Judy Hicks

Sheriff Judy Hicks was a character introduced in Scream 4 that later re-appears in its sequel, Scream. She is the first starring sequel character to be re-introduced in another sequel.

As Sheriff of the infamous hometown of Ghostface killings known as Woodsboro, she is familiar with its recurring legacy survivors, including the former boss she idolized, Sheriff Dewey Riley and his then-wife she loathed, Gale Weathers.

In her first appearance, she was Deputy Sheriff, a narrow survivor of the Second Woodsboro Murders (known as the Woodsboro Remake Murders) in late-2011, committed by psychopaths Jill Roberts (who shot her) and Charlie Walker. During these events off-screen, her young son Wes Hicks was at home babysat by 14-year-old Sam Carpenter. Almost 10 years later, she and her son Wes became victims of the third Woodsboro Murders, known as the Woodsboro Legacy Murders.

She was also apart of the Woodsboro High School Graduating Class of 1997, which included Sidney Prescott and Randy Meeks. During the events of the original Woodsboro Massacre in late 1996 she was in her senior year (alongside her serial killer classmates) After this, she was a Lost Boy in the Woodsboro High theatre production of Peter Pan. She remembered Sidney as Tiger Lily, but Sidney did not remember her when they reunited approximately almost 15 years later.

Judy was the second character to fall victim to the fifth Ghostface killing spree.