Per Variety, Cardellini will be playing Pamela Voorhees, Jason's mom who - 45 year old spoiler alert ahead - is the actual killer in the original 1980 film, taking revenge on her son's tormentors.

Cardellini’s Pamela is believed to be a mother who had given up a singing career to raise a special needs child and takes a dark turn when she loses her son. In the Friday the 13th movies, Pamela is ...

Preview: Linda Cardellini will star in the ‘Friday the 13th’-based series ‘Crystal Lake.’ She’s playing the mother of serial killer Jason Voorhees.

Cardellini has enjoyed a prolific career across film and television since the late '90s, with roles in everything from the cult favorite Freaks and Geeks to the live-action Scooby-Doo! movies.

Linda Cardellini is set for the lead role in the “Friday the 13th” prequel series at Peacock, Variety has learned. Cardellini will star as Pamela Voorhees in the expanded prequel series, which ...

A decade later, Linda Cardellini made her first big-screen appearance...via the goofy comedy Good Burger. Since then, they’ve amassed more than 125 movie credits combined. (Thanks, IMDB!).