Kara Yusova

 is a character on Treason. She is portrayed by Olga Kurylenko.

Biography
Kara is a former Russian spy and the ex-lover of MI6 agent Adam Lawrence.

Kara has complex ties to her Adam and the SVR, Russia's spy agency. For many years, she has been playing with Adam's career for her own personal gain. She was the one who gave Adam intel on the planned attack on the British embassy in Baku. Her involvement in Sir Martin Angelis's assassination attempt makes her a target, but she might be able to use her relationship with Adam to get away with it.

Throughout Treason
Adam Lawrence, the deputy chief at MI6, is made the interim chief when his boss and longtime friend, Sir Martin Angelis is poisoned by Kara, Adam's ex-lover and a former Russian spy.

Later, Adam is approached Kara, who asks him to help her. They previously worked together in Baku, when Kara gave Adam information about the planned attack on the British embassy. Adam refuses.

When Adam's daughter, Ella Lawrence, is kidnapped, Kara finds information on Ella's location and goes to rescue her with Adam. However, Kara kidnaps Ella and takes her to another location. Kara blackmails Adam into searching for a file about Audrey Gratz at Martin's home. Kara returns Ella once he hands over the file. While searching for files in Martin's home, Adam comes across a file about himself. CIA was suspicious that Adam had been compromised, due to his intel on the planned attack.

Unbeknownst to Adam and Kara, Adam's wife, Maddy De Costa, has been following them and passing information about them to her friend in the CIA, Dede Alexander. Maddy is worried about the safety of her family and shares these concerns with Dede. They previously served in the military together. Dede gave Maddy a pen that could record sounds within 10 metres, which she used to record Adam's phone call with Kara. Later, Maddy followed Adam when he met up with Kara, and she took a photo of the two. The recording and the photos were handed to Dede.

Maddy plants a gift card with a tracker in Adam's wallet to help the CIA track him. They follow him when he meets with Kara again. Maddy joins Dede in the van while they track Adam. She overhears Adam's conversation with Kara, where she tells him it was the CIA who kidnapped Adam. Maddy is angry at her friend for betraying her. The two argue outside the van, and are spotted by Adam.

Adam goes home and takes his kids to Martin's house. He tells his wife, Mary, that he and Maddy fought, so they needed a place to stay. While Mary is distracted playing piano with the kids, Kara sneaks around the basement searching for a file about Baku, as she needs to know who killed the 5 men who worked for her in Baku. She had promised these men safety, so she owed it to their families to tell them who had killed them.

When Martin returns home from the hospital, he confronts Adam regarding his relationship with Kara. He shows him a file, and tells Adam he will be going to jail.

Adam takes his children to a house, where they hide. They are joined by Maddy. While Maddy and Adam argue, a shooter watches them from outside. Callum, who is in bed, hears noises and goes outside. He is grabbed by Kara, who drags him inside, much to the surprise of the others. She reveals that Martin ordered a hit on him. Kara and Maddy run outside to create a distraction. Kara runs into the shooter's car, dodging the shooter's bullets. Just as the shooter aims his gun at Kara, Maddy shoots him from behind. They move his body out of the way, and leave the house.

Adam, Maddy, Kara, Ella and Callum go to Kit Harper's house. Kit is a lawyer who was Adam's ex-wife's best friend. They stay at his house. Maddy has a hard time coping with the fact that she killed someone, while out of the military. Adam apologises for putting her in that position, and reassured her that she is on the right side. They are interrupted by Callum asking where his stuffed toy Samson is. It is revealed that Samson was found at the house near the shooter's body. A man calls Martin to inform him, and they believe Adam and Kara are working together. Martin calls Dede and arrange to meet up.

Adam talks to Kit about Martin's files containing evidence of a Russian plot to run Kirby, and that he suspects Adam of being a double agent named Dorian. Martin wants to let Kirby win and expose the plot to strengthen his position at MI6, but Adam wants to force it out in the open first, so that Martin and Kirby's careers end and Audrey can still be PM. Kara suggests offering to give Audrey intel on Kirby in exchange for immunity. They decide to have Adam and Kara search for Martin's files, and have Maddy make a deal with Audrey.

When Adam, Kara and Maddy go to retrieve the files with information about Dorian and the 5 men who were killed in Baku, there is a shootout. Dede holds Adam at gunpoint and calls out to Maddy, who is holding the files and hiding with Kara. Maddy runs out, and Dede shoots Adam. Maddy is distraught and wants to save him, but Kara tells her that he is dead. The two run away. Kara tells Maddy that the CIA would not shoot someone on UK soil unless they had authorisation, which means Martin will be looking for them.

Kara instructs Maddy to carry the files into Martin and Audrey's press conference. As Kara knows she can't make it through building security, she stays outside and guides Maddy through an earpiece. While walking in the building, Maddy sees Patrick Hamilton. He notices the files, and asks her to hand them over to him, but Maddy doesn't want to. It is during the conversation that Maddy realises Patrick is Dorian, the double agent mentioned in the transcript.

In the press conference, while Martin speaks about treason, Maddy gives the files to an assistant, who displays them on the screen. Audrey tells the press that Martin is actually the one who committed treason. Martin leaves abruptly, and is later arrested.

Appearances

 * Treason

Trivia

 * Kara speaks English, Russian and Spanish.