Amanda

Amanda's History

Amanda Collins (born Helen Collins) was Division's resident psychologist and master manipulator, then later, its Director. She was in charge of preparing recruits and agents by giving them their tasks and disguises. She soon become a Rogue Agent, working with other former Division and Gogol agents. She was also working with Ari Tasarov, her longtime boyfriend until she betrayed and murdered him; after which, she became a member of the mysterious and powerful organization known as The Invisible Hand before she was imprisoned for life. After the deaths of Percy, Ryan, and Carla, she became the last surviving co-founder of Division as well as it's last surviving former director.

She endured horrific psychological trauma from her father, who was searching for a way to work around post traumatic stress disorder. The real Amanda attempted to help Helen escape but in the end they were caught by their father. Helen was sent away but returned to slit her father's throat and stab her sister, before burning their house down. She stole Amanda's identity which worked out perfectly due to the fact that there were no records of Helen's existence along with the fact that she and Amanda are identical twins.

Amanda was a rising star in PsyOps, according to Percy. She, along with Carla Bennett and Percy, is a founding member of Division. Amanda's initial role was being in charge of prepping the newer recruits mentally and physically, often trying to garner information that may have been previously withheld from a recruit's life before Division. She did this to ensure that the recruits would perform well under pressure. She would make sure that a recruit is ready by providing therapy, disguises, and possibly rehab to some of the recruits that were struggling with addictions acquired before Division. She is also often seen as taking charge of torturing people if needed, such as she does to Nikita.

When first meeting new recruits Amanda tells them to think of her as a friend and confidant. She spends a great deal of time with her charges, building up their mental resilience and teaching them how to conduct themselves during various missions. She also seems to enjoy grooming their appearances. She wants them to feel camaraderie with her, which allows her to get inside their heads even more.

Amanda is shown to be extremely manipulative and cunning. Using psychology, she is able to manipulate people so subtly they are not even aware she is controlling them and having her way with them. Amanda can outwit nearly anyone as she is able to predict their moves and manipulate them.

Amanda is also sadistic and takes great joy in hurting and controlling others. She enjoys to torture both physically and mentally. Amanda displayed pleasure when she had Nikita cornered and enjoys confronting her victims with their mistakes and confuses them.

She had a special grudge against Nikita as Nikita was one of her favorite students before turning on her. This grudge became worse after Nikita did not kill her when she had the chance. Amanda wanted to make Nikita suffer by making her friends betray her and making her end up all alone with everyone she loved gone.

When Amanda is angry, or feels betrayed, the facade is dropped and she reveals someone who could be described as a borderline sociopath. She will torture anyone, no matter how long she has known them, if she thinks they are withholding vital information from her. She can be particularly brutal. During one interrogation, she smashed a man's fingers with a hammer and then inserted needles into his nasal cavities to penetrate his brain.

She later became more ambitious and joined several groups to achieve her goals. While feigning loyalty she kept working to achieve power only for herself and was willing to do whatever it took to get this done.

In spite of her viciousness, however, there are moments when Amanda lets a more vulnerable and caring side of her personality emerge, and she has been shown to be capable of empathy and kindness.