Helsing, the daughter of Dr. Abraham Van Helsing, who arrives after her death, finds her to be a vampire and kills her. She is played by Jan Francis. What was the Stoker's Mina character is now named Lucy Seward, the daughter of Dr. Seward and fiancee of Jonathan Harker. This character survives Dracula's power, and only momentarily becomes his bride. She is played by Kate Nelligan. In Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Lucy is played by Sadie Frost. Lucy is eroticized much further than her literary incarnation, becoming more than seductive and coquettish, even tempting. As a spoiled child of aristocracy, she talks with artlessness and frankness, bordering on the indecent, though at the same time remaining a kind-hearted and sweet young girl. Unlike her friend Mina, who stays resolute, Lucy's flirty nature is to be her downfall. She is drawn into Dracula’s claws because of her sleepwalking. Lucy Westenra was played by Lysette Anthony in Mel Brooks' parody Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995). In Dracula, a 2002 Italian miniseries (also known as Dracula's Curse), Lucy is portrayed by Muriel Baumeister. In Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary, a 2002 ballet/silent film version directed by Guy Maddin, dancer Tara Birtwhistle portrayed Lucy Westenra. In BBC One's 2006 adaptation of Dracula, Lucy was played by Sophia Myles. Her character remained largely unchanged, although she serves as an unintentional catalyst for events as her husband, Arthur Holmwood, arranges for Dracula to come to Britain in the hope that Dracula will be able to cure him of the syphilis that prevents him from consummating his marriage to Lucy. In the 2008 Indian Telugu-language television series for Gemini TV, Dracula, her character is portrayed by Lakshmi. Lucy was played by Asia Argento in the 2012 film Dracula 3D. In this version she is named Lucy Kisslinger. She is also daughter of the local mayor at the Transylvanian village. In the 2013 Indian Malayalam-language film, Dracula 2012, her character is portrayed by Priya Nambiar. In NBC's 2013 production of Dracula, Lucy Westenra is played by Katie McGrath. In this version, Lucy is bisexual and harbors secret romantic feelings for Mina. In the BBC's 2020 Dracula miniseries, Lucy Westenra, played by Lydia West, is re-imagined as a modern, promiscuous party girl, and a willing victim/associate of Dracula. However, after she is cremated before she can awaken as a vampire, she spends