Marianne Sheridan

Marianne Sheridan is a protagonist in Normal People.

Biography
Marianne was born to an affluent family and grew up in Carricklea. Her father was physically abusive and died at some point before the story, leaving Marianne with her mother, Denise, and brother, Alan.

Character
Marianne is known to be studious, outspoken, and therefore disliked. She was known to antagonise teachers in school due to her annoyance. In school, she had no friends, and acted as though this didn’t bother her, though really she did want someone to confide in. She was on good terms with Karen however and was somewhat polite to Connell even before their affair.

Connell Waldron
Marianne and Connell end up together. Marianne begins a secret sexual relationship with Connell, but it's broken off by the end of the school year. They next meet at Trinity College, Dublin, where Marianne has flourished. After a tumultuous few years for the two of them, the last episode sees Connell and Marianne living happily together at Trinity College, Dublin.

Gareth
Gareth is Marianne's early collegiate love interest and the classmate of Connell's at Trinity College who is an advocate of free speech. Marianne later broke up with him as she thought about their relationship and that they were not meant to be.

Jamie
Jamie is a part of Marianne's social circle at Trinity College who is very competitive. He has a crush on Marianne throughout their university days.

Lukas
Marianne met Lukas in Sweden. He and Marianne have an arrangement that he calls “the game.”