Shira (TV Series)

Shira
Actor	Chelle Ramos
Aliases	Stephanie Vega (fake identity)
Gender	Female
Hair Color	Dark Brown
Age	Late 20s
Occupation	Pre-Apocalypse Student Post-Apocalypse Government Agent for the Commonwealth
Family	Eugene Porter - Ex-Boyfriend
Ethnicity	Asian/Caucasian-American
Status	Unknown
Episode Count	7
First Appearance	"Acheron: Part II"
Last Appearance	"A New Deal"

“

Um, which one of you is Eugene? Hi. I'm Stephanie. ―Shira to Eugene's group.

”

Shira is an antagonist and a survivor of the outbreak in AMC's The Walking Dead. She is a resident and government agent for the Commonwealth.

Overview

Shira, while pretending to be Stephanie Vega, initially comes off as a kind, bubbly and caring woman who cares about Eugene. She acts extremely friendly and kind to the group, especially Eugene. The two eventually enter a relationship. She helps him and the group on many occasions such as helping them get to a radio to contact their group, having Hornsby protect them from banishment, and taking part in their punishment.

However, once Shira's cover is blown is shown to be a cold, cunning, cruel, unsympathetic, and dangerous woman. It is revealed that she only was with Eugene to get information about his communities and that she merely using him. Shira is shown to be a very remorseless woman when after Eugene finds out who she really is, she tackles him to the floor, not showing any remorse or emotion despite their seemingly genuine relationship. She acts as one of Lance Hornsby's spies and will carry out any task necessary under his orders, even if that means hurting and killing others, including children. After being ordered to go after Daryl, she and Roman Calhoun go after the group's children, Judith, R.J., and Gracie.

Shira is also a cruel murderer who will kill anyone necessary. She and Roman execute 10 innocent Commonwealth janitors to have them reanimate and cause chaos under Lance's orders, which leads to the deaths of many more people, including Pamela's son, Sebastian Milton.

Pre-Apocalypse

Location Unknown

Nothing is known about Shira's life prior to or as the outbreak began.

Post-Apocalypse

Season 11

"Acheron: Part II"

Shira pretending to be "Stephanie" enters the train car and meets Eugene Porter for the first time. Eugene, believing Shira is the companion he had befriended over the radio, is excited to see her as she asks which one of the new arrivals he is and introduces herself accordingly.

"Out of the Ashes"

Shira is seen walking with Eugene, while he gets familiar with the Commonwealth. They both get ice cream at an ice cream truck. Eugene asks Shira for advice on how to leave the Commonwealth. She offers to help him radio his people but says it could take a couple of weeks to get him access. Ezekiel and Princess inform Eugene that they won't be able to speak to the case supervisor for five weeks. Eugene asks Shira if she can get him unofficial access to the radio. Mercer suspiciously watches them from afar.

Shira brings Eugene, Ezekiel and Princess to the train station, which now serves as headquarters for various Commonwealth agencies. Princess distracts Mercer while Eugene and Shira contact Rosita and Judith back at Alexandria, although the connection dies as Eugene and Shira are arrested by Mercer and his fellow troopers.

Eugene, Princess and Ezekiel are threatened with deportation from the Commonwealth. Shira and Hornsby enter the room. Hornsby orders the supervisor to release Eugene's group. Shira tells them that Hornsby can protect them from banishment but that they'll still have to pay for their crimes.

"Promises Broken"

Shira and Eugene clear walkers in an abandoned building as part of their punishment for breaking the law. Eugene asks Shira if Hornsby is trustworthy. Shira assures Eugene that Hornsby can help them. Ezekiel coughs and doubles over in pain. Shira seeks Hornsby for medical help. They see Mercer escorting a young well-groomed couple across the grounds. Hornsby assigns Eugene and Shira to a new location.

Shira and Eugene see walkers approaching the well-groomed man and woman they saw earlier with Mercer; they're busy making out in a gazebo. Eugene and Shira kill the walkers. The man, Sebastian, yells at them for interrupting his date, and says he has private security to protect them from walkers. Shira kills another walker, splattering blood on Kayla. Sebastian screams at her for that and Eugene punches him, which a shock Shira questions what he has done. Hornsby and Mercer race over as troopers surround Eugene.

