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Carrie Anne Mathison, played by actress Claire Danes, is a fictional character and the protagonist of the American television drama/thriller series Homeland on Showtime, created by Alex Gansa and Howard Gordon. Carrie is a CIA officer who, while on assignment in Iraq, learned from a CIA asset that an American prisoner of war had been turned by ...
After their father's death, Carrie (Claire Danes) and Maggie (Amy Hargreaves) receive a surprise visit from Ellen Mathison (Victoria Clark), their mother who has been absent for 15 years. Carrie is hostile to her and kicks her out of the house immediately. Carrie leads a eulogy for her father Frank at the funeral.
Homeland: Carrie's Run (2013) is a novel that tells the story of Carrie Mathison in a series of events that take place before season 1. [53] Another prequel novel set in 2009, Homeland: Saul's Game (2014), was released on October 7, 2014. [54]
Carrie promises that Dante will go on the record with his accounts of misconduct on the part of Keane and her staff. That evening, Dante arrives at the location, but Carrie spots a man who is tailing him. She improvises a new location for the meeting, Maggie's office, though this requires calling Josie to deliver the keys to the office.
Saul Berenson, the National Security Advisor for newly inaugurated President Ralph Warner, is assigned to negotiate peace with the Taliban in Afghanistan. Carrie Mathison is still struggling to recover from her brutal treatment as a prisoner in Russia, but Saul wants to take her to Afghanistan, feeling her knowledge and experience there are essential.
Played by James Rebhorn, Frank Mathison is Carrie Mathison's father. Like Carrie, Frank also has bipolar disorder, but is able to manage it more effectively than his daughter due to his commitment to therapy and medication. Frank eventually dies in his sleep from a stroke while Carrie is working overseas; Carrie returns home to arrange his funeral.
Saul is spared, but kept captive while Carrie flies to Israel. In Israel, Carrie tells Saul's sister Dorit that Saul has died of a stroke. It is a ruse, with the aim of enacting Saul's 'legacy plan', in which his valued asset is passed on to Carrie in the event of his death. Indeed, Dorit has an envelope intended for Carrie which contains a USB ...
Amy Hargreaves as Maggie Mathison, Carrie's sister and a psychiatrist; Sarita Choudhury as Mira Berenson, Saul's wife; Alex Lanipekun as Hank Wonham, a CIA officer at the Kabul station; Akshay Kumar as Rahim, a Pakistani medical student; Shavani Seth as Kiran, Aayan's girlfriend and fellow medical student