True Blood Season 3: Who Is Janice Herveaux?

Welcome to the ninth in a series of features about the new characters coming to True Blood in season 3. We’ll be taking a look at these new characters using both information from casting calls and from the novels on which the show is based. Beware, spoilers ahead!

Who Is Janice Herveaux?

Dawn Olivieri has been cast as Janice on True Blood

We first meet Janice Herveaux in the third novel in the series, Club Dead. She doesn’t have a large role in the books, but we do get some background on her from Sookie. We know that she is Alcide‘s sister, she’s married, and she owns a beauty shop in Jackson, Mississippi. Janice meets Sookie and really likes her. She insists on doing Sookie’s hair, a new experience for the do-it-yourself-glamor girl.

It looks like Janice from True Blood is going to be a different woman, though. Per the casting call, Janice is in her early 30s, she’s fit, and she’s tough as nails. Her style runs to black leather and biker gear, and she’s fascinated by horoscopes and psychics. She is also a beautician on the show, which should make for an interesting combination (biker/hairdresser?). Janice is very protective of her little brother, Alcide. Is she somehow affiliated with Coot’s werewolf biker gang? As far as we know, Janice is human, but with her father (Jackson) and brother both weres, she may be a part of the culture. The bit about her being into psychics suggests that she will be very interested in Sookie.

Dawn Olivieri will play Janice Herveaux on True Blood.

Janice Herveaux In Brief

Sex: Female
Species: Human (we think)
Age: About 32
Status: Single (we think)
Relatives: Alcide, brother; Jackson, father
Occupation: Unknown
Location: Jackson, Mississippi