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Battlestar Galactica Character
Saul Tigh
Status	Deceased
Gender	Female
Species	Human
Origin
Portrayed by	Kate Vernon
First Appearance	"Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Dowm"
Profession
Relatives	Saul Tigh
Special Features

Ellen Tigh is the sexually voracious and emotionally manipulative wife of Col. Saul Tigh. As much his enabler as his partner, she constantly goads and pushes him to embrace more ambitious goals. She tells herself that she does it for his own good, but her own advancement is her main concern. It's likely that Ellen truly does love her husband and it becomes clear she would do anything necessary to help during the occupation of New Caprica. Her marriage to Saul Tigh drove him to drink and her well known sexual promiscuity throughout their marriage proved embarrassing for him.

Character History

Tigh and Ellen were estranged at the time of the Cylon attacks. She was presumed to be among the billions of dead. Adama found her on a ship in the fleet and brought her back to Saul. Ellen claimed to have been at an airport on Picon during the attacks attempting to get home. She says an unknown person got her on a transport leaving the planet. She was unconscious aboard the Rising Star for three weeks before Adama found her.

Ellen's claims prove suspicious as no one on the Rising Star remembers treating her. Her intense interest in Adama's plans to lead the fleet to Earth only made her more suspect. Adama had Baltar test her blood to see if she was a Cylon but the tests proved her to be human. It is uncertain whether Baltar was telling the truth.

Ellen reunited with Saul and claimed she wanted to make a new start. However, her open flirting with other men drove her husband to drink heavily. Ellen used her wiles to try to enhance Saul's position in the fleet. She revealed the location of an imprisoned, thwarted assassin to Tom Zarek and the agent was later killed. Zarek denied any involvement and Ellen was suspected.

During the occupation of New Caprica, Ellen engaged in a sexual relationship with the Cylon model Cavil hoping to have her husband released from detention. Once her husband is released, Cavil threatened her with his imprisonment if she didn't provide information on the insurgency. Ellen handed over information that led the Cylons to attack a meeting between Anders and his men and Sharon Agathon.

Anders advised Tigh to take care of his wife knowing that her punishment would be death and by someone less lenient. Saul was devastated but poisoned his wife, telling her he loved her as she died.

Actress

Canada native Kate Vernon is the daughter of character actor John Vernon (best known for his role as Dean Wormer in Animal House). When Kate was seven years old, her father moved the family to Hollywood, California. Raised in an acting family in Los Angeles, Kate demonstrated an early and easy aptitude for the craft. She landed four roles with her first four auditions and since then has worked continuously.

Vernon's work has included guest-starring turns or recurring roles on such series as Star Trek: Voyager, Nash Bridges, Who's the Boss, L.A. Law, and Hunter. She also has starred in numerous telefilms for Showtime, USA Network, the Hallmark Channel, HBO, and Lifetime. Her feature-film credits include Malcolm X, Pretty in Pink, and The Secret Life of Girls.

She currently resides in Los Angeles with her daughter and enjoys meeting fans of Battlestar Galactica while she continues to work on new film and television projects.