Tory Foster is played by Rekha Sharma on the television series Battlestar Galacitca. Prior to the invasion and the subsequent destruction of the original twelve colonies, Tory Foster is a precinct captain for the Federalist Party in Delphi on Caprica for the past five years. She is an expert on polling, as a result of this designation. She went on to become one of President Laure Roslin’s chief aides and advisors, especially on election-related issues and her campaign. One of her first plans of action was to take an opinion poll, the results of which show Roslin leading. Tory also helped in fidning a human foster mother for the half-Cylon child Hera Agathon.
The discovery of the new colony New Caprica caused the Roslin campaign to lose a lot of votes, and Tory conspires with a colonel and some others to rig the elections in Roslin’s favor. The cheating, however, is discovered and Baltar is sworn in as the new president.
Tory joins the insurgency movement during the Cylon occupation of New Caprica, serving as Roslin’s aide. She also compiles a list of Cylon collaborators among the humans, and helps to organize the evacuation of the civilians to their assigned vessels. The half-Cylon child, Hera, however, is captured by Number Three. After Roslin is sworn in with another term, Tory again becomes Roslin’s aide, although her mental condition seems to be deteriorating and she starts hearing music. Yet, she still manages to continue her participation in the secret Cylon meetings. She has sex with Baltar despite her objection to actual sexual relations. She manages to kill Cally Tyrol when the latter overhears one of the secret meetings, and seems to start embracing her Cylon-self.