Of the many mysteries that were pivotal to Agent Carter: Season 1, the one that many fans attached to the most was, "Who is Mrs. Jarvis?" Edwin Jarvis's (James D'Arcy) mystery wife who he adored so much was mentioned on numerous occasions throughout the show's first season, and viewers will finally meet her in Season 2.

Lotte Verbeek as Ana Jarvis on Marvel's Agent Carter

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Lotte Verbeek was cast in the role following her arc as Geillis Duncan on Outlander, and she talked to IGN at ABC's Television Critics Association party about taking two parts that had a lot of fan anticipation."Like with Outlander as well as with Agent Carter, I had never heard of Outlander before I got the part. I had never really seen Agent Carter before I got the part," she said. "I was actually in Europe, I self-taped. When I got the part, I was like, 'Well, I can't really see any of it' because for some reason it was blocked online in Europe. I didn't really know anything. I just talked to the showrunners, what is it about, what is the character about. I wanted to do more than just being 'the wife of,' which I really got."Ana's role was entirely offscreen in Season 1, and at the time even D'Arcy seemed surprised by the amount of attention his character's wife was getting. Since his chemistry was mostly with a phone and a disembodied voice before her introduction, Verbeek opened up about developing a playful onscreen rapport with D'Arcy."James is obviously an amazing actor. He owns the role to the dot, and so what I got from the scripts and just the way I see the character, there's a coyness and a playfulness," she said. "The first scene we had I walk in and I smack him on his ass, which is a sort of sexual, playful, fun thing they have. That's not something he would do, that's something she does, and he loves it."Though there is a lot of expectation for meeting Ana, Verbeek still feels like the character won't be who viewers are expecting the wife of Edwin Jarvis to be."It's always great if there's a lot of anticipation, because fans love the show and they're just talking about who is she going to be, what is she going to look like. I think it's somewhat unexpected with Jarvis being who he is," Verbeek said. "I love how James plays the character. Ana just brings a whole different dimension to him. You get to see the contrast between the two. They're quite different, and they work so well as a couple, so I thought that was just really great. It was great honor to get the part." Marvel's Agent Carter premieres Tuesday, January 19th at 9 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.

Terri Schwartz is Entertainment Editor at IGN. Follow her on Twitter at @Terri_Schwartz