Betty Cooper

"I do everything for everyone, everything! To be perfect; the perfect daughter, the perfect sister, the perfect student. Can't I do this one thing just for me?"

- Betty argues with her mother

Elizabeth "Betty" Cooper is a main character on Riverdale. She is portrayed by Lili Reinhart.

Betty is a student at Riverdale High School and long time best friend of Archie Andrews. She is a River Vixen at Riverdale High.

Character description
''Sweet, studious, eager-to-please and wholesome as apple pie with a huge crush on her longtime best friend, Archie. Tired of being the perfect daughter, student, sister, etc., she turns to her new friend, Veronica, for life advice — much to the consternation of her emotionally brittle mother.  ''

Early life
Betty grew up in Riverdale with her parents, Alice and Hal Cooper, and her older sister Polly. Her childhood best friend was Archie Andrews, and as the years passed, she grew to harbour romantic feelings for him, which she dared not reveal. Betty's family life was very tense, as her mother was extremely controlling, which led to her sister having a mental breakdown and being sent to live in a group home. Though her parents claimed this was caused by Polly's disastrous relationship with Jason Blossom, Betty knew better. As the only remaining daughter in the Cooper household, she was placed under immense pressure to be perfect in every way.

Relationships

 * Betty and Veronica
 * Betty and Archie
 * Betty and Kevin
 * Betty and Cheryl
 * Jughead and Betty

Trivia

 * Betty's literary hero is Toni Morrison.
 * In the Archie comics Betty has an older sister called Polly and an older brother called Chic.