Jodie Landon

Jodie Abigail Landon, better known plainly as Jodie Landon, is a character in the MTV television show, Daria. Landon dates football player Michael MacKenzie. She first appeared in the episode "The Invitation".



Landon lives in the fictitious town of Lawndale. She is an intellectual girl, bound for a prestigious university; also, she is the kind of teenager who feels pressure from her parents to do well in school.

An African American, Landon is one of few black students seen at Daria's new school. Unlike many teenaged female black television characters (both cartoon and real), Landon is not a member of a group of popular girls (though she is considered "cool"), she is a rather lonely girl who maintains a casual friendship both with Daria and with Daria's best friend, Jane. Landon sometimes looks for Daria to ask her a question or an opinion on something. In return, she is one of the few people of Daria's age whom the cynical girl respects.

The president of various school clubs, Landon sees herself as a future leader of American black society. Being one of the few black students in her school inspires her to be aware of black issues although she simutaneously is bitter about having to always play the part. In 2002 she graduated from Lawndale High School.