Vanessa Webber worked for the US Department of Domestic Security as a Special Agent in the CW Television series Smallville.
She appeared as the main antagonist in the Season Seven episode "Sleeper".
She was portrayed by Anne Openshaw, who also played Kate in Supernatural.
Biography[]
Sleeper[]
After Chloe Sullivan broke into several government databases to try and locate Brainiac and Kara, Vanessa Webber came to Smallville to investigate. She first spied on her and Jimmy Olsen at their Talon apartment, surveying him through the window on the roof. Vanessa then approached Jimmy at the Talon coffee shop, first acting coy with him then accused him of hacking into the NSA mainframe.
She then introduced herself as an agent of the Department of Domestic Security and told him that she has been watching him and tracked an infiltration to his computer. Jimmy claimed he was innocent and Vanessa admits that they were actually targeting his girlfriend, who they thought was working for a terrorist sleeper cell.
Jimmy knew Chloe wasn't dangerous but Vanessa countered that Chloe has probably been hiding her tracks well by "working late" or missing dates. She threatened Jimmy with jail time unless he worked with them to spy on Chloe. She then gave him a briefcase full of spy gadgets. After planting the spyware on Chloe's computer at the Isis Foundation, Jimmy discovered several government firewalls that have been accessed. He wondered out loud what she was up to.
Chloe was unsuccessful with hacking into a satellite control located in the City Center. She looked for a way into the building when she notices the Center contained a club opening that evening for the Ace of Clubs. Jimmy tried to call Chloe, saying he made a mistake but Vanessa caught him. He told her that he found nothing suspicious but Vanessa knew he was lying. She told him that Chloe's plan was going down tonight and his job was to accompany Chloe to the Ace of Clubs gala. Webber gave him a bow tie with a camera inside.
During the opening gala at the Ace of Clubs, Jimmy and Chloe danced before departing to do their jobs. Jimmy believed he retrieved the information Agent Webber wanted and returns to the party giving Vanessa the PDA, claiming he got to the information before Chloe. Vanessa looked at the data and figures out that Chloe purposefully lured Jimmy to useless files. She decided to take matters into her own hands and threatens to put them both in prison. She has her guard take Jimmy into custody.
Chloe found a space image which she emails to herself when as Vanessa enters and arrests her. Jimmy is being escorted out of the building, but he escapes the guard and goes to rescue Chloe. Vanessa punches Chloe across the face as she interrogates her but Chloe doesn't co-operate. Jimmy distracts Vanessa and the guards by uploading his video game onto the satellite screens. Just as Vanessa was about to electrocute Chloe, Jimmy punched her and another DDS agent unconscious and rescued Chloe. In response to a request by Jimmy, Lex Luthor persuaded the DDS to drop the charges against Chloe.
Notes[]
- In a deleted scene, it's shown the only reason she is pursuing Chloe Sullivan is because she was hired by Lex Luthor to investigate her.