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Denise Sherwood (née Branch) is a main character in the Lifetime television series Army Wives. She is portrayed by Catherine Bell.

Denise is the devoted wife of Colonel Frank Sherwood and the mother of their two children Jeremy and Molly. She began the series as a sheltered victim of domestic violence at the hands of her son Jeremy, but with the help of Roxy LeBlanc and her other friends, Denise became strong enough to stand up to Jeremy. She eventually returned to nursing school and became a nurse, later nurse practioner, at Mercer Army Medical Center.

Biography[]

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Denise began the series as a sheltered, loving wife to Major Frank Sherwood and mother to teenaged Jeremy. Frank deploys to Iraq, oblivious that Jeremy has been abusing abusing Denise for months. In the bathroom during a military dinner, Denise's best friend Claudia Joy Holden notices the bruises on Denise's forearm. Denise tries to lie that it's nothing, denying that anyone hurt her, but Claudia Joy doesn't believe her. A scantly-clad Roxy LeBlanc emerges from the stall and tells her that if he hurts her again, to shoot him in the balls.

Denise attends Claudia Joy's tea party, where Roxy pulls her away needing her help when Pamela Moran goes into labor with twins. Pamela admits the twins aren't hers, she's a surrogate, and can't deliver on post without everyone knowing her secret. Denise, Roxy, and Pamela hijack Roland Burton's van, and Claudia Joy insists on joining them. They manage to make it to The Hump Bar, where everyone rallies under Pamela to help her give birth.

Denise finished earning her nursing degree, and starts work as an RN at the post hospital. This causes a division between Denise and Frank, as he feels her start to change and become more independent. Frank also had reasons to be suspicious, because when Dr. Chris Ferlinghetti (Getti) was still alive, Denise and Getti got extremely close, and after Getti's motorcycle wreck while he was in the hospital, Frank saw Denise kissing his hand.

Frank and Denise have since abandoned the divorce and worked out their differences, remaining married.

In the Season 3 finale, after Jeremy witnessed the death of his friend in combat, the show ended with Denise and Frank returning home from Michael's promotion ceremony to hear a gunshot from inside the house. The fate of Jeremy is left unknown until the next season.

After Roxy has a miscarriage in Season 4, Denise finds out she's pregnant (this was due to the actress Catherine Bell becoming pregnant in real life). She tells Frank by giving him a box with a mobile in it when he's in bed. In "Army Strong", Denise finds out that they are expecting a girl. She and Frank plan to name their daughter Molly. In the season finale, Denise gives birth to Molly Victoria Sherwood.

In Season 5, her son Jeremy is killed in combat in Afghanistan. Denise is devastated and initially unable to move on but she finds strength in a letter that Jeremy wrote to her and Frank before he died. Denise introduces Frank to Molly and Tanya after he arrives back at Fort Marshall with Jeremy's body.

Personality[]

She can be very stubborn at times and she is also very sensitive.

Physical Appearance[]

Denise Sherwood is tall, thin and has long black hair and green eyes.

Relationships[]

Frank Sherwood - Denise's Husband who when the show started, they have been married for 20 years.

Jeremy Sherwood - Denise's son

Molly Sherwood - Denise's daughter

Claudia Joy Holden - Denise's best friend and Godmother to her daughter Molly Sherwood.

Michael J. Holden - Claudia Joy's husband and Godfather to her daughter Molly Sherwood.

Roxy LeBlanc - Denise's friend that she met through another Army wife.

Pamela Moran - Denise's friend and helped delivered the twins when she went into labor at the Hump Bar.

Roland Burton - Denise's only closest male friend who is married to Lt. Col. Joan Burton.

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