Violet Ebner

 is a character on The Recruit. She is portrayed by Aarti Mann.

Biography
Violet works at the CIA with Owen Hendricks and Lester Kitchens. She is ambitious and believes Owen is trying to sabotage her. She is determined to make their boss, Walter Nyland, lose faith in him. In Owen's first case, she and Lester purposely misdirect him because they see him as a threat.

Violet used to be a JAG in the army base in Germany, which is where she met Lester Kitchens.

Throughout The Recruit
On Owen's first day of work, Violet and Lester Kitchens hand him a pile of graymail, and ask him to determine which threats are legitimate. After doing some digging, Owen discovers that one graymail from Max Meladze seems legitimate, as she has knowledge of code names that no one outside the CIA would know. When he brings this news to his boss, Walter Nyland, Walter questions why Violet and Lester did not discover this earlier when they were tasked with going through the graymail. Walter tells Owen to continue his investigation. Violet and Lester, who don't trust Owen, purposely misdirect him by implying that he should travel to Yemen to investigate the case, knowing that Owen had not yet been issued a black passport to provide him with diplomatic immunity.

While in Yemen, Owen is held hostage and interrogated. The people there initially doubt he is from the CIA, as he does not have a black passport, and pull out one of his nails. They eventually set him free.

Violet arranged for Amelia Salazar to help Owen with his case. In exchange, Owen would spend time with Amelia, and Amelia would secretly hand over information about Owen to Violet.

Appearances

 * The Recruit