Winnie Carruthers is the main protagonist of It's A Wonderful Knife. She is played by Jane Widdop.
Biography[]
Winnie is a young girl who lives in Angel Falls, where her father works with Henry Waters, the CEO of Waters Industry. One Christmas night, Winnie goes to a Christmas party with her best friend Cara. However, a masked assailant known as "The Angel" murders Cara and nearly kills Winnie's brother Jimmy, but Winnie electrocutes the killer to death. She then unmasks The Angel, who turns out to be Henry.
One year later, Winnie is still grieving Cara's death, while her family has moved on from the events of the previous year. She attends a Christmas party at her boyfriend Robbie's house, where she befriends a social outcast named Bernie, before discovering that Robbie has been cheating on her with her friend Darla for a year. Distraught, Winnie goes alone to a bridge and, looking up at the aurora lights in the sky, wishes that she had never been born.
Suddenly, the aurora disappears, and the town's power briefly goes out before returning. After The Angel briefly chases Winnie, she learns that the town's sheriff is now Henry's younger brother Buck, who claims he does not recognize her. She is then greeted by Henry, who is now the town mayor. Winnie goes to see her family, who also do not recognize her, and she realizes she has been transported to an alternate reality in which she never existed, meaning that The Angel is still alive and has already killed several more people since the previous year, including Jimmy.
Upset, Winnie goes to Robbie's Christmas party and encounters Bernie, explaining her plight to her, despite her mild disbelief. After narrowly escaping The Angel, Bernie and Winnie deduce that The Angel has been targeting the teenage children of homeowners whose properties Henry wanted to acquire. Winnie decides she needs her father's help to stop Henry and kill him again, and successfully convinces her aunt Gale of her situation.
Winnie tries to convince her father that Henry killed Jimmy, but David refuses to listen to her and demands that she leave. On her way out, Winnie witnesses the killer murdering her mother. The Angel then tries to attack Winnie, Bernie, and Gale, but is knocked out. Winnie unmasks the killer, shocked to find David behind the mask. David regains consciousness and the trio flees. Winnie, Bernie, and Gale kill David after luring him to the movie theater where Bernie works.
As Winnie and Bernie return to the bridge under the aurora lights, Bernie reveals that she was contemplating suicide and that Winnie saved her. Winnie wishes that she was born after all, but nothing happens. She realizes that Henry still poses a danger to the town as mayor, and that he needs to die again before Winnie can return to her original timeline. Winnie and Bernie come across a rally being hosted by Henry where all the attendees appear to be in a trance. The two confront him and accuse him of the deaths of the past year. Henry confirms that he killed Jimmy, and in doing so broke David's spirit and placed him under his control, making him his accomplice. When Henry attacks Winnie, Bernie stabs him to death, breaking his control over the townspeople. As the aurora reappears, Winnie and Bernie kiss.
Winnie wakes up in her bedroom on Christmas morning. She cheerfully greets her family, and her parents apologize for not allowing her to process her trauma. Winnie then rushes over to Bernie's house, but Bernie reveals she still has her memories of their time together in the alternate reality, and they hug before agreeing to celebrate Christmas together.