Beatrice "Beadie" Russell
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Beatrice "Beadie" Russell

Played by Amy Ryan

Russell is a cop without much real policing experience — as a port police she's spent most of her time directing traffic and checking shipping manifests. A single mother who isn't looking to complicate her life, it is Russell who discovers a container with its seal broken and finds the bodies of 13 women inside. 

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Follow a single sprawling drug and murder investigation in Baltimore from the perspective of cops and criminals in this classic series.

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