Drusilla (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

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Drusilla
Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Angel character
Juliet Landau as Drusilla.
First appearance	"School Hard" (1997)
Last appearance	Finale (2018)
Created by	Joss Whedon David Greenwalt
Portrayed by	Juliet Landau
In-universe information
Affiliation	Wolfram & Hart The Whirlwind
Classification	Vampire
Notable powers	Supernatural strength, speed and durability Enhanced healing Immortality Psychic abilities include precognition and hypnosis

Drusilla, or Dru for short, is a fictional character on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, portrayed by Juliet Landau. Created by Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt, she is introduced as a main antagonist alongside her lover Spike in the second season of Buffy. In addition to returning in subsequent seasons, the character is featured as a villain on the spin-off show Angel as well. Flashbacks in both series reveal Drusilla's past as a young psychic in Victorian London who was driven insane by Angel before he ultimately turned her into a vampire. Spike and Dru are notably more subversive compared to other "Big Bads" that have opposed Buffy Summers. The duo was conceived as a Sid and Nancy-inspired vampiric pair so Landau chose to portray Drusilla with a Cockney accent, while the character's physical appearance drew from sources such as supermodel Kate Moss and the 1990s heroin chic aesthetic.

Following the conclusion of both series, Drusilla continued to appear in Expanded Universe materials in other media. Landau went on to co-write a two-issue Drusilla story arc for IDW Publishing's Angel comic book series in 2009, which continued her character's storyline.