What is the name of the woman who looks after Juliet in romeo and Juliet?

Answer 1

The Nurse's real name may be Angelica.

You can find this in... (Act 4, Scene 4)

Capulet says "Look to the baked meats, good Angelica: Spare not for cost". There are two women on stage he could be addressing this to: one is the Nurse, the other (identified in Folio and all Quartos after the first as "Lady of the house" but in Q1 as "Mother") is generally accepted to be Lady Capulet. He could be addressing either of them. The nurse responds to his comment, but she could be interrupting as usual. It seems weird that Capulet should be telling either of these women to look after the baked meats--his wife is not a servant and the Nurse is not a cook, and in Scene 2 he said he was hiring "twenty cunning cooks" whose job this would be, one would think.

On the other hand, here is Lady C asking the nurse to get her spices. It sounds like she is in charge of some portion of the cooking. The nurse responds that fruit is needed for the pastries but she is just a messenger: she says "They call for dates and quinces in the pastry." Someone else is in charge of cooking the pastries.

If Lady C is the cook, then Capulet's remark is meant for her, and she is Angelica, not the Nurse. But the issue is certainly ambiguous.

Answer 2

The Nurse? I can't recall if her real name was ever said.

Answer 3

Some say that it is Angelica

Answer 4

Juliet Capulet

Answer 5

As in Romeo and Juliet?

Answer 6

Juliet