Elizabeth Jennings is the American name of an undercover KGB spy living in the Washington, D.C., area in the early 1980s. Her real name is Nadezhda and she is in an arranged marriage with fellow undercover KGB spy Mischa, who lives an American identity as Philip Jennings. The couple has two children, a teenage daughter named Paige and a son named Henry.Elizabeth and Philip pose as travel agents and run an office as their front. Despite loving her children very much, Elizabeth's relationship with her husband isn't a particularly close one. They were forced to pretend to be married and build a life in the United States, which they have done, but they don't seem to have come to know much about each other and their closeness may have always been more assumed than real. In many ways, their marriage could never be a normal one, as their spy duties often involve each of them engaging in other close and often sexual relations with other people whose trust they need to gain in order to get access to information. Elizabeth has had an off-and-on affair going with an associate named Gregory, an African-American man living in Philadelphia who has been turned to support the Soviet and is occasionally called upon for help completing missions.Despite their marital unease, Elizabeth and Philip are a fantastic spy duo. After having worked together for many years, they are able to predict each others' moves, improvise seamlessly and communicate non-verbally when needed. In the field, they don't ever seem to doubt each other, but Elizabeth has some reservations about Philip's commitment to the Soviet Union. While never abandoning a mission and always following orders, Philip has made some suggestions that life might be easier for them if they gave up the spy life and built real lives in the U.S.Background: Elizabeth's father, who worked for the Soviet government, died when she was young and still living in the Soviet Union. When government officials came offering assistance, her mother did not want to accept it. Elizabeth did, however, wind up in training as a KGB officer. She was raped by her commanding officer, who said it was part of the job at the time and probably assumed their paths wouldn't cross again. Show less «