Annette Birkin
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Annette Birkin (early conceptual illustration). |
Dr. Annette Birkin is a character from the video game,
Resident Evil 2.
She is the mother of
Sherry Birkin and the wife of
William Birkin. She has a very serious demeanor and is usually very abrupt with people. She works at the
Umbrella Research Laboratory located in
Raccoon City, along with her husband, William. Because her job is so demanding, she has little to no time to spend with her daughter and although she still loves her, she doesn't show it too often. Annette is first encountered by the player as either
Ada Wong (
Leon gets shot and knocked out when they first meet) or
Claire Redfield. She tells the player from her own point of view about how Umbrella tried to steal her husband's research away from him and how he ended up becoming a monster in order to prolong his life and exact revenge on Umbrella. Although she's not exactly a friend, Annette reveals a lot of information to the player. This doesn't stop her from trying to shoot and kill both Ada and Leon, though. She does seem to have more of a tolerance for Claire, due to the fact that in her scenario, she's given the task of protecting Sherry and tries to help Annette and her daughter reunite. In both Leon's and Claire's scenarios, Annette ends up dying, but in different ways.
Annette met William at the
Arklay Research Facility. During the Raccoon City outbreak, Annette proved to be fanatically loyal to her husband and was determined to preserve his legacy, the
G-Virus, from those who would steal it, even Umbrella. Unfortunately, this loyalty proved to be her undoing.
Annette has two possible deaths, depending on the order in which the player chooses their characters. In the
Leon A/Claire B scenario, she is struck by falling
debris while confronting Leon and later passes out after shooting Ada in the power generator room. She dies in front of Sherry after Claire defeats the
Tyrant that was chasing her daughter. In the
Claire A/Leon B scenario, she is killed by her mutated husband in his G-Type 3 form in front of Claire and gives Claire the instructions on how to create the "Devil" G-Virus vaccine with her dying breath.
*According to the book
Capcom Design Works, Annette Birkin was modeled after the image of actress
Jodie Foster.
