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Irina DerevkoIrina Derevko (a.k.a. Laura Bristow), played by Lena Olin, is Sydney Bristow's mother on the television series, Alias. Bio Irina Derevko was a long-term spy for the Soviet Union, assigned to marry Jack Bristow in order to get information from him, specifically concerning Project Christmas. Together they had a child, Sydney. A few years after her birth, Derevko disappeared, apparently dying in a car accident. At the end of the first season of Alias, it was revealed that Derevko was alive and well and was actually the leader of a criminal organization. However, Derevko soon turned herself in to the CIA and was used as a source to help bring down SD-6 and assisted with other important missions before eluding capture during a mission. Her subsequent whereabouts were unknown, although she continued to be in occasional contact with Jack via e-mail, and arranged for her sister, Katya Derevko, to assist Jack and Sydney on occasion. It was learned that Irina had a second daughter, Nadia Santos, through a liaison with Arvin Sloane. At the beginning of season 4, it was revealed that Irina had hired a hit man to kill Sydney, for reasons as yet unrevealed. Jack Bristow received permission from his superiors to execute Irina, and it is strongly implied that he carried out the act himself. Sydney later identified Irina's body in a Moscow medical facility and arranged for her burial in a Moscow crypt. The exact time of Irina's death has yet to be established. It has to have occurred after the events of the third season episode "Crossings" (the last time Jack is shown communicating with her via e-mail) and sometime prior to the season finale, "Resurrection" since Lauren is aware of the documents regarding Irina, which Jack had hidden in a European bank sometime earlier. In the fourth season episode, "Ice", it is revealed that Irina also had a niece. Several photographs of her as a young woman appear in this episode, however since Lena Olin is no longer associated with the series, Mia Maestro (who plays Nadia Santos) appears as Irina in the photographs seen in that episode. The episode "Welcome to Liberty Village" reveals that an unidentified Russian group is trying to find Elena Derevko. As Jack reveals this to Sloane, Sloane says "the timetable may have to be moved up", suggesting a replacement character in another form. (Elena was confirmed to be the third of the Derevko sisters, as mentioned by Jack Bristow in the season 3 episode "Crossings." Series creator, J.J. Abrams stated numerous times during the third season that he was working to return the character of Irina Derevko to the show, but there were difficulties in negotiating the contract with actress Lena Olin. The apparent death of Irina would seem to suggest that this issue has been closed. See also External link Derevko, Irina
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