Brianna was Claire Fraser (Caitriona Balfe) and Jamie Frasers (Sam Heughan) daughter, who was conceived in the past but grew up in the future after the nurse returned to her own time. He gives her an autographed set of Frank Randall's books. Brianna was totally unaware of Frank's motives until she found a letter from him addressed to her, years after his death.[15]. But Skelton has also faced criticism from Outlander fans, perhaps more so than other actors on the series. He says it was also Claire's urging to eat leafy green vegetables that he still has most of his teeth. When she held Bree, nursed her, and saw the baby looking at her with her father's eyes. The sergeant tries to shoot her, but lacking room in the narrow corridor, moves to strike her with the butt of his rifle. He only knows that when he came to after the battle on Culloden, Jack Randall was dead and his corpse was on top of him. ", And as with Jamie's rape in season one, the aftermath of sexual trauma continues to affect Brianna; it isn't something that happens one episode and is forgotten the next. She comforts him during his nightmares, which reveal his deep fear of death by drowning. He asks her for a description of Roger and when she tells him, Ian looks up surprised. She's furious because Jamie's remains are not supposed to be there since he died miles away. She demands to know more about Bonnet, and he tells her that he was taken in Cross Creek and charged with numerous crimes and condemned to hang next week in Wilmington. With Roger lost somewhere in the past, she has no one to go home to. She tells him she was dreaming of her father Jamie Fraser, and that they were hiking together in the woods, and she could smell the pine trees. Outlander has seen several different actresses playing Brianna, including Lucy Maxwell who was baby Bree and Niamh Elwell portraying the character aged six. Brianna wanted to . Claire's daughter hotly suggests that perhaps her mother is just jealous because Frank loved her so much and not his wife. News has learned that Outlander is officially casting Brianna, aka Jamie ( Sam Heughan) and Claire's ( Caitriona Balfe) biological daughter. "There was a strength to Sophie and a steeliness, but she was also able to bring some warmth to Brianna that I think is necessary because Brianna is a very strong character, but you want that strength to come across in a way that youre rooting for her," says. The risk paid off. Brianna, Roger, Jem and Mandy return through the stones. She realizes that he did that to make a point, that there was no way she could have fought off Bonnet, and it wasn't her fault. Trailer. She also recognizes that Outlanders violent storylines can be hard for some people to watch. The books. Watch on YouTube Outlander 6 seasons Drama 2022 English audio TV-MA Try STARZ free Buy After serving as a British Army nurse in World War II, Claire Randall is enjoying a second honeymoon. Brianna Ellen Randall Fraser MacKenzie Born November 23, 1948 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA (age 34) Marital status Married Also known as Brianna Fraser Brianna Randall Physical information Gender Female Height 6'0" (183 cm) Hair color Red Eye color Dark blue Skin color Fair Affiliations Occupation Engineer Very quick, like someone had stabbed her with a hatpin, but deep inside her. They agree not to blame each other for what happened. She assures him that her father won't want that, and he seems surprised she knows Jamie so well without having met him, and he says Claire knows Jamie even though she is a Sassenach. Brianna goes to the Highland Clans offices to photocopy a list of documents Roger compiled. Skelton doesnt recall much about the meeting, just that it was a chemistry test with actress Caitriona Balfe, who was already starring in the show as Claire Randall Fraser, a WWII-era nurse who had traveled back in time to 18th-century Scotland. We are here working hard for you, on what is, I think, my favorite season yet, Skelton teased in the video from US broadcaster Starz. Slowly, as it always did, the calm inexorable logic of the figures built its web inside her head, trapping all the random thoughts, wrapping the distracting emotions up in silken threads like so many flies. John bribes the soldier on duty to admit them. During dinner, the two ignore each other and after Brianna noisily works the spinning wheel to annoy Jamie, who goes outside with Claire. I think we live our traumas and our joys through characters, she says. He tells Brianna that the boy is his son and asks if she is his wife. One day with still no word about Roger Wakefield, Brianna walks in on Ian and her mother discussing how it was Uncle Jamie's idea to have Ian propose marriage to his cousin. Smoky had a black coat, not a gray one as his name might suggest. From the moment we see her, the only reasonable reaction is complete disbelief. