Ava Thomas

Ava Thomas is a main character and secondary antagonist of AMC's A Strange Place.

Early History
Ava Thomas was born May 9th, 2002 in Riverbank, Ohio to a Mr and Mrs Thomas, which of whom are constantly on trips around the room, leaving Ava having the home to herself. Not much is known about Ava prior to the show other than her parents who are often referred to Mr and Mrs Thomas for unknown reasons.

Season One
Ava is introduced in the Pilot episode as the stuck-up, rich, ungrateful mean girl at Riverbank High School who has a penchant to pick on people of lower status than her, typically Melanie Lucas, Noah Murphy, and Corina Vanderwaal by association. She's established as class president as well as being the Riverbank Vipers swim team captain.

Ava is knocked down a few rungs of the social ladder after she tries to convince the other students that her attacker, who presumably killed her coach, Coach Desjardins, who she found mere seconds before, had moved at incredible, superhuman speeds. Using her wit and charm, she managed to climb back to the top at the expense of Corina.

Personality
She is a conniving, self-absorbed, spiteful, pedantic, and resourceful girl who gets a thrill out of humiliating someone. She is your everyday, generic mean girl, who manipulates her way to the top.

A reason she acts this way is believed because of her estranged relationship with her parents because of their constant absence. Either she is acting this way to gain their attention, or is just sick and tired feeling powerless, unable to control when and where her parents go.