Donna Sweett

"I'm not ashamed of anything I do."

- Donna to Jughead

Donna Sweett is a recurring character on The CW's Riverdale. She is portrayed by Sarah Desjardins.

Donna is a student at Stonewall Prep.

Season 4
Leading up to their book discussion of Moby Dick, Donna, Johnathan, and Joan meet Jughead Jones, a new student at Stonewall Prep from Riverdale. Mr. Chipping enters the room and they begin discussing the book. Jughead believes that the whale in Moby Dick holds no sense of symbolism. The book's author, Herman Melville’s biggest fear was that Moby Dick would be seen as a fable.

Bret reads his story in front of the group. When Mr. Chipping asks for the group’s thoughts, Joan and Jonathan nervously agree that his story was astonishing. Jughead on the other hand was unimpressed, much to Donna’s amusement, which angers Bret, who goes on to take aim at Jughead’s story, ripping it apart before Mr. Chipping steps in. After poking at Jughead’s story, he sets his sights on Jughead himself, referencing his troubled past. Jughead threatens Bret, forcing Mr. Chipping to intervene. He explains that Stonewall Prep has no tolerance for fighting.

Jughead returns to his room to find Donna hooking up with Marmaduke. Jughead assures her that he won’t tell anyone, but she doesn’t care if he does, as she isn’t ashamed of anything she does. However, she does advise Jughead to watch his back around Bret. He’s the son of a diplomat, and because of this, he thinks he can do whatever he wants. Bret fights psychologically, and he’s not afraid to play dirty.

Mr. Chipping cancels the seminar he initially had planned for Jughead, Bret, Donna, Joan, and Jonathan and instead they will be having an evening session. They’ve each been given a copy of the same mysteries with the final chapter omitted, in which the murderer’s identity would be revealed. Their each to write their own ending. They’ll read all the endings and decide the winner by vote. The exercise proves that there’s no single way to tell a story.

Donna, Jughead, Bret, Joan, and Jonathan write the ending to their stories. While writing their stories, Bret tries to get a rise out of Jughead, picking at his placement in the Southside Serpents, Jughead's mom, his drunk dad. Through all this, Jughead maintains his composure. It isn’t until Bret mentions his sister that Jughead responds. He grabs Bret by his shirt and threatens him. While Jughead may not be as privileged as Bret, he has friends and family that care for him.

Mr. Chipping tallies up the votes and determines that Story C, belonging to Donna is the winner. Jughead and Bret tied for last place.

For the salon, Mr. Chipping tasks Donna, Bret, Jughead, Jonathan, and Joan with bringing in work from their favorite horror writers. Jughead brings in the work of H.P. Lovecraft. Bret scoffs, remarking there’s nothing scary about Lovecraft. He brought in the Raven. Bret's favorite Poe story is The Cask of the Amontillado. The story centers around a guy who is sealed behind a wall of bricks and is never seen or heard from again. Bret surmises this would be a horrible way to die. To just Vanish. Similar to the Stonewall Four, Joan remarks. Bret bets that Jughead can make it the Stonewall Five as they’re overdue for a vanishing.

Halloween night. Donna approaches Jughead and offers him some coffee as he does some research into the Stonewall Four. He’s searched through years of articles, and so far he hasn’t come up with anything about missing students. His next stop is the town’s newspaper office. However, he’s not going anywhere after being drugged by Donna. Within seconds, Jughead collapses to the ground and is surrounded by Donna, Bret, Joan, and Jonathan. They put Jughead in a coffin and lock him in for the night.

The following morning, Donna, Bret, Jonathan, and Joan arrive to find that Mr. Chipping has freed Jughead from the coffin. It’s Stonewall Prep tradition that shouldn’t be taken personally. Donna explains that it means Jughead belongs now. Bret claims it was just a bit of Halloween fun, and if Jughead feels they took it too far, then he could leave, though Jughead decides to stay.

Mr. Chipping hands out advanced copies of his latest novel to Donna, Bret, Jughead, Jonathan, and Joan. The tile of the book — Ten Little Boy Scouts. Written by Franklin P. Paxton. An alias of Mr. Chipping’s. He’s merely the latest in a long line of ghost writers. Jughead is a huge fan of the Baxter Brothers books. He has been since he was a youth. To celebrate the publication of the latest novel, Stonewall is throwing a party, which all the previous writers will attend.

Mr. Chipping introduces Donna, Bret, Jughead, Jonathan, and Joan to Francis DuPont. The originator of the Baxter Brothers franchise and the very first Franklin P. Paxton. Jughead expresses how much of an honor it is to meet DuPont. Mr. Chipping has written the last four Baxter Brothers books and it’s time he pass on the torch, meaning they’re on the hunt for a successor. The next ghost writer to take over the franchise, and their class is in the running. Every Baxter Brothers author beginning with DuPont has attended Stonewall. Donna, Jughead, Bret, Jonathan, and Joan tasked with writing the next three chapters of the Baxter Brothers novel and an outline for the rest of it. The theme has yet to be decided.

Donna, Bret, Jughead, Jonathan, Joan, Mr. Chipping, and DuPont attend the reception along with many others. They kick the celebration off with a game of "Murder". The rules are as followed. Everyone draws a card. Whoever picks "murderer" must walk amongst them winking at their prey. If they’re winked at, they die five seconds later. Jughead is given the murderer card. The objective of the game is to identify the murderer before being killed. Donna is Jughead’s first victim. He winks at her and she falls to the ground. By the end of the game, it’s down to Jughead and Bret, who Jughead kills.

Mr. Chipping and DuPont have decided on the theme for the Baxter Brothers competition to become the next ghost writer. Donna, Bret, Joan, and Jonathan all raise their hand as they intent to participate. Jughead doesn’t raise his hand, but he’s definitely in the competition. He also requests that Mr. Chipping start calling him by his actual name of Forsythe III. Their challenge is to to devise the perfect murder.

Physical Appearance
Donna is a slim young lady with long brown hair and blue eyes. She is often seen wearing her school uniform.

Trivia

 * Her name is a play on The Secret History author Donna Tartt.