Kate Lockley

Kate Lockley is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the television program Angel, and is portrayed by Elisabeth Röhm.

Kate Lockley first appeared in the season one Angel episode "Lonely Hearts." She was a young, skeptical detective for the Los Angeles Police Department. She first met Angel while investigating a case undercover involving the brutal murders of several customers of a popular singles bar, D'Oblique.

It has been speculated by some fans (but never conformed) that she was originally written as Angel's love interest in his spin-off series. Her early reactions to Angel seem to confirm that (she noticably gushed over him paying attention to her) and Angel seemed to enjoy her company. However, this never came to pass. A theory is abound that, because fans had an overwhelmingly negative reaction to Riley Finn, Buffy's new love interest, the idea of a new love interest was scrapped.