Lidia Poët

 is a character on The Law According to Lidia Poët. She is portrayed by Matilda De Angelis and Mia McGovern Zaini.

Biography
Lidia is the first modern female Italian lawyer. She was suspended from practicing law, because being a lawyer was seen as a profession for men. As a result, she moved in with her brother, Enrico Poët, and worked on his legal cases.

Throughout The Law According to Lidia Poët
Lidia takes on the case of Pietro Baiochhi, a man who is accused of murdering a ballet dancer named Adele Valery.

Later, Lidia is suspended from practicing law. Unable to pay rent, and moves in with her brother Enrico Poët, his wife Teresa, his daughter Marianna and Teresa's brother Jacopo Barberis.

Enrico, who works as a lawyer, agrees that being a lawyer is an occupation for men, and that his sister should either go into teaching or marry. He allows her to help him with his legal cases.

Enrico is willing to be Pietro's defense lawyer, but refuses when pornography is found at Pietro's place. He orders Lidia to tell Pietro the bad news, but she ends up secretly working on the case.

Jacopo Barberis accompanies Lidia when she goes Adele's funeral to speak to her relatives. He writes an article about her in the newspaper, angering Lidia as he did not have her consent.

Upon seeing how easily people believed the news, Lidia uses this to her advantage and manipulates Jacopo into writing an article about a plan to collect fingerprints at the crime scene. This news is false, but successfully tricks the murderer into going to the crime scene to erase fingerprints, leading to their arrest.

Appearances

 * Season One