Jessica DiLaurentis is the overarching antagonist of the book series Pretty Little Liars as well as its television adaptation. She is at first presented as the sweet, damaged mother of Alison; however, it is soon revealed that she has dark secrets of her own and is somehow involved with "A".
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Jessica DiLaurentis is the mother of Alison DiLaurentis and Jason DiLaurentis, as well the adoptive mother of Charlotte Drake, the daughter of her twin sister Mary Drake.
Known for her controlling ways, Jessica buried her own daughter; Alison, after she thought Charlotte DiLaurentis had unknowingly killed her with a rock to the head. After that, she tried to frame Spencer Hastings for the murder. Although Alison was found to be alive, Jessica was soon murdered by an unknown assailant and buried in the Hastings backyard by villainous "A".
It was revealed that Jessica was the "evil twin" and Mary was the "good twin" in "Original G'A'ngsters" and that Jessica often had Mary tortured when she was in Radley Sanitarium. However, it is later revealed that Jessica's murderer was actually Mary.
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- The character of Jessica is one of several other characters who was played by a different actress than in the "Pilot" episode.
- She has an identical twin sister named Mary Drake, whom she was estranged from for many years.
- Jessica only saw "Alison's" yellow top when confirming it was her body. She said it was all she needed to see to know that it was her daughter.
- Red Coat was living in a secret passageway in her basement.
- Jessica and her husband, Kenneth, were divorced around the time of her death.
- Jessica knew about Emily's feelings towards Alison and supported Emily and Alison being together.
- Jessica buried Alison alive, whom she thought was dead at the time after Alison was hit on the head with a rock by Charlotte. She buried Alison to protect Charlotte, as she didn't want to lose two daughters in one night. She then enlisted Wilden's help and sent Charlotte back to Radley.
- Jessica's relationship with her twin sister, Mary, parallels the relationship between Alison and Courtney from the books. Also, Jessica and her former lover, Peter Hastings, plotted to kill Mary, similar to how Alison plotted with Nick Maxwell to kill Courtney.
- She covered up the death of two of her children, Alison, who Jessica buried because she thought she had been killed by Charlotte, and Charles, whose death was symbolical but made to look like a suicide and real death.
- Mary, Jessica's identical twin sister once said, "I was born first, and she was born jealous." This draws a direct parallel to Spencer Hastings being taken in by her biological father and family, while her twin Alex Drake was sold and later placed into an orphanage. This resulted in Alex being jealous of Spencer's life.