Changes: Jackie Peyton

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Nurse Jackie Peyton, played by actress Edie Falco, is an emergency room nurse at All Saints Hospital in New York City.

It was revealed early in the series that Jackie has been battling a prescription drug problem and has been having an affair on her husband Kevin Peyton with the hospital pharmacist Eddie Walzer. Along the way, Jackie must deal with the overly flirtatious behavior of emergency room doctor, Dr. Fitch "Coop" Cooper, played by actor Peter Facinelli. At the hospital, Jackie uses her romantic relationship with Eddie to have ready access to drugs.

She and Kevin have two daughters: Grace and Fiona Peyton.

Jackie reveals during rehab that her addiction began shortly after her eldest daughter, Grace, was born. She told her friend in rehab that "I stole a hundred Percocets... and never looked back". She didn't go into detail, but said her daughter's incessant crying "made me wonder... is she on to something?"

We find out that Jackie's birthday is August 22 (making her a Leo).

Personality

She is known at All Saints Hospital as being a very tough nurse, doing what she believes is right instead of what she is told to do most of the time. She is very stubborn with her beliefs and moral code.

Although she can be tough in a professional environment, she is also seen as very kind to her patients and her family. She worked very hard to keep her double life a secret, but once she was outed as a drug addict she tried to overcome her addiction by going to rehab.

Relationships

Kevin Peyton

Kevin is her husband for the first three seasons of the series, but after it is revealed that Jackie has a perscription drug problem he seeks a divorce. They have two children together. During the divorce, Kevin seeks custody of the kids after thinking that Jackie would be an unfit mother due to her crazy work schedule.

They were married for 16 years and met in high school.

Eddie Walzer

Eddie is Jackie's secret affair. Through the first season Jackie is shown to be almost just using Eddie and his romantic feelings towards her to get her prescription drugs. Over the series, after he finds out that she is married, he still has romantic feelings towards her that she does not feel for him. Over time, though, they begin to form a close friendship as he helps her deal through her addiction and tries to help her through the custody battle with Kevin. When she has her nursing license suspended, he aids her in illicit activity to raise the money for a lawyer.

Grace Peyton

The elder of her two daughters, Jackie and Grace are often at odds with each other. As a young girl and teenager, Grace suffers from an anxiety disorder. As she grows older, she resents her mother more (in part due to Jackie's addiction and the behaviours that surround it) and claims that she is trying to make her miserable. Jackie tries her best to deal with Grace but often has troubles with her daughter. In rehab she admits to a fellow user, Charlie, that when Grace was born she never stopped crying and is the reason Jackie started taking drugs in the first place.

Fiona Peyton

Her younger daughter, Fiona, is a much more laid back child and is easier to deal with than Grace. As Fiona grows older, she tends to regress to behavior belonging to that of a young child. Jackie once describes Fiona acting like a three-year old. Fiona’s child like behavior may be attributed to the time Kevin and Jackie spent handling Grace's anxiety disorder.

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 The elder of her two daughters, Jackie and Grace are often at odds with each other. As a young girl and teenager, Grace suffers from an anxiety disorder. As she grows older, she resents her mother more (in part due to Jackie's addiction and the behaviours that surround it) and claims that she is trying to make her miserable. Jackie tries her best to deal with Grace but often has troubles with her daughter. In rehab she admits to a fellow user, Charlie, that when Grace was born she never stopped crying and is the reason Jackie started taking drugs in the first place.
 ==='''Fiona Peyton'''===
-Her younger daughter, Fiona, is a much more laid back child and is easier to deal with than Grace.  As Fiona grows older, she tends to regress to behavior belonging to that of a young child.  Jackie once describes Fiona acting like a three-year old. Grace's child like behavior may be attributed to the time Kevin and Jackie spent handling Grace's anxiety disorder.
+Her younger daughter, Fiona, is a much more laid back child and is easier to deal with than Grace.  As Fiona grows older, she tends to regress to behavior belonging to that of a young child.  Jackie once describes Fiona acting like a three-year old. Fiona’s child like behavior may be attributed to the time Kevin and Jackie spent handling Grace's anxiety disorder.
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