Patricia Ashland

Patricia Ashland is the main villainess from the 2014 film, Presumed Dead in Paradise.

She was played by Olivia d'Abo, who is best known for playing Nicole Wallace on Law and Order: Criminal Intent.

Patricia is the widowed and estranged stepmother of the film's protagonist, Madison Ashland, who was set to inherit her father's vast fortune once she turns 18. However, she was secretly planning to kill Madison and take her inheritance, and as part of her plan, she took Madison to a tropical vacation at St. Isabel, which is where Madison visited her late father. Patricia enlisted her lover, Blake to have Madison drown during a paddle board excursion. Madison barely survives, but it is at the beach house that she sees, Patricia making out with Blake, marking Patricia's heel turn.

Another part of Patricia's evil plan was hiring a young woman named Taylor--who appeared at the plane that Madison and Patricia flew in--and pass her off as Madison Ashland. Once she learned that Madison survived, the evil Patricia sent Blake to capture her. Patricia stated to Madison after her capture that all she wanted was to be closer to her stepdaughter, which was contrary to the actual truth--that Patricia sent her away to boarding school to get her out of the way. Before leaving to join Taylor, Patricia ordered Blake to kill Madison, but his reluctance allowed Madison to escape.

In the final scenes, Patricia and Taylor appeared to collect on Madison's inheritance, only to find that it was in a lockbox that only the real Madison could open, because she had the key. Madison's appearance foiled Patricia's plan, and after Taylor confessed everything, both she and Patricia were arrested.