Mallory Dent is a fictional character on The UPN/The CW television series Veronica Mars, which debuted during the fall 2004 season. She is portrayed by Sydney Tamiia Poitier.
She was formerly Veronica's journalism teacher, but left her job after becoming pregnant.
Ms. Dent, as she is commonly referred to, was Veronica's journalism teacher through the first half of the show's first season.
Because she was new to Neptune High, she did not know abou...
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Mallory Dent is a fictional character on The UPN/The CW television series Veronica Mars, which debuted during the fall 2004 season. She is portrayed by Sydney Tamiia Poitier.
She was formerly Veronica's journalism teacher, but left her job after becoming pregnant.
Ms. Dent, as she is commonly referred to, was Veronica's journalism teacher through the first half of the show's first season.
Because she was new to Neptune High, she did not know about the tangled history involving Veronica, and so was the only teacher who took Veronica at face value, not based on prejudices. Together with Veronica, she was responsible for uncovering the voting scam that led to Duncan Kane winning the elections illegally.
Originally intended to be a surrogate maternal figure and role model, artistic concerns (a lack of storylines in which she could be significantly involved) and budgetary ones (a need for a large guest cast to serve the mystery format) led Rob Thomas, the series' creator, to phase the...
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