Anxious People
Characters in Anxious People
10 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Liv Holmberg
A divorced mother of two facing eviction, whose botched, cashless bank robbery leads her to take a group of apartment-viewing strangers hostage; her real name and circumstances are only revealed at the end.
Supporting characters
Anna-Lena
Zara (Anxious People)
A bank manager in her fifties among the hostages, haunted by a decade-old loan denial that ended in the applicant's suicide.
Roger (Anxious People)
A retired engineer held hostage alongside his wife, Anna-Lena.
Julia (Anxious People)
A pregnant florist held hostage alongside her partner, Ro.
Ro (Anxious People)
Julia's pregnant partner, also held hostage at the apartment viewing.
Estelle
An elderly widow among the hostages.
Lennart
An actor hired to pose as a prospective buyer to help sabotage other bidders at apartment viewings; caught up as a hostage.
Jim (Anxious People)
An older local police officer investigating the hostage-taking, father of fellow officer Jack.
Jack (Anxious People)
A younger police officer investigating the hostage-taking, son of fellow officer Jim.