Leona Mills

Leona Mills
Portrayed by	Unknown
First appearance	The Recruit, Part 5
In-story stats
Known ability	None
Gender
Home	Newport, RI; Calabasas, CA
Significant other	Unnamed man (deceased)
Child	Rachel Mills

Leona is Rachel Mills's mother.

Character History

Webisode:The Recruit, Part 4

Angela asks Rachel if she was close with her mother, to which Rachel replies that her mother committed suicide. Angela says that she knew Leona, and that she was there the day Leona discovered her ability. However, Angela continues that Leona was afraid of her ability and didn't want to accept it, so she killed herself.

Webisode:The Recruit, Part 5

After Rachel is taken away, Angela calls Leona, who is alive and well, saying that "it's been a long time."

Heroes Evolutions

The Private

In chapter 2 of The Private, Rachel Mills is asked about her mother by one of her captors while held prisoner in Iran.

The Agent

In chapter 2 of The Agent, Rachel Mills has a nightmare where she attends her mother's funeral as a young girl. She walks up the aisle to her mother's casket, and notices that it is closed. She tries to open it, and succeeds in raising it an inch a few times, but it always drops back shut as if something is holding it closed. Rachel then whispers, "Please, Mom", and a blue arm snakes out of the casket and grabs her wrist.

In chapter 4 of The Agent, Jason tells Rachel he heard her talk about her mother in her dream the past night.

In chapter 5 of The Agent, Rachel again experiences a couple dreams involving her mother among several dream flashes. In one dream, Rachel is inside a building and says hello to her mother. In another, Rachel sees a woman talk on the phone with her mother. The woman says that was the end, apologizes, and says she is sure it was Rachel. She then tells Rachel's mother that she knows something, says goodbye, and hangs up.

Notes

• NBC.com's character reference for Rachel Mills notes that Rachel was born in Newport, Rhode Island, but grew up in Calabasas, California. She was raised solely by Leona, until Rachel was twelve and Leona committed suicide.
• NBC.com's character reference for Rachel Mills also notes Leona's last name was Mills at the time she had supposedly committed suicide. The introduction for chapter 10 of The Agent also refers to Rachel's mother as "Leona Mills". However, it is unknown as to whether that is still her last name.
• In an interview, writers Jim Martin and Timm Keppler confirmed that Rachel's power is natural and that it was inherited from Leona.