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. She says they were and Roger insists they still are. Later, when Bonnet is arrested for smuggling and is imprisoned in Cross Creek, Lord John Grey accompanies Brianna on a visit to see him. Theres one thing my parents really warned me about when I said that I was interested in acting. She'd had a difficult pregnancy; both she and Brianna would have died had Claire remained in the past. Gemma Fray took on the role of Brianna between the ages of eight and 10, before actress Sophie Skelton took over the part as a teenager and young adult. He tells her he has a ship waiting for him and asks if it's true the babe is his. Then he kisses her, but they're interrupted by the mailman with a letter for Bree. The next day, Roger takes Brianna and Claire to St. Kilda, a small village near Broch Tuarach. I just hope that it helps more than hinders people., Book readers know that Brianna's healing is far from done, and Bonnet remains a threat both to her and to her son Jemmy. She enjoys her aunt Jocasta's company, but doesn't care for Jocasta's servant Ulysses who she feels tells Jocasta everything. In August 1776, while pregnant with her second child, Brianna comes into his custody again. Her acting is not very strong, by that I mean not very believable, and she's the only one in the series I feel that way about. While they wait for dark when all the bees are in their hive, he teaches her to load and fire his musket, complimenting her on her aim. As she turns to leave, Sergeant Murchinson, Jamie's enemy is there to help Bonnet escape. Outlander: Why was Oliver Finnegan replaced as Jamie's son? Ian asks her when she sees Jamie to ask him what he wants done with Lallybroch now that he has an heir. Frank was a professor of history at Harvard University, and Claire was a homemaker during Brianna's early years. Bonnet returns and tells her they must leave, that the roof will burn through and collapse on top of them. I think shes quite funny. Outlander struck gold in casting Balfe and Heughan. She's ashamed that she asked, but she tells him that she wants to kill the man who raped her and needs to know if it would help. "Unfortunately, there's quite a bit of rape in these books," she says. Inside the church, Roger and Brianna kiss for the first time and then hear a scream from outside. The two take passage to America aboard the Phillip Alonzo bound for Charleston. She takes a liking to him, much preferring his company to that of the suitors her aunt puts before her. John leads her down the stairs into the dank cellar, and to the cell where Bonnet is and taking the lantern with her, closes the door behind her. Jamie agrees they will go to the Gathering and witness their wedding. He gives her a bracelet with the words "Je t'aime". As he goes to the cow and prepares his dirk just in case he has to slaughter her, she realizes that both of her parents are alike in that they can mingle compassion with sheer ruthlessness. In December 1969, Brianna visits Roger in Inverness for Christmas. After eating, Brianna asks to borrow a mule and despite her tiredness, she heads into town, hoping to find Jamie Fraser. The two joined Outlander in the final episode of season two Dragonfly in Amber, named after author Diana Gabaldons second book in the Outlander series which aired all the way back in July 2016. Finally, they marry. She tells him it was all her fault and he says it wasn't. Grey waits outside as Brianna confronts the condemned Bonnet, revealing her pregnancy and telling him that he is the father. The daughter of Claire and Jamie, Brianna was born and raised in Boston, but travels back. Plus: See more exclusive shots from the set of the Starz drama. Skelton was up for the role of her daughter Brianna, and the audition felt natural, which is funny because in audition rooms, things never feel natural, she says. He sold one to buy a ship and the other two were stolen from him, and Bree realizes it must have been Roger who'd taken them. We had trials, she tells EW. When Brianna admits she did, Ian is shocked, and she slaps him across the face. Ultimately, after learning of Brianna's child and the circumstances, Roger returns to her and vows to raise her son as his own regardless, if she'll accept him. Sophie Skelton on the Perils of 'Outlander' Fame, Outlander Season Six Finally Has a Premiere Date, people are willing to sleep on the streets of New York City in order to meet the stars kind of big deal, Your Privacy Choices: Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads. Jamie says she's had four litters so far and not one piglet lost. Jenny Murray immediately recognizes Brianna as Jamie's daughter, but before she can welcome her niece, they're interrupted by an indignant Laoghaire MacKenzie who came there when she heard about a rider resembling Jamie Fraser sighted in the district. Brianna doesn't believe her and thinks Claire is mixing up the men of Culloden under the strain of Frank's death. Offers may be subject to change without notice. Phaedre tells her it is Lord John Grey of Mount Josiah plantation in Virginia, a friend of Brianna's father. Roger tells them they're not, and they arrive just as Gillian sets her husband on fire. When he died, Hector Cameron bought him and immediately recognized his talents. Brianna's eyes narrow when Roger introduces her as his girlfriend to Edgars. John agrees to help her. Lizzie's fever returns and when Brianna goes downstairs to the tavern to fetch hot tea, she spies a familiar gold ring lying in the middle of a card table. When Roger kills a Mohawk man in a fight, and someone needs to be adopted into the tribe in the man's place, Ian sacrifices himself, apologizing to Roger for what they did to him, and asking him to take good care of Brianna and her child. Entertainment Weekly is a registered trademark of Meredith Corporation All Rights Reserved. At Brianna's urging, Claire traveled back to the 18th century to be with Jamie. He tells her to call him Da. Jamie puts out the word about Roger Wakefield yet when there's still no sign of him by mid-October, Brianna grows more and more worried. Brianna asks Claire if she misses her father, Frank Randall. She tells him about finding the death notice for her parents in 1776. Ian tries to comfort his cousin, saying they didn't kill Roger, although they did mean to, and he'd even had his pistol pressed against his head, but didn't pull the trigger because he felt it was Jamie's right to kill him. And she has to have a certain chemistry with Roger. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. He's still angry with her, mostly because he was afraid he had lost her to someone else, and if he were a man of this time and condoned wife beating, he'd take a strap to her. She realizes they love him and were happy for him. Brianna shows them a map of the Highlands indicating the area is near Lallybroch. She brings him food every day and one day comes without the baby, so they are able to talk without interruptions, but they continue to dance around until Claire tells Roger that Bree is probably scared of him resuming his marital rights after losing her virginity to him and then being raped. Brianna thinks that if she kills Bonnet, then maybe she can forget about what he did to her. In August, Duncan Innes comes to the Ridge with an invitation from Jocasta to the Gathering at Mount Helicon and says there will be a priest there and might baptize the baby. In spite of the certain knowledge that another man fathered the child, Frank also knew that he could not sire children himself. You go on so many auditions and often you don't hear anything, and that's fine, but this one actually really hurt, she says. One day when Brianna was seven, Claire was late coming home to relieve the babysitter. She had already spent hours poring through. In 1968 Inverness, Claire, Roger and Brianna begin the hunt for Jamie Fraser. The dinner party that night was larger than Jocasta's usual crowd and Brianna proudly shows off "Osbert" and enjoys the reactions from the guests. The next day, while Claire is at the library, they tackle the garage and find a set of the Reverend's journals. [INSIGHT]Outlander: Why did Jamie Fraser marry Laoghaire MacKenzie? She looks at her hand and finds a black diamond gleaming in her palm. She says it's all right and apologizes in return. Brianna wonders how soon they can get to Cross Creek. Roger asks Brianna what she's named him, and she says she hasn't yet. Claire says that was implantation, when the zygote attaches to the womb. The fight continues until the two storm off. Davis says the scene wasn't a direct response to criticism, but rather a choice specific to the storyline. "Just give the girl a break," Skelton says. Jamie admits that Lizzie had told him and Ian that a man named MacKenzie was asking for Brianna, and that she had seen him before and was the man who had gotten her with child. Lord John laughs and says her plan might have backfired because he is sure the look in Mrs. Alderdyce's eye was granny lust. He tells her that he couldn't go back to the future without her or the baby. She says it's a reasonable suggestion, and he says he heard pregnant women can get hysterical. Three days later, Brianna confronts Lord John in the library and asks him if he wishes to join her on a walk. At Lizzie's request, Brianna asks her father to keep a look out for Joseph Wemyss. People sometimes equate you to the character, and it's like, Dude, I didn't throw a fire poker through a window, she says, referencing a rage-filled scene in Gabaldon's Dragonfly in Amber book. 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