Sheriff Michelle Valenti is a recurring character on the CW science fiction series Roswell, New Mexico. She is the sheriff who succeeded her late husband Jim, and she is Kyle Valenti's mother. Michelle Valenti is portrayed by Rosa Arredondo.
History[]
According to Michelle unlike the Ortechos her family immigrated to the United States "The right way". Resulting in her looking down on them because as an first generation Mexican-American she felt like with being illegals they gave legit immigrants an bad name to the rest of the United States.
Michelle knew Master Sergeant Jesse Manes, although unlike him and her husband she was kept out of the loop about Project Shepherd. In 1988, Jim had an affair with Helena Ortecho which resulted in Helena becoming pregnant with Rosa Ortecho, who was raised as Arturo Ortecho's daughter. Despite this, Jim went on to have many more multiple affairs during his marriage which would strained his relationship with Michelle who had their only biological child circa 1990. To amend their relationship to keep the family together Jim went through a twelve step program twice for drinking problems.
In June of 1997 she was the deputy who was on a case of three abandoned kids found wandering in the desert with no memories and clothes on. She was determined to find justice for them later admitting she ultimately became obsessed with the case to an older Max years. She revealed while watching them at the group home one day soon Max was screaming and drawing on walls. Michael tried to calm him down and snatched the crayon from Max which was the day the Evans came in and picked Max and Isobel as their future children leaving behind Michael believing he had problems. With Max and Isobel being adopted locally Michelle discreetly kept a eye out on them.
While her son was growing up he was friends with Alex Manes although that friendship dissolved by 2008. A few months after Rosa's death in 2008. Michelle came to absolutely to despise Jesse Manes, who challenged her husband for the postion of sheriff believing he was doing it in a poor taste to get more glory for himself. Although Jim narrowly won and still was sheriff. Michelle noticed he had became a different man mentally.
In 2014, Jim died of cancer which made Michelle his successor as sheriff.
Powers and abilities[]
Abilities[]
- Police Training: Valenti is a sheriff, meaning that she went through police training and has a lot of experience as an officer.
Quotes[]
"I don't like her family. My parents struggled for years in poverty so that they could enter this country legally because they believed in America. In freedom, in patriotism, in the law. And people who defy that law give us all a bad name." — Sheriff Valenti to Kyle in Tearin' Up My Heart.
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Trivia[]
- The character's first name was first revealed in episode 2.01 Stay (I Missed You).
- Prior to her name being revealed on the show, show writer Rick Montano stated that her first name is Michelle.[1] This is also the name of Kyle's mother in the 1999 TV series.
- In the book series, Kyle's only known family are his father and an aunt; it is not explained what happened to his mother.
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References[]
- ↑ In response to a fan's Tweet saying "Sheriff Valenti needs a first name. #RoswellNM", writer Rick Montano (@rickolus) responded with: Sheriff Michelle Valenti. March 27, 2019.