Joelle

Joelle was the hidden main villainess from the 2017 Lifetime film, Girls Night Out.

She was played by Kelly Kruger.

Joelle was one of three old college friends of McKenzie (the film's protagonist), and in the beginning of the film, she, Sadie, and Rebecca all appeared to McKenzie as part of a surprise orchestrated by McKenzie's fiancee, Reese. The trio threw a bachelorette party for McKenzie, which was interrupted when her ex-boyfriend, Brandon (who was accused of raping McKenzie), kidnapped Reese as part of a revenge plot.

It was revealed at the film's end that Joelle had harbored a crush on Brandon back when they were all in college, but as she later put it herself, it was a case a bad timing as he and McKenzie were involved with each other. Before the film's events, Joelle ran into Brandon on her trip to Florida and engaged in a sexual encounter with each other. However, Joelle was dismayed when Brandon still carried a torch for McKenzie, claiming that he snapped when he found out that she was engaged. Joelle planned the entire party looking to get Brandon's attention, while also hoping that he would get his revenge on McKenzie and they could be together again.

However, during Brandon's confrontation with McKenzie, he realized that he did rape her, despite a jury acquitting him years ago. He expressed deep remorse for what he did, while proclaiming his love for McKenzie. It was at that moment that Joelle entered and instructed Brandon to put down the gun, which he had pointed at McKenzie during their confrontation. After Brandon did so, the evil Joelle picked up the gun and killed Brandon, later saying she had to do so because he would never stop loving McKenzie. Joelle later confessed everything to McKenzie, claiming that she didn't expect that it would go as far as it did. McKenzie attempted to assure Joelle that she's a good person, but Joelle stated that sometimes good people do bad things, right before she took the gun to her head and killed herself.