Kennedy

Kennedy is a fictional character in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She is played by Iyari Limon. Kennedy is also known as Ken.

Kennedy is one of the first three Potential Slayers to arrive in Sunnydale.

Unlike the other Potential Slayers, Kennedy successfully integrated herself into the Scooby core, often becoming involved with actions and events off guards to the other potentials.

Notes and Trivia

 * According to the shooting script for "Bring on the Night", Kennedy is nineteen, and the oldest of the potentials to arrive at that time, though this informaton is never given on-screen. Although she alludes to this in "Showtime" when, after the First, secretly operating under the guise of a deceased Potential, strikes up a conversation, detailing on how the Slayer line operates. After discussing who might be next to follow in the footsteps of Buffy and Faith, Kennedy suggests although she feels "ready", is "starting to think she is too old" to be the next slayer to be called.
 * Kennedy witnessed her Watcher's death; he was murdered by the Bringers. The fact that she knew about the Watchers (as well as having some comprehension of how the slayer line works) before being chosen indicates that she was approached by them at some point during her teenage years, like Kendra, although Kendra was raised by her Watcher from infancy. However, this is unlike Buffy and Faith, neither of whom learned about the Watchers until after they were chosen.
 * Online critic Amy Amatangelo's readers gave Kennedy the "Can We Vote Them Off the TV Island?" award for the "Most Annoying Character" in the 2002-2003 television season, narrowly beating Connor from the Angel series. Phi-Phenomenon, a site that provides statistical analysis of online Buffyverse opinion has demonstrated that the number of lines of Kennedy dialogue is a statistical predictor of an episode's unpopularity, both among committed Buffy fans and among those who were disenchanted with the show.

Episode "The Killer in Me" focused heavily on the character of Kennedy.