Riki Lindhome

• Television role: Plays Dr. Valerie Kinbott, Jericho's court-appointed therapist for Wednesday Addams; per itsprime.media and Yahoo, Kinbott is murdered by the Hyde in Season 1, ending her arc.
• Music / comedy: One half of the comedy-folk duo Garfunkel and Oates with Kate Micucci; the duo spawned an IFC series (2014), per itsprime.media.
• Film role: Played Donna Thrombey in Rian Johnson's ensemble mystery Knives Out (2019), per IMDb.
• Television role: Co-created and starred as Beatrice Bellacourt in Comedy Central's period sitcom Another Period (2015-2018), per IMDb.
• Film role: Film debut as Mardell Fitzgerald in Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby (2004), per IMDb.
• Voice acting: Voiced Poison Ivy in The Lego Batman Movie (2017) and Kimberly Harris in Duncanville (2020-2022), per IMDb.

Performance style

• Warm, disarming therapeutic manner — ScreenRant's analysis of the show's therapy scenes (via Cinema Therapy's Jonathan Decker) concludes Kinbott's 'sugary sweet' persona 'is really who she is' and that 'people like Dr. Kinbott sometimes can make the best therapists' — a genuinely caring, affectionate register that reads as authentic on screen (ScreenRant).
• Comic-versus-dramatic range — itsprime.media frames Lindhome as 'a prolific character actor' who moves between comedy-folk (Garfunkel and Oates), sitcom work (Another Period) and the horror-adjacent drama of Wednesday; her Kinbott is played straight against type as a sincere normie professional (itsprime.media).

Reception

• Wednesday Season 1 (2022): Mixed-to-positive: ScreenRant's expert-therapist breakdown argues Kinbott 'may never have been effective without being proven innocent, or without dying,' yet 'her methods still impacted' Wednesday and she 'became close with her classmates.' The tragic reception centers on her death: itsprime.media notes 'Since Valerie died in season 1, she isn't likely to return,' and Yahoo/Vogue confirm the character was killed and is unlikely to appear in Season 2. No widespread critic pan of the performance was found this pass.

Cast they appear alongside

• Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams (Wednesday) — Title lead; Kinbott's court-appointed patient.
• Hunter Doohan as Tyler Galpin (Wednesday) — Also Kinbott's patient; the Hyde who kills her.
• Christina Ricci as Marilyn Thornhill / Laurel Gates (Wednesday) — The botany teacher revealed as the Hyde's mastermind; Kinbott's killer.
• Emma Myers as Enid Sinclair (Wednesday) — Nevermore ensemble; Wednesday's roommate.
• Gwendoline Christie as Larissa Weems (Wednesday) — Nevermore's principal; adult authority Kinbott liaises with.
• Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia Addams (Wednesday) — Wednesday's mother; part of the Addams family Kinbott counsels.

Who plays Dr. Kinbott in Wednesday?

Riki Lindhome plays Dr. Valerie Kinbott, Wednesday's court-appointed therapist in Season 1 (itsprime.media).

Does Dr. Kinbott return in Wednesday Season 2?

No. Her character is murdered by the Hyde in Season 1, and outlets including Yahoo and British Vogue state she is unlikely to return for Season 2. Vogue adds 'nothing is impossible at Nevermore,' but no return was announced (see CONF-RL-01).

What kind of therapist is Dr. Kinbott?

A warm, empathetic Jericho psychiatrist who uses a bright, soothing office and gentle methods; a licensed-therapist analysis cited by ScreenRant concludes her 'sugary sweet' manner is genuine and that such genuinely caring therapists 'can make the best therapists' (ScreenRant).

How does Dr. Kinbott die in Wednesday?

She is killed by the Hyde - controlled by Laurel Gates (Marilyn Thornhill), the season's true mastermind - after she becomes a threat to Gates' plan; the Wednesday Universe guide and itsprime.media confirm the Season 1 death.

What else is Riki Lindhome known for?

Beyond Wednesday, she is one half of the comedy-folk duo Garfunkel and Oates (with Kate Micucci), played Donna Thrombey in Knives Out, co-created and starred in Another Period, and voiced Poison Ivy in The Lego Batman Movie (itsprime.media, IMDb).

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