Zoey Bartlet
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Zoey Patricia Bartlet is a fictional character
played by Elisabeth Moss
on the television
serial
drama
The West Wing. Zoey is the youngest of President Josiah Bartlet
and Abbey Bartlet
's three daughters, and is more prominently featured in the series than either of her sisters.
Zoey and presidential aide Charlie Young
became romantically involved in the first season of The West Wing. Their interracial relationship prompted a white supremacist organization to target Young unsuccessfully for assassination
, although both President Bartlet and Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman
were badly wounded in the shooting.
Zoey and Charlie's relationship ended in the second season, largely due to Charlie's demanding work schedule. By the fourth season, Zoey is seen dating a young French man named Jean-Paul Pierre Claude Charpentier.
Zoey graduated summa cum laude from Georgetown University
. On her graduation day, she was kidnapped and held for several days, which led President Bartlet to invoke the 25th Amendment, transferring presidential authority to Speaker of the House Glen Allen Walken
as Acting President of the United States
. Jean-Paul's unintentional complicity in the kidnapping (he spikes her drink with what he thinks is ecstasy, but is actually GHB) ended their relationship. Later, in the sixth season, Charlie and Zoey are shown to have resumed their relationship, with Charlie even considering asking Zoey to marry him. No mention is made of the relationship, or her occupation, in the seventh and final season.
According to President Bartlet, she speaks fluent Italian. Her Secret Service codename
is "Bookbag". There's some debate about whether she was born in 1979, 1980, or 1981 due to a continuity issue within the first two seasons when writers retroactively decreased her age from 19 in season one to 17 in season two. That her birthday is in December is established in the episode "In The Room" which was aired on December 1, 2004.
Fictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
played by Elisabeth Moss
Elisabeth Moss
Elisabeth Singleton Moss is an American actor. Her notable roles include that of Zoey Bartlet, the third and youngest daughter of President Jed Bartlet, on the NBC television series The West Wing , and secretary turned copywriter Peggy Olson on the AMC original series Mad Men .-Early life and...
on the television
Television
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serial
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drama
Drama
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The West Wing. Zoey is the youngest of President Josiah Bartlet
Josiah Bartlet
Josiah Edward "Jed" Bartlet is a fictional character played by Martin Sheen on the television serial drama The West Wing. He is President of the United States for the entire series until the last episode, when his successor is inaugurated...
and Abbey Bartlet
Abbey Bartlet
Dr. Abigail Anne "Abbey" Barrington Bartlet, MD, is a fictional character played by Stockard Channing on the television serial drama, The West Wing. In the show, she is the First Lady of the United States, the wife of President Josiah Bartlet.-Overview:...
's three daughters, and is more prominently featured in the series than either of her sisters.
Zoey and presidential aide Charlie Young
Charlie Young
Charles 'Charlie' Young is a fictional character played by Dulé Hill on the television serial drama The West Wing. For the majority of the series, he is the Personal Aide to President Josiah Bartlet.-Creation and development:...
became romantically involved in the first season of The West Wing. Their interracial relationship prompted a white supremacist organization to target Young unsuccessfully for assassination
In the Shadow of Two Gunmen, Part II
"In the Shadow of Two Gunmen, Part II" is the 24th episode of The West Wing.-Plot:The episode opens with the surviving member of the trio of gunmen from the Rosslyn assassination sitting in the Dixie Pig restaurant in Alexandria, Virginia...
, although both President Bartlet and Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman
Josh Lyman
Joshua "Josh" Lyman is a fictional character played by Bradley Whitford on the television drama The West Wing. For the majority of the series, he was White House Deputy Chief of Staff in the Josiah Bartlet administration...
were badly wounded in the shooting.
Zoey and Charlie's relationship ended in the second season, largely due to Charlie's demanding work schedule. By the fourth season, Zoey is seen dating a young French man named Jean-Paul Pierre Claude Charpentier.
Zoey graduated summa cum laude from Georgetown University
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
. On her graduation day, she was kidnapped and held for several days, which led President Bartlet to invoke the 25th Amendment, transferring presidential authority to Speaker of the House Glen Allen Walken
Glen Allen Walken
Glen Allen Walken is a fictional character on The West Wing played by John Goodman....
as Acting President of the United States
Acting President of the United States
Acting President of the United States is a reference to a person who is legitimately exercising the Presidential powers even though that person does not hold the office of the President of the United States in his own right....
. Jean-Paul's unintentional complicity in the kidnapping (he spikes her drink with what he thinks is ecstasy, but is actually GHB) ended their relationship. Later, in the sixth season, Charlie and Zoey are shown to have resumed their relationship, with Charlie even considering asking Zoey to marry him. No mention is made of the relationship, or her occupation, in the seventh and final season.
According to President Bartlet, she speaks fluent Italian. Her Secret Service codename
Secret Service codename
The United States Secret Service uses code names for U.S. presidents, first ladies, and other prominent persons and locations. The use of such names was originally for security purposes and dates to a time when sensitive electronic communications were not routinely encrypted; today, the names...
is "Bookbag". There's some debate about whether she was born in 1979, 1980, or 1981 due to a continuity issue within the first two seasons when writers retroactively decreased her age from 19 in season one to 17 in season two. That her birthday is in December is established in the episode "In The Room" which was aired on December 1, 2004.