Carol Finnerty (née Wilkes) is a deputy special agent in charge of the United States Secret Service protection detail and John Cale's most important ally.
She is a supporting character in White House Down and was portrayed by Maggie Gyllenhaal.
White House Down[]
Carol and her soon to be ex-husband, Jim, went to college with John Cale.
Carol gave Cale his Secret Service interview and refused to hire him, citing a lack of motivation and laziness, despite the fact that the two were friends from college. Martin Walker, the head of presidential security detail, tells her to go home and she does, however, but stops after seeing the U.S Capitol Building explode. After the White House takeover, she helps John Cale out for most of the film, giving him access codes to enter rooms and escape from terrorists, helping them navigate through the mansion and also attempted to negotiate with the mastermind, Walker, which backfired after Walker's wife, Muriel Walker, encouraged him to keep on going. Carol promised that Muriel would spend the rest of her life in a federal prison for her involvement, and made good on this promise. Because of her failed attempt, and the 'death' of Sawyer, General Caulfield relieves her, until they learn Cale and Sawyer had survived. During the film, Carol came to regret her earlier stance on Cale's request to join the Secret Service, even apologizing for not trusting him and comes to support him completely, trusting and backing him completely when he faced off with Eli Raphelson despite not knowing what he was planning. When the threat was over, she was visibly pleased when President Sawyer chose to hire Cale into the secret service and along with Caulfield lets Sawyer know that his peace treaty has gone through.
White House Down Characters | |
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Heroes | John Cale - James Sawyer - Emily Cale |
Villains | Eli Raphelson - Martin Walker - Emil Stenz |
Allies | Carol Finnerty - Donnie Donaldson - Caulfield |
Henchmen | Skip Tyler - Carl Killick - Conrad Cern - Motts - Vadim - Chen - Ritter - Bobby - Mulcahy |
Other characters | Melanie Cale - Muriel Walker - Alison Sawyer - Amber Sawyer |