Mona Vanderwall

Short Biography

Mona Vanderwaal is a main character in the television series Pretty Little Liars on ABC Family. She is portrayed by Janel Parrish.Mona was revealed to be the first and original "A" in "UnmAsked" and was sent to Radley Sanitarium for psychological and emotional treatment. In "Taking This One to the Grave", she faked her death with the help of the "A" that had taken over her game. However in "Welcome to the Dollhouse", it was revealed that she was alive, having been double-crossed and held captive in A's dollhouse.In "Burn This, " Mona reveals that Hanna and her were friends in 8th grade. Eventually, however, Hanna becomes a part of Ali's clique and Mona was subjected to her bullying.Deep down inside, Mona never forgot the way Alison had previously treated her; as an outsider and a dork. She was nicknamed 'Loser Mona' by Alison. Ironically, Mona begins behaving like Alison after she assumes Alison's place as a Queen Bee. She taunts Lucas as Alison used to and calls him Hermie, despite once being his friend when Alison bullied them both.Mona is a very self-conscious person. Due to the bullying and rejection she faced when Alison was around, Mona developed a complex in which she is not happy with her life. Although she does not show this side of her in public, this is why Mona felt such a need to remain popular, beautiful, and best friends with Hanna. This is also why she started tormenting the girls as "A, " because she was afraid that the Liars would steal Hanna from her again, who was her only friend. She and Hanna became best friends when Alison's crowd was disbanded. Mona figures that Hanna would not give up the chance to become popular. Their friendship stays strong until the ever so infamous "A" begins torturing the girls, forcing Hanna to become closer to her old friends. The other Liars, besides Hanna, don't care much for Mona, and this is a source of conflict in certain episodes, but it ends up being much more severe then a simple annoyance when it is revealed that this is the very reason she became A; she was angry at the Liars for taking Hanna away from her.Mona can also speak French, hack computers, and do voice impressions. Mona was revealed to be "A" in the Season 2 finale. She considers herself a genius, but also has a personality disorder (according to Dr. Sullivan). Mona was under the influence of someone in a red coat until she is kicked off the A-Team in the season 3 finale.In Season 5, after it was revealed Alison is in fact alive, Mona forms as "army" of people who were victimized by Alison prior to her disappearance, to fight against her return. The group included Lucas, Paige McCullers and Melissa Hastings. In the Season 5 summer finale, Mona is believed to be brutally murdered in her own home after discovering what she believes to be proof that Alison is 'A'. The police believe she was murdered, due to the amount of blood spread over her home, they say that her wounds must have been 'fatal'. Her assailant is unknown. Her relationship with Mike Montgomery was on/off. In "Welcome to the Dollhouse, " it is revealed that Mona is alive and being held captive by "A", she is forced to pretend to be Alison and her hair has been dyed blonde.