Susie Rivera was a recurring character who appeared in the first and second seasons of Degrassi Junior High. She was portrayed by Sarah Charlesworth. She was best friends with Caitlin Ryan.
Character History[]
Degrassi Junior High[]
Starts as: Grade 7
In Kiss Me, Steph, she was elected Student Council Vice President. She was Caitlin Ryan's best friend. She and Caitlin tried to get Rick Munro to smile, and she also became wary of Caitlin after hearing Kathleen Mead spread rumors that Caitlin was gay.
Susie worked hard on the Degrassi Yearbook for the 1988-89 school year, which was while she was in Grade 7.
In Stage Fright, she had Caitlin, Kathleen, Jyoti, and Melanie over to her house for a sleepover. When Caitlin suffered an epileptic fit, Susie is the only one to figure out what was happening and helped her friend out. After the cast list went up, she tried cheering up Caitlin when she didn't get the part she wanted. Later that same day, she covered for her friend at rehearsal before promising Caitlin to not do so again.
Susie later was being harassed by Mr. Colby, a substitute teacher, and she, Lucy Fernandez (Colby's previous victim at Degrassi), L.D. Delacorte, and Wheels reported him.
She was not seen or mentioned after the second season.
Appearances[]
Degrassi Junior High (Season 1)
- Kiss Me, Steph
- The Big Dance No Lines
- The Experiment No Lines
- The Cover-Up
- The Great Race
- Rumor Has It
- Best Laid Plans No Lines
- Nothing to Fear
- Smokescreen
- It's Late No Lines
- Revolution!
Degrassi Junior High (Season 2)
- Eggbert
- A Helping Hand... No Lines
- Dinner & a Show No Lines
- Stage Fright
- Fight! No Lines
- Bottled Up
- Dog Days
- Censored
- ...He's Back
- Pass Tense
Trivia[]
- Susie was the second character out of three to be harassed by an authority figure, the first being Lucy and the third being Clare.
- Susie, along with sixteen other characters, was sexually assaulted:
- She and Lucy were sexually harassed by Mr. Colby at Degrassi Junior High.
- Stephanie was about to be taken advantage of by Damon King in his car.
- Wheels was almost molested in a car by a random stranger while he was hitchhiking.
- Liz was molested by her mother's ex-boyfriend as a young girl.
- Emma was held captive in a hotel room by a pedophile and almost raped.
- Paige was raped by Dean at a party.
- Darcy was raped by a serial rapist who spiked teenage girls' drinks at a party.
- Jane was molested by her father, Mr. Valieri.
- K.C. was almost forced to have sex with a hooker hired by Coach Carson against his will as well as had him watching porn.
- Connor was almost molested in a car by his internet stalker.
- Bianca was forced into sex with Vince on numerous occasions and was almost raped by her ex-boyfriend Anson.
- Clare was sexually harassed by her former boss, Asher.
- Maya was sexually harassed after being cyberbullied and slut shamed online.
- Zoë was raped by Luke and Neil at a party.
- Tristan Milligan was statutorily raped by Grant Yates.
- Winston was groped by Grant Yates.
- As revealed in Smokescreen, her uncle Carl Rivera was an astronaut.
- In Stage Fright, Susie mentioned that her aunt had epilepsy.
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Alex • Alexa • Allison • Amy • Archie • Arthur • B.L.T. • Bartholomew • Caitlin • Christine • Clutch • Doris • Erica • Heather • Joey • Karen • Kathleen • L.D. • Liz • Louella • Lucy • Luke • Maya • Melanie • Michelle • Raditch • Rick • Scooter • Shane • Simon • Stephanie • Susie • Voula • Wheels • Yick |