| Ingrid | |
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| Biographical Information | |
| Real Name: | Ingrid |
| Status: | Deceased |
| Race: | White |
| Origin: | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Husband: | Matthew Cooper (Fiancé) |
| Parents: | Father † |
| Other family: | Jon (brother) Several Sisters |
| Production Details | |
| Actor: | Ashley Jones (Epidemic) |
| First Appearance: | Epidemic |
| Last Appearance: | Brother's Keeper |
| Episode Count: | 23 |
Ingrid is a Swedish immigrant and the fiancée of Matthew Cooper. Ingrid came to live in the small town of Colorado Springs after she and her siblings were orphaned and her brother, Jon, needed work to support them. She and her siblings live in an encampment for immigrants within the Colorado Springs town.
Ingrid becomes Dr. Mike's patient, and Matthew begins gaining affection for her, in the episode Saving Souls, when she comes to the clinic with difficulty breathing as is diagnosed with asthma. Dr. Mike treats the condition with micro doses of chloroform to relax the airways. It is an ongoing condition that presents throughout the series.
Ingrid's last appearance is in the episode Brother's Keeper, in which she dies from rabies after being bitten by Brian's dog, Pup, who became infected through a raccoon bite. On her deathbed, Ingrid regains a moment of consciousness as the disease takes affect, and she and Matthew recite their vows to one another. They never get the opportunity to properly marry.
She is interred in the cemetery beside the town church.
Episodes[]
Season 1[]
- Epidemic - played by Ashley Jones
- Law of the Land - learns that she & her family suffer from malnutrition
- The Prisoner - is one of the girls at Olive's Hurdy Gurdy
- Rite of Passage - learns she has asthma
- Portraits - she and her family are not allowed in the town picture when a near-blind photographer comes to town.
(Unfortunately her and Matthew’s relationship is confusing because several episodes aired out of order of Their shooting dates and story lines. This is very common in both seasons one and two)
Season 2[]
- Saving Souls
- Where the Heart Is: Part 1
- Where the Heart Is: Part 2
- Giving Thanks
- Crossing the Line - Almost loses Matthew and Jon who take jobs as scab, after a cave-in
- The Offering - her and her sister almost die from the infected blanket, if the town's people had not burned everything when learning Matthew is sick.
- The Circus - Traveling circus owner's daughter Atlantis get sad and jealous of her
- Luck of the Draw - Almost breaks off her engagement, due to Matthew's playing poker
- Return Engagement: Part 1
- Return Engagement: Part 2 -
Season 3[]
- Thanksgiving
- The End of the World
- What Is Love? – Asks Matthew to wear a pair of boots.
- For Better or Worse: Part 1
- For Better or Worse: Part 2 - is part of the wedding party
Season 4[]
- A New Life - Ingrid finds out that she doesn’t have to stay in the house with her dad and she can go on an a adventure
- Brother's Keeper - Ingrid falls deathly ill after she is bitten by Brian's dog, Pup, who has contracted rabies from a raccoon. She is given a funeral, leaving behind her bereaved fiancé, Matthew, and distraught family. Her younger sisters all were being raised by her.
Vital Information[]
- From Stockholm, Sweden
- Sister of Jon
- Has sisters who she is raising but the Sister are never mentioned by name.
- Ingrid wears the engagement ring Dr. Mike gave to Matthew. Dr. Mike had from her first engagement to David Lewis.
- Recited her wedding vows to Matthew on her deathbed.