One Day Characters

Sonya is a teenaged girl whom Emma directs in a production of Oliver! She gets angry when one of the boys in the production makes fun of her lower-class background. Later, she becomes the inspiration for Emma’s bestselling book character Julie Criscoll.

Mrs. Cope is Sylvie’s mother. She is skeptical of Dexter during his visit but ultimately ends up preferring him over Callum, whom Sylvie eventually ends up with.

Maddy initially works for Dexter as a manager at the café her runs. She becomes his confidante after the sudden death of Emma, and eventually, Dexter and Maddy form a new relationship.

Gary Nutkin founds Sledgehammer Theater Collective and hires Emma. Previously, the two of them had unmemorable sex, and Emma doesn’t think highly of him as a director.

Scott McKenzie is Emma’s 39-year-old manager at the Mexican restaurant. He’s person with potential who failed to achieve his dreams and is a cautionary tale for Emma.

Toby Moray acts as Dexter’s sidekick on Dexter’s first big television presenting gig. He pretends to be joking when he makes fun of Dexter but seems to actually dislike him, and Dexter doesn’t like Toby either.

Marsha Francomb is a publisher Emma meets with, although Marsha mistakes Emma for a prospective nanny, not a writer. Although Emma feels the meeting is a flop, soon after, she finds her first success as an author.

Cassie is Dexter’s older sister. They have a distant relationship, and she tends to look down on him, particularly during the period of his life when he’s drinking heavily.

Candy is an actor at Sledgehammer. Emma is annoyed by Candy’s deluded belief that she’ll soon find her big break.

Stephanie is a friend of Emma’s who helps her get a meeting with the publisher Marsha Francomb.

Jean-Pierre Dusollier is a French man whom Emma briefly dates while living in Paris. She leaves him for Dexter shortly after Dexter arrives on a visit.

Sam and Murray are Sylvie’s twin younger brothers. They are mischievous and torment Dexter on his first visit to the Cope family.

Sid is an actor at Sledgehammer who seems to resent the job because he used to be a TV actor and feels he’s above theater work.

Heidi is a German engineering student who finds a letter that Dexter intended to send to Emma.

Naomi is briefly in a relationship with Dexter when he visits Emma at the Mexican restaurant.

Ingrid is a former model whom Dexter is casually seeing when he goes on vacation with Emma.

Barbara is a stripper who dances for Dexter on the one-year anniversary of Emma’s death.