"Rogue Element"

Stephanie has entered a relationship with Eugene and he tells her he loves her; shortly after she says she loves him too, she mysteriously disappears. Eugene becomes obsessed with finding Stephanie and breaks into a man's house looking for evidence, but fails and Princess insists that she must have broken up with and abandoned him. Eugene soon finds Stephanie again colluding with Lance for an unknown task, and gets Lance to confess "Stephanie" was a plant named Shira who was used to get Eugene to confess the location of Alexandria due to too many inconsistencies during the group's auditing. Hornsby apologizes for the deception, but points out that Eugene's group is now thriving at the Commonwealth.

"The Lucky Ones"

In a flashback, Shira, posing as "Stephanie" purchases ice cream from the Taste of Tradition ice cream truck for her and Eugene as a forlorn Max watches on.

"Lockdown"

Shira and Roman walk over Carol's house trying to track down Daryl, ordered by Lance to do so and capture him. However, Carol notices them and manages to hide the kids before they can find them. Shira and Roman enter the apartment and find it empty. They search around and Shira asks if Lance said anything else, but Roman says Daryl was the only name that came through. Roman then sees a photo of Daryl with Judith and R.J. and takes it as a reference. Shira looks out the window and fails to notice Carol standing right next to it outside. As Roman looks at the photo, it's revealed the kids are hiding in a cabinet. Shira suggests they check the school and they leave.

Later, during the protests, as soldiers force everyone to go into lockdown, Roman spots Jerry and the kids amongst the crowd and informs Shira.

"A New Deal"

Shira and Roman enter a gated off area where ten Commonwealth janitors are gathering. Without saying a word, Shira and Roman shoot and kill the ten with silenced pistols and then leave them to reanimate. The two later catch Lance's attention with a whistle and Shira gives Lance a salute, signifying the success of their mission.

"Variant"

With Pamela Milton having executed Roman for his role in Sebastian's death, it is unknown if Shira was similarly killed or escaped into hiding.

Killed Victims

This list shows the victims Shira has killed:

• CW Cleaning Crew #1 (Alive, alongside Roman)
• CW Cleaning Crew #2 (Alive, alongside Roman)
• Sebastian Milton (Caused, Alive)
• At least 14 unnamed Commonwealth residents (8 Alive, alongside Roman, 6 Caused)
• Numerous counts of zombies and possibly unnamed people

Relationships

For a more in-depth look at Shira's relationships, read here; Shira (TV Series)/Relationships

Allies The Commonwealth Lance Hornsby † - Leader Roman Calhoun † - Co-Conspirator

Enemies The Commonwealth Maxxine Mercer - Impersonating Pamela Milton Sebastian Milton † - Victim Kayla Brand CW Cleaning Crew Members † - Victims The Coalition Eugene Porter - Former Ally and Ex-Boyfriend Yumiko Okumura - Former Ally Ezekiel Sutton - Former Ally Juanita Sanchez - Former Ally Daryl Dixon - Attempted Victim Carol Peletier - Attempted Victim Jerry - Attempted Victim Judith Grimes - Attempted Kidnapped Victim Gracie - Attempted Kidnapped Victim R.J. Grimes - Attempted Kidnapped Victim

Appearances

• List
• Table

TV Series

Season 11

• "Acheron: Part II"
• "Out of the Ashes"
• "Promises Broken"
• "Rogue Element"
• "The Lucky Ones" ^(Flashback)
• "Lockdown"
• "A New Deal" ^{(No Lines)}

Episodes	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
Season 5
Season 6
Season 7
Season 8
Season 9
Season 10
Season 11		✔			✔		✔				✔	✔					✔	👁

✔	Appears	✔	Voice is heard
👁	Appears with no lines	✔	Appears in a flashback
✔	Appears as a walker	🖼	Appears in a photograph/video
✔	Appears as a corpse	✔	Appears in a hallucination/dream

Gallery

For more images of Shira, please visit Shira (TV Series)/Gallery.

Season 11A

Season 11B

Season 11C

Trivia

• This character is credited as Decoy Stephanie for "Acheron: Part II" and "Out of the Ashes".
  • Shortly after the promo photos for "Out of the Ashes" were released, AMC re-credited this character as Stephanie in an attempt to avoid giving away any plotline spoilers.
• Shira (aka Decoy Stephanie) being fair-skinned is most likely a joke reference to the comic series drawing error of Stephanie - in which her skin tone was off when introduced Issue 176, appearing as Caucasian, but later fixed in Issue 178, appearing as African-American.