Wendy Lenk

Wendy Lenk is a fictional therapy patient and a minor character featured in the 2007 sci-fi drama The Invasion. She was played by actress Veronica Cartwright.

Biography
Wendy Lenk was a middle-aged woman who lived in Washington, D.C. with her husband, Richard. As a child, Wendy suffered from Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM), an immune mediated disease of the brain. Although she recovered from the illness, it would later play a greater role in her life. In 2007, Wendy's marriage was in a downward spiral of abuse. She sought out psychiatric treatment from Doctor Carol Bennell, who tried to keep her safe from her husband's violent episodes. After one meeting however, Wendy came to Carol with another concern. Richard had been acting much differently than he had in the past. He was no longer abusive towards her, but was oddly cold and dispassionate. This unsettled Wendy even more than the abuse. She felt as if Richard was not truly her husband.

As it turned out, Wendy was not entirely incorrect. Richard had been infected by an alien-borne space virus that assimilated with his system, evolving him into a parasitic, hybrid form of man and alien. Because of the ADEM that Wendy suffered as a child, she was immune to the virus. She attempted to warn people that something was subverting everyone in the city, but she was eventually apprehended by these "body snatchers" and taken away.

Notes & Trivia



 * Actress Veronica Cartwright's career is peppered with projects revolving around "body snatcher" themes. She appeared in five episodes of the television series Invasion as well as the 1978 remake Invasion of the Body Snatchers.