Regina Gilvary

Regina works the floor of a dusty desert casino, pouring drinks and nursing bigger dreams than the job allows. She's Charlie Cale's closest friend there, sharp-tongued and restless, itching to get out from under her boss and finally do something with her life beyond the Vegas dead-end she's stuck in.

Melanie Lynskey gives Regina a coiled, weary intelligence — someone smart enough to know exactly how small her world has become. In just one episode she makes the friendship with Charlie feel lived-in and real, so that everything the plot does around her lands with actual weight.