Celia Hodes, played by Elizabeth Perkins, leading character in seasons 1-5, is a typical housewife living in the fictional town of Agrestic. She is obsessed with her personal image and alternatively manupulates or ignores those around her that do not fit neatly into that image. She also undertakes disloyal, subversive actions against others, ostensibly to teach them lessons. This takes a significant strain on her interpersonal relationships and causes many of them to sour. She also has an alcohol abuse problem.Celia is Nancy's neighbor in the first three seasons. They start as friends during the first season (during which Celia is otherwise socially isolated, due to both her general abrasiveness and her breast cancer diagnosis), but Celia puts upon Nancy in extreme ways. Notably, Celia asks Nancy to have an affair with her to retaliate against Dean's infidelities. She also pressures Nancy to work on her campaign against Doug Wilson and eventually starts a fight with Nancy that ends her friendship. Celia has an affair with Doug, which ends her marriage to Dean. In the beginning of season three, Celia discovers a large quantity of Nancy's MILF wehat she ruins by dumping it into the pool. Celia asks Nancy to thank her for the favor; however, under U-turn's crosshairs, Nancy lashes out at her. Nancy even threatens to kill her when she breaks into the Botwin's home.Celia and Nancy mend fences when Celia allows Heylia's grow house to move into her house. When it is discovered by the DEA, she is pressured to travel to Ren Mar to serve as an informant against Nancy. Nancy ends up helping Celia be free of the DEA. Nancy also allows Celia to live at the house in Ren Mar and work at the sham maternity store at the USA/Mexico border. However, Celia begins a cocaine addiction and goes to rehab. Later, she sees her oldest daughter Quinn in Mexico, where she is held for ransom.In the fifth season, Celia leaves Mexico after nobody offers to pay her ransom. She ends up selling You're Pretty cosmetics and begins a lesbian attraction to her boss, Raylene. She ends up selling pot and emulating Nancy. She fors a team with Doug, Dean, Isabelle, Sanjay, and Ignacio. This would be her final season. She is not seen again in the series. Show less «