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The show isn’t necessarily doing anything wildly off book — there are at least three other series about being reincarnated as the villainess in a fantasy story and failing at it.
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Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025
Queen of the South villainess Veronica Falcon agreed bad guys in film and TV deserve better press, even if a villain is by definition evil, as opposed to better-natured Hollywood anti-heroes.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
Konoha Satou’s dark fictional past becomes her reality when she’s reincarnated as Iana Magnolia, the villainess of her own adolescent fantasy.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
Fulton spent nearly 50 years playing the soap opera villainess Lisa Miller.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 20 July 2025
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Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025
Queen of the South villainess Veronica Falcon agreed bad guys in film and TV deserve better press, even if a villain is by definition evil, as opposed to better-natured Hollywood anti-heroes.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
Konoha Satou’s dark fictional past becomes her reality when she’s reincarnated as Iana Magnolia, the villainess of her own adolescent fantasy.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
Fulton spent nearly 50 years playing the soap opera villainess Lisa Miller.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 20 July 2025
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“Villainess.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/villainess. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.
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villainess
noun
vil·lain·ess
ˈvil-ə-nəs 
: a woman who is a villain
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