Ardelia Mapp
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Ardelia Mapp is a prominent character in the novels The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal by Thomas Harris.
She is mainly a supporting character, but important to Clarice Starling's over-all character, and plays a rather large role in Hannibal. In the novels, she is the best friend of Clarice Starling. In the novel The Silence of the Lambs, she is Starling's roommate at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. In Hannibal, they are again roommates, but they are now both certified FBI Special Agents. She does not appear in the film Hannibal, even though she and Starling are roommates, but she supports Starling during her ordeals in both the novel and film adaptation of The Silence of the Lambs.
In the novels, Mapp is known for her unorthodox attitude and good cooking. She is also from a family originating from Jamaica.
In the film adaptation of The Silence of the Lambs, she was portrayed by Kasi Lemmons.